The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-10-16
BILL TO BE GIVEN
TO THE LEGISLATURE
Calumet Sanitary District
Assumes Practical Shape
Here Yesterday.
BILL TO CREATE new DISTRICT
New Meeting Is Set For Commission
With the Date of Nov. z at
the South Bay Hotel.
BILL TO CREATE new DISTRICT

The Calumet Sanitary district, which
fs to solve the problem of the sewage
disposal, and pure drinking water, has
taken shape to such an extent that n
committee has be enOrganixed, which
will draft a bill which Is to be pre-
sented in the next session of the Indi-
ana legislature, this bill to create a
sanitary district reaching from Michi-
gan City TO the Illinois Site line.
1t is the first tangible result of an
agitation that has been growing for
a long time which came to a head yes
terday afternoon at the luncheon that
Mayor Becker of Hammond at the Ho-
tel Carleton gave the mayors of the
Calumet region cities nd such other
persons who are taking an active inter
est in the solution of the sewage
problem.
Benefits VIII Continue TO Accrue.
1t was a meeting of vast Importance,
the BENEFITS of which will grow with
the Improvement of the Calumet re-
gion as the generations in 1t will in
crease. That the northwest part of
Indiana, bordering on Lake Michigan.
should have a sanitary district was
practically the consensus of opinion
OF the men WHO gathered dl l1C Cdll
Of Mayor Becker.
Still the discussions brought to light
that will make itself felt more forci-
bly, as the projects grow, sufficient in
dications of this having been given
at yesterdays meeting. Every man
who was at the meeting yesterday was
sincere, and there was no use to hide
any schemes before such a body. At
the close of the meeting. c. w Hotch-
kiss, general manager of the Chicago,
Indiana & Southern railroad and the
Indiana Harbor railroad, presented his
views and plans as to what a sani-
tary district should be.
The Plans as Outlined.
1t was practically the same plan a.
was outlined in THE TIMES several
weeks ago. 1t includes the digging
of a channel from Michigan City to
| the Grand Calumet river and all the
sewage from the cities of Michigan
City, Gary, Whiting. Indiana Harbor,
East Chicago and Hammond to be
Grand Calumet river and ultimately
into the Chicago drainage canal when
| the Sag channel shall have been opened.
To carry out this scheme means the
raising of a large fund of money and in
order that this can be properly DONE
the legislature must create a sanitary
| district.
Working in direct opposition to this
plan, with the idea of remedying the
drainage of the region rather than its
sewage is the Burns ditch which is
to drain the spring freshets from the
Little Calumet river into Lake Michi-
gan through north and south ditch
leads from the Little Calumet into the
| lake near Dune Park. -.
Mayor Knots is Champion.
Mayor Knots of Gary championed
this project yesterday afternoon. Il
In itself is a good and worthy one
since it will drain $4,000 acres of lant
at the rate of $13 an acre 1t too, is
of great Importance, it was admitted
but not nearly so important as the
health and sanitation of the entire re
gion. 1t was explained to Mr.. Knott:
that his ditch would add an extra bur.
den. to the sanitary district and tina
with the completion of the sanitary
district, his dich would be no Longer
needed.
Veryable talks were made by Messrs
Becker. Hotchkiss, Knots. George w
Ross. W. w. Pepple, of Michigan City
DR.. Lauer, of Whiting. and Mayo
Smith, of Whiting and Mayor DeBriae
of East Chicago. 1t was a roun,
table discussion, at the end of whicl
Mr.. Hotchkiss invited the assembly I,
meet him at the South Bay hotel 70
luncheon at 1 o'clock on the afternoon
of Nov. 7.