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THE TIMES.
Friday, Sept. 23, 1910.
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Capital $50,000.00
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Paints, Oils and 1 Varnishes
Sheet Metal Work
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EMERY BUILDING
Phone 343 East Chicago,
East Chicago Transfer,
Express & Livery
Company
General Teaming
Estimates furnished for Excavating
and Building Material. Private Am
bulance and Undertaking Day and
Night. Phone 35.
EAST CHICAGO,
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Houses built by Smith Miller Co. of E. Chicago and sold on easy payments
EDITORIAL
The Commercial club of Indiana Har
bor and East Chicago at its last meet
ing held Wednesday ,evening decided'
upon a course which is always helpful .
to a city. That of getting out pamph-
ets advertising the posibllities of the
Twin cities and sending these broad- i
cast throughout the country.
TfeAaA isamnhlat. will eaf frtrtVi In
forceful style, for the committee H. C.
Rutledge, C. A. Westberg and "Walter J.
Riley, are capable of handling the situ
ation in a forceful manner, the ad
vantages "offered by present improve
ments, and those which the future
holds, for the benefit of any who may
have specie lying idle awaiting the
opportunity for investment.
That there are planety of opportuni
ties for renumerative investment simp
ly awaiting investors to take advantage
of them, there is not the slightest doubt
to any who have visited these growing
cities within the past few years. Many
outsiders have been interested to the ex
tent of purchasing lots, locating fac
tories, and erecting buildings on specu
lation. The last named are what the
city is looking for. Men who will bring
industries to the city, and men who will
build homes for them.
Incidently in this later connection,
it is well to point out the rapidly grow
ing demand for flats. Houses are also
desired, but it is flats which are even
more needed in East- Chicago than
houses. No man who. has the money
to invest can make a mistake in erect
ing flats in East Chicago, where rentals
are good, the cost of building no higher
than elsewhere, and in fact not so high
as in Chicago, and where there are so
many homeless" huddled into a room
or two, who desire to go to housekeep
ing, and would snap up the flats the
moment they are completed.
EAST CHICAGO CITY C0UHG1L
HOLDS 1MPDRTAHT IflEETING
(Special to Thb Times.)
East Chicago, Ind., Sept. 23. The
city council met in regular session last
Monday night and transacted consid
erable business. The tax levy for the
year as proposed by the finance com
mittee' and showing an increase of 78
cents over that of last year, was read.
The levy this year provides a rate of
$2.53 - which together with the state
and countyax of $2,215, brings the
total taxation up to $4,745 for the East
Chicago taxpayers.
Other business transacted includes
the following: Street lights were or
dered placed at the intersections of
One Hundred and -Thirty-ninth and
Elm strets, One Hundred and Thirty
ninth and Deodar; One' Hundred and
Thirty-ninth and Fir and One Hun
dred and Thirty-ninth and Hemlock.
Mrs. E. V. Walton and George W. Lew
is, whose teems as members of the li
brary board had expired, were reap
pointed. F. G. Proudfoot was award
ed the contract for paving Wegg ave
nue from One Hundred and Forty-
phalt, and also for the laying of the
twenty-one miles of sidewalk which
the city ordered recently. Remon
strances were received and placed on
file from C. Frick, the East Chicago
company, the Lake Shore railroad, the
C, I. & S., McClintick-Marshall Con
struction company, A. C. Honore, In
diana Harbor Belt line, C. W. Hotch-
kiss and several others regarding the
putting through of the extension of
Parish avenue (Dickey place) to Whit
ing. The report on benefits and dam
ages for the proposed Tiighway was ac
cepted. It was agreed to do nothing in
regard to the payment of damages un
til the property owners benefited had
paid in. This they were given sixty
days to do. The matter will probably
be taken to the courts. The fire and
police committee reported having in
spected the fire and police alarm sys
tem placed In the city several years'
ago and which was never used. They
found that the boxes were all right.
but that the wires and switchboard
were no good. It was decided to make
Perry A. Wilson
PLASTER CONTRACTOR
Plain and Ornamental Work. Jobbing
quickly attended to. Phone 1243
579 Michigan Ave. Hammond, Indiana
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Swellings
wanted
There is an urgent demand forHouses, Small
Cottages and Flats to accommodate the families of
the numerous employes now compelled to live out
of the city.
