The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-14
INTER CITY
BOULEVARD
PLAN NEARS
Officials OF Hammond And
Gary Hold Joint Meeting
Last Evening.

A great boulevard is to be built be-
tween Hammond and Gary as result OF
a new basis OF cooperation that was
reached between Officials OF the city o,
Hammond and members OF the Gary
Park Board in q meeting held between
the two in Gary last evening.
The Hammond delegation consisted
OF Albert J. Swanson. president of the
Board OF Public Works. william F.
Bridge city engineer. William w. Nc
Mahon- city attorney. and Roscoe E
Woods. The meeting OF the Gary Park
Board was presided over BY W. P.
Gleason.
The project that was suggested BY
Hammond calls for a boulevard right OF
way 100 feet in width from the Illinois
Indiana state line on Standard. also
known as Ninth avenue through 70 the
Gary corporation line.
In Gary this boulevard will be ex-
tended to either Cline avenue or the
Clark road where the traffic has the
option OF going into Gary over Fifth
avenue. which Is now being widened and
improved. or over Tenth avenue throu gin
Toueston.
TO BECOME A GREAT HIGHWAY
II Is expected that this boulevard will
become the frst big unit Of a cross
country highway that will connect UP
with One Hundred and Fffty-ninth ST.
which runs through the Forest preserve
70 Harvey. Illinois. on 90 west. and
with Fifth avenue and the Gleason road
which runs through to the Miller beach
and Gary's magnificent new park, on the
east.
In addition It Will BE- North Town
ships main Traffic highway to the
Michigan ranch of the Dixie Highway.
otherwise known as the West Michigan
Pike. Owing to the tangle OF railroad
Yards and industrial sites. STANDARD
avenue Is the first possible cross coun-
try highway south OF Indianapolis
Boulevard.
The proposition suggests the plan
that more attention be paid BY the
Lake County Commissioners 70 the
construction OF main arteries of trafric
between centcrs of population and less
attention to secondary horou ghfares
that are of purely local Importance.
MANNER OF DEVELOPMENT
The plan for the development Of this
Arst cross county road would be as
follows:
l. Gary and Hammond to proceed
at once to secure the necessary dedica-
tions OF right OF way.
2. The cooperation CT the Lake
County Commissioners then 60 b. Sc
cured in the construction Of the nrst
of two concrete pavemcnts This -
be laid IN the position for secon- .
track" on the south side OF the center
line of the proposed highway.
8 When the pavements now IN on
the north side of the center line of the
proposed highway are worn out: they
IN turn to be replaced with concret-
roadway.
I. As the community builds up on
both sides OF the proposed highway the
local park boards 70 take up the nat
ter OF the beautiheation and landscap-
ping OF the boulevard throughout is
entire length
EXPENSE GRADUALLY NET
The plan IS to set the land while It
may be had for little II any expense
and before costly improvements have
been built on the side of the hig-~Hay
that is TO be widened.
II has been the experience Of Chica go
that delay in laying out these main ar
teries of traffic have cost the city mil
lions of dollars in laer years. With the
of Gary and East C7rraEo
a number OF main arteries win be de-
cided upon that will pc developed as the
city Grows.
It is . remarkable thing nat the pro
posed boulevard will intersept almost
every north and south highway of i'm
portance in the North Township dis
trict.
These In the order from the state
line eastward are Holman street. a.
Standard avenue. Calumet avenue at
Standard. Columbia avenue at Standard
avenue, Forsythe avenue at point Just
below Summer street, Kennedy avenue
at Hessville Cline avenue at th, Gary
boundery line.
WALTER Riley TO HELP
Walter J. Riley. as the representa-
tive or the estate OF G. W. Hotchkiss
three-quarters of a mile Of
frontage on the proposed Boulevard and
has promised to take UP with the heirs
the liter Of C~-<icating the necessary
rlgh OF way along the north end Of the
property Of the Indiana Land Co.
There are only a few owners with
which the city will have to deal in or
der ~ rrorure fha dadfca+for