Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 291, Hammond, Lake County, 28 May 1907 — Page 1

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BURGLARS HOLD HGHGARNIVAL Whiting Selected as Their Stamping Ground Last Night.

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Traction Privileges Will be in the Hands of Steel Corporation.

ASSURE GOOD SERVICE Official of the Gary Company Explains the Position of the Concern Eegarding Street Cars. At the regular meeting of the board of trustees at Gary held last Saturday May 25th, there were submitted three requests for street railway franchises, one request was presented by the Lake Shore Traction Co., the promoters of which are unknown. Another request was presented by Lemuel Darrow, who Is connected in some way with the socalled Air Line, which announces its Intention to construct an elevated elec tric railway to connect Chicago and New York City. The third request was presented by the Gary & Hammond Traction company, a company organ ized by the Steel company for the pur pose of taking care of the traction interests of Gary. It was for the purpose of obtaining an Idea of tho attitude of the Steel corporation towards the franchise question that a Times reporter called upon an officer of the Indiana Steel company n"d Gary Land company in Chicago and requested an lnterivew concerning the proposed franchises. Official TalkH. This official who did not care to have Ms name mentioned, stated that the Gary & Hammond Traction company is a subsidiary company of the United States Steel Corporation, and is seeking a traction franchise from the trus tees for the purpose of providing, at as early a date as possible, a etreet car system w..lch will meet the needs of the citizens and business interests of Gary as they may be developed from time to time, and to aid in the develop ment of the town. The proposed franchise secures to the traction company tho right to con struct, maintain and operate within the limits of the town an electric railway system upon and along any and all streets, alleys and highways. The mo tive power Is to be electricity. Tho street paving between the rails of both single and double tracks and within eighteen inches from each outBide rail to bo taken care of at the expenso of the traction company. All of the appliances and apparatus are to be modern in every respect. The rate of fare is limited to five cents for each passenger, with a provision requiring the company to give universal transfer tickets when demanded by the passenger. "Cops" Carried Free. Police and firemen of the town to be carried without charge. No live stock or any other freight, excepting such as is usual and customary for electric street railroads, shall bo carried over the tracks. No freight of any kind shall be discharged from the cars while standing in the streets unless permitted by the town trustees. The company to save the town freo and harmless from any loss or damage growing out of the construction, maintenance and operation of the system. The Traction company agrees to grant to any interurban electric railway company which may desire It, the right to use within tho town any and nil tracks of the traction company upon fair and equitable terms. Such interurban electric railway to have the same privilege to run cars as is granted to tho Traction company, subject to the conditions, restrictions and terms contained in the proposed ordinance. The ordinance to be in effect for fifty years. To Operate nt Once. The official stated that the Traction company purposes to install and operate at once, or within six months from this date, that part of the system intended to serve Broadway from its northerly limits to the Pennsylvania railroad, a distance of about two miles. and will guarantee to have that part of the system in operation within the stated time, provided the trustees succeed in completing the paving on Broadway between the Wabash railroad tracks and the Pennsylvania railroad tracks within six months' time. It was stated further that the company's ordinance did not provide for any speed limits for operating cars; the Idea, being that such matters alwnys remain within the control of the town authorities. "When questioned as to the compensation to the city in the ordinance proposed by Mr. Darrow, the facial made the following statement: Compensation Folly. "In regard to that matter, we feel that the good sense and business judgment of the town trustees will not be led astray by an offer made by outside parties to incorporate In a franchise a provision holding out the hope for uncertain compensation to the city, based upon the net earnings of the company after deducting fixed charges, operating expenses and expenses Incident to the maintenance and extension of lines. "The accounting of profits is susceptible of a peculiar treatment which, in the discretion of the officers of a company, may bo made to postpone indefinitely any showing of net earnings beyond the interest required for bonds outstanding, salaries of executives, cost of maintenance, etc. "We believe that the people of Gary will want good, efficient transportation eervlce and will be willing to pay

