The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-05-01

Mrs. simms OF 1850 Ninety
place, entertained Miss E. Graham and
Mrs r. Richards at o'clock tea on
Monday.
Miss I.oveine Cubbertson of 1920
Ninety-second place. entertained a
number Of her friends from to 5
O'Clock Tuesday afternoon. They re-
port a very fine time
| GARY NEWS
The Ladies' Aid society holds its
next session at the home Of the Dowl-
fng's in the south part OF town.
Several local people are attending
/ the Masonic celebration at Hammond
today witnessing the laying of the
corner stone OF their new temple in
Muenich court
Material has begun to arrive for the
Knots building to be erected at Sew
enth avenue and Broadway. Contrac-
tor Paine expects to have the founda-
ton in within week.
/ The lodging house in Delaware street
/ has received its second coat of paint
and Will be ready for occupancy within
a week. A number OF the boys are
making preparations to move in as
soon as it is ready.
with the closing of the Central
schools on Saturday the town board
will take over one of the building to
be used for the city engineers quart
ers The other building will be
changed somewhat to arrange it better
for public meetings and justice court
work
The brick layers have all resumed
work on the North Side and the work
is moving along at It's regular rapid
rate. The slight stop in the work
came on account of the delegates not
having been supplied with passes to
permit them to get to and from the
work on the North Side as had been
promised by the contractor.
The Northern Indiana Evangelical
association held a business meeting
last evening at the home of it's secre-
tary, Mr.. Sears. After a delightful
dinner served by Mrs. Sears and daugh-
ter Grace, the association took up mat
ters connected with its work here and
around different points in the north
part of Porter county.
A number of contractors are making
inquiries relative to the proposed i'm
provement of Broadway south of she
Wabash with a view of bidding on the
work. 1t is a large contract of COM
paratively simple work and with the
convenient railroad facilities that are
at hand for shipping in materials
should prove an attractive contract for
men in that line.
Contractor Paine has completed all Of
the foundations for the five buildings
he is erecting at the corner of Eighth
avenue and Broadway and is laying
the floor timbers for his own building
at the corner. The bakery which is
125 feet from the corner will probably
be the most expensive of the group of
single buildings. John Mccormick OF
Tolucaz Ill, is having it built and will
occupy the building with a bakery and
delicatessen as soon as completed
The grading contractors have begun
their work just west of Broadway
north Of the Lake Shore tracks. A
large number OF teams with wheelers
and slips are rapidly changing the
topography along the entire line of
the proposed track elevation. Ridges
are being moved and swales and
sloughs filled in leaving a long grad
ually rising ridge from the east and
from the west as it approaches Broad
way for three lines of railroad. all OF
them double tracked and several OF
them to have long tracts for switch
ing purposes.
The last part of the Hungarian res
taurant was removed this morning
which stood on the east side of Broad
way Just north of the Lake Shore
tracks. This was another of the pio-
neer shacks which sprang up o'el
night nearly a year ago. 1t ran fol
some time as a restaurant and was
then closed down for a short time or
account of its proprietor having solo
liouor. Later Orosz & Keller purchased
the place and it has been run as {
restaurant ever since until the notice
to move came. Judge Fitzgerald pur-
chased the lumber and the building /:
now gone.
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