Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 21, Hammond, Lake County, 13 July 1908 — Page 8
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THE T IMES. Monday, July 13, 1903. 6 GARY REALTY BOARD HOSPITAL GONTRAGTS Wife and Children of John W. Kern and Their Home HOLDS MEETING Real Estate Dealers Put on the Grill and Bitter Fight May Result. VEDTO BIDDERS Strong Rivalry For the Jarp enter Work Local Kan Gets It. SIFT CHARGES TO THE BOTTOM r:;T iiL. 10 be
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Will Eave a Feature That Will Stand s the Only One Of Its Kind in America.
i ii- ground for South Chicago's new $65,000 hospital will be started within the r.cst two weeks, as the contracts have hi't-n let and the majority signed up last n . ght in the office of F. W. Fischer in the Davis building. The strongest rivalry seemed to be
for the carpi nter work, which was awarded to William Sehoening, 10520 Torrenee avenue. His figures were $0.05.7. Next came A. H. Hanse.n, $fj.00o and P. O. Peterson with a bid of $0,100. Other bids were received from different contractors throughout the city, but were considerable higher than that of the local men, all of whom were within $200 of each other. Mi Contract Are Let.
The contracts that were let given to the Hollowing parties: Roofing contract, awarded to
liam Sehoening. Cement work contract, awarded
Jo's,-ph Kohlhof and Sons. Sheet metal work, awarded to Max Hempel. Painting contract, awarded to James Joh nson. Mason work to John Bonickson. Plastering contract awarded to Goo. Young.
Owing to some di.-pute regarding the
1-tting of the heating, plumbing and
lighting contracts they will not be
awarded until the last of the month. The new hospital will be constructed of brick throughout with Bedford stone trimming. The interior will be of hardwood finish and will present a very neat appearance. The building will be two stories high with a basement 48 by 93. The first floor will contain three large private wards, examining room, reception parlors and an office for the physicians. The second floor will contain one large ward and ten private wards, also an operating room, cleaning room, anesthetic room, sterilizing room and a doctors' dressing room. Modern Appliance. Doth" floors will be equipped with the latest modern appliances that are necessary for an up to date institution. One feature of the new hospital will be the inclined passage-way from the first to the second floor. It will extend about half the length of the building at a 22 per cent grade, which will enable the nurses to wheel patients to the second lloor, the carriage being adjusted to a horizontal position. This device alone, it Is estimated,
will save at least $500 which would approximately be the amount expended for maintaining an elevator if the inclined passageway had not been decided upon. The South Chicago hospi
tal will be the only one in America
that can boast of this unique device
At present it is used exclusively in Fnglish and German hospitals and it
was from the plans of a German hos
pital that Mr. Fischer received the
idea of merging it in the local institution while drawing the plans. The old hospital will not be abandoned but will be used as a nurses dormitory.
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Some of the Leaders of the Board Left Organization Because of Dissension Among the Members.
HAS A NARROW ESCAPE
LaPorte Has Near-Tragedy
at Pine Lake Today.
(Special to Times.)
LaPorte. Ind., July 13. But for the
watchfulness of Attorney H. W. Wor
don of this city and the promptness of
S. Xeriau of fi37 Fuilerton avenue, Chi
i ago and J. K. I'orryan. 1327 Montana
Street, Chicago, Miss Ethel Conkey
oSS West Park street, Chicago, solois
at the Church of Our Savior. Chicago
would have drowned this morning in Pine Lake, where the choir of the
Church of Our Savior has been camp
inK during the past two weeks.
Miss Conkey, who can swim but lit
tie, slipped into a "suck hole" while in
bathing, going down over her head
Her fright puralized her so that she
was unable to cry for help, but Mr. AVnrden was watching her, because he knew she could not swim, and he notict d her distress almost immediately. Syplng Verian and Forryan in a boat be cried to them, at the same time jumping into the lake and swimming t' the sirusUr.u girl who was going d- n for the last time when the men in t'.-.e boat teaehed ht r side and with v ' 's 1 'tanee brought her S- .1 cj-scious but was ov out of danger.
Alderman Snow Balks at
Desired Franchise of Kensington and Eastern.
CITY DAO CULLS IT A BIG GRAB
Action on Bequest Will Probably Not
Be Taken Untid Council Convenes After Summer Vacation.
A meeting of the executive committer of the real estate board will le held (hi afternoon nul matter of itreat Importance may be diaruaaed. At th last regular meeting a month ago the executive committee na appointed a regular committee to InvealigKte any charge that might be made against any real estate dealer whether or not he Is a member of the board. It is likely
therefore that the committee meetim has been called for thut purpose this ai-
ternoon.
A number of bitter charges have been
made by dealers against each other lor some time and now that they have an opportunity it is assured that the fig!.:
will be warm and bitter. Heretofore t;e board has never taken up the various
barges and sifted them to the bottom.
and tiien taken action against a party it
found guilty. For this reason t'a
oard has become a meaningless factor
in the real estate business because of the fact that any one, no matter what his methods might lie, co.uld become a
member of the board and the member
ship, therefore gave them no prestige.