ENTER THREE HOUSES

Eesidents Awaken From Dreams to Find Homes Upset and Valuables Missing. Footpads, porch climbers and sneak thieves must have held their annual convention in Whiting last evening and pulled off a. few fancy pieces of work for the edification of the attending delegates, for there were three houses so cleverly broken Into that the occupants were not aware of the fact until this morning. George F. Fifield, who lives in Oliver street, was probably the biggest loser as a result of the raid, and the work on his residence must have won the prize. Mr. Fifield is the superintend ent of the candle factory at the Standard Oil company's plant. Last evening he returned home and retired at the usual hour. During the nfght burglars gained en trance to the house through a window on the front porch and picked up every thing they could lay their hands on As a result of the haul the silverware Is gone. Mr. and Mrs. Fifield have both lost their watches, a watch fob belong lng to Margaret, Mr. Fifield's daughter, was taken and Mrs. Fifield lost a gold ring. The work was all done so quietly that the burglars were not heard by a member of the family, and their surprise was exceedingly great wlu-h they arose this morning to find the house rifled. Walkers I-ose Money. Another house entered was that owned by W. R. Walker, who lives in 33 New York avenue. Whiting. Mr. Walker arose this morning to find that the door to his home had been raysteriously opened by some midnight marHere a pocketbook was taken out of the trousers pocket of the son of Mr. Walker and $11.50 was taken. It is a peculiar fact that In this case the other and more bulky valuables were not touched and the cash was all that seemed attractive to that burglar. Reasoning along the lines of the convention theory, the burglar who was Illustrating house breaking exhibit No 2 must have been convinced that the only plunder that a burglar can get away with and subject himself to the least danger of capture is the cold cash. The pocketbooK, the burglar had the kindness to place in the refrigera tor, where it was found during the process of breakfast making. The third house to be broken into was that of John Welsby of 29 New York avenue. In this case, as In the other two, the door was found open when it had been locked before the family retired. This time there was no plunder - taken so far as Mr. Welsby knows. There is not a single clew the Whiting police could find and the work was about as neatly done as could be imagined. The South Chicago and Hammond police were notified to be on the lookout for suspicious characters. fares at the rate of five cents per passenger. Our sole purpose in seeking the street railway franchise is to take care of the needs f the people and to provide rapid development of the town. Our property Interests in Gary is, and will always remain, the largest single interest in the town. Whatever we shall be able to do in the way of providing good and efficient transportation wlli be to pur interest to do. "We shall not be guided or restricted in the building and operating of a traction system by any desire merely to make money out of that system, as any outsider would be, but will be guided solely by that which will best serve the community. Our large interests in the town and in the steel plant will be best served thereby. o Junk Lines at Gary. In asking that the Gary & HamI mond Traction company be given the right to use any and all streets In Gary, we have in view the building up of one harmonious street railway system for the town. Many towns suffer from the conflicting- Interests of two or more traction systems. Furthermore, such a provision does not give us the exclusive right to use the streets of Gary, excepting in so far as the town authorities may from time to time elect to reserve such provisions for us. Safeguard! Many. "Should the Gary & Hammond Traction company's management ever be unwise enough to hesitate in expanding and enlarging Its traction system when the growth of the community demands It, the town , trustees would always have within their discretion the granting of a franchise to other companies to use such streets as the Gary & Hammond Traction company had failed to properly make use of in the development of their system. "We believe also that the citizens and property interests in Gary will desire that the steel company be entrusted with the development of a traction system, inasmuch as the steel company is building the town and will always be guided in the policies of its subsidiary companies by the best interests of the community."

Uncle Sam: "Now 1 am going in vhile I'm talking."

