Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-07-12

Pullman's hotel with its private bar, for
that was the limit. Pullman did not
sell them their grog. They had to 20
TO the settlement at the railroad cross
ing south OF them, to Kens.nRton, CALI
ed, because OF its low row Of saloons,
"bumtOwn," and given over to disorder.
There the moral and spiritual disorder
Of Pullman was emptied, even as the
physical sewage flowed out on the Pull
man farm a few miles furthe. south, for
the Pullman company also owned the
sewerage system, and turned the waste
into a fluid, forced through pipes and
conducted underground to enrich the
soil Of a large farm. The lives OF the
wOrkingmen were bounded on all sides
by the Pullman company; Pullman was
the horizon In every direction.
"All this provoked reaction and a
feeling OF resentment sprang up in the
model city against the too paternal deS-
potlsm Of the city builder, and so IL
came to pass that the citizens by vote
annexed themselves 70 Chicago, Of
which IL is now part and parcel. This
was q sore blow and great discourage
mont to Mr.. Pullman. But no annexa-
ton can destroy his control over the
town. II is still the property Of the
corporation Of which he Is the chief
and controlling mind.
But in the civic life Of Chicago Mr..
Pullman takes no part. He may reply
that be has done enough for duty and
more than enough for glory in creating
what is a model suburb Of the city, and
IL every employer had done as much
Chicago would have been a very differ
ent place from what IL IS to-day. That
may be admitted. but the fact remains,
so much as the administration of Chi
cagO is concerned, Mr.. Pullman re-
mains almost IS much of a Donentity as
Mr.. Marshall Field and Mr.. Philip
Armour Where Mr.. Pullman can
be an autocrat be is willing to
exert himself; but where he
must be one among a multitude, al
though be might be II be chose primus
inter pares, he will do nothing, no, not
even although with little exertion he
might do everything. He lives in Chi
cagO. His house is one OF the best
built mansions on the lake. Compared
with his lordly pleasure house the resi-
denceS Of Mr.. Field and Mr.. Armour
dwindle into homely iusignfcauce, but
at the city hall we look in vain for any
trace OF the Influence which has revo-
iutionized the travelling accommodation
of the world.
"Mr. Pullman in Chicago is some
thing like the msdiatized sovereigns in
Germany. He is not exactly in the
sulks, but he has about as much direc:
influence in the city administration as
the King Of Hanover had in the North
German confederation when his king
dom was absorbed against the will OF
its monarch. Field, Armour and Pull
man, these three each supremacy sue
cessful Ia his CWn respective lines, each
suberbIy generous and liberal In
the matter Of private beniaction,
all three Industrious, Woodworking
men OF business, they are in
many respects not unworthy TO occupy
the summit of the local Olympus. They
all take life seriously, perhaps trife
too seriously. They have each fash
toned for themselves aud their families
a luxurious home, but what have they
done for the city? What have they con-
tributed to the good government OF
Chicago? II Christ came 10 Chicago
wonld these men Of many talents be
able TO show a good accout Of their
stewardship"