Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 270, Hammond, Lake County, 3 May 1907 — Page 1
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IIS TO CONTROL UTILITIES Plans Expenditure of $70,000,000 in Gary President Buffington Discloses Plans.
A Times' reporter called at the office of Mr. E. J. Bufflngton, president of the Indiana Steel company and the Gary Land company, In Chicago, and requested an Interview concerning the proposed gas, electric light, water and street railway franchises now before the Gary board of trustees for consideration. In recent issues of various local newspapers it has been recited that the Steel company has asked the trustees for the above-named franchises, in Which rates to be charged the private consumers or future citizens of Gary Were not named; that the use of all streets and alleys are to be exclusively reserved under these franchises; and that the rates named in the proposed franchises to the town of Gary for water, gas and electric light are much higher than rates for similar service in other towns and cities. Mr. Buffington. was asked to make a general statement in regard to these matters. He made the following statement: "The Indiana Steel company, and the Gary Land company are subsidiary companies of the United States Steel corporation. The Steel company 13 engaged in constructing a steel plant to be known as the Gary works. The con
struction work now actually under way Is estimated to cost $36,000,000, and
plans for further enlargement contemplate the expenditure of an additional
$35,000,000, so that when the plant is completed In accordance with present plans
it will have required the expenditure of $70,000,000. This will be one of the largest individual steel plants in the world, and will furnish employment to between 10,000 and 15,000 men. The Gary Land company has acquired owner
ship of approximately 7,000 acres of land in Lake county, Indiana, and is building the town of Gary for the purpose of furnishing suitable homes for the employes of the Steel company, as well as a good living community for the
large population which Gary will ultimately have. To Improve Gary.
"Recognizing that new communities grow slowly and that during the
early period of growth such communities are not supplied with modern living
facilities, such as good streets, sanitary sewerage, pure water, cheap electric light and gas and proper transportation facilities, the company decided to evidence its faith in the permanency of Gary by spending millions of money to provide immediately all of the best modern living facilities demanded by any city. "No idea of so-called paternalism was never dreamed of. The town of Gary was' incorporated under the provisions of the Indiana statutes, and three trustees were elected to administer the affairs of the town. Subsequently, the Land company filed Its plat of the first subdivision of Gary, whereby streets and alleys were dedicated. Instead of attempting to sell town lots in a new community at' a profit and allow property owners themselves to provide in an imperfect way, as is usually the case in new communities, streets, sidewalks, sewerage system, etc., the Land company itself undertook to do this work with Its own money. Many of the streets have already been graded and some paved. Jt is the purpose of the Land company to grade and pave all of the streets in the first subdivision of Gary. Sale of Lota at Cost. "In offering the lots for sale the company has priced them so law as to represent nothing more than the cost to it of the property, including the cost of the streets and sewers. From the beginning of the work it was understood that the water, gas, electric light and transportation faclllles would be undertaken by the company under franchises granted by the ttwn trustees. The company expects to make no profit out of these utilities for Gary, expecting to content itself with merely a fair profit upon the capital invested; believing that in this way the interests of Gary will be better, served than if such undertakings were entered into by outside parties with the one motive of money making". ' ..... Auk Franchise. -- ' " "The Steel company will always be by. far the largest prpperty holder in Gary; therefore, its own interests will be best served by "serving the community of Gary In the best way. With the belief and' understanding that this .principle was well recognized, the company began . immediately to lay water pipes and gas pipes to serve the town of Gary, and to construct the water works, gas works and an electric light plant. The franchises now asked for are broad in character and were purposely made so.
"It does not seem wise at this early date to attempt to Incorporate in
such franchises all details and terms safeguarding the interests of future citi zens in a manner similar to that adopted by older and well established com
munltios. The selfish interests of the company, where it has so much at stake in the way of investment alone, will dictate a future policy whicii will
best serve a rapidly growing community.
"However, regardless of the fact that the company implicitly believes that It is best for all interests that the franchises be granted in the broad form pro
posed if the trustees conscientiously believe that it is wise to attempt writing
into the franchises some safeguards for the future citizens of Gary !In the
way of limiting rates to be charged private consumers, the company Is willing
to go to any reasonable extent in meeting the views of the trustees in this re
spect. Gas and water plants already under construction by the company have been designed by the most eminent engineers in such lines of construction, and
Gary, under the franchises proposed, will have gas, water and electric light supplies superior to any city on the lake The water works has been designed
with a capacity sufficient to take care of a population of over 100,000. Expect 40,000 reople.
