The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-06

Hammonds half million dollar sew
age disposal project is under way, and
plans for the same were made public
today for the first time at meeting of
the board of public works.
Coincidently the board entered into
an oral contract with John w. Ulm of
Chicago for the purchase of 12-acre
tract just east of Columbia avenue and
north of the Grand Calumet, which is
considered ideal for the concentration
fol other municipal projects there.
Among these are the sewage pumping
station and disposal plant, garbage
incinerator. municipal docks. pump
ing station to supply the amalgamated
cities of Hammond. East Chicago and
whiting. and possibly municipal
lighting plant.
Board Goes over Contract.
The discussion before the board this.
morning. however. related primarily to
the city's new sewer system and sew
age disposal plant which must be built
without further delay
According to the oral contract be-
tween the board and Mr.. Ulm, the lat
ter is to be paid $4,000 an acre for the
f21S acres in the tract, or a total
amount of $36.540. 1t was agreed this
morning that the first payments shall
be made in installments, with $3.50 as
the first, and the balance in annual
payments of $1,000 each, interest to be
paid semi annually.
w. S Shields of Chicago who is rec
ognized as a reputable engineer with
a large experience, had been retained
several months ago by the city as con-
sulting engineer to assist City Engi-
neer p j. Lyons in working out the
plans for the city and he laid these
before the board this morning. Coun-
cilmen Eggers, Sturm, Kahl and Mark
mueller were also at the meeting.
Inverted Syphon System Used.
Taking the Ulm site the central
point Engineer Shields plans showed
the future location of the deep sewer
system. The inverted syphon systm an
old and tried engineering scheme is re-
lied on to bring the south side sewage
under the Calumet river to the pumping
station. which will be located on the
north side of the river.
1t was apparent from Mr.. Shields
plans and remarks that he considered
the anna lgamation of the cities of Ham
mond. East Chicago and Whiting, and
their cooperation as the ultimate solu-
ton of the sewage problem of the
region.
Only in that way. or by extending
the Calumet avenue north main could
Robertsdale be taken care of, and one
of the questions which the board and
the city council will have to solve is
whether the future fate of Roberts
dale's sewage disposal lies in the ANAL
gamation or in the extension of deep
sewer clear through to Robertsdal.e
Adapted to Any solution.
The strong feature in Mr.. Shields
present plan is that il adapts itself
practically to any of the solutions.
The engineer has planned the deep
sewer lines to run as follows:
An east and west main in One Hun
dred and Fiftieth street from the east
ern city limits to Calumet avenue. A
north main in Calumet avenue extend
ing to Root street, main on Root
street west to Sheffield avenue. There
is also to be an east and west main in
Hoffman street from Calumet avenue to
Holman street
The south side system provides for a
main in Calumet avenue, and an east
, and west main in Michigan avenue,
from Holman street to Columbia ave
nue.. As for the dimensions. the plans
provide for an eighty -four-inch sewer
at Columbia avenue and One Hundred
and F'iftieth street, a diameter of 81
inches at the distillery, IS inches nortn
to Hoffman street, fye-foot sewer te
Root street and q 4S-inch diameter foI
the two lines leading from Calumet av-
enue to Holman street.
The south side Calumet avenue
| branch is also to be 81 inches at the
| mouth, while the Michigan avenue mair
| is to be 54 inches in diameter
According to Mr.. Shields plan. it WI
not be necessary TO rebuild the Holman
| street sewer for a main sewer. the
proposed Hoffman street main viii
| take care of everything south of Cost