The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-15
Real Estate Men Are Look
ing Forward to a Great
Season.
OUTLYING PLACES, TOO
West Hammond, East Chicago, Toles-
ton and Gary, All Partake of
Hammond's Boom.

For the past few months the real
estate men of Hammond have been
laying plans for the renewed activity
that is sure to take place this spring
and now that the backbone of winter
has been broken these plans are begin
ming to be crystaIized and unpreced-
ented activity is sure to result.
All OF the real estate firms have been
doing a big business considering the
season but from now on they expect
to be rushed as never before.
Visit one office after another and It
will be seen that the bears have actu-
ally become bulls and it is impossible
to find dealer who does not think
that next year win be the greatest
in the real estate history of this
section.
-Costifn. Meyn ana Company are
unit in declaring that the outlook was
never brighter. They have seen Ham
mond grow from struggling village
to its present size. They have seen it
boom and they have weathered periods
of depression but in all their exper-
fence there has been nothing TO equal
the present prospects.
$4,000 in Few Months.
The Hammond-G Gary Realty company
of which Messers Morris and Lowen-
thai are the head and which confines
its operations to selling lots from It's
! hae oh
ing business. The plat was only
opened a few months ago and yet they
claim that already they have sold $685.
600 worth of lots.
Blackman and Ullrich who recently
bought the East Lawn addition at the
psychological moment have been making
a great many sales and are making lots
of money from their venture. All Of
their work has been done during the
poor season and they expect to dis
pose Of all of the lots in this addition
before spring is very far advanced.
Paul B. Lipinski whose principal
holdings are IN East Chicago has found
the winter season rather dull but he.
too, IS looking forward to unpreced-
ented activity in the spring and thinks
that the coming year has a great deal
in store in the line of real estate
: activity.
G. H. Jacobson, one Of the younger
of the real estate men in Hammond is
an aggressive dealer and has been get
ting q large share of the business an
= winter. He too is looking for a great
l spring season and is preparing to take
J advantage Of the opportunity.
3 r. l. Miller and Son deal in Gary
, and Toleston land principally and have
' been very successful They have not
= only made money on personal deals but
f they have sold lots of property in thi:
e territory on commission. Next spring
will see the greatest boom in the vici-
nifty of Gary that this territory has
ever known and they are in on The
ground floor
4 1t Is a peculiar thing, but all Of th'
real estate men seem to have estab
lished certain preserves in which thei
rights are recognized. Mr.. E. A. Kin
kade has shown his faith in Wes
e Hammond property with the result tha
d his Office has been one of the busies
2 in the city this winter. His work ha
| been one largely of preparation how
e ever and he expects 10 reap the harves
n in the spring 1t Is safe to say tha
s before the wheat IS ripe next summe
1 Hammond will be in the throes of tn
II greatest real estate boom in its his
tory.