The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-08-04
INDUSTRY
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Observation-Disclosures light current
will be furnished on the Huntington
county fair grounds this year and many
of the shows will probably run after
night
Rushville.-After drilling three wells
in the last month, the city council has
been unable to add to the Rushville
water supply. which has been low all
summer.
Terre Haute.-The county commits
sioners have decided on $4,000 worth
of bridges in the township and are
planning for 800. 900 worth of graver
roads to be built this year.
Washington.-The government postal
savings bank was opened at the local
postoffice Saturday morning and many
persons opened accounts. There was
considerable rivalry among citizens
as to who should be the first depositor
and that distinction fell to Harry Gates.
a boy. f. Z. Kelley. postoffie in
! spector. had charge of the opening.
Muncie.-The Central Union Te1e-
phone Company has purchased all prop
erty and franchises of the Newcastle
Telephone Company, OF Newcastle, in
Guiding rural lines. The residence rate
is now 81 month and the business
| rate So The Eastern Indiana Tele-
phone Company. of winchester. owns
the stock of the Newcastle company.
Shelbyville.-John Clark, who has
been superintendent OF the assembling
department at the Clark Motor Car
plant ever since the plant was put in
operation two years ago, has resigned.
The plant was named after him on ac-
count of plants he controlled. At
monthly meeting held by the board of
directors of the Farmers Mutual Fire
Insurance Association last week, the
report showed that during the month
of June this year there were fire losses
to the amount Of s4,946.6o.
Evansville.-The repairs heig made
at the Sunnyside coal mine in this city,
| which forced the closing OF the mine
several weeks ago. are nearly COM
pleted and it is expected the mine viii
resume operation in about two weeks,
giving work to over one hundred dig
! gers. The preliminary trial of the
members of the Schmadel Packing
Company. charged with having putrid
meats on hand. which they expected to
sell. will be held before Police Judge
| Philip c. Gould. on August Is. The
SchmadeIs say their arrest was the re-
suit of spite work.
| ELECTROMAGNETIC electric light
/ plant erected in Sunman by Joseph NJ.
Kuebel is In operation. Mr.. Kuebel has
a twenty five year franchise and con :
tract for one hundred street lights.
The Ohio river at this point is SO low
that the little steamer Pauline, running
between this city and Aurora, has been
compelled to discontinue operations
The Six Shooter, a small boat, has been
put in the trade When the govern
ment dam at Fern Bank, Ohio, is closed
the river falls nearly four feet here,
, but when it is opened the water rises
nearly four feet. A party of ten Ken
tuckians on horseback forded he-'fisfeel
near the ferry landing. the water be-
J ing sc, shallow that their horses were
compelled to swim only about sixty
: feet across the channel.
India has new factory law which
limits adults work to twelve hours
! and children's work to six hours a day
Shirley.-Fire has been placed under
the tank at the plant of the Woodbury.
Glass Company and the factory will re-
being shut down since the 1st of May.
: The business men of Shirley are having
: electric lights installed in Main street.
The money to defray the cost was rails
! ed by popular subscription. The power
) will be furnished by the indianapolis.
Newcastle & Toledo Traction Company.
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