The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-24

Beaumont Parks OF Whiting. DR.. Lauer
of Whiting. Charles Fowler of Indiana
Harbor William j. WINERY OF Ham
mond, Engineer W. s. Shields of Ham
mond, DIR. w. d. Weis and Judge Law
renee Becker participated.
Opinions for and against the plan to
create a sanitary district had been ex-
pressed and the matter was undecided.
when Judge Lawrence Becker pointed
out that there is already enough legis-
lation on the statutes of the state of
Indiana and already enough taxing
units in the state to make it possible
for the cities of this district to accom-
plish what it desires without the crea-
ton of a sanitary district.
Judge Becker suggested that the
commercial clubs of the region favor
the granting of additional powers to
the state board of health that 1t
could secure expert engineering adj
vice in the solution of problems of
sewage disposal and could enforce its
mandates after 1t had determined on a
plan of sewage disposal
DIR. William d. Weis. secretary OF the
committee on health and sanitation Of
the Hammond Chamber of Commerce.
then made a motion covering the sug-
gestions that had been outlined by
Judge Becker, and the motion was car
ried
1t is expected that in the near future
a bill will be drawn up and turned over
to the representatives of this district
in the house and senate asking that
the board of health be given increased
power to order the proper disposal Of
sewage and the protection of the water
supply.
The remarks of most of the other
speakers preceded those of Judge
Becker, so that their views as express
ed then were altered by the appeal
that the Judges suggestions made to
their good judgment
! Mayor Beaumont Parks pointed out
that the city of Whiting is in a drain
age basin of its own as a result of be-
ing bounded on the north by Lake
Michigan, on the west by Wolf lake or
the south by Lake George. and on the
| east by the Indiana Harbor canal
whiting is an island" he said. land
its sewage disposal problems are Il
own" He said that following this ides
| of dividing the district Into drainage
units that Hammond has two, its NORTH
and south side; East Chicago has two
| its east and west sides. and that Gar,
has one.
DR.. Lauer of Whiting talked in IA
/ vor of the creation of a drainage dis
trict and pointed to the BENEFITS tina
would be derived from having cen
! tralized authority over the whole ter
ritory.
Charles Fowler, who was selected a
the Indiana, Harbor spokesman. STATED
that he still favored the creation Of {
drainage district that would cover tn,
entire region and would insure at ono,
the protection of water supply and tn,
disposal of sewage
Engineer Shields OF Hammond tolc
or his Investigations. what problems n,
had encountered. how he expected Il
siphon the sewage from the Roberts
dale district under the canal 70 tn,
sewer, which would dump it into tn.
7 5eptic tanks located along the Calu
met river in Hammond.
DR. William ID. Weis who has mad
study OF the problem Of sewage dis
posal also spoke at some length. HI
talk. however, pointed more to tn
need OF some measure of relief than O
plan for accomplishing it He SAT-
that times have changed that tn
loeas OF today were radically dffreren
from those of yesterday