Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 116, Hammond, Lake County, 1 November 1907 — Page 4

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llegewiscli lias at last ceased to occupy the position of Chicago's step child. It i3 gradually outgrowing its Cinderella-hood with reference to the llg metropolis. Bit by bit It is gaining recognition until there Is hope that one day It will be able to hold its own with other attractive suburbs whose inhabitants point with pride to the fact of their residence within such suburbs' borders. Alderman Moynihan seems to be the generally accredited philosopher, guide and friend of heretofore neglected Hegewisch. Ho Is the fairy godmother who by a few waves of his wand has changed the gloom of the swampy settlement Into a bright atmosphere of hope and pride. Hegewisch has heretofore occupied a place upon the map, largely by virtue of Its claim upon the famous "Bat" Nelson as a citizen. Further than this, it has been heard from by doing battle with the railroads and the Chicago city council in order to preserve its identity and retain possession of Its quaint, though somewhat uneuphoneous name. It has always been identified in the minds of those who ever took the trouble to think about It at all, with slimy, green surfaced ditches and empty lots in which reeds and cat-tails held undisputed sway. Its sidewalks were conspicuous by their absence and as a suburb it has always represented the rag, tag and bob tail of the smoky city to the north of it. But these days are past for Hegewisch. A new era Is dawning. It is to have a sewer system which In a large measure will eliminate its main characteristics, the ditches and the swamps. It is to retain Its beloved name. It Is to have a macadam roadway connecting it with Chicago in which the legend "no bottom" will have no place. It Is in a word, to be introduced to civilization with the "modern improvements" which go to make up that same. It is to have the roadway, moreover, with no expense to Its citizens, which is even more to the point, for an unused fund ot the city has been discovered by the eagle-eye of the fairy godmother, and will be brought out of seclusion into the light of the busy world to defray the expenses of this important improvement. It may even have an electric railway. These are but the beginning. There is no doubt that the habit of improvement, once formed will progress by Its own weight. There is no doubt that public spirit, which is not dead, but latent within the breasts of the residents of Hegewisch, will arise and bestir itself. There is no doubt, in short that this la the beginning of the end of desolation for Hegewisch and that the little town will speedily assume a resemblance to other suburbs, among which it lias heretofore stood in a class by itself. Indeed, if it does not soon far outstrip these it will be a wonder, for the zeal which the new hope inspires, will probably take on the proportions of that of most converts and there Is no telling to what heights it may eventually carry good old Hegewisch. VOTERS DUTY TOMORROW.

There is a special election scheduled for tomorrow in which a worthy object may be lost by default. It is an election In which the people of Hammond are to be given their lirst opportunity to make use of the referendum. The matter on which the voters are asked to express their approval or dis

approval may not be sufficiently Interesting in the minds of many to make worth

while tho trouble of going to the polls. The question of the erection of the proposed "Wallace school, is apparently directly of moment, only to the people

who live in the neighborhood of the

narrow way of looking at it. In educational matters, as well as in other publi

questions, what Is of interest to one is indirectly so. There are likely to be those, however,

Many wno have not a run understanding 01 tno matter may he directly opposed to the city spending $55,000 for a new school building, in the belief that the children can manage to get along with their present accommodations. Such are quite likely to voto against the bond issue. If these understand however.

that a contrary vote on the matter does the needs for a new school are extremely of the new settlement in the vicinity of school board has the right finally to go warrants for tho new building, it may In favor of the measure. This when it is no doubt that tho board would resort and that the warrants would bear six

to be four per cent Interest bearing paper.

In instances where there is a specific question to be voted upon, voters opposed are liable to be almost a unit in appearing at the polls while those In favor are more apt to allow their vote to go by default. On this theory it may be reasonable to suppose that a full vote of the oppositionists will bo cast while only a partial one of those in favor of the measure is liable to appear to offset the "contrary minded." It therefore behooves the voters who are in favor of tho measure and understand the situation to be out betimes to cast their little ballot in the interest of the new school. DID YOU find your gate this morning? Maybe the financial scare was a premature Hallowe'en joke.

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Business, Social and Industrial Growth the Marvel of the Decade Marked by no Ups and Downs Progress Steady and Rapid.

