The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-05-11

Traction company's grant was passed
to its second reading. while the petit
ton of the Indiana and Chicago Trac-
ton company for an extension of
line was referred back to the board of
public works and the city attorney.
The Indiana Northwestern Traction
company's franchise was read in it's
entirety and no suggestions or amend
ments were offered by the councilmen
1t IS thought that the franchise will
go through at the next meeting of the
council
The route of the line in Hammond
Is over Calumet avenue beginning at
its extension at the Little Calumet riv-
er, then north to Fayette street and
Fayette street to Oakley avenue and
from Oakley avenue o Holman street
on Russell
Ready to Forfeit $1,000.
Under the terms of the franchise the
company agrees to put up $1,000 cash
money to be forfeited to the city in the
event 1t does not build and in addition
an indemnity bond is required. The
fare in Hammond and North township
is cents. In the event the Indiana
and Chicago Traction builds under its
franchise on Calumet avenue from
Fayette street to Eaton street, then
the right of way shall be owned jointly,
each company to pay half for its main
tenance. Only a single track is per-
mitted on Fayette street and Russell
street, and must be placed where the
board of public works orders it to be
laid. Construction work must begin
within three months, and cars must
be in operation between Hammond and
in
Thirty-Minute Schedule.
The schedule of cars mmond is
thirty minutes, from u. until IL
o'clock at night, while cars to Dyer
must run at least every two hours be-
tween the hours of in the morning
and IL at night. Every other line not
in direct competition has a right to
the use of the tracks of the grantee,
the consideration for this to be fixed
by arbitration. The sale or transfer
of the franchise before the completion
of the road works l. forfeit under the
franchise The company must also
maintain suitable waiting room in the
vicinity of Russell and Holman streets
The franchise is modelled almost en-
tirely after the Gary & Interurban fran
chise. and is generally conceded to be
quie satisfactory. The life of the fran
chise is for thirty years.
Re-Annex Territory.
The petition of the Indiana & Chi
cago Traction company, in which c. w.
Hotchkiss is interested, asked for an
extension of time to build from Indiana
Harbor to Hammond The time asked
for is until Nov. 1st, this year. The
time limit under the old franchise ex-
pires tomorrow
In addition to taking up the fran
chise questions. the annexations of the
extensions of Holman street and Calu-
met avenue were also brought up. The
ordinances extending these two thor
oughfares from their present terminals
to the Little Calumet river had been
passed once before by the council, but
the mayor permitted them to go by de-
fault. Now, however, that Calumet av-
enue is to be improved with an inter-
urban they were brought up for a sec
! ond time
! The ordinance passed al the meeting
week ago dividing the city into two
| garbage districts was amended last
night so as to give the board of pub
! lie works power to divide the city as
/ it sees fit.
! on the sign question to the effect that
| the old ordinance a sit stands shall
| remain intact.