Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 147, Hammond, Lake County, 4 April 1908 — Page 1

. . TVEATELEB. Fair and warmer tonight; Sunday probably showers with warmer west. EDITIQ iVOL. II. NO: 147. hamjviond, Indiana; Saturday, april, 4, 1908. ONE CENT PEE COPT.

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: MEW" BUILDING Hammond Will Soon Have the Finest Hospital in . the State. BIG IMPROVEMENT PLANNED Sisters of St. Francis Enthusiastic Over the Plans That Have Been Drawn Up. A hospital a block long and halt, a block wide, with the main entrance on Douglas street, are the plans that the Sisters of St. Francis are nursing for St. Margaret's hospitalf For the present this is but a plan and a dream for the future, but will be carried out just as surely as the new wing plan which the sisters have been evolving for. years. . The new east wing, ground for Which Is to.be broken this month or early; next, is but a part of the Plan to make St. Margaret's one of the best and completest hospitals in northern Indiana. The east wing, stretching eouth from the present building on Clinton street is to be the immediate materialization of the whole plan. The architects for the east wing have Already prepared blue prints for the addition. Brother Anselm,, O. F. M., architect-in-chief for the St. Franciscan order, and . C. Gault of the firm of Gault and Gault, architects of Terre Haute, were in Hammond last Thursday to confer with Sister Eusebia, who Is Bister superior at St. Margaret's. Brother Anselm since then has returned to his convent in St. Louis, where Mr. Gault has followed him for further discussion and revision of the plans. The new east wing will add almost twice the space now furnished by the present building, and will cost in the neighborhood of $75,000 to $100,000. The building itself will be 196 feet long and will be wide enough for a hallway on each floor and wards and rooms on both sides of the hall. The height will be four stories, which may be reached by modern elevators which Will be installed. The building material will be brick with stone trimming and will be in harmony with the building already comprMftvi. Thor plan of the old building will be. followed.., As now planned the new wing will be as modern and up-to-date as possible; the first floor iwill have private wards and rooms. Provision for wards "for women will be made on the third floor. The operating rooms will be complete. The old hospital will be renovated , and made more modern and set aside ' for business offices and private rooms. Sister Eusebia in speaking of the plans in general, said: "The new hospital will be a great thing for Hammond and this region. From the support that the present hospital has been getting, we are encouraged to undertake the building of the additional wing and later the complete building. "Our plans for the completed hospital include a heating plant with which a laundry is connected. Provisions are also made for a chapel. The laundry and heating plant will be separate from the hospital proper. "There is no reason why this Institution should not grow to be one of the foremost in northern Indiana. The new hospital will certainly be modern and tip-to-date, and as for the physicians and surgeons of Hammond, they are the best. It is surely gratifying to Hammond to know that they have just as able men here as can be' found in Chicago, and more good doc- . tors are coming every year. "We feel that Hammond appreciates the hospital, and it well may fofthe Institution is solely for the cityand the surrounding territory. 'LTpon completion of the new wing the old hospital will be renovated and made absolutely private. In. the plarri for the old hospital are also included those for office rooms for the physicians and the other staff. ""We expect to break ground either this month or early next." Every reader will be pleased to hear of the new club to be organised In Hammond shortly. It Is carefully planned, and will be announced shortly! HEAD OF U. S. 55TEEL CO. SPEAKS OPTIMISTICALLY. Gary Says Improvement Is Slow but Gradual la Business. A Xetv York, April 3. Almost without exception tlie steel manufacturers, who met In this city last night at a dinner given r Chairman E. II. Gary of the 4 United States Steel corporation, expressed the opinion that there O has been a gradual though slow Improvement in business, aeO cording: to a statement made by Mr. Gary today. He said all those present at the dinner were optimistic concerning: the future. - Mr. Gary said no one was requested to express any opinion concerning: prices and little was said on that score. He added, $ however, that so far am he knew there has net of late been any disposition on the part of any of the. steel meikers to change $ prices.

