Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-04-30


Gers OF the company, AMI mechanics live in
al ioinining dwellings" The place has an
'all-pervadin3 air of thrift and providsncs,
and in the .iaborer's quarters not delap-
idatei doorstep nor a broken window,
stuffed perhaps with old clothing, is TO DO
found
The houses. which are OF brick, are built
in groups OF two or more, and even in blocks
but ca Oh one has lis architectural peculiari-
ties. and neatly-trinmed lawns separa.s the
dwellings from the street Til, frontage Of
all the buildings extends along five miles Of
soli paved streets ami there are fourteen
miles Of railroad track laid for the ne OF
tloSs in TIM shop; and the town. Great car
and cSpens- have been expended on scien-
ti;ic drainage and sewage system, and
water tower distributes through this town n
supply OF water from Lake Michigan.
Among the pablo buildings are pictur-
esque hotel, n church, a market house, and
an arcade, containing the only shops in the
town, a library, and theatre. The street.
are wide, well-built, and wherever possible
parked The cheapest tenement is supplied
with gas and water and with garbage out
lets. The housekeeper throws the garbage
into a specified receptacle, and has no moro
care OF it
The library contains 5000 volumes, the
gift Of Mr. Pullman, and has a reading room
with many periodicals. The library rooms
are elegantly furnished with Wilton carpets
and plush-covered chairs, and the walls are
beautifully paintei;' for it Is part of the
design OF Pullman TO SURROUND laborers, as
far as possible, it'll all the privileges Of
largo wealth" Nothing being free in tn,
town the annual subscription to the library
is So An attempt has been made to induce
the subscribers to improve their taste in
rea ling; but as is usually the case with
rucl libraries, three-quarters Of the books
taken out are works of fiction. There is a
handsome free school building, common
livery accommodations are provided, and
the Pullman company sustains a fire depart
uent
In fact, the Pullman company sustains
everything in Pullman 1t owns all the
land and all the luildings, which now num-
Ter over ]. $50, ana which ara rented at rates
varying from q a month for the cheapest
flats to sl00 a month for the largest private
rouse in the place The rent usually paid
varies from SlI 10 So a monta: and, as a
business enterprise, Pullman i, successful,
Tor il yields handsome interest on the
money expended, and the land Ia vastly
increased in value II is also remarkable
Tor it, heathfulness. the death rate being
Only about one half that of the nearest town.
The silent educational influence of their
Surroundings we are told works great
change in the inhabitants. Slovenly hous,-
wives are shanei into habits Of cleanliness
and Ter b. the good example of their
nci ;i!bo7s zni the spck and span condition
o; the town generally. Men who are accus
ins pipes and in their dirty shirt sleeves,
soon DIRE AMI act more i'll accordance with
tie requirements of society
.AnI yet sir. Ely tells Us, the inhabitants
O: u : model city are not content; and why,
Re rts' NJ Pullman Is resolve that they
shall happy in the way ile appoints and
in To Other. TLey cannot own their dwell
ing f.r the-r al elong 10 the company,
VIII! j. viii II s'il them. They have no part
in IL iaun c.Val government and nothing 10
say IN r. .eri to *, for tbs company controls
everything with a despotic hand. This
power o; bismarck in Germany Is utterly
insigu.fi,.-n:r says Mr. Ely. "whsn com
pared ". n the power OF the ruling authority
Of the "..,man Palace Car company in Pull
ma -vciy tenant holds his housc on a
leaS- may be terminated on ten day
u
the notice jae lease exlires Is stipiiiiIes
The consequence IL that people who try
tEiS Eio .-i community. AMI come under the
plilaniLropic despoti>m OF Mr.. Pullman are
usually very tired of IL after a short resi-
dence The velvet csrnets and plush-coverei
chairs o., ;Le library the Green ard c!use'y
shaven lawns, the prevalent responsibility,
ana even the low death rate, do not comlen.
safe Tor the loss OF freedom ami spontaniety
1t all very nice and proper. hut it woul
he moe 20 their tastes 10 sit IN the stoop in
Their skirt sleeves and smoke pipe. when
they .rt s. inclined. The unvarying crIcr
be uU., oppressive, and, a. the statistical
COMMISSIONS say, sometimes causes a sigh
20: =, iooser ways and the consequent
lo,,e- m rails Of other communit;es. Ono
woman toll Mr.. Ely that she had been in
PA inaa two years, and that there were
q: y ;rrse families of her acquaintance who
were there when she carr. we call il
camping out, she added
TIE inhabitants, being ali dependent IN
.he company, are afraid TO express their real
seliug>. Large r.' the place is, there l. no
rrw-,-ai er through which complaints might
at rsnce, and everybody is timii AMI
.ils,.ul Toe men believe they are
watched oy the company potter Ihs
educational advantages Of self -governmsni
sJc lost The citizen 5 surrounded by con.
slant restraint and restriction. AMI every
thing Is done for HIM, nothin; By him lie
i not even allowed liberty Il criticism
i il any wonder that this model conml-
nifty i remarkable for Petty jealau les AMI
suspicious. that changes among its residents
are 50 frequent, and that there i an -all
pervadins feeling Of insecurity II is run
In accordance with beautiful theory. tut
oae which unfortunately, is fundamentally
defective. in that IT takes n, account Il h.
man nature.
As a speculation. Pullman may he sue
ceSsfu venture but it, failure social
EXPERIMENT wa, inevita ble from the starr.
People want 10 regulate their own lives, aad
they enjoy freedom even more than they Z
Wilton carpets, AMI velvety lAwa-. and sci
en:it;c drainage with desp5t. even pA:-
lanthToaic de,pct. - mark on. thar path
Arctrificd Biysive-
.NoyriS-own Herald
While digging a well i'll Rome. Ga,
workman founl. al the depth Of sixty-four
feet down Ia the bowel, q. the earth. pet
riiel oyster 4 legend exists 70 the effect
that church supper held in Rome twenty
five ago va, slmlst a failure on accoun. II
it, oyster escaping from back window and
takin- - the woods II il supposed that
this petriiiei bivalve Is the ths miss
ins oyster We suspect it was recoynised
by mole between its shoulder-hladss The
oyster must have been terribly frightened
to burrnw - deep into the earth.