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WM. AHLBORN & CO. COAL
402 Russell
VOGEL'S RESTAURANT INC FISH, CHICKEN, STEAK AND FROG LEG DINNERS
Catering to Parties and Banquets
1250 INDIANAPOLIS BLVD. TEL. WHITING 1250 On Routes 12-20-41
DEPENDABLE GAS AND ELECTRIC SERVICE
NORTHERN INDIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY PHONE 5200
HOOSIER STATE BANK OF HAMMOND
Complete Friendly Banking Service
Member Federal Deposi Insurance Corporation
On State St. Phone 9000
C. SMITH Hardware -- Paints -- Glass Plumbing -- Heating Sewerage
SHI HOFFMAN PHONE 2962-6676
- Each adral Transportation
VROLET
Swarthout Chevrolet, Inc. 1105 119th St. Tel. Whiting 1073
Tel. Hammond
YELLOW CABS - Phone 4400
THE HOPMAN CO.
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GENERAL TIRE SALES & SERVICE BILL HODONOS
Columbia at Indiana Ave.
Hammond 425
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THE BECKMAN SUPPLY CO.
Telephone Hammond 1490
For Concreting, Masonry, Plastering and Roofing Materials
Steel Sash and Other Building Specialties Face Brick, All Textures and Shades Domestic and Steam Coal, Coke and Wood
STOKER COAL OF ALL KINDS
Our Storage and Handling Equipment Assures You Prompt Service At All Times
Yard and Office 527 Michigan St., Hammond
HAMMOND CITY DIRECTORY
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HAMMOND PUBLIC LIBRARY
5011 HOHMAN AVENUE - PHONE 1623
Hours Open at Main Building : Monday to Friday 9 to 9 Saturday 9 to 6
Sundays 2 to 5 Except July and August
Brooks House Branch 1047 Conkey Street
Calumet Avenue Branch 5444 Calumet Avenue
Keeler Branch 4807 Oak Avenue
Sawyer Branch 649 Mulberry Street
Hansen Branch
2823 Martha Street Hessville
Rupp Branch 847 117th Street Robertsdale Phone Whiting 111-W
The Above Six Branches Are Open the Following Hours: MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY 12:30 to 6 - 6:30 to 9 TUESDAY AND SATURDAY 12:30 to 6 Closed Thursdays and Sundays
Columbia Center Branch 173rd and Columbia Ave. HOURS OPEN Mon., Tues., Wed. and Fri. 12:30 to 5
Harrison Park Branch Hohman at Waltham Streets HOURS OPEN MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY 12:30 to 9 TUESDAY, THURSDAY, SATURDAY 12:30 to 6
R. L. POLK & CO.'S
POLK'S HAMMOND (LAKE COUNTY, IND.)
CITY DIRECTORY 1945
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
FOR DETAILED CONTENTS SEE GENERAL INDEX
PRICE $25.00
R. L. POLK & CO., Publishers 322 Board of Trade Bldg., Indianapolis 4, Ind.
DIRECTORY LIBRARY FOR FREE USE OF PUBLIC AT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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Copyright, 1945, by R. L. Poik & Co.
1870 * 1945 75 years OF SERVING AMERICAN BUSINESS
THE year 1945 is the seventy-fifth Anniversary for R. L. Polk & Co. Three-quarters of a century of Service to cities and industries of America.
WE HAVE grown a lot in seventy-five years, and we plan to keep on growing. We feel younger than ever. Our real future still is ahead of us . . . because the real future of our Country lies ahead.
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GENERAL INDEX
Page
Abbreviations
24 and 25
Alphabetical List of Names
25
Apartment Buildings
722
Banks and Trust Companies
724
Board of Education
21
Buildings-Office and Public 727
Burnham Village Government
22
Bus and Coach Lines-Motor
727
Buyers' Guide
.opp
668
Calumet City Government
22
Cemeteries
728
Churches
728 21
Classified Business Directory
721
Clergymen
730
Clubs
731
Convents
County Government
Courts
Federal Government
Fire Department
Golf Clubs and Courses
Halls
Homes and Asylums
Hospitals and Dispensaries
742 742
Libraries
745 11
Newspapers
Organizations
Parks and Playgrounds
Police Department
Post Office
Railroads
Schools Parochial
Schools-Public
757
Schools, Colleges and Academies
757
Street and Avenue Guides:
Hammond
545
Whiting 657
U S. Officers
23
Whiting City Government
22
23 21 739 741 742
Hotels
748 749 751 21 23 754 757
Miscellaneous Information
733 22 23
City Government
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION, THE YELLOW PAGES
Page
Page
AAA National Moving & Storage Co .... 40
Kirkeiner Sales and Service.
22
Abrahamson Motor Sales. .right side
lines and.
5
Acme Welding & Engineering Co. Y
Ahlborn Wm & Co .... .front cover and 20
Bagley C E 52
Bank of Whiting .... . right side lines and 11
Beckman Supply Co.
B 3 Lake County Title Co. Marcus Supply Co ..
33 2 42 13 11 45 5
Brownsten Engineering Construction Co. Budd The Furnace Man ..
30 15 28
Calumet Home Improvement Co.
32
Modern Electric Service Co.
22
Calumet National Bank of Hammond. front edge, left top lines and.
8
Calumet Park Cemetery.
North State Publishing Co Inc ... left top lines
Calumet Title Co Inc ... left top lines and
Carley's Best Movers ...
