Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 43, Hammond, Lake County, 7 August 1913 — Page 8
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The cement nuisance which, has reached proportions during- the last few week which have made it all but insufferable, waa the- principal topic last night at-a spirited meeting- of the Commercial club of Indiana Harbor and East Chicago. The club room was crowded, about 150 persons being present many -f whom were not members of the organization, but had come to the meeting because of their Interest In abating the nuisance which is? depreciating the value' of property, and menacing their health. The attendance included a big delegation from East Chicago. " Mr. Knapp, the general attorney for the Universal Portland Cement company was present in behalf of the company, as was also 'Supt. McRae. The usual order was reversed and the defense was allowed to present its case before the objectors got in their arguments.
Mr. Knapp admitted the Inconveniences suffered by the people on account of the cement plant, but declared that the company was experimenting unremittingly with all sorts of devices calculated to do away with the escape of cement. Mr. Knapp is indeed a man with the courage of his convictions, for ha had the hardihood to assert that" for the past six weeks the nuisance had not been so bad as before This he attributed to the use of a different kind of ' limestone used by the mills and which constitutes the bulk of the slag which is the principal ingredient in the cemfnt. Ha-l the meeting been composed of house-
presented their cause, the club members and visitors were given a chance. A great rpany of these had something to say, and for the most part what was said was cVJivered rihi from tue shoulder. II seemed to be the cen- , sensus of opinion that the cement was a menace to the health of the community, physicians opinions on this being quoted, especially with referency to its tendency to promote consumption, and that it was a detriment to
property. The hardship on housekeepers who' are unable to keep their houses clean with ten times the ameunt of labor that should be expendel on the task, was brought forward. While appreciating the cement plant as an industrial proposition, and deploring the necessity to cause its shut-down, this would b better than to allow it to remain a . etriment to health and propj erty, unless the nuisance for which it Is responsible, be very materially lessened. It was said that the Btate Board of Health had the power to close the plant down and undoubtedly would use its authority to such effect If properly approached. After the meeting some one In com-' mentlng on the location of the plant being "as far out on the prairies as possible," remarked that the company,
wnicn was essentially a Gary concern, had certainly seen to It that it was as far from the city of Gary as possible an still be a Gary concern, and that Indiana Harbor was getting the
Jirt that rightfully belonged to Gary. It was decided, in lieu of the experiments that are being made by the
do away with the
nuisance, to give them a fair trial, and If that comes to nothing to take means to close down the plant later.
In favor of Hammond, whose through servioe to 63rd street and Madison ave
nue is continued, and In fact they see no reason why either service should be
discontinued.
The transportation problem In East
Chicago has been - growing more and
,more Intolerable, what with the South
Shore more than doubling the fare to Chicago since this company was first
'given Its franchise, and the steam
roads Increasing their rates in almost like proportion, and this last injustice has roused the populace to the point where they believe that patience has
indeed ceased to be a virtue and they are determined to demand their rights.
WAYWARD SON
KILLED ON MONON
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J D. Kennedy, who a a candidate for mayor on the citizens' ticket in East CKtcago. has come out with a platform on which he hopes to win his race for the office of thief executive of the Twin Cttiea His statement regarding such platform and the platform Itself are as follow""- , ' Believlrg that all caniddates for municipal offices owe it to the public to opesly and frankly announce the principles for which they stand. I therefore declare my platform of principles as a candidate for mayor on the citizens' ticket. 1. I am in favor of a written platform for the party candidates. 2. I believe there should be public dockage on the canal and Forsyth avenue. 3. I favor enlarging the Lake Front park and bathing facilities. 4. I have always opposed cliques and rings and invisible government, and will continue to oppose them. 5. I shall force all corporations having franchises with the city to live up to the letter and spirit of their contracts. 6. My appointments to various offices shall consist of good, honest and upright men regardless of party affiliation. 7. I shall see that all arrests made
by the city opliee shall by tried by the
city judge and all monies derived therefrom shall go to the city.
8. I am in favor of blotting out white slavery, and sluill see that citizens of Chicago shall not establish
houses of ill-fame In our city. 9. I am .against the Bufflngton ce
mont dust, which permeates our homes.
and If nominated and elected mayor
shall take legal steps to abate th
same.
10. I am for a progressive admin
istration and believe in submitting to the people all problems for them to solve affecting their rights for years to come.
11. I believe in forcing the rail
road companies to keep the public avenues In the business centers of our city open, and will negotiate with them to move their switchyards out of said
business centers.
12. I believe in forcing the water
and light companies to furnish the
best water and light, as per their
agreement, in their franchises; and
realizing that their franchises provides for a change of rates during the
next administration. I shall, If elected mayor, see that the rates are lowered.
13. The present generation has al
ready expended large sums of money for city parks and received -no benefit
from the same. I believe that the city
should be bonded for twenty or twen
ty-five years for the Improvement of these parks so that the future generation, .which receives the benefit shall
pay therefor.
