, 1881-08-21
PULLMAN.

! On recent visit to Pullman Mr.. George N.
Pullman stated that the Pullman Association
! owned very nearly 400 acres of land. Not
an acre OF it, Alr. Pullman said, was for sale.
He continued: "Wc will only lease to par
ties whom we are well satisfied will conform
with our ideas i'll developing tile place. We
| will not allow any saloons or lrinking-re-
| sorts III the town. We sliall do all we can to
cultivate the better natures of our work
men. In short, we-stRn do everything that
is possible to improve thou. Ny idea has
always been that it was to the employers i'll
terest to see that his men are clean, colt
tented, sober, educated. and happy. They make
better workmcn. and they develop the employ
crs industries more. shall try to benefit hu-
manIty where it is in my power to do 50. Here
we shall have every attribute OF town excmpli-
fed, and hope to provide euch and every at
traction that Gun bc Observation-Disclosures,
About s:,0JU,0J0 haye aIrcudy been spent
on tho improvements at Pullulan. Since
fhay may . rs 1ssr 5I ' brick hass been m;
rate Of lUl,JD day. All the br!ckl layers that
can be obtaincd are employed on the houses
which are beng erected on alI sides, and Ehey
make from si5J to $4.54 per day The two Gu
gines employed at Pullman hhul frula la5 to l50
car loads of material into The place e,ch day.
: handsome building. 1t is situated to the south
OF the main building. and will furnish accom-
mo1auOn3 Tor 1Uu people,. Tue ".ArCulc." L
building which ut present has not progressed
above its second story. will contain some seven
teen stores, an opcra-housc, n library room
which will contain several thousand volumes, d
gymnasium, md museum. The Pullman As
soctatton, contrary to MI reports, will not ut
tempt 10 run tho stores, but will lease them to
lndlrluuuiS to tnAnHXe after their own IDEAS
subject to certain restrictions.
Mr.. George NJ. Pullman met the Board of
Trustees of Hyde Plrk last week at Il special
meeting, for the purpo$e Ut discussing a DluD TO
furnish the new Town of Pullman viii, wafer
from the Hyde Park works. Mr.. Pullman said
that be wanted to take the water to the Town Of
PULLMAN on One Hundred aud Eleventh Street
aud from that pOitlt it would pus3 into tho lofty
Wa1er-tower erected ut Pullman, and would be |
perfectly distributed throughout tho town byu
water niatn system urendy luid. He was will |
Ing to advance the Gust Ut n main from Sixty |
street. sum Of Sao,0 provided tho main cnuld
oc laid Immediately via Cortage Grove avenue. {
\ committee consisting Ut Mc5srs Hobart |
Pierce and Berry, of the Board and MIR Cojn
the engineer of Hyde Park, was Instructed TO |
consult engineers and other cotnpcteut uuttori- |
ties IN reference to reporting nm equitable rate |
q compensation - per million gallons Of |
1nittee reported Friday night In fn-
recommended thnt water be 90 supplied and rated
by metre, and ulut the rate therefor ho $5)
per 1,0uU,OO0 gallons. provided that MI cxgr7s
SO supplied above 52.0sJ00I gul1nus per munt11
shall ne charged and pnfd for at the rite Of S23
per lO0o QUO gallons; and provided, further Tint
me Total consumption of water by the Pullman
fa!ace Car Company and tho Pullman Land AS
to at least SGlE1 |