Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 181, Hammond, Lake County, 22 January 1912 — Page 8

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THE TRIES. Monday, Jan. 22, 1912.

LEASE FOR TEN YEARS FOR $50,000

A lease for fifty thousand dollars for

a period of ten years Was signed "this morntrvjr In Gary between Simor. Brothers and H. A. Paine. Simon Brothers have leased the Paine building , and will transfer their Jewelry and drugr stores to (ha Paine building:, which Is located at Eig-hth avenue and Broadway. Th rear will In all probability be remodeled tor a movinj picture show, while the second floor of the brick building: will be rented for flat or office use. The building; has a fifty foot front and Is two stories In helg-ht. For the past four years Mr. Paine has conducted a hardware Easiness, but he now intends to devote his time to building: contract work.

matter up with the company he represents. " Another stipulation which the board said this morning it wants him to agree to and that is, transfers for crossing lines. The board was not so emphatic in Its demands In this matter as It was about the Columbia avenue route matter, but Mr. Green took the position j,jiat It would be an Injustice to his company to compel It throw open twelve fifteen miles of lis tracks on a transfer, whereas the Gary and Interurban would transfer a Gren Line pasenger a distance of only two arfd a half miles. No action was taken today but the mtter

wil again come before the next ed-nesday.

NOTED-MEN KILLED

IN RAIL WRECK

CONTRACTOR TO RUSH THE

E

XCA.VATING

That Ingwald Moe will lose no time In

erecting his five story theatre build

Ing In Broadway Just north of. Fifth

avenue is shown by the fact that he has already started to receive bids for the

excavating.

Terms of Mr. Mot's contract with the Gary Land company of the steel cor

poration stipulate that the building must be completed by December 3. The

coat Is estimated at $100,000.

Plans call for a theatre with a seating capacity of 1.000 to 1,200. Lagglas or boxes will be grouped ' around the

main floor and above this will be two balconies. The stage will have a seven

ty-five feet width. Three small storerooms will be locat

ed in the front part of the main floor,

The front part of the second, third

fourth and fifth floors will be devoted

to office suites of which this will be

forty-eight.

"We expect to start excavating this

week," said Mr. Moe today.

pie of Kast Chicago were greatly Impressed with the statement in The Times, after the locating of the plant

was announced, that the " city which does the most building will be the city

which will reap the greatest benefit from the location of the plant.

Consequently we have taken the

first step which will help to make Chicago avenue In -East Chicago a great

business thoroughfare. The building of this hotel at the point where he cars on the Indiana Harbor branch of the

South Shore line stop will make the

property between the site of the hotel and Forsyth avenue much more valuable. '

"If the other property owners In -this

locality get busy and erect fine store

buildings it will go a great way to

wards making Chicago avenue what

Broadway is to the city of Gary."

(Continued from Pare l.

bound passenger train crashed Into tho rear of the New Orleans flier , at the

Kinmundy. 111., station. Mr. Harahar.'s

private coach,, which was coupled to the rear of the Xew Orleans train, was

demolished by the impact.

TRAIX LEFT CHICAGO AT BrftO.

The former railway president was on

his way to Memphis, Tenn. The New Orleans train left Chicago at 5:50 yes

terday afternoon-

Engineer Payne of the rear passenger

train was crushed to death In the

wreckage.

Thirty-five passengers, most of whom

were unidentified were taken rrom tne

wreckage injured.

At an early hour this morning It was

reported that many persons were still

pinioned under the debris of the splint

ered coaches, and It is believed that the

list of casualties will reach move than

a half hundred.

"WRECKED CARS TAKE FIRE.

Hundreds of citizens hurried from

their homes to the1 scene of the tragedy and helped the survivors drag the dead

and dying from beneath the mass of

wreckage.

Fire from the overturned locomotive

communicated itself to the coaches and

to the horor of the first catastrophy was added the fear of the death of

many Injured persons in the flames.

SUNDAY BUYING

IS BRISK

(Continued from Pare l.

BETTER WEATHER

AIDS INDUSTRIES

R. G. Dun & Co. Say Pro

duction and Distribution " Are Stimulated.

Dun's Review, published today by R.

G. Dun A: Co., will say:

Better weather conditions of the

QUALTY OF STEEL USED

0 RAILROAD

TAKEN OP

STEEL TRUST PAYS QUARTER

KHILIOI! III PEIISIOIIS IN 1910

GREEN ASKS

FOR GRANT IN

HAMMOND, tContlnued from Page J. Kane avenue could not be considered if the company -Insisted on collecting three cents fare from all other passengers of other lines which would have to transfer on this portion of the Green Line. The board assured Mr. Green that it would consider any other route that he might suggest. Howard avenue from State street to Kane avenue was suggested and if the company will use this route it will have to procure a private right of way from Howard avenue, to the cast gate as Kane avenue ends at Howard street. . Mr. Green has not yet submitted a revised f rancrMse, but will take the

day to see how things were moving,

and watched the proceedings with In

terest. The land that changed hand

was not all Calumet property by any means. Ix)ts as far away as Gary and

even In Toleston, figured In the trnsfers. Judge Rlloywho has charge df the sale of Calumet Kennedy lots, giving his consent that the office for the time being be used as a sort of real estate exchange for the region. A large number of Chicago real estate men, and Individual buyers were present at the sale yesterday and took a great deal of Interest In the boom, backing up their Interest by purchasing property. The good weather was propitious and helped to bring out the

crowd that surged about the office all day. When the added Impetus given real

estate, and the building it is sure to bring on, there will be urgent necessity for better street car facilities. A number of routes are under consideration.

in fact evey man who-owns a lot having some god reason why the street on which his property is located, should bs the logical street for the proposed railway.

