The Lake County times., 1909-06-02
WAFFLE BAKER
MAKER EASTWOOD SORE
South Shore Line Will Have to Make
One Stop in City and C. C. & L. De-
pot is Brought Up For Discussion
-Sickess of Railway Official Caus-
es Delay.

Attorney Joseph G. Ibach, for three
years a member of the Hammond school
board, was re-appointed to that posi-
tion for another three years by the city
council at its regular meeting last
evening. The re-appointment was a
recognition of Attorney Ibach's capable
work on the board, and will meet with
general satisfaction all around.
The session last night was of a
routine nature, and il was only when
the council was about to adjourn that
a few remarks by Councilman East
wood promised to throw little life
into the assembly Mr.. Eastwood, be
it known, is a railroad conductor and.
as such, works both day and night
shifts. 1t is when he works the night
shift that his peaceful slumbers dur
ing the day are disturbed by the bugle
call from waffle bakers horn, and it
was against this noise that he wanted
TO register a kick, in behalf of his
constituents. It was evident that the
councilman at-large was terribly in
earnest and that his disposition had
already suffered from lack of sleep,
and the facetious remarks by his broth
er councilmen We're silenced by deep
growls about his earnestness. accom-
panied by sinister looks.
He cheered up. however. when the
council passed a resolution calling the
attention of the police TO the nuisance,
and owing to the cause that he had
espoused he was voted to be the city's
official horn inspector at a democrat
ic confab held later in the evening.
More Accommodation from Car Line.
BY passing an ordinance the South
Shore line is required to make more
stops in the city of Hammond. The
ordinance requires all local cars to stop.
in addition to the regular places at
Hickory. Oak. Johnson. Dearborn streets
and Calumet avenue and that all lin
tied cars should take on and let off
passengers wherever they stop TO run
a railroad crossing
Several money appropriation or
dinances were passed. One thousand
ordinance books having been printed
and published an appropriation for ST.
093 was passed. Another ordinance
providing for the transfer of $2.75O
from the general fund to a special
fund was passed. This money is to pay
semi-annuaI interest on bonds in ac-
cordance with a recent state law Three
Three hundred dollars were voted in
the legal fund, the city attorney having
a number of cases which must go to the
supreme court.
That G. c. & l.. Depot.
t The city attorney. in answer to the
| councils question as 10 how the plans
/ for a C, c. & l. depot for Hammond
We're progressing, said that the re-
ceiver's petition in court for a depot
had been turned down, but that the
roads attorney general had promised
to come TO Hammond to confer with
! the city attorney as soon as the for
mer's health had improved somewhat
A resolution was passed providing for
the refunding Of a certain amount of
saloon license money TO C. ". Stone,
/ whose license in the Taper building at
/ the corner Of Holman and Sibley
streets. lacks three months TO expira
tion. Stone is forced to go out of busi-
ness because the buildings which he
occupied is being torn down.