Ih the past there has been much dis
sension between tue memoers, sueii
large dealers as Harry King &- Co., severing their connection with the organiation. It is thought now that since the members have resolved upon
general cleaning that more interest
will be taken in the organization than heretofore.
Board May Expel Them. It is thought that they will take ad
vantage of the committee ot investigation to prefer charges his afternoon on certain members of the board. If
they are found guilty the board will not stop at expelling them from the board
If they are members, but they will attempt to stop them from doing business. Several crooked dealers in the city have tended to injure the large majority of honest men by their methods
of business.
The. Kj?n Horns. IjiJknnSylvania.ii'eei.IndiansipoIzJ
Under the name of the Kensington
& Eastern, the Illinois Central railroad
is now trying to get a franchise to
operate a steam and electric line through South Chicago territory from
Pullman to the state line. The ordinance, as it has been prepared, gives
the company all and the people few
rights. Alderman Snow, who is at the head of the subcommittee In charge of this
matter, has stated that he and his committee will never submit to the ordinance in its present form on the grounds that if they did it would be one of the biggest franchise grabs ever given in the Calumet region. What Should He Asked For. Here are a few things that should be demanded before the franchise is passed : A suburban depot at Kensington. The dedication of Front street as a public thoroughfare. Gates and gateman at One Hundred and Thirteenth street. Improvement of the other crossings nearby One Hundred and Thirteenth streets. The assurance that all interurban cars stop at the Kensington station. Cun-ll Takes V lien (Ion Kirst. The franchise asks the people of the ward for everything, not guaranteeing them anything. In one place it hints that the cars will stop at Kensington and that a station will be erected, but it does not specify this as a guaranteed j fact. The franchise will probably not be i granted untii after the vacation of the 'council members and the ni-antir.ie it is up to the progressive residents of tile ; Thirty-third ward to take some action. towards getting recognition from the ' Illinois Centra! road.
REROUTING OF CARS
AFFECTS 81H WARDS:
FIRST HEAVY BET.
Tivo to One oa 'I'aft is f.iveii by Republican lu Chicago.
City Railway Company to Make Its Loop Further South.
TO GOME AS FAR AS 79TH
Rehabilitation of Calumet Electric and Bed Line Begins at Once Change of Route.
The first political nni'rr to be recorded In Chicago on the presidential election tvas made at the Auditorium hotel last ninht between II. U. Merry of Haitimore and -. 13. Mcllrlde of the Auditorium Annex hotel. Merry wagered Si. 1100 neninst- .( Mith Mcltride that Tnft would be elected. The money was posted with Mnnnjier Shaffer of the Auditorium nud locked in the vaults. Mr. Merry declared that he would accept similar wngess to the anioiitit of le.'.O.OOO. declaring: "llrynn and Kent will receive the lowest electoral vote of any presidential candidates that have been voted for in many years."
DPCV7NrT) WHILE IN TTNG :t OLD QI Y HOLE. .Irs s h t ?:!-le, 1- years Old. Drowned s - ?:--.-i:..r a ' ys' Fa- : i i e St !r mill : Hi le. 'L't-r-li Carlisle, 1 years old. was VowM-d in an abandoned Quarry hole t "tvoekdale. Carlisle had gone to visit n(:5 out there and finding no one at x took a stroll down to the quarry - he met his death, 'sie lies ;it 419 Washtenaw ave"'nctuore.
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Various plans are being discussed by
the board of supervising engineers as to the routing of the Chicago City Railway company's cars over the local tracks after the 5-cent fare becomes ef- , fective Aug. 1. I In the Kighth ward the city cars will run south from Sixty-third street to Seventy-ninth street and thence east to Coles avenue, north on Coles avenue to Sevcnty-rifth street and back to ti.e starting point. This route will enable passengers to ride from the city to the F.ighth ward for one fare and without a. transfer. Tassengers that board tlie.se cars south of Sixty-third street will be given a transfer good at any point on the local system. Agree on Rehabilitation. As the result of a trip over the Red Line tracksuge by Superintendent Sloan and A. L. I'rum. engineer for the local street car company, it was practically agreed that the tracks would be rehabilitated at once. The work on rehabilitation will include the trackage on Seventy-third and Seventy-ninth
street. The down town officials of the Chicago City Railway company have practically confirmed the state made a few days ago in The Times to the ffect that the old street car barns in South Chicago would again be put In use by the city company. This is received as
LOWELL MAN IS GOPPEDYESTERDAY Beats Up Horse and Carries Concealed Weapons Are the Charges.
LAKE C01IY 111 A HEALTHY DISTRICT Consumption Takes Fewer Victims in This Section Than in Others.
DEATH RATE IS 13.2 PER 1,000
t JUSTICE HOLDS SUNDAY COURT
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B. Atwocd Furnishes the City With Plenty to Talk About Yesterday.
tive to the treatment of the horse fol
lowed. In the meantime Marshal Bel shaw stepped up to the men and no
ticing the outline of a revolver in the
hip pocket of Atwood. asked him
about it. Atwood denied having th
gun, but Belshaw reached into his pocket and pulled the gun out. He put the man under arrest forthwith and a trial was given him immediately. Zartman then swore out a warrant for his arrest on the charge of cruelty to animals.