SANITARY DISTRICT BILUS SIGHED Deneen's Signature Advances Calumet Kegions Cause Another Notch. -AnotfietbTs sp'iias'been taken, forwards the realization of plans of the drainage board by which the sewage fim this territory is to be drawn off down the drainage canal, and this city and all the cities along tho Calumet river will be furnished with access to the gulf to the lakes canal. Yesterday Governor Deneen signed the Chicago sanitary district bill which provides that the levy for drainage purposes be raised from one-half cent to one cent. The only thing that remains to delay the actual beginning of the work Is the test suit to determine the right of the government to prevent the district from reversing the flow of the Calumet river. There were two objections which the governor overruled. One that the tax was permitted to run for an indefinite time; the other that the purposes for which the taxes were to be expended were not explicit ly stated in the bill. "In answer to these objections, the sanitary district trustees stated that there was no definite limitation upon the time, because the existing obliga tions would not permit it. Second, that the things to which the taxes were to be applied could not be stated definitely In the bill because the United States government is about to institute suit against the district to prevent the district from reversing the flow In the Calumet through the sanitary district channel. "In the event this suit shall be decided adversely to the district, the district will be compelled to devise means for the disposal of the sewage of the Calumet region, Englewood, and Hyde Park, the cost of which has been estimated by the government engineers at $17,000,000, about $4,000,000 more than the sanitary district estimates for the Calumet cutoff."

LOCAL TEISTOJJO Oil STRIKE

One Hundred Decide to Take Stand to Better Their

Condition Want $12 to $14 Per Week Straight Wages, Working or Idle.

A strike involving nearly 100 teamsters was called this noon because of the refusal of the team owners to acceed to the demands of the union. The trouble, which was brought to a head today, has breen brewing for some time, this noon being set by the union men as the time in which their employers should agree or express their unwillingness to sign the new contract. A few of the latter including the Lion store, the E. C. Mlnas Co., and Bieker Bros. acceded to their demands and had no trouble in effecting the delivery of their goods. Others, however, claiming that the demands were an Injustice, refused to allow the demands and their business is partially tied up in consequence. The principle contention seems to be in the wage scale, the teamsters claiming that their services are worth $12 a week straight for one horse and $14 a week for . team. In the old scale they received $12 a week and were compelled to lose time when the weather

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snup o NICKEL PLATE Bad Freight Wreck Near Osborn Cars Demolished - and Engirm Overturned. ENGINEER IS INJURED Wreck Caused by Derail Which Has Occasioned Suggestion That Towennan Was to Blame. There was a bad freight wreck on the Nickel Plate railroad at Osborn last evening at about 12 o'clock which resulted in the injury of Engineer Charles Deaton, the demolishing of three box cars loaded with paper and flour and the overturning of engine number 123. The wreck was caused by a derail and the freight which was running at the rate of about fifteen miles an hour plowed its way along the railroad track for some distance before the engine finally turned over and the first three cars proceeded to telescope each other, The fireman on the engine miraculously escaped injury and it is remarkable that both the engineer and the fireman were not killed outright There has been no attempt to place the blame for the accident bit as the wreck w-as caused by an open deiail the name of Quinn, the tower man, is mentioned in the accounts of the wreck. The wreck was caused in such manner that the traffic on the Nickel Plate road was not delayed in the least. This morning the work of clearing away the splintered cars and of putting the engine on the track was begun and this afternoon the wreckage had all been cleared away. would not permit their working or the contractor did not have enough work to keep them busy. Contractor Most Affected. The employers most effected by the walk-out are contracting team owners who have the largest number of teams and whose work is the most uncertain. Among the latter are: Jacob Wlker, A. E. Crowell, V. W. Parker and the Weinand Bros. Ice company. These men claim that the increased cost in the feeding and care of horses does not warrant an increase In the wages of the drivers. With oats and hay at the ! price now charged, according to their statement, each horse costs them at least a dollar a day to keep besides the interest on the investment in the team and wagon and the wear and tear. On the other hand the union men point to the fact that the cost of living has also increased and that it is impossible to live on the same wages which they received when they signed the original contract. One of the men claimed that

