The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-23
AMoDEL TOWN.
Philadelphia Iedger.1

Philadelphia Ledger.
The town IF Pullman, near Chicago,
containing several Thousand inhabitants
and equipped with the municipal con-
Feniences Of modern city, is interesting
not only as being owned entirely by one
corporation and practically by one man
but because of the example it sets. Mr..
Pullman processes not to have been
moved By any sentimental considerations
when he planned and built the beautiful
town, but it is doubtful whether business
considerations alone would have induced
him to assume the risk and responsible
ity. Be this as it may, however, he
built the place with the primary in
tention of lettering the condition Of
the working men in his car shops by
freeing them from the conditions Of poor
dwellings in Chicago and the temptations
Of city life, believing that as their con
dition improved they would be more
profitable TO him as workmen. He se-
iected cheap ground near Chicago and
first expended great deal of money on
the drainage, arranging for its collection
IN a great well, whence it is pumped
to farm lands at distance and utilized.
He then built great workshops, dwellings
for the workmen, stores, public hall,
schools, a church, a theatre and hotel,
&c; provided water and gas works and
organized n fire department. Thus
equipped and peopled by the workmen
and their, families, the town of Pullman
stands a mOdel in its way. The stores,
the hotel, the stables, the schools, &c,
are all managed for Mr.. Pullman by
employees and the church building isopen
to any congregation that may desire to
rent it: At present, religious services
are held by several denominations In
small halls. As one after the other grows
in numbers, requiring large and separ-
ate place Of worship, church buildings
are to be erected for their use. At present
there is much competition for possession
Of the existing edifce, which is rentable
at fifty dollars per month.
No Intoxicating liquor is allowed to be
sold in Pullman. This is not a municip-
al law, but simply regulation adopted
by the landlord himself. Mr. Pullman
thought that he could afford to furnish
his workmen good, cheerful homes in
wholesome new little town att ess cost
to them than would have to be paid for
poorer quarters in great city, and still
obtain six per cent on his investment,
and he says that he has succeeded. Not
only the workmen but their families
express themselves highly pleased with
their homes, and a spirit of enterprise
and self-respect has been awakened even
in the most careless by salubrity and
beauty of their surroundingsings.
No policemen are employed in Pull
man, and it is said that in the three
years since the town was first occupied
there has been no occasion for any ar
rests. a defect in the scheme is about
to be removed. Abundant employment
had been provided for men, but none
heretofore for women. 1t now proposed
to erect some kind of factory building
employment can be given to the young
women who grow up in Pullman. When
that is done the city is expected to be
an exact counterpart in miniature of the
great cities, except that in its appoint
ment it is a vast improvement, and by
virtue of its regulations is free from
many city temptations and vices.