Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 5, Hammond, Lake County, 23 June 1911 — Page 11

Friday, June 23, 1911. THE TIMES. 11

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BIDS FOR NEW fil. E. CHURCH TONIGHT East Chicago's New Church Edifice Will Cost $30,000 Instead of $20,000.

(Special to The Times) East Chicago, Jun 23. Bids for the Methodist, church will be opened Friday evening- in the office of City Treasurer A. G. Slocomb. The bids will b opend by the building: committee of the church, which will hold a session for that purpose, and while the committee reserves the formal right to reject any and all bids, it J expected that the contract will be awarded without any hitch. At first It was given oot that th

limit for the cost of construction would

be $20,000. But, it bein feared that

this sum would not be sufficient to cover tha cost provided the plans are , carried out, th limit was raised to 130,000. j According' to the church's agreement with the land company the foundations are to be In by September and the en- j

tire structure completed before May of nxt year. In order to make good and more than make good on the agreement, if possible, the chucrh officials proposed to begin work at once when the contract Is awarded. The building will be located at the Circle, Barins and Chicago avenues.

creting. The amount of iron that would be made mineable Is estimated, not including that under the lakes, at 30,000,000 tons much of which is on Jim Hill lands, held under lease by the Steel corporation.

filAY CONCRETE BED OF LAKES

The long discust project of concreting the beds of Wine and Embarrass

LESTER F. LADD Oldest Real Estate and Insurance Man in East Chicago, Indiana, Agenls for all East Chicago Company's Property Phone 64 J.

I.akes, near Blwaliic, on the Mesaba range, will doubtless be realized In the very near future. Two gangs of engineers are engaged In the task of mapping the lakes, one crew representing the United States Steel corporation and the other the independents and said to be directly responsible to Plckands, Mather & Co.

The concreting of these lakes to sec' the ore in the taction w as first discust I when the difficulty of mining the ore at the Syracuse was encountered. Engineers made a preliminary survey, but at the beginning it was not found possible to Interest all tt the holders of ore lands in that vicinity, and all -it which would bo benefited. Subsequently a letter from a reliable source in New York narrated that the Steel corporation, IMckands, Mather & Co., the Iongyear Interests and the G. A. tit. Clair interests had entered into a com

bination and had secured the needed loan with which to prosecute the work. It was stated that the loan was $6,000,000. The lakes were both thoroughly drilled during the past winter and the information obtaint-ble leads to the conclusion that enough ore was found under the water to . pay for the con-

INDUSTRY

INDIANA

Kushville The city council has passed a traffic ordinance similar to the one In effect at Indianapolis. I'ollce-

ment will be placed on the principal corners of the city business district until the traveling public becomes familiar ordinance. South Bend The St. Joseph County Mausoleum Association, which filed articles of Incorporation at Indianapolis recently, has announced plana for a mausoleum containing five hundred cryts in Riverview cemetery. The vault will be "0120 fet in dimensions, and constructed almost entirely of marble. Kvansville As a precautionary step toward meeting city bonds amounting to $1,1$!,00, which mature net year, Mayor Charles V. Heilman has sent o communication and tentative ordinance to the city council providing for refunding the bonds to the amount of 11,2000,000, at 4 per cent., to redeem bonds of $S00.000 maturing January 1. 1912, ajid $400,000 of the $975,000, maturing on July 1, 1912. This will

leave bonds Of $757,000 maturing July 1, 1912. unprovided for. Tipton The First National Bank, of this city, established by the Shirks, Tuesday night at 9 o'clock passed ino the hands of a stock company, which will take possession on July 1. The purchasing company, headed by O. P. Campbell, of the Fear-Campbell Company, late Democratic candidate for mayor, and a number of farmers and business men, recently applied for a charter for a fourth bank here. Then came a persistent rumor that the Shirk bank, which passed throxigh distressing financial troubles two years ago. was to be purchased and the deal just.

closed verified the statement. "When the bank repaid all losses and reopen

ed, George Shortle, son-in-law of Mrs. Shirk, was put in as cashier, and John Shirk, a son, as assistant cashier. The bank continued to do a good business, but many of the depositors changed to other institutions. The new company is strong. Jonas E. Hawkins is the vice-president; Glen O. Huron, cashier, and Horace S. Matthews, assistant cashier. The board of directors has not been named, hut probably will consist of O. P. Campbell, Jonas K. Hawkins, Glenn O. Huron, John Nash and Byron Grlshaw. Oakland City In drilling a test well for coal on the W. M. Chappell farm, one mile south of this city, T. C. Bugg found six feet of excellent coal. An exhaustive test of the country immediately south of this city is being made and the result of the hole just completed practically assumes the opening of a large mine.

LABOR NEWS

The employment of women in th iron trade is common in Great Britain. The International Association of Steamfitters will hold its convention In Toronto next year. The Government of New South Wales has fixed the minimum wage for all female work in Government employment at $550 a year. It is estimated that no fewer than ten thousand women machinists are

needed in the clothing factories of New South Wales. The International Association of Machinists, up to the present, has signed up forty-two shops 1n New York City

for the eight-hour day. The Glass Blowers' Association of the United States and Canada, will hold Its next annual convention at Columbus, O., on July 10. The gain in the American Federation

of Labor since the convention of last November has been 156,898 members of various trade unions. Thirty-five states In this country have established bureaus of labor, for the purpose of collecting industrial information and for bettering state factory laws. The Union racific Railroad Company has established a railway college for the benefit of Its employes. It Is to ba available to the employes of every fiepartment without cost.

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