The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-26
GARY NEWS

T. z. Knots and son, Frank. spent
today in Chicago.
Morris Kahan came down from In
diana Harbor this morning tc inspect
the work on his building.
The regular services were held yes
terday at the school house. The sun
day school is making preparations for
the program to be rendered at Easter
G. p Collins. agent for the acetyline
plants that are being installed IN the
hotel and other buildings. spent TO-DAY
here inspecting the work
James Rogers, proprietor Of the
Broadway buffet, south Of the "aDasn'
erected yesterday large wire si9
that can be read for nearly mrs
up and down Broadway.
The Moe Bros, contractors nave pc
e,,n the erection OF the Kahan building
t5et-,.oan stxth and Seventh avenues
ond expect to begin the latter part Of
az week the erection Of their own
building a block further south.
Joe Ciznor, who bought out Frank
Zurawsl1Ps business on Jefferson street
some time ago was arrested Saturday
evening for running after hours 1t
was nearly midnight when the police
arrived with him at the station and he
was locked up until yesterday morn
ing when his trial was held and he was
found guilty and fined, Judge Fitz-
gerald officiating.
b. valdez Of Chicago has opened
up an employment bureau and foreign
exchange office at the Fitz hotel He
has engaged Cornelius Schanzer, who
has been official interpreter here for
some time. as manager, They will do
a general employment bureau business
in the way Of supplying labor to diff
ferent contractors and will also handle
foreign exchange for the large num-
Der Of foreigners here.
The Pratt hotel is now in the hands
Of its new manager, Mr.. and Mrs. Raw
lin, leaving yesterday. The new man
ager started In with small house
cleaning by separating the head waiter
from the pay roll The waiter had be-
come slightly expberant after his pay
day In fact several Of the steel boys
were in the same condition last even
ing having gone away over Sunday
after receiving their pay Saturday and
when they returned last evening they
were inclined to be argumentatiye.
The increasingly good weather has
brought en- u large increase in the
amount Of work being done. All Of the
hn HTa orcip u
their work along have put on addition
al forces and those who have contracts
fer new work and buildings are pre-
pairing to push their erection work.
The H. F. MeLennan company who have
the contract for the gas plant, expects
to have two hundred men at work on
their work within a week The Great
Lakes Dredge & Dock company, Is
building additional quarters for the
thousand extra men they expect tc have
here within the next month. and on
every hand is an air of preparation and
planning that forebodes a large work.
Considerable excitement was created
in THE Patch" as it IS known yes
terday morning by a robbery of the
Buros saloon on Washington street. A
colored man had sauntered into the
building and when Mrs BurCS stepped
into the back part Of the room for a
moment he grabbed several bottles OF
whiskey and some loose change and
made break for cover with Mrs. Buros
in full pursuit She managed to at
tract the attention of several passers-
by who took part in the chase. The
negro was finally rounded UP near the
Falkenau camp and a policeman SEM
for. He was taken to jail and boun6
over by Judge Fitzgerald to the super
Tor court at Hammond on a charge OF
petit larceny Several of the negroes
as well as some Of the pale-face lcafers
who have been infesting the neighbor-
hood south Of the Wabash are being
picked up gradually by the police de-
partment and the summary actor
taken when they are landed is having
a good effect.