Moderate priced Houses sell or rent readily
and Flat3 are much sought after.
We offer for immediate improvement, well lo
cated lots with all improvements in, at very low
prices, and invite the attention and investigation
of investors and builders to the unequalled oppor
tunity presented here.
BUSINESS LOTS RESIDENCE LOTS
ACRES AND SUBDIVISION
ast ' Gtdcaito Co,
East Chicago Indiana Harbor
Main Office-INDIANA HARBOR
E. CHICAGO
eighth to One Hundred and Fiftieth j the necessary repairs and put the sys-
with broken limestone and liquid as- tern in operation.
tlcally the same condition that exists
on the East Chicago side.
The buildings have been put in the
best of condition during the summer.
Thu city has six school buildings that
compare very favorably with the school
buildings of the larger cities.
New science equipment is being in
stalled on the third floor of the high
school building. A chemistry table Ac
commodating sixteen pupils, a chemical
hood, two physics --tables, instructor's
cases and some new apparatus make
up the outfit. It will make a fairly
complete science laboratory.
The commercial department is more
popular than usual and Is being well
cared for by Miss Mercer and Mr.
Stewart. A room has been fitted with
new combination commercial and draw
ing desks and additional typewriters
will be purchased to accommodate the
large
Attendance for the first days of 1909
and J910; also of Friday of the first
week of the year:
1909
Harrison high school 85
(Special to Thb Times.) traces a
East Chicago, Sept. 22. The public j aieKiniey graces...
schools opened last week with the larg- Kindergarten 38
est attendance in their history. The Wallace grades.. 119
tables below show that there were 273 j Kindergarten 40
more pupils entered school on the first Washington grades 312
day this year than on the first day of j Lincoln grades 321
1909. The Increase during the week Kindergarten 26
was 145, while last year it was 205. Steglltz grades 40
TM, ) l Lr, onnnrdrlna- Mature alniWl It Total high SChOOl . V 85
lino ia 11 v ii' v vi i " : i n . . . ... - i
Total grades 1,327
SCHOOLS II
NEW RECORD
1AKI1G
SPLENDID
HEADWAY
East Chicago, Ind., Sept. 23. F. G.
Froudioot Is making fine headway on
the public improvements for which he
has the" contracts. The Improvement
of Vegg avenue from One Hundred
and Forty-eighth to One Hundred and
Fiftieth stret has been added to his
numDer aesinug mis uojeci. 1 Davine contracts, and it was the
Proudfoot people who got the contract
approximating $100,000 for twenty-two
miles of cement sidewalks.
. The greatest progress has been made
i In the work og paving Forsyth ave
nue. The crushed stone which is to
i form the foundation for the brick
i pavement. Is beginning to arrive, the
' grading all having been done here and
4he curb laid. The latter was com-
pleted some time ago, but a large num
ber of teams has ben engaged up to a
day or two ago in grading, and plow
incr li r tho a.rth nrftnarfltnrv tn haul-
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1910
102
100
473
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143
42
364
485
74
41
102
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shows that more parents realized the
necessity of having their children start
on the very first day. There are yet
many children entering and the enroll
ment will likely exceed 2,000 for the
first month. Parents should realize the
necessity for getting the children In at
once. Each day's delay puts the pupil
just so much behind his or her class.
Experience shows that the great ma
jority of pupils who fail to make prop
er progress in the schools, are Irregu
lar in their attendance.
- Ample provision has been made by
the board f education for the increased
numbers. The addition to the McKln
ley school relieves the situation on the
East Chicago side. It is necessary for
all north side pupils, above 4B grade
and all "Wallace and Stieglitz above the
5A grade tO'go to the McKInley. The
superintendent has even found It neces
sary to transfer several 4B boys who
live south of 144th street rrorh the Har
rison to the McKInley.
