The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-30
GARY NEWS

DR. Walsh returned at noon today
from short visit in Chicago.
r W. Clark, president of the Clark
Construction company, spent this morn
Ing here inspecting the work Of his
men.
Senator Bowser's brother. recently
prison guard at Michigan City. now
living at Valparaiso, stopped off be-
tween trains this afternoon. He has
taken position with the Land com
pany as Waterman for the cashier.
The work OF excavating for Mr. Saw
ages building IS going ahead rapidly.
He expects to award the contract Tor
the erection OF the building at an
early date. Tt will be sixty feet wide
by one hundred feet long and three
stories high.
Victor FaIkenau, president Of the
Falkenau Construction company came
down today for the first time since the
death of his brother. He expects to
leave in a few days for Allegheny
Pa, where his company has large con-
tracts in hand.
T. E. Knots looked after business
interests in Hammond today He
likes to get back to the old stamping
ground and note the changes that have
taken place since he was responsible
for its peacefulness and the condition
of its now gone lid.
A few moments of excitement in
which a half-Nelson and one solar
plexus were the most important hap
penings at the harness shop in Broad
way just south of the river this morn
ing were the cause of a trial before
Judge Fitzgerald this afternoon A
Hungarian of unspeakable cognomen
tried to argue with the proprietor's as
sistant and found himself al the wrong
end of the solar plexus which left him
unable to stand. He Immediately swore
out warrant to obtain redress and
the trial was set for late in the even
ing.
Messrs Ahlvord and Sargent came out
this morning with a representative Of
II. M. Byllesby & Co, and spent most
of the day checking up the work that
had been done on the sewer and wa
terworks system thus far. The ByI-
lesby company are the consulting en-
gfneers who have designed the entire
system. The Land company was not
satisfied with the progress being made
on the sewer work and the engineers
are making plans for pushing the work
more rapidly. 1t is intended to have
mains and branches enough in to take
care of the water in the business dis
trict by the early summer and thus
materially lessen the difficulties of the
contractors who are building here.
Officers Catey and Jenkins were de- |
tailed this morning to escort the gang |
of five prisoners to be sent to Crown |
Point Several of them were loafers |
who were sent down for stirring up
a small scrap below the Wabash This
is the largest consignment that has
gone from here thus far, but will not
necessarily be the largest that will go |
unless there is a decided change in the
behavior Of some of the riff-raff that
floats in here from other places.
Along with our reputation for cosmo-
politan population we are gaining also
fame for the most motley collection
of criminals that arrives at the county
Jail One of the men sent down was
picked up Sunday evening from under
a building In South Washington street.
He had lain the ice in a drunken
stupor. Had Chief Martin not heard
the labored breathing the man would
undoubtedly have frozen by morning.