History of Cook County, Illinois From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Part 163

Author: Andreas, A. T. (Alfred Theodore), 1839-1900
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Chicago : A.T. Andreas
Number of Pages: 875

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Crescent Lodge, Knights of Honor, was instituted and officered, in January, 1884, by D. L .. Carmichael, grand dictator, assisted by E. C. Scovel, deputy grand dictator. The following officers were installed: Jesse Wardell, dictator; G. H. Peterman, vice-dictator; R. H. Harold, assistant dictator: J. W. Simpson, reporter; George Strange, financial reporter; Evan Roberts, treasurer; H. C. Rockwell, chaplain; B. H1. Curtis, guide; S. J. Freed, guardian; John Moore, sentinel; John McLean, past dictator; Jesse Wardell, representa- tive to Grand Lodge; L. G. Bass, Robert Rochester and Evan Roberts, trustees.

Pullman Lodge, No. 716, I. O. O. F., was organized on July 31, 1882. On November 22, 1882, a charter was issued to the following charter members: James A. Price. E. C. Tourtelot, George B. Burns, John Mc- Lean, Wyman Perry, J. G. Binder, W. H. Hall, J. S. Trainor, O. S. Smith, A. B. Swift, J. W. Davis, L. Low- enthal, G. Otto and J. R. Nichols. The first officers of the lodge were: J. A. Price, N. G .; E. C. Tourtelot.

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V. G .; J. S. Trainor,* R. S .; G. B. Burns, T .; J. G. tuted in May, 1882, by Charles L. Wight, D. G. M. W., Binder, C .; O. S. Smith, W .; W. Perry, R. S. N. G .; A. B. Swift, L. S. N. G .; 1 .. Lowenthal, R. S. V. G .; J.W. Davis, L. S. V. G .; G. Otto, R. S. S., J. R. Nichols, I. G., and W. H. Hall, O. G. The present officers are: D. R. Estell, N. G .; L. HJ. Wilson, V. G .; J. F. Kauf- man, R. S .; W. Perry, P. S .; F. H. Secord, T .; J. W. Groves, W .; H. 1 .. Vanstone, C .: J. Vestrom, I. G .; W. H. Hall, O. G .; B. Brodhead, R. S. N. G .; C. J. Wag- ner, L. S. N. G .; George Parneman, R. S. V. G .: N. Franzen, L. S. V. G .; J. Helinki, R. S. S., and A. John- son, L. S. S.

Palace Lodge, No. 765, A. F. & A. M., received its dispensation on November 1, 1882, and was chartered on October 4. 1883, with the following charter mem- bers: Fred H. Brown, W. H. Hall, L. H. Walker, W. H. Joyce, A. C. Rankin, Albert E. Barker, Thomas J. Owens, William H. Walsh, John Cannon, J. (). Brown, Wyman Perry, John E. W. Campbell, Robert W. Scott, W. W. Nelson, Charles E. Aylin, J. M. Tate, J. M. Taylor, D. P. Lanahan, D. R. Estell, James A. Kerr, 1 .. H. Wilson, Andrew S. Gilso, Thomas Prentice, F. H. Secord, James R. Reniff and T. S. Johnson. The first officers were: Fred. H. Brown, W. M .; W. H. Hall, S. W .; J. F. Ferguson, J. W ; A. C. Rankin, S .; W. H. Joyce, T .; A. G. Reynolds, S. D .: W. S. Ellis, J. D .: A. Wallace, S. S .; H. Stewart, J. S., and Andrew S. Gilsa, tyler. Some of these officers were absent members of other lodges who, when Palace Lodge was inits infancy, assisted in the organization of the Lodge. The present officers are: Fred H. Brown, W. M .; 1 .. 11. Wilson, S. W .; C. E. Aylin, J. W .; William H. Walsh,+ S .; W. H. Joyce, T .; J. M. Taylor, S. D .; J. M. Tate, J. D .; J. O. Brown, S. S .; D. P. Lanahan, J. S., and Andrew S. Gilso, tyler. The officers elected for the ensuing Masonic year and now ; January, 1884) awaiting installation, are: Fred H. Brown, W. M .; L. H. Wilson, S. W ; C. E. Aylin, J. W .; J. O. Brown, S., and Wyman Perry, T. The deacons, stewards and tyler are necessarily unappointed.

