The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-22
COUNCIL
BACKS CITY
ATTORNEY
City Dads Tell Judge Mcmahon
They Are Back Of Him
In Phone Row.

Stay with it, Judge. We're back OF
you" was the way the Hammond city
council last evening disposed Of the
hue and cry which has been raised
since the Illinois Bell Telephone CO.
announced its intention to put sep
arate exchange in West Hammond In
the city attorney follows out his cam
pa! gn for a reduction in telephone
rates.
The telephone question was only one
Of number Of important matters Lis
posed OF by the city dads in a sp ell
tering session Alderman Bruce start
ed the oratory by presenting his yard
long list Of holes in streets bad rail-
road crossings and numberless small
matters which are being overlooked
The session ended after the aldermen
had decided 70 finance the waterworks
improvements by bonding the city in
stead Of adopting the present plan of
having the plant held by private
corporation.
Somewhere between these two points
the bath house. Hessville zachau ave.
the old laundry permit parking stun.
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suits were talked over
The resolution of the City Of west
Hammond asking the Hammond council
to lay off, of the interstate rate bus
mess in the telephone Injunction suit
was respectfully received and hled
City Attorney McMahon was given a
chance to talk after Alderman Reilley
and Highland had characterized the
companys threat as bluff and of.the
talk which has followed as propagan-
da. Mr.. Mcmahon begged them not
TO hamper him in this deaf He show
ed them how they nearly made him
spill the beans IN the Hessville suit
by horning in.
The Judge charges that the Golfers
Of the telephone company have been
opened and that the money is owing
freely to thwart his nght against the
robbers. He pointed TO the fact that
Hammond and Robertsdale people nov
have TO pay toll in order TO talk to each
other although they are within this
same city limits He showed that
Hammond people must pay 81 per
month for their phones than Roberts
dale folk. Then he added that even
If the separate exchange is established
1t viii be a blessing to the people Of
West Hammond for then they can talk
70 points in Chicago for only cents
whereas they now have 70 pay 20
cents
He closed by saying that II the-
will Just let him alone he WILL beat the
tricksters Of the telephone company
and then the people OF Hammond will
he glad to grasp his hand and sax.
Well done thou good and faithful scr
want. He did not complete the quo
tation which bid. him enter into the
house OF the LORI
The aldermen were moved BY the
speech and promptly voted the attor-
ney their confidence
AS Hessviiie IS now officially part
Of Hammond the territory is talking
about representation in the council. II
was hnally voted to divide the 5000
acres into two warls with Forsythe
ave. as the dividing line. Special ar
rangements will have TO be made for
the election which will raise the total
number of aldermen to Is.
Alderman Skufakiss raised tn. OBJ
lection TO the present condition OF the
lake front park and bath house where
upon after much talking It was voted
TO refer the matter TO the park COM
missioners
A communication vas road announc-
ing that the Hammond Trust & Saw
ings Bank, administrator Of the estate
OF cleo Dutton who was shot and killed
recently by Officer Jack Wright that
suit for damages against the city would
be started soon.
An ordinance was ordered drawn
y.
State and sioley streets between thu
Monon and Nickel Plate tracks
The first attempt at overriding May-
or Browns veto was made last night
and proved a signal failure. II came
when the mayor announced he could
not approve the ordinance which ap-
propriated $500 to reimburse Contrac-
tor John D Smith for losses 50 stained
when work was stopped on building
which he was erecting. The permit
had been issued for a store room
when In fact the place was intended
for a laundry Some one kicked ana
the work was stopped Tho city coun-
ell approved the stoppase and tins
building has never been completed. AZ
the last meeting the aldermen voted 70
pay Smith $500 20 cover his losses
over the mayNt. veto. After Heckis-
man had made a speech backing ths
mayor for the first time in many
months. the vote was taken and Bruce
Martin and Reilley stood alone. The
ordinance remains dead
The ordinance disannexins a small
tract in order TO permit the paving OF
ave. by the county was pass
ed on third reading with only Martin
opposing
on the Waterworks matter, Mayor
Brown called attention OF the council
TO the fact that they should be DE-
,iding what financing method should
be employed. skufakis made motion
in favor OF the private corporation
plan which died for want OF second
then moved for the city bond
ng scheme. Several good political
speeches were made before the vote
was taken which resulted in 2 'yas"
and two "nays''-Hecklenan and Mar
tin.