The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-11-10

hehef OF the destitute, widening or
I Alohinan street from the Grand Calumet
IINer to Carroll street, completion or
tne waterworks Improvement and pre-
| i'rnihary steps for the construction Of
comprehensive deep sewer system. arc
me Immediate problems with which
Mayor Dan Brown is concerned.
IN an interview today the MAYOR said
1lat there was so much work to be done
'"at the matter of his appointments
"ouid nave to wait until he had moro
Oifne He indicated that he would NOT
make any changes at the present time
RELIEF woRK
with the assurance that a ma aiorit,,
oI the voters and taxpayers are nlease,,
Win the constructive program he is
ealrylng out Mayor Brown has tackled
MS herculean tasks with renewed "a
thusiasm.
Inc relief Of the destitute will he
handled through the Hammond Relie-
association of which the mayor is the
treasurer and Jesse Wilson. the preef-
dent.
The Chamber Of Commerce. the Rc-
tary CIub, the Kwanis Club, the Broo.s
f1ouse and the Hammod Woman's CfnN
are represented in the association.
y comprehensive survey will be M.
ny the city's visiting nurse. the Sc
retary Of the Chamber of Commer
representative of the school boz
and an official OF the Brooks House.
10 obtain funds for the relief o.
cases of destitution revealed by II.
survey every man in The city who Il
steady job viii be asked to contr,
pule one dollar month for six month
While the relief work is an elnergenc,
that must be met and is very importa-,
II is only one of many irons that ~.
mayor has in the fire.
WORK FOE UNEMPLOYED
There is two-fold purpose in puss-
Ing the waterworks and deep sew
projects. Not only are they needed
once but portion of the unemplove,,
men in the city will be afforded en-
ployment during the winter on these
projects
One other project has been added T.
the mayors current schedule II is
the widening OF Holman street from
the Grand Calumet river to Carroll
street and plans Will be made for the
Improvement at a meeting of the board
of works Monday of next week
Holman street is now sixty feet wide
and the mayor plans to make il an
eighty foot street He stated This
morning that the opposition to tho vi
iening of the street has been greatly
essened and that II was now feasible
proposition. The curb will be set back
wenty feet on the west side of the
'treet from the river to the court house
md from that point south the process
# widening the street Will be trans
erred to the east side Of the street.
The plan to widen Holman street
vas laid aside until prices had drop
ed, said Mayor Brown today, but II
annot be longer delayed It must be
tone before big buildings are erected
hat make the cost prohibitive Tho
'artheuon theater was constructed with
lew to cutting 1t back twenty feet
.hen the street was widened and the
wncrs are perfectly agreeable
CITY OF 100000
I'VE are planning for city Of 1oo
90 people. The waterworks project viii
mpiy provide for that number of peo-
le and the deep sewer system will he
uilt to serve A city of that size TIE
'idening of Holman street is in line
18th this develoment. The traffic con
estion on Holman street is a serious
andicap at the present time and il will
row to be a positive menace unless the
treet is widened'
Mayor Brown stated that the water
orks project will be carried along as
oeedily as possible and that at its
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