Harmony Lodge, No. 110, K. of P., was organized on September 16, 1882, with seventeen charter mem- bers, and forty-two for the first rank. The first officers were: C. Bergman, P. C .; E. Shellgren, C. C .; C. F. Rydberg. V. C .; C. Svanson, P .; G. Johnson, M. of E .; J. C. Bergqvist, M. of F .; C. O. Ullin, K. of R. and S .; J. Ahlgren, M. A .: C. J. Sandstrom, I. G., and C. J. Johnson, O. G The present officers are: F. Pederson, P. C .; George Parneman, C. C .; John Linde, V. C .; Hans Ose. P .; Charles Bergein, M of E .; Olof Peter- son, M. of F .; Charles Lundgren.t K. of R. and S .; Christian Ose. M. A .; John Tolf, 1. G., and O. Ander- son, O. G. The membership at present comprises one hundred and two Knights of Pythian chivalry.

Palace City Division, No. 14, K. of P., was organized December 8, 1883. and chartered January 26, 1884, on which date the following officers were installed by Grand Commander Brand of Chicago, assisted by Grand Com- missary Brennan and Sir Knight Herald Peck: Sir Knights, L. J. Church, Jr., commander; H. D. W. Vogt, lieutenant commander; G. F. Matthews, herald; F. B. Hotaling .¿ recorder; W. P. Matthews, treasurer; C. R. Wexelberg, right guard; F. W. Pahler, sentinel, and J. H. Lammering, standard bearer. The division has thirty-one members.

Calumet 1.odge, No. 215, A. O. U. W., was insti-

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with forty-five members, and the following officers: Charles V. Gross, P. M. W .; Joseph Berry, M. W .; George S. Asquith, F .; O. B. Smith, O .; Theo, Von Konig, recorder; D. Estell, financier; F. W. Koon, re- ceiver: James Sequa, G .; S. S. Marsh, I. W., and J. M. Price, O. W. The Lodge at present has fifty-two mem. bers and the following officers: D. Estell, P M. W .; F. Grabert, M. W .; Joseph Sequa, F .; R. Gilbert, O .; 1). I .. Beach, recorder; S. N. Pullen, receiver; C. F. Al. ward, financier: J. Condon, G .; J. Mahon, I. W., and J. W. Bruns, O. W. The trustees are Charles V. Gross," B. Brodhead and James Sequa.

Pullman Choral Society was organized in 1882. It has about seventy-five members, and its practice is upon oratorios and Novello's harmonic publications. During the autumn and winter the society usually gives con- certs. Its officers are: W. H. Cork, leader; E. Butcher, secretary: H. O. Rockwell, treasurer; William Penrose, Daniel Martin, O. L .. Chadwick, J. W. Pae, J. N. Chad- wick and W. J. Jacobs, business committee.

The Pullman Gun Club will shortly be re-organized. Its present officers are, Directors: Christopher Barks, president; Alfred B. Elwes, secretary; James E. Mur- phy, treasurer; Frank Anderson and W. Gray.

