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Phone WM. AHLBORN & CO. 188
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402 Russell
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534-536 MICHIGAN STREET
Tel. Hammond 3060 Tel. Chicago-Saginaw 8060
C. SMITH
Hardware -- Paints -- Glass Plumbing -- Heating Sewerage
851 HOFFMAN
PHONE 2962-6676
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/CHEVROLET
1105 119th ST.
10" TEL. WHITING 107
YELLOW CABS - Phone 4400
5040
Phone
HAMMOND
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HAMMOND-WHITING CITY DIRECTORY (1941)
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HAMMOND (LAKE COUNTY, IND.)
CITY DIRECTORY 1941
Including Burnham and Calumet City, Illinois; Whiting, Indiana
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Pri- vate Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide and Much Information of a Miscellaneous Character; also a
BUYERS' GUIDE
and a Complete
Classified Business Directory
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION, THE YELLOW PAGES
Page
Page
Abrahamson Motor Sales. . back cover and 3
Ahlborn Wm & Co .. .front cover and 20
Androff John 43 Bandor Joseph P .. 49 11 B
Bank of Whiting .... right side lines and Beckman Supply Co.
Blockson Home Furnishings
Bohling Auto Sales Inc ..
Brant J R. .left top lines and 47
Brehm John H (Dod). 4
Brownsten Engineering Construction Co. Bud The Furnace Man.
30
Calumet National Bank of Hammond. . front edge, left top lines and Calumet Park Cemetery
9 17 41
Carley's Best Movers.
Chicago & Calumet District Transit Co Inc
17
Citizens Federal Savings & Loan Assn
. back cover and 51
Conkey W B Co. .. left and right top lines and 14 21
Crown Coal Co Inc ..
D & P Auto Construction Co Inc. 5 26 Dixie Dairy Co
Ellyson Realty Co Inc. . back cover, right top lines and
Enterprise Coal & Supply Co ..
Fedosky's Service Station.
First Federal Savings & Loan Assn of Hammond
51
36
Friedman Dave & Son.
General Tire Sales & Service. A
26
Goodrich Silvertown Store
3
Schappi Bus Line Inc.
6 Schlatter Motor Sales Inc. 7 Schmueser John & Sons.
Sears, Roebuck and Co. .right top lines and Sheffield Coal & Supply Co. Smacall's 27 22 Smidt Phil & Son Inc. . left top lines and Smith Charles .... left side lines, 34 and Smith Columbus .... .front cover and 56 50 49 44 43 Smith Decorating Co Inc. Southeastern Coal Co. 28 Southmoor Apartment Hotel Inc. Spee-dee Movers 31 41 40
. front cover, 25 and Standard Lumber & Coal Co. right top lines and 39 52 8
Star Sheet Metal Works.
Starks Phillip's 66. State Bank of Whiting. .backbone, right side lines and 10
Swarthout Chevrolet, Inc. . . front cover, left top lines and 8
Howard Realty Co.
Humphrey Geo W
Hydrox Corp 31 31
Illiana Hotel Corp.
Indiana Tile Works.
Industrial Sheet Metal Co Inc.
Infange Dale. right side lines and 52
.left side lines and 11
Inland Supply Co.
Johnson Transfer & Warehouse. . back cover, right top lines and Kelley-Indian Co.
54 13
Lake County Agency Inc.
.right side lines and 33 Lake County Business Bureau Inc ... left side lines and 22 Lake County Title Co 2 Marcus Supply Co ... 43 Mayer Charles H & Co. . .. right side lines and 12
Maywood Garage & Service Station. ... 5 7 48 Merneck Auto Parts Co .... Midway Realty Corp. . right top lines and Milletts Colonial Inc ... .. left side lines and 53
Milne R J Trucking Co .. 28 Mottle's Valeteria Service. .right side lines and 19 North State Publishing Co Inc. .. right top lines and 45
Northern Indiana Lumber & Coal Co .... .back cover, left top lines, 21 and 37 Northern Indiana Public Service Co .... . front cover, left side lines and 46 56 38
Obresk Upholsterers.right side lines and Paxton Lumber Co.
Peoples Building Loan & Savings Assn.
Public's Moving Co "Van Lines" .. back cover and 16
right top lines and
41
Quint Bros Inc ..
... left side lines and
6
Richter Accordion School.
. back cover and
42
Rowley Fred C & Sons Inc ..
