Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06

- =" together with the
best of libraries. schools, churches.
| stores, and markets. and every facility
| for rational amuscments are found here.
This new City marks an era in the his
| tory OF human labor-an era which car
ries worllmen to a higher level. The
example set by its founder in his dcmon-
stration that capital can protitably take
far better care of labor than it has here
toforc done, cannot but be of incalculahlc
benefit to the whole human race and
when every stone of these structures
shall have crumb'cd into dust. the. Pull
man idea will go down The ages. down
the ringing grooves Of Change" as oae
Of the worlds best thoughts and great
benefactions.
ITS SITUATION.
Pullman is situated upon the west shore
Of Lake Calumet. fourteen miles south
Of the Chicago Court House. where the
Pullman interests have about 1000 acres
of land 1t is reached by the Illinois
Central Railway from Chicago. Lake
Calumet is three and half miles long
by a mile and a half in width, and con
meets with Lake Michigan by the Calu-
met River. 1t is the intention. eventu-
ally. to make a harbor of this lake. The
land upon which the city stands is blue
clay. ninety feet in depth. resting upon
lime rock. and its surface is from nine to
twenty feet above the lake level.
HISTORICAL.
Work was begun upon the town in
May. 1850. and the first family came
here Jan. /, 1881, and it now has a popr- |
lation of 11,O0O The present indus |
tries here are the Pullman Car Works, |
which manufacture cars of every kind, |
such as passenger. freight. street. palace |
and sleeping cars. and they are the !
largest car shops in the world. employ |
ing over 1000 operatives The Allen |
Paper Car Wheel Works. the Union !
Foundry. the Pullman Iron and Steel /
Works, the Standard Knitting Mills, the .
Paint Works. the Terra Gotta Works. |
the Screw Factory. and the Drop Forge |
and Foundry Company.s Works, are
other industries now here, and they en-
ploy, with the Car Works, $500 work |
men. Other Industries arc negotiating
to come to Pullman. |
TIE DRAINAGE.
Pullman is the only city of the world |
built scientifically and artslicaly in
every part. and is exceptional in this
respect. In every other street running
east and west there are brick mains laid
to Lake Calumet. From the inter
mediate streets as submits, laterals are
laid in the north and south streets lead
ing to the mains. The mains and laterals
take the atmospheric water directly into
Lake Calumet. The down spouts from
the buildings and the street catch basins
readily carry off these waters. No sew
age goes into these drains. and they are
intendes TO carry nothing but rain
waters.
MIR GEORGE NJ. PULLMAN.
One cannot we'll speak of this city
without mention of it's founder and
builder, though he is so widely known
that such mention might seem unneces-
sary. We herewith present his portrait
Said Victor Hugo: "F'ifty is the old age
of youth, but it is the youth of age. %
Though President Pullman has turned
the half-century point in the number of
his years, he is in the prime of IL vigor-
Gus manhood, and is regarded by his
peers as one of the ablcst executive Off
GERS iii this hemisphere by nature q
leader of men, he is clear. capable and
so self-reliant as to seem ilnperious to
those not intimate with him. He han
dies vast interests with apparent ease.
His time is about equally divided be-
tween New York and Chicago, though
his residence is in Chicago. His new city
is favorite enterprise, and one to which
he has given much careful thought. He
is the typical American executive. officer.
AN AGE OF CITIES.
In this age Of city building the ques-
ton OF the proper sewerage of towns has
become one OF great and growing inn
portance. Twenty-Five ger cent. of the
population of our country resides in cit
les having q population of 10000 and
upward, but when we include those who
reside in smaller towns, villages and
hamlets, we find not less than 40 per!
cent. of our population urban in charac-
ter.
A recent letter from Supt Porter, of
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