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BOONE -TAKES GALENDEB Will Begin Trial of Important Criminal Cases on Monday. The criminal calendar which was set for the month of March and was changed to April on account of the sickness of Prosecuting Attorney Boone will be taken up next Monday There are several Important cases to be tried and it Is expected that only a few of the fifty-seven cases that are scheduled on this docket will be disposed of. Among the Important cases that will come up for consideration will be that of Stanley Sulentich, who is being held under .bail for fleecing foreigners in Gary out of their remittances to the old country. Mike Jurich will be tried for complicity in the shooting of Officer-Fred Miller during the fight that was waged between the Gary Servians and the police. The Bertha Uube case will also come up for trial and on account of the attempted suicide of Frank Brock there is a new interest in the manner in which this will be disposed of., The case of John Marlch is another that came out of the Servian race riot at Gary. There. are many other cases that will attract considerable attention, but those named above are likely to be the most sensational. HAS DICK STRlfCK IT RICH? F. Richard Schaaff, one of a half dozen Lake county men who bought oil field property in Casey county. 111., two years ago, returned from Charleston, 111. this afternoon, with the good news for his fellow investors that a deal is pending by which the Lake county men can sell their holdings which cost $36 000 for $150,000. During the two years the Investment has paid twenty-three dividends amounting to 300 per cent on the Investment. The reason why the Lake county men's holdings have been found to be a great field 13 for the reason that recently another strata of oil sand was discovered. The would-be buyers of the property hold a twenty year option on the field. FAST TRAINS TO BE RESUMED. On . Sunday, ApTll 19 -the TwenfioH Century Limited of the New TY.rU- r. tral lines will rpsump th eight' en 'hour schedule-between New York, and Chicaaro. reduciner the rvrc. ent time one hour. The shorter schedule Was flhfi nili-ine. ir. December upon the petition" of ma trons of the train and a winter sched ule of nineteen hours was Dut in fnrv notice being given that the faster run ning time would be put in force in the spring. East bound the train will leave Chicago at 2:30 p. m. instead of at 1:30 p. m., as at present under the winter schedule, arriving in New York at 9:30 a. m., as at present. West bound the train will leave New York at 3:30 p. m., arriving in Chicago at 8:30 a. m. SEEENIG INFORMATION ABOUT DOPE FIENDS. Local druggist are today receiving circulars from the state health department containing questions in regard to a number of dope fiends in Hammond. The questions are exhaustive. As soon as all the replies are received the results will be tabulated and with this information the department will then make a strenuous campaign to abate the evil. A local doctor this morning in speaking of the matter said that Hammond certainly has its share of persons who are habitual users nf mnr. pnine ana cocaine and other drugs

Inside Story of How the Local Man Lost Out by the Working of Double Cross and a Fatal Frameup.

The story in last night's Times that Hon. J. H. Gillett was knifed by Lake county men created a tremendous sensation among Judge Gilletfs friends al lover Lake county today and although Judge Gillett takes his defeat philosophically and gracefully, it is known that his friends are ready to avenge him, and it is probable that a feud of no small size will be started. The "double-crossing"" at Indianapolis In which Judge ' Gillett got the worst of it from his own county and own district is creating much comment over the state. In speaking of the affair the Indianapolis News says: "Then came the last contest of the day that for the judgeship of the supreme court. Interest grew among the delegates, as both candidates, John H. Gillett, Hammond, and Qulncy Myers, Logansport, had made a spirited contest, but the contest was brief. Then the district men who had' chafed under what they chose to call the domination of "Lake county, deserted their district's candidate, Gillett, not

