The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-14
RESUME HEARING
ON CANAL.
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harbor in this city, and would not be
as beneficial to so great a territory and
so varied a number of industrial corpo-
rations. A. Murray Turner, of Ham
mond is cooperating with Mr.. Fowler
in the preparation of the data to be
placed before the commission, and will
doubtless be one of the members of
the committee designated to represent
the Calumet region at the proposed
hearing.
FowIer's Work Commended.
Mr.. Fowler's energy in compiling
data several months ago for presen-
tation to the house committee was
highly complimented upon. His re-
port showed to the engineers in charge
| of such matters that Indiana Harbor
and East Chicago alone had a factory
acreage of over 1 1000 acres, and caused
them to accept as beneficial to the
community the very proposition that
they had turned down but two years be-
fore. Their promise to further their
considerations along this subject was
received several weeks ago and, as
chronicled in THE TINES received the
enthusiastic commentator of the Har-
borites.
| Information Should Come at Once.
Letters are now being sent to every
manufacturing industry in Hammond
East Chicago and Indiana Harbor like
ly to be benefited to any appreciate
degree by the proposed waterway. In
these letters, they are requested to at
once correspond with Mr.. Fowler. Civ
ing their estimated annual output, in
tons, with its value and percentage of
increase over the past year. the acre
age of their factory and the number
of men employed. Mr.. Fowler requests
THE TIMES to make especial mention of
the fact that this information should
be attended at once, that the desired
data may be presented to the commit
tee a Washington, when the proper
time comes.
A Glance at the Figures.
A glance at few of the figures pre-
pared by Mr.. Fowler and which will
be submitted to the Washington COM
mittee, will convince citizens of Lake
county of the merit of the project. In
1907, the valuation of the output of the
following industries, located in East
Chicago and Indiana Harbor was en-
ormous, as the following figures will
show:
Inland steel Co. .$s,750.0o0
Standard Forgings Co. ALSO, 00C
Interstate Iron & Steel Co.. $4,000
U. s. Metals Refining Co... 1000. OoC
Republican Iron & Steel Co.. 4,50O. 0oC
| Universal Portland Cement Co 6.45o,OOt
In addition to these few plants
there are at least thirty five other in
dustries in Hammond and adjoining
cities, whose combined output valua.
ton, as we'll as outputs tonnage. will
double, and even treble. the amount
shown by the above list.
comparison of the property values
of the various plants of East Chicago
and Indiana Harbor between the years
! 1905 and 1907 shows the advantage Of
. better shipping facilities. such a.
would be offered by the proposed canal
In these two years the property owned
by the corporations increased in valu,
over s14,7SO,OOo while the valuation
of their combined output was increased
almost $50 900. Should the increas,
be as great by 1909, there is but littl,
: doubt that the project would be prose
cuted with haste by the powers tina
: be In the capital city.
The date for the hearing of he loca
committee will be probably set abou
Dec. 5th, after which any commercial
Organization or municipality bordering
on the proposed canal will be asked t,
send delegates to the meeting in Wash
ington. The cities of East Chicag,
and Hammond will. of course, be repre-
scented by their mayors, while the yari
GUS land companies and industries own
ing or building factories in these cite
Y will be permitted to send a representa-
i tive. That the future results of the 10
l. cal committees actions towards
s speedy elimination of their desires i
: anticipated by the citizens of Indians
Harbor, is assured, and the city is fair
q ly alive with the enthusiasm budding
= from the student renewal of thei
hopes. The matter has ben in abeyanc
i, for SO long that at times the projec
has been almost despaired of, and 1t
awakening. as well as the promise O
!, its merited consideration, meets wit
= the hearty response of everyone inter
ested in the welfare and growth jof tn
t entire Calumet region.