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want you boys to start any rough houu Carter In Minneaoclis Tribune. PULLMAN MURDER BAFFLES POLICE Motive Said to be Robbery or Revenge of Bulgarian Revolutionists. Chicago detectives spread a dragnet through all the Armenian colonies of the city yesterday and watched all trains coming from the east into Ken sington, W est Pullman, and other southern suburbs In the effort to catch three men wanted' in New York for the murder of Father Horan Kaspar. an itinerant Armenian priest and revo lutionary agitator, wnose nody was found in a trunk at 333 West Thirty fourth street, New York, last Satur day. Captain MoCafferty of the New York detective department wired Captain O'Brien of the local bureau that the men might be on the way to Chicago. He gave the names of Sarcus Krmoyian, Paul Sarkioan and John Mooracian, all West Pullman Armenians, who had been seen with the priest in New York. Arrest Counln of Suspect. Late in the afternoon Detective Kavanagh of the Englewood police sta tion arrested a man who gave the name of John Ermoyian. le was brought to the central station and examined, but released after he explained that he was a cousin of the Ermoyian want ed, and that he knew nothing of the movements of the three Armenians since they left West Pullman five or six months ago. The suspect gave a good account of himself. He is employed at the works of the International Harvester company, and does not answer to any of the descriptions sent out. Robbery Held to He Motive. From the story told by Ermoyian and other information detectives picked up among the Armenians and Greeks of tho south and west sides, Captain O'Brien became convinced that the murder was committed In New York. that the motive was robbery, and that the mysterious trunk shipped out of West Pullman on Feb. 7 had nothing to do with the case. Ermoyian said his cousin, Sarcus, formerly had a restaurant in West Pullman, and that he left for NeV York without paying his debts. He told his relatives he was going to Bus sia to be married, but at that time he had no money, so far as is known. Killed for Money, Says Consnl. Nicholas Salopoules, Grecian consul in Chicago, said, that after looking in to the case, he was convinced the mur der was not the result of Bulgarian revolutionary plots but that the priest was killed for his money by men who were in his confidence and who tracked him from Chicago. There was no international significance to it, he said. an offer had been made to the owners to arbitrate the matter but their offer was not accepted. He also stated that the union officers would do everything in their power to prevent violence and carry on the strike in a peacerui manner, as they believe thl3 the policy to pursue to retain the sympathy of the pubiic. It is claimed by the union men that if the team-owners are placed on the unfair list they can almost stop building operations in this city as they are affiliated with the various unions engaged in construction work who would refuse to handle material hauled by non-union men. Standing of candidates In Jamestown contest appears on page 4 today. A new leader at the head.

Orders to Cement Walk Contractor Show Which Way Wind Blows.

fit) LONGER ANY DOUBT Property Owners May Fret and Chafe But Edict Has Gene Forth. Hohman street is to be widened after all. Yesterday the cement walk contrac tor who is petting in some walks on outh Hohman street, south of Harrison park was notified that tho. walk should notfce built on the curb as he had originally planned it,' but should be so constructed , that its inside line would be thres feet from the lot line. This means that South Hohman street is to be widened after all for on the north end of this thoroughfare, where it intersects with Carroll street, the lot lino is twenty feet from the curb and on the south end of the street at' Conkey avenue on the west side of the street the lot line is twenty feet from the curb. Some time ago The Lake Gogvtt Times printed, a little prematurely to suit the city officials it seems, a story to the effect that plans were on foot to widen South Hohman street so that all of the eighty foot right of way through which the sixty foot streets run diagonally might be utilized for street purposes. It was tipping off an plan that was being kept until the whole thing could be framed up and sprung on the unsuspecting south side property owners. Naturally tho city officials were irritated and a vigorous denial was the result. The story was printed for the purpose of calling attention to the fact that action was contemplated and it had the desired result. There was a storm of protest raised on the part of 4.ki-south-f;id FPjprty-fwr?t3 Sor a time it looked as though the idea had been frightened from the minds of the city officials. When the echo of the denials had died away, however, it began to be hinted around that the street was to be widened after all and present de velopment indicate the truth of the rumors. Hohman street, a sixty-foot highway, runs diagonally northwest and southwest through a right of way that is eighty feet wide. The owners of the property on the east side of the north end of the street will lose one-half of the twenty feet now held by suffranre of the city when the street is widened and the owners of property on the west side of the south end of the street will lose an equal amount while the owners of the corner lots at the opposite side will gain correspondingly. This Is the reason why there Is such a storm raised when the question of widening the street was first takn up. But the action has been taken and sooner or later the cement walk in front of the property occupied by W. B. Conkey and located at the corner of Webb and Hohman streets will have to be moved back to the house while the same will be true of property owheds at Glendale Park where a little brick waiting station has been built. All of the walks that have been built on South Hohman street will have to be taken up and moved and it will bo a peculiar thing to see the residence of J. G. Ibach. W. H. Gostlln, F. S. Betz, Deming and others facing Hohman ttreet on the bias. The property owners on the south side will probably be up in the air for some time until they find out exactly what they are going to have to do with their walke and grass plots. The citizens of West Hammond are making elaborate preparations for the annual Decoration day picnic, which will be given by the West Hammond Pleasure club at Kowalskl's grove decoration day. A large party from South Chicago will be in attendance and a fine time is assured.

