Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-27
Indiana Steel Company Starts
Work on City to Contain
100000 Population
IN LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE
City to Spring Suddenly From the
Wastes and Sand Dunes Not Far
From the Mouth of Calumet River
Novel System of Handling the Sew
age of the City.

Chicago. April 27.-The ~stupendous
work of building a model city to ac-
commodate 100000 people was begun
yesterday when 100 wood cutters were
set at work clearing a 6.000-acre tract
on the shore of Lake Michigan in Lake
county, Ind.
At the same time another hundred
laborers began the work of leveling
the huge sand dunes to the east of the
mouth OF the grand Calumet river,
where. the newly organized Indiana
Steel company proposes to build the
largest steel mills in the world at Il
cost of $40. 500, 900. The new city is to
be built to accommodate the toilers at
the mills.
Gigantic Works Are Planned.
The carrying out of the magic plans
of the company in making a city
spring suddenly from the waste of sand
dunes will involve the, dredging and
Strengthening of a river. the building
of a harbor, n the purchase of two
towns, one of which will be moved
~ oSS ii StlSeiH. SdiuIIISl T1clSullS al.
ready has passed into the hands OF the
company and the buildings are being
converted into homes for employees.
Clark Junction, at the western extrem-
ity Of The town site, will be moved
over the Grand Calumet river to make
a place for a railroad yard center.
A channel will be cut connecting the
Grand Calumet river with Lake Mich
igan and making the stream navi,gable
for barges as far as Hammond, ten
miles west.
A novel system of handling the sew
& of the new city will involve the
construction of a channel from Little
Calumet river to the south. It's wa
tiers will flow thru the city's sewers
and then on into the Grand Calumet
to the south. Ultimately the sewage
will flow thru the Calumet into C,lica-
COS drainage ditch.
Why 1t Is Not in Illinois.
With the announcement that the
work of building the new city and the
extensive plant had begun, Kemper K.
Knapp, counsel for the Illinois Steel
Company, expressed regret that it
was found impossible to carry out the
elaborate project within the boundar-
les of Illinois, declaring this state had
discouraged expansion on the part of
the steel company to such an extent
that the United States Steel Corpora
ton felt warranted in going into In
diana.
1t was admitted that the original
purpose was to acquire an extensive
tract in Illinois and build the plant
and city as a part of the Illinois Steel
Company. The action OF city, county,
and state authorities. it was declared.
the Indiana Steel Company had been
organized and land secured in that
state.
1.-The action of the Illinois authorities
in seeking to hem US in, to prevent our
growth, in disputing u possession Of
a few acres of submerged land, put
a quietus on our project" declared
Attorney Knapp. I'VE were forced to
into Indiana. Illinois did every
thing in it's power to prevent us from
growing. The city and state put a
stop to our growth
While no statement as to the effect
which the building of the huge In
diana plant would have upon the Illi-
nois plant could be obtained, the pre-
diction was made in industrial circles
that the output of the Illinois con-
Germ would be decreased as the out
put of the new plant is increased. Some
even went so far as to predict that
the illinois mills would be shut down
in time and disposed of.