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MEET Wl ACCIOEHI Splashed With Molten Metal in Indianapolis Courthouse. ONE IS PAINFULLY BURNED Miss Annah Emory , and Elizabeth Brumm Victim's While Attending Teachers' Convention. Two Hessville school teachers who live here and who both are well known in Hammond," narrowly escaped with their lives in Indianapolis when a ladle of molten metal, 'used in repairing bearings, on the elevator machinery in the fourth floor of the court house, was overturned, splashing' them with' the hot fluid and painfully burning one while the hats and suits of both, were ruined. I The teachers were Miss Annah Emory and Miss Elizabeth Brumm. Miss Brumm and Miss Emory were walking in the corridor of the first story of the court house when, without warning, a shower of molten metal fell around them. Some of the metala struck the back of Miss Emory's neck, blaming her quite badly. Drops of the metal burned holes through the hats and suits of the young women. Workmen in the fourth story of the court house had been casting new bearings for a pulley "shaft, the pu'ley being used for carrying the elevator cables. One workman accidentally stepped on a loose board, which struck a ladel of molten metal, causing it to spill and fall three stories to the floor of the main corridor. Most of the Hammond school teachers and a great many from outlying towns and in the country districts, went down to the convention, among them being Superintendent McDaniel, W. A. Hill, Miss Lulu Sims, Miss Nina Petit, Miss Matilda Elchhorn, Miss Ethel Ebright and Miss Thompson of Hammond, and Misses Cecelia and Rose Ludwig of St. John. Many of the Hammond teachers spent " the first 'portion' of their spring vacation at their homes and went from these widely scattered points to the convention. Ttie "teachers- are xmtbelr way . home today and will be on hand for d,uty Monday. - NO FURTHER NEWS HEARD. Nothing further has been heard about Robert Boyle, the missing Monon conductor, who has been absent from his family at 23 State street, since March 17. Mrs. Boyle Is still making every effort possible to get more definite Information from Mattoon, 111., from where she received a report last Thursday that her husband was found in an unconscious condition in a box car. CASES AGAIN POSTPONED. The Madame McNeill attachment cases which were to come today in Judge Jordan's court for final argument, were postponed for another week. Pressing business otherwise on the part of the four attorneys in the case is given as the reason for the postponement. Plaintiffs in the" Singer Sewing machine company replevin case against Cawley and others were given judgment by Judge Jordan today the defendants failing to appear. According to the judgment the plaintiffs are entitled to the property in question and $22. only deserted him, but worked against him. "Some surprise was expressed at the nomination of Quincy Myers of Logansport, or, rather not so much surprise that he should be nominated as surprise that Judge Gillett was dedefeated. In addition to his legal attainments which are of a high order Quincy Myers is a thorough politician, a practical politician, if you please, a man who understands the game thoroughly, and he had with him from Cass county a bunch of political experts that have no superiors in the science of politics in Indiana. On the contrary. Judge Gillett is not a politician. He i3 quiet and unobtrusive, of a retiring disposition, a man who cannot make a political speech, and who believes that a man aspiring to be a supreme judge ought hot to mix up in politics. There is a strong suspicion with the friends of Judge Gillett that an artistic double cross was dealt him. He is from. Lake county, and it is well known that In Lake county there are men who would much Continued on pace &

