Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 96, Hammond, Lake County, 10 October 1911 — Page 8

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IS HELD At an adjourned session held la3t night In the city hall the Gary board of public works granted a street railway franchise to the Indianapolis, Chicago and Meridian railway. A cross city route in Seventeenth avenue la provided for the grant which ts a fifty-year one. Ratification by the common council is the next stop and this expected to tako place without any hitches. John C. Sehaeffer of Indianapolis, president of the company, promises construction In tile near future. In this part of Indiana the line will enter Gary by way of Chrissman and Wheeler In Porter county. Sayn WIU Bnllil At Once. "We. will start to build this line t once,"' said President, A. Schafer of th-; interurban company, whose offices ar in the K. of P. building in Indianapodis. 'Twenty-four hours after the council ratified the franchise I will have engineers on the ground. "We will start to build from Broadway to Crissman and then to Valparaiso, completing this division first Our grant calls for a right of was across Seventeenth avenue but we want Fifteenth avenue where the Gelst line has a franchise." t hionjro to Capitol Route. The route proposed to link Chicago and Indianapolis Is as follows: From traction terminal station In Indianapolis, north through Marion county, through Johnsonville and Sheridan in Hamilton county, Kempton In Tipton county, Russlaville In Howard county. Flora in Carroll county, Monticello In White county, Francesville and Madaryville in Pulaski county, through Jasper county, Kouts. Valparaiso, Wheeler, and Chrissman In Porter county, Gary and JIammond In take county and thence into Chicago. Tlie Term of tbe PranrhiM. Terms of the grant give it a through city route in Seventeenth avenue. At least 85-pound rails must be used, the overhead trolley, stops at street corners,-limited trains stopping at stations, the company must do center paving, give free rides to city employes, school children to be carried for 2 cents on ' certain hours during school days, no charge over a nickel in the city, give and accept universal transfers, maka transfer arrangements with other companies. The life of ; the grant 'Is fifty years. Construction must started within6 months after the acceptance of the franchise and cars must be running from the eastern limits to Broadway within 18 month's time. Two years !a the time to reach the western limits and failure to comply with the ordinance is forfeiture of rights. A bond f $10,000 must be put up as evidences of good faith. . A HEW LAND OF PROMISE Western Canada Beats AH Records for Money Made by Quick Growth. The world Is a rather old place for anything new to happen in, but out in Western Canada there is a wonderful condition of affairs which could not have existed in any other than this modern year of 1911. Otner new countries have been developed before, but with comparative slowness, because the railroads hav-s been slow to extend their lines, but Id Canada things are not done that way. When they once start they never stop until the job is done and the tremendous energy and wealth of the people drive every project through with almost incredltable speed. Consider the new Grand Trunk Pacific 'Railroad, which Is alost literally' stalking across Canada with seven-league boots. Begun only a short time" ago, it has fairly leaped forward until now it is all completed except the last four hundred miles. Grading camps "are al ready within two miles of Fort "Fraser. which Is destined to be one of the largPhone Us . If you find It inconvenient to come to our office, we'll send our representative to see you. He will arrange to loan you any amount of money you want on your HOUSEHOLD GOODS, PIANOS, HORSES, CARRIAGES, or any other personal property. All transactions private. Bates lowest. Terms easiest. Easy payments for 50 weeks. Our agent is' in Hammond every Tuesday. j Name ........ Street and No. Town Indiana Loan Company Phone 322 Corner 5th and Broadway, 216 Gary Bldg., Gary, Ind.

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TbJs picture iz the first to arrive in the united States of the French battleship Liberte, destroyed by fire and explosion in the harbor of Toulon on September 25. Nearly four hundred sailors were killed. The photograph was taken Immediately after the explosion and shows sailors from the battleships anchored in thj vlclnlt- removing the bodies of their comrades from the wreckage. "

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MONSTER NEW GARY PLANT

The handling of material throughout the recently completed works of the American Bridge Company at Gary, Is a somewhat interesting matter. A complete system of electric traveling cranes built by the Cleveland Crene & Engineering Company, Wlckllffe, Ohfo, has been Installed. P.efore describing the installation a brief statement of the arrangement of the buildings, yard.-i, etc., will assist In making the description clear. There are two main buildings 700 ft. long and 300 ft. wide which are parallel and run north and south the shipping yard being at the former ; end and the receiving yard at the latter. I The transfer bay, which is , one of the most important parts of the plant. Is j located between the two main shops and connects them at their central points. The width of this bay is approximately 100 ft. and ample floor space for ..storage and a convenient means of communication between the shops Is" afforded by the bay. Electric driven cranes are employed for. handling practically all the material in the plant. The receiving yard at the southern end of the property is "50 ft. long and 270 ft. wide. Three parallel runaways each having two traveling cranes of 10-tons capacity span this yard. . Each of the cranes has a SO-ft. span and is equipped with two 5-ton hoists. Materl.il Is conveyed directly from the railroad tracks which run on both sides and through the center of the property to large wooden skids. The shipping yard, which is at the opposite end of the plant is a trlfla smaller than the receiving yard. ' This yard Is served by four 30-ton cranes operating on 80-ft. runways and there is also a shorter runway In front of the forge and machine shops which supports a 30-ton crane of SO-ft. span. There are a number of other icranes installed throughout the plant in the