EAST CHICAGO GETS FINE NEW HOTEL

(Continued from page one.)

circumstances that a hotel will be a paying proposition. East Chicago has not one first class hotel." t IMPRESSED WITH STATEMENT. Mr. Given went on to say: "The peo-

last few days stimulated-renewed effort in the leading branches of produc

tion and distribution, although adverse

effects of the previous low temperature

are a handicap, and there is yet to be overcome much Interruption in movements of commodities and In transportation generally and communication between the more active exchanges. Financial settlements, however, were remarkably well maintained, payment through the banks being higher than ire same weeks of 1911 and 1910, trading defaults' fewer, and complaints less as to tooth local and outside collections. "Tl distinctly encouraging feature was a gratifying exhlbH of new de

mands in the prominent industries, pig iron, rails, plates, structural steel, cars

and motive power all scoring a further

substantial accumulation of forward

work and In some lines assuring steady running for six months. CapacMy has become largely actrve at South Chica

go, Chicago Heights. Gary, Pullman and

Toilet, and a proposed new smelting

plant in the Calumet listrict testifies to

a favorable disposition towards extend lng enterprise.

"The furnaces, rolling mills, forges.

and equipment shops now show increas

lng operations, and more idle hands

have been re-employed. In mlscellane

ous manufactures the tone expresses growing confidence In the outlook, there being augmented inquiries for future deliveries of metal, brass, and wood

outputs. The- markets . for raw ma

terials mainly show decreased available

supplies, and costs sustain the firming

recently noted in lumber, miner metals,

wool, hides, and leather.

Meat packing lsunsually active on heavy receipts of the raw material and

some gain appears in stocks of hog product. The mrkets for live meats reflect adequate absorption and slight decline In average values, but cash

aeaiings in tne principal cereals were

narrow and the outside demand re mains slight for breadstuffs.

' "Retail trade here and at the interior continued good In wMnter apnarcl

and there has been a- seasonable de

pletion of merchandise stocks. Many

visiting buyers entered the wholesale

markets for spring and summer staples. Road and mall orders disclose, a, temporary slacking, but urgent orders for

reassorxments gamen, ana taken as a whole there was " satisfactory house trade In dry goods, woolens, millinery, boots and shoes, clothing, knit goods, house utensils, and food products."

TIMES Ml RE A I. I

AT STATE CAPITA IIndlanapolls, Ind., Jan. 28, The

quality of steel used in steam and interurban railway construction In Indi

ana is to be inquired Into by the state railroad commission, which has Issued an order calling for a conference on February 8 of steel rail manufacturers

and railway officials to consider tho

question of better quality and increased

weight of rails. Expert steel men and expert railway builders will be called to appear and testify. It is possible. It is .said by one of the commissioners, that Ixmls D. Brandels. of Boston, who recently made some speeches in the east criticising the quality of steel rails now being

manufacturer, may-be Invited to attend the conference and tell what he knows of steel manufacturing. The decision of the commission to investigate the steel question was reached: after numerous . conference with steel manufacturers and railroad -men, after numerous Inspections of steel now in use on roads in the states

It has reached the commission that.!

the steel rail manufacturers desire to manufacture a' 130-pound rail,, to taka the place of the 90 pound and the 110-

pound rail now.ln use. Expert infor

mation obtained by the commission Is

o the effect that the roll used In roll-

ng to heafy ratls now in use do not

weld to iron particles sufficiently to maintain the grade of steel used when

ighter rails were common. Whether

the fault lies with the rolls or with the

manufacturer of the steel billets for

roollng into rails is one of the ques

tions the commission wishes to determi

ne, as well aa whether rolling still

heavier rails would -further reduce the quality.