The theater that is within the walls of the Arcade Building is entitled the

" PRIDE OF PULLMAN," and is thus described: Lo- cated above the first floor, the approach to the theater is by a magnificently carved white ash stairway, the de- signs of colonnades, balustrades and newels being very elaborately and artistically executed. The upper land- ing consists of a broad and spacious vestibule lighted by handsome Newell chandeliers. Against its north wall stands a series of large mirrors reflecting the scene of the entire vestibule, and the great arched door- way of heavily carved white ash opening into the pretty little foyer beyond, from which is gained an unobstructed view of the beautiful auditorium and general interior of the theater. To the right and left of the fører have been arranged two daintily appointed little dressing rooms for ladies and gentlemen respectively. On entering the auditorium, the eye is at once struck with the rich and harmonious blending of color, the peculiarity of the ar- chitecture and the beauty and uniformity of the whole interior arrangement. A snug, cosy effect has been ob- tained without any suggestion of inefficiency or close- ness, while a full view may be had from every seat in the house. The prevailing color of the woodwork of the auditorium is dark mahogany, embellished by gilding. T'his grave effect is lightened, however, by the artistically tinted walls, which diffuse an air of light and cheerful- ness, rendering a soft outline to the carvings of the darker wood-work and thus robbing them of their sombreness. They are hand-painted and stenciled in oil, the body color being a rich purple, and gradually verging into delicate rose and dove color as it approaches the frieze. The design, though clinging to the hexagonal, is not distinctly apparent, but seems rather the outgrowth of varying fancy, while it does not lack in artistic blending and delicate execution-blue, olive, orange, bronze and rose, are so artistically introduced and per- fectly blended, that there is nowhere apparent the offense of tawdry decoration or flashy excess. The frieze is charmingly executed, being floral in de- sign. The ceiling is tastefully embellished with laven- der and silver; in its center rises a huge, stained-glass skylight, from which depemis a magnificent bronze chandelier of somewhat elaborate though tasty design,

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and although presenting the appearance of exceeding ponderosity, it is really possessed of hut little weight. The rail and balcony trimmings of the house are of dark crimson and maroon; the opera chairs are folding, with crimson plush backs and leather seats. The floor is covered with a hody Brussels carpet, which in color and design is in keeping with that of the general interior. Those features, however, which give to the house its quaint and heautiful appearance, are the hoxes, the pro- scenium and drop curtain, which are gems in coloring, design and execution. The boxes are exceedingly novel and striking in design, being decidedly Moresque in style, with many little domes, minarets and spherical ornaments, and number five on each side. They also are arranged so that the five on each side may be thrown into one, to accommodate large parties. The main boxes are surmounted by a pagoda arrangement, while the single box next to the proscenium is a projecting balcony, distinct and apart from the remainder of the group. The woodwork of these boxes is of a rich, dark mahogany, relieved by gikdling, a prominent part of which is at various points a gilded basket-work de- sign, which is very pleasing in effect. The arch of the proscenium square is obtained by this gilding. Rich curtains of blue and maroon raw silk, laced with gold thread, shade the lower boxes, while from the upper boxes hang very heavy embossed olive velvets, present- ing an ensemble indescribably rich and elegant. The proscenium and first side sets are most admirably exc- cuted in design and color, and while in thorough keep- ing with the arrangement of the whole interior, form a soft and fitting framework for the drop curtain, which excels in every particular any other in the country. The scene is taken from the Orient, and depicts a Moresque balcony with elaborately carved colonnades running into graceful arches as they approach the cupola. Upon the polished floor stands an empty chair, of Moorish de- sign, over one arm of which has been carelessly thrown a crimson robe, while near it is a delicate ebony stand hung with slender gold chains and supporting an in- cense chalice of gold; beyond gleams the blue water of the Bosphorus, while still farther in the distance rise the turrets and spires of a Byzantine town; drawn back from the scene as side drapings, by slender cords of gold, are represented heavy curtains of old gold merged into a border of rich, dark green, heavily fringed with gold. The perspective is simply perfect, the color is rich and warm, and the execution most delicate and ac- curate in detail and entirety. Mr. Hughson Hawley, of the Madison Square Theater of New York City, de- signed the drop curtain, and the chromatic effect of the entire auditorium. The stage is a model of smooth working, and the properties are arranged with a view to convenience and rapid handling. The latest improve- ments in stage apparatus have been adopted in detail, and a perfect system of electric and gas apparatus reaches every part of the theater. The dressing-rooms are gems of neatness and convenience of arrangement, while the orchestra is equal to that of any other theater. This beautiful temple of dramatic art was erected at a cost of $35,000, exclusive of the walls, which are a part of the Arcade Building. The theater has a seating ca- pacity of one thousand, and is minutely provided with every appurtenance for the extinguishing of fire, and amply furnished with means of exit for the audience in case of a conflagration. Mr. Pullman retains, through his stage and dramatic business manager, direct and personal control of the management of the house, and censorship of the plays whose production may be there contemplated.