rivet shop, the punch and shearing de-fand in the important departments partment, the finishing department, and! are four tracks. Iron Age.

est cities In this rich territory. ! Everything points to an even greater developenm here than in Calgary, which, a few years ago. was opened up by the Canadian Pacific Railway and now has 40,000 people and original $100 to 1500 lots are now worth from $1,500 to $30,000. Fort Fraser gives every indication o' starting out to make a new record In the rise of land values. Its splendid location on the new railroad in the center of a vast rich territory and bounded on two sides by a big navigable river and gives it every natural advantage necessary to qlck growth. .- But so fast do things move that few people yet realize, what tremedous opportunities confront them In this future great city. , Lots there can be bought now from $100 to $150 and up on easy j tqrms of 10 per cent down and 5 p-r cent a month, with the splendid chance that they will double or triple in value before the last payment is due. No Interest is charged, or taxes, until lots are fully paid -for. The British Columbia Governmet guarantees the titles. As son as the news about Fort Fraser becomes known, there will be a rush for lots, and prices wjll bound upward. And when the railroad comes as it must under contract in 1913 and probably will much; sooner values will go sky-high," and , if you own one of these lots it should make you a tidy fortune. To show which way-the wind is blowing, the price of overy lot in Fort Fraser advances $50 on October 25th so the time to buy Is row. Write ifuickly. to Spence, Jordan & Co., 312 Marquette Bldg.,' Chicago the official representatives of the townslta In Chicago, and ask for free map. etc.. of Fort - Fraser. It will surprise you what a small Investment 'will do if put In the right place. Adv. : - E. CHICAGO CASES ARE ON DECK (Continued 'from Pave i.) Alderman Bowser, John J. Nyhoft and Mayor Knotts, will come to trial In the order named at Valparaiso early in November. However, should there be a delay in the East Chicago cases and a change of venue Is taken from Judge Becker, it Is possible that the trial date of the Gary cases may be even ooner. A tracer Trlcfc at Fate. A striking feature in connection with the case that three men who were elected mayors of Lake county cities, the boundaries of which, touch each

the forge and machine shops. The installation in the rivet shop consists of a 10-ton crane having a 40-ft. span. A large receptacle Is mounted on this crane and when it is filled with rivets the load is moved to theproper storage bin and discharged. In the punch and sheariug department gantry cranes on 12-ft. tracks span the hydraulic riveters, those "serving the 100-ton rtveterj having a capacity of, 40 tons while those handling the output; of 60-ton riveters have but la-tons capacity. One of the special features of the crane lnstallatlon is the use of a 10-ton 40-ft. span traveling crane which is Intended to move machinery and a 5-ton 60-ft. traveling crane has been installed in the forge shop to take the place of the old type hand hoists. -A 25-ton crane with a 60-ft. span serves the main bay of the machine shop. Working in ooperatlon with this large crane are 2ton revolving traveling jib . cranes which serve the machine tools. The.e aer the only cranes In the plant which" were not supplied by the Cleveland Crane & ' Engineering Company, and they were designed and built by thj American Bridge Company itself. The system of assembling hoists employed in the plant is worthy of special mention. These hoists operate on parallel 20-ft. runaways which extendeJ not only through the shops but also serve the transfer bay. The tracks for these hoists are located so closely that loads can reach any part of the shop or bay and a hoist can be transferred from one runaway to another. In the northern end of the building there are two 40-ton 40-ft. span traveling cranes while the side bays are served by two 10-ton cranes havlnyg the same span. As an Auxiliary to the crane system there is an industrial railway system of 3-ft. gauge extending throughout tha entire plant. In designing this system all grades were carefully provided for there I are iour irarKs. iron Age. other, will be the principal figures. Fate has decreed that Alexander Schlieker, republican, be tried before hi3 former mayor colleague, Lawrence Becker, democrat, and Thomas E. Knotts, democrat, I3 to be tried on even more serious charges. Do Sot Know TrFnl Dnlen. , Today Attorney McA'.oer of Ham mond is in Gary conferring with his client, Mayor Knotts. It '.$ possible that the defense attorney. and those for the state may get together during the day and name a day :0r setting the trial. From the way Circuit Judg;e McMahan talked at Crown Point yesterday he Is evidently under the Impression that Special Judge Van Fieet of Elkhart would come to Valparaiso to day to set the cases for (rial. But the Gary . attorneys know nothing of this, j Today Judge McMalian oe?ms to stt the reg-ular cases in the Porter circuit court at Valparaiso. IDEALS NEARLY COST LIFE (Continued from Page 1.) she is held pending word from her father, H. M. Esty of Creston. she told the story of her disillusionment. Telln Story of Failure. "Perhaps," she said, "it' will be warning to other girls who have more ideals than knowledge. When I was in high school I imagined my mission in life waB to reform the world. I read of the sorrows and misery which came to so many. I thought I could help to relieve it. My parents didn't. They wanted me to stay in Crown. Point, get married, and settle down to the same life that my mother had led. I'm sorry I didn't. . .. "Finally, I persuaded them to put me through the college at Valparaiso. In stead, of getting, over my . aspirations they only became firmer. I could hardly wait until my graduation to come to Chicago and go into settlement work. "I came. After two weeks of starvation I Joined the White Cross mission. I found everything just as horrible as I supposed it would be. but I didn't find the work of betterment so easy. Also, I discovered social service doesn't pay enough to live, on. A good many times I went hungry.' Eventually I decided to get outside work. Geea to Work a Waltrena. "I knew nothing of stenography, '.bookkeeping, or any other kind of business work. I could tell the jract amount of money spent In Berlin for

