The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-29
DOTY STREET BALKS
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sustained the severest blow that it has
yet received in the Calumet region. A
blow which many people hope will
sound its death knell as far as Ham
mond is concerned
The remonstrance which was ad-
dressed to the board of public works
this morning and signed by practically
all the property owners on Doty street
was drawn up by former city attorney
LeGrand T. Meyer, Mayor Becker's ap-
ointee, and the board being the mayors
appointees he may well ask himself.
when he thinks of Col. Meyer and his
pen EFT tn Brutus?"
omciuI Face Didn't Finch.
When the remonstrance was present
ed TO the official body this morning the
official face never f1inched-it never
does-and TO cast a superficial search
ing glance into it to read some eN-
preston of chagrin there reveals noth-
ing, but that does not mean that the
iavelfns in the remonstrance did not
make an impression. On the contrary
a dignosis might reveal painful internal
injuries.
The generous remonstrator having
heard President Ebert's defense In be
half of himself and board members
will undoubtedly give the board the
benefit of the doubt, but with all that
the rernonstrance contains paragraph
which will surely put quietus on ives
trumite on Doty street and which Will
undoubtedly set other property owners
to thinking.
DOty Street Delays.
The outlook a. the present time now
ever. is that Doty street will not PACK
mn its loud noise about objectlng 10
westrumite and petitioning for brlck
tpavement The word went around TINS
morning that the property owners will
Law down on the Improvement until
next spring.
But in the words of the oblipuitous bill
collector The worst is yet to come
The board this morning advertised for
bids for the South Holman street I'M
provement Every body down in Home
wood is in the asphalt macadam wagon
now and many of the property owners
were at the session this morning to see
that nobody would throw creosott
block into the now smooth running
machinery But the worst is yet tf
come. City Engineer Peter Lyons ha:
made his estimate so low that some are
bcginuing to fear that no contractor
will be found who would take the job
To readvertise for bids would make /
50 late in the season that it is doubtful
whether the work could be started thi
year.
other Business Comes Up.
After the board had waded through
that Col Meyer remonstrance and tn
South Holman street resolution, 1t tool
up the matter of primary assessment
roles. other advertisements for bids an
another fumigation from the westru
4 mite smell Namely it rescinded its &C
ton on the Williams street proposition
for westrumite thus leaving that thor
i oughfare in sand with no prospects 70
j Improvement this year
4 The board advertised for bids for tn
/ paving of the alley east of Hohma
street between State street and Plum
mer avenue The primary assessmen
q roles for the Morton avenues SOY p
sections A and were placed on prbli
y inspection as were also the Merrill ave
nue. and Benedict avenue sewer assess
ments.
An Improvement resolution wa
3 adopted for the improvement of Yves
s. ogden street.
q After the regular meeting of II
q board Of public works that body az
q iourned to meet this afternoon in I'll
& capacity of the water board