The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-07-18
GARY WILL
BORROW
$425.000
Stupendous Sum to Be Elk
pended for improvements
in Gary If All Ordinances
Now Before City Council
Pass Aldermen.

Plans for expenditures the like of
which were never witnessed in the city
before came up in the Gary common
council last night by the time all of
the ordinances are passed the city will
have borrowed s425,Ooo to spend.
Spending Mania Is On.
One of the ordinances authorizing the
borrowing of $4,000 by issuing four
per cent ten year bonds was passed
and the proceeds will be used to erect
a new FIRE and police station in the
south end OF the city and to give T.
lesion additional fire and police protec-
ton.
Another ordinance calls for the Dor
rowing of ss5o.0o0 in the way of four
per cent bonds to buy lake front park
at Miller while third ordinance au-
thorizes the borrowing of $4,000 to
buy garbage wagons. streets cleaning
apparatus. and a stable filled with
horses. Other minor drib drabs con-
template the purchase of another city
automobiIe-this one for the FIRE chief
creation of a new Job and the payment
OF moneys on account of injury and
death claims against the city
An EXPENSE Park Scheme.
Alderman NJ N Castleman has a
comprehensive scheme to plunge the
city into debt. His ordinance calls for
the issuance OF s350.000 for per cent
park bonds. One fifth of the issue is
to mature In ten years. another fifth in
fifteen and so on until all the fifths are
taken up which will be in 1871.
With the proceeds of this sum the
fifth ward alderman would buy a park
for the "pee-pur' at Miller beach. This
ordinance was tabled after 1t got to Sec
ond reading but will be considered by
the ordinance committee at it's meeting
tonight and tomorrow night it may be
passed at a special session of the city
council
To Buy Garbage Wagons, Etc.
Alderman Rowley introduced an or
dinance which was accorded second
reading His piece of legislation calls
for the issuance of $40. 900 ten year four
per cent bonds to buy garbage wagons
for the city, street cleaning wagons and
apparatus. horses and a stable and a
couple of lots for a yard.
With the city owning Its own horses
and wagons the excessive fees charged
by some of the contractors will be
eliminated.
other Financial Doings.
Second reading was accorded to an
ordinance giving the fire department
$4,000 more for its expense account
Three other money ordinances went
to the ordinance committee they are:
An ordinance to give $1,000 to Justina
Unke because she fell on a brick pile
An ordinance to give Joseph Stefanow-
ski $1,000 to compensate him because
the police patrol auto killed his son
Thaddeus; An ordinance to increase
Chief of Police ]. ID. Martins pay from
$500 to $500.
To Buy New Auto.
An ordinance transferring from the
general fund to the bond and interest
expense account the sum of $3.50 tc
pay of interest and a part OF the old
Town of Tolleston bonds fell by the
wayside because Alderman Castlemar
said that he wanted to be just the OPP
pesite to his colleagues. If the city't
debt Is not paid very shortly its credit
in the money markets of the countr,
Will take a decided drop.
Castleman's mania for buying auto.
mobifes-the city now has three Of
them and will soon have fourth
got renewed vigor last night. A mo
ton of his carried and the police anf
fire committee will buy a light auto
horse cart to carry the fire chief and ar
assistant to fire"