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Of the steel trust. l. practically COM
| pleted. The gigantic steel plant which
Il to dwarf every Industrial plant that
has ever existed Il raising lts tall
chimneys against the sky. and the great
furnaces In whose flow thousands Of
tollers will find living are standing
with greedy mouths waiting for their
| food. Down on the sand dunes of In
diana. ON a little neck of land stretch
ing Into the southern end of Lake Mich
| igan. the new town Is rising. Only
| the other day there was nothing there
but the dreary mounds of sand with a
sparse and hungry vegetation accentn-
ating the dreariness. Even the drowsy
| Calumet, which river flows through the
new city, had forlorn and lifeless as
poet.
All that is now changed. The sand
dunes have been leveled. The reedy
marshes of the river have been filled
In, and In place of the few scattered
trees modern buildings have arisen,
and thousands of laborers have turned
the desolate place into great camp
Of industry where pick and shovel, ma
sons trowel and architects measure
are busy all day long. Broadway, the
principal street, is 31a miles long and
100 feet wide, with 20-foot sidewalks
On every side stores, banks, hotels and
office buildings are rising to compile
ton. Two hotels, at cost of over
$4,000, are under way, while bank
building is completed and newspaper
office is even now busy publishing a
weekly paper. which will soon be .
daily.
Unique Living Conditions.
Twelve thousand men wild gain
diving in the mills. They will form a
great homogeneous majority of the new
eity's population, and with the end al
ready In sight the question arises as to
how this great army of workers with
their wives and families will live. The
place where these men will work will
be owned by the United States Steel
Corporation, the houses that they win
live In will be owned by the same body.
they will pay their taxes and receive
their light and water at the will OF
their employers. Such Is the plan. at
least, at present, and those who ara
interested in the great experiment are
now inquiring curiously as to what
| these unique conditions of living will
mean.
There are persistent rumors that the
packing houses in Chicago win move to
Gary and interests allied to the Steel
Trust are already beginning 10 flock to
the new city. Foundrics. ship yards,
manufactures of bridges, sheet steel
structural iron, tinplate, wire and wire
products. and other concerns into whose
business steel enters largely, have al
ready acquired or ere seeking sites on
| which to erect factories The initial
| population Of Gary will certainly not
be below 10000 and may be more.
Guarding Against strikes.
Gary Is intended to fulfill the dream
* many corporations and the particu-
lar dream of the Steel T'rust--a town
where labor agitation win be unknown
and where capital win have fun swing.
The United States Steel Corporation ID
leaving no stone unturned to have In
Its hands sufficient power to Queh In.
stantly any attempt at q strike. The
steel plant Is located on one side Of the
Calumet river, which divides the town
into two parts Fronted BY this river
and backed by the lake, II win be al.
most inpregnable to rioting strikers
Swinging bridges across the Calumet
| will turn 1t into a medieval fortress
about which the drawbridges may be
swung upward and the enemy cut Oh
/ while the castle can obtain fresh sup.
plies OF defenders and ammunition
4 from the lake steamers. Then, again,
when the striker faces raised rates for
his light. fuel and transportation. he
win probably think twice before strik'
ing. or at least such Is the hope Of bid
employers.
workers Nearly An Poles.
An interesting feature OF the who'll
project Is that almost the entire popu'
lation will be Polish. In the new town
Engllsll will be at discount, and the
Pole. with his habituai dislike for de
parting from his native tongue and Gus
toms. will have unique opportunity
TO find In the Notwithstanding country
to which he Ii fiocklng In thousands I
city where he viii meet Only bis owl
countrymen. where the natives OF TIN
country win be 10 all fntents and pur
poses foreigners. and where he will b
enabled to live his life under the ira
ditfons and customs OF his native land
| Note. e9 Current EventA.
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