"The gas and electric light plants will have capacities sufficient to take cars of a population of over 40,000 with provision for the installation of Increased capacity as soon as the population grows. The company cannot be
lieve that the people of northern Indiana, and especially those living in or near by Gary, will question the wisdom of entrusting to the Steel company
under proper safeguards the right to furnish these public utilities. Nor can
they feel that the trustees of Gary will hesitate for a moment to withhold their
full co-operation with this large plan to advance the welfare of northern In
diana. No movement of such magnitude has ever before been undertaken and no community has ever had such a large opportunity to rupldly advance the interests of its citizens. A large duty has been imposed on the board of
trustees and it is believed that they will fully discharge it."
JOCKO BRIGGS
01 MISSING?
Notorious Criminal Said to Have Jumped His Bond.
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TRIAL SET FORT
Search By Police Pails to Reveal His
Whereabouts Bondsmen Stuck For $500.
old and his wife are out $500 as they
were on his bonds for that amount.
Brlggs for the last two days has
been talking about the trial, and said
that he had evidence to show that he
was not guilty.
J. A. Gavit defended in his hearings
In West Hammond but Brlggs was to have been defended today by Attorney
H. Mofflt of South Chicago.
Those who are closely acquainted
with Brlggs say that he has not quit but will be on hand when the trial comes up at 2 o'clock. However, the
police fear that he has made his get away and no one is more anxious to see him show up at the trial than Aug. Arnold and his wife who are on his bond. Brlggs is alleged to have held up and robbed P. Tomia, a foreigner in West Hammond, about five weeks ago and relieved him of $19. If Brlggs appears this afternoon it will be the fifth time he has come into court to answer this same charge.
In Consideration of This
4 They Get Off With Minimum Fines.
BOD 1ITL0IGS UP
Noted Gambler Shoulders Combined
Fines and Quartette Leave Court Room.
CREATES STIR West Hammond's Board Enlivened by Hint of Corruption.
Pleading guilty to all charges In the famous Dearborn Park pool room
cases, Thomas, ("Bud" White, George
Williams and Edward Brandon of Chicago, received the minimum fines and costs on one count each, and the other counts against them were dismissed
be-fore Judge McMahon in the Hammond city court this morning. The total of the fines and costs amounted to $78.20.
As a result of their plea of guilty, the finding of Judge McMahon in the plea for the writ for the destruction
of the property and the devices is sustained, as is the contention of the
state, that the place was used as a gambling resort. The former case has been taken to a higher tribunal by
the defense on exceptions and appeal.
SHAKE-UPJOR P0LI0E License Question Passed Until Next Session Attorney Markman
May Be Reappointed.
Things started off at a lively clip with the new West Hammond board at its first mooting last night. The proceedings were materially enlivened by a rumor of bribery which developed early in the evening, and by the fart that everybody who could crowd into the village hall was present in a state of congestion which threatened his health if not his life. Every inch of standing room was" occupied and many had to be turned away from the doors because of the insufficiency of the hall to accommodate them. Then too, there
was an unexpected shake up in the po
lice force, two officers being discharged and two appointed in their place. The men whoso heads foil were Officers Johnson and Peters. Okroy and Kul-
czyk were retained and John Kosmolo
Sometimes they're in the corner, sometimes they're by the door, Sometimes they're all a-standin' in the middle uv the floor; 8omet!mes they are a-sittin' down, sometimes they're walkln' round So softly an' so creepylike they never make a sound I Sometimes they are as black as ink, an' other times they're white But the color ain't no difference when you see things at night! Eugene Field. Berryman in Washington Star.
Bud White, Edward Brandon, George and John Levolskl appointed to take
Williams and Ernest Fleschlg were ar- the places of Peters and Johnson.
rested in the sensational raid of the License QurnHon Bring Bribe Rumor. Dearborn Park stockade about three The bribe rumor, was naturally based weeks ago. Three counts were alleged uron the attitude of the dive keepers against White, two against Brandon toward the new trustees. One of the
and Williams and one against Fleschlg. former, it was asserted, had had the
xney an cimrgpu Keeping. ueui irrc- temerity to approach a trustee with a ent and indulging in gambling in re- dennite proposition of reward for faithgard to the pool room at the stockade. ful BerviCe to him, (the dive keeper).