On January 9, 1883, the theater was formally opened, when the Madison Square Theater Company played " Esmeralda," and the following invited guests of Mr. Pullman graced the auditorium : Messieurs and Mes- dames Wirt Dexter, William Penn Nixon, Robert Pat- terson, Kindley, W. A. Lincoln, O. W. Potter, W. C. D. Grannis, Murry Nelson, John B. Jeffery, E. T. Jeffery, W. W. Kimball, Charles Towne, H. S. Monroe, Arthur Towne, C. M. Henderson, Sidney Williams, George Armour, Philip H. Sheridan, L. M. Johnson, Edwin Walker, A. A. Parker, Thomas Hoyne, Michael V. Sheridan, Henry Field, John Jones, James McKay, N. K. Fairbank, Charles Barnes Thompson, Charles Ham, G. B. Marsh, Jesse Spaulding, W. H. Volkmar. John M. Clark, Stewart Clark, S. B. Cobb, J. McGregor Adams, A. S. Chetlain, R. N. Isham, Jerome Beccher, T. B. Blackstone, C. B. Sawyer, W. E. Strong, J. W. Doane, Alfred Cowles, M. Marsh, John C. Dunlevy, J. C. Peasley, W. F. Cohb. Edson Keith, Lyman Trumhull, George L. Dunlap, C. B. Farwell, H. C. Humphrey, Byron P. Moulton, Harman Spruance, Marshall Field, Thomas 1., Kimhall, J. T. and Mrs. Torrence, Peter and Misses Van Schaack, Miss Lizzie Eames, Mrs. James I), Whit- more, R. W. and Mrs. Dunham, Huntington W. Jack- son, Frank Stone, Robert Barry, O. S. A. Sprague, Philip Wadsworth, Leslie Carter, A. B. Pullman, Graeme Stewart, R. W. Rathbone, Jr., S. G. Field, H. J. Kim- ball, D. G. Wells, E. W. Henricks, A. Rapp, George F. Brown, II. A. Richards, John Mel.can, John I., Woods, James H. Smith, S. S. Beman, F. G. Secord, R. A. Parke, Nicho. F. Cooke, David Swing and daughter, Mr. and Miss Cox, Mrs. M. C. Sanger, Mrs. II. O. Stone, Mrs. Dr. Irwin, Mrs. Helen Mott, the Misses Pullman, Doane, Brooks, Parkes; Emma Wadsworth, the Misses Campbell, Fannie Cowles, Fannie Doane, Kitty Arnold, Jenny King, Nellie Hibbard, Rose Buck- ingham, Francis Keep, Alice Keep, Lizzie Isham ; the Misses Jones, Miss Rucker, Fannie Matthews, Laura Kimball, Mac Kimball, Miss Wells, Mrs. Lucy 1). Fake, Mrs. Amos T. Hall, Mrs. Ludington ; Messrs. Wirt Walker, Frederick Keep, Alonzo Page, C. Brunswick, Anson Stager, Isaac N. Arnold, Norman Williams, Charles Munn, Emerson Tuttle, Samuel W. Allerton, B. H. Campbell, Ben Campbell, Jr., William H. Chap- pell, James D. I.udlam, A. S. Appleton, Daniel Good- win. John B. Drake. L. J. Gage, A. B. Stone, William Munroe, W. M. Hibbard, Professor Fiske, F. Chandler, Henry Norton, William Keep, Henry Isham, T. J. Jones, J. Russell Jones, De Laskie Miller, Charles Schwartz, M. Bishop, Arthur Towne, W. H. H. Ben- yaurd, J. F. Gregory, William H.Clarke, Daniel Johnson, George W. Montgomery, Louis Fisher, M. Matthews, Watson Blair, Philo Wilbur, John Crerar, Jr., A. S. Weinsheimer, H. H. Hewitt, M. Nichols, G. H. Quinn, E. A. Jewett, George M. Gray, O. A. Lochrane, Jesse Meehan, L. M. Bennett, L. G. Matthews and N. F. Barrett.