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philanthropic work In 1910, but that was about the limit of my accomplishments. I went to work in a box factory, and couldn't live on the wages. One day I woke up without a cent. That afternoon I went to work. in a restaurant. It gives, me a living, but that's all. "I don't know why I tried to drown myself. It wasn't a love affair. The police are wrong when they think the finding of my pocketbook will throw any light on the matter. I was just tired and despondent, and the water looked restful." FARMERS WATCH rT iinur T Lake and Porter county farmers and truck gardeners and the housewives of Gary are watching with Interest the move to start a municipal market for Gary. The South Side Commercial club is back of the movement and one of its members, Attorney William Matthews, is drafting an ordinance which will be presented at the next session of the common council. The following from the Joliet News tells of the success of the Joliet market sa)e on Saturday: In the number of wasons, number of purchasers and volume of business done the municipal market today broke all records. Seventy tvagons of produce were on the lot before 9 o'clock, while the gain in the number of purchasers was more than 100 per cent. The result was the shopper who failed to isit the market before 10:30 found few farmers on the lot and was compelled to patronize the peddlers, the majority of the . farmers and struck raisers having disposed of everything they had . brought to the market and started for home. i The number of chickens on the market was more than double that offered Thursday, but the supply was soon exhausted, although prices were mateVlally higher. The fowls were all choice Ones and while some brought 50 cents, the majority of the farmers had weighed he fowls before leaving home and asked at the rate of 15 cents a pound live weight. The demand kept the prices high. In apples, vegetables and garden truck the prices showed practically no change from those of past market days, with the exception that a slight drop was noticed, in potatoes, prices ranging from S3 to 90 cents. The usual heaping measure was given by the farmers and this was an extra inducement to the shoppers. Hundreds were on the grounds who had never paid it a visit before, showing it has been well advertised. Without exceptions satisfaction as ex pressed over the assortment which was offered, while gratification was shown over the freshness of the vegetables. The market officials are looking forward to still more wagons and a still greater crowd of shoppeTs on Tuesday, and there is some talk to be heard of the necessity of keeping the market open six days In the week. MERGER PLAN IS COMPLETED New Southern Iron & Steel Co .to Issue Stock. Plans have been completed for the reorganization of th? Southern Iron & Stoel company and its consolidation with the Alabama Consolidated Coal & Iron company. A new company wyi acquire the properties of the Southern Iron & Stoel company and the Alabama Consolidated Coal & , Iron company, subject to about $2,000,001 or underlying bonds of each property. For this purpost and for raising ?4. 130,000 additional cash capital the nv company will issue $5,000,000 6 per cent bon, $12,500,000 6 per cent cumulative preferred stock, and $12,500,000 common stock, or $30,000,000 new securities in all. JOHN MACVICAR IS PRESIDENT Atlanta, Oct. 9. Buffalo, N. Y was chosen as; next year's meeting place of the League of American Municipalities, which closed its fifteenth annual convention. The following officers were elected: President, John Macvicar, Des Moines; first vice president, James J. Keeley, Jackson, Mich.; second vice president. L. A. Laponte, Montreal; third vice presi dent, John H. Donnally, Newark. N. J.; fourth vice president, Charles S. Lambert, East St. Louis, 111.; secretarytreasurer, Edward Schreiter, Detroit. Mayor Thomas E. Knotts of Gary until recently was a candidate for the presidency of the organization, but he withdrew when the bribery troubles ej-ose.