I.ienlency Conditionally Extended. but diligent investigation failed to reWhen the case was cayed this morn- ve'al the identity of the alfeged briber ing the men were Informed by Judge or attempted brlbee.
McMahon that if a plea of guilty wasf It was generally purposed that the
GIRL RESGOED
FROIOIIE
Detained in South Chicago
Resort is Sent Home to Danville.
CAPTOR USESHIS PISTOL Police Hold Him on Criminal Charge After Hearing the Story of a Rescuer.
NEW SERIAL TOMORROW . . The serial story, "The Plum Tree" which . has , been running . In THE. LAKE CQVJfTX JTjajES 4 1 completed, tn. this Issue. It ia, Indeed a good fortune for those of our readers v ho like serials that ne have secured the novel "A Rock In the Baltic," by that master novelist, Robert Barr, to run serially. The new story which will begin tomorrow la a love story, full of the thrills which attends a military yarn and will be read with eagernens from the very opening chapter.
WOULD WRECK -IBilll
APPEAR If CHIMES
OF NORfi
Joseph (Jocko) Brlggs, who has his trial this afternoon before Justice Smith at Dalton. 111., has disappeared according to information received from West Hammond this afternoon. Officer Kulszyk and Okroy, two of the witnesses left about 1 o'clock for Dalton but when they, started searching for Brlggs he was no where to be found and the general opinion is that lie has blown. If he has August Am-
JAMESTOWN STAMPS HERE. Called Png of Stamp Family Because They Are Hard to Lick. The Jamestown Exposition Memorial stamp will arrive at the postofflce May 15. They have been dubbed the "champion pugs of the stamp family" because they're so hard to lick. Philatelists over the country have
bought souvenir stamps in large numbers and discovered upon cursory investigation: That it is possible to get an awful lot of Jamestown stamps for 2 cents. That it takes a lot of lickum and an extra large size tongue to do em justice. That the shades in stamps have changed to "Alice blue," "onion skin pink," and "Du Barry green."
A sensational case involving a fair prisoner held against her will in a house of ill fame, together with a
gallant rescue by a young knight of
her acquaintance who chanced to learn of her detention, has come to light in
South Chicago. The story embraces the midnight scaling of a ladder to the girl's room by her would-be rescuer, and an interchange of shots between the hero and the villain. Dora Martin is the name of the girl and she is from Danville, 111. She is about 20 years 6t age. The young man who sought to rescue her is Charles Mader, also of Danville. The girl had been missing from her home for some time and Mader happened to learn that she was an inmate of a house of ill fame run by a man named Pisa at 9158 Harbor avenue. He visited the place where he obtained an interview with the Miss Martin. The girl who is of respectable parentage wept bitterly and . told Mader a pitiful story of having been lured to the resort by false representations and was being held prisoner there against her will. Plans Desperate Rescue Th young man planned a thrilling rescue for the young woman. He de
termined to enter her room by means
of a ladder at 2 o clock in the morn
ing and on Wednesday morning pro
ceeded to put his plan Into execution.
Local Talent Make Big Hit in Presentation of the Charming Opera.
For the second time "The Chimes of Normandy" was given before a Hammond audience and was well received. The chorus was a well balanced one and some of the chorus girls were as vivacious and easy in their manner as though they had appeared before the footlights for years. The chorus was a well balanced one and the music was exceedingly good. Barnle Young, as director, has reason to be very proud of both the chorus and of his orchestra, which played the prelude, interludes and postlude as well as the opera music proper. Without hesitancy it might be said that Miss Anna Rubin, as Serpolette, the good, for nothing, and James A.
Carr, as the notary, were the stars of
the amateurs, while as was to be ex
pected, George Herbert as the miser.
played his part well.
Miss iuoin s succinct manner won
for her the applause of the whole au
dlence. James Carr was the comedian and performed In a manner that would
have done credit to a professional. Great Credit na Whole.
