The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-02

Friday, Nov. 2, 1906.
Gary News
T. E. Knots is in Hammond today
attending to business matters for the
city.
Mr.. Calhoun, the Inter-ocean man,
completed his work here this morning
and returned to Chicago.
Mr.. and and Mrs. Sears were up from
the south end this afternoon for
short visit on Euclid avenue.
C. ]. Holmes Of Lowell visited here
for a short while this morning. His
daughter returned with him from East
Chicago, where she has been at work
for some time.
The FaIkneau Construction company
has unloaded hundreds of carloads of
lumber and Is unloading more every
day. Jackson street presents the ap-
pearance OF a gigantic lumber yard,
rather than OF fine residence street.
Teams are busily engaged in exca-
waiting the hIled-in foundations OF the
company's office building north OF the
bridge. Large quantities of material
for the building have been unloaded
and the work of putting up the build
Ing will begin within few days.
Ingwald Moe, the contractor, who is
building the Illinois Steel company's
barracks, occupied by the structural
steel and iron workers, is figuring on
a large building to be erected soon by
c. Dellachiesa, OF Chicago, south of
the Wabash.
Mr.. Warne has his building nearly
completed, just north of the one being
built by Mr.. Farrell. He will run a
market and grocery and occupy the
rear portion as living rooms. He has
a snug little place in a good location.
Thomas O'Connell with John j. Far
rell, completed the arrangements for
the opening of Mr.. FarrelPs saloon the
first of the week. Mr.. Farrell will
occupy the building he has erected, on
what is known as Eastern avenue, be-
tween the Michigan Central and the
Wabash.
The Wabash Railroad company is
busy grading for the extension of it's
switches and extra spurs. AS soon as
those have been placed with some de-
gree of certainty, steps will be taken
towards the erection of a commodious
tower near TolIeston will be removed.
Mr.. McCarty, foreman of the blast
furnaces at South Chicago. looked over
the work that is being done here, today.
He was well impressed with the work
that has been done and had no hest
fancy in saying that he believed this to
be the greatest project of its kind in
the world.
E. E. Beck, the insurance Inspector
at Hammond, made an official inspec-
tion of this part OF his territory yes
terday. He came in over the Michigan
Central, being the first man to use the
new service stopping at Broadway.
Mr.. Beck is of the opinion that it will
be but a short time until his district is
divided on account of the rapidity of
its growth now since Gary is begun.
Quite number Of the school children
and Mr. Wildermuth took a moonlight
ramble down to the home of Mr. Quill
len In South Gary last evening, in cele-
bration Of Halloween. Several of the
more strenuous members of the hope
fuls followed the time-honored customs
in vogue on that evening. No mischief
of any consequence was done The
most prominent prank was the placing
of a hotel sign on the quarters being
erected by Attorney Wildermuth.
The work on the machine shop and
blast furnaces is at rest as far as the
structural portions are concerned, or
account Of the strike OF the workers
They, together with the structural mer
in South Chicago. quit this morning
1t is said. on account of not wishing te
work with non-union men here. The
company has maintained an open shor
policy here hitherto and will probably
continue to do so. The hindrance vii
probably prove only temporary. This
men have been getting seventy cent,
an hour and are provided with the bes
quarters that Gary affords for any O.
the workers here.
Burnside and