The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-02
NEW YORK
CAR Wheel.
CO. COMING
Buys 10 Acre Tract in Ham
mOnd and New Plant VIII
Cost $3.50, 900

Hammond was gratifed today
with the presentation of another
new Industry which will be located
on fifteen acre East Hammond
tract and will cost quarter Of
million dollars with employment
for ESQ more men and work viii
start on 1t right away.
The most recent arrival in the
Calumet industrial district is the
New York Car Wheel Company or
Buffalo. They purchased from the
First Trust & Savings Bank. trustee.
Of Hammond. who held the title. Is
acres of land Immediately adjoining
the Standard Steel Car Company's
plant fronting west on Columbia
ave, and extending all the way
south to Locust st. The transaction
was made through Gostlin, Meyn &
Hastings, Inc.
The company will start construc-
ton at once, President F. B. Cooley
informed Peter w. Meyn. when he
arrived in Hammond today to close
some of the details "Our company
recently sustained a loss by fire at
our Buffalo plant. cripplin5 pro
duction somewhat. and we have de-
cided to get the Hammond plant
under production at once"
The credit for locating this con-
Germ in Hammond is due Patrick H.
Joyce, president OF the Illinois Car
and Manufacturing Company. Mr..
Joyce. who was tho counselor OF
Mr.. Cooley in determining just
where the western branch would be
located, held out for Hammond His
own company has been so success
full here that he guaranteed Ham
mond to be the right place when IL
came to selecting a site.
The locating of this industry will
bring about quite a change in ap-
pearance SO far as the territory
south of the Standard Steel Car
Company and extending all the way
to Forsyth ave. is concerned. for
Gostlin, Meyn & Hastings, Inc, have
completed arrangements to develop
this into what is believed to be the
largest Industrial district in this
vicinity.
Standard ave. which when opened
will extend along the entire south
boundary of the Standard Steel Car
Company fence for very near q mile.
The opening of this street has been
an active subject lately and consid-
erabie progress has been made, but
getting through all this land was
quite a question for four owners
has to dedicate the entire strip.
Then before railroad facilities could
be provided for the New York Car
Wheel Company it was necessary to
procure a 50-foot right-of-way, so
that George Hannauer could bring
his Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in
All told. the owners of the land, the
First Trust & Savings Bank, trustee.
Frank j. Lanahan, Harry G. wan
ner and the Indiana Land Company.
in order to provide railroad facili-
ties for their own property. and al
so for the new factory, donated very
near 20 acres for these two pur-
poses.
Mr.. Cooley has made arrange
ments with the Indiana Harbor Belt
railroad so that the tracks crossing
Columbia ave. and now used jointly
with the standard steel Car Com
pany, can be used for unloading or
material.
1t is a singular thing. but Ham
mond now has the western branches
of two other concerns who have
their home office in Buffalo, these
being the Nowak Milling Company
and the Corrugated Bar Company.
There is a deal pending for another
concern fro mthat city to locate
here.
The consideration was not given
out. The details of the sale were
handled by William J. Hastings
Two other deals are under way and
win be announced shortly. the brok-
ers stated.