The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-01-29

tain over 1000 horsepower and is de-
signed for doubling its capacity The |
present installation will give Ham |
mond a power substation larger In size |
than any in the state of Indiana out |
side of the city of Indianapolis. The |
building will be two story and about !
forty feet in width by 100 feet long.
Eight new passenger cars will be de- |
livered this year and are required for
service on the main lines and on the
proposed extensions from Hammond
through the eastern district of Ham
mond to East Chicago and from East
Chicago to Indiana Harbor. The op-
Grafton of the additional passenger
cars will require from thirty to forty
additional motormen, conductors and
car barn employees. Adding to these the
additional trackmen. lnemen and office
force, the Hammond company will
probably increase it's payroll by about
fifty regular men and by about two
hundred construction men for work
this year.
About twenty miles of new copper
feeder cable will be installed on the
present lines in order to provide for
the additional cars required for new
business and improving of power and
electric lighting under the present and
future running conditions
With the rehabilitation of the tracks
on Indiana boulevard, Schrage avezlae
and Forsyth avenue and the double
, tracking of State street and the extern
sions to be constructed on State street
| via the Standard Steel works and For
] syth avenue to East Chicago, and the
/ extension from East Chicago via 141st
street to the center of Indiana Harbor,
the Hammond company will complete a
/ system of car service between the cities
and towns of North township, includ-
ing Whiting, East Chicago, Indiana
Harbor and Hammond which will cover
the entire territory. This system of
! through car service will give to the
! citizens of Hammond, Whiting, East
iChicago and Indiana Harbor through
car service for a five-cent fare over
4 about forty miles of tracks in terri
tory nine miles north and south and
five miles east and west. The citizens
| Of North township can congratulate
4 themselves on the fact that nowhere In
the United States or in the world Is
/; there a.territory of the population ano
size of North township with a system
} of street railways covering the entire
territory for a f1ve-cent fare. Thi.
, condition is illustrated by the fact tina
passenger is hauled for nve cents
from the east end of Morton avenue, a
| the Standard steel works gate, to thu
: state line at Roby street. distanc'
of over nine miles.
The managers and employees of tn
2 large factories located in Hammond
Whiting, East Chicago and Indians
t Harbor all realize the great benefit t
the community by reason of the extern
: sions of the Hammond company's line
= in the district. it permits the manag
{ ers and employees to live and own thei
: homes in any part of the district an
r change the location of their employ
s | noent without sacrificing the invest
e nent they have made in building u
their ow nhomes. They realize that tn
: proposed extensions from Harmon
e via State street through the easter
d district of the city of Hammond an
8 thence north to East Chicago and frol
= Eas Chicago via 141st street to Ind
y ana Harbor will open up new territor
n and make same available for factor
e sites and residences. and will place tn
8 new territory on a five-cent fare bas
s with the balance of the territory witt
in the boundaries Of North township.