The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-16
YOU CAN'T FLY
KITES ON STREETS.


three engineers, each to have ten years
experience. Their salaries are provid
ed for in that their Offices are a fee
office.
The second of the ordinances provides
for uniform laying and construction
of sidewalks, providing that only flag
stones brick or tile be used in the
construction of them.
Ordinance Has aMny Provisions.
The third and last ordinances, con-
tanning sixty-eight sections, has all
sorts of provisions in the way of regu-
lations to protect life and property.
Among other things it regulates the
speed of vehicles and animals on the
streets of the city and where they
must be driven, and that the vehicles
must be provided with lights after sun
down. 1t further provides that human
freaks of nature or persons revoltingly
disfigured must not exhibit themselves
on the streets, that open air at
fractions be exhibited on the streets
nor even in a show window where
such attraction may draw large
enough crowd to block the highways.
1t makes the throwing of dodgers
and handbills and other advertising
matter on the street a Unable Of
Tense and is intended to prohibit in
anyway the gathering of crowds on
the streets to such an extent that
traffic would be interfered with
No Wash ON the Highways.
The throwing of Stones on the pub
lie highway, the hanging of wash in
the streets and the flying of kites are
! also prohibited in this ordinance. A
special paragraph is given to the regu-
lation of trees on the highway. Proper
ty owners whose property abuts the
| highway on which the trees grow must
not permit the branches of the trees to
hang lower than eight feet from the
ground.
/ The ordinance also provides that per-
mission must be first secured from the
chief of police to hold parades on the
streets or open air meetings.
Goes to Third Reading.
Another long ordinance, which had
already gone to its second reading in a
previous session and which is aimed to
declare many things in Hammond a
nuisance and misdemeanor. went over
to its third reading. Councilman VIM
Newman having asked that some
changes be made. especially in the
section that all smoke stack for boilers
must be sixty feet high.
A communication was read from At
torney W. j. WINERY in which i
says that his client, William Lauer
was injured early in October when he
was thrown from his wagon because
his horses stumbled over pile Of paw
ing bricks on South Holman street. OF
which a warning light missing
BY a motion 800 was granted to viii
liam Harrington as rebate on his
saloon license with the understanding
however, that the license be applied OF
the license of the Princess theater
owned by T. w. Englehart.
c. o. d. Laundry Scored.
An appropriation ordinance allowing
the city controller $1,000 for the fina
payroll to be applied on the payroll
of the various city employees wa
passed.
By a motion the saloon license o
! William Melvin was transferred t
Fleishman in the Standard Steel Ca
district 1t was explained that the Ii
cense had been paid for. but that tn
Melvin saloon burned down before tn
license was issued.
The c. o. d. laundry at the corne
of Sibley street and Oakley avenue cam
in for another scoring last night 70
being an old offender of the smok
ordinance Councilman John Pascal
asked that drastic action be take
. against the concern, which he says is
nuisance to the entire neighborhooC
He said that it was impossible for land
lords to keep tenants in the neighboI
:, hood. which, but for the smoke nuisanc
would be a most desirable district H
said that the attention of the counc
. had been called to the offenders re
= eatedly, but that the action again:
them seemingly has not lasting Unfit
ence. 1t was decided to call the al
: tention of the board of public work
|. to the nuisance. which romised to TAX
up the matter today.