The renting of a room on Alexander
avenue enables the board of education
I to provide for all Oklahoma pupils up
I to the fifth grade.
All the rooms have been furnished at
the Washington building, which will
provide room for the overflow at the
Lincoln. All sevens and eights were
placed in the Washington and the board
finds it necessary to send the majority
of the sixth grade there,-also. In addi
tion it will be necessary to change the
lines for fourth and fifth grade pupils
In order to take care of the smaller
children in the Lincoln. This is prac-
Total kindergartens..
102
151gjing away the cut.
169
Grand total 1,614
1,787
Ft. Wayne Statistical compilations
show that there has been an increase of
62 per cent, in total bank deposits in
Ft. Wayne in the last five years. The
gain is $4,544,086. as against $7,725,740,
or 2 4 per cent., for Indianapolis in the
same period.
Work on the big sidewalk contract
will not begin in earnest until spring,
tut when it does begin it will be rush
ed forward with all possible speed to
completion.
At the last meeting of the city coun
cil the engineer was ordered to draw
plans and specifications for the pav
ing of Northcote avenue from One
Hundred and Forty-first to One Hun
dred and Forty-first street.
WISCON
SIN
Farm Land in 40, 80 and 120-acre tracts for sale. I have thoroughly
investigated this land and-pronounce it (quality considered) th. best
purchase within a radius of 300 miles of Chicago, th greatest market
in the world.
"Cultivated land in the same township sells from $60 to $S0 per acre"
YOU can buy some of this land at $7.50 per acre. Write at once for
free booklet giving all facts and figures, posting yourself first, then
do what others have done go and see the land and buy.
FREE FARE TO PURCHASERS.
FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE. MONEY TO LOAN.
LESTER E. LADD
Exclusive Agent.
PHONE 1283. ROOM 9, EMERY BLOC, EAST CHICAGO, IND.
Comparative Statement of Deposits
Showing Increase Since January 1, 1909
January 1, 1909 $176,594.65
January 1, 1910. 224,252.94
March 30, 1910 233,491.60
July 1, 1910. .277,118.93
OFFICERS.
HENRY SCHRAGE, President. FRANK HAMMOND. Vice Pres.
F. RICHARD SCHAAF, Vice Pres. JAS. O. PARKS, Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
HENRY SCHRAGE F. R- SCHAAF
A. G. SCHLIEKER , FRANK HAMMOND
C. L. KIRK
JAS. O. PARKS CHARLES T. JOHNS
Let Us Build You A Home
To Suit You
We have choice locations
in the city which are at
tractive propositions with
small cash payments, bal
ance to suit purchaser.
DeBRIAE Sz SON
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REAL ESTATE AND LOANS, INSURNSF. & RENTING
Emery Bldg , Suite 6, Phone 812 E. Chicago
J. H. FREEMA
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When you have completed
your new home let
P IPE
Furnish the Decorations
Complete Stock of Paints and Wall Paper
FURNITURE and UNDERTAKING
Day Phone 3 Night Phone 4-4
Hast Chicago, Ind.
DIRECTORS jgf
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' W. R. Diamond sT jrHIE n
I T. F. Donovan gl
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J. Hi Youche i&zdP
W. J. Funkey, Jr. VraSu
EAST
Capital So So rplu )
$65,000,00
OFFICERS
j J. Bader,
Pres't.
J. G.I Allen.
' Vico-Pres't.
W. J. Funkey, Jr.
Cashier
CHICAGO
J. E. JACKSON, Plumber
Qas Fitting and Heating
Electrical Contractor
Please notice I am handling the famous Climax Hot Air Furnaca
also Burnham Steam and Hot Water Boilers and Shirley Radiators.
All work fully guaranteed and prices very reasonable.
Forsythe and Exchange Avenue
East Chicago, Indiana