4. I shall treat the city as a big
and growing municipal corporation and
conduct its affairs on purely business principles.
Pledging myself to the foregoing
platform and promising a progressive administration of the business of the city, if nominated and elected, I solicit the support of the citizens of our city.
Sincerely yours. JOHN D. KENNEDY.
wives, instead of men, the former be
ing by far the greatest sufferers f romJf ""''"t company to
tne pest, air. Knapp, rmgnt nave quailed at making such a statement, for every housekeeper in the Twin Cities is prepared to take oath that n v in the history of the cement plant, has the dust been so bad as within the past six wffkj. The speaker said that a new device for the consumption of escaping cement, had been presented to the company which had purchased all rights
probably induced him to go home to
his mother and to his death.
After the body was taken to the
undertaking establishment a more complete' examination of his effects was made. A small purse in the trousers watch pocket contained a II
bill, while 65 cents was found in an
other trousers pocket. A certificate from a. physician at Michigan City, written on a prescription blank, stated that "Charles Harris, the bearer, had pulmonary tuberculosis." Evidently
Ensley had been going under another name or had procured the certificate from some other person. There were several small manilla envelopes on which was printed a statement to the effect that the bearer was crippled and ' was. trying; t. make his living by sell
ing Jhe within useful articles. The envelopes were empty. In the left side pocket ' of his coat was a broken whiskey bottle and the liquor had run through his clothing when the bottle
broke, presumably as he was killed. A
package of cigarettes and several
matchec completed the inventory.
, On the back or Ensley s head was a 'large hole. Doctor's say it caused his
death. How he received it is un
known. The remains are at Rensse
laer.
to its use and was prepared to let contrects for the number of the devices within a week. These machines would be completed within sixty days anl a month's trial would demonstrate their efficlercy. If at the end of such trill they are found successful, the entire plant will -be equipped with them. Mr. McRae asserted that a constract for enc machine had already been let and was now undr construction. It was represented that the plant had purposely been located as far as posible. out on the praries, and still have railroad service, on account of the dust it was to create. After the company's speakers had
COMPLAIN AGAINST H.t W. & E. C. VFOBtlBaed from Pas; 1
U. S. Steel Corporation Will Improve Its Baseball Park and Make It the Finest Athletic Ground in Northern Part of State.
this city throws everything to the poor doctor they charge and no one else can do the work unless for nothing. "A fee Is due the man who cares for the poor" In their illness" said one physician. "As it is there is no possible chance of receiving one. When we are called out on emergency cases where aid must be given at once we go oftimes knowing that It is pure charity. In fact that is far from being an exception." Township trustees who care for the
poor allow a duly appointed doctor all J
the fees. There is no arrangement whereby any one else can collect. This doctor cannot always be reached.
AMBITIOUS THIEF HOOKS THE COIII
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Dollar Williams in Shoe Store Window in Gary ' Are Stolen. "
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The United States Steel corporation has started to add to its $65,000 baseball park improvements that will make it the best athletic field in Northern Indiana. Changes in this respect have already been started at a cost of several thousand dollars. The work is under the charge of George M. Plnneo, physlcl director of the Y. M. C. A. and director of athletics for th steel corporation. For the Public Vse. A 400-yard running track, cinder graded, and a 100-yard stralght-away track are being Installed. The park, which is known as Gleason park, can accommodate 3,000 spectators and it will be for the use not only of the steel corporation enterprises but of any scholastic or other athletic events In the county. Labor Day Program. The athletic field will be opened up with appropriate ceremonies when the best athletes of the 8.200 employes of the Gary works of the lllnols Steel company will present an inter-plant track meet. Admission will be free to the people of Gary.
CITY ASKS FOR INQUIRY INTO THIS rContl'iuxi from Pag !.
DOCTORS ARE COMPLAINING Doctors are somewhat discouraged over the workings of the law In poor cases for which they claim they never receive compensation. The system In
Gary police received a
from Dune park which is causing them
to wonder whether a bandit or a "wild man" is abroad in the sand dunes east of Gary. Lake Shore railway officials notified the police that a freight brakeman had been seriously stabbed by a hatless man "who wore a bloody shirt." The officials state that, "he looked like he came from Gary." Recalls Previous , Vtld Man."
Last week car robbers who boarded a Lake Shore train in the dunes at Miller murdered a Lake Shore brakeman, he police think that either a demented man or a car robber did the cutting this morning. In July 1907 a "wild man" near Pine thot half of the Gary police force and sent some bullets into -a few other Gary citizens. He was killed by a Gary posse. None of the Garyltes died from their wounds.