The text of the order is as follows: Whereas, It Is the duty of this com

mission to keep informed as to the condition of railroads as railways with ref

erence to the security of the public.

and whereas, this commission Is advis-

A grand total of -'81.4;7.37 was given as pensions by the Tnited States Rtaol f-, .1 .i i ,

H ht tv, ...i .. ' "utt.iw "

" "vw ..-ui.;Vutu ..u.tne steel trugt tQ

t ' j i a I , Q 11,1 11, . II Tl J V. II f, Nearly $16,000 went to old employes Mesaba Range ...

inferor to the lighter grades heretofore used, and that there is a difference ef opinion between manufacturers and carriers aa to whether this steel should be atlll heavier to sustain heavier equipment and loads, or should be of such better quality as were the lighter grades. . - , '.Therefore, upon consideration, of a formal inquiry by the commission as to thU matter Is now instituted and com? menced. .'.- "It is ordered that the general managers, general superintendents, engi

neer in charge of maintenance of way and expert ' testers of new steel, and

such purchasing agents and such au- l-flustrlal

thorles on steel manufacture, and such

road masters as the commission may hereafter summon shall attend a conference on this subject at room 83 of the state house, on Thursday, February . at 10 a. m. It is further ordered that any expert on steel rail manufacture and use, who may desire to give the commission scientific or practical Information on this subject may appear and be heard at said conference, to the end that such concerted course of action may be

adopted by the railroad companies, or such orders made if necessary, by the commission, as will tend to secure for

use on the railways of this statu a high follows:

grade of steel, as perfect as to ma-(American

terials and manufacture and shape and weight as can be practlclly made." It Is understood the commission wlU seek the id and counsel of the merlcan Railway Engineering Association, which

has collected a great deal of valuable , data and information on the subject. ! The order is made to apply equally to I

Company , 848. W Keystone Bridge Works B,S3S,2 Oliver Iron Mining Sorapany, . 1,163.70

superannuated 'Marquette Range 4,615.81

69S.77 568.2?

of the Illinois properties, sum was paid to retired

& Wire Company, 1911 aggregated

the American Steel who pensions for S86.53S.73.

The corporation's pension system, known as the United States Steel and Carnegie Pension Fund, was established on January l. 1911. The first annual report, which has, just been issued, gives details of the first year's

operations, and it is claimed that the disbursements demonstrate that this

) pension fund has more beneficiaries

than the pension fund of any other in-1

i ausinai or cuininurciai corporation in i 1 i :

ine w vi au. i

The largest Vermilion' Range employes of Union Railroad Company. . .

5S1.SS 189.60 39.0

Union Supply Company. ,

Duluth & Iron Range Railroad Company 171.2 Elgin, Jollet & Eastern Railway Company 480.1 Illinois Steel Company 11.24S.8S Lorain Steel Company., t 915'.4l National Tube Company 22,721.63 Shelby Steel Tube Company.. 48.09 Pensylvania & Lake Erie Dock Company 171.00 Tennessee Coal, Iron & Rail

road Company , 69 1. 6(1 Trustee .( the I'und. The board of trustees of the fundi Is

received pensions .

composed of Elbert H. Gary, chairman; George W. Perkins, vice president;

Robert A. Franks, treasurer; RaynalC ! Boiling, secretary; Frank D. Adams, ' William B. Dickson, "James H. Hoyt, -Kemper K. Knapp, James H. Reed.

Illinois ' Steel Company em- (Andrew Squire, tnanes i nyw, ployes $11,245.83 Hampdn, E. Tener, J. B. Ersklne, manDekalb. East and West Works 3,844.26 aSer: J- H Wood, aslstant manager..

Dekalb, ' North and South

A total of 1.616

during the year. Paid to Illlnot Men. The disbursements among the employes of the Illinois branches of the corporation were: '

Works

l

588.00 ;

Total $15,678.01 Pensions were apportioned among' the "various subsidiary companies as

i Bridge Company .. .$10,107.21

American Sheet & Tin Plate.. 11,302.39 American Steel & Wire Co 86,536.73 Newburgh &r South Shore Railway Company ' 557.10 Trenton Iron Company 1.8300 Carnegie Steel Company 81,505.68

Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad Company 2.120.90

steam and electric lines over which theH. C. Frick Coke Company... 37,592. commlssien has jurisdiction.' 'Hostetter Connellsvtlle Coke

Timeliness. All measures of reformation are effective in exact proportion to their timeliness; partial decay may be cut away and cleansed; Incipient error corrected; but there Is a point at which corruption can no more be stayed, nor wandering recalled. l"tt has been the manner cf modern philanthropy to remain passive until that precise period, and to leave the sick to perish, and the foolish to stray, while it spent Itself in frantic exertions to raise the dead, and reform the dust. Ruskin.

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The soldier who refuses to fire is almost as bad as the one who shoots and scatters his amunition. And the real estate dealer who waits for the other fellow to do the advertising is in Just as poor a shape as the one who wastes his advertising The Flood of Opportunity, is now qn In the Calumet Reigon - Are you Mr. Real Estate Man going to take advantage of it or are you going to sit idle and pass up your opportunity. Fiity thonsand people in this part of the state with money ready in their hands are interested in the Baldwin Locomotive Works locating at Calumet.

They maywant to invest. "Where shall we invest?" they ask, Who has the lots we want? Who has the Bargains? Vital Questions, eh?

Fifty thousand people read the TIMES every night, they are watching for further particulars. The, real estate dfealer . r who gets busy and advertises gets the money. ! The TIMES' Newspapers chronicle every sign of industrial, commercial and business activity in the Great Calumet v Region, and give it FIRST. It is ttlie Live Wire ot the District. Now will you advertise your Real Estate Bargains? v