The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-12
STANDARD
HOUSING
PROGRESS

An effort VIII be made to have one
Of the leading moving picture con-
Germs OF the country which make a
speciality Of news films to come to
Hammond and make picture OF the
work on government houses at the
Standard.
II is not very often that 119 houses.
which are to take care Of ia families
may be seen in the process Of stimuli
taneous construction. 1t is not very
often that Uncle Sam can be seen 50
iEtently at work.
1t is estimated that there arc 25o
carpenters and about $50 to SEQ other
workers engaged in the work Of con
struction The foundations for scores
OF houses are already in and the su-
perstructure Is rapidly gong. UP.
The remarkable organization that is
shown by ehe Wells Brothers Con-
struction Company indicates that the
houses viii be under roof and ap-
preaching completion in the 90-day
limit that they have set for them
selves.
A railroad track has been run into
the property for the purpose OF facil-
itating the delivery OF materials.
Most OF the lumber is being furnished
by Hammond dealers. the allotment Of
the orders being made by Mr.. William
G. Paxton OF the Paxton Lumber Co.
who went to Washington and con-
WINGED the government that the Ham
mond dealers could handle the deal
The sewers. sidewalks and pave
ments have been put in by the gov
eminent during the summer and the
work was done SO expeditionsly that
but few Hammond people knew what
was going on.
The mushroom city which IS now
rising east Of Columbia avenue will
within the next three months add 1000
people to the population of the city
or Hammond The fee for the build
ing permits alone amounted to nearly
$4,000. the largest fee that has ever
been paid into the city treasury By
the building inspector.
The further additions 10 Hammond's
population that have come as re
suit OF the building Of the Lyndora
hotel with its accommodations for
500 to 400 guests and the additions
that have resulted from the building
OF 400 houses by private enterprise
will add q total Of Z. 500 to Hammond's
population within a year.
At present there are thousands OF
employees OF the Standard who are
earning big wages and yet are going
back and forth to Chicago over the
Nickle Plate trains without even hes
itating in Hammond's bushes district
to spend their money with the Ham
mond business men.
other thousands are being convey
ed out Of town by motor buses and
electric raiwIA. resulting in total
loss 10 tn so far their aggre-
gate pey.tob ~e~co concerned
Every in re that is built in Ham
mond adds,f o the prosperity OF the
business meS Of the city to just that
extent That IS why the building OF
this city on the east side is so very
important.
Keep the Standard Payroll in
Hammond" should be the slogan that
the entire city should adopt. Such
costly delays as resulted from the
building material embargo and the
failure of the business men Of the city
costing Hammond business men thous-
ands OF dollars in business that is now
going out OF the city on trains and
street cars in increasing numbers.
Take a walk out on the east side
Sunday and see what is being done in
spite Of the unprogressive element OF
the city towards making Hammond
keep its place as one of the great
centers Of population in the Calum t