The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-22
STREET CARS ARE
WORST OFFEkOER}
Peddlers and Peanut Vendors Are
Also Guilty Of Peace Infractions,
But There Are Many Others Who
Should Be Put on the Black
list.

Listen to the stars" and Speak
softly" is some of the advice that our
dear old grandmothers used TO give us
in the days gone by when he lived in
quiet villages or on the farm and
were near to the great. silent out Of
DOORS
But had these same old grandmothers
been living today, they, too. would be
yelling at the top of their voices and
would not wonder a the small fog
horns which have been given the youth
of today in place of larynx.
Hammond noises are an abomination-
We who are so proud of the industrial
activity of the city and the region in
general are inclined to say, Yes. We
have a noisy city but we have BUSY
city" with the loud pedal on the busy.
In other words, we can put up with
that rattle and roar which emanates
from the factories or the hiss of the
exhaust mixed with persistent ringing
of a locomotive bell, so long as l get
nv 81. so a day and you get your $3.50
a month.
Bow Down to COmmerctalism.
our nerves are but another Of the
carven image, Commercialism. Each
day we bow down to it and, unwilling
". year by year, give the lives of our
friends to it, to say nothing of the
occasional Topping off of one of the
three score and ten years which Is
allotted to all of US.
Owing to the fact that there is not
a residence in Hammond which is less
l.
road. where the short 'ch-ch-ch" of the
passenger locomotive or the hoarse,
labored. "hooh- hooh-ho of the pass
ing freight engine is hourly heard, the
people of this city are peculiarly the
victims of noises.
The farther out of town you go the
less numerous are the noises. but in
the center Of the city there is a mega
phontc concentration Of sound that is
enough to drive normal person crazy
Talk about mad dogs, There is
more hydrophobia in the engine that
pulls in the Erie milk train than there
is in the eighty dogs the police have
killed. At least, the Erie engine has
driven more people to the point of
madness
Noise Every Five Minutes.
named. There is an instance every
minute Just stand at the railroad
crossing on state street for five min
utes The Lake Shore suburban comes
rushing around the curve with bel
ringing and engine putting.
The Erie pulls up and blows of
steam The Monon come sto stop ant
stews. sputters, screams, Kisses anc
groans until the engineer finally lets
her out and she puffs her way acros;
the bridge and the state line.
Clang, clang and toot, loot and vol
have just STEPPED out of the way of {
street car only to get into the way o
an automobile driven by a happy go
lucky youth who has learned how {
squeeze the toot bag.
The car stopped but heavens. HolC
your hands to your ears. AS the mo
torman turns on the power the devil!
own coffee mill starts to grinding. ;
circular saw ripping through one o
the monarchs of the forest is but ;
whisper compared to 1t.
Can Hear Them Mile Away.
1t is said the people of Homewoot
rely on the street cars for inter
Inittent alarm clock The first alarm
goes by about $50. The man who il
going fishing gets up and dresses, TIN
rest turn over and attempt to sleel
with the approaching certainty of an
other rude awakening in few min
utes when the second car goes by.
Noisy pavements" said Fred Mott
in talking of the South Holman stree
improvement. Goodness gracious wha
is the use of having noiseless pave
ments when the street cars go by an
make more noise than company @
cavalrymen.
On a still night a man living il
Homewood can hear the car start a
the Standard Steel Car plant. a mil
away. He can then get up. prepar
his toilet put on his collar and tie. Sc
cure his hat and by the time the dis
tant buzzing become the intolerabl
roar he is ready to board the car a
the street corners
But there are other noises. The I'D
dlers do their share to add to the dis
comfort of living in a city There i
hardly an hour in the morning tina
their shrill cry cannot be heard.
Peanut ROasters the Limit.
One of the most exasperating of tn
noises one comes in contact with /