The evening world., 1894-08-14
MR..P'U|L!IL.MAN'S SIDE.
He Says His Position Has Already,
Been Sustained in Court
And that the Present Conditions
Have Existed for ~ Years.
The Charter Covers all the Compa-
e, ny's schemes, He Claims. r ...

George Nj. Pullman arrived in this
city yesterday from Chicago. and to-
day, through his counsel, gave out the
following statement on the action
brought by the Attorney General OF
Illinois to annnl the charter of the Pull
man Palace Car Company:
fhe petition served upon me by the Attorney.
General. WIN notice that he would apply TO the
S G iIr leave upon the facts therein out to
charges the Pullman Company with the
usufpation Of power in acquiring and holding
ICED to do, aud with putting q part of IL 10 Ger.
Jam nses uh~arranted by Its cnsrter 1 cannot
put think this charge is based upon a mfsapprs-
hensioh eoth OF the law and the facts.
\ recital CT the establishment of the
great car-buildlng plant at Pullman in
1881 follows. In which 1t is pointed out
that the present site OF the town was
then waste, and has now become a
model community, filed with comfort
aele homes of workingmen, and from
"hcp wee ana immoral resorts are eA-
GUIDED. The staten mt then recites:
Unless there Is some thing OF moral turnit,d. or
legal wrong In deyotiag liberal amount Of i. nd
to the creation OF broad streets, to space for
, ,h ana schpol houses. for u library aud
.nesfe' IL would seem that the hand Of the State
ousnt not TO be raised In punishment, nor a
strained contradiction Of the law be sought In
wrong doing,
The land was acquired, Mr.. Pullman
alleges. only after the best legal talent
mad pronounced upon the right of the
Corporation to, purchase the land In
duesuonn: Inc CHARTER provides that the
Company can purchase, acquire and
hold such real estate as may be deemed
or their business"
been sustained by the courts Mr. p,iiJ
man says the enterprise has been oar
ried out. He Points to the result as
nternon,stratng the wisdom of this In
Regarding the building in the CITY
owned by the Company mentioned in
the pt,,r, Attor,n n Generals petition, Mr..
for. the general offices of the concern
and tnat the Company has a right to
rent me spare space In that structure to
, rehHiEmpense shareholders against losses
Whic,h would accrue from constructing a
building sufficiently large to contain only
the Offices upon valuable land site.
Inc statement concludes:
Il. The claim made by the Attorney General Is
business corporation having thousands OF emp
ployees in one locality to give them and their
the immediate contact Of disrepu,.ble S oS, q
and on the other hand 10 have az their Eeryirc
.e pest elements Of civilization and not least Of
approached In any other manufacturing cornmu
nifty In the United States.
such questions have ben raised to test them
IN, ,hhoroushiy and II II shall be considered by
the highest tribunal OF the State that any ~
It's present investments should be Changed or
distributed to Its stockholders. simply to make
such change or distribution and to operate its
sleeping cars as heretofore, and to build cars
for sale In surroundings Influenced for good Inv
the Company SO Far as 1t can, but necessarily
only 30 Tar ns the Court shall consider TO H.
within its lawful power.
IL should be remembered that the enterprise
w ml IL now assaied by the action of tho law
M npu
does not rest upon any new conditions. For four
teen years II has been carried on with the same
houses. churches streets, and school houses as il
rs to-day. Its position In all these regards has
been matter Of general observation and a mai,
ter OF practically universal comment.
In the same good faith in which II was orig
inaly undertaken, II has been prosecuted in ali
these years. and is, being prosecuted now. II
there has been any violation OF the law does n
not seem strange that with all this light Of pub
liclty thrown upon II, violation should not have
been discovered until now!