Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-10-21
GEORGE NJ. PULLMAN PASSES
SUDDENLY AWAY.
HEART DISEASE THE CAUSE
He Is Found in Great Pain by Guest
at His Home ard Dies Soon After
Medical Assistance Arrives-Ais
Great Invention and Remarkable
Career,

ing car ana mead OF the great tullulaH
Car company, died suddenly of angina
pectoris. or heart disease, at 5 o'clock
yesterday morning. Death came to
him very quickly, At about O'Clock
some friends who were staying at his
house heard noise in his room as II
he wished to call, They went to him
Immediately and found him standing
up and evidently in great pain. One
of them went to the telephone to call
his physician, DR., Frank Billings. AT
the same time he himself attempted to
walk TO the lounge, but before he
reached it required the assistance of
his friends to get him there. He then
became unconscious. In the mean
time DR.. Billings had arrived at the
house and applied restoratives, but
without avail, and Mr., Pullman quietly
passed away without regaining con-
seriousness. Mr.. Pullman, while In APP
parently good health recently, former
, ly had stomach trouble, which he at
tributed largely to the condition of his
eyes. His belief was that about all the
bodily ills were due to the eyes. The
latter part of last week he gave the
visiting officials of the Pennsylvania
railroad dinner at the Chicago club
and was in excellent spirits He
leaves two sons, Sanger and George M.
Jr., and two daughters, Mrs, Carollan
of San Francisco and Mrs. Frank O,
Lowden of Chicago.
Mrc Dull Now Work
was Immediately telegraphed for and Is
now on her way to Chicago She Is
expected to arrive in Chicago this
morning. She has been spending the
season at the Pullman summer resi-
dence at Elberon, n. Y, but went to
/ New York city few days ago prepar-
atory to coming west for the winter.
Mrs. Pullman is being accomgsEied on
her sad homecoming by Sanger w
/ Pullman, the younger son. George NJ.
| Pullman, Jr., is in the city, together
with daughter, Mrs. Frank o. Low
den. A second daughter, Mrs. Carol
Ian, is in San Francisco and was AT
once summoned to return to Chicago.
Mr.. Pullman was born in Chautau-
i qua county, N. Y, March 3, 1881. AT
! Ia he entered the employ of coun-
try merchant, and at II joined an
elder brother in the cabinet business
| in Albion, N. Y. At % he success
/ fully undertook contract for moving
warehouses and other buildings, along
the line of the Erie canal, then being
! widened by the state. In 1859 he re-
moved to Chicago and engaged extern
sively in the then novel task of rails
/ ing entire blocks of brick and stone
buildings. That year his attention was
! first directed to the discomfort of long
distance railway travelling, and he de-
temined if possible, to offer the pub
| lie something better. In 1859 he re-
modelled two old day coaches of the
Chicago 4 Alton road into sleeping
cars, which at once found favor and
established demand for improved
! travelling accommodations. In 1863 he
! began the construction at Chicago Of a
! sleeping car upon the now well-knoWn
model which was destined to associ
ate his name inseparably with progress
in railway equipment. 1t was named
the Pioneer, and cost about $4,000.
From this small beginning he contin-
ued to develop his ideas for comfort
and safety in railway travel, till Pull
man cars are now known all over the
world The Pullman Palace Car com
pany, of which he was president, was
organized in 1867, and 1t now operates
over 400 cars on more than 100000
miles of railway. In 1887 he designed
and established the system of 'yesti-
buled trains" which virtually makes of
an entire train a single car They
were first put in service upon the
Pennsylvania trunk lines, and are now
! to be found on many other railroads.
I In 1880, in obedience to the imperative
demand of the Pullman company for
increased shop facilities. and to give
effect to an idea he had long cherished
of improving the social surroundings Of
workmen, he founded near Chicago, the
industrial town Of Pullman, which
now contains over II 900 inhabitants,
5000 OF whom are employed in the
company shops Alphabetically
the LOWH lS picturesque, with DEOhu
streets, handsome public buildings.
end attractive houses, supplied with
every modern convenience, for the
employees. According to mortality
statistics, 1t is one Of the most health
full places in the world. Mr.. Pullman
had been connected with various pub
lie enterprises, among them the Met
lopolitan Elevated railway system Of
New York, which was constructed
and opened to the public by cor
poration Of which he was president
The magnitude Of the Pullman Pal
ace Car company's business is shown
in a recent address Of Mr.. Pullman to
the stockholders Of the country He
said: There had been built during
the year for the use OF the company
fifteen cars, costing s26S, 1880. The
rumber of cars owned and controlled
vas 2,42s. OF which 2,103 were stand
ard and 1926 tourist or second class
cars The number OF passengers car.