Roy's Body & Fender Co Rueth Ernest 24 17
H & M Service. . .left top lines and
2
49
Hacker Fred ...... left side lines, 34 and Hamacher Nursery .... right top lines and Hammond Credit Exchange Inc .. . top edge, left side lines and
25
Hammond Exterminating Co .. 29
Hammond Iron & Metal Co .. .right side lines and 53
Hammond Lumber Co. .right side lines and 36
Hammond National Co. left top lines and 33 Harris A R Heating & Ventilating Co ... 30
Hemstock Realty Co .... 49
Herman J Plumbing & Heating Corp .. 44
Hessville Furniture Inc. 30 Hilson Lumber Co Inc .. 40
Hohenberger Bernhard N.
Home Lumber Co .... back cover, 32 and
.. right side lines and 23 37 23
Home Owners Guild. . left side lines and Hopman Co. front cover and 18 50 24
Tapper A H Renting & Realty Co. . bottom edge, left side lines, 34 and 48 United Boiler Heating & Foundry Co .... .right top lines and 32
Verna's Restaurant 50 8
55 Walker Bros
Walker Lumber & Supply Co. 40
Walker Nancy Ann Dress Making Shoppe .left side lines and 27
44 White Insurance Agency .. ... right side lines and
35 Whiting Lumber & Coal Co. .. left side lines, 22 and 39
Kenny's Cab Service. 55 Wilhelm John F. 35 Kirkeiner Sales & Service 21 Wiltsee S E 15 Kovacsy Bill Heating Service. 29 Yellow Cab Co Inc. front cover, right top lines and
55
L & M Motors.
7
47 20 2
Goldblatt Bros
Greyhound Bus Terminal.
17
42
Standard Equipment & Supply Corp ....
Robertsdale Lumber Co .right top lines and 38 24 7
56 4
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INTRODUCTION
R. L. POLK & CO., publishers of more than 750 city, county, state and national Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1941 edition of the Hammond City Directory, which also includes Burnham and Calumet City, Ill., and Whiting, Ind.
Confidence in the continued growth of Hammond's industry, popula- tion and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Di- rectory is a mirror truly reflecting Hammond to the world.
The enviable position occupied by R. L. POLK & CO.'S Directories in the estimation of the public throughout the country, has been established by rendering the best in Directory service. With an unrivaled organization, and having had the courteous and hearty cooperation of the business and professional men and residents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the Hammond Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information per- taining to the community.
Five Major Departments
The five major departments are arranged in the following order :-
THE MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT, pages 7 to 18, on white paper, presents lists of city, county and federal officials; post office and public school Directories; statistical review; and manufacturing, trade and civic surveys.
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 21 to 487, on white paper. This is the only record in existence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupation and address of each adult resident of Hammond and vicinity, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and cor- poration.
THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, for Hammond, Burnham and Calumet City, on pink paper, covers pages 489 to 585. In this section the names of the streets are ar- ranged in alphabetical order; the numbers of the residences and business concerns are arranged in numerical order under the name of each street, and the names of the householders and concerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the intersecting streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street. Features of this section are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the designation of homes and places of busi- ness having telephones. A similar guide for Whiting extends from page 587 to 596.
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, preceding the Classified and separately paged from 1 to 56, on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Hammond and vi- cinity. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference advertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. In a progressive community like Hammond, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is obvious. General apprecia- tion of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Di- rectory service.
THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 653 to 697. on white paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns of the whole community in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indis- pensable catalog of the numerous interests of the community. The Direc- tory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller. As such it plays an important part in the daily activities of the commercial and pro- fessional world. More buyers and sellers meet through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium.
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INTRODUCTION
Community Publicity
The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the com- munity, depicting in unbiased terms What it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as a manufacturing site and as an edu- cational center. To broadcast this information, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the Directory in Directory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and re- liable advertisements of Hammond and vicinity.
The Hammond Directory Library
Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Hammond City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Hammond Chamber of Commerce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 500 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.
The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those progressive business and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the City Directory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.
R. L. POLK & CO., Publishers.
HAMMOND
Statistical Review
Form of Government-Mayor and council.
Population-70,184 (1940 U. S. Cen- sus). American-born, 83.9%. Predom- inating nationalities of foreign-born residents: German, Polish and Czech- oslovakian.
Area-27 square miles.
Altitude-585 feet above sea level. Climate-Mean annual tempera- ture, 49.2 degrees F .; average annual rainfall, 33.02 inches.
Parks-14, with total of 250 acres, valued at $1,750,000.
Assessed Valuation - $91,710,665, with $3.57 per $100 tax rate.
Bonded Debt-$5,736,570 (includes park board, water board, sanitary district, school city and libraries).
Financial Facts-2 banks, with total deposits of $9,164,859 (March 1, 1941), and total resources of $10,017,201.62 (March 1, 1941).
Telephones in Service-12,141.
Churches-57, representing leading denominations.
Building and Construction - 1,661 permits, with total value of $4,560,300, issued in 1940.
