Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 214, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1916 — Big Law Suit Involves River And Millions In Money. [ARTICLE]

Big Law Suit Involves River And Millions In Money.

What promises to be one of the biggest cases in the history of Porter county is to be fought in Valparaiso in the near future, and it may ultimately reach the superior court. The purpose of the case is to decide whether or not the Big Calumet is to be navigable through th; city of Gary to Indiana Harbor. Motions in this case were heard some time ago. Owners of 1,200 acres of land along the banks of the Big Calumet brought the suit in Lake county and venued the case to, Valparaiso. F. M. Stone, H. A. DeWindt, W. W. Crapo and J. L. Kesner are plaintirs, and the Indiana Steel Co., the city of Gary and the Gary Land Co. are defendants. At two places along til.e stream the elements, in the course us time, have almost completely closed the stream. It is natural that the city of Gary and the steel company would fight the proposed project, as the work would moan an upheaval there. It is proposed to dredge the river thoroughly, so that boats from the lake may ply there and bring increased wealth to the region.