Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-10-22
aa,nron. OF AUBURN. N. Y.

uamron, or AUBURN, N. Y.
Mr.. Pullman received common school
education, and while q boy gave evidence
of that independence and manly persist
ence that characterized his subsequent life
His ideas were original, and he was
possessed of much native genius. His In
PRODUCTION to business life was as clerk
in q store near his home. when IA years old,
for which he received an annual salary OF
$40.
AT that time his elder brother, Royal H.
Pullman was conducting a small cabinet
shop at Albany. N. Y, and at the end of his
first year in the store George took place
In this establishment to learn the cabinet
making trade While in his teens he became
a partner with his brother, and they were
prosperous. Upon the death of his father
the care of his mother and younger BROTH
ers and sisters largely devolved upon him.
and he found 1t necessary to increase MS
income.
Invents the Sleeping Car.
Upon the discovery of gold in, Colorado
Mr.. Pullman spent three years there pros
pecting and mining, accommodating consid-
cradle wealth from this source. But prior
to going to Colorado the then contractor
and engineer had conceived an idea OF
lessening the discomforts of travelling, by
introducing practical sleeping coaches into
use on the different railroad systems OF
the country.
To illustrate his theory he had fitted up
In 1859 two old passenger coaches belonging
to the Chicago g. Alton Railroad company.
Upon his return to Chicago from Colorado
in 1868 ne set to work with determination
characteristic Of his whole career, to per-
feet the ideas he had SO crudely developed
in the two original sleepers, and after
experimenting and an expenditure OF w.
600 he produced his first improved sleeping
coach. 1t was christened Pioneer" and
was a marvel of comfort and luxury, such
as travellers in this or any other country
had never seen.
First Palace Sleeping Car.
| The Pioneer was destined for high and
| solemn honor, for upon it's first trip it was
one of the train that bore the remains OF
| Abraham Lincoln from Washington to
| their last resting place in Springfield.
| In 1867 was organized the Pullman Pal
ace Car company, which has so increased
| in size that now 1t ranks as one OF the
| largest manufacturing plants in the world
| In 10 years the demands made upon the
company by the railroads of America, ano
| the entire world. in fact, made 1t necessary
| to increase the facilities of the plant. So In
1880 it was decided to build new works.
Building of Town of Pullman.
| It had long been Mr. Pullman's plan tc
| build town for workmen that would be
| complete within itself, providing means Of
entertainment, worship and education, to-
| gether with mercantile establishments sui
| flcient to supply the requirements of all
Four thousand acres of land We're bough
along the western shores of Lake Calumet
and some IL miles south Of the then limit.
of Chicago, and work upon the town OF
Pullman was begun.
The Pullman Palace Car company is tn,
largest railroad manufacturing interest Ii
the world 1t employs a capital of $4,000.
600. and has assets exceeding $4,000. OOO
About the time of the Worlds Columbian
exposition 1t had in it's service 2,239 car
| and employed 10 SS5 persons whose annua
wages aggregated 49, 1.527. being an aver
age of s6l0 per capita. AT present, however
both the number Of employees and thei
wages are lower than then.