The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-05-28
Orders to Cement Walk
Contractor Show Which
Way Wind Blows.
NO LONGER ANY DOUBT
Property Owners May Fret and
Chafe But Edict Has
Gone Forth.

Holman street is to be widened after
all
Yesterday the cement walk contrac-
tor who is pAtting in some walks on
South Holman street. south OF Harris
on park was notified that the walk
should not. be built on the curb as he
had originally planned it. but should
be so constructed that its inside line
would be three feet from the lot line
This means that South Holman street
is to be widened after all for on the
north end of this thoroughfare. where
it intersects with Carroll street, the
lot line is twenty feet from the curb
and on the south end eff the street at
Conkey avenue on the west side of the
street the lot line is twenty feet from
the curb.
Some time ago THE LAKE COUNTY
TIMES printed. little prematurelv to
suit the city officials it seems. a story
to the effect that plans were on foot
to widen South Holman street so that
all iof the eighty foot right OF way
| through which the sixty foot streets
run diagonally might be utilized for
street purposes.
1t was tipping off an plan that was
being kept until the whole thing could
be framed up and sprung on the un-
suspecting south side property owners.
Naturally the city officials We're ir-
ritated and a vigorous denial was the
result.
! The story was printed for the pur-
pose of calling attention to the fact
that action was contemplated and II
had the desired result. There was a
storm of protest raised on the part Of
l-tlge-aouth side ppgpsTt ysewtser RS ard fol
time it looked as though the idea haC
been frightened from the minds of this
city officials.
When the echo of the denials hat
died away, however, it began to b,
limited around that the street was L
be widened after all and present de.
velopment indicate the truth OF tn,
rumors.
Holman street. a sixty-foot highway
runs diagonally northwest and south
west through a right of way that #
eighty feet wide. The owners Of tn,
property on the east side of the nortl
end of the street Will lose one-half o
the twenty feet now held by suffranc
of the city when the street is widene'
and the owners of property on the ives
side of the south end of the street vii
lose an equal amount while the own
ers of the corner lots at the opposit
side will gain correspondingly.
This is the reason why there is sue
a storm raised when the question 0
widening the street was first taken u
But the action has been taken an
sooner or later the cement walk /
front of the property occupied by "
B. Conkey and located at the corner Q
Webb and Holman streets will hav
to be moved back to the house Will
the same viii be true Of property own
eds at Glendale Park where a littl
brick waiting station has been built.
All of the walks that have been bui
on South Holman street viii nave [
be taken up and moved and it will 4
peculiar thing to see the residenC
OF J. G. Ibach, W. H. Gostlin, F.
Betz, Deming and others facing Hof
l man street on the bias.
? The property owners on the sout
f side will probably be up in the air f
4 some time until they find out exactl
e what they are going to have TO do wit
, their wake and grass plots.