The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-16

agents, have moved their offices to the
Wildermuth building on Broadway,
north Of Fourth avenue.
Mrs DR.. Geise' returned to Crown
Point last evening after few days
stay here. The doctors building is
making rapid Roadway the walls hav
ing been completed past the third floor.
He expects to be able to occupy 1t by
the middle Of October.
John Pope and his brother OF Chi
cago. old time acquaintances Of T. W.
Englehart. came down yesterday af-
ternoon for a few hours visit and in
cidentally to see Toms" property
about which they had heard so much.
The printed copies of the building
ordinances, with several amendments,
will be ready for distribution the latter
part Of the week. The good effect of
the ordinance and its enforcement is
already apparent and Commissioner
Kliver is to be commended for his act
I've concern for its rigid observance.
The tracks for bringing in the mate
rial for the concrete abutment on
Broadway north of tin Lake Shore
tracks, here. have been completed and
the first concrete mixer arrived and
was placed yesterday. Practically all
OF the work of removing the dirt for
the sub grade under the intended via
duct has been finished. The sub
grade is over three feet below the
level of the grade on Broadway.
The Michigan Central railroad has
put up a signal bell at it's crossing on
Broadway. The dangerous nature of
the crossing has made this necessary
there having been several very narrow
escapes there recently. Since the
putting in of the switch track to the
south Of the main tracks, the view
to the west shut off as much as it is
to the east by reason of the curve in
the tracks.
Mountain high. is the only adequate
term for describing the thousands and
thousands of loads Of coke that
have been unloaded along the Chicago
Lake Shore and Eastern railway north
of Pine station in anticipation of the
manufacture of steel The immense
pile stretches for almost half a mile
the pile in its entire area reach
greater height
The Olson brothers are erecting a
two story concrete block store and fiat
building on Broadway. just south of
Eighteenth avenue. This is the first
concrete block building to be built on
Broadway. Several buildings have
facings or outer walls of concrete block
ircludlng the State Bank building at
Fifth avenue and Broadway and the
Hoover building. now occupied by the
First National Bank
A special meeting of the local board
of Fire Underwriters was held yester
day afternoon. The rule requiring an
agent to write building in course of
erection as a builders risk" has
proven unpopular and those who clam
ored for its adoption are now work
ing hardest for its repeal. Instead of
making more business, it gives an
outside agent a chance at the under
writer's business after he thought he
had 1t tied UP.
John Kertes, manager for the Pras-
csah Brothers company. who has been
quite sick for some time. left this af-
ternoon for the Mt. Clements resort
where he is to recuperate He has
shown continued Improvement for a
little while but his physicians, Drs.
Walsh and Templin feel that the pc
Rod Of convalescence can be material
~ shortened by his being in the new
place. Kertes had been with the
brothers since they first bought out
John BUkovic in Washington street.
Michael Prascsak is handling things
alone until his older brother John, ar
rives. They have sold their holdings
in Braddock. Pa. and VIII transfer all
of their interests to Gary.
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See US about it.