, 1881-11-13

The first practical step in the East Chicago
arhetnc has lcen fukcu and Il project which to
u,,nr naone hus s..c;ned Il rood deal more Of a
fancy than fac,. Is now au established thing
The rak which has been tndulred il, for tho past
few ,ru.ths over the sale Of the Forsyth tract
at Sheffield. Ind. and the mammoth enterp1srs
,xh;rh wore IN surinr from il yere RECEIVED In
som. o,,rtcrs,s1rh considerable ercdulity and a.
y;.e,ul a,,o,vnnre ,,f sn}t The simpe act or re-
cor,1inr !. ,et.,l and having over onc-tbjrd Of the
n,,r,h,s,. .unn,.v has lifted tho nroieet Out of
+ho ,,o,,ui,, IF fn,,cy ;,:n t,a rc.,n of fuc, md
:. ,,.a,,,a ho ,i,,;,,, r., mn, .nvhn,v nn,r who
do..s,., .,,mr ,hot Eosr t-ticot,n md all tho
schemes which nr,. wrapped up in its hopeful
Tnrur, or. vel, enough To tie to for lust about
ali they are worth.
The nractic,.l s1c,, at,oyc referred to, and duly
rnr,n;cI..l II, TuE Tu1ur;sE ut the time. was
takc,, Thursday morning last when Mr. W. q.
C-aar o,a Nr f.,ll;,or of rho t,r,n nj Alcxa,,-
Ger y u1eeh nc" '"tA' eu11petcu 1uo ou
chase OF Jacob forsyths s,VU-Acre tract. Just
across the Illinois and Indiana State line, On
,vn;ch ts m hc ercctct1 tha new suburban town
W 80 ~ ~ 1:, T. -, ~, +,o s,.r,,,-
oi i.ast en'caSo' WHICH IS - oc LUG '."' 1'Ae
point Ut the belt-l'ne TOAD. me purchasers
reprcseu1ed by Mr.. Green, gnye Mr.. Forsyth IL
., d na,- for e-, :rr, =; hotn., one third of
.eA''l.o 49,. =, ~, M ~ E1,rs,.th
then gave the syndicnte-the East Chicago I'm
rrrra,nan+ t,o,nnonv n Sew Jersey ci,rpora-
ion-a deed to the property and TOOK from them
mortgage TO secure the notes for the remain
der OF the purchase money, which are payable
r. o,a 1ro 1hran ronr and five wears
~ "'ie" w. .A1se Aua. 49, s.'n =; 49,,
Win the privilege ot paying !" 'u'' III ~. a.s
time they see mt within the nsc years. lhe
deed and mortgage were duly recorded by the
f,nnrv f,crt M, Lake touu1v 1ndunn the
sa,na ,,ax and 1he jnj1ial srcn in Il trunsa ton
involving round million, nnd paving the way
Tor Others which ore certain to spring up III co1l-
nec,1on with the new community ut the foot of
~, t,-o .,as ot,,,,1a,aa
tne 'aAc' was cona
f"f Tue better information y. tooee " w i4as
hasca somewhat DIM and shado"s hca Us 10
1ust what the Eust Chicago scheme mcuns any
h,.u IL ,n,v ,,. ;,st ,E we'll IT. st,to here and
Ho"@ - n.' ~ 80 -, o., , 49,.
no" .nat IL eo,'teala.es. ~ tue Ill.,. eas. 'u
the Calumet Kiyer and the erection OF Il great
.n.+ ,n;,,t 1,na ,rs, ,,,r1 rf 1ho sche,n,,
H .o ia. a. r;na n,1 and tha n,har will foinw II,
@ n 1nen 9 etaea re- theI n anu r o,hr hrs to
-. ,r"" srhn ,nn,tt ~ tho river is II, lie
de,.dyc,1 ann :, bortor nuilt. The intention then
nroun5 Wnif Like which il n le irrdreI 50 ms
10 aiiu,y shins 10 suii in il READILY. Dy the
drc.ising Of this lake, which can bc easily done.
n s,aui harln,r with iirni1less dockroom will lie
SECURED Here wifi be one Of tho terminal
points Of the Hc11- Line Ka;iroad Three -spurs''
viii run fr.'n it between the three snall nkes-
. tofnrc popularity distinguished us tho Railroad
Belt-i.ine aud the Weston hei,-Linc. nrc In
teFtSte III tue Scncfne bi running thS Octt 1ltG
IRON East Chicago all the way around ~ Lake
View on the i,ur1h. but are understood 10 hnve
practically forgotten their differences ald
uouieu their issues III IN Interview be-
tween Mr.. Weston aud representative
of THE TRIBUNE on the intentions and pro5-
I,e1s Of the bcit-line >chetnc. ttat gentleman
was careful to state. first uf all, that uIl tls
cul1s or alleged difficulties, had beeu removed,
and that the work was, gong ahead r., The belt
iust across the Irdiu.,: State line. Strikes west
and n.rth until il reaches the Town Of Lyons,
1henec runs north into tho Town OF Jefferson.
not iur from tho city limits. where IL connects
will the roads running north aud northwest