, 1881-07-24

tainS twelve tarye steel boilers twelve feet long
| ton Of the north cud III the building. In the
engine rOum is the mammoth Cnrltss engine,
WHICH was purchased ny tile Company Tor StS.,
Ut.-1te Identical cngill,. that, in 1876. turned
with its mighty revolutions the rust amount OF
| machinery ut the Centennial. This great co1il-
! pilation OF mcchanicai genius, thirty feet II,
hight, has two cylinders 1iN inches long anu
forty-two Inches in diameter, In which the large
| piston rods work with clsht-foor four-inch
stroke and turn, at speed OF thirty-stN re'olu.
tons per minute I'm immense wheel thirty tcet
i'll diameter and OF 1ifty-siN tons weight. wh1cn
gears into amt propels smaller icn-toot wheel.
] which convey the motive power to tee & various
buildings. This engine, rated ut ",5H horse
! p'wer. Is run ~ Il tive-pound stcam pressure
and consumes from two to tWO allu Il Eil!f IONS
North OF and in n line with this building are
tho iron lnachincshop and the hhcaslnith-s shop
The first is lN' feet front by ~ deep. 1n III
Performed all kinds Of work in iron and brass,
nlcke nnd silver platins' $lass SnosshE, t. e.Gi III
deep, and contains iU0 forges and three large
sized Stnrtcvant blowers.
To the rear Ut the last three buildings are slN
others. either completed ar now lit process ol
construction, consisting of two freight erecting
shops. each ;u1 feet lnus by 81 wide: dry Kilns,
comprising eight separate apnrtments, capable
OF turning ont IL GU feet ut inch pine per dny;
II slry hs,..se 6ox1s feet. uaa three stories HIGH
which is connected with tho wood niachite-shol'
by all iron truss bridge; hammer house aud Il
water lower. The last two nre as yet in Ill .iti-
finished statc. The hammer house. from tho
nature OF the work which Is TO be performed
within 1t. Is to be all.lcnSe ffaine building,
shected with corrugated iron, and rDntetl with
slate, and will contain six hammers OF tron ;Ro
to l,,OA pounds stroke. in addition to six large
hcItc hammers fur making cur-Whcci AIleS.
The water tower il 6.xl65 feet, AMI will nave Il
tank It the top with q c'.iHcty OF :MtWA. sto
lous. The object Of this tink is t1 always have
reserve force Of wafer in case Of emergency.
Some distance north OF the Pullman Works
are those Of the Allen papsr G Car- Wheel Comlm
OF 1a.tU wheels stnfufN. at EN,faSH-
cr:bte distance nortl,, on the shore ot tho,
sSe y aaS tn9 '"sx sSe Fssn at hs "n c" r"p"
Completed. VIII work l.'oV men: Among The
man arc the Hotel and Arcade tnii.llns; The
first was llt 1T Il cost, when finished. OF s''.~
tsk', und ro,,sss,s Of ninety r''oins. tho lower
story botng beautifully, finished Off IN bard.
wood. The 4areMie building. by far the finest
piece OF architecture in Plifttnf is 20 feet itf1
by !i5 feet wide. and IS 70 be three stories high
II will contain Il public library, Il iectrc-h hail. Il
theatre capabtc OF seatIng 1.:sN persons
association rooms, humber Of Offices, ana
twenty-nne stores. x
nis,es itself b.; its own machinery with wnter
III rsc over pmp1 tue "rxc '%x ts:o"f4 ~ to WIN eo5
liss englnc, force tho water from Calumet
Like with pressure Of from nfty to severity |
pounds, supplying, every part OF the town.
Every house is tilted up with pfpes and supplied
with rus. which is manufactured in gas-hotlse
near the laAE-
but one uf the most peculiar and ingenious !
arrangements in Pullman is its sewerage systetn.
Small pipes convey the wtstc Of the houses and
shops To the sewers. These, in turn. take it to |
one large ccsspool, Or catch-basin. situated |
under the wttcr-tower twenty eight feet below |
the level. Thence it il forced br large PUMPS |
through Il two-toot iron 1nAI1l, three miles long.
to Il region known lis 1.-The sewerage 1nrtn,
where it flows out upon the ground and is al |
l,wed to sink into the soil! thus ut the same !
time freeing the town Of its waste matter and
tcrtixtuE Il portion az the country.
Not the least conspicuous feature Of tho town
is the beautiful manner in WHICH Its grounds are
laid out. III front OF the Pullman Works, and
near tho Illinois Central tcpot. IS an artificial
lake, surrounded by wcl-kcpt green sward, |
through which q winding driveway Is cut All +
the streets of the 1owu are mucadamizcd with
with the best matcrinl. and furnished with stone
Two <lfciges constantly eu1-
l,luycA in this lake, digging slips and deepening
the water, for 1t Is proposed TINT vessels com Ing
through Calumet River and Calumet Lake shall !
land here to discharge their carrocs. No one
who has not visited the town and surveyed With
his own eyes tho immense number or men at
their work realize the vast amount Of labor
aud capital which has been and will pc OK
E,rnded in this nnnrn1nOth enterprise. Fully 35U0
men IRE HOW being employed in the town. and
it has bccu estimated that s:2,UO,uO, including |
The expenses OF every department, has already
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