The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-08-29
CARYL's MODEL CITY.
Only "a Few Million Needed to Make
Ii a Success.

In these times. when careful bust
ness man is sitting up at nights wonder
ing how he is going TO pay taxes and
other current expenses and at the same
time continue business, there are others
who are "smarting under the grinding
heel of the tyrant, MONOPOLY and chas-
ing the visions of a model government
as outlined by Bellamy in Looking
backward" and more fully by ignatius
Donnelly in his Caesars Column"
Last night a meeting of the theorists
was held in the auditorium of Mrs.
ScoSt SaXton's drama tic school rooms.
There were thirty-fOur present, sixteen
men and eighteen women. The meeting
was held for the purpose of forming a
''circle" of the Peoples union.
J. a. Caryl, a gentleman with strong
lungs, handsome muttcn-ChOp whiskerS,
and flow Of language. explained IN
nearly two hours talk the practicabtlity
Of a model government and model
city" He proposes TO start in with
plenty Of cash and a corporation hav-
ing 10.000.0 600 shares at a par value of
500 a share. These shares are to be put
upon the market by a board of enacting
trustees at par value, and when a man
or woman buys a snare he or she at
once becomes one of the controlling
stockholders Of the corporation and also
becomes eligible to election as a member
Of the board OF enacting trustees.
Elections are to occur only once IN ten
years, however and the board, to begin
with. is to be composed Of the founders
of the scheme and a million and a half
OF the shares of the company are TO be
donated to this board of control, for
which consideration they are to devote
the remainder o. their lives to the work
Of the union.
A member of this board of enacting
trustees if he happens to have any other
property than stock in the union must,
before he can qualify, turn all his earth
ly possessions over to the board
Notwithstanding the claims of the
founders of the town and government
that everything is to be on the Corpora
tive plan, the residents of the proposed
city are to be graduated in five classes,
ranging from the common labOrer, who
is to receive 81 per day and eight hours
work, to the supreme officers, who are
TO have titles to be hereafter selected,
be provided with mansions.
Members of the honorable" class are
to receive So per day and to be pro-
vided with homes.
The enacting trustees are to advertise
for "a tract of land, ten miles square.
and when all offers are in vote shall
be taken TO decide which state shall be
honored with the model city. All the
funds for building the city are to be
raised in the meantime and the active
work of building is to be commenced
on the first day Of January. A. d. 1900
Mr.. Caryl has used about fifty pages
of good legal cap paper, closely type
written. in outlining his plans. employ
ing the ideas of Bellamy and Donnelly,
after whom he has carefully copied. He
wants to organize local circles of not
more than one hundred each. 10 be COM
posed as nearly equal as possible, of
men and women.
After having disposed of the 1O,OOO,OOO
shares of capital stock several hundred
million of interest-b bearing bonds are to
be sold 10 the greedy Spectator, who
sits up nights clipping coupons and who
will gladly purchase these bonds when
they are issued.
Mr.. Caryl admitted to his audience of
thirtv-four that his plans were gigantic.
vet he said they were perfectly feasible
and he could not see where there would
be any trouble encountered in dispOsing
OF the capital stock at par. even in these
hard times. few hundred million
could easily be secured il only a few of
those who were already in on the ground
floor would start the ball rolling by
planking the cash down to the treasurer,
who is presumably, Mr.. Caryl.
So much time was consumed by the
inventor Of the scheme in explaining the
details of his plans that an organization
could not be perfected last night, and
another meeting is to be held next
Thursday evening.
Denver is to be hOnored as being the
first city i'm which a circle win be estab-
lished if Mr.. Caryl succeeds in getting
the one he now has under way.-DenveT
Republican.