At 8:30 P. M. the audience was seated and the cur- tain rose, displaying George M. Pullman in the center ; on his right were Stewart L. Woodford, Marshall Field, I.vman Trumbull, Norman Williams, C. B. Farwell, O. W. Potter, T. B. Blackstone, N. K. Fairbank and J. Russell Jones ; while on the left of Mr. Pullman were Philip II. Sheridan, John Crerar, Lyman J. Gage, J.W. Doane, David Swing. O. A. Lochrane, Edson Keith, and B. H. Campbell. Mr. Pullman stepped to the front of the stage and said :

" Ladies and gentlemen : In behalf of my associates and myself, I desire to say, that we feel extremely gratified by the presence of this large audience, com-

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prising so many distinguished people, assembled in honor of this opening. I am very happy to announce the presence with us to-night of a gentleman of national reputation, who has generously consented to make a brief address upon topics suggested by this occasion. It affords me great pleasure to introduce to you the Honorable Stewart 1 .. Woodford, of New York."

Mr. Woodford then spoke as follows; and in his speech has so aptly described and eulogized Pullman, that it is an essay in itself.

" LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: Entire frankness is, I am sure, the best policy for me to-night. Although our generous host asked me to come a thousand miles to be with you at this christening of a city, 1 was still very glad to accept. I had read much of Pullman; I had heard much of its purpose; and I wanted to know something of the method and scope of what was being done here. I wished to see and study it for myself, with my own eyes, and on the spot 1 fancied that a few can- did, earnest words of sympathy, and good wishes, might justify my being here.

" But I have found so much more than I had hoped to find; so much more has been done than I had ex- pected; so much more is here than I had even dreamed possible, that I must frankly say, had I formed any just idea of what Pullman really is, I would not have come, but should have left these words of welcome and of benediction to be spoken by some one else more fitly.

" It was Sunday when I reached this factory-town. 1 strolled through its streets and by its shops; into its church, arcade and library. All was quiet, orderly and restful. Yesterday I came again. The town was then at work; it was full of labor; full of energy; rich in ac- complished results; richer far in the prophecy of a sure future.

" It is just possible that you who come to-night as visitors from Chicago; that even you who live and work here, and are thus most familiar with its form, have not as yet comprehended what this town of Pullman really is and what it really means. Pardon such frank speak- ing. But right under your eyes there is being worked out a sum in practical business and in business-like liberality, which, if successful, is to demonstrate the money value of the golden rule. To me Pullman proves, in hard, practical dollars and cents, that it pays to love your neighbor as yourself. 1 stepped from the cars. Beauty, grace, art met me on every hand. I had seen landscape gardening elsewhere. Here was also architectural gardening. Eye and taste were at once content and glad.

"I went into the great workshops, and, lo! beauty was suhordinate to use. There was order, there was symmetry, there was honest labor efficiently at work. This is the marvel of organizing genius-to create and use great power, and yet never to forget the necessity and utility and beanty of perfect accuracy in the most minute detail. So Nature works. So works the best human brain when it does the best things either in coarsest production or in most delicate art. Nature is ever strong, yet nature never neglects either detail or beauty. With giant force she heaves the tides in resist- less food, and yet with most exquisite tints she paints the shell that her waves toss up at play and leave as lov- ing gift upon the shore. All this strength and all this accuracy of detail I saw in the great water-tower; in the powerful forcing-pumps; in the system of sewerage; in the Corliss engine with its Centennial memories and its Centennial suggestions: in the patient care and prudent thrift which picked up the tiniest shaving and made it fuel; and in the scientific art which condensed each drop

of steam, until even from the engines' waste a crystal lakelet flashes into beauty.

"Thus power, brain, art and labor work together producing things of use in forms of loveliness. Noth. ing wasted; nothing lost. Order without tyranny and economy without meanness.

" From the shops I passed into the streets. They are graded, guttered, sewered, lighted, and planted with trees. In the summer, as I am told, they are bordered with lawns and bright with flowers.

" From street to house and tenement, where each can have that for which he can pay. But the cheapest tenement has the three essentials of life: good air, plenty of it; good light, plenty of it; good water, plenty of it. The man, woman or child who is not clean in Pullman has literally no excuse. It must be for love of dirt. It cannot be for lack of the means to be clean. Clean streets will teach the people to be clean. Beauty and order without will produce neatness and comfort within. The teachings of village and street will be reflected in humblest home and smallest teneinent.

