The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-11
GARY NEWS

UARY NEWS
Mrs. r. x. warne spent the day in
Hammond.
Chief Chambers spent the afternoon
IN Chicago on business for the depart
ment.
]. II. Ryan. cashier OF the Land com
pany, made business trip to Chicago
this afternoon.
THE Fitzgerald Brothers have mace
the excavation for the addition 10
made to the hotel building ana expect
to begin its erection within Re" Gays
Miss Mavme Purcell, who Is In the
,,os+oesco bera. is hostess this evening
at select gathering at her nome.
The evening will be pleasantly spent
,,,+h the aid Of games and a light
luncheon.
Mr. Dickinson, formerly of the Barker
car company of Michigan City spent
the afternoon here. He is a brother of
E. Dickinson, Michigan Central agent
at Hammond. and expects to locate
here II plans do not miscarry.
The "purp'' recently acquired by Mr..
and Mrs Melton is doing nicely and
latest reports advise that 1t was with
the aid of small doses of physical per-
suasion II learned that when Gary's city
engineer is at home, 1t Is best to keep
quiet
A R. Hoover g. Son, who are erect
ing the brick building south of Della
chiesa on Broadway, has recently closed
the sale of his property which consists
OF the lot and building which he is
erecting, at a good round price. A
brewing company is the purchaser.
Caesarf PaIqualefuiteborno Palenino
called for his mail at the local post
office today. The postmistress man
aged to revive the young lady at the
window after some effort. 1t being pre-
sumed that the noise made by the
foreigner in giving his name had caused
the faintness
Leo Page, OF Canada, just across from
Detroit, Is spending a few days here
in the interest of several people from
that neighborhood. Mr.. Page visited
program here and expressed great as
constituent at the progress made with
the work since last here.
d.. Walsh accompanied the two in
3uls1 men on their way to Wesley
hospital in Chicago on the early train
this morning. The one who sustained
the more serious injuries seemed to
withstand the effects rather poorly
The other one was able with some as
sistance to walk to the depot
Rev. Leigh, of Carpenter, and Ohio
streets in Chicago is spending few
days with Mr. Ramenstine of Hobart
in the interest of mission work in the
surrounding territory and spent this
afternoon in Gary in company with
Rev Soundy. Rev. Soundy conducts a
Bible meeting here this evening which
is to be a weekly meeting.
Bacon g. Ulrich in the sub-dividing
of their new property recently acquired
of John Gunzenhauser, let the contract
for the surveying and clearing to Nor
lin, county surveyor of Chicago. Nor
lin has several men in the field doing
the preliminary work and expects to
have large nnmDer mere WITHIN
few days clearing and preparing the
property for submission to the city
engineer.
A. p. Melton. city engineer, made a
business trip to Chicago this morning
The map he is preparing OF the Calu-
met region and south end OF the lake
is probably the best ever prepared. 1t
is practically completed and will be
published within a short time by the
firm who expect to 1t for adver-
Using purposes 1t is entirely up-to-
date and is prepared on a scale that
makes 1t convenient for reference pur-
poses
The trustees OF the town have init
mated to the engineering department
that any sub divisions that go on rec
ord henceforth within the corporate
limits must comply with a set Of rules
and regulations that will give the un-
suspecting purchaser of boom sub -di-
visions at least a partial return for
money invested. The various promo
tiers will be required to clear their in
tended sub divisions, grade the streets
and alleys and properly designate
streets and lots. These precautions
taken at this time will prove of ines
Unable benefit to the city in future
work, giving 1t a uniformity of streets
alleys. and a system OF plan that will
be far ahead of any other municipal