The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-02-26

stores, and markets, ana every FACILITY
for rational amusements are found here.
This new city marks an era IN the his
tory of human labOr-an era which car
ries wOrImen to a higher level. The
example set by its founder in his demon
straton that capital can prOfitably take
far better care of labor than it has here
tOfOre done, cannot but be of incalculable
benefit to the whole human race, and
when every stone of these structures
shall have Crumbled into dust, the Pull
man idea will go down the ages, "down
the ringing grooves of change" as one
of the worlds best thoughts and great
benefaCtiOns
IT'S 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 a 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, eyentu-
ally, to make harbor of this lake. The
land upon which the city stands is blue
clay, ninety feet in depth, resting upon
lime rock. and it's surface is from nine to
twenty feet above the lake level.
HISTORICAL.
Work was begun upon the town in
May 1880, and the first family came
here Jan. 1, 1884, and it now has d pOpu-
lation of 11,OOO 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-
pIoy with the Car Works, $500 work
men. Other industries are negotiating
to come to Pullman.
THE DRAINAGE.
Pullman is the only city Of the world
built scientifically and artistically 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
intended TO carry nothing but rain
waters.
MIR. GEORGE NJ. PULLMAN.
One cannot well speak of this city
without mention of its founder and
builder, though he is so widely known
that such mention might seem unneces-
sary We herewith present his portrait.
Said Victor Hugo: "Fifty is the old age
of youth, but it is the youth of age. :"
Though President Pullman has turned
the hdlf-century point in the number of
his years, he is in the prime of vigor-
Gus manhood, and is regarded by his
peers as one of the ablest executive Off
GERS in this hemisphere. By nature q
leader of men, he is clear, capable, and
so self-reliant as to seem imperiOuS to
those not intimate with him. He ham
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-
tion of the proper sewerage of towns has
become one of great and growing i'm
portance. Twenty-Five per cent of the
population Of our country resides in cit
les having a 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 urDan in charac-