The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-01
MANY BUSINESS MEN
ARE INTERVENE
Attempt May Be Made at County
Commissioners Meeting on Mon
day to File Petition and Gary Is
Aroused-0pinions of Some of the
Business Men.

1t is advisable for the city of Gary,
of territory, to establish new preced-
ent by annexing large amount of ter
ritOry south OF the Little Calumet
river.
That Is the question which is being
argued pro and by the business
men of the new steel city. There are
some who think that the more territory
which can be included within the cor
POrate limits of the city the better 1T
VIII be for Gary, the greater will be
the cities influence and 1t will be easier
to CONTROL public improvements which,
while they take place outside of the i'm
proved portion of the city, are of great
Importance to the city.
There Is another large element among
the Gary business men who think that
Gary has already expanded over too
large territory. They know that in
the Is square miles which are now in
xEuaed within the limits Of4~Gary are
ktfIicient for a city of 10000 people
md they, fail to see why more territory
should be annexed.
Adds To Its Burdens.
On the contrary they are convinced
that every time the city takes in more
extraneous territory it shoulders a
municipal burden which unnecessary
and expensive. The fact is pointed out
that the municipality of Gary is al
ready spread over such a large terri
tory that it is impossible to properly
police ii and utterly impossible to give
every portion of it the proper fire pro-
lection.
The opinion is held by a great many
people that there would be no practical
benefit to the city in taking in more
territory and it is understood that there
Is an agreement which has been en-
tered into by several Gary business
men. including Mayor Knots, to oppose
any further acquisitions of territory il
direction. The idea seems to be that
If any additions to Garys square miles
are made they should be made in the
case of contiguous territory like Toll
lection rather than in the case of ter
ritory south of the river.
Slogan Is 4" Go Slow"
The slogan of the Gary business mer
ct the present time is Go slow. there
IS plenty of time" They do not wan
to be burdened by extra taxes and thu
responsibility of having to build school:
there is no advantage to be gained
thereby
It has been pointed out by several o
the leading business men Of the city
that the city of Gary can not provid,
efficient fire protection for the presen
boundaries of the city and that 1t woult
be folly to attempt to shoulder NOR
responsibility along this line.
1t is the general impression that al
attempt will be made at Monday
meeting of the county commissioner
to have the territory south of the Lit
tie Calumet river annexed and that tn
movement Is being engineered by rea
estate men who would like to advertis
their property as being within the cit,
limits of Gary.
The problem is being discussed in al
parts of Gary and the opinions of som
of the business men who have positiv
ideas on the subject are as follows:
Gary Has Enough" He Says.
It is my opinion that the presen
corporation of Gary has all that it I
able to care for in the way of muni
cipal development and improvement
for some time to come. and that tn
town should not at this time fncreas
its boundaries 1t seems to me that thi
is a question in which all citizens o
Gary are strongly interested.
As soon as this additional territor
is Incorporated within the town limit
the town will be called upon to under
take improvements. part of the cost o
which will imediately fall upon tn
general interests OF the town. Ne,
communities are prone to make sue
mistakes. For these reasons 1 am yer
strongly opposed, at the present tim,
TO the town of Gary extending 1t
boundaries in any direction.
JOHN A. BRENNAN.
Don't Undertake Too Much.
Captain Norton of the Gary Ian
company. This company. of course,
anxious to see Gary grow and prospe
but it is to the interest to none tha