The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-22
RED LINE FRANCHISE
HELD IN ABEYANCE
Damage Claim Presented by W. f
Brunt of Hammond is Discussed
VIII Take Action on it Next Mon
day-City Buys Riparian Rights
for Lake Front Park.
Especial to THE TIMEs.)

East Chicago. Ind, May 22.-The cit
les of East Chicago and Indiana Har-
Dor now are in possession Of full
fedged paid fire department. At a
meeting of the council last night the
following were appointed to serve on
the newly-created department:
Assistant chief for Indiana Harbor
James F. Daugherty.
Firemen under Assistant Chief Daug-
herty-Roy Behle. George Darner, Ar
thur jenkins and H. Steffen.
For East Chicago the men are-F.
c. Burke, George Dawson, Frank
Schefher and Tom Ryder.
The appointment of Ben Flack as
chief of the entire department was
made some weeks ago.
Discuss ssRed Line" Franchise.
The toes of the Red line" are being
badly bunged up these days. They
took another kick at the hat last night
and, as usual, found brick under it.
Before the council convened last even
ing they met in a star chamber ses-
sion and had a heart to- heart talk with
the officials of the street car line, but
nothing came of it.
The bridge, which would necessarily
have to be built across the canal on
One Hundred and Forty first street If
the Red line" franchise was grant
ed, constituted the chief point under
discussion, although there were other
features of the ordinance which came
in for their share of the argument
1t was evident when the meeting in
Of
nothing had been settled, as the alder
men did not march to their desks with
that relieved air which always pre-
walls when a knotty problem has been
satisfactorily solved. Instead they
struggled in stopping in twos and
threes to continue the discussion. Aft
er they had taken their seats a motion
was made and carried to lay the fran
chise over till the next meeting.
Look Into Brunt's Damage Claim.
The next hard proposition that the
| fathers tackled was the w. r. Brunt
damage claim. This is the claim which
was allowed and ordered paid some
weeks ago, but against which Alder
man Albert Lewis filed an injunction
This injunction, however, was unneces
sary, as the action of the council, IL
passing the ordinance at the time. wa!
| irregular and the clerk could not hav,
issued the warrant even had the in
junction had not been filed. A Ham
mond lawyer was present in the inter
est of Mr.. Brunt and addressed thu
council on behalf of his client. TIL
gist of his remarks was that his client
claim was absolutely just; that he hat
waited a full year for the council t
take some action in the matter; tina
his original claim was for $4,000. blu
he had cut it to $500 in order to OBJ
tain a settlement out of court, an
finally, if he did go into court, Their
was no question but what he woul
beat the city. Each of the member
then had something to say on til
question, and the upshot of the Who'll
to a committee of the whole and mex
Monday evening set as the time.
COnsummnte u Deal.
The purchase by the city of the ripar
ian rights from the Lake Front par
to the Danks property from the Gar
Land company for $4,000 was consum
mated The business men regard thi
deal as one of the best measures tina
had been put through by the presen
city council. 1t is generally concede
that these rights have been bough
for a song and in few years will b
worth many times what they wer
bought for.
Last. but not by any means leas
the appointment of paid fire depart
ment was taken up There We're abol
twenty-five applications filed for til
nine positions to be filled. The men t
serve in the Harbor were all agreed 0
before the meeting and their appoint
ments went through without a hitcl
but when it came to the East Chicag
end it was different. The names Of fy
of the men were settled on, but ths
was one more than could be appointe
so the question of which one to /
s / drODned was taken IN