The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-01-03
MUIR SAYS
TAXES ARE
TOO LOW

Administering chloroform to the re-
vised trafflce ordinance and the act
to curb the smoke nuisance. the Ham
mond city council last evening trans
acted its business with brevity and was
then entertained at length by one Of
~ prolific members. Mr. Muir. While
breaking the record for numbers OF
talks during one session Councilman
Muir made among others the following
interesting statements:
Taxes In Hammond are too low
- man who owns an automobile
is sporty man"
"CounciImen should he mnde 10
INSTALL garbage ems the same as
everyone else
I'VE have our hends in the corn
cribs of the CITY,
The last of these remarks as CLEAN
ed from the comments OF Mr. Muir was
made Just as the city dads adjourned
In the face OF the speaker as he was
about 70 present a resolution that coun-
cilmen who 40 not attend the sessions
be impeached and their pay suspended
As Councilman Kane is wintering in
Florida. per custom. this would be a
rather hard blow 10 the dean of the
legislative body.
In This Corner We Have
To open the meeting Councilman
Muir called the attention Of the coun-
I'll TO the need or a street light at
Standard avenue and the Monon rail-
road crossing. He next commended
Sanitary Inspector Merrill for making
him tMuir) live up to the garbage can
ordinance which he 6Muir) helped to
frame. AR Muir then suggested that
the other members of the council re-
ceive like attention and be made to in
stan garbage cans at the rears Of their
respective domiciles.
AIR. Muir rose next to plead for com
fort stations on State street in the
downtown district at or near the
courthouse on Holman street and at
Columbia avenue and the park Of that
name When Mayor Smalley explained
that the finances of the city are such
as to preclude the building of subway
comfort stations in the down town dis
trict Mr. Muir lamented that the city
taxes are too low for the needs of the
city city Engineer Lyons then spoke
of the comfort stations maintained at
great expense under difficulties by the
railroads and called attention 70 the
poets of both sexes who decorate the
walls Of such places with verse libre
NGulrs suggestion for a comfort sta
tion on Columbia avenue was referred
TO committee.
4 report OF the judiciary committee
to the effect that the ordinance to curb
the smoke nuisance was not practical
was read in which the committeeman.
1-everenz and Nordstrand. appealed to
the council not to increase the high
cost Of living" The council obligingly
tabled the ordinance and the traffic act
to prevent parking OF vehicles seventy
five feet from street intersection or
curb was laid away in similar fashion.
1t was Muir who moved to table sthe !
last ordinance. stating that it Nss
class legislation"
Muir then advocated a vehicle city /
tax on automobiles claiming "A man
who owns an automobile is a sporty /
man. Nordstrand objected to this and I
The matter was dropped.
Muir suggested that the city contral-
er confer with the street car company
10 get rebate street car tickets. six
-ides for a quarter or some such ar
This was embodied in the
Iuties OF the street committee to in
testigate the street car service Muir
asked 70 have the name Of Pierce street
hanged back to Howard avenue. on
1ehalf Of East Side people. and city
ordinance is to be prepared to that ef-
ect. Muir's last words. as he rose to
'riticize councilmen for not attending
meetings and to attach a penalty for
lbsence were as follows. We've got
,ur heads in the corncribs OF the city"
Move We adjourn" shouted several
-oices.
The motion carried with but one OBJ
Getting voice