The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-19

/ plant Of its system has also been purchased
| By .zls company. including 2 contract COW
( erlng TIE eutire Ere RAJ way anc co2tro sd
( i1es for z period Il tx 1ty-hge ysa-s. Tie
/ OHIO and Missi siDfi. CT scinnaTi, Washing
Ton and BaGs!more, and the Chicago aud
AE-z-t-c railways have Iaais win this com
Taay similar contracts for the same period
4 cz5at-aet ior fifteen years with the Texas
2a1 l@EdIe system which forms az tTnpor-
ta1c part of the Ene between Denver and
New Orleans, has been added 70 oar list OF
| contracts; also the Wabash Western. Canada
and Atlantic and Nexlcan National Rail way
companies.
We have built ard placed in service dur
ne re year AT Sleeping. parl0r and dining
cars, costing 1852 - each, or an aggre-
ate If &. ~, PIT p. There are now under
cJnStrucgloa 30 cars, tie estimated cost
| 3eiug about $1,000 each, or an aggregate
sI,530.0J0. These cars, with the s. pur-
as d of tae Baltimore and Ohio, and the
a built during the year, will make total
u u. an addition Of about p per cent 70
ne total equipment il ssTvice July 81, 1881.
There Las been exp udeI for nsW dwell
lngs and additions T. shops and plant az
Pa imam during the fiscal year 1858, NJ %.
The value OF the manufactured product
Of all the car works Of tae company fo- the
ear Vas s., 7O4, $50 0s: other industries at
Guiding rentals, S2.lls,Z16 10; making
grand t0ta, Of 80. -. rs Is.
The average number Of names on the
pay rolls a. Pullman for the year was I ,j5S;
the wages pad 3211s, ~ 50; making al
average for eacn person employed Of SGO4
This Is Lelleyel 10 be a much higher aver
age per person team exists in any COM
-auni4y where similar work IS performed.
nc total nun0ar Of persons III the en-
IF
and operating deTartme . Is iG,'J30; wages
paid during tue year, $5,5l5.Z0l -
The Number 0 cars employed in the
service is 1,420; tie nam5e Of passengers
carried during TIE ear, ;, ts2, 800; the mile
cge of ca 5, 10, sUl sJl.
TIE total mica g o. railway covered By
contracts for TIE ore-ation II the cars of
his company il l05. III.
The population ot Pullman as shown by
the census jay /, ISIS, wGs 1850 persons,
vainst I0.0Sl the previous year. On Sept.
IS, 26 additional families had been added,
Increasing it b 1910. The community
continues to be DIS suishei for Is Inpeili-
genre and orderly character. It is self
reliant and seif-s1s.aiCing n every way.
There are no idler. Visitors readily notice
the absence Of people from the streets dur
ing working hours.
The Pullman bank statement shows saw
ings deposits at tae end Of The fiscal year OF
S262. l57, ar increase Of 49,, 205 from the
same date Of previous wear Inc number
Of depositors has increased during the year
from go To 1,150.
The religious sentiment of the community
is indicated by its -nterpris. 10 churcn con
struct.on. In aIditi n to tho Presbyterian
and other chnrcaes already established, the
| Swedish Luther5ns arr making satisfactory
progress with their new clurcn e1lfice, and
ex gect 10 have il ready for occupancy dur
ing the late autumn. The congregation of
the Holy Rosary Catholic church has com
pleted handsome parsonage, and expects
10 finish its church eiifce the coming
spri1g.
The entire enrolment of pupils in the
puolic SCHOOLS for the scaooi year was | ,322 ;
OF this number 81 were boys and go were
girls. 9w.aty-twD Yea :aers We're engaged
ia the re sular school wos and two special
teachers, one 10" drawing and one for
inu ic, were also employed. the schools
ave ole ed this autumn With every avail
able seat occ ipied.
In co nection with the subject of educa-
ton, am especially pleased with the prac-
teal industrial raining in operation a.
Pullman, which has already produced ex-
col ent results When q son of any Of the
operatives expresses a desire 70 learn a
trade, he Is u en- into the works and given
an Opportunity to do so. As soon as his
sery ices are Of any value to the company
his name is pl ce1 upon he rolls AID ne i,
| paid by tie piece, 50 that he has every in
duceme1t TO improve. There are now
| thirty-six boys in the carving depaltmen ,
some Of whom show unusual aptitude in
that line. 4 considerable number of young
mechanics are now employed who learned
their trade in the shOD IN which they work