Hammond Times, Volume 9, Number 43, Hammond, Lake County, 8 January 1921 — Page 6

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ANSWERS CLUB COMPLAINTS Mayor Leo McCormack of Hast Chi'ro has addrpf.-cd the following lettr to the "White liagle l'uUsh Club: Whit" Kaglo Polish Club, Sf'i C?ilar Street, Indiana Harbor, Inch Gentmcnt: A few days ago I re- ' f'ed a Inter pig-nod by your presi1etit. complaining about hat he calls "uug city property for individual orporatien protection." I understand fie meant to object to the police inak'm arrests lor violation of an old city ! ianace against turning on service vrc-r it i-.sd bt.ca shut off by the n;'.:ty company. 1 am enclosing a "!'' of that ordinance lor your in-r--i ruutlon. and also a copy of the oru'.r ty the rublio Service C'ommiision .p Indiana ordering tho installation of i eters by the water company w he a . h" titration plant hrca ne operative. i: 'ib the ordinance and tho order tor rrciers were passed before my time a? i;aycr, and I am in no my rcspon.-c.-s't for them for I had noshing wiiat;r to do with them. I rciuio to 'oeliee that the letter p i ;ltn, by your president fairly reprr tents he v lews of a majority of the fair minded, clear thinking members ' ; your organization. I am inclined to think that he num have written it v. hi'.c- badly excited and worked u; ' ct v hat he thought was an injut- !; If I did net think so I would not take the time to answer it for ' hat letter is certainly unfair, unjust, d spiteful enough nnt to deserve attention from mo or anyone else. No : rasonable, right minded, fair man in r '.'-scsfion of 'his scribes would' write uch a letter if .ho Knew what he was talking about. I believe that difficulties of this rt l id are usually due to a lack of understanding and, therefore I will try f explain a few. things to you about " ii' 'Aiiter problem. s yo'i know for years and years the water furnished by the water eonirny has been unfjt not only to drink it also fot most any purpose. ecopt possibly flushing btoo'.s. The people iad stood for this condition for a long tjri'.e and the'r patience finally gave rh.t, so while ?Ir. Callahan was mayor of the city, a petition waf filed with !'. Public Service Commission of Ind atia at Indianapolis, Indiana, for an "ider to compel the water company to ;.:t in a filtration plant for the purof giving us good water. At the am time the water company in tho fame case asked for the right, to put in meter? because the people were casting water. This case; was handled by the Fubiic Service Commission Hd resulted in an order against tno water company requiring thern to pat ;n the filtration riant, and also re. quiring them to put In meters, so that the pecple would be obliged to pay on tl.ft basis of the amount of water used. I rs the last part of this order on the Cicstion of meters that I am sending to yoj along with this letter. Even . fte-i' this wa done, the watr company failed to put In the filtration niotit until after I became mayor, and it was during this administration that the'BJit '"as brought in court to make fheni put in the, filtration plant according to the way the Public Service c ommission had ordered ,and. as you doubtless know, the city won this case the judge ordered them to put in the plant which has been done at a rift to the company of about $500. f00. Having eoraplt'd the filtration plant the water company is now authorized to install meters and to charge according to the rate fi.x'd in the order, a mpy of which is enclosed herewith. a matter of fa!, the water eompsny r.as no choice in tills matter. The Public Service Commission ordered hen to put tn th meters 3rd they must do it If any members of your "rgamzation. or any other people n ' ne dry of East Chicago, want water tarnished to them by the water com-J nany, they will, have to be served through meters, if thy are not willing to have ine'ers put in. they are net entitled to service at all through 'ie mains of the company. The water tompany has the r'ght under the law to shut off service to anybody who i'".fufea to let meters be put in, and if rhey do shut off srvic and the property owner thr-n turns the service on himself, he is violating the provisions of this old ordinance which I am herewith sending to you. and not only that, but !s guilty of larceny under the jtate law. and could be arrested for stealing water. This, gentlemen, is the law. and thrp is no way for me to charge it. 'Whenever someone swears out an affidavit or complaint in the court alleging a violation of i he law. and a warrant is issued by the court and placed in the hands of th"- police, there is nothine lft for the p-'lic to do but to make arrests on account of such warrants. Thev hare no choice whatever in the matter. 1 il V.J K Beware A the "Flu" Colds ire tricky thine. They c ften letid todantroua i .-rent 'Ru." rneo monta. brtnchfti. pintricy put the"fty frrstidea ints (.f mrtice. Rttf youreif of any cold to short order. TURPO, nature's own remoiy, elrea prompt relief. Used to traat tead ches. inriili, catarrh, and rannbafo. it eoothea andheala. Pott not bhatar cr atain. Y93 ahould hare a lar In tba haua for emergency. Sold by n drnirits on money -back gaarantee S'c and 6uc. Sample aeat tree. I 5 -1 THE GLESSNTI: CO. Findlay, Ohio

