The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-20

the palace car magnate. died at his
residence. Eighteenth street and
Prairie avenue. this city, at o'clock
this morning.
Mr. Pullman. who was in his Goth
year. had not been enjoying his usual
good health during the summer The
extreme heat of last week greatly ag-
gravated his disease. known to medical
science as angina DectOris. But no
serious trouble was anticipated Mr.
Pullman was at his Office in the Pull
man building daily and dined with his
friends at his club. Later in the even
ing he remarked having a slight pain
in the back. He retired at his usual
early hour.
At 4 o'clock his household were awak-
ened by a disturbance in Mr.. PUilrnan'S
chamber, and upon entering, found him
standing in the corner OF the room,
dazed and apparently suffering exeru-
ciating pains in the region of the heart.
Rev H NJ Eaton. who was visiting
Mr.. Pullman, called Dr. Frank Billings,
the family physician. Restoratiyes
were applied but to no purpose. and at
. o'clock the millionaire and philan-
thrOpist passed away without speaking
and with scarcely a struggle
Mrs. Pullman. who. with her two
sons-George and Sanger. have been
on an eastern tour, we're wired to at
once. and no funeral arrangements wip
be made until she arrives.
CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH.
While seemingly in good health. Mr.
Pullman had been complaining during
the last three or four days Of the hot
spell and of feeling rather uncomfOrt-
able. After leaving his office at . o.
m. Yesterday, he remained at his resi-
dence all evening. About 4:30 O'Clock ne
aWoke and called his body servant to
his bedside and spoke again of feeling
uncomfortable. Finally he requested
the family physician, DR., Billings, be
sent for. In the meantime. hearing
through the servants of Mr.. Pullman'S
indisposition, Rev. Dr. Charles Eaton OF
New York. an intimate friend of the
Pullman family and who was visiting
at their home, went hurTiedly into the
sick mans bed chamber. Mr.. Pullman
rapidly grew worse and second mes
| sage was sent to DR.. Billings, but be-
! fore the doctor could reach the home,
Mr. Pullman mad become unconscious
and he did not rally
Mr.. Pullman, while in apparently
good health recently, formerly mad
some stomach trouble which ne attrlb-
uted largely to the condition of his
eyes. His belief was that about all the
bodily ills were due to the eyes. Dur
the visiting officials of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad a dinner at the Chicago
club. and was in excellent spirits
/ Death came to MIR. Pullman quickly.
About o'clock this morning. some
| friends who We're staying at his house
heard a noise in his room as II ne
/ wanted to call some one. Ihey went
! to his room and found him standing
I up and as if he were in great pain One
( of them teIephOned for DR.. Billings At
[ the same time he was assisted TO walk
! to a lounge. He then became uneon-
! scious. Meantime Dr. Billings had ar
rived at the house and applied restor-
atives, but without avail, and MI Pull
man quietly passed away without We
( gaining consciousness
1 At the town of Pullman preparations
we're made to close the big shops and
! for the proper observance Of Mr.. Pull
( mans obsequies-
/ George Mortimer Pullman was born
( in Chautauqua county, New York, on
March 3. 1881. At Il ne began life as
J a clerk in q country store. later a55o-
cfatfne- himself with an older brother
in the cabinet making business at A.
/ bion. He came to Chicago in 1899 and
/ at first engaged in the business Of
raising buildings, elevating entire
blocks a number of feet to bring them
up to new street grades. While riding
! in an old-fashiOned sleeping car from
! BuffaIO to Westfield, n Y, IL occurred
to him that there was field for
| building compartment sleeping coaches
From 1853 to 1865 he made series OF
experiments on the Chicago q Alton
and GaIena roads. From these ex-
periments ne worked out detailed plans.
A work shop was rented. skilled me-
cbanfcs employed and Mr.. Pullman
| threw himself into the task with the
ardor of a man who moves from set
tied convictions. Although without
mechanical training himself, he per-
sonaHy directed the work of others in
all the minor details OF putting the
ideas he had originated into material
form. The first car the Pioneer. com
DIeted early in 1865, Immediately took
rank as the most perfect railway We
hicle the world had ever seen. This
was the beginning of the Pullman
system which has grown to the pres
ent enormous proportions
In 1880. owing TO the growing de-
mands of his manufacturing interests,
he put into execution a pet theory for
the establishment Of a model town
as home for his car works and the
thousands of employees. a site was
selected on the shores of Lake Calumet,
70 miles south OF Chicago Mr. Pull
man devoted his personal attention to
the erection of the little city and sue
ceeded even beyond his own expecta-
tfons in making a model town. Pull
man now has a population of Il, 000-
NIr. Pullman's wealth is variously
estimated at from S12,000.000 to sac. 000.
600. HIS financial interests were con-
fined to a few corporations, the bulk
of the holdings being stock in the
Pullman Palace Car company, Of
which he owned about one-half. Some
, stock was also held in Diamond Match
and New York Biscuit. These seeun-
ties were somewhat affected by the
i news OF Mr. Pullman'S death, but
quickly recovered
Mr.. Pullman was married in 1867 to
Miss Hattie Sanger Of Chicago. Four