The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-05-17
GARY COUNCIL TAKES
UP IMPORTANT MATTERS
Gary Heat, Light & Water
Co. Will Be Asked for
an Explanation.
PETITIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT
County Commissioners Are Instructed
To Go Ahead And Improve
Three Streets.
PETITIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT

In the continued absence of Council.
man NJ. n. Castleman whose pressing
real estate business has precluded the
possibility of his attending more than
one meeting in the past six weeks the
city fathers were able to transact bust
ness as usual.
The committee on securing a water
main for the alley between Jefferson
and Madison street south of the
Wabash tracks reported that the Gary
Heat. Light and Water company could
not install the main at the present
time because of the fact that they
wished to wait until they could install
a main pipe in this alley. The IMPORT
ance of getting the water in here howl
ever was so evident that the council
decided to demand of the water COM
pany that they submit their reason for
not putting in the water Immediately
to the council. in writing.
Several petitions for improvements
were received by the council among
which was a petition the part of the
property owners on the east side of
Broadway to pave alley number one
east, or the alley between Broadway
and Massachusetts street The council
however thought that there should be
more signatures secured before a big
work of this character should be car
ried on although they believed that the
ahey- ought to be improved. Another
thing which the board considered was
the ability of having to put in
another sewer In this alley in the near
future which would practically ruin the
pavement were it put down and then
torn UP again for this work
The council was also petitioned last
night to improve Tyler street from
Nineteenth avenue south with brick
also to put in a sewer in alley No. 2
east, south of Thirteenth avenue. The
council also decided last night to have
fire hydrants installed on the corner
of Eleventh avenue and Adams street
and also on Adams street at the south
line of the right-of-way of the Mich
igan Central tracks.
The council also passed an ordinance
last night giving the county commits
sioners jurisdiction to go ahead with
the work of improving three streets
south of the river which is now a part
of Gary and which the commissioners
had decided to pave before it was an
nexed. These roads are the T. E.
Knots road, the c. ]. Williams road
The brewery ordinance providing for
license for all wholesale dealers was
laid on the table for another week The
bid for the bond issue of $4,000 was
awarded to the Gary State Bank which
was the only bidder with the exception
of the S. A. Kean and company of Chi
cago whose bid was not regular.
The bids for the construction of
Tenth avenue from Broadway to Madi-
son street was opened last night and
there were three bidders, Smith &
Heiney. Gary Construction company
and p. T. O'Brien. The Gary Construc-
ton company is believed to be the
lowest bidder.
Councilman Bowser asked why J. l.
Apperson did not move the old fire sta
ton form Seventh and Massachusetts
street as he agreed to in his contract
and the attorney was instructed by the
council to take this matter up with
the purchaser.