The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-28

Friday, Dec. %, 1906.
Gary News
DR.. walsh is expected to return this
evening.
Contractor Moe has practically com
pleted the brick work on the building
he is erecting for Mr. Dellachiesa.
south of the Wabash on Broadway.
The additional supply OF school seats
ordered by the board OF education ar
rived today and will be installed in
time for school to open on Monday.
NJ A. Caldwell the company's store
keeper and trustee from the first ward,
is somewhat under the weather, owing
TO a bad cold contracted while on his
Christmas visit.
Several OF the watchmen on the north
side had an encounter Win CO0p4o
of suspicious characters last evening
All the parties emptied their guns, but
on account Of the intense darkness no
harm was done When the watchmen
began to shoot the others took to their
heels and no further trace OF them
could be found.
Nash & Dowdle are rushing the con-
crete work on the ninety-six inch main
sewer where the sewer strikes the
new channel OF the river. Several
large engines are pumping day and
nj ght to keep out the water and car
load after carload OF crushed rock and
cement are being hauled in daily for
the large bore.
The miIdness Of the weather is
proving a great incentive to work and
all of the contractors are pushing their
work to the utmost. knowing full well
that every day Is possibly the last for
some time. The men who are putting
in concrete in the different parts of
the work cover up their work every
evening so as to avoid it's freezing in
case the weather should turn colder.
Edward Jewell, treasurer Of the
board of education, is buster than ever
these days. He has added reason for
hustllng and tells you proudly Of the
thirteen pound girl that came the Sun
day before Christmas. Mrs Jewell is
doing we'll. They have but recently
moved into the home lately purchased.
It faces on Washington street in South
Gary and has a pleasant outlook to-
ward the Hobart road.
,ocap4Ixy located
here from Hartford City, is reaping
the reward that comes from careful
attention to his work. During the
absence of the other doctors, Messrs.
Jones and Walsh, he has been kept very
busy Last evening he was called to
the home of a Hungarian family near
the Pratt hotel. This morning the
doctor announced that Gary has an
other young lady and the mother Is
doing nicely.
Fink, who has been at work the
north side for few days, returned to
the Cook county hospital this morn
ing He came from there here, hav-
ing been under treatment for some
eight weeks for asthma. While try
ing to get to the doctors office last
evening he nearly suffocated and was
E1SNNAAAttA'NNAf
to be passing. The latter took the
man to the police station and sent for
the doctor. Flink's home is in New
York but he was employed in Fort
Wayne prior to going to Chicago.
Fred Gastel of Hammond and his
youngest son spent this afternoon here.
Fred was one of the first men to do
drove the first wells here before any
one had moved In. He remarked up
on the great change that had taken
place and could hardly believe until
shown the wells he had driven. that
this was the place where he had come
last spring into vast wilderness Of
swamps and sandhills. Nothing was
to be seen. but here and there a stake
set up by the first engineers and when
Fred walked down to where the cen
ter of Broadway and Fifth avenue. then
in a small slough, and had his picture
taken with the Knots brothers. he
felt just a little skeptical about the
large city and the steel mills.
Mr.. Gon of the Indiana Harbor
Lumber and Coal company attended to
business interests here this afternoon.
His firm will sell lumber only now since
the supply company has opened up for
business. The rule established long
ago that whenever any firm who es-
tabhshed themselves permanently
should become ready to begin business
any men or firms in the same line of
business in temporary locations must
either close up or seek permanent
places, is now being put In force. 1t
is a wise precaution for 1t would hard
~ be fair to ask the man who has in
vested his money in or is paying rent