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Three Weil-Known Ham mond Men Are Arrested by Police After Entering Nathan Cohen's House Masked and Armed. ENRIGHT SQUEALS h TO THE PUBLIC Good Sleuth Work Results in Arrest of Three Men Who May Be Charged In City Court With Commission of Many Crimes in Hammond. The police of Hammond, after the most successful and spectacular bit of detective work that has ever been done in this locality, have landed three men behind the bars whom the department believes Is responsible for untold criminal deeds. The men under arrest are: LEO M'GRATH, nged 20 home East Hammond; arrested by Officer Hanlon. ka.-k. O RIGHT 252 Oakley ave nue, aged 21 arrested by Officers Hanlon, Kuns, Schaadt and EInsele. ILLIAM I.OFTUS, need 31. Urine at Pittsburg: House on State street: fir ed by Officer Bnnde. Chief Rimbach arid his men have succeeded in getting Enrltrht to koumI. McGrath to partially confess, but Loflua maintains a stolid silence and has nothing to.,say4, Assault r and hnttAw ahd robbery are the charges brought against the three men and a taut chain of evidence has been woven around the three men from which it will be hard for them to escape. The specific crime for which the trio is now behind the cars In the city bastile occurred last Wednesday night about 7:40, at 179 Clinton street in the rear of the dwelling of Frank Eisenbauer. There lives Nathan Cohen. About the time mentioned Messrs. Cohen and Eisenbauer were visiting together when a number of masked men entered. Some say there were two, others three. Each of the men wore a mask over his face. One of them leaped at Cohen, seized him by the neck, when Eisenbauer jumped up and assailant No. 2 appeared and struck him over the head with a car bolt a vicious-looking Iron instrument two feet long. Einsenbauer felled his assailant and the two men then made their escape. The plucky Eisenbauer tunned by the terrible blow, fell to the floor and was revived by the frightened Cohen, with vinegar. The mat ter was reported to the police and ordering the utmost secrecy, 'they began an investigation. The car bolts were found on the premises. Both men wre reported tall and slim end within half an hour Loo McGrath was under arrest. The attempted robbery was withheld from the public press and every veil of secrecy was thrown around the affair. Messrs. Cohen and Eisenbauer kept still and last night Loftus and Enright' were placed under arrest. McGrath and Enright, given the third degree, implicated each other. Enright broke down and says the three of them entered the Cohen domicile. McGrath declares that he himself accompanied the others but stopped at the door. Loftus refuses to talk. Enright has admitted that he stole a watch from 9 State street some time ago and there is little question but what the police have effected a clever capture. In all probability, the police declare, othor crimes will be laid at the doors of the tnree men. They will have a preliminary hearing on a charge of assault and battery. The young men are well known in Hammond and their arrest causes a profound sensation. SAYS THEY BUNGLED. VV. It, Gostlin, who was defeated by Thomas Swanton as a delegate to the state convention, was asked for, nn interview regarding his opinion of the work of the Lake County delegation at Indianapolis. Mr. Gostlin replied, "Vou may ate for me that I am mighty glad that I was not on the d?leRation. I think the failure of the Lake county delegates to vote for Watson on the fourth ballot was a big piece of bungling 4 If the Charley Miller men had Kone over to Wntson they would have had the credit for it nnd Miller would haie been satis- -A fled." "Why,w said Mr. Gostlin, lf Lake county had gone to Wotson on that fourth ballot and of- 4 fered Mm. its delegation, there is nothlr.R in the gift of the candidate for covemor they could not have had." - a

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IIHuU U DUu HL CLUB ORGANIZED New Organization Expected to Develop Spirit in Fraternity MAY HAVE ATHLETIC FEATURE Basement of Temple Offers Great Possibilities for Gymnasium Robert Kidney President. Last evening between the giving of degrees at the Masonic temple there was organized what is to be known as the Masonic Social club, an organization composed exclusively of Masons, the object of which will be to promote social activities among the members of .the order. The new club is destined to become one of the chief centers of social activity hi the city and its oganlzation will be the beginning of a new era In the history of Garfield lodge In that the social as well as the fraternal spirit will be fostered. It is expected that in the future smokers and dances will become regular occurrences among the members of the order, while other means will be taken to promote good fellowship and sociability. It is also possible that steps may be taken by the new club to provide an athletic feature. It has been suggested that the basement of the new Masonic temple can easily be converted into a fine gymnasium where gymnastic aparatus can be installed and such features as bowling alleys and showers boths may be put In. The extent to which the plans along this line could be carried out are limited only by the activity of the members and as every one is enthusiastic over the prospects, the new club is sure to be a success. The officers of the new organization are: Robert Kidney, president; John W Morthland. secretary, ,W. H. .Hankey, vice president: . R. S. " Galer treasurer. There was .an ' entertainment committee appointed with TC. U. btewart, chairman, and " composed of the following: R. E. Garber, W. M. Hanker, John R. Thompson and II. "W. Marden. The meeting was called to order by Robert Kidney, who was made temporary chairman, and the charter membership is fifty. It is expected that there will be a hundred or more members by the time the constitution and bylaws are adopted. These are now being prepared by the officers of the club and as soon as they are ready to report another meeting will be held at which they will be adopted. MATINEE AT TOWLE'S IS CALLED OFF TODAY. "Show Girl" Troupe Expected Here From Valparaiso Tonight. The manager of the "Show Girl" which plays tonight at Valparaiso, wired Manager Towle of Towle's opera house this afternoon that the matinee which was to have been given by the company tomorrow afternoon, would have to be called off owing to the inability of the members of the company to g?t here. The major portion of the company will arrive in Hammond tonight and the show will be given In its entirety tomorrow night. Try a Want "Ad" tn The Times.

The Erie Railroad is Gone" Declares One of New York's Greatest Capitalists and Road Cannot be Saved.

