THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



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Photograph by International Film Service 



AN ELEVATOR FlR£ IN CHICAGO 



Some of the biggest grain elevators in the world are located in Chicago, and when fire 

 breaks out among them the souls of the firemen are put to the test. But Chicago has a fire- 

 fighting system worthy of the city's size, and never again can a Mrs. O'Leary's cow work 

 such destruction as in 1871. 



of soap annually. Such is the Pullman 

 Company, as typified by the cars in the 

 service. 



But back in Chicago these cars are 

 made. When one rides in them and 

 thinks that this is wrong or that the other 

 thing might be improved, it is with little 

 realization of what steps have been taken 

 to secure the perfect car. On a track 

 near the main entrance to the shops there 

 is a modern sleeper. In this every prac- 

 ticable suggestion from every source is 



incorporated, in preparation for the 

 monthly meeting of the committee on 

 standards. This committee examines 

 them one by one. Those that to their 

 practiced eyes are obviously unsuited 

 are at once eliminated. The others are 

 passed on for the verdict of the traveling 

 public, which renders a judgment in due 

 time. 



The Pullman shops remind one some- 

 what of a shipbuilding plant. Here are 

 mighty girders, eighty-one feet long and 



