. Hill's album of biography and art : containing portraits and pen-sketches of many persons who have been and are prominent as religionists, military heroes, inventors, financiers, scientists, explorers, writers, physicians, actors, lawyers, musicians, artists, poets, sovereigns, humorists, orators and statesmen, together with chapters relating to history, science, and important work in which prominent people have been engaged at various periods of time. atan expense of about each, to runon that line. These cars excited a greatdeal of interest, and though regarded bymany as a foolish e
. Hill's album of biography and art : containing portraits and pen-sketches of many persons who have been and are prominent as religionists, military heroes, inventors, financiers, scientists, explorers, writers, physicians, actors, lawyers, musicians, artists, poets, sovereigns, humorists, orators and statesmen, together with chapters relating to history, science, and important work in which prominent people have been engaged at various periods of time. atan expense of about each, to runon that line. These cars excited a greatdeal of interest, and though regarded bymany as a foolish extravagance, the man-agers of the Michigan Central, the Chicago,Burlington and (^uincy, and the GreatWestern of Canada soon made contractswith Mr. Pullman for the placing of hissleeping-curs on their roads. From thattime forward the success of the Pullmansleeping, parlor and dining cars was estab-lished. They came rapidly into us rapidly forward to poj>ularlty, bene-fiting the public and enriching the manwhose enterprise and taste have madea journey by rail, apparently, as pleasantas traveling can be made. Believing Chicago, in the near future,to be not only the centre of gravity ofpopulation in the United States, but theleading railway centre of the country, , with his family, has made this city his permanent residence. His pecuniary interests, however,lie in various directions throughout the Union. He was a contractor. GEORGE M. PULLMAN. in building and a large stock-holder in the Metropolitan Elevated Railway, in New York; has been one of the largest owner** of theEaglcton wire-works, in New York, em-ploying a thousand workmen, and is inter-ested in car-works in various scetionH ofthe country, employing hundredH of latest enterprise, at this writing, isthe esiablishment of extensive works forthe manufacture of railway coaches in anew town a few miles southward fromChicago, at a place which has been namedPullman. Heretofore the palace cars h
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