The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-10-01
Gary News


The street commissioner, Mr.. Chamb
ers. paid WIN. Kunent Of Tolleston, a
business visit Saturday morning.
A blacksmith shop viii be erected
and opened during the week on the
west side of Broadway just south Of the
river.
The heavy storm 0 Saturday stopped
most Of the work that was being done
at the various points, and particularly
that on the street paving.
Mr. and Mrs. specter returned to
their home on Prospect avenue Satur-
day evening, after a short visit In
Chicago.
Dr. walsh's father is improving nice
~ The doctor was called away early
in the week on account Of the sudden
illness of his father but was able TO re-
turn to US Saturday evening.
7. z. Knots erected his bungaloo
which is to serve as winter quarters. on
Saturday. It is quite substantial
structure built on the site formerly oc-
cupied by his tent on Euclid avenue.
Attorney L. L. Bomberger walked
over from Tolleston to the board meet
ing through the heavy rain. The fact
that it was municipal pay day in our
city may have had something TO do
with his Drawing the elements.
frIr " Ing ed
Valparaiso, is offered a position as SUI
perintendent of schools by city in
Wyoming. He is a member of the firm
Of Mueller & Reinke. who expect to
erect business building on the prop
erty they have purchased here.
Mr.. Baes, who expected to join Mr..
Specter in the opening Of the billiard
parlor on Prospect avenue, finds it i'm
possible for him to carry out his plans.
Mr.. Specter is going ahead with it him
self and expects it to be in running or
der shortly.
Messrs McLain and Briggs spent a a
very enjoyable time in Indiana Harbor
Saturday evening. They missed the
last train to Gary and took the next
one leaving for Chicago where they
saw the latest. Their lack OF social
ed essentials in dress was not notice
abs, their being from our city atom
ing for any sin in that direction.
superintendent Writ of the Bluff
ton schools spent the afternoon here
on Saturday. He is a prominent edu-
Gator not only in Indiana but among
school men in general. He is credited
with being one of the earliest to
recognize the need of manual training
in our schools and has made the
schools of Bluffton famous for the ex-
cellence of it's work and for a liberal
application of practical methods in
educational work without adopting
fads which have worked so much harm
in many metropolitan schools. Through
his acquaintance with men prominent
in the projection of this Steel city, he
is interested in the work and expects
to watch with interest the handling of
the educational problem which in his
estimation will be no small one.
For the first time in the history of
our town board, one of the members
missed regular meeting. NJ A. Cald-
well was the one to set the precedent.
The board held up the consideration
of a peddler's license ordinance until
some later meeting. They passed the
final resolution for widening the alleys
south of the Wabash and changed the
name of Burton avenue to Broadway.
This makes Broadway a 100-foot street
of over two miles in length. An ordi-
nance to license the use of pool and bill
lard tables was adopted. 1t also stated
the license fee for permission to oper-
ate some other devices. An ordinance
was also adopted which stipulated the
fees to be charged for the issuing of
the various licenses, permits. etc. The
engineer brought in mis- estimate of the
cost of improving that part of Broad
way lying south of the Wabash and the
board expects to push the work as rap
idly as conditions will permit