The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-14
BIG
MEETING Of
CAMPAIGN
Republicans to Hold Sizzler
Saturday Evening on the
North Side Expect En-
tire Voting Community
Will Be in Attendance.

The first republican meeting of The
campaign is to be held Saturday even-
ing on the north side in the new Down.
ey brick store, corner OF Holman and
Gostline streets, and there a number
of speakers will discuss the needs oe
that great territory north of the rtvex
that has been SO sadly neglected by
the present Becker administration.
The meeting promises to be a sizzlers
The north side has been steadily vot-
ing the democratic ticket and getting
nothing in return until now it is IN re-
volt at the nerve of Becker and his
friends in asking its support.
At meeting after meeting of the
North Side Improvement association the
indignation of the residents has risen
to the boiling point when they have
seen the large sums of money that
Mayor Becker has spent for the i'm
provement of Harrison park and the
lake front park. while the north side.
where the property owners are for the
most part poor in comparison to the
residents Of other sections of the city,
have been unable to get anything but
promises from Becker and his ring.
Totally Ignored.
cepting Douglas park, out at the ex-
treme limits of the built-up portion
of the city. and nothing has been done
| for the improvement OF that forlorn
place.
The north side hasn't a representative
on the board of public works. it hasn't
! a representative on the board of po-
| lice commissioners, it hasn't any repre-
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pointese, excepting Street Commission
er Kuhlman, and the streets of the
north side show total lack of inter
est on Kuhlman's part.
1 Then there is the Columbia avenue
bridge. which for two long years has
| stood ready to accommodate the large
amount of traffic that is intended for
It and which is rusting away because
of the failure of the mayor to have
approaches built that would make it
available for use.
1t is understood that Mayor Becker,
since THE TIMES showed the city's neg
lect and seeing the rising storm OF in
dignation over the Columbia avenue
bridge matter. went TO the officials of
the Indiana Chicago Traction company
| and told them to get busy and make
some SORT Oh a showing toward Duilo-
| ing the approaches to the Columbia av-
enue bridge before election or he would
lose hundreds Of votes on the north
side and in the eastern part Of Ham
mond.
Making "A Showing.
In response to this frantic appeal. it
is said, the flling Of the approaches
has begun. and by election time the
city win be able to point to at least
an effort to open the bridge for traf-
fic. ii is not believed. however. that
Columbia avenue can possibly be open
ed to traffic before next summer In
the meantime the city will have lost
$4,000 through the interest on the in
vestment in the bridge, to say nothing
: Of the manner in which the people OF
the east and north sides OF Hammond
have been inconvenienced.
These things and a hundred others
viii be pointed out TO the people OF
the north side as a good and sufficient
. reason for voting against an adminis-
tration that never did anything but
make promises which were never fui-
filled.
It is expected that the hail viii be
crowded TO the very doors with prop
. erty owners who viii pat aside party
considerations and VIII vote for their
homes and the Improvement OF their
: part Of the city.