The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-06

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Waterman Mccarthy of the Steel
companys force is now back at work.
Ingwald Noes men began putting
in the foundation for the Kahan build
Ing this morning
Forest Lee of Creston. is visiting
with Martin brothers and his brother
Fred Lee on Euclid avenue.
The magic lantern show and auction
was held according to the announce
monts on the posters last evening d.
tho school house.
Attorney Call OF Knots & Bonn
bcrgers Offices, came over inns nv -
ing. The firm expects to hHVc liz
here a large portion OF tho tiine N'o-'
now on until Office quarters can Dc
secured when he VIII 30 iocAteu mere
permanently.
vvork hogan on tho Phillips build
tre at the northeast corner of Broad
NAV and Fifth avenue this morning.
large force of men are busy at work
sinking sheathing to enable them to
punp out the water and build the re-
inforced concrete walls for the found
alton.
Mike Murphy, a laborer living on the
north side, had foreigner arrested
Yesterday for striking one of his boyo.
The foreigner was quite badly intoxi-
Gated and picked up piece of scant-
ling and threw 1t at tho lad with no
provocation. Fortunately tho Lad was
no. badly hurt.
city Engineer Melton and his help
ers are cross sectioning Broadway be-
tween the Michigan Central and the
Pennsylvania preparatory to furnish
ing the attorney with the necessary
data for publishing notices in. tho mat
ter of the Improvement of tho street.
The wabash Railroad company is
considerably the gamer by reason OF
tho building activity along Broadway
Several OF the excavating contractors
are dumping dirt from Easements they
IRE excavating along the Wabash
tracks, work which would otherwise
cost tho road no little sum.
Mr.. Franz, who had charge of the
gang of testers for the Steel company
last fall, has returned to his work
here. 1t was his men that had the
midnight session at the top of &
hoisting derrick on account of the sup
posed wildcats. Professor Wilder
muth insisted at the time that there
certainly were none of the 'varmlnts'
left in this part of the country ant
most of those who heard the story
are now inclined to credit his belief.
Rev d. NJ Wood, presiding elder fol
the Methodist Episcopal church for this
district together with several othel
we'll known men of this conference
spent the forenoon here going over th'
prospects, developments and plans O.
that church for us. They have made
application for a splendid site at the
corner of Seventh avenue and Adams
street where they expect to erect G
brick chapel to take care of the tenn
porary needs and later on Will struc-
ture in accordance with the growth O
the community.
Steve Jursa in his eagerness to Sc
cure one of the nimble American dol
lars last evening found his own un
doing After all of the saloons ha,
closed and Steve had gone to be-
several thirsty citizens from Nortl
Broadway importuned Steve to get u
and sell them an eye-opener.
chance would have the patrolmen ha
suspected the intentions of the re
vellers and when Jursa was handin
out the liquor he was arrested an
taken to the station. He was trie
this morning before Judge Huber an
upon the advise of the his counsel, At
torney Hart, he pleaded guilty.
T. +. Knots, president of the tow
board went to Hammond this morn
Ing on municipal business. Tom"
watching closely the progress of tn
amendment to the cities and town
law and is making plans for the de
velopment of the local police depart
ment which will be suggested in cas-
the bill becomes a law. The eX-com
missioner from Hammond's famou
board which put on the lid has had
large experience in the handling @
police and was in no small measur
responsible for the high standard O
efficiency to which the department
grew there in recent years. and 1t
not the intention that we shall los
anything by reason OF this.