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UNITED CHARITIES MEETING

(Special to The Times.) F.ast Chicago, Ind., Oct. 10. There will be a meeting on Thursday evening at the city hall of the United Charities, at which an effort will be made to establish the young organization on a firmer footing with the community. A great deal of interest has already been shown in the society, but it is desirable that the public be further enlightened as to Its character and aims. Incidentally a permanent secretary will be selected, the latter to devote practically all of his time to the work of the United Charities. The ;ommittee which has in hand the selection of a capable person for this important office, has a number of names to submit. The idea Is to assemble a strong and capable organization to take care of the poor in a scientific manner, according to the "most up-to-date methods employed in many of the larger cities in caring for their Indigents. President E. N. Canine wishes it understood that the object of the United Charities is not to interfere, but rather to co-operate in the work of organizations devoted to the work of charity. Its purpose is in fact merely to unite all of these organizations so that work undertaken by one society will not be duplicated by another, a system which makes paupers of the respectable but unfortunate poor, rather than benefiting them. The United Charities individual function will be to relieve emergency canes of poverty, and to investigate and classify them, turning over each case to the societies which come into the organization, according as the claims ' the case warrant. The organization has already a considerable fund to be used in this emergency work 5Tftd in paying the secretary, about $225 having been cleared at the ball game given last summer under the auspices of the United Charities, while other moneys have been received from subscribers acquired by means of a recent circular letter sent out In the name of the organization. Most of those who have thus far responded have sent in $10 donations, but $1 is the membership fee and $1 subscriptions are gladly receive. The officers are: Presient E. N. Canine. Acting secretary Mrs. Fre Stephens. Treasurer W. R. Diamond. Chairman finance committee C. P. Burdick. ' , . CHILD FORGED TO : LOSE ORE. EYE Unusual Operation on Indiana Harbor Child Takes Place Yesterday. (Special to Thb Times.) Indiana Harbor, Ind., Oct. 10. A serious and rather unusual operation was performed on the infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Itobert Black of Drummond street last Sunday. The subject of the operation was Katherlne, aged two years and four months, and the operation was the removal of an eye. Thi3 was made necessary by a membraneous growth over the fliseased eye, which threatened transmission to the other optic. " Not lotlg ago the child was taken to Dr. Faith in South Chicago, in the hopa that the growth could be removed, thus restoring the eye to its normal condition., This was found to be Impossible, however, the specialist announcing that the removal of the eye was imperative. The growth was found o contain 'a great many pneumonia germs, a condition quite unusual. " The missing eye will be replaced by a glass one as soon as the baby is able to wear it. This will probably be within four or fiva weeks. In the meantime the child ri doing nicely. LABORER DROPS DEAD. (Special to The Times.) Indiana Harbor. Oct. 10. Sam Lapresto, aged 55 years and a laborer in the Republic Iron and Steel company's plant, fell dead this morning in the mill, just as he was about to start work. The coroner will hold an- Inquiry as to the cause of death this afternoon. Heart failure is believed to have been the cause. The body was removed to Huber Bros, undertaking establishment. Lapresto, who has a family In the old country and one son, aged 26,. with him, resided at 4S00 Olcott avenue. The funeral will take place tomorrow at 10 a. m., services being held at St. Mary's church- Burial will be at St. Joseph's cemetery, Hammond. NEW COTTAGES BUILT. , (Special to The Times.) Indiana Harbor, Oct. 10. Fred Gastel is putting up some cottages in Parish avenue, work on one of them alreadv having been begun by Kmil AnJ derson, contractor. This is a fourI roo mcottage located in Parish between i 136th and 137th street. The cottage Is j of frame construction and will be mod- ! ern throughout. It has already been ; sold. Work on a second cottage, the! ! latter to contain six rooms, to be lo cated in Parish between 137th and 138th. will be begun soon. The plans for this are already drawn and this, like the four-room cottage, will be modern. -. , - THEK3 ARE MORE THAN THREE TIMES MORE "TIMES CIRCULATED EVERYDAY THAN ALL THE OTHER DAILY PAPERS IN LAKE COUNTY i PUT TOGETHER.

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