The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-08
JOB SEEKERS INFLUX
MEANS HOMESEEKERS
Frank Wachewicz S d y s
Things Are Booming in
Real Estate Line.


altor, says things are booming in
the real estate line and that people
are moving into Lake county by the
score. This influx of job seekers
means homeseekers. he says. and this
and othr signs point to good size
real estate boom for 1922. He says:
Since the first of the year we have
negotiated a total of fifty-fve real
estate deals aggregating the sum
of $251.s45. With inquiries coming
iI for homes it looks as though
Hammond and Lake county are get
ting ready for business.
In the building department, with
the season only just under way.
We have orders to build seven new
homes In Hammond on which work is
yet to be started. Several other beau
tiful residences are yet to be COM
pleted, or are very near the finished
stage including the beautiful new
home of Louis E. Keen on Waltham
street, the residence of A. r. Knott
on Ingraham avenue and that of DR..
]. A. Czarchorski, also on lngraham
avenue, West Hammond"
The Wachewicz office on State st.
his just recently been equipped with
fixtures that put this place on a par
with the best to be found anywhere.
The work was done by the Western
Store Fixture Mfg, OF Chicago. The
fixtures. coupled with the luxurious
furniture presents a splendid appear
ance. The window display is also
very unique. featuring among the
things a miniature bungalow, con-
structed by the Peerless Pattern
Works of Hammond. an exact re-
production of the Wachewicz quality
bungalows, a RoyaItor design, sever
al of which have already been con-
structed in Hammond
Mr.. Wschewicz is also interested
in the real estate business in Oak
Park, suburb of Chicago. a city OF
$4,000 and under the name of the
Wachewicz-c opeland Company a first
class real estate business will be
conducted. Also under the name of
the American Real Estate and I'M
provement Corporation these men
expect to operate extensively as
home builders in Oak Park
Besides maintaining a large force
of building tradesmen in Hammond,
the Wachewicz firm also has an eff
ficient office force as follows: Will
liam f. Lynch, Tom O'Connor. and
Edythe H. Brown, private secretary
and insurance manager. and Walter
Wachewicz, and Ellen Nimon, of the
clerical force.
Following IS the list OF real estate
transactions effected by the Wache-
wicz real estate office since January
first:
c. c. Cook, room bungalow. SIS
Sibley street; Frank Miezwa. so IT.
lot. Magoun ave; ]. Lovin, room
cottage, $50 Cedar street; J. Stoll,
room cottage. 52s Murray street:
Carl LANCER. room brick bungalow.
427 Lyons st; w. Mega, so IT. lot.
Rand avenue; c. A. johnson, room
bungalow. 1926 Harrison St: F. Sur
ufka. rs 1T. lot. Magoun ave; c. Elder.
room bungalow, s56 Holman st; Fl.
Scion, 2 fat building. 6s6 State Line
st; A. f. Geissert. story residence,
40 Indiana ave: H. Macleod. room
bungalow, 125 W. Williams st; NJ
Kopaczewski, 4 room bungalow. 405,
154th st: ]. Jozenes. Columbia thea
ter. 1861 Columbia ave; E Miles,
room bungalow, 431 Lyons st; Or
val Prevo, s room bungalow. 1ys6
Monroe st; w. d. Weis. 25 IT. lot,
Oak st; George B. Soltwedal. room
brick bungalow, 456 Oak st: VIM.
Becker. fit building, 422 Indiana
ave; Jacob Barton. room cottage,
263 Sibley st; Emil DeRuick, two
story building, 4s9, 15oth st; Ed.
Glacel, l story residence. 1850 Van
Buren, st; j. NJ. Smith. room cot
taEe, So Calumet ave: John Spanier.
room bungalow, 443 Truman ave;
l.. Abblett, room residence. 1877 w
Williams st; Herman L. Struebig
room residence, 129 W. Williams
st; H. Milich, 8 room cottage. 1870
Mdison st: Chester A. Spafford. 7
room bungalow, 420 Lewis ST. John
Krawiec. room residence, 2937 f.
18Th Place: Herman Fadler, room
cottage, 3o6 Center ave; l.. r. Keen.
room residence, a. waltham st;
A r. Jackson, room cottage, 4O5
Odk ST. James a DOCKlNS. room
residence. 227 Highland st; DR. j.
A. Czachorski. 3 lots, Ingraham ave.
West Hammond. III; Omer E. Stefl, 5
room bungalow, 495 Freeland ave
Louis J. Jaeger. room bungalow
ST. Sibley st: Marshall ]. Curtis,
6 room bungalow. $50 May st; Al
bert Yerga, so IT lot. Webb street;
J. c. Millikan. 37k lot. Harrison st;
C. NJ. Cutler, s room bungalow, 523
May st; o. n. Kiger. 70 #. lot. JAG
kson st: Thomas Boyle. 2sbrick cot
tages, 3o-32. 152nd st; Emma J. Hoist
6 room residence, All State st: Nor
man Walters, room bungalow. SIS
Ingraham ave: Eugene O'Neil. room
residence, 324 Plummer ave. A. r.
Knott, s room bungalow, Sal In
graham ave: Milton Dodd. room
bungalow, 6s7 Ingraham ave; Nor
inc M. Goddard. 6 room bungalow.
645 Ingraham ave; John G. Cowen,