(Special to Lake Connty Times.) South Chicago. Nov. 1. From a buai - ntss, a social and a residential standpolat. the steady growth of South Chi-1

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HEGEWISCH. proposed building. This of course is n of interest to all, albeit it may be but who are more than merely indifferent not necessarily close the incident, that urgent and especially so to take care the Standard Steel plant, and that the over the heads of the voters and issuo have weight in deciding such to vote is taken into consideration that there to this alternative in case of a defeat per cent interest while the bonds are , cago and the surrounding territory. J which may be Justly included within Its broad domain, has been Just as wonderful as any other city, o? town

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within the Calumet region, and when speaking of the Calumet region it means a great deal more than the word Implies. The Calumet region ia not only famous locally as a strong young- thing: in the business and manufacturing world, but takes Its place

viwi iaui-u admits, sucn as me on-( tarlo valley and the western mining j fields and lumber woods, as the truly i wonderful handiwork of modern civili zatlon. The growth of South Chicago has been steady from the start, without the intermittent flashes and the dull periods, and the day by day, step by ttep upbuilding of mercantile resources has never ceased since the time when the suburb of the big city emerged from its sleeping conditions. It is true that it had more to cope with than many of its brother and sister communities and it has yet to overthrow an unearned reputation as far as a .residential section is concerned, but th ' a cf i vl t to place the business reputation of the place on a firm standing. From a swamp where weeds and ran corous growth was about the only thing to be seen, where the water from Lake Michigan and the Calumet river stood in pools covered with green slime, the city has grown. One by one the streets have been laid out and each year saw the last of the swamps and marshes, and almost each day saw the new residence or cottage rising from the foundation. And each year saw a new business enterprise or the growth of a pioneer Institution. Small merchants who started with a frame one-story structure, have been com pelled to add addition after addition, until they found it necessary to pull down the original store anl build a more commodious and up-to-date brick or stone building Ar-.d the end is not yet. They still litid it necessary to increase- their stock and their business blocks each year. With over 100,000 people living with in a radius of the business center ot the city. Is it any wonder that they have felt the growth of the city of which they are the major part? Situated as they are in a section where there Is little chance for the residents in the vicinity to go elsewhere to do their trading, where the same people are of the laboring class, who are earning good wages and raising large families to spend it on, is it any wonder that these merchants have established successful businesses? But they have not slept and waited for the trade to come to them. Not only have they sought it, but by public Interest and a desire to make South Chicago a fit

Business Stagnates Amid Prosperity While Town Enjoys Splendid Growth, No More Stores Than When City Was Half Present Size.

(.Speical to Lake County Times.) Whiting, Ind., Nov. 1. Whiting has shared the general prosperity of the Calumet region. Per capita it ia one of the- wealthiest cities in this great industrial center. There is not a vacant residence in the city, but on its principal business thorughfare, One Hundred and Nineteenth street, out of sixty-one business blocks there are eighteen unoccupied. These facts are not pointed out in an unfriendly way. It is a serious problem, the existence of which the people of Whiting are well aware, and demands the most careful thought for its solution. Whiting has always been known as a good town. The people there have good homes and they live comfortably. In fact tha standard of living in Whiting is probably better on an average than it is in any of the surrounding cities. The Standard Oil company rays its employes good salaries and they seem satisfied with what they get and yet the fact remains that while the population of the city has doubled in the last seven years the number of business houses have actually increased and there are no more retailers of merchandise than there were when the city was half the size. AVhltlnK Residents I'nzzled. It i's a peculiar situation to say the least and the residents of Whiting are just as puzzled as is the outsider. About the first explanation that is offered is the fact that the suburban and street car service to South Chicago, Hammond and East Chicago is so good that the people go there to do their

buying. It is said that the low prices that are offered by the department stores In South Chicago and Hammond and which are seen in the newspaper advertisements, are too alluring, and that for a five or ten cent fare the Whiting housewife can jump on a suburban train or a street car and not only have a greater variety to select from, but she can get it enough cheaper to warrant her in making the trip. The result is that every piece of furniture that goes Into a Whiting home is bought outside of the city, for there is not a place in the oil town where even a chair or a table may be purchased unless it is bought secondhanded. The people will buy their luxuries and many of their necessities outside of the city and there has been no way discovered of preventing it. Some of the citizens have said that they thought a good department store in Whiting would solve the problem, as it would enable at least one store to compete with those In the outside cities and would attract trade to the smaller stores. Real estate activity has been great during the past year, according to tha Davidson brothers, who aro the principal fcrokciJk It ever was tad there