Xew York, April 3. The fate of the Erie was settled today and the verdict la receivership, according to the most authentic Information of the financial world. Directors of the railroad, bankers for the company and officials Identified with its management made strenuous denials, but- the fact can be stated without qualification. Formal announcement Is expected next week after word Is received from J. Pierpont Morgan, who is now In Europe. It Is not believed he can avert the crash. ' Information of the Erie receivership is based on the fact that one of the first twelve richest men in New York City said so. He did not give out the information for publication, but he will go short of Erie stock at the opening of the market tomorrow. If the name of the man "could be used nobody would hesitate to accept the information as true. ' But in spite of the knowledge that the financial Interests upon whom he

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R. H. McHie's Sons Leave Tomorrow, to Attend Military School. Sidmon McHie.'son of the R. H. McHies of South Hohman street. Is looking eagerly forward to entering college at Racine, Wis. Robert McHle, his brother, is no less eager to begin school at Staunton, West Virginia, and the two- boys will leave Hammond tomorrow with these points in view. Both institutions to which they are going are military schools, so, they, will have ample opportunity to develop" athletically as well as mentally. Some time ago Mr. McHle, pere, decided to send his sons away to school. He looked up the qualifications of a number of military institutions and told the boys to take their choice, the only restriction he placed upon them being that each was to ..attend a different school. Mr. McHie figured that by this means the boys would develop an Independence that might not be so pronounced if they were together. The result was the selection of the two colleges for which Sid and Rob, as they are familiarly called at home by their companions, will start tomorrow. R. I. MARE BACK FROM TRIP THROUGH TROPICS. Manager of Lake County Times Heturns From Long Holiday . Glad to Get Back. R. I. Marr, manager of The Times, who has been absent from this country for nearly three months, with his wife and her sister, .Mrs. H. A. Bischoff, wife of Dr. Bischoff, returned to Hammond this morning considerably bronzed by his experience In the tropics, and looking as fit as a fiddle, but glad on the whole to get back to Hammond. Like "Farmer John" in the old school readers, he declares "the best of the Journey Is getting home." Mr. Marr left Chicago Jan 22,. sailing from New York the twenty-fifth. He stoped over in Constant Springs, Jamaica, and cruised About in the tropical waters, visiting Panama and a number of islands during the balance of his stay. He found his .chief enjoyment In cruising up and down unfrequented rivers, where the scenery is unsurpassed and hunting excellent. He has a fund of fish stories on tap ranging in subjects from the dainty flying specimens that wing their way in flocks over the vi-s, to-whales he saw spouting off ' Jamaica, ilr. Marr spent some time inspecting the big ditch at Panama and knows more about what " is doing In this locality than would fill a big- book. The travelers landed in New York April 1, Mr. Marr coming straight through and his wife and sister remaining for a visit in the east. A FEW MORE LAID OFF. A few more of the laborers at the Standard Steel Car plant were laid off last night. Peculiar conditions reign at the Standard at present and it is nothing unusual to see some of the office force doing manual labor at the same high salary that they were getting when the Standard was running full force. COOK IS GETTING BETTER. James Cook, formerly an employe of the Inland Steel company, who has filed a $50,000 damage suit against the company for injuries that he sustained in a forty foot fall six weeks ago, while in the employ of the company, was removed from the hospital to his ho metoday. Cook Is still unable to be up and will probably be a cripple for life. His home is at 748 Sibley street. has been depending have decided to stand aside and let the crash come, E. H. Harriman was still struggling tonight to save the road. Harriman personally is said to be more heavily interested in Erie securities than any one person. It was Harriman who arranged for a loan of $5,000,000 when the Erie needed cash. This is the very loan whose maturity is now causing the , receivership. Because Harriman is carrying about $3,000,000 of this burden himself and Is willing to extend the time of payment, and because banking Institutions friendly to him hold most or the remaining $2,000,000, he has practically given his word that there will be no receiverwithout consultation with theetaoin ship. But he has apparently, acted without consultation with the big interests that usually stand behind him. Some members of the house or Morgan are also trying to save the Erie. Morgan & Co. have put hundreds of investors into Erie stocks and bonds. The younger members of the firm want to protect Erie as a matter, of personal pride. But J. P. Morgan is understood to take a neutral position.'

