The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-25
PROJECT PERFECTED BY
BIG LAND COMPANIES
Gary Realty and East Chicago Con-
Germ Are the Promoters of the
Undertaking-Will Donate Land
Road Will Shorten Distance Be-
tween City and Steel Town.
Especial to Lake County TImes.l

Gary, Ind, Oct. 25.-It may be stated
authoritatively that arrangements
have been completed between the Off
cials of the Gary Land company and
those of the East Chicago company by
which Lake county is to have the long
est and finest boulevard in the state.
The boulevard will be an extension
of Fifth avenue In Gary and will ex-
tend in a westerly direction through
the center of section 3. 4. 5, 6, and
to the western corporation line OF
Gary, thence north to what would be
an extension of One Hundred and
Fiftysecond street, and thence in a
northwesterly direction to the inter-
section of Chicago avenue and the East
Chicago corporation line.
From this point, of course, the street
is already laid out so that Parish ave-
nue. leads up to the heart of Indiana
Harbor, and Chicago avenue leads to
the heart Of East Chicago and to the
north side of Hammond
VIII he so Feet wide.
The purpose of the land companies,
which will donate the land for this
| SQ-foot highway. is to provide a great
artery for traffic between East Chi
cago, and Indiana Harbor and Gary.
/ The most direct route has been Sc
lected and 1t is expected that the new
road will be the most used of any in
/ the whole county. For great dis
tance of its way 1t will pass about
half mile south Of the Grand Calu-
met river and will parallel it through
six sections of land.
What will make the project all the
more important is the fact that the
primary object in building the road is
to provide Gary and East Chicago with
access to the vicinity OF the sites of
the great subsidiary corporations OF
the United States Steel company
which have already secured locations
along the river and will begin the
erection of extensive plants in the
spring.
1t is expected that thousands of men
will sooner or later be employed in
these mills, and should a street car line
be built along this street 1t would take
these workingmen to one or the other
of these two cities.
Chance for Hammond Connections.
The Hammond business men who
have been let in on the plans of these
two big land holding companies. see
an opportunity to extend two of Fam.
monds thoroughfares through to thi.
main artery.
If Fifth avenue were to be extended
directly west it would pass through
this city just north of the Conkey
plant, but it will be remembered tha
the extensions of State, Sibley ant
Summer streets extend In a south
easterly direction to Gibson, which II
also in the line of this Fifth avenu'
extension.
BY going little out of the way t
avoid the Gibson yards and shops
either Michigan avenue or State stree
in Hammond could easily be extende,
to the Gary corporation line. where /
would join this inter-city boulevar'
and go thence west to Gary.
Hammond would then be actually a
close TO Gary, and the territory II
/, which these subsidiary corporation
will locate. as Indiana Harbor an
nearly as close as East Chicago.
The building of this road and tn
extension Of the other roads to NEE
it is a matter that is interesting rea
estate men all over the county, 70
. abutting property values will be in
creased as the territory between Gar
and East Chicago and Hammond build
I'D. it will be along this highway tha
the population will settle. The stud
of a good map OF the Calumet regio
is necessary 10 fully grasp the i'm
portance OF Lake county's inter-cit
boulevard