The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-01-21


stands Pullman, the village built and
owned by the Pullman Car Company. Its
600 acres are covered with car works, fac
tore, Of iron and paper wheels, Q yard
that moulds 10000 brick each working.
day, rye PARKS, mecadamized streets, aud
more than 900 dwellings, nearly all struc-
tdres being Of fac red brick, trimmed,
served with water. drainage, aud many
with gas, and all ,wDed by the Car Com
psny. There Is a groupe OF stores, a hotel
a hestre, Dali ground without q fence.
Ever dag u The week the village wears
lts SDBdoy cOs1e-, oh cleau-lineu ap-
pesrauce II always has at all points; and
IT, Sunday habits are not worse than tho
OF oIher days. IN all lis appointments,
look, the home OF people of abundant
u.ean. Yet Of it, 800 inhabitsnts 1850
are adul men wnose income is the daily
wages lur mental laiior; and the remainder
mostly, are women aud children allied to
them, there being but forty families not as
ISOLATED with me local Industries. Queer,
you say, how ~orkmen can have such com.
IOri sDie homes But Ia the ABOVE add that
-eventy per cent. VI these people are for
eieurrs, aud that sixty per cent of the sew
cuiy are Germans and Swe5es, aLd that the
prlcipal place of public wor-bip Is Roman
Catholic, and tue "queer' in you doubles.
little key that makes II pia;u-the alb
sence Of tbe saloon. The spot In Paradise
without the forbidden fruit. Hence, these
steady toilets by the day are abe 10 occu-
py pleasant and substantial brick homes in
the midst of educatiye scenery, with 'ub'
nc library 10 their Own i1ngue, aud their
children at school. They get twO-roomed
cottage r. r five dollars per month three
room fiat from six to eight dollars: and the
average monthly rental of all the dwellings
is three dollar. and thirty cents, water-ser-
vice included. And the company says 1t
affords these fine quarters for employees at
these rates because The wear-aDd-tear is
small where nobody il drunk. Mr. Pull
man says he tries TO do business
on business principles, and that after
a trial OF four years, he finds that PROHIBIT
'iou pay :, and that philanthropy comes in
a. all ezra coupon TO The bond OF COM
mon humanity; correct business brings
the blessings az an incldeLt HIS theory
i, Ina, Ihr worsiD 5nau left 10 himself fans
lu,U uuc eau places to III Axe home, the
very cJutaaion VI the nelghpornood Taste IL
ing dezpcrdency and disease upon nj wife,
TIL tie finds home VOID oi invitation to
stay then b. grows d, sour a. his evening
meal, aud, has ing sSalio"e cd That, he goes
u The fii-t ltghi, Hsrm room that welcomes
loon. Hence the company built the village
uf cleal houses, Gt.d vowed the saloon
iofei- ner it woudn'! natDraiize. So 1t has
no trouble in keeping its army OF work
neu ful and they are men and workers OF
me better Class, most of them grateful for
he chance TO i've and labor where they are
not led into temptation.
Colunrl Barrow- the Manager, says, that,
while he j. not a Prohibition:st, lie ma. De-
patience with the wretched politicians VINO
impose upon the peoplt liquor law allow
ing any hcIJ or yagabond who can raise
$500 10 p!aut saloon IN the presence OF
decent people, and steal tie last cent the
ignorant workman earns. Hence, be says,
the Company built the village, and is not
willing 10y self TO play the TOOL as do the
people collectively.
Pullman is MOI a legal village, but pri-
vale cltporatiou, without village charter.
mayor, or trustees. lts local iaw-maker Is
the Pullman board OF directors. But, of
course, what they have done is such as olh-
er men of ike mind can do Tor peace and
prosperity, as village trustee or city alder
men And bong without tlopn~, II uatu-
rally spd EASILY gels along without several
her OF the companion pieces usual ia the
salot II tuwn. For Instance, 1t gets along
withuu. police force. One man appoint
90 y rne-gownslrp tae mage ~. paws
policeman, anu has had so little to DO he
has grown corpuient. He tell me he has
acted several years and has nnt averaged
ODE ATTEST per month; and that Ii general
/, caused by whskey sold at a Uejghoor-
ing town. He is also Tue OILY loafer aud
curpstone occupant; he IS paid 10 dill that
capacity for the 500, and does it as duty.
Pullman gets along without any police
magistrate, without any women of lire