The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-09
Briefs.

President Knots looked after bust
ness interests in Chicago yesterday.
Colonel F. NJ Savage of Joliet, Ill,
looked after his several building pro-
Jects here this afternoon.
r. L. Miller, real estate broker and
dealer of Chicago, spent the day here
His son. Arthur F. Miller. represents
the firm of Miller & Son here. and
Miller. sr.. seldom gets down for more
than casual glance around.
The Wabash Railroad company is
making extensive changes in the com
plexion of the surface south of it's
tracks and east of Broadway. A large
gang of men are buisly engaged in
clearing off the underbrush and trees
and teams are beginning to haul in
dirt for filling preparatory to convert
Ing the entire tract for a considera-
able distance back into the switch and
railroad yards. The necessity of re-
moving their present switch tracks
from the Land company's ground,
makes imperative the early providing
of other large facilities for handling
their enormous freight traffic
Bannister & Otis. plumbing contrac-
tors. began work this morning on the
way. south of Ninth avenue The Nc
Cormick building just south of these
two Will be ready for the roof by the
end of the week.
The board of education. under Super
fntendent Wirt's energetic efforts is
gradually getting the better of the con-
gested situation that has confronted it
since the opening of the first schools.
The two buildings on South Broadway
near Fifteenth avenue are in running
order and their two teachers, Miss
Brooks and Mr.. Brickly, are kept busy
taking care of the constant string of
arrivals. The portable building on
block sixty-seven east of Virginia
street in the east part of town, saw
the beginning of operations last Mon
day and the portable building near
Jefferson St. and Seventh ave, where
the large permanent building is being
erected will be put into commission
next Monday This gradual elimination
OF the crowded condition is making
possible a classification and co-opera-
tion that was impossible at the begin
+. ming. There are thirteen in attendance
at the Clark school and several more
TO come. so that it seems altogether
there permanently.
Mayor Lawrence Becker, ex-Inspector
E. e. Beck. Photographer L N Bick, w.
G. Paxton. president of the Paxton
Lumber company Hammond. and sew
eral other promir mt Hammond men
dropped into town this morning for a
several hours visit.
walk is being built over the sand
stretch between the Lake Shore depot
and the paved portion of Broadway at
the Binzenhof corner. This will I'll! a
long felt want for the necessity of a
walk of this kind has been apparent
for some time. The land company has
neglected the building of about hun
dred yards OF the walk and street for
the reason that it VIII not be ad-
visable to do this work until the tracks
are all elevated and the approach to
the subway is buitl. The wooden walk
VIII be temporary.
John McAvery, the sheriff OF Kala-
mazoo county and who lives at kalarna-
zoo, Mich. was In Gary today.
Patsy King. the well known ex-policy
king of Chicago was in the city today
The big tent that was used for the
purpose of conducting the Elks boxing
exhibition recently is to be transformed
into vaudeville theatre as soon as
Harley McCarty can make the necessary
arrangements for the attractions The
tent Is Jokingly called the Casino and II
is believed that it viii be wei patron.
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