Henri, the Marquis of Conneville, Im
personated by .Major JNaughten, was
. i one of the interesting parts, and A. M
Stephenson, who played the part of
He had gone half way up the ladder j Jean Grenleheux. the fisherman, was
when Pisa discovered him and opened
fire. Mader claims Pisa fired at least j twelve shots at him and Pisa admits i to three or four. Whatever the number it was sufficient to bring Mader down the ladder in a hurry. He escaped from Pisa and yesterday came to the. South Chicago police station to give himself up in case Pisa had taken out a warrant. - Lieutenant Smith said he had had no complalnragainst Mader and the latter repeated his story. Lieutenant Smith at once sent a couple of officers to the Pisa saloon and they returned with the Martin girl. She corroborated Mader's story. Pisa was made to pay the girl's fare back to Danville for which point she left this morning after having been kept all night under the care of the matron of the Soutil Chicago station.
entered they would be lieniently dealt first thing the new board would do
with. The maximum penalties in the would be to take soma action upon the cases against the men would have licenses, but when it came tip a moreached into the thousands if Imposed, tlon was mado to hold it over until and the defense immediately entered a the next meeting which will be next plea of guilty in each case. Judge Mc- Thursday night. T ils disposition of . Mahon then declared the first three the matter caused more excitement
guilty on one count and dismissed the j among those present, than deSnits a-a-other charges and the charge against) tion would have doie.
Flescnig.- - ; r. . . . j The dive keepers who were eipct
On the charge of keeping gambling j Jng to learn their fate, were much fils-
devices, Brandon was fined $25 which j appointed; " -
was the minimum on that charge In After the matUr . .of 'granting or rethe statutes. On the other count his I yoking the' licenses was disposed of
case'was dismissed. Williams, charged the new board started in with tliu re-;
with being present was fined $5 and suits as above stated. costs and White charged with keeping Attornev Samuel K. Markman was
a building for the purpose of gambling preSent and asked that he be retained was fined $5 also. Two other counts as vniage attorney. James Irving, a against White were dismissed. r fnrmr nartner of Markman. was also
With the costs the total amounted -.resent and nut in an application for
to $19.40 in the cases of White and the pOSjtlon. The board did not take Williams and $39.40 in the case of action, but held the matter over
STflnTO A ; OniTr niT 13 , , , Z u , until the next meeting, Thursday night. I DK I S fl SH I H SIM PCket fnd Pea fd J6 Whla amount It is conceded that it is highly probI nil I U fl U I I I L UU1 I from a large ralL Tne en wero rep- able Markman will be retained as the
resented oy Attorneys uavu ana mc- fftp tna Vllae-a8 he sue-
Aleer. I Alrt.a a eri-wl 1nnr(i1nT
tCCUCU III luanmp, a, C" v' ' ' ' ' upon , the trustees at the meeting last
night. In entering his application ha
reiterated his intent to oust the dives.
In the meantime the dives on State
street will be allowed to run, although their licenses expired May 2. The law
premits tlvem to do this until the board
either turns down their bonds io licenses or grants them new ones.
Blackmail Claimed by New
York-Chicago Ten Hour Road Officials.
Ex-Employe Said To Be Conspiring binqHAM ON FRENCH
to Do Company InjuryLatter Asks Justice.
With the desire to forestall what he
claims is a conspiracy with motives of blackmail and spite, on the part of an ex-employe, to wreck the Chi
cago-New York Electric Air Line rail
road company, the "Ten-Hour Road," President Alexander C. Miller, has published a letter, asking that in case suits be started, a thorough investigation of the matter be taken up before unfavorable coment is made.
LICK AND WEST BADEN.
(Special to Lake County Times.)
Indianapolis, May 3. Attorney Gen
eral James Bingham, in discussing the
decision of Judge McMahon at Ham
mond, in the application for permission
to destroy the Dearborn Park stock
ade, and the probable action of the
state with reference to the French Lick and West Baden casinos, said that
it is a question of fact in each parti
cular case whether the structure in
which gambling is carried on comes
within the statute authorizing the de structlon of gambling property.
"Personally," said Mr. Bingham. "I
do not know anything about condi-
As a matter of fact, the promoters
of the railroad think they see an at- tions at French Lick and West Baden.
tempt to place the company before the I don't know whether facts exist that
public in an unfavorable light, and to block the progress of the mammoth
enterprise that is to make the other
east and west railroads look like slow freight cars. President Miller has is
sued a statement in which he claims
would Justify the destruction of the
property.
