The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-15
PULLMAN, CAR INSPECTOR.
IlowIy Work rhss For the Son OF .
millionaire.


millionaire.
George M. Pullman. car insrccto-.
employed ~ the company which his
father founded and built up. 10 not differ
ert from thousands Of young men In
Chicago who work for their Lying and
reosive a moderate salary. Young George
has $4,000 year TO begin WITH, ard IL light
have had q, 600. 90, more had his father
possessed any confidence In his sons busi'
ness capacity OF judgment; but the stern
old palace oar msgnate was disappointed
In GeorGs and his twin brother. ana.
sfter'a caustic references to both of them
In short clause In his will, cut them OF
with 5000 year each.
Sanger Pullman. after his fathers
death, went to San Francisco. and later
married c ricn young woman Of that city,
after having broken bis engagement with
q Chicago belle, but George remained In
the Windy City and went to work. He
is Industrious and his superiors have had
no fault to lind with him so far. HIS
mother is pleased that he has settled
oown, and when his mother dies he will
vet good slice Of her share OF the Pull
man fortune. Mrs. Pullman could alwa avs
find excuses for her two boys no matter
how exasperated the irAte father might
become, and she will see that they are
provided for.
Young Georae takes life phiIosophically,
pays close attention to business and 10 as
earnest as though his salary from the
Pullman company Was the only thing
between him and want. His mother Is
delighted. and many Of the late Mr. Pail
mans friends think the good stuff In
the boy will show to advantage yet. or
course, young George lives in q palace
and has lot Of servants to wait upon
him. but all during the day he Is at his
desk In the Grand Central station or
tramping around the different railroad
yards In the sunshine or the raip, az the
case may te.
The duties OF car inspector are not
light and they are not heavy, but the
young man attends to them with regu-
larity and las forsaken the roystsring
companions OF his csilow youth. he Is
simply Car Inspector Pullman, and his
superintendent Is as prompt in checking
him up as though he were Car Inspector
Smith, for they 'plsy NO favorites'' In
the service of the Pullman company. The
system under which the company is
managed IL quite as rigorous since
Robert Tod Lincoln took command, as 10
was when the elder George NJ. Pullman
was alive.
In faf (,v = S~rr
to worK, I" said young Pullman. in re-
sponse to a question, "but there .is moth.
ing In NV line Of business worth talking
about. / am simply hirei man, and I
plug along the same as thousands of
othtr young men. i don't care to talk or
tie Interviewed, teoause I've nothing to
say. / am at work because want to be.
and don't sos anything strange or
unusual about 1t.
1t Is somewhat surprising to the friends
OF young George that he has developed in
to any sort of q business man, but he has
shown y determination 10 stick to work.
His brother, w. Sanger, who married
Miss Louise West. OF San Francisco, has
never shown an ambition to shine in a
business way, bat Gsorgs NJ. seems to
be OF different mould. When the elder
Pullman died ne left his widow 81, 800 600,
together with the home stead NJ the corner
of Eighteenth strset and Prairie avenue.
valued at $500, ,00), In addition to which
she owns houss At Elbsron, N. j..
valued at 500 0OO. but 1t is generally un-
derstood on good auttoilty, that she will
elect 60 taks her widows portion. instead
CT what was left hsr by her husbands
will. which win give her over %, 900. COO.
Her husbands estate was valued at over
81. 0o0.0 600, of which 81. cOJ,c0O was left to
u training school at the tcwn OF Pull
man, and other bsquests outside the i'm
mediate family amounted to about $780,
OC0.