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place to live and a good place to work. South Chicago on the other hand, is lucky to have had such men at the helm of the business enterprises. The big mill, although condemned for the dust and the dirt, has employed thou sands or people steadily, and they can always count on their wages. Ship building, coal companies and a hundred and one enterr-H... nirme- th lake shore and throughout the surrounding countries, have contributed toward the rise of the city, by an Integrity and a business hustle that kept their employes constantly at work and constantly drawing the weekly or fortnightly envelope, almost bursting with greenbacks. The retail merchants faced the situation with a bold face, although at the first their hearts must have sunk at the conditions they were compelled tolook upon. With a population made up of a large percent of foreigners i they must have been far sighted indeed. to see the prosperity ahead. But they went about their work with their coats off and they now enjoy the fruits of their labor, while they do not lay back and enjoy it yet, they plug on and on for better things, not only for themselves but for each and every resident of the town and every man and woman customer. They have banded together for better living conditions, better wages, and better public utilities and they have succeeded beyond what they dreamed. Among the big companies which have made the success of the South Chicago district possible, are the S. Iederer company, which is now celebrating its twelfth anniversary. In 1895 the company had but a small store, while now a brick block is needed. They are celebrating with the people this glad event and the people are getting the benefit at the bargain counters. The Speigel company paw the benefits to be derived in South Chicago, and their store on Commercial avenue Is reaping the harvest of good management and a desire to cater to the people with gain to one and all. The General Furniture company, the NewYork store, Kelstermeyers, Benders, and many other business enterprises have contributed to the general success and are themselves feeling the prosperity that they have justly been a part of. Watch the crowds on the streets during the evening, and particularly on a Saturday or pay night, and it will be seen that the residents of South Chicago never think of the big stores in the heart of the city of Chicago, but liberally patronize their local enter prises. has been a great deal of property sold. There Is, however, no land on the outskirts of Whiting to subdivide. When "subdivisions" are talked about to lui' average Whiting man he Will take tho talker to the corner and point out a house down at the south end of one of the streets and inform you that Hammond lies beyond. So the town has growrn up more solidly than any other city in the region. There are very few vacant lots in Whiting. This suggests the subject of annexation to Hammond. The people might favor it if they saw in annexation a cure for the lack of business activity that is apparent everywhere. "If Whiting became a part of Hammond there would be no more of an opportunity for us to locate Industries than there was before," they say, "for your real estate men would want to locate every piece of property where it would do Hammond Inside property the most good." Low Taie Argument Against Annexation. Then there is the argument that to the Whiting man is unanswerable. Our taxes are so low that it would be foolish for is to become a part of Hammond. But Whiting has not spent thousands of dollars for the improving of the streets as has Hammond, and when the llammondlte suggests that it would be wise for Whiting to pave every street in the city, boost up her rate of taxation and then become a part of Hammond In her new garb, the oil city man Is impressed. Mr. Davidson, one of the most progressive men of the town, its postmaster and leading real estate man, said yesterday: "There is no use de nying the fact that there is something wrong with the business of the city. The empty storerooms and the fact that they are not only located in the old portion of the town across the tracks, but are to be found in the heart of the business district, is proof enough that there is something wrong. "We must have Industries," said he, "and we must make Whiting salf-re-liant In a business way. It is positively shameful that a city which has the schools and other public buildings that Whiting has and the fine homes that are to be found here, should not more loyally support the local mercantile establishments." As to the outcome.. No one seems to know what it will be. No one seems to take the initiative and act. In the meantime more stores are vacating, and Whiting's problem is becoming a bigger one. FIEE FIEND FOLLOWS HIM. Washington, Ind., Nov. 4. For the sixth time in a less number of years Richard Holton has been burned out. The last fire destroyed his home at a loss of $1,500. Come to the Grand Opening of Paxton & Baker Co.. ta 255 Etate street Saturdar.