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BITTER ATTACK Off GARY a iNTERUHBAfl Attorney Knapp For Steel Company Has no Faith in Line, ,

SENSATION AT GARY HEETIHB Remarkable Developments Come Out at Meeting of Town Board at Gary. "You ask for my frank and u - biased opinion ' rea-ardlnur . -mnv - company. I will kJv. it to tod j Yon cannot blame the Gary peopie for not buyins: your ttopki and personally I hare not a nar. tide of faith In your line or Its officials. . "ATTY K. X. KSAPP. U. S. Steel Cornorntlnn. ' When It developed at yesterday's! meeting of the Gary town board that the Gary and Interurban Street Railway? company had failed to accept the fran chlse extension that had been granted to them a" month ago, on account of the forfeiture clause, one of the mos bitter fights developed between the a.t iorneys ror the Indiana Steel company and the officials of the Street T?nnw,. company that has yet occurred oven Gary's perplexing franchise problem. Perhaps the most startling statement was made by Attorney K. K. Knapp. representing the Interest S Of tflA fr-r&t, ffiteel corporation which lias built Gary,: vvucu aBKea ior a rrank statement of his attitude towards the Gary and Interurban company spoke as above. coming from a man who has the in terests and success of .the Pntir. rs.,. project at heart, it has great significance io ine uary.. business men who have, nearly reached the limit of their patU ence in waiting . for the building of Gary's street, railway system and who" are demanding now "that, the Qompany. be held to the terms of its franchise: . The board meeting was called to or- . . dcry34nrhtmaS-:LV-Knotts. I All of the members were present. Frank, Lemuel Darrow of Laporte and J.'D. Price of the Cooperative Construct tion company, represented the Gary and Interurban company while K. IC. Knapp of -the law. firm : of Knapp, Haynie & Campbell, represented the city, of Gary. . There are onlyj about twenty men employed in the construction of tho Gary line and Mr. Gavit was asked if he understood that the franchise would be forfeited if the line was not completed by the first of June. Mr. Gavit, in reply, stated that ha had never accepted the franchise ex-' tension and that at no time had ha agreed to the clause which provided for the forfeiture of the franchise in thj event. that the road was not completed. This shed a great light on the whole traction situation for It was the general belief-at ; the time the extension was granted that its terms were satisfactory to Gavit and his interests. Mr. Gavit said his company fully expected to finish the line and had all of the materials on hand with which to dd the -work, but that he did not know of a case where a street railway company had lived -up to the terms of its franchise to the letter and that usually; all the public desired was the evidence of good faith. Mr. Knapp replied that the company would have to "live up to the .terms cf the franchise or get out" and he then told the Gary and Interurban attorney that It would not reauire a forfeiture clause to compel them to get out The broach of the contract would be suffix cient.but the clause was Inserted , to make unneccessary legal action ana ; rurtner delays. . Mr. Price, livid with anerer. then started out on a tirade against tho officials of the steel comnanv. the bul. ness men of Gary and the Gary news- ' papers. He asked Mr. Knapp why he ' did not take stock in the line and Knapp said he had no faith in the comi pany.- He said the " business men 'of Gary, wrre not Interested in seeing the line built and that not' one of therq had taken . $500 worth of stock in it. Mr. Price then made the statement thaf the newspapers of Gary had cost the line $50,000 by their attacks on it and by their unfavorable mention of its activities. - Mr. Price continued bitterly, "In spite of opposition from all sides, the officials of the Gary and Interurban com pany can look the people in the faca without a blush." The original purpose of the meeting was to consider the matter of the kind of rails that were to be used. Mr. Knapp objected to the sixty pound to the foot rails that were being put In and the difficulty of paving the street on both sides of. them was brought upi The question of stringing the wires of the Gary Light company, owned by the Steel company, on the Gary and Interurban poles was taken up and Mr. Knapp refused to deal with that company in any way whatsoever. "Any agreement,"-said he, "will have to be made between the Li-ght -company and the town board. The business men of Gary are Intensely Interested in tha controversy between the two contending parties but they are demanding service at once." Another meeting, of the board will be held In the near future at which it is expected" that a settlement of soma kind or another will be made between the town board and the. street rail way company.