Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 255, Hammond, Lake County, 17 April 1912 — Page 8

8 THE TIMES. Wednesday, April 17, 1912.

WHITING

COUNCIL

PASSES ON BUSINESS

(Special to Thb Times.) Whiting:. Ind., April 17. The city council met in regular session, on Monday night, with Mayor Tarks, and all the aldermen with the exception of Baran, being in attendance. City Engineer "Waite' was instructed to prepare plans and specifications for a trio ring 24 inch brick sewer on 121st street, from New York avenue to a point 200 feet east of east line of B. O.

C. T. T. R. R. and a 12 inch vetrifled pipe sewer from said point to Front

street or as near Front street as may be necessary to care for street drainage.

A 12 inch tile sewer will also be installed in park way in Atchison avenue from 116th street to the brick

, sewer in Ohio avenue. The park com.mittee was also instructed to purchase right trees and have them installed in , park way of Mrs. Leibert's property Indiana boulevard and Clark street. ..A petition was presented 'signed by property owners -asking for the pavement of the alley between Oliver street an! Sheridan avpnue and also the alley north of 119th street between Oliver

street and Sheridan avenue. The pe

tition was received and filed and the

city attorney and city engineer were

instructed to prepare the necessary papers. Bids were received from the improvement of Davidson place and Center street. Bids were submitteed 'by Nedjl

and Qreenwald and also by W. S. ; Brunt, but according to the law, the contract cannot be let for fe. week after ' being submitted. j A resolution was adopted designat- j ing the pavement.to be used on David- !

son place and Cerfier street as asphalt. . A resolution was adopted declaring necessity for and ordering opening and extension of alley next south of Figh- i rupp avenue. j The purchasing committee was in- i structed to purchase 600 feet of cable rope and 2 pair hip rubber boots.1 City Engineer Waite was instructed to prepare plans for council to proceed to purchase necessary 12 Inch pipe and. filling for a water line from pumping j station to 119th street and from 119th street to Schrage avenue. The water ,commlttee Is to employ a foreman, and1

all necessary labor to construct a 12 inch water line from water station t J Schrage avenue and 119th street. ; -Daniel O'Connell was appointed Inspector of the paving of Indiana j boulevard to Atchison avenue after granting a saloon license to Andrew : Baran. ordering old bills paid and referring new bills, the council was ad- ;

journed to next Monday night.

GARY SIX YEARS

the city extending out to the south, to number of autos loaded with good' The settlement of this question Is

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y TT1 fTklT T1 STTT - rjtirvin, aim imnnria acLLiug iuun mw ic jmjr intuit nidi is necutfu utsiore UIxD IUJTIUxvxCUW Building of houses and business block, rause they represent, traverse the part work on the plant will proceed and the . sewers, streets and sidewalks were of the state through which it 1s pro- citizens of both towns are anxious to (Continued from page on.) pushed without interruption and there posed to put the canal, stopping at the see the board of public works and the : was no let up in activity at the mills, towns along the proposed route, and city council get to work at once and5 sand dunes and stood at another poin. Construction wa started on the coke stirring up enthusiasm before the con- grant franchises to both companies.

They were also pnoiograpnea mere uvcnu nu me irn railway yaras ventlon. This was discussed, hut no This was the future location of Fifth Which had been opened the ear before . definite action taken. avenue and Broadway. extended Its facilities. t The waterways committee met to The Growth Remarkable. j Early in 1910 the American Bridge discuss the advisability of issuing a The rise of the steel city from sand company began the construction of its pamphlet containing their report to the dunes, swamps, scrub pines and Jack Gary plant which Is now In operation ' board of engineers and pending a copy oaks to its present attainments is now and later work was started to build ! together with a map and a letter of a matter of world wide knowledge. 1 the American Sheet and Tin Plate ' explanation to every senator and repThe spring, summer and fall of 1906 plant. : resentatlve In congress. Another queswltriessed the clearing of the ground.! Later In 1909 Gary threw off Its town tlon brought up was that of sending a the! cutting down of the trees, the re-clothes and having a population of . committee to Washington at the time moval of the dunes and the filling in nearly 12,000 set up a city government. ' the amendment to the rivers and har-

the low places. Shacks were erected w hen the spring or 1910 had arrived bors appropriation bill was brought up. for the new settlers but many of them ' the town of Tolleston was a part of , The committee adjourned without cornwere housed In tents. Concurrent with the steel town thus giving an area ' ' pietlng Its business but will meet again

work on the city site mere was equal or rorty-two square miles. Many new;tomorrow ln Chicago when action on letter from Congressman Crumpacker

at-nvny ua me opui iuo iMi,u, uc1i..i,.,c,h. in nic n.ro.i. . non tnese propositions will be taHen in which the writer states that the apSteel works now stand. opened up at the stel works. . I up. jpopriation recommended by the board

v.iy nuiiQiUK n. yr, was also une or! of englnMr8 for the lmprovement of

ny anomer spring ine worn oi Duua- great aeveiopmenr. ana me xtiage a I p t mjTTT rf Indiana Harbor, was not included ln Ing streets, sidewalks, curbings, sew- territory shared in this. Calumet CtlXjXJ W IVi VjJ. I the general bill which was" passed sev-

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concrete two Broadways and when the Gary 1 m , 1 recommendation- aa t . t

BETS LETTER

C. A. Westberg, vice president of the East Chicago company has received a

townsite.

At the mills

THIS WAS GARY SIX YEARS AGO TOMORROW.