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A Mj-stery Story of San Francisco EARLE ASHLEY WALCOTT iCoprrlsbt ;. the Hobt kerrtit Co.) (Continued.) "Se31 everything you bought never mind the price. Other orders off. D. K." I gasped with amazement. Had Doddridge Knapp gone mad? To sell twelve thousand five hundred shares of Omega was sure to smash the market, and the half-million dollars that had been put into them would probably shrink by two hundred thousand or more if the order was carried out. I read the note again. Then a suspicion large enough to' overshadow the universe grew up in my mind. I recalled that Doddridge Knapp had given me a cipher with which he would communicate with me, and I believed, moreover, that he had no idea where I might be at the present moment. "It's all right, sonny," I said. "Trot along." "Where's yer letter?" asked the boy, loyally anxious to earn his quarter. "It won't have to go now," I said coolly. I believed that the boy meant no harm to me, but I was not taking any risks. Tho boy sauntered down the hall. "Well, I must look like a sucker if they think I can be taken in by a trick like that," was my mental comment. I charged the scheme up to my snakeeyed friend and had a poorer opinion of his intelligence than I had hitherto entertained. Yet I was astonished that he should, even with the most hearty wish to bring about my downfall, contrive a plan that would inflict a heavy loss on his employer and possibly ruin him altogether. There was more beneath than 1 could fathom. My brain refused to work in the maze of contradictions and mysteries, plots and counterplots, in which I was involved. I took my way at last toward the market, and, hailing a boy to whom I intrusted my letter to Detective Coo gan, walked briskly to Pine street. CHAPTER XI. The Den of the Wolf. The street had changed its appear ance in the two or three hours since I had made my way from the Ex change through the pallid, panic stricken mob. There were still thou sands of peqple between the corner of Montgomery Street and Leidesdorff, and the little alley itself was packed full of shouting, struggling traders. But there was an air of confidence, al most of buoyancy, In place ot the gloom and terror that had lowered over the street at noon. Plainly tbf panic was over, and men were in spired by a belief that "stocks were going up." I made a few dispositions according ly. Taking Doddridge Knapp's hint I engaged another broker as a relief to Eppner, a short fat man, with the baldest head I ever saw, a black beard and a hook-nos?, whose remarkable activity and scattering charges had attracted my attention in the morning session. "Wallbridge was his name, I found, and he proved to be as Intelligent as I could wish a merry little man, with a joke for all things, and a flow of words that was almost overwhelming. "Omega? Yes," chuckled the stout little broker, after he had assured him self of my financial standing. "But you ought to have bought this morn ing, if that's what you ivant. It was hell popping and the roof giving 'way all at once." The little man had an abundant stock of profanity which he used unconsciously and with such original variations that one almost for got the blasphemy of it while listen ing to him. "You ought to have been there," he continued, "and watched tbe boys shell 'em ouf!" "Yes, I heard you had lively times.' "Boiling," he said with coruscating additions in the way of speech and gesture. "If it hadn't been for Deck er and some fellow we havn't had i ' chance to make out yet the bottom of the market would have been resting on the roof of the lower regions." The little man's remark was slightly more direct and forcible, but this will do for a revised version. "Decker Y 1 exclaim 4, pricking

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"I thought he had quit the market." As I had never heard of Mr. Decker before that moment this was not exactly the truth, but I thought it would serve me better. "Decker out cf It!" gaspe4 Wallbridge, his bald head positively glistening at the absurdity of the idea. "Ha'll be out of it when he's carried out." "I meant out of Omega. Is he getting up a deal?" The little broker looked vexed, as though It crossed his mind that he had said too much. "Oh, no. Guess not. Don't think he is," he said rapidly. "Just wanted to save the market, I guess. If Omega had gone fire points lower there would have been the sickest times In the Street that we've seen since the Bank of California closed and the shop across the way" pointing his thumb at the Exchange "had to be shut up. But maybe It wasn't Decker, you know. That's just what was rumored on the Street, you know.' I suspected that my little broker knew more than he was willing to tell, but I forbore to press him further, and gave him the order to buy all the Omega stock he could pick up under fifty. In the Exchange all was excitement. and the first call brought a roar of struggling brokers. I could make nothing of the clamor, but my nearest neighbor shouted in my ear: "A strong market!" "It looks that way," I shouted back It certainly was strong in noise. I made out at last that prices were being held to the figures of the morn ng's session, and in some cases were forced above them. Forty-five forty-seven fifty-fiv Omega was going up by leaps. blessed the forethought that had sug gested to me to put a limit on Wallbridge at fifty. The contest grew warmer. I could follow with difficulty the course of the proceedings, but knew that Omega was bounding up ward. The call closed amid animation; but the excitement was nothing com pared to the scene that had followed the fall in the morning. Omega stood at eighty asked, and seventy-eight bid and the ship of the stock gamblers was again sailing on an even keel. The session was over at last, and Wallbridge and Eppner handed me their memoranda of purchases "You couldn't pick Omeg" off the bushes this afternoon, Mr. Wilton," said Wallbridge, wiping his bald head vigorously. "There's fools at all times, and some of 'em were here and ready to drop what they had; but not many. I gathered in six hundred for you, but I had to fight for it." I thanked the merry broker, and gave him a check for his balance. Eppnej- had done better with a wider margin, but all told I had added but three thousand one hundred shares to my list, I wondered how much of this had been sold to me by my employer. Plainly, if Doddridge Knapp was needing Omega stock he would have to pay for it. There was no one to be seen as I reached Room 15. The connecting door was closed and locked, and no sound came from behind it. I turned to arrange the books, to kep from a bad habit of thinking over the inexplicable. An hour passed and no Doddridge K"happ. It was long past office hours. Just as I was considering whether my duty to my employer constrained me wait longer, I caught sight of an envelope that had been slipped under the door, it was In cipher, but it yielded to the key with which Doddridge Knapp had provided me. I made It out to be this: "Come to my house to-night. Bring your contracts with you. Knapp." 1 was thrown into some perplexity by this order. For a little I suspected a trap, but on second thought thl3 seemed unlikely. The ofice furnished as convienient a place for homicidal diversions as he could wish, if these were In his intention, and possibly a visit to Doddridge Knapp in his own house would give me a better clue to his habits and purposes, and a better chance of bringing home to him his awful crime, than a month together on the Street. The clocks were pointing past eight when I mounted the steps that led to Doddridge Knapp's door. I had something of trepidation, after all, as I rang the bell, for I was far from being sure that Doddridge Knapp was above carrying out his desperate purposes in his own house, and I wondered whether I should ever come out again, once I was behind those massive door. I had taken the precaution to find a smaller revolver, "suitable for an evening call," as I assured myself, but it did not look to be much of a protection in case the house held a dozen ruffians of the Terrill brand. However, I must risk it. I gave ray name to the servant who opened the door. "This way," he said quietly, and In a moment I was ushered Into a small, plainty-furnished room; and at a desk covered with papers sat Doddridge Knapp, the picture of the Wolf in his den. "Sit down, Wilton," said he with grim affability, giving his hand. "You won't mind if an old man doesn't get up." I made some conventional reply. "Sorry to disappoint you this afternoon, and take up your evening," he said, "but I found some business that needed more Immediate attention. There was a little matter that had to be looked after ia person." And the Wolfs fangs showed in a cruel smile, wtilch assured me that the "little matter" had terminated unhappily for the other, man. CTo be Continued..)

