The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-05-09

nue. in the routing. 1t was explained
by the street car men that Chicago ave-
nue. has been found TO be TOD narrow
to accommodate a. third track This
discovery. it was observed, came rather
late in view of the long time the CON-
panies have had to measure Chicago
avenue and to figure on Its availability
for third track. To some of those
present 1t looked little as though tho
companies had gotten together on this
proposition.
Gavit came in with new bond to
conform to that furnished by the Red
line, instead Of the bond he had offer ed
before The excuse offered for this
seemed valid. The two companies are
to use number of tracks jointly and
Gavit pointed out that if The Red line
came in with a bond that full of
holes and his line came in with bord
that would hold water. the Gavit line
would be compelled to live up 70 its
bond and build the tracks, while the
Red line could evade the responsible
ty of building and use the tracks later.
The third question involves the
length of time a franchise should !,
allowed to run. On this there seems a
prospect that settlement will be easy.
Fred Fife, a member of the East Chi
cago wing of the joint committee on
routing appointed by the mayor, stir
red UP q hornets nest during the aft
ernoon when he moved that the Red
line be given a franchise alone and the
Gavit interests beforced to do business
with this company. The result of this,
apparent to most of those present
would be that the Gavit line would be
&,1l
in favor of the Red line has been appar-
ent ever since the committees were ap-
pointed, and when this obviously un-
fair motion was made 1t stirred up a
storm of indignant protest from the In
diana Harbor COMMITTEE. The motion
never received the dignity of official
! consideration, not being put TO a vote
Charles E. Fowler was on his feet the
moment Fife had concluded. He de-
clared he had heard propositions put
up between business and public bodies
but never had 1t been his lot to hear
anything quite unfair and so IN
| businesslike the one just proposed
| The Indiana Harbor members acted like
men, conceding many points and pre-
pared to concede others, provided they
could be shown either wisdom jus
| tice in such concessions. They were fol
| progress for the community. If the
| idea was to deprive Indiana Harbor o.
| a fair deal he suggested that the fac
be made known and Indiana Harbol
would take what means lay in its pow
er to force fair dealing. He believed
that the petition presented by few
property owners owning lots In Isis
street and asking that the route as lafe
down by the committee, which had giver
weeks of study to the situation in it!
| broader sense. be changed to accommo
date them, should not be taken too Sc
riously He accused Mayor Schlieke
of never having given Indiana Harbo
any satisfaction as to what he wanted
to do on the street car question.
u He was followed by Messrs. W. b
Van Horne and A. G.. Lundquist, boil
of whom advanced good arguments an,
took grave exceptions to the PROPOSE
ton put up by Committeeman Fife.
Mayor Schlieker declared that h
quite agreed with Mr.. Fowler in ever.
, particular, excepting the implied accu
satfon that he was lukewarm in hi
interest for the Harbor. He denied thi
always had been DESTROYS of giving In
: diana Harbor square a deal as Eas
Chicago.
The suggestion made by Fife die
with the discussion and harmony wa
restored after about twenty minutes o
as heated discussion as ever was hear
in public meeting of the kind in TIL