Industry-Chief industry is manu- facturing. 73 manufacturing estab- lishments, employing 5,467 men, pay- ing wages of $7,441,716 annually, and having products valued at $76,255,070 annually (1937 report). Principal manufactured products: Oils, soap products, foods, animal and dairy feeds, railway cars, railway supplies, clothing, metal castings, foundry products, refined metals and heavy machinery.
Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 150 miles, and population of 165,- 000.
Newspapers-1 daily and Sunday and 1 weekly.
Hotels-7, with total of 400 rooms.
Railroads-10, including New York Central, Pennsylvania, Baltimore & Ohio, Erie, Monon, Nickel Plate, and Wabash.
Highways-U. S. 6, 12, 20, 30 and 41. Airports-2 (near the city).
Amusements - Largest auditorium in city seats 6,000 persons. 7 moving- picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 7,300 persons. 5 golf courses.
Hospitals-1, with 260 beds.
Education-19 public schools, in- cluding 3 senior high. 11 parochial schools. Number of pupils in public schools, 13,500; in parochial, 2,914. Number of teachers in public schools, 475; in parochial, 86. Value of public school property, $5,000,000.
Public Libraries - 7, including branches, with total of 100,000 vol- umes.
City Statistics - Total street mile- age, 260, with 159 miles paved. Miles of sewers, 182. Number of water me- ters, 14,047; electric consumers, 19,- 061; gas consumers, 17,104. Capacity of water works, 65,000,000 gallons; daily average pumpage, 13,031,000 gal- lons; miles of mains, 200; value of plant, $4,000,000. Fire department has 85 men, with 6 stations and 15 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire de- partment property, $145,000. Police department has 86 men, with 2 sta- tions and 28 pieces of motor equip- ment.
Location, Population, Etc.
LOCATION-Hammond is located in Lake County, the second largest county in Indiana, in the northwest corner of the state. It is twenty miles southeast from the Loop district of Chicago; 954 miles from New York; 304 miles from St. Louis; 442 miles from Minneapolis; 941 miles from New Orleans, and 2,281 miles from San Francisco.
BOUNDARIES-Hammond is bounded on the north by Lake Mich- igan, Whiting and East Chicago; on the east, by Whiting, Gary and East Chicago; on the south, by Little Calu- met River, and on the west by Chi- cago, Calumet City, Burnham and Cook County, Ill.
POPULATION-The population of Hammond was 70,184, according to the 1940 U. S. Census.
The population of the Hammond trade area is approximately 165,000. Hammond directly adjoins Chicago, and for many purposes the trade area of Hammond is the trade area of Chi- cago, particularly for industrial pur- poses, which from that standpoint would give Hammond an additional industrial trade population of more than 3,500,000.
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The growth of Hammond is reflect- ed in the following population figures:
1900
12,376
1910
20,925
1920
36,004
1930
64,560
1940
70,184
The unusual favorable location of Hammond at the tip of Lake Michi- gan, in the center of population, at the waterway terminus of all di- rections, and with unequaled railway distribution, makes its future growth inevitable. No industrial location in the U. S. can compare with it.
Government
Hammond is governed by a city council form of government. The in- cumbent administration is headed by Mayor Frank R Martin, a Democrat. The administration is regarded as conservative in its aims and has maintained an equitable balance be- tween the interests of all persons af- fected by the government.
The police and fire departments operate on a civil-service basis. The heads of these departments having been in office for years, is conclusive evidence of the high efficiency of these protective agencies.
The police department is equipped with a two-way radio system through which the possibility of crime has been greatly reduced.
Both the police and fire depart- ments have gained national recogni- tion because of the low annual fire loss and because of the very high standard of law enforcement.
Taxation
The law of the State of Indiana es- tablishes a rate of $2 for each $100 assessed valuation as the maximum tax levy to cover all taxing units, ex- cept for emergency expenditures. This undoubtedly is very beneficial in keep- ing the tax rate on a low level.
The tax rate for Hammond, col- lectible in 1941, is $3.84 per $100 as- sessed valuation.
The general attitude of officials in making assessments on real and per- sonal property has been reasonable to industry. All assessments are sub- ject to review by the State Tax Board.
There is a state gross income tax of 1/2 of 1% on retail sales, 1% on indi- vidual incomes, and 1/4 of 1% on manufactured goods.
There is no state sales tax in In- diana, and no occupational tax.
There is a tax ranging from $3 to $150 per year on retail stores.
There is also an intangible tax of 25c for each $100.
The assessed valuation of Ham- mond for 1941 is $91,710,665, and of
Lake County, $384,350,600. The state, county, township, civil city and school city tax rates follow :
State $ .15
County .545
Township .01
Township Poor Relief. .4775
Township Road Bonds
.005
Library .0625
School City 1.29
Civil City
1.03
Total
$3.57
Transportation
Transportation facilities in Ham- mond offer direct or inter-connected facilities with all parts of the U. S. The city is accessible by railroad, electric railroad, state and federal highways, bus and truck lines, water- ways and air lines.