To the Advertising Public CIRCULATION OF7 THE LAKE COUINTV TIMES Contract Circulation 9,297 . Street Sales ' M21 Total 10,418 CIRCULATION OF THE HAMMOND DAILY NEWS Contract Circulation 636 Street Sales 0 Total , 636 The advertising rates of the Lake County Times are but one to one and one half times larger than The "Jews The circulation of The Lake County Times is over ten times as large as The News. -

Patrons of Bough's . Resort . Suffer With Girl Innktes. .

CAPTURE TEIL1N ALL West Hammond's Entire Force Swoops Down on One Saloon Patrons Languish in Jail, The drag-net that has been doins execution off and . on in West Hammond's dlvo district for the past couple of weeks, gathered in a few nfV patrons last night iti a raid made on Frank Btugh'a Piuihmer avenue resort. Tho raid Uaa accomplished by the entire police forc of West ll.tmmond. including Officers Kosmalo. Kevoliskl. Kulczyk and Okroy. The officers were heavily armed and their catch included the proprietor, four girls and five men. The patrons of the dives who wtra trapped by - the officers while in th company of the West Hammond sirens were Frank Nyans. William ScKynuinski. Michael Marino, Tony Franks and Jacob Czyans. The men spent the night In jail as there was no one to go their bonds. They will have a hearing this afternoon. Tho proprietor by putting up a cash bond of $25 each for himself and the Inmates of his resort, went free as did also the girls. The entire outfit arrested were handcuffed and went taken to the police station Justice Flynn was called up to make out bonds. No b'ruf ?mon could be secured so Frank Fough pulled out a fat roll and put up the required amount for his own and the girls appearance Monday morning. The West Hammond officers hare raided Bough's place five times before but each time were unable to find any evidence upon which to irake arrests. Last night they quietly stele up to the resort and with two in the rear &nt two in front, at a signal they marched in. Seeing no one down stairs, they went up stairs. The girls wre found 4mTwdrjy:;,:itf-5HtiEifc. i-iffixwttxa:;, and drinking beer nr.d--whisky. When the guardians of the law placed them under arrest, two of the girls tried to escape but Kosmalo blocked the door and there was nothing to do but submit. So far the police had not seen Bouh but when they went down stairs with the girls and men arrested, Bough was seen In a corner and without any formalities he was taken to the station with the rest. On the way to the station Bough said, "I would not have thought it possible for any officers to como in my place, go up stairs snd make nine arrests without my knowledge." Bough with the four girls who were arrested will have their trial Monday morning before Justice J. J. Flynn. Bough is under indictment by th Cook county grand Jury and not having a" license it is likely to go pretty hard with him when his case comes up. It was learned today that one patron of the Bough resort escaped by Jumping out of a window. The five men who were arrested in the raid were given a fine of $5 and costs, amounting to $7 each. All of the men who were arrested paid their fines and were told by the Justice to keep out of the village or they would be arrested again. CYCLONE DOES GREAT DAMAGE. (Special to I-uke Connty Times.) Rensselaer, May 28. A frightful storm raged west and north of here about five o'clock yesterday afternoon doing great damage. Many barns and outbuildings were unroofed and some j entirely demolished. Several houses were also unroofed, orchards, granaries and fences were entirely demolished. There was, however, no loss of life and but slight injuries. Fair tonight, probably followed by Increasing elwudlneas tomorrow. Hislne temperature.