The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-24
CHAMBER
COMMERCE
MEETING

Although the attendance at the gem
eral meeting of the Hammond Cham
ber of Commerce last night was rather
small, a number of things of general
interest to the city of Hammond were
taken up and discussed. and what is
more important. action was ordered
taken through committees. Upon the
motion of E. +. Johnston. President W
S. Reiter appointed committee to In
vestigate the possibilities of the Ham
mond Machine and Forge Company. the
latter seeking the endorsement OF the
Hammond Chamber of Commerce with
a view of interesting Hammond capital
for an extension of its business
Messrs. z. F. Johnston, E. r. Jacob
son and w. A. Hill were appointed.
Representatives of the General Flee
trio company of Schenectady, N. Y, ap.
peared before the Chamber to advocate
the installation OF the companys new
ornamental lamp OF Holman street ar
guing that their one-globe lamp pro-
duced a pearl white light, giving twice
much illumination as the proposed
five cluster lamps proposed for State
street without additional cost for
''juice" or maintenance. They stated
that their ornamental light had been
on the market for a year and had al
larger eastern cities. A playground in
Chicago is Illuminated with this light
and this is to be visited this evening by
the board of public works, and COM
mittee Of the Chamber off Commerce,
composed of William Kleihege, Frank
Hammond. William Gostlin, Sr., Otto
Knoerzer and Anton Taper. Dubuque
is the nearest city having the lights
In streets, and the company is anxious
to get into Hammond to have a display
near Chicago. The lights were repre-
sented as the latest thing in ornamental
lighting, and the company's represen-
tative explained that his company also
manufactured tungsten lights which
are to be, used in the five cluster lights.
C. J. Sharp called the attention of
the Chamber two matters of city in
tests. one the saving of the maple trees
from the cotton scale which threatens
to ruin all the naples in the city, and
the nuisance of broken glass in the
streets for autoists. The latter was
referred to the committee on auto
mobils with instructions to bring
about some concerted action from all
auto owners to suppress the broken
glas nuisance
The committee on parks and boule-
wards was instructed to investigate the
matter OF Saving the trees ana TO rec
ommend to the city administration the
purchase of a suitable spraying ma
chine with which all the trees in the
city both private and public can be
| sprayed.
| The Rev. Floyd Adams reported that
his son had had the subject up in cor
respondence with the agricultural de-
i partment of Purdue university and that
the authorities there had recomm ended
spraying as the only efficient method
/ to kill off the pests.
Representatives of intermediary
! towns between Hammond and Chica-
go Heights who some time ago were
/ looking for the Chambers support to
get an interurban built between the
| two cities did not appear al the meet
! ing last night.
! In letter to the Chamber from the
| operating department of the Michigan
| Central railroad. which was read last
! night it was stated that the compa ny
had decided to comply with the organ :
| ization's request to stop its through
east-bound train in Hammond. which
passes through the city at 11:16 a m
For the present, however. the stop will
| be made only on Sundays.