Total Death Rate for May in Lake County Is Seventy-One, According to Health Bulletin.
PETE OAVIS FOR DEBS
the best news for some time among the street car employes as it means shorter hours for them. Temporary Track. During the building of the Kxcb.ange avenue sewer the street car company will run its cars on Kscanaba avenue from F.ighty-third street to S-ventv-ninth. permission for a temporary track there having been granted by the city council. This nci.- will only he used until the sewer is enmp!et--d. after which new tracks will be h-,id on Exchange avenue and the old route resumed. The unused traekage en Yates avenue and Seventieth street are being taken up this week and will be transferred to other parts of the system.
City's Benefactors. No greater &- car. befall a city than when several educated men, thinking in the same way as to what is good and right, live u .pother in it. Goethe.
(Special to Tut: Times). t I.ovrell. Intl., J;ily 13. I.orrell lant
night underwent two iiniimial expert- I enccH which awoke Its renidentu from tlietr quietude and gnve the town a new topic for !Incu!lon. The flrwt tinumiuI experience was an arrest that j n :ik made and the necond, even more iir.nsiial. wan the MeMtin of Judme 11. 11. ixidcock'x court to iiiinm sentence on the prinoner. V. Ii. Atwood, an employe of Phil McX.ty. was arrested by Maishal C'harles Beihraw last night on the j charge of carrying concealed weapons.' and after paying a fine of $r, and costs ' was rearrested on charges preferred! by J. G. Zartman, the liveryman, the i charges being cruelty to animals. The: trial on the second ( Large was set j for next Tuesday. Phil McXay having
given bona lor tne prisoner s appear
Labor Leader Dissatisfied With Planks Will Support Socialist. Peter Davis made the statement Saturday morning that he would vote for Eugene V. Debs, without the question of a doubt, at the election next fall. Iavis says that there are a thousand
other men in the state who will do the same thing. Peter l'avis was not satisfied with the injunction plank in the republican platform. He thought it was not definite enough. He is one of tue many labor sympathizers who is beginning to see mat the labor piank in the demo, rati'.' platform is a lot ef meaningless phrases. I a vis is the first of the men to boit the t'ig parties on account of the in-
y to be-
Seventy-one people died In Lak
county in the month of May, according
to the last official report from the stat board of health. Lake county being in the northern section in the state (iijoyes the distinction of having a lower death rate from consumption than th.5 central or southern section of counties in the state. This is also true of tho northern section about the number of deaths resulting from typhoid fever, diphtheria, diarrhoeal diseases, puerperal fever and cancer. Lake county's death rate for thei month of May was 12.2 for each l.oiei people. The deaths for Lake county are classified as follows: Important ages: 16 under 1 year. T 1 to 4. inclusive. 15 to 9, Inclusive. 0 lfi to 14. Inclusive 1 1.1 to 13, inclusive. ," 0.1 years and over. Deaths fro mlmportant causes:
l u Fulmona ry cons urn pt ion.
1 other forms of tuberculosis. 3 Typhoid fever.
1 Croup. 7 Pneumonia. 6 Diarrheal diseases, under 5. 2 Cancer. 9 viob-r.ee. Deaths from important causes: To Hammond are credited d'-aths
iot this T.uniiier, j-.ast Chicago, 16; at. a
to AVMlir-K. h.
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Friendship's Limitations. He that doth a base thins in zeal for his friend, burns the golden thread 'hat ties their hearts together. Jere"iv Ta- lor.
Bead The Times and get th aewa.
Boats I'p Home Ilndly. Atwood. last Saturday n;ght, hired a horse and buggy from Zartman,- and, acording to the charges, returned the animal in the evening almost in an exhausted condition and showing welts from the whip that are still visible today. Atwood and Zartman met last night, twenty-four hours after the horse bad been returned, and an argument rela-
lunction and his mtitu
tion of the faet that there i be a lot of turncoats in th..f'Te the election is over. Davis formerly eul'.-'d hin publican, although lie is a
patron of Mayor Pecker a of the local board of publi
an ; n c i like! state
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a member works.
If Men Lived Like Men. If men lived like men. indeed, their homes would be temp'ies ten: pi'"-.s which we should hardly dare to injure, and in which it would make us hc'.y to be permitted to live.
Back Home Tomorrow.
Consolation for Girls. Beware of the homely little girl, fcr ihe is more than likely to be the handsomest of her set when she is rady
j to leave school, and will no doubt ; Word was received in South Chicago ' member any slights that were ofthis morning to the effect that, the ; fred her when she was an nelv little.
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duckling. It is seldom that the i rerty child grows into a very beautiful woman, and that is no doubt, the way
enjoyed their trip
South Chicago delegation, who have
been at the Denver convention, will arrive in South Chicago tomorrow. The I letter, while brief, said evervone was 1
well and had enjoyed their trip ix- I-Blu"? v"us
mensely.
Try a Wt "Ad" ta The Time
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