The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-09-25
GARY NEWS

veronicka Marcencfak spent yester-
day in South Chicago with relatives.
Engineer in Charge Human has com
pIeted his moving into one Of the
steel company's houses on the west
side.
Sam Bender Of Sharon, Pa. and sew
eral young friends spent yesterday here
getting in touch with the local condi
lions and announced their intention of
returning in the spring to open
clothing store If a suitable location
could be secured
r. M. Savage of Joliet spent this
morning here watching the progress on
the work for his building at Seventh
avenue and Broadway. He will erect
there a two-story and basement brick
building. 50x80. The plans call for the
completion of the building by the early
spring.
The Meekison building just north of
the Sam Miller building on Broadway,
north of Sixth avenue, is rapidly
Stunning shape 1t is but a twenty five
foot building and stands between the
Miller building and the site of the sec
ond building. which Colonel Savage of
Joliet expects to erect. The latter will
not be erected until-in the spring.
Father Jansen of Hobart stopped off
here this afternoon between trains for
a short call. The meeting which he
conducted Sunday at the Binzenhof hall
was we'll attended, there being nearly a
hundred people out. The plans of his
work call for a regular service to be
held at least once a month and oftener
IL conditions Will warrant it. The
Father has the hearty cooperation OF
the Bishop and other men in authority
who relaize that the work should be
pushed in Gary even If at a higher cost
than elsewhere, the need being greater
here than it is in the ordinary com
nnunity OF slower growth.
The rumor that Fifth avenue prop
erty Is off the market has been con-
firmed and those who have finally made
UP their minds to buy now find them
selves outside of the fortunate group
OF the business property fronting on
Fifth avenue was sold, but the re-
mainder has been taken off indefinitely
the Gary Land company in the very be-
ginning that should a great demand de-
velop for business property than the
conditions apparently justified 1t would
be taken off the market until the resi-
Dental growth had time to reach pro-
portions warranting additional business
houses. The rapid selling of business
frontage in sharp contrast with the
slow sales of residence lots showed
plainly that the one was being over
done, through the eagerness of the
outside business men to get into Gary.
The property in the residence districts
is showing a better sale now than ever.
however, and will probably continue to
do so more and more when the people
realize the cheapness OF the property
when compared with other similar
property. The prices range about the
same. If anything the Land company s
running a little lower for a lot the
same distance from Broadway in an
other part of town. The outside lot has
of course. no improvements while
those in the first subdivision have all
the modern facilities. most OF them
ready to hitch onto and the few re-
naming being rapidly prepared.
The vain attempts on the part OF sew
eral local professional men TO make ap-
poinments with Town Clerk c. Q.
Holmes for Wednesday or Thursday
of this week aroused latent suspicious
raised some time ago by the news that
he was building a house on Maryland
street and when his stenographer was
finally cross examined as to his where
abouts this morning it developed that
he had gone to Hammond Monday
evening from where he went to Chicago
on his way to get a bride. The we'd
ding occurs at Harcourt, Ia, Miss Linda
Perry of that place being the bride
The event is scheduled for Wednesday
evening at 6 o'clock at the home of the
bride. on Thursday morning they
leave for Wausa. Neb.. where the groom