J. S. Abell, proprietor of a shoe store
I ai ojo uroaaway, uary, has been ex
hibiting dollar bills In his front window to. emphasize that there Is a dollar reduction on every pair of footwear in the house. And last night Mr. Abell went home leaving the money on the shoes in the window 'as usual. ' Shatter Window; Steal S . And when Mr. Abell came down to open up shop this morning the shoes were there but the money wasn't. Soma
message good citizen of Gary who needs the
money more than he does shoes, heaved a brick through the window during the night and with the aid of soma kind of a stick with a hook on it, fished every one of the greenbacks from its resting place. There were nine of them. The thief or thieves were a considerate lot. ' Instead of smashing In the front window they blasted the side
window. And the Fifty-sixth avenua
block In Boardway has more police
protection than any part of the city!
MAYOR IS BACK. Dr. A. G. Schlieker, Mayor of East
Chicago returned last night from Hot
Springs, Ark., where he has been on an extended visit for his health. He declares that his health has never
been better for years. The mayor said
that he had not been back long enough
to review the political situation but he
expected to have something of Interest
to say before long. '
Say Hon I Bring home a package of
Union Scoot Scrap. Its the beat In the
market. McHle-Seotten Tob. Co.
FOR LOWER
DYNAMITE RATE Aetna Co. Appeals to Interstate Commission. Washington, Aug. 7. The Aetna Powder company of Aetna. Lake county, today filed a brief with with the Interstate commerce commission in an effort to have the commission establish joint rates on dynamite from Aetna, Ind, to Concord Junction. Mass., via the Wabash to Detroit, the Canadian Pacific to Newport, Vt., and the Boston & Maine to the destination. At present the rate on dynamite from Aetna to the point In Massachusetts over this route is 1.84 a hundred pounds, an alleged exorbitant rate.
THE HOME NKWSPAl'ER OP LA KB COUNTY IS THE COMPLIMENT BBSTOWED BT ITS READERS ON THH TIMER
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persons wishing to take the Alley L, 1 or the Illinois central at Woodlawn, to transfer in South Chicago to a Hammond street car, or to a Chicago line. The representation of the street car company to the effect that by this change it is possible for East.Chlcagonas to reach the downtown loop with only one change has no weight with the patrons of the line, as this has always been the case. It was always possible to take the East Chicago line to Madison and 63rd and to change there for the city, reaching the loop without further change. East Chica-goana see no reason why they should be discriminated against
WINDSOR PARK
MAN KILLED
School Head Dead and Pass
enger in Auto May Die. John J. Campbell, proprietor of the Windsor Park academy, 7750 Bond avenue, Chicago, was instantly killed in an automobile accident early - today near Hillside, a western suburb. Harry Goldman, one of three boys riding In the automobile with Mr. Campbell, was so seriously injured that he may die. The party was returning from . Wheaton and the automobile was
struck by an Illinois Central train. The body of Campbell was taken to Weissman's morgue, Melrose Park, and Goldman was taken to the Oak Park hospital for treatment. The Chicago police were requested to notify Mrs. Campbell at her Chicago home.
progress of the town is checked and its financial condition is bad because under the Illinois law a municipality can not go in debt over five per cent of Its valuation. - In West Hammond that is $35,000. Want Lot More Credit. " Most any live business man has that much credit end West Hammond is indignant. A new city hall is the cry; a metropolitan fire- department. "At present we are- a Joke with our little dinky hose cart and our shambling city hall.". Hear Rntnora of IJaokruptcy. Today West Hammond, free from her vice, is enjoying abundant prosperity, but her city acairs are in the same crippled condition- that they were ten years ago when she was a sleeping village. Rumors of bankruptcy spring up now and then, causing the city no little embarrassment and all because she cannot go into dfbt over $35,000. The fact is she has been in debt over that amount for some time and consequently has stood still. A Dilapidated Old Block. As citizens say, the same ramshackle city hall and Jail, a monument to the hard times of '78, houses her city officials. Citizens clamor in vain for Improvements and the council is powerless for it is about all It can do to pay salaries and current expenses. Hope for a Tils; Change. Should the appeal before the board
of reviews be effective the greatest
change in the world will take place across the line. It vuld be only a matter of a few years till West Hammond would have a business district to set oft her costly city hall and metropolitan fire department. West Hammond claims the right to go in debt to the extent of $225,000, five per cent of her real -aluation.
Down to the cel
lar up from the cel
lar day in and day out
always lugging coal and
ashes the dull, laborious
drill of the woman who
must run a coal range.
How needless, indeed,
these tiring steps, when
one may so easily own
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ana use avjasrvange
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and uas Water
Heater and throw
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You may buy a Gas Range or Gas Water Heater on
easy terms and enjoy its use -while paying for it. Call, 'Phone or Writ 9
coal
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range with its
work and murk.
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Decide to-day
to have an all-gas
kitchen this sum
mer.
TWO GARY MEN GET LICENSES (Special to The Times.) Indianapolis Ind., Aug. 7. Out of 81
medical licenses granted by the state
board of medical registration here to
aay iwo were to Gary men. Tne men
who are now licensed doctors are Mau rice Loebel and D. Blurnsriin. '
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