The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-09-23
IN INTERESTS or DESIRED
EXTENSION OF TIME
Tour of Inspection Occupies Thirty
Hours-Tremendous Strides Noted
in Various Branches of the Work
Party Comprises 90 Persons, and
Guests Are Royalty Entertained.

Twenty tired people including the
officers of the city administration,
newspaper men and representative cit
liens stepped off the Michigan Central
train last night after a rather strenu-
GUS tour Of inspection lasting thirty
hours, over the new Chicago, Lake.
Shore and South Bend Interurban line.
The tour of inspection was made for
the purpose of learning just how much
progress had been made by the com
pany in its construction OF the road
and in order that the city administra-
ton might personally be assured of
the good faith of the corporation which
had been granted a franchise for street
crossings in Hammond, one of whose
provisions was that the company oper-
ate its cars by Nov. of this year.
Owing to delay in the completion and
installation of machinery in the big
100000 power splant at Michigan City,
the company has found itself in a po-
sition which makes it necessary TO ask
for an extension Of time and it was in
order to show that this company is en-
titled to the deserved extension on ac-
count of the substantial work that has
otherwise been dope that Mr.. Meyer,
the company's representative. urged
the officers of the city administration
to accept his invitation.
Personnel of Party.
The party that left Hammond last
Saturday afternoon was composed of
Mayor Lawrence Becker and Mrs.
Becker. Councilmen- at-Large John
Kane and Harry Eastwood. Council
men John Becker, John Pascaly, Jacob
Schroeder. Thomas Swanton, Richard
Schaaf; Otto Duelke, city clerk; John
D. Smalley. city controller; william
Wolter, city treasurer; John Rohde and
Peter Davis, members of the board of
public works; Henry Radloff, John
Kaptur, Percy Parry, NJ. P Ludwig and
F. ]. Lewis Meyer, the latter as host.
Going on the Michigan Central to
Gary, the party tiewed the work done
there. From Broadway west, the com
pany has about two miles of track
laid, and is constructing a viaduct for
the Pennsylvania and Wabash rail-
roads costing 100000. From these
tracks the railroad is graded westward
to the E. ]. & E. railroad where the
interurban company is building another
viaduct From the E. j. & E crossing
the track is laid as far as the Calumet
river which is crossed by substantial
bridge. Here the steel stops but the
grading is continued to Chicago avenue
in East Chicago.
Two Hours at Gary.
After spending two hours in Gary
at which time the party also took in
other sights. it proceeded on its tour
via the Lake Shore to Hudson lake.
Glimpses of the line could be caught
from the train. Two miles east of Gary
are graded after which follows a
stretch of four miles, ungraded. This
contract, however, has been let to John
Prohl of this city. who begins work
this week. This ungraded stretch lies
two miles beyond Miller station after
which the grading is completed all the
way to South Bend with the exception
of two miles west of Hudson lake
OF the seventy-seven miles of right
of-way that the company has from
South Bend to Kensington. everything
is graded with the exception OF the
aforementioned eight miles and the
right of way in Hammond.
Some of the cuts that have been
made especially through the Dune Park
region are fifty-four feet deep and
quite a number are thirty feet in depth
Twenty five miles of rails have beer
laid although they are distributed
along various parts of the road. The
longest stretch of laid rails is between
Hudson lake and South Bend. a dis
tance of seventeen miles over which
the Hammond party went on camp
chairs in a sand car and was pushed
by steam engine.
Inspect Future Summer Resort.
Although it was getting dark as
the party reached South Bend this triI
gave the members an idea Of the work
that the company is doing. The road
bed on this piece, although still unbal-
lasted. is quite substantial and per
mitted good speed.
Before leaving Hudson lake, the
party also went westward for a mile
in order TO view the grounds that the
company has purchased along the soutl
shore of the lake, comprising thirty
two acres and which II will turn into
summer resort
| The party having arrived at Soutt
Bend. stopped at the Oliver house. or
| Sunday the visitors were out sigh
seeing driving through the principa
and prettiest streets Of the city and D