The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-07-03
CITY COUNCIL
IN AN UPROAR
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the alderman should file a complaint
naming a specific charge against the
present incumbent, Abe Often
heimer.
Baked in this attempt, the in
furiated alderman jumped to his
feet and yelled, 4 move we adjourn"
Aid. Brzczinski seconded the mo-
ton and it was carried by the same
vote as that which discharged At
torney Ibach. The meeting then
ended in an uproar. The represen-
tatives of the contractors called up
on the city clerk to give them back
their bids and their certified checks,
without the bids being opened. Aid
O'Girr forbade the clerk to do this
but the combined voices of the con-
tractors was too much and Clerk
keenan, handed them over, where
upon the contractors left the room.
About this time it occurred to Aid.
Shock that Aid Lewis was respon-
sible for all Of this fuss and the loss
to the city of the opportunity to
get the street paved and he was
| seized with the sudden impulse to
indict punishment upon the Offend
ing member. He started across the
room toward Lewis but Lewis
seemed to get the idea and, leaping
over a railing that divides the
room into a place for the aldermen
and a space for visitors, made his
escape and was not seen again last
night A number of infuriated BUSH
ness men of Indiana Harbor were
later looking for him with blood in
their eyes but he had disappeared.
The five contracting companies
which were bidding on the job of
paving, were VIM Ahlborn & Co.
of Hammond; VIM. Hatch e Co. of
South Bend; Brownell Improvement
Co, Dolese-Shephard Co, and Fitz-
patrick & Healy Co. of Chicago. All
of the representative of these com
papies present last night declared
they never could be induced to bid
in East Chicago again and some
went so far as to say they would
not bid in this county. VIM. Hatch
Who was here to represent the com
pany bearing his name, said, g
could not be dragged back to East
Chicago in gilded coach. Man.
ager Mailing Of the East Chicago
Co. is very much grieved at the
action of the counoilmen and said
"They have made me appear like {
fool before the eyes of the director:
Of my company and these contract
ors, with whom I have pleaded K
come here and bid on this work
When ] G. Ibach was seen b.
reporter today he said. Il have :
contract with the old city council
at East Chicago. but the new seems
to be Of a pugilistic order and I d.
not know whether ! viii stand OF
my rights under the contract or not
have not decided what | shall d.
about it; it is hardly worth a man
time to bother with it.
Attorney ottenheimer was seel
at his Office il East Chicago an
made the following statement:
There was a determination Il
put a man IN my place. If | hav,
done anything 10 sustain the charge
then those who seek my remova
should surely proceed in the name
as ruled By the mayor when he de
clared the O'Girr motion out 0
, order and that he be specific an
! set forth the charges and give me
hearing. I do not think that thes
four members Of the council are sin
I cere in the matter but that eithe
: through ignorance or on the poo
iadviee of someone they took thi
method of attempting to put anothe
in my place"