Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1917 — Four Cities Unite to Beat Gary in Population Race. [ARTICLE]

Four Cities Unite to Beat Gary in Population Race.

Alarmed by the rapid stride that is being made in Gary in her industries and population, four northern Indiana cities have taken up the plans of uniting under one municipal government. Thb four cities in nuestion are Hammond, Whiting, East Chicago and Indiana Harbor, who have a total population of over 100,000. Gary herself has a population of 50,000 people, many thousand more than any of her competitors and her remarkable advancement has created fear in the hearts of the cities who are in such close proximity -to her. Many times it has been suggested that Gary and her four rivals should amalgamate and be known as Gary, and this did not meet with favor with the other cities. Gary is the youngest city of any importance in Indiana, hence has incurred the jealousy of other cities. There is no question but that these cities should be united, in fact the whole Calumet region could not take a better step, and it is only a question of a few years until it will become imperative that they da 'sa.at the rate they are growing notsgg^s