The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-25
GOOD NEWS
IS VERIFIED
Hammond Promised Pros
porous Times in Very
Near Future IF All
Reports Are True.

The following telegram from Bloom
angton, ILL.,, is in confirmation of the
report which was printed in THE TIMES
Wednesday, Aug. 1s to the effect that
the Chicago & Alton management an
nounce that a contract for 1000 steel
hopper coal cars have been ordered
from the Standard Steel Car company
of Pittsburg and Hammond.
ssBIoomington, ILL.,, Aug. 24-The
Chicago & Alton management to-
day announced that a contract had
been let to the Standard Pressed
Steel Car company of Pittsburg and
Hammond, Ind, for the cOnsfruc-
tion of 1000 all steel coal cars of
fifty tom capacity, delivery to COM
mence by Nov. Is, this year.
The cars will cost $1,000 900,
fully 100000 less than would have
been the case year ago. The new
cars will be of new type of hop
per bottom, expediting the unload
ing of the contents, whether for
compaays commercial use.
The construction Will take place
at the Hammond Ond.) plant of
the successful bidders"
While communication could not be
established with any one at the local
plant who could confirm or deny the
Bloomington information, it is under
stood that Mr.. Hansen of the local COM
pany, received a telegram in which he
was informed of the order. Superin-
tendent H. B. Douglas is out of the
city today.
Prepare For Renewed Activity.
The fact that the order has been
placed is a matter of general informa- =
tion at the plant in Hammond and
everybody is preparing for resump-
tion of activities as soon as the ma
terial arrives on the grounds.
1t will take thirty days before the
steel will arrive and the work on the
order can begin, and in that time it is
expected that other orders will be
added to the list.
1t is also practically certain that be-
fore the order of thousand cars,
which will take about several weeks
to complete, is disposed of there will
be other orders coming in so that the
plant can be kept in operation for the
rest of the year.
There was rejoicing among the mer-
chants today when they heard the good
news and everyone believes that an
other era of prosperity is at hand.
FOrerunner of Revival.
In addition to the above information
the evidence of returning prosperity on
every hand. The Chicago Record Herald,
which is decidedly conservative in the
amoutn of prosperity talk it is doing,
prints the following regarding the sit
uation in South Chicago:
"A forerunner of the revival of good
times in the stel industry was seen yes
terday when the Illinois Steel company
employed 500 men at it's South Chicago
plant The taking on the new men was
necessitated by the reopening of plate
mill No. 2. In former years when this
mill was opened in the fall it has been
the custom to close down plate mill
No. 1. This year this will not be done
and the officials expect to put 500 more
men at work the beginning of next
week of the 1000 men normally en-
ployed in the mill only 1000 have been
working the past few months. The
mills are now rushed for orders and
will increase the force through the
winter. The new shift put to work
yesterday is the first large employment
made since the beginning of this year