The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-01
THE CITY OF PULLMAN.
INDUSTRIAL, SOCIAL, AND SANITARY
CONDITION OF THE PLACE.
The appearance from the Railroad
Streets, Tenement Houses, and Parks
The Various Industries Carried
on-PIans for the Future.
Baltimore Americana


ton Of the chief and commissioners Of the
various bureaus of statistics OF labor has
made report upon the experiment made
by the Pullman Palace Car company in
founding the city of Pullman. 1t is
located on tract Of 4, 900 acres of land on
the west shore of lake Calumet, dozen
miles south OF Chicago. When, on the
25th Of May, 1880. ground was first broken
for the building of the Palace Car works,
the land was an open and not over prom
ising prairie, having the advantage of an
elevation of from eight to twenty
five feet above the lake The
first efforts were directed towards the sci.
entitic draining and sewerage of the
future town. Nearly 81, 900, 900 were spent
IN accomplishing q perfect system beneath
the ground before anything appeared on
the surface. In the center stands the
water tower, which takes a supply of
water from Lake Michigan and distributes
it through the town. Underneath this
immense tower is the reservoir into which
flows the sub-seWage of the place as
described. Around the tower are located
the principal works; to the south and
north of the works, chiefly to the south,
are the dwellings. The appearance from
the railroad as one approaches from Chi
Cago, is effective. The neat station; the
water-tOwer and the works in front; the
park and artificial lakes intervening: to
the right picturesque hotel, backed by
pretty dwellings; the arcade, containing
stores, library, theater, offices. etc; still
further to the right, and beyond, a church
which fits into the landscape with rtistiC
effect.
The streets are wide, and wherever pos
sible parked. The dwellings present
great variety of architecture. The lawns
are kept in order by the company, the
shade trees are cared for, and the police
are under competent supervision. The
cheapest tenement is sdpplied with gas
and water, and the housekeepeT throws
the garbage into a specific receptacle, and
has no more care of it There are /. $50
brick tenements in houses and flats. The
frontage of all the buildings extend along
five miles of solid paved streets and there
are fourteen miles of railroad track laid
for those in the shops and the town. The
buildings are of brick or stone.
The industries carried on, and for which
che city was built, comprise the manufac-
ture of Pullman palace cars, and all classes
of passenger and freight cars. The Pull
man Car-Wheel works, the Chicago Forge
company's works, the Spanish-Ameri-
can Curled, Hair factory, the Pullman
Iron and Steel company fog the manu-
facture of iron and steel and of railroad
spikes, and other works which are col
lateral to the principal business of the
place are located here. The Allen Paper
Car-wheel works and the Union foundry
for making car-wheels, car castings arch
itectural and general castings, have been
conveniently located at Pullman The brick
works turned out 20, 900, 900 of brick last
year, and the extensive carpenters shop
supplied the wood work for the public
buildings and dwellings erected at Pull
man and other places near by. Grad
ually the manufacture of all the parts
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every condition is being added to the en-
terprise of the town. A laundry is being
established for cleaning the vast quaati-
ties of linen used in the palace car service
which will give employment to women,
1t is the policy of the company to en-
courage the employment of women and |
young persons.
The are no saloons in Pullman, and |
consequently no pauperism. A beautiful |
church, built by the company, is used by |
any sect wishing to hold meetings, and is |
awaiting the occupancy of some society |
to lease it at fair rental. The |
public school house contains 900 pupils. |
In the arcade is a library, handsor~ ely fit |
led up and well stocked with books. The |
company has also provided gymnasium, |
an amphitheater for games. base ball |
grounds, and in the arcade is one Of the /
most esthetic theatres in the cOantry. The |
rentals are little higher than in Chicago, |
which is warranted by the superior accom-
modations. Only personal taxes are
levied upon the hOuseholders.
All the dwellings now belong to the
Pullman company, but large tract of
and has been set aside, and should the
palace-car industry prove improbable,
The land will be sold in small lots to the
workman, his house built at cost, and he
allowed to pay for it on easy terms; then
what would now be a weakness at Pull
nan will become its strength, and the
plan of the city, which has been projected
IN the basis of a population of 100, 600,
will meet its great success, and these two
weak points-the lack of diversified is
lustry and the lack of home ownership
will no longer exist
To enable this feature of the purchase
If homes to be carried out a savings bank
las been established having now deposits
o the amount of about 100000. This
money is held subject to immediate call
whenever the plans are perfected for the
purchase of homes, and will be used in
oans to the workingman. It is invested
IN call, so az to be perfectly available
whenever wanted These deposits are
entirely the savings of the workingmen OF
Pullman, and made during the period in
which the bank has existed