The story of the Pullman car . ty limits were visited by representatives of the Companyat Hinsdale, Illinois, and Wolf Lake, Indiana, butin April it was definitely announced that the workswould be located on the Illinois Central Railroad onthe shore of Lake Calumet. A Chicago newspapercommented on the decision of the Company as fol-lows: A notable addition to Chicagos mercantile industry isto be the extensive car works of the Pullman Palace CarCompany, ground for which is to be broken today. Alarger establishment for manufacturing purposes will notexist in the West, and while it w
The story of the Pullman car . ty limits were visited by representatives of the Companyat Hinsdale, Illinois, and Wolf Lake, Indiana, butin April it was definitely announced that the workswould be located on the Illinois Central Railroad onthe shore of Lake Calumet. A Chicago newspapercommented on the decision of the Company as fol-lows: A notable addition to Chicagos mercantile industry isto be the extensive car works of the Pullman Palace CarCompany, ground for which is to be broken today. Alarger establishment for manufacturing purposes will notexist in the West, and while it will contain all the latestand most improved mechanical appliances in use, it willembody in its architecture grace and beauty that is quitecharacteristic of the palace car. The works are to cost$1,000,000; about 2,000 men are to be employed in them,and the extended arrangement of machinery is to bemoved by the Corliss engine, one of the Centennial won-ders, which has been purchased by the Pullmans. [90] Digitized by Microsoft®.
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