Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-07-05
THE TOWN OF PULLMAN.
The Marvel which Has Risen Upon III
Banks of Lake Michigan.

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Banks of Lake Michigan.
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OF all the curiosities about Chicago,
Pullman is the most unique and inter-
| esting. 1t is beautiful village of from
5000 tot 900 inhabitants. Located on
the banks of Lake Calumet, some
twelve miles from Chicago, it has fresh
air, plenty of room, and good start.
The little lake is in Hyde Park. pref
| ty sheet of water about three miles long.
1t is not navigable except for very light
draught steamers. In April, 1880, Pull
man was vacant lot on the line of the
Illinois Central railroad. On the 9th
of that month, and that year, town
was laid out and the earth broken for
what is to-day one of the most beautiful
little towns in the West. AS if by magic
the great car-works for manufacturing
and repairing palace cars sprung into
existence, and the place was christened
Pullman in honor of the man who
founded it. The hammer of industry
created from the store of wealth 1900
handsome houses before the world knew
the enterprise was contemplated. Into
them came the men, with their families,
who were to be employed in the indus
try that is the parent of the place.
Style, as well as comfort, was OBJ
served in everything. Streets were laid
off in regular order, well paved and
handsomely parked. Twenty-Five hun
bred employees needed in the car-shops
were to have homes here, and there was
no time to wait
1t is built entirely of brick, andin
the most substantial manner. The
houses are in the latest style of archi-
lecture, built in rows, couples and
| singly, to meet the diversified wants of
the citizens that they are expected to
accommodate. Pretty Yards, sodded,
front them all, and no fences surround
them. The threc-story houses are
built in flats of four rooms. Each fiat
is rented at from IS to $12 month. A
sixroon house, with all the modern
appliances, costs from $40 to SIS, &C
coTding to location. A man may rent q
| residence Of any style and price he can
| afford. He has all kinds to select
from, for there are houses that cost
from $1,000 to $4,000. The town IS
thoroughly lighted with gas, has most
perfect system of drainage and water
supply. A splendid hotel that cost
$l25,000 attracts and accommodates
visitors, and one of the finest opera
houses In the West has just been com
pleted and opened. Everything is done
for the comfort, convenience and pleas
ure of the people who live in this place.
built, as it were, in night. That they
might not be subject to the extortions
or whims of any railroad, Mr. Pullman
is building standard-gauge line of his
own, to connect the Pennsylvania sys-
tenn as well as the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern railway with his
place. This will give easy access to
Chicago at cheap rate. Beautiful
school-houses are provided for the
children, and a public library of 10000
volumes, mostly selected by Mrs. Pull
man, furnishes reading for the COM
munity. Churches presided over by
good pastors are there for the religious
and an excellent public market fur
nishes the best of things to eat.
There is not saloon in this place,
and no liquor is sold in the village ex-
cept wine at the hotel. The Arcade is
singular feature of this marvel of
Western enterprise. 1t is an immense
building, into which are gathered the
theater, postoffice and the twenty-eight
stores that supply the community with
comforts and Injuries of life. You can
buy anything in the Arcade that you
can get In Chicago, and find it under
this single roof. There is not a store
in the village outside of it. A large
farm adloins the town, upon which are
raised the vegetables and other farm
products for the citizens. The best of
cows are kept there for milk and but
ter for them, and everything is fur
nished at very small advance over
actual cost.