The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-29
NAMES BEING
ADDED TO PETITION
Remonstrants Insist That Gary &
Interurhan Company Would Just
as Soon Come in the City on Plum
mer Avenue, and State That Such
Was Company's First Intention.

The East Sibley street property own
ers' petition asking that the route of
the Gary & Interurban be changed so
as not to come in on Sibley street, is
anything but dead. on the contrary,
the demonstrators will keep up their
work to the finish, and are stin conf
dent of winning out.
They base their hopes on two points,
first. that the majority of the property
owners of the street have signed
against the right of way on Sibley
street, and secondly. that it is reason
ably certain that the company would
just as soon come in on Plummer ave-
nue.. especially If the East Sibley street
contingent will not insist on burdening
the franchise with many more pro-
visions that might be added.
Petitioners Present Two Arguments.
That the majority of the property
owners have already signed against the
Sib1ey street route is undisputed, and
more signatures are being added. John
/ Volk, representing 125 feet frontage
! on the highway, this morning signifed
his intention of adding his name to the
! petition. There has been no change in
the stand they have taken and they
| still argue that the line in front of
/ their disturbs not only the peace of
/ their homes and churches but that 1t
/ jeopardizes the lives of more than l.
/ 600 school children who attend the
! schools along the street
Their stand would not be so insistent
| If they had not a reasonable assurance
that the company would be willing TO
come in on Plummer avenue.
| At the council meeting last Tuesday
evening. Attorney Dan Moran, who act
ed as spokesman for the petitioners
said that he had it from good authori-
! ty that the company would accept the
PIummer avenue route. and in other
| quarters. it is said, that the company
| had negotiated with the city long be-
fore it presented its franchise for the
Plummer avenue route, but that some
of the aldermen insisted that they come
in on Sibley street.
Don't Want TO Impede Progress.
Attorney Dan Moran this morning re
peated what he said in connection with
the petition which he presented last
| L 1ueSudy tN6illiS.
we do not wish to appear in the
light of standing in the way of prog
ress, and we would not take the stand
that we have taken if Sibley street
We're the only one by which interur-
bans might enter Hammond, but in the
light of the facts that the company
| originally considered the Plummer av
enue route, and that the company
could come in there with just as mucf
advantage to the city as on Sibley
street and that because of the fact tha
! Plummer avenue is built upon one side
only, 1t would be possible to lay th'
track on one side of the street, where
as, this would be impossible on Sible!
street Furthermore, there is the ele
ment of expense TO the company II
maintaining two additional crossings
on Sibley street which it would no
touch on Plummer avenue, which is al
item reaching into the thousands. Fur
thermore. it seems to me that if th'
i Gary & Interurban want to make lool
connection with the II. w. & z. C
railway they could do so much NOR
conveniently than from Sibley street
I,not mentioning the engineering feast
bility Of the Sibley street route"