Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-24

SEVERAL An HoUR-A CITY GIVEN UP TO ONE
INDUsTRr-rHK MANUFACTURE OF PAPER cAH
WHEELS.
STAT Correspondence Of THE EVENING STAR
CHICAGO. III, October II.
A well-built man, rather above medium
height, with face that cannot reasonably be
called other than benevolent; bright brown
eyes illuminate the cheerful countenance, which
Is terminated at the upper end by q sufHciency
of carefully brushed gray hair and beneath by
full chin whiskers in which the silvery pre-
dominates. Taken altogether he has de-
cidedly clerical aspect and if you mistook him
for bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church
You would not do either the board of bishops
or the church an injustice. Such looking
man is George NJ. Pullman, the man who has
done SO much to make the travelling public COM
fortable-for consideration. He has been the
central figure today 50 far as the members of
| the international excursion party were con-
oerned, and the works Of his brains and capital
have been and will be for some time the main
| subjects of discussion and admiration. The
delegates we're out at Pullman today. They
went out this morning, accompanied by num-
Der OF Chicago's most prominent citizens. and
they returned two or three hours since with An
increased respect for the man whose name is
on the exterior of the cars of which the great
special" is composed. When the visitors ar
rived at the town of Pullman they we're re-
ceiyed by the millionaire himself, and, guided
by him, they set out for q tour of the great
workshops in which the finest oars the world
ever saw are made.
GRINDING OUT CARS.
Twice in each working day is complete pas
senger car turned out of the establishment; If
teen times in each month is q new sleeping car
rnp n1to he ~ mir utaa
sees the completion of q freight car. In ad-
dition to the steam railroad rolling stock two
street cars are turned out each working day,
and in little while this output will be much
greater. The first impressions of Pullman are
decidedly pleasant and the longer you stay in
the place the better you like it. The work.
shops have such a respectable appearance, in
ternaly and externally, and there is a total alb
sence OF that stuffy odorousness which has
characterized nearly all the manufacturing es-
adjustments that the delegates have hereto
fore visited. There is ample light and Of fresh
AIR the supply is apparently inexhaustible.
Then again everything was SO clean and or
derby that you feel at once the true greatness OF
the concern. One of the first things to which
the attention of the visitors directed was a
new device which will prevent the telescoping
OF cars which may happen to be in a collision.
MIR. Pullman himself explained the principle of
the invention and showed quite conclusively
that, however much the passengers might be
shaken up, they could never suffer from the
telescoping which the old-fashioned car frames
permitted to be possible. Passenger coaches,
palace stock cars, freight cars and street cars
OF all patterns were inspected thoroughly BY
the interested crowd and the question was put
to Mr.. Pullman, 'Why do you not open up a
line of trade with South America?" To which
he replied, II cannot at present supply the
home market with all it requires, but in little
while the Pullman company will be making
cars for the whole world"
WONDERFUL TOWN.
The site Of the town of Pullman and all the
buildings thereon belong to the Pullman COM
pany, and the total area is about 1900 acres.
Work was begun upon foundations for build
ings in May. 1880, and in the following Janu-
ary-On the first day of the year-the first fam
lily moved In. The population is now IL 600.
Nearly all the houses are OF Brick and every
one of them is fitted with the most-approved
appliances for the carrying out of the princi-
pie that Cleanliness is next to goodness"
That this cleanliness pays is beyond ques-
ton. During the year 1888 the death rate was
eleven for each I,000 of population; it was nine
per thousand the year before. This was less
than one-half the death rate in other American
towns. Rain water goes from roofs and streets
through one system Of pipes and large. drains
directly into Lake Calumet-a body Of water
three and half miles long and one and a half
miles wide-but the sewage matters have a
distinct pipe system which ends in o reservoir
beneath the great water tower. This reservoir
is sixty feet in diameter and fifteen feet deep
and holds over 300, 900 gallons As fast as the
sewage enters the reservoir it is pumped out
through q twenty-inch iron pipe to the sewage
farm, three miles distant. Fermentation while
the sewage Is in the city IL impossible and
scientific system of down draughts in the tower
effectively prevent any ill odors. One hundred
and forty acres of land have been thoroughly
piped and underdrained for tine reception and
publication of sewage and the result has been
an increase Of fully 100 per cent in the pro-
ductive capacity Of the farm. Pullman is the
one place whose soil is perfectly pure, for in
no other town did the drainage system and the
other sanitary necessaries and conveniences
precede the population; the city is positively
without contamination.
HOMES OWNED BIZ THE COMPANY.
The homes are all models and were planned
by an architect Of national reputation. work.
man cannot own his home in the town, but the
company will rent it to him at q very reason
able figure. From % to $40 month will Sc
cure comfortable quarters, the average in
tenements being S14.
Everything is peaceful at Pullman. Two
policemen uphold the majesty Of the law, and
they have a very soft job for only two arrests
were made last year, and they were only COM
mon DRINKS who got their liquor outside the
limits of Pullman. You cannot buy whisky in
the little town, no matter how much you are
willing to pay for 1T, but If you care to walk
over to kensngton, which is a mile away to
the south, or to Rosedale, three-auarters of a
mile nearer the setting sun, you can get all you
want at distressingly low figures. Four doctors
care for all the sick folks, and even that
small number would not be able to make
livelihood were it not for the practice which
comes to them from neighboring settlements
where sewerage systems are not. Ordinarily