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It makes no difference whether the person to be arrested is a working man or not. It is impossible for me to say to the police department that they mu.-t not arrest any working inan or any other man against whom

a warrant has been sworn out for violation of the law. If any niemhers of your organization want to) have any officer or servant "of the i w nter rompanv arrested for Ticflatlwn of the iv. and swears out a warrant "igainpr such officer or employee of the water company. f,yf police will aric.'t them also. It U not a question of favoring somebody at all. but a question of the officers doing their Uu'y as th"y are sworn to do. The board of 'public works of this city, of which I am n"t a member, has nothing whatever to d with any arrets that have been mad?. They had no thing to do with this ordinance or this order from the Public Service Commission. which I am enclosing with this letter. Your president ia entirely misinformed if lie thinks that any of these arrests were raad on instructions from the board of public works. The warrants went directly from the court to the police and without any orders from me or any board of the city. In this letter written by your president, the water company is spoken of in uncomplimentary terms. I want to say to you gentlemen I dd not like the wa;.' the water company has treated the people of Kast Chicago, and I do not think the price authorized by the Public Service Commission is a fair price, it is true that the Tori gives water to everybody but the Liord don't pipe it to their houses under pressure of 46 pounds to the square Inch, ready for them to use by turning a faucet at any time. It follows that whoever uses water must, pay a fair price for having i furnished to him in his house as I have stated, and it is this price about which we are all agreed is unfair and unjust. The meters are just being installed and until they are in. and we know how much water is going to be used, it will be

absolutely impossible to tell just what j be la"'1'"' applied 8r the best incharge will be a fair charge. When teres;? of all of us. meters have been in operation for a j Tours vry truly, , few months, we can tell something i McCOKMACK,

about what the charge ought to be, and we are going to petition the Publie faervice Commission for a reduction In rates. There is no use. however, to file this petition until we know about how much water is going to be used so that we can tell howmuch the charge should be. My responsibility to the people cf East Chicago and Indiana Harbor, is. greater than yours and I appreciate what it means and am going to do everything in my power to see that thee rates fire readjusted as quickly as they can he determined Justly. .nllH 4716 Forythe

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For the eake of peace, and good order your organization ought to be xcty careful about advising people not- to permit the installation of water meters. As long as this order from the Tublio Service Commission elands, such

j advice can only lead ' to trou ble. If i your club is so opposed to meters, tin; thing for it to do is to flic a -petition with the Public Service Commission (Rsltlng them to change the order. about j meters. That is tlie lawful way for I you to -0 about this matter, and tt Is certainly not the right thing for you to I do to advise your people not to permil the installation of water meters. ' anu hi ine same time accept or ueI irand or procure unlawfully. water I from the mains after it ha.- been shut j off by the w ater company. .a pa triotic citlzen;l you must believe In law and order and you should go about this matter in u lawful way. Mob rule, and resistence byfofce are un-American and unpatriotic. So fa as the police department is concerned. It will be obliged to keep on making arrests whenever warrants are taken out for violation of law or city ordinance. I would have you understand that this letter is written at great length to explain this proposition to you for jour own benefit and not for political purposes as suggested under the paragraph of your president's letter entitled "Second." As mayor of the city of East Chicago. I intend to do my best for not only the members of your ot ganization, but also trr all the other citizens of the city. Neither myself cor the' Board of Public Wqrks have any fight with you. and it is not necersary for you to fight us. If you w ant to fight the water company in a lawful way, that is your privilege, but if you undertake to do it unlawfully and warrants are sworn out against you, it will be my duty to sec that they are served, and I eipect to do my duty. In conclusion I want to say that my own services, and the services of every department of my administration are open to you and to all the good citieens of this city wherever -they can Mayor. The letter from the White Eagle Polish Club which called . forth the above letter is as follows:Honorable Leo McCormick, MdCyor, City of East Chicago, City Ha!!, East Chicago, Indiana. Dear Sir: We wish to inquire, -when and where you got the right ' to use city property for indiidul corporation protection. Wc w'ish to remind you, that in I your last campaign for Mayor, you ( pledged and praised yourself, stating

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that you would be. an angel to th! working class of people. We think a man, ' would . keip his promise to his fellowmen and not try to use city property to help the Individual corporation to make millions of dollars on your ow n claja of peopleVi'e will not let this go by,' we, as citizens and taxpayers of this city w ill look into this matter a little deefci and have thij' stopped. Wc w ill se.that the East Chicago police force w ill not help the Kast Chicago "Watr-r Company to force them to take the meters in. , , We understand that there is only

one body in the city of llat Chicago, Who has thc vote o give Instructions on city property, but not tho board of public works, of which you are the president. In tho first place: The East Chicago Water Company put themselves in a clas3 that we will not mention now . but when the lime comes we will. We evcrybody free of charge. We do believe and are willing to pay as citizens revenue on the investment of the individual corporation for their iniproement, but not for hifhway robbery as the Hast Chicago Wate'r Company. Is doing and we will advise the people not to permit the installation of water meters on any individual property and we will see C-t your police force will not arrest the people to defend and protect themselves agaitnt highway robbery. Second: If you intend to run for mayor again look into this matter, otherwise, suit yourself. We are an organization of three hundred members and all taxpayer-, j I it Is necessary for the members to fight the East Chicago Water Company and the Board of Public Works, we w ill do so. , Tours very truly. WHITE EAGLE Cl.L'K, By II. J. Krajewski, Pres. 40 WARSHIPS ON LONG- TRIP r LOS AXOEUTS. Cal.. Jan. 7. Nearly 41' of Uncle Sam's warships of the Pacific fleet left San Pedro and San I riipfn thin morninsr on the. two months' cruis of Mexican. Central and South Colds are dangerous and annoying, causing Pneumonia, Flu. Coughs, and other ailments. Get effective results and instant relief by using TER-CAM-FO I!

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