Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-05-26
END OF PULLMAN.
The "MOdel Town" Must be Sold.
Final Decree Against the Car Company
---Brief History of Case that VIII
BecOme HIstorIc..

Final Decree Against the Car Company
---Brier History of n Case that VIII
become Historic.
A Chicago despatch of Tuesday says:
The liual decree in the quo warranto pro-
ceedings against the Pullman Palace Car
company has been entered in the circuit
court by Judge Baker. By it the Pullman
Palace Car company has five years in which
to dispose of the 1900 residences in the
model town, the 16 acres of vacant lots in
the town, the 10 acres of street, alleys and
parks, the gas, water and sewerage works,
the Hotel Florence, two churches, the
theatre the Arcade building and the mar
ket hall. The company is given one year
in which to exercise all municipal functions,
that is, the operation of gas, water and
sewer plants. Within one year it must al
so dispose of the Pullman Iron d Steel
company.
The company will retain its car shops
and surrounding no acres of ground, Of
Adams street, % acres of land on the belt
railroad and 50 acres of land north of Pull
man, held for extension purposes.
History of the Town and Case.
The battle just ended is triumph for
Maurice Z. Mooney, who as attorney gen
eral of Illinois began the quo warranto pro-
ceedings to GUST the company from its I'M
lawful business of owning and managing a
municipality and conducting divers unre-
lated business interests. Many laughed
when he filed his famous action against the
most powerful corporation in the state.
Six months later Judge Baker of the local
| court sustained the demurrers of the Pull
man company to the bill. Moloney took
the case to the supreme court and argued
it on the eve of the expiration of his term
of office. For almost two years the su-
| preme court held the issue under advise.
ment, and then on Oct. 81 last it sustained
the former attorney general. 1t sustained
the law as laid down in the act of incorpo-
ration of the Pullman company, and de
clared the company had no authority to 90
| outside its incorporated rights.
The beginning of the end of the model
town was the strike of 1894 Prior to that
time its fame was world wide. The real
conditions of the town became known with
the strike. That was protest against the
exactions of the company in compelling its
employees to occupy the corporation S houses
and pay large prices for them. Employees
who lived outside the town were first to
suffer reduction or to be laid off in dull
times. As the beaten employees were com
PEELED to return to work the attorney gen
eral began his proceedings. The strike
had invited his investigation and he had
learned for the first time that the town of
Pullman, with all its municipal works, was
distinctly a private feudal establishment.
The company's plans for disposing of the
properties involve many intricate situa-
tions. Except that it has been determined
to sell residences to employees who desire
to buy, no definite plan has been decided
upon. 1t is no easy problem to get rid of
a city of 20O0 residences and 1900 popu-
lation. The streets and alleys will have
to be dedicated to the city of Chicago