"The state will file a petition in
court for permission to destroy the
$10,000 worth of gambling parapher
nalia that has been in charge of the
that an ex-employe of the railroad is sheriff at Paoli since the raids by the
state, some months ago, but Just how soon it will be done I am unable to tell, as we have much work ahead.
about to enter suits after calling a
meeting of the stockholders of the company.
Called 9200,000,000 Concern. The corporation is spoken of as a $200,000,000 one, and the exact figures as to the amount of stock subscribed
H wanting, but the figures are spoken proposed ten-hour speed between Chi-
of as between s20,ooo,ouo and io,ooo,- cae0 and New York.
SHIP YARDS
TO WJTHDHAW?
Rumor That Big Industry,
Will Abandon South Chi cago Unconfirmed.
NORTH WORKS 10 QUIT
However, the prosecution of gamblers Repair Yards at Halsted Street and
and the application to destroy will be
pushed Just as rapidly as possible."
River Discontinued Local
Orders Sent East.
also good.
Taken as a whole the play was well
acted and its production speaks well
for the histrionic and musical- ability of some of the Hammond men and women who took part in it. " Miss Emma Champaign, as Germalne, the lost marchioness, proved herself the possessor of a good voice and played her part well. The chorus girls who had speaking parts. Miss Gertrude Twlss, Miss Julia Reilley, Miss Hattie Hollcroft and Miss Florence Howell, were all delightfully vivacious and had becoming stage manners. In the "special business" line, the song, "The Dearborn Park Stockade," set to music by Barnie Young, made a hit The production was a success from start to finish- and few, If any, of the breaks that- are usually so noticeable in amateur productions were apparent.
001. It is also the general opinion that the money is largely Invested by the so-called "Working Classes." In his letter President Miller states that as there are a great many investors, actual and prospective, in the securities of the company, unfavorable comment by the newspapers on pros
pective suits, would do much injury to tlve stockholder.
the prospects, and asks a thorough investigation. , He takes the position that there is nothing connected with the affairs of the qompany that will not bear the most rigid scrutiny, and has no doubt of the ultimate Outcome, but that the suits may be brought for the purpose of shaking public confidence. Claims Thu Far. The company thus far claims to have constructed a line of several miles outside of LaPorte, Ind., and the directors say that there is material on the ground for fifteen miles more. It is
expected by them that the line be
tween Chicago and LaPorte will soon While working at the Gibson yards
be opened. The whole line, according yesterday Arthur Jarvls fell and suf-
to one director, will open in about six fered a sprain of the ankle, which will
t-oar-a old timet railroad mon scoff fit 1 k pen him from bis work for some
the Idea, . however, and also . at the I time.
In his letter to the public Miller says that the company will have two locomotives and other apparatus. Including steam shovels and cars for construction work, within a few weeks. There are no bonds on the railroad, so there can be no interest to pay and
that is an inducement to the prospec-
The proposed route of the railroad will be through Hammond, and if completed should prove a vast advantage
to the city. Engineers and surveyors have surveyed the right of way, and have been working Just outside the city. The outcome of the expected suits will be watched with Interest, as the Air Line has been advertised ex
tensively all over the country and there are a number of investors scattered about in this vicinity.
WORKMAN SPRAINS ANKLE.
The chartering c-f the steamer Mary
H. Boyce by the Chicago Ship Building company for a number of trips
between the South Chicago Ship yards
and Lorraine, O., gave rise today to
the rumor that the ship yards will
pull up stakes.
Superintendent Alfred W. Smith of
the ship yards, who returned Tuesday
from his eastern trip, stated today
that the plans of the company are not made in regard to the fate of the local yards. The steamer Cor
nell, which was launched several months ago, went to Lorraine last week under her own steam to have her interior fittings finished up. The steamer Thomas W. Lynch, will be towed to Lorraine, by the steamer Boyce. All of the materials for a boat that had been planned to be built here has been shipped to Lorraine for building, and another boat that was on the stocks will be dismantled and shipped. The north side yards of the Chicago Ship Building company, at Halsted street and the river, will be abandoned. This yard is merely a repair yard, and is of tmall Importance. Its abandonment was planned sometime before the strike- at the local yard waa i inaugurated. .