" From house and home I went to the market. From the market to the stores, From stores to play-grounds, boat-course, to school, and church; from church to lib- rary, Arcade and theater, and nowhere did I find gam- ing-table, bar-room or brothel. Everywhere is utility, order, cleanliness, beauty. These are the silent teach- ers that minister to eye, to heart, to brain. They must make men live more cleanly lives within as well as with- out. They must help children, women and men to grow into sweeter, whiter, nobler and more productive manhood.

" As I saw these things, I asked myself: How has this come? Rather-for I fancy that things seldom come-how has this been done ?

" Less than three years ago here was low, swampy prairie-land lying idle, almost useless beside Lake Calu- met.

" But just this fact made it possible to secure enough land at reasonable cost to make such an experiment fea- sible. The idea was a large one, and it needed a full- sized lot in which it could be planted and grow.

" Then there was in the great car company a busi- ness that required the employment of regiments of di- versified labor. That labor is of all kinds, from the honest muscle that shovels coal and piles pig iron, to the art which rivals nature in the hue and form of the lily that it paints, and in the glass that it engraves with almost the delicate tracery of winter's frost.

" Diversity of labor, diversity of gift, diversity of thought and skill, is the condition of successful human union. Here was such a business need, in a corporation that builds the car for heaviest, rudest freight, and yet that puts upon the rail a carriage combining strength, use, beauty and luxury such as even Cleopatra never knew as she floated in her perfumed barge with silken sails upon the waters of the mystic Nile. Such palace cars as are here built even royalty has not yet equaled on modern continental railways.

" There was place; there was business need; there was also sufficient capital to do the required thing, when it had been intelligently demonstrated that the effort would pay as well in dollars and cents as in the larger and better and more enduring results of happier and better manhood.

" But place, and need, and money would have been powerless had not the brain, the vision, the will and the courage been found. In a word, there were the condi- tions of just such an effort and just such a result, and the man alone was needed. And he was there. He is

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here. You know him as your neighbor. You love him as your friend. You speak his name and you have christened the town.

" This is indeed a monument worthy of a brave, wise, just and liberal man. But there is here a likeness that is more than in name. In its industry, in its returns of economy and frugality and wise financial results; in its order, in its quiet, in its comfort, in its culture and its beauty, this town expresses the brain and heart and manhood of your friend as fully as its name repeats his own.

" Such is this place in its form. Such were the con- ditions that made its creation possible. And now you logically ask that which I have almost answered in tell- ing what Pullman is and Aowe it has been built, Why was it wise to do the thing as it is being done?

" Let me attempt a simple answer. This great palace car company operates its lines from Brindisi, by the far waters of the Adriatic, to the Golden Gate of Cali- fornia. Its cars are peculiar in construction. It must build them for itself. To build them most economically and best the company can also build all other cars of every grade for every kind of use. The demand is enormous. Five great shops are thus used to-day, at St. Louis, at Detroit, at Elmira, at Philadelphia, and here at l'ullman. Here alone two thousand men are thus employed.

" Needing, using this army of industry, you and 1 can see the wisdom of having this labor close by the factory and shops.

"'Then follows, from simplest rules of practical economy, the wisdom of dealing with this labor fairly and justly. The employer who gives his laborer the best · home at the lowest price that will secure fair interest on the investment, by so much really increases that labor- er's wages. If for every dollar that a man can earn in Chicago it costs him ninety cents to live, his profit is just ten cents. If he can get just as good living here for eighty-five cents, he practically on the same wages earns five cents to each dollar more here than he does there. That is, he saves five cents to the dollar more.

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History of Cook County, Illinois From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Part 163

Author: Andreas, A. T. (Alfred Theodore), 1839-1900 Publication date: 1884 Publisher: Chicago : A.T. Andreas Number of Pages: 875

Author: Andreas, A. T. (Alfred Theodore), 1839-1900
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Chicago : A.T. Andreas
Number of Pages: 875