The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-13
NDRNG'S EgV STEEL CITY.
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plants will b. superintendent ny secunh
vicr. P%rrslien, Thorpe ~ IN" Uni'ed S'a'e~
Stc~i Corporation.
IN" tee, holrs Tor tho plant vhich wil
eivr employment ~ 1i.Oo W puO mon,
havs hcon horcd and shuw sand for hf'y
fee, ani CLAY ~ anventy feef. The snrveya
have alan hcrn male for streets,
Thero Will hc two principal streets In the
city. running ~ right angles to each other,
onc "a 10 know NJ Broadway and the othsr
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wida and paved with vitrined brick.
The city Ia expected to have n population
NJ ~ least iOO,O o " hon the work ~ n
featuring steel begins, aud the plans provide
for the accommodation Of that number ~
people with additional ground plated for
engagements ~ tho town "a they may he
come necessary.
The railroad companies have already let
contracts for switches 10 the site Of the new
works. and these are to be constructed AT
once and the material for the thousands
~ houses Ia 20 he placed upon the ground
ready for building. Sewers, electric light
ing and waterworks have been provided for
In tho plans, and work on theee plants will
he carried on simultaneously with the cree
ton Of homes for the workmen and the con-
struction Of the big steel plant.
There will be no saloons in the town OF
Gary, but saloon men have bought ground
on the outskirts Of the corporations hold
ings and ara preparing to erect houses.
The indian Congressman have been dis
appointed by the action of the Val Depart
ment, which has refused to entertain the
project Of a deep water harbor at Indiana
Harbor for the convenienc Of the in
dustry, but there are indications that the
corporation will undertake this. work itself,
as Il is Indispensable that the harbor shall
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Of vessels employed in the Lake trade.
AT any rate. soundings have been made
in Lake Michigan, reaching out from Gary,
and it Is the announced intention to construct
one of the finest deep water harbors between
Chicago and Michigan City. This work APP
pears TO be undertaken by the Gary Land
Company, an organization composed OF the
officers Of the United States Steel Corpora
ton.
1t is said that the charter of the corpora
II -.v- I'll -t-k 10 ~HVa nn in
land speculations or the real estate BUSINESS.
except 10 the extent Of land absolutely
necessary for its plants, and the Gary Land
Company was organized in order TO over
come this difficulty, it being impossible to
lay out and build the town undo the corpc.
ration's charter.
There has been q steady stream Of in
vestors in Gary this week men who want
to establish business houses of different
kinds-and many locations have been Sc
lected, one of them being for a bank with
$3.50, 900 capital that will be ready to open
business when the first whistle at the new
plant calls it's employees to york. Property
at Tolleston, which is on the east outskirts
of Gary, has taken a sudden jump owing
to the fact that many investors are seeking
holdings, on the theory that there will ce
an overflow from Gary.
For the present, however. the people OF
Tolleston do not expect other advantage
than will come with employment in the new
city, but every artisan Ia already under
contract for work in some capacity at
Gary.
A. F. Knots. who will have charge OF
the construction Of the new city, was Mayor
Of Hammond for two terms. He often
urged upon the people Of Hammond the
necessity of identifying the city and OF
providing parks for the recreation Of the
working people, and he ia going to carry
out his IDEAS in the new city.
One Of the first things after the surveys
OF the streets were completed was to pro-
vide for shade trees and for many kinds Of
open air amusements. The plat shows a
number Of ranks, and these are to be beauti-
fed with flowers and fountains.