The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-20
SESSION
Of COUNCIL
WAS SHORT
Especial to THE T1MEs,)


East Chicago June ZV.-The city
council met last night with every mem
Der in his seat. Routine business was
transacted and a motion TO adjourn
was suddenly sprung. The meeting
broke up without having accomplished
anything in the matter that was re-
sponsible for the bringing together of
the largest gallery that has attended
a meeting of the council in some time.
namely the proposed vacation of the
city controllers Office
There was an air of suppressed ex-
pectancy among the aldermen and the
SPECTATORS. There was more whisper
ing between councilmen than the oldest
inhabitant remembers. Before the
meeting was called to order, groups of
city fathers stood together conversing
low tones. Thte whispering con-
tinued throughout the meeting and
may have had something to do with
the fact that the main issue failed to
develop
Mayor Schlieker wore an expression
of comfortable assurance. One by one
the little matters of business that have
remained in allegiance longer than they
should by reason of previous absence
Of quorum. were brought up and ac-
tion taken. Meanwhile everybody held
their breath in anticipation of the in
PRODUCTION of an ordinance whose pur-
pose it was to vacate the controller
Office. 1t was known that one of the
ccuncilmen carried the measure in his
pocket, but for some reason or other
il was not forthcoming
1t was just after D. d. Dixon had
been elected to succeed himself on the
school board. that the mayor announc-
ed that a motion to adjourn was In
order and the meeting adjourned.
After the meeting Jimmie Burns
seemed to be the object of particular
solicitude on the part Of three of his
brother aldermen, namely Buckley
Mysliwy and French. These rushed the
little councilman at large insistently
consistently. giving him no chance Il
escape 1t began to look as though
Jimmy was uncertain quantity
which somebody was trying hard tc
place. However. this may or may mo-
have been the case. but coupled with
the suggestion that Buckley, Mysliwy
and French stood with the mayor in Z
presumed effort to block the accomp
| lishment of anything in the matter OF
the vacation of the controllers Office. il
looked that way.
The business transacted by the coun-
ell, included the passing of an ordi-
nance making city saloon licenses ex
pire simultaneously with those ISSUED
/ by the county. This was offered in tht
form of an amendment to an ordinanc;
passed in March making the license fe'
/ $500. A measure was also adopted L
conform with the Proctor law which
permits the transfer OF city license:
from one stand to another.
! An ordinance was introduced and re
ferred to the street and alley commit
| tee and law and order cornmitte who's
object II was to prevent vehicles from
| standing In front of a place withou
permission from the property owner
]. H. Ross had a petition in asking
for his appointment on the schoo
board but nothing came of 1t. Tn
name of d. ID. Dixon was placed IL
| nomination and after calling for othe
| nominations a number of times an,
waiting a reasonable length of tim
for these the nominations were de
clared closed John Calvin then aros
| to nominate J. c. Dickson of indiana
Harbor. but was ruled out of order