The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-17
would probably be put to work on stes
passenger cars.
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passenger cars.
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| Then there is the Fitzhugh- Luther
company. Mr.. Luther said the other
day that his plant had never before
been so busy. Not only are the rail-
roads compelled to send in a large
number of bad order cars for repairs
on account of the shortage in equip
ment blu the Interstate Commerce Com
mission has ordered certain changes in
freight cars in the interests of safety
to the crews that win keep such plants
as the Fitzhugh- Luther company busy
until 1916.
| w. B. Conkey announced the other
day that he had landed a printing con-
tract that would amount to $500. 600 and
would keep certain departments of his
plant busy for the next three years.
This order is to be issued in install
ments of so many books a month for
that length of time.
STANDARD OIL RUSHED.
F. Richard Schaaf, who keeps in
close touch with business over the
region, informed Hastings, Woods &
company yesterday that the Standard
lon company is employing more than
ever in its history and that the pay
roll is larger than ever. There is no
sign of a letup.
The purchase of the property for the
Pennsylvania yards in East Chicago
mentioned above, made by Peter w.
Meyn of Hammond who has been work
ing on the deal for several weeks in
the interests OF the Pennsylvania com
pany.
The city OF Hammond is losing the
credit for the large /. c. !. transfer
yards which are being built by the New
: York Central Lines in the eastern por-
zion OF Hammond as result of the
great publicity that is given the pro-
: ject in the Gary papers.
IMPORTANT TO REGION
The facts are that this project has
been greatly exaggerated Not with
. respect to its Importance to the region
but with regards to its extent, cost and
the number of men to be employed
The yards important to the
region because they will greatly IA
cilitate the shipment of package
freight to all parts of the United
States.
Such concerns as the Reid Murdoch
company will hail the day that their
: small shipments of groceries to hun
sdreds of destinations over the country
u can be made with dispatch.
In Chicago the Central Manufactur
: ing district in the stock yards owes it!
Importance to a less than car load lot.
transfer station there. What that sta
: tion did for the stock Yards the New
York Central Lines station in Ham
mon will do for the Calumet region.
HOW THEY Will BE USED.
While this is the most importan
- aspect of the situation from the loca
= point of view the !. l. transfer yard
. east of Gibson are of tremendous i'm
portance to the New York Central an
allied lines. These include the Chicag
"a and Northwestern and the Chicago
! Milwaukee and st. Paul railroads
- All of the less than car load lots o
freight from half a dozen railroads
/, trunk lines at that. will be shipped t
- Gibson and there sorted out and divid
~ ed so that one car will be shipped t
ST Louis. one to Denver, one to Kansa
City etc. The construction of the frs
- unit of this plant is going forward no,
= and will result in the expenditure 0
: less than $500 900 and will employ few
:, er than $50 men.
al MOSTLY IN HAMMOND.
al While Gary has been claiming thi
great development for It's own tn
,e facts are that the eastern point of tn
;, yards only will be in the extreme west
% ern limits of Gary while the great bod
IN OF the yardS Will De In hammond an
"A the bulk of the added valuation to tax
q ables will be credited to Hammond.
al But while Hammond is making bi
Of gain in getting these yards 1t suffers
he slight loss from the fact that the Ii
n diana Harbor Belt railroad will bull
,is yards and shops of it's own at Blue L:
= Hand which will result in a number
r. men leaving Hammond to live In tn
er neig hboring city
L. Gary Is making a desperate effort
get the credit for the New York Ger
he trail yards. 1t is claiming that I'll
en- IS 900 men" who will be employed
ut these yards will live in Gary.
ny The fact that the Gary & Int
ne urban railroad serves the territory ar
Tt that while 1t takes thirty-five minus
a to run from the yards into the bui
as up portion of Gary it takes only te
n minutes to run into the very heart
Hammond. This fact alone will d
h termine where the men who are en-
ev ployed there will live.
Of These are but few of the activite
nv industrial and otherwise, which lea
Hastings Woods & Co to believe TIL
Id the cities of North Township are e.
,ut Toying a very substantial and perm
-, nant nrogperity