The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-08-19

There are only four places in the
5000 acres where liquor may be
bought and sold. Outside interests
acquired title to and built up a ter
ritOry contiguous to the subdivision
under control of the steel concern.
Although this subdivision is in the
town of Gary the steel corporation
could not restrict the establishment
on it of saloons, and nearly a hun
dred unsightly drinking places
sprang up. Knowing the laws of In
diana better than most OF the citi-
Zens of Cary the ministers of the
/ town went to work secretly and OBJ
| tanned enough names to a petition
| to wipe out all these grOggeries, and
| that part Of Gary will be dry for at
! least two years.
Gary, aside from its buildings. is
not the desOlate waste it used to be.
/ A million dollars worth of rich Hi
nOis dirt was hauled to the town and
spread over the sand, so that green
lawns may be grown about the little
homes
Although Broadway is the show
street of the town Fifth avenue,
which runs at right angles to it, is
an ambitious paved street. West of
Broadway the more costly resi-
dences will be built, deeds to this
property requiring homes that shall
not fall below specified standard.
Flourishing Institutions.
There are two weekly and two
daily papers published in or for Gary.
The town has two firmly established
banks-the Gary State Bank, with
paid in capital of 100000 and de-
pOsits of $150,000. There is a -four
ishing commercial club, whose mem
bership includes most of the sub
stantial business and professional
men. The Gary Hotel is a handsome
structure of brick, built by the steel
corporation.
Five thousand men have been en-
ployed steadily in the building of the
steel pant, and the monthly pay roll
is $25O,000. Ore is arriving daily,
and it is expected that the steel fleet
will have deposited nearly a million
tons before the close of lake naviga-
ton. The plant is in four great
units, each of which receives the raw
material and takes it through the
various processes until it becomes
the finished steel product. 1t is |
hoped that one of these units NAV
be in operation before the first of !
the year.
Among the wonders of the new
town are its terminals and switching |
district for the steam railroads. |
which expect to get shares Of the i'm |
mense tonnage destined to originate !
there. The Baltimore & Ohio and |
the Lake Shore roads actually moved |
their lines from a route over which |
they had right for years and brought |
them into close touch with the steel |
plant. The elevation of the tracks |
cost a vast sum. other lines tap
ping Gary are the Michigan Central |
Pennsylvania, Wabash, Nickel Plate. |
Elgin, Joliet & Northern and Gary
& Western.
When the steamer e. H. Gary, |
one of the biggest of the eleven ships |
composing the steel corporations |
lake fleet, steamed into the new har-
Dor the other day with 10000 tons
Of ore from the Lake Superior region
the first load so delivered-it rode
down through an artificial slip 25
feet deep and $50 wide to the point
Of delivery on concrete dock. After
the cargo had been taken off the
steamer was turned about and pro-
ceeded out into the lake again. prov
FIRST. This turning basin alone cost
$450,00O
No authoritative estimate, how
ever, has been gwen as to the num-
her of men who will be employed
when the plant is completed, but
bot it will be large may be conclud-
ed from a statement recently made
by E. II. Gary, head of the steel
corporation, that within two or three
years Gary will have a population of
100000.