Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-10-21
PULLMAN DEAD.
The Sleeping Car Magnate Succumbs
to an Attack of Heart Disease.
One OF His Greatest Achievements Was the
Creation of an Ideal Town-Facts
About the Pullman Palace
Car Company.

CHICAGO, Oct. 19.-George M. Pub
man, inventor of the sleeping car
which bears his name, president of the
Pullman Palace Car company and
multi-millionaire, died suddenly at five
o'clock this morning of angina pecto-
ris After he left his office at five
o'clock yesterday afternoon Mr.. Pull
man went to his residence and re-
manned there all evening. He retired
at his usual hour. About 4:30 O'clock this
morning he awoke and called his body
servant to his bedside and spoke Of
feeling uncomfortable. Finally he re-
quested that the family physician, DR..
Billings, be sent for. Before the doctor
came Mr.. Pullman became uncon-
scious. When Dr. Billings arrived at
the house he applied restoratives but
without avail and Mr.. Pullman quietly
passed away without regaining con-
seriousness.
Mr.. Pullman's Career Sketched.
George NJ Pullman was born in ChautauqGA
county, N. Y, In March, 1881. He was one Of
ten children, six OF whom were boys AS a boy
he was noted for desire to learn and per-
sistence in prosecuting to success any under
taking He clerRed a year for $40, learned the
trade Of a cabinet maker with an elder brother
studied civil engineering and supported his
widowed mother at 10; and many years later,
when he had accumulated fortune, he built
for ler palatial summer residence called
Castle Rest" among the rocks and woods on
an island Of the st. Lawrence.
Mr. Pullman came to Chicago In 1859 with
capital of $1,000. and at once took contracts for
raising buildings Under his direct supervision
massive blocks Of houses were literally lifted
up five to seven feet without disturbing the oc-
cupants or interfering with the usual routine
of business. The world had Witnessed nothing
like 1t before
About this time Mr.. Pullman was attracted
to Colorado by the gold discoveries and re-
manned there three years In civil engineering,
adding largely to his accumulations On his
return to Chicago he invented the compare
lively crude original OF the present Pullman
car, The car was improved and the manufac-
turing company Of which Mr. Pullman was
president grew until the year Of the great
strike its capital stock was $40 OOO, 900, and 1t
carried 10, 900 men on its pay roll in the various
branches Of employment The annual product
of its shops was sl2 100000 to Sl5 900 0O0; its in
come from rentals 81, 100000 the amount paid
for wages a, 600, 900 The average wages OF
men employed, below general officers, mana
gers and superintendent, were 1900 a year
About $500 Pullman palace cars are in service
under contracts, covering l25, 900 miles Of rail-
road.
The 1894 strike caused Mr. Pullman's reputa-
tion to suffer because Of the representations Of
the original strikers that his methods and the
conduct OF his town had been harsh and OPP
"a
many other multi millionaires, he had never
given much to charity
One Of Mr.. Pullman's greatest achievements
was the creation of an ideal town, as the site
of his stupendous mandatory, with ideal
houses for the workmen employed He had
long believed that pleasant homes with beauti-
full surroundings would be appreciated by
workingmen, and tend to make them con-
tented He decided to test the experiment
For this purpose the Pullman Land associa-
ton, by George NJ Pullman president.
bought q tract Of 5000 acres of prairie
land ON the shore of Lake Calumet about IS
miles from the business center Of Chicago The
town ofPullman is marvellous In its complete
ness and beauty; in providing the comforts and
advantages Of a city; in the entire avoidance Of
Objectionable features as place Of residence.
There is not q saloon in the town, which now
mas u pOpulaJlOH OI more IMAM lEiUOO, nOlA pO-
lice officer, constable. justice Of the peace,
a court or Jail Aside from the semi-paternal
government by the company, every man gov
erns himself. 1t is model community, The
Pullman Land association leases the houses to
employees Of the factory and others at a moder-
ate rental, including water and light. Mr. Pull
man himself started the public library by Civ
ing 500 volumes as a nucleus. The books are
read by the mechanics and their families The
usual allurements Of vice found In q city do not
exist In this community. In the absence Of sa-
looms men spend their evenings at home.
In 1867 Harriet Sanger, daughter Of ]. Y.
Sanger. OF Ottawa, ILL.,, was married to George
M. Pullman. There are two daughters, Flor
ence and Harriet, besides twin sons, Sanger
and George NJ, Jr., now young men