The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-08
Report of the Indiana Asso-
citation is Made on
Five Cities.
2 RAILROAD BRANCHES
Plan Is Suggested to Have Organiza.
tons at Hammond, Whiting
and Gary.

The 81 auunal report OF the Indiana
Young Mems Christian association con-
tains a statement of the results of a
recent investigation of the cities of
Lake county. which was made with an
idea OF determining the practibility of
organizing associations in them.
The interest in the project to estab-
lish a Y. NJ. c. A. in this city has grown
apace and as mention is also made of
the railroad association which has been
established at Gibson and another
which is to be established at South
Hammond the report is an interesting
one.
The northern part of Lake county
stretching IT miles along the shore of
Lake Michigan, with the Little Calumet
river few miles away and almost par
alleling the shore line, is developing
rapidly into one of the greatest indus
trial regions of the world; we now
commonly allude to it as the Calumet
region" The communities at present
comprised in our consideration of this
region are as follows:
HAMMOND-The officers of the in
corporated association which suspended
active operations several years ago are
growing anxious in view of the rapid
growth of that city and the great need
of provision for the multitudes of young
men to not only rehabilitate the asso-
citation but provide a permanent build
ing and equipment for it, Some Of the
ablest business men there have mani
tested special interest in this enter
prise, and the association directors APP
pointed a committee to take the matter
up with us and to proceed also with re-
ference to railroad branches at South
Hammond and Gibson Yards" the latter
yards Of the new Indiana Harbor road
having recently been annexed to the
City of Hammond. The Monon com
pany's plans for South Hammond are
not yet final and our recommendations
concerning the operation OF the rest
house there are still before the man
agement.
WHITING-Renewed calls for an as
ISOLATION in this needy STANDARD Oil
town" have come to US, and after care
full investigation we are taking up the
matter in the way that promises to
be most effective; this also involves
new building.
EAST CHICAGO-Practical1 between
the two towns already mentioned is
this other growing industrial commu-
nifty, and while we would advise against
organization there until a building can
be provided, we believe considerable
numbers of the young men would be
benefited by associations at Hammond
and Whiting, there being frequent
steam and trolley service between all
of this group of towns we are outlin-
ing.
INDIANA HARBOR-We have inves-
tigated this new field and view it about
as we do East Chicago, t. e., it is prob
able that for few years at least a con-
siderable number of it's young men
could be taken care of by the neighbor-
ing associations.
GARY-This new but widely-heralded
steel city is rapidly rising out of the
sands and the president of the company
(who was formerly a member of our
state committee) is our authority for
saying that we shall have there within
a decade a city from $4,000 to $4,000
people. The company is planning adj
mirably to guard against such condi-
lions arising as have long existed at
South Chicago and desires that we sub
nit plans for a complete association.
We are considerably perplexed as to
the best course to pursue with respect
to the insistence of the International
committee upon taking the lead in the
Gibson and Gary enterprises. We are
not averse to continuing the co-opera-
ton that has been customary for so
many years but we doubt if the best
results can be obtained by leadership
from the eastern sea-board rather than
from Indiana.