The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-10
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Of ACTION |
At ONCH
Elect William Love PreSidenI
of New Association

Out OF maze OF suggestions fol
the Improvement of Holman streedi
property owners are feeling theia
way to a definite constructive proz
gram.
The first step was taken las
night when a representative meet
ing Of Holman street propertJ
owners formed the Holman Stree
Improvement Association.
The new association wisely Sc
lected as its president william
Love. young man of varied and
successful business experienced
whose vision of a Greater Ham
mond is tempered by the responsi
bilities of managing the affairs o
the Rimbach estate. Holman stree
property owners have confdencs
that Mr.. Loves leadership will b
practical as well as enterprising.
The vice. presidents of the asso
citation are A. Murray Turner and
7. E. Bell. The treasurer is VIII
liam Kleihege and the secretaryl|
w. A. Hill.
Mr. Love, the president. looks
upon the Holman street business
district as the center of a potentia
trading district of half a millionI
people.
He points out that today there
are 100000 people living within
radius of twelve miles of the Hoh
man street business district and
that with the building of cement
roads to the west, the opening of 4
new and shorter route to ChicagoI
connecting Hammond with the
Stony Island district, and the de /
velopment of Illiana Harbor. prop
erty owners are justified in adopt
ing an elaborate program.
MANY PLANS CONSIDERED.
Many plans are being considered
One is the public park or plaisanceE
whereby the block bounded by
Holman street. Sibley street, Nor
ton court and Rimbach avenud
would be purchased by the parL&
board and converted into a pubnc
square with wide pavements I'd
provide parking space for automo.
biles and relieve trafic congestionI
This would create three new busi-
ness blocks and add immeasurablyI
TO the metropolitan aspect of the
city just as Euclid Square has ben
efitted Cleveland, Ohio.
Another plan is the arcading OF
the store fronts: still another
opening Holman street north fron{
Gostlin street to connect with Cal
umet avenue and south from the
broken corners. passing to the west
of st. Joseph's churcn and ST. Mar
garet's hospital and connecting
with State Line street at Douglas
street.
FAVOR WIDENING.
There is a variety of opinion as
street Admitting that 1t should beX
done many Holman street property7
owners are now of the opinion that
1t alone will not be sufficient to
preserve the business district
There is a growing desire among
the Holman street property owners
are now of the opinion that IL alone
will not be sufficient to preserve
the business district.
. There IS a growing desire amongI
the Holman street property owners
to do something big and do II at
once. They feel that to relieve the
present congestion is not sufficient
but that they should prepare for the
future just as Calumet avenue pro-
perty owners have been preparing
for the future for the past fifteen
years and are today bginning TO
reap the benefits.
Every Calumet avenue property
owners has already been repaid ten
fold, yes, twenty-fold for the mo-
ney and risk of widening the street
building a deep sewer. paving il I
with concrete and maintaining an
ornamental lighting system. Now.
Holman street property owners are
prepared to invest some money in
4 similar way.
WORK IN ACCORD
The Holman Street Property Own
srs indicated at the enthusiastic
meeting last night that they are
going to work in accord and that
hey will no longer countenance de-
ays.
They believe that with the Par
.henon theater. the Elks' lodge, the
Masonic temple. the Hammond
building. Tapper block and the
zig banks. Holman street has the
nuculeus of the most important
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