The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-11
COUNTY WILL PAY
S26,27S FOR JOB
ConOver & Taber Of Valparaiso Also
Have Contract, But Sublet Grad
ing Work to ]. C. Mitchell of Ho-
bart-Completion of Highway
Means Much to North End.

Work was started today on the big
gest contract of macadam road build
ing in the county. outside of the Broad
way project, which is also to start
within the next few days
Actual work was commenced today
on the Eleventh avenue road or Bor-
man boulevard. as it is better known
which covers a distance of two miles
from Main street. TolIeston to the
Clark road. 1t will be eighty feet wide
and macadamized the entire distance.
The construction of Borman boule-
ward will mean the first direct route
from Hammond to Gary and will mean
more to raise the property valuation
IN that district than any other project
that has ever been attempted as it
will only be a matter of time until
electric cars will be in operation and
the road will be the direct route from
Chicago to the east. Up to this time
automobilists in order to reach Gary
were compelled to take a roundabout
course. All this will be changed when
the road is completed and the old
Chicago road will be abandoned as
soon as Broadway is completed over
the Calumet river
The contract for the building of Bor-
man boulevard was awarded to Con
over and Faber of Valparaiso at the
meeting of the county commissioners
last November. The contract price was
S26,279 and work would have started
Immediately only there was some de-
lay in disposing of the bonds The
sub-contract for the grading of the
road was let to ]. c. Mitchell Of Ho-
bart, who has been engaged during the
past week in getting his teams and
machinery on the grounds. The actual
wodk of constructing the road will
commence this week
The expense of building the road
will be paid out of the county treas
ury. The road is being built under an
act passed by the general assembly
some years ago, which provides that
where there are two gravel roads at
a distance of not greater than two
miles apart. these Toads may be con-
nected by a gravel road. providing
there is petition signed by the ma
1ority Of the property owners At this
time last year Borman boulevard was
only a sand wagon road. hardly a mile
long The property owners then pro
ceeded TO get busy in order to increase
NAMED to be done was to extend Bor
man boulevard to. the Clark road. a dis
lance little over a mile. This was
done by assessment, it costing the
owners about $500 The road was
opened and leveled in a few places and
the minute a wagon Travelled the entire
distance it became a public highway.
They then proceeded to get the ne
cessary signers to the petition in order
to improve the road
petition is now in the hands of
the county commissioners for the ex
tention of Fifteenth avenue or One
Hundred and Sixty-ninth street. which
is four blocks south Of Borman bouIe-
ward TO the Clark road and thence
west TO the Gibson road to the CITY
limits of HAMMOND Action was to |
have been taken on the petition by the
county commissioners at their March |
meeting. but for some reason or other
it was carried over
The Improvement of Borman boule- |
ward and Fifteenth avenue, Tolleston
Will create big boom in the property
in and surrounding Toleston The
land in that district is comparatively /
level and will require very little grad I
Ing.