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j Progress Amailnc 1 "When the late fall of 1907 had arrived Gary was a city eighteen months old. Yet it had electric lights, city water, telephones, sewers, schools ln operation, a hotel, the Gary, as fine as any in the state. Hundreds of residences were occupied. There were now well established business Institu

tions, construction was being rushed at the steel mills, more attention was paid to the social side of life, for there were many lodges and clubs, churches were in a flourishing condition and

j schools were well organized.

IMPORTANT

foundations had been Installed for and Southern railway was connected '

many departments and the s.teel skele- with the Gary and Interurban railway tons of several buildings were under the region was further developed.

way. The first part of this year also witnessed the beginning of the erection of the many business blocks, residences, hotels and other buildings.

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necessary to enable work to be begun on the proposed plant," means nothing more nor less than the settlement

construct the pier which Col. Zlnn in

his report to the board of engineers stipulated should be built by private

interests, and Congressman Crumpack

er stated that there was no doubt the

owners of the riparian rights on the

other side of the canal, H. C Frick). would similarly agree.

No difficulty In putting through the

amendment is anticipated.

STEEL CO.

HOLDS MEETING

i of the traction problem, as the officials

j The city's business life was repre- , sonted by an aggressive commercial !club and an enterprising real estate j board. i Time First ln J.ary. j Two daily newspapers and two j weeklys furnished it news The Gary (Evening Times, the first daily paper in Gary, the Gary Daily News, long since 'out of existence, the Northern Indianlan which was the successor of the j present Post, and the Weekly Tribune. Nineteen hundred and eight saw the ; operation of two street car lines, the 'arrival of hundreds of more settlers ! and the establishment of many new .business enterprises. In July of that Syear, the twenty-third to be precise. (Gary harbor was opened with imposing ceremonies by the steamer Elbert ! H. Gary which arrived with a cargo of S iron ore. Then, in December Miss Mary Louise Gleason. the daughter of jthe general superintendent of the steel j works applied the torch that fired the ; first blast furnace, thus announcing to the world that the Gary project was now a reality and that in less than .twenty months after the first tree was chopped down Gary had entered ths ranks of steel producing centers. The beginning of the year 1909 saw

MEETNGS

ARE HELD

There were two committee meetings of Importance held yesterday at the Commercial Club of Indiana Harbor and East Chicago. ... The waterways committee composed of representatives of different commercial and business organizations throughout the Calumet region whose report backing up Col. Zinn's recommendations with reference to the improvement of the harbor, was recently presented to the board of engineers at Chicago, was one of the committees and the Indiana Harbor to the Gulf association committee was the other. The latter met to consider the postponement of the convention from May

16 to June 16, the change ln date being considered advisable for several reasons. An important one is that the new. date will bring the convention close to the time appointed for the national convention at Chicago, and this will give the down staters an opportunity to take in both conventions without making two trips. Another reason for wishing the postponement is that the roads will be ln better condition in the middle of June than they would be ln they middle, of May. As many might wish to come by auto this would be a consideration of consequence. It has also been proposed that, a

of the locomotive works absolutely re

fuse to do anything until steps are taken to insure the conveying of their

men back and forth from the plant. It Is now up to the board of public works, the street railroad people and the 'citizens to decide at once on a route that will be satisfactory to the Baldwin people regardless of personal Interests. I'p To People. Mayor Schlleker announced at the meeting of the board of public works Monday that he had discussed the situation with Mr. VauClaln and his engineers Saturday morning. The mayor declared that it was up to the Harbor people to agree on a route and that so soon as the wishes of Indiana Harbor could be learned on this question, the work of granting the franchise would be no longer delayed. Some of the East Chicago business men have outlined a route for the Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago line taking It to

Chicago and Parish avenues and thence the route is immaterial to them. Two lines are applying for' franchises. The Hammond, Whiting and

East Chicago Co. Is one of the applicants and the Gavlt Interests are the other. Both have outlined routes which they would like to follow. It is expected that at the next meeting of the board of public works, both the H. W. & E. C. line and the Gavit company will be represented, Superintendent Green appearing for the former and Frank Gavit for the latter. At that time It is expected that an agreement will be reached and the franchise granted. In the meantime there will be a meeting of the Commercial club of Indiana Harbor and East Chicago this evening when the proposed route will be discussed.

me to be made a part of the bill, but

! there will be an amendment to the bill

which Senator Kern will Introduce ln

! the senate and the recommendations

made for the Indiana Harbor appropriation will be incorporated in the amendment. Senator Kern will arrange for a hearing before the senate committee

on commerce and he and Congressman Crumpacker will both attend this seasi on. Congressman Crumpacker had held up the passage of the Rivers and Harbors bill as long as possible In the hope that the Indiana Harbor recommendations might be Incorporated ln it before It went to congress, but he was unable to delay its consideration longer and the bill passed the house the middle of February. No difficulty Is however expected in putting through the amendment to the bill. The Inland has already agreed to

E. J. Buffington Is Elected Head of Big Corporation at Annual Affair. ' '

The annual meeting of the Indiana Steel company, capital 120,000,000, the Gary Land company and the Gary Heat Light and Water company was held at the general offices of the steel company at Gary today and the following officers and directors were reelected to serve another year: President Eugene J. Bufflngton. Vice President G. G. Thorp. Secretary-Treasurer T. J. Hym&n. In addition to the, above T. W. Robinson and K. K. Knapp were also dlrectors. The companies mentioned are subsidiaries of the United States Steel corporation. Including Mr. Robinson, who Is vice president of the Illinois Steel company, all of the above officers hold similar rank ln the Illinois Steel company. )

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