The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-06-30
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an amendment and tat 1t would be
embodied before the sanchise goes to
its third reading.
1t was when Mr.. lane rose for an
other point of infor1ation relative to
the company's entrane on Sibley street
and the maintenance of depot that
Mayor Becker opend the way for
regular tilt Messrs Kane and Becker
have a happy way + playing a game
in the council for te edifoation of the
other city fathers, which the frying
pan called the KEITH black. Mayor Beck
er thought Mr.. Kne's question about
the depot useless tr man who should
be so well postd as Mr.. Kane IS
thought to be. + referred him to the
Gary & Interuran franchise, which
provides that can company using the
Sibley street sptffrom Oakley avenue
to Holman stree, must pay its proper
tionate share fd the maintenance. and
when Mr.. Kaneasked what would be-
come Of the cIslse in case the Gary &
Interurban weld not build, Mayor
Becker answeee him that the pro-
visions of thatfranchise would remain
alive and thas they must always be
read into the Indiana & Chicago Trac-
ton compare franchise.
There ara lot of fellows around
here" cont4ed Mayor Becker, who
won't be sfshed unless every street
car line AM interurban runs around
their property"
so I notee," shot back Mr.. Kane,
and I knorH some of them right here
That's light, came back Mayor
Becker" sane Of them are right here
You are light when you talk like
that, but tle line viii benefit the whole
| city, and for one will admit that il
will benet my property
Now YOU are talking" flashed back
Mr.. Kant
Mayor Becker ignored the last shot
aud turred his attention to Council
man Schroeder. who was on his fee
ever ami anon to oppose and suggest
First he did not think the wording II
the bond clause strong enough, ther
he wanted the company tied down moro
rigidly in a bridge contract and final
! " made a motion that the compan!
lay its tracks on Chicago avenue t.
Columbia avenue instead of on Hon
man street. Councilman Pascaly sec
onded this motion and in the roll cal
/ it was supported by Messrs. New
man. Pascaly, Schroeder Swanton AM
h Schultz, but lost for want of enough
support
/ Before the motion was put however
/ c. w. Hotchkiss, president of the In
/ diana Harbor Belt railroad, who is ais
1 interested in the interurban. said tina
If the council would decide to fore
L the interurban onto Chicago, now occu
| pied by the South Shore line, that a.
\ negotiations might as well stop Their,
( as the company did not propose to b
\ forced to deal with any company, al
though it would attempt immediatel
to use Chicago avenue instead of Hoff
man street
The meeting was again attended b
a large delegation of business mel
who left as soon as the franchise ha
passed the second reading. The fran
chise will rest there until Tuesda.
when it is expected to come up fc
third reading and final passage.
Raise for city Employees.
/ The balance of the meeting to til
/ casual observer took on the nature {
routine business. and while the mega
tive vote of Councilman Nicholas Lar
| err on the ordinance to increase salarit
| of the Are foremen and the city scale
from $40 to SIS a month, which migl
| have furnished an opening for dehat
it was passed over, all the others vo
ing for it. The salary raise was con
bined in one ordinance. bat Mr.. Lau,
| objected only to the raise for city sea
er. Mayor Becker prefaced the rea,
ing of the ordinance with a few r,
marks, saying that the foremen, or tfel
tenants, as they are called in some eli
les, are owing to their responsikilii
entitled to a little better salary ths
an ordinary fireman. AS to the eli
sealer he said that he had promised Il
raise to Frank Shine on the eontingel
cy of the councils favorable vote.
An ordinance was passed changir
the name of Charlotte street to FIig
land street
Take Up Sheffield Avenue Sewer
Another ordinance appropriated 81
for the repair of the Wolf river brids
the city making the repairs with If
money. and to receive -imburserne
of one-third from the county and a
other third from the street car cor
| pany