Fridav, November 1. 1907.

HAMMOND BUSINESS DIRECTORY . R. MILLER M. COOK MILLER & COOK Plumbing-, Sewerage, Steam and Hot water Heating:. btn promptly attended to. Eti ( oa arptlcsttoa Phone 034. Vrm S. Hohman St. HAMMOND, INDw 'bone SJus, DR. W. H. DAVIS, DEXTIST. Over Model Clathtns Store. Special Notlco Do not confuse tht efflce with the Harvard Dentists, for I m in no vray connected wito tbeo, sever have been. Best Equipped Repair Shop la the State Q. W. HUNTEE AUTOMOBILE GARAGE Compressed Air FREE Bower Gasoline Syttem 81 8. 1IOIIMAX STREET Chone 121. Huehn Block. linntmond. I HOWARD STEVENS, Open tut Contract. Painting, Paper Hanging and Decorating. CRAIMXQ A PECU'l!TT. My Motto; ;xl 1S3 State l ine Street, - - - llntuiuond. Telephone 1!01. The Lake Construction Oi Manufacturers of Artificial Stone and Concrete Building Material OFFICE: 40 HAMMOND BLDQ. Telephone 4791 PUnt: Florence end Chicago Avenues. KONG HONG LO CO. Chlneae, American and European RESTAURANT. Chlneae Chop Suey. All Chlneae 31ahe served in abort orfler. Chinese Goods Open from and Tea. 11 m. to 1. a ra. a- Stat Street. Hammond. lad. Phone S7A3. HAMMOND GxVRAGE Automobiles for Rent GuaeUne, Oil find Sundries, General Repairing; J. W. BlcSIt'I.LEX, Prop. 74 So. Hohman street. Hammond. lad, Woodhull Ice Cream Co. Manufacturers ot Frozen Creams, Fruit Ices, Etc. So. Chicago. 250 92nd St., Phone 77 Hammond. SS State Street, Phono 17V W. M. CHRISTEN ARCHITECT AND IJUILDINQ SUPT 312 Hammond Building HAMMOND CASTLEMAN & JONES OARV, IND. Lots In Gary Perfect Title $10 Monthly Payments The Reddy Roofing CoGravel aod Anphalt Roortns; CONTRACTOR A DEALKK3 Tel. 43. 315 Wlcblfc-aii At en neb Hammond, Indiana. MAX LEVIN, :-: Merchant Tailor, :-j If yon want sallsactloa fa a salt of clothes, com ta aael 180 South Uobniaa Street, Over UaaStore. HAMMOND, IKTX FREDERICK L. HEINTZ REAL ESTATE. 78 South Hohman Street. 220. Ilea. Phone. 1071. Tel. AW A'J It's Simple Figuring how you might hare saved your home if you had begun to save your money in time and had deposited it hit by bit with us. WE HAVE HELPED OTHERS, let U3 help you; 3 per cent interest on your savings account. The CITIZEN'S German National Bank Hall for Kent. For ell Occasions such as Balls, Dances, Parties, Lodga Meetings, etc SCHNEIDER BROS., Props 300 WEST STATS ST.

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