The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-03-22

AMALGAMATION
AND TIE STEPS TO
BE TAKEN NOW

The Rr.t steps In amnlEamation
have taken place.
Now whate
That Is what the people of Ham,
mOnd are asking today. There are
two phases of the situation that will
have to be considered. One is the
legal phase and the other IL the at
tftude of the public towards the
proposition.
Regarding the legal phase, the fol-
lowing are the steps that will have
to be taken before Hammond and
Whiting actually become parts of
East Chicago, or the new city of
Calumet
The first step was the action ON
the part of the council of the city of
East Chicago, by which 1t suspended
the rules and voted TO annex Ham,
mond and Whiting. The remaining
steps are as follows:
l. Notice that the two cities have
been annexed must be published I'm a
daily paper for two consecutive
weeks.
2. II a remonstrance IL hlcd It
must be filed within ten days after
the publication of the notice of the
action of the council in annexinE the
cities in question.
JURY ELIMINATED.
3. Pending the appear (the CON-
alteration of the remonstrance) the
territory annexed Will not be consfd-
cred part of the annexihg city.
4. The Judge of the court In
which the remonstrancc Is filed must
hear the evidence without the inter-
vention of a jury.
o. If twO-thirds of the voters
reunonstrate the annexation shall not
take place, unless the court finds
from the evidence that the prosperity
Of the said city will be materially
retarded and the safety of the In
hnbitnnts and property thereof be
'en9ansx<s<R svsfsseut such ennexa4fsn.
3. If less than two-thirds OF the
legal voters remonstrate the city
shall he annexed, IL annexation Will
cause no manifest injury to persons
owning property.
This makes it apparent that the
burden of fighting annexation.
which will probably be done by
those interested in holding political
jobs, will have to be done by the
citizens OF the cities which are an
nexed. All the people of East Chi
cagO have to do is to watch the peo-
pie of Hammond and Whiting
sGuirm i'm the meshes of the annex
alton net which has scooped them
up.
WHAT THE SENTIMENT IS.
q.
terest then to know just what IL the
attitude of the people of the various
cities In the region toward amalga-
nation.
WHITING-Snturn the subject
has provoked great deal of dis
cussion. Public sentiment has not
crystalfzed. However, many of the
people of Whiting would welcome
the change. Whiting has never PROS
pered to the extent that Its nefxh-
bors have and many OF its citizens
believe that nmRIgamaticn would be
distinct advantage. The prospect
of having Hammond's and Whit
fng's lake front parks united and n
beautiful drive alcng the lake shore
Is but one of the many advantages
that would accrue to whiting
EAST CHICAGO-The people of
East Chicago are enthusiastic over
the annexation of the surrounding
cities. Public sentiment is decided
Iy in favor of the project. The dar-
ing of Mayor A. G. Schiieker and
the city council in putting the prop
osfffon through Is a matter of COM
mon conveTxntien~
STARTED IN HAMMOND.
HANMOND-H1nan il the
home of the amalgamaticn move
ment. 1t was first given great Inn
the project and held a meeting MT
Mayor Becker cf Hammond vns
practically the enly opponent to the
plan at this meeting. and the reason
for his opposition were so paIpable
thnt his arguments did not carry
very much weight.
The people of Hammond have
long been convinced that the aues-
tions of sewage. sanitation and wa
ter supply could only be satfsfac-
torily settled providing the cities of
the region were as1aiSnnsafed. The
tnIk on the streets indicates that.
while there will he great many
democrats who will. favor amaIga-
nation. the people are divided along
PARTY lines.
INDIANA HARBOR-Iadiann Fynr-
bOr, being part of East Chicago,
naturally shares the same opinions
as East Chicago in the matter of,hn-
nexutfon. 1t may be said. however
that Indiana Hnrbor Is not 50 euN
thusIastic over the matter as the