The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-03
TRANSACT BUSINESS
OF LESSER IMPORT ANCE
City Council Takes Action
on Several Minor
Matters.

Business of minor Importance was
transacted at the regular council meet
ing last night, but owing TO the alb
sence of a number of the councilmen.
the new business could not be finally
disposed Of
A resolution was introduced grant
ing permit to r. s. Betz to lay a
spur track in Johnson street. to be
used for the unloading of material for
the new building which the company
is to erect at the corner of Hoffman
and Johnston streets. Mr.. Betz in
formed the council that $50 carloads of
material had been ordered and that 1t
was imperative that work on building
the track be commenced at once AL
though owing to the absence of some
of the councilmen, the resolution could
not be adopted last night Mr. Betz was
assured that he could proceed in anti
cipatfon of final favorable action BY
the council Mr.. Betz reminded the
council that 1T was still within the
range Of the citt's possibilities to Sc
cure the button cloth manufacturing e
plants, which was talked of for Ham,
nond last year This plant is now To-
Gated in Wisconsin city and Is said
to employ in the neighborhood of 500
people It's officers. in looking over the
Hammond field, decided on the north
side for a location, but their plans new
er materialized, one of the reasons ad-
vanced for this. some time ago being
that 1t wanted Johnston street closed.
Allow Appropriations.
| The council sent an appropriation
ordinance for s2,400 TO its second
reading, the money to be expended in
building a sewer on the east side of
Columbia avenue. from One Hundred
| and Forty NINTH street to the alley
north of Hoffman street
The resolution granting permission
to Fl. P. Downey of the Arm of Downey
& Portz to lay q spur track across
| State street, east of Columbia avenue
for storage yard purposes, was adopt
| ed
An appropriation ordinance for 5000
to be used by the city treasurer in pay
j ing for extra clerk help during the col
lection OF the May tax installment, was
| sent to its second reading Councilman
John Moriarty voted against the extra
expenditure.
/ Order Well Lowered.
The ordinance introduced by Coun
Gilman Moriarty at the last council
meeting providing for gates and ar,
i lights to be erected and maintained b,
| the South Shore line was read for tn.
third time last night and adopted
The city attorney was instructed I,
/ prepare an ordinance amending the fir,
limits on the north side so as to elm
! mate Wilcox street. In stead of bav
ing the limits include WILCOX street. /
is the intention of the council to draw
the line along the alley south Of VIII
cox street.
The board of public works was in
structed to enter into contract wit
the Ahlborn Construction company ac
cording to which, the company is to dil
the new well at the pumping statio
two feet deeper than was originally in
tended. The well is tventy-fiv foo
square and twenty foot deep and b
making it two feet deeper clay bottor
will be reached and the anticipate
lowering of the lake will be cared 70
many years to come
Mayor Smalley conveyed an invita-
ton from Dr. w. %. Weis, presiden
of the Lake Michigan Sanitary associa
ton, to attend that Organizations fft
annual meeting in the University clu
roooms tomorrow afternoon.
The couucilmen present We're Moriar
ty. Pascaly. KahL Stodola. Cottol
Schultz, Sturm. Lauer and Markmuelle
Those absent were Whitaker. Egger
Hover. Kane. Eastwood and Hubbard