Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 255, Hammond, Lake County, 17 April 1912 — Page 38

THE TIMES. SOME OF GARY'S RESIDENCES. TO CONNECT WITH CHICAGO Go JACK WA i

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From Gary and Hammond tor Laporte, Valpo and Chesterton by Trolley This Summer. w.-"- , - ' ... . t laterurbaa'Ndevrlopmenta . rnmt of - ' . ,. . Clary iit.i "...- ( 1. The ttary ( nnnrrtlnx Railway company now operating from Knot timrr to Garr. Thin makea a IhrouKli roiitr from Hammond to Kast Ciary. 2. The air liar ran 'operate lirrweea Chnrtoa and Valparaiso; between (ioodnini (half way point between Valpo and Chesterton) and I.a Porte, thu linking Valparaiso, Cheaterton and 1 .a Forte. . S. Grading; between Kant tiary and Goodrum n carina; completion. 4. By July l the Air Une will ba,e a throujth route from I.aPorte to Hammond thna eonneetlnK Like eounty point with Porter and I.aPorte eonnty eammunttlen. - - -

The last "link In the electric railway connectlon between Chicago and Indi ana Is fastened, ' and interurban cars will be running between " Hammond. Gary, L&Porte, Chesterton and Valparaiso by July l- and' 'possibly sooner. This Is the date set- by trie- officials of the New York Alr;'flne," who' have Riven orders to rush 'construction work,' in order to have the" lfnes in operation

for the summer resorts season. As It is the Air line cars now operate between C hesterton and Valparaiso and between Goodrum, the half way point . between these two towns, and IjaPorte. , Thus Chesterton, IPorte and Valparaiso are now linked by the trolley. Completion of the Goodrum-Kast Gary division and the short stretch between the west part of. Kast Gary and Broadway will Klve Gary and Hammond direct trolley connections with East Gary, Goodrum. Chesterton, Valparaiso, LaPorte and intermediate points. Superintendent TTamilton of the Gary Connecting: Railway company has most of the eleven miles of the route between East Gary and Goodrum completed. Grading and construction work has been completed within three miles of Goodrum. The Gary and Interurban. the Gary Connecting railway and the lines In IjaPorte and Porter countries are subsidiaries of the New York-Chicago Air line. , .

GARY STREETS BUILT FOR .THE FUTURE

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The Illinois Improvement and Ballast company, the principal contractor for the United States Hteel corporation in the western steel district, is building two more streets In Gary, upper Pierce street and upper Fillmore. Klniklted fly June 1. Fillmore is the last street in the first subdivision and , Pierce Is the first street of the new second subdivision. These streets .will be ready for occupancy on June 1. at which time several houses will be built after that date. ' ' These streets will be paved and sidewalked from Fifth to 'Eighth avenues.

U. S. Steel Trust Builds New Streets; Fifth Ave. Longest. The Illinois Improvement and Ballast company today started paving; for the dteel trust Pierre and Killmore atreeta. , Two aqnare mllea of woodland In the west part of the city will be paved this summer. Husk work on Fifth avenue extension, bring It to Clark road. With the eompletlon of thta the aterl truat will have paved 1'lfth avenue from Aetna to Clarke station, a distance of nearly seven miles. Klfth avenue In now the longest pared street In C.ary, having a greater paved distance than Broadway,

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Following the building of these streets the improvement company will proceed to improve several other streets in the second and sixth subdivisions, northwest Gary. By the late fall practically all of that woodland between the end of the first subdivision and Clark station, a distance of two miles. Rush Fifth Avenue. The improvement company Is busy extending Fifth avenue westward from Ambridge avenue to Clarke road. This will' be completed by the end of May. With the completion of this strip Fifth avenue will then be the longest thoroughfare in Gary. Extending from Clarke road to Aetna, the whole distance paved nearly seven miles, the street taps every big industry in Gary.

TERRE HAUTE Tie Thorn aa C. Day company, of Indianapolisr has filed a mortgage for $30,000 on the property of the new Central Christian church to cover three notes one for, 12,000, another for $3,000, and a third for $25,000, the latter due In 191".

RICHMOND C. W. Marksbury of Columbus, O., who recently bought the Richmond Morning News at receiver's! sale," will besrin publication of the paper within the next two weeks. It will continue as the democratic organ of the city and county.

Residence, Buisness, Factory . and Industrial Sites. Insurance, Renting

48 Lots on Gary Interurban Line south of Baldwin Locomotive Works $150.00 each Terms. 48 Lots at $125.00 each. 24 Lots at $125.00 each, near 9th Avenue and Clark Road. These lots are Selling Fast. Ask for free Information.

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West Hammomido Illtaois The First Town Development in the Vicinity of the Illinois-Indiana State Line Took Place in West Hammond. It was a Better Townsite, the land was higher, drained better and was more suited for development as a Residential District. These same conditions, now prevail. Hammond grew Faster because the G. H. Hammond Company, its First Industry was located in Indiana M i M But West Hammond is (Doming Unto Hts Own. With Land Values on the Increase in Indiana, workingmen find Desirable Lots Cheaper in West Hammond. THEY ARE BUILDING HOMES THERE NOW. West Hammond Also Has Great Industrial Development in Prospect. Lots That Can Be Purchased for a Song ftotv Will Jump in Value Soon. I own 98 Lots in Russell's Subdivision, 139 Lots in Snydacer and Ambs Subdivision and 39 Lots in Fulcher's Subdivision; in the Best Part of West Hammond. These are all between State Line Street and Burnham Avenue and between the Michigan Central Tracks and One Hundred and Fifty-third Street. They include both Business and Residential Lots. Come and Let IVle Tell You About Them.

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