The sun., 1883-12-09
GEORGE NJ. PULLMAN'S CITY.
NO POiTCENJN, 80 s.iLOUys, No III
BERiis, No Dhsys, NO MISERy.

NO POiICENLS, 80 siLOOYs. SO III
Ii.RHIS, No Dents. NO MISERy.
The Result OF u Great Experiment uader-
taken In the Eciier that u wonIi Fay,
ss rsusinrs. Enterprisr, to Give Work.
rlrnsrrt Ncmrs, with N-nntirui
surroun dinp.-'rh- E-n>ra,hi History
Of The CITY OF puiinnn, Near shica=o.
CHicAGo, Dec. 5.--Whcn In 1880 the rnpii-
1y extending busnrss of tho Pullman Palace
Car Company ncccssitntnd the erection Of now
works Mr.. George NJ. Pullman found m oppor-
funitS Tor carrying into cffect theory which
he had long entertained. Tho frsl question to
he decided was as 20 tho location OF the shops.
grca, deal VI land was required and to So
cure tho necessary space In nny portion OF
Chicago would have called for tho expenditure
Of vory largo sum Of money. Moro than 5000
workngmcn wors to- 10 employed and IL the
shops wore located in the city these men. with
their families would 80 compelled 10 live in
crowded and unhcn,.hy tcncmcnts. In misor.
able strerts and thpyand their children would
be subject to all tho temptations and snarcs of
ngrcat city. Looking at the matter from the
standpoint. OF tho capitalist. md from that Of
tho worklngman IA well. Mr.. Pullman felt
that IL would be better for all concerned
II the now works could be established
In tho country. There was no town already
built which commended itself to him. In all
to which his attention was drawn there were
cheap and shabby houses. humorous saloons.
and associations not Of the best. To establish
the enterprise in one Of these would. perhaps.
answer tho purpose OF tho company. but tho
moral and physical being OF the working
people would have to be lost sight OF. Unwil-
ling TO give up his theory. Mr.. Pullman de-
termned to build n town TO order There is n
provision in the charter of tho Pullman Palace
Car Company which rrovents that corporation
from owning as much land rs was required for
Mr., Pullman's purpose To obviate this diff
Guilty tho Pullman Land Company was organ.
ized. Mr.. George n. Pullman being the Presi-
dent and the owner Of tho majority OF stock.
South OF Chicago for many miles the coun.
try is very undesirable. Near tho lake it
resembles tho pine barrens OF tho sea shore.
Further inland il Is mnrshy and low. Tho
double tracks Of the Eastern trunk lines form
ridges through it, and between thom the sur
face water accumilatcs, or trlckles away to
whh smnss Lake MehsSn' sga' at G sonts
sswampy The, object of Mr.. Pullman being 70
flnd cheap land. he was easily satisfied with
that offered to him in this locality Thrce
thousand acros were purchased, mt IL merely
and near l;nke caumet. and los on both sides
Of tho Ini,a Illinois ,u Central Rnilway 1bop,
a city in such a A. place looked lik" ca a
great pnlertqking., Bnt it was exactly what
to be now, and OF the best quality. Til. sowrr-
nsc problem was tho tlrst, to be solved. The
land WIS .,ht a. has been said ow md oyeL No
we'll was therefore dug. and NJ! the, sewers Of
the town. which wcrn quickly built in the mos.
made to centre in this cesspool. .Simultane-
%sy h W ne hs streets" wT Whh a rs S
straight were then laid ont and macadamizod.
LAYING OUT A CITY.
Whilo this work. was in progress under tho
snporintendence Of the sanitary engineer em-
archi,ert. Mr. Bcnman Of New York was busy
with his plans 1t Is not often that an arch-
entire city at once Mr.. Bcaman however un-
dcrtook the work with something of tho en-
ter,s ideas, was able to transfer, them to paper
and take the first steps toward their execution.
when tho material was Mt hand special trains
with hundreds OF workingmen wero run from
Chicago in tho morning. returning with them
at night: and in few months the coming city
The ereat shops Of tho the company were erected
near tho nosCentrn! lsailroud tracks These
sense ofnnmentaI They are Of pressed "s ed @ spiaS
and stone. with roofs OF slate. cover fifteen
ingmcn. south Of tho works and ,o sepnrated rate
from them ,h by wide houeSard along which
streets. and compact and soidiy built houses.
all Of brick and, stone. with, handsome lawns.
are .42G in number. and vary In rent accord
ing TO their, size. location. and convenienccs.
works and in plain Wow from the Illinois Cen
trsl Railroad is beautiful park With u minia-
oss luxe sn sons ecpn.s wr shS hnS
berry. and fount aims. South Of the depot. pot
hieh ha Arcade is no Gohie +
building which contains ali tho @ stores sftr's Of the
city. and the Post Ohico library, theatre. bank.
and caf.'. All tho stores and Offices face wide
tile-inid i interior court. with galleries on tho
ing cost $500, 1000. and ut night its interior re-
Ssmhlcs m, nothing $? much ~ b9zanr or fair.
nishedi and we'll kept The market house. house ar ar
ranged something after the style Of tho Arcade,
affords NM HmplG faciiics for the butchers ot the
ture Of stone, with green stono trimmings
diu. AID lofty sprc Th Ths school house Is commo-
modations for scores Of horses. and is. besides.
tho hsad1nnrters Of the Fire Dcpartmcnt.
hugo water tower, Under this is tho sewerage
"ssrsc wsS h T. s s' mesan If" l. n W,
water is Distributed throughout tho town. The
sfowng" which nrrumnln,"s in this pit Mt tho
bottom Is forced by means of pumps through
pipes 70 tho farm owned hy the company, moro
thnn three miles AWAY. where it is used for
We're expressed al first concerning the wisdom
Of this scheme OF sanitation. but its success
fully. and have invariably cXpresscd them
solves ~ satisfied of its efficacy. Tho gas
works AFRO situated on the shore OF Lake
calumet. Just enst OF tho main buildings Of the
company.
On the al Of April. 1881, the Pullman shors
Worr started. the great torliss engine which
figured So conSpicuousy mt the Centennial Ex-
post ion furnishing tho motive power With
th", shops IN opernton turning out scores ol
railroad ears Gt every dissertation daily. tho
theory ~ Mr.. Pullman WAS To be put to the
rest. His theory needs to 10 updnrsto0a before
his town can ho comur"hendcd THE SUNS
corresponding visited HIM at his Chicago office
ycsteriny, and made - few Inquiries. Mr.. Pull,
man Is calm, dignilIcd ana courteous n little
past middle liin, but Just in the primo OF Il Won
dcrfu!ly successful business career.
MIR ruLLMANs owH ACCOUNT OF THE ENTER
PRISE
The building of Pullman" he said was
undertaken simply ~ matter OF business
haro Ill no ut tho sentimental in my nature.
nbhor absiruSe prob oms | can sc.. nothing in
this enterprise which j. not n matter Of finance
pure and simple: ! have always believed tina
tcro IL n grrnt doal "f good in human nature
that mon naturally prefer to bc Glenn TO have
pleasant homes. and To bo respected hy thei
fellow mon. We ara all very largely creature.
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