RAILWAYS-Hammond is serviced by ten railway lines; three belt lines.
The ten trunk railway lines are: Baltimore & Ohio; Chesapeake & Ohio; Chicago & Erie; Chicago, In- dianapolis & Louisville; Michigan Central; New York Central; New York, Chicago & St. Louis; Pennsyl- vania; Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chi- cago & St. Louis; Wabash.
In addition, the city is within the Chicago switching district and enjoys low freight rates, the same as those in Chicago. The three belt lines are the Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Term- inal, the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern, and the Indiana Harbor Belt. These make available a fast, direct service to all roads out of Chicago. Trap-car serv- ice also is available on belt lines for less-than-carload-lot shipments. Trap cars go to the Indiana Harbor Belt switching yards, where shipments are consigned to the various lines, thus offering a faster and more efficient service.
The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad's largest terminal, Gibson Yard, is lo- cated in Hammond. Cars from the industries of Hammond and Calumet City are made up in trains and run direct from Gibson Yard to all east- ern, western and southern lines, mak- ing but one handling from the indus- tries to any one trunk line over which the shipment may move.
ELECTRIC LINE - The Chicago, South Shore & South Bend Railroad provides a fast passenger and freight electric service to Chicago, passenger service operating every thirty minutes and requiring 36 minutes from the Hammond station to the Randolph St. station in Chicago. Low round- trip passenger fares are offered on commutation tickets.
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BUS SERVICE - An inter-city bus service including Hammond, Calumet City, Whiting, East Chicago, Gary and Chicago is maintained by the Chi- cago-Calumet District Transit Co. In addition, there are electric railway services inter-connecting these Calu- met Region cities.
TRUCK SERVICE - Fast, daily truck service is operated between Hammond and Chicago and numer- ous other points by a number of trucking companies. Hammond is the focal point for a large number of highly improved highways radiating in every direction.
WATERWAYS-Hammond is only a few miles from Indiana Harbor on Lake Michigan, which provides easy accessibility for water transportation. The Indiana Harbor is used by a number of large industries as a port for shipping to foreign countries, and also for receiving shipments from for- eign ports.
The Great Lakes Dock Terminal maintains a shipping point at Indi- ana Harbor. Direct regular railway service is available to St. Louis and Cairo, Ill., for barge transportation on the Mississippi to the Gulf, and from there to other ports of the world.
AIRPORTS Hammond is less than three-quarters of an hour by automo- bile from the Chicago Municipal Air- port, and from the Ford Airport at Lansing, Ill.
Public Utilities
ELECTRICITY-Electric energy for Hammond is available in unlimited quantities with a rate structure de- signed to encourage use by industries. The rate schedule for electric energy, which is provided by the Northern In- diana Public Service Co., is as low as can be found in any large industrial city. Hammond is the location of one of the largest steam-generating plants in the world, and the company is equipped to take care of any in- dustrial demand.
GAS-A high-grade gas is also fur- nished by the Northern Indiana Pub- lic Service Co. at a very low rate for industrial users.
COAL-With coal mines in Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Virginia, Hammond is assured of a plentiful supply of cheap coal.
OIL-The largest oil refineries in the world are located within the Ham- mond district, and fuel oil is available at reasonable rates.
PETROLEUM COKE - Because of the large oil-refining operations, an adequate supply of petroleum coke is also available, a special fuel valuable for certain operations and not to be had in many industrial areas.
WATER - The City of Hammond owns its water plant, the supply com- ing from Lake Michigan, and the rate being a graduated scale based on the amount used. Hammond has the low- est water rate of any city in this sec- tion of Indiana.
Hammond has recently completed a $1,000,000 filtration plant, with am- ple storage capacity, which guaran- tees a plentiful supply of the purest water for industrial and domestic use.
COMMUNICATIONS-Hammond is served by the Illinois Bell Telephone Co., the Western Union Telegraph Co. and the Postal Telegraph Co. It also has Radio Station WJOB, operating on 1,200 kilocycles, and WHIP, oper- ating on 1,480 kilocycles.
Publishing and Printing
There are a number of printing es- tablishments in Hammond that have a national clientele. Much Chicago printing is handled in these plants. The plants are equipped with all mod- ern facilities for color printing, off- set work, bookbinding, and the print- ing and preparation of catalogs and mailing pieces.
There is one daily afternoon news- paper, The Hammond Times (Inde- pendent Republican), with a circula- tion of 28,306 (ABC report, March 31, 1941). It receives full Associated and United Press services, and serves the entire trading area.
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