Central Glass & Paint Co.
Chicago & Calumet District Transit Co ..
Citizens Federal Savings & Loan Assn .. back cover and.
47
Conkey W B Co .. right and left top lines and
Crown Coal Co Inc.
Daily H M Heating Co.right top lines and Dixie Dairy Co .. .left side lines and Emery David T.
34
Quint Bros Inc ..... . left side lines and Reissig & Phair Agency Inc.
Fiedler Floral Co .... right side lines and Furnace Contractors.
Gartner Roofing Co.
General Tire Sales & Service.
Goodrich B F Store ..
Greyhound Bus Terminal. . left top lines and
17
Salyer Joseph H
Hamacher Nursery .... right top lines and 41 Schappi Bus Line Inc .. left top lines and Hammond Business College.left top lines and 17 Schlatter Motor Sales Inc ... Sears Roebuck & Co. . right top lines and Smith Charles
Hammond Exterminating Co .. .left top lines and.
Smith Columbus .. . front cover and
Smith Decorating Co Inc.
Sodo Patsy. . left side lines and Southeastern Coal Co.right top lines and Spee-Dee Movers ...... left side lines and Standard Equipment & Supply Corp. 24 and.
Standard Lumber & Coal Co .... right top lines and. 37
38
Hohenberger Bernhard N .right side
lines and.
Home Lumber Co. .31 and
Home Owners Guild. back cover and
Hoosier State Bank front cover and
Hopman Co The. front cover and
Howard Realty Co.
Humphrey Geo W .left top lines and
Hydrox Corp
Vanderby Screen Co ..... back cover and Vierk's Hessville Furniture ..
Vogel's Restaurant Inc .. front cover Walker Bros .. 6
Industrial Sheet Metal Co. . left side lines and
48
White Insurance Agency ..
Whiting Lumber & Coal Co ..... left side lines, 22 and. 38
42 Wilhelm John F. 34
Wilhelm John F & Son. 22
Yellow Cab Co ..... front cover, right top lines and.
50
16 Z 25 7 4 34 5
Enterprise Coal & Supply Co ... right top lines and.
Rendel Auto Reconstruction Corp .... left side lines and.
Robertsdale Lumber Co .... right top lines and
Rosenbaum Coal & Material Co Inc. Roy's Body & Fender Co.
Rueth Ernest
37 22 5 24 43 17 6 26 47 43 41 12 26 40 39
Hammond Floral Co .. right top lines and Hammond Lumber Co .... right side lines and
27 27
Hammond National Co .. left top lines and Hammond Public Library
Star Sheet Metal Works. 49 10 State Bank of Whiting. . back bone, right side lines and .. 6
Swarthout Chevrolet Inc. front cover and Tapper A H Renting & Realty Co. bottom edge, left side lines, 33 and .. Union Electric Service. .
46 26
Illiana Hotel
Indiana Tile Works.
23 35 23 9 19 46 24 30 30 50
United Boiler, Heating & Foundry Co ... right top lines and. 31 48 52
Werner-Piest Furniture Co. 52 34
Industrial Tire & Supply Co .... .left top Inland Supply Co.
lines and. . 4
Johnson Transfer & Warehouse .... right top lines, back cover and 39 King Kold Ice Cream Co. 30
45
Mayer Charles H & Co. . right side lines and Mercantile Bank ... .back cover and Midway Realty Corp. . right top lines and Mitchell Auto Sales ..
Mottle Cleaners & Dyers. . left and right side lines and. 20
18 2 40 42 17
Northern Indiana Lumber & Coal Co. back cover, left top lines, 21 and. 36 Northern Indiana Public Service Co. front cover and. 44
Paxton Lumber Co. 36 Peoples Building Loan & Savings Assn .. back cover and.
14 21 29 25
Perrin's Recreation ..
Pleasant View Dairy .. right top lines and Polk's Bankers Encyclopedia.
21 27 29 47 A 3
35 32 C Harris A R Heating & Ventilating Co .. Hemstock Realty Co .. 28 46 Hilson Lumber Co Inc.
Klawinski Ervin Heating & Sheet Metal back cover and. 29 Kovacsy Bill Heating Service .... left side lines and .. 28 Lake County Agency Inc The .. right side lines and.
Bohling Auto Sales Inc Brant J R. .left top lines and Brosseau Furniture & Appliance Co. right side lines and ..
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 1945 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 11 to 23, 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 25 to 544, 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 545 to 656. 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 657 to page 667.
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, preceding the Classified and separately paged from 1 to 52, 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 721 to 762, 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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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-1940 U. S. Census, 70,- 184; local estimate in 1943, 78,000. American-born, 83.9%. Predominat- ing nationalities of foreign-born resi- dents: German, Polish and Czecho- slovakian.
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.
Financial Data-3 banks, with total deposits of $29,538,000 (June 30, 1945), and total resources of $30,863,000 (June 30, 1945).
Churches-57, representing leading denominations.
Industry-Chief industry is manu- facturing. Principal manufactured products: Oils, soap products, foods, animal and dairy feeds, railway cars, railway supplies, clothing, metal cast- ings, foundry products, refined metals and heavy machinery. Plants heavily engaged in manufacture of munitions during the war.
Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 150 miles, and population of 250,- 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. 9 parochial schools. Value of public school prop- erty, $5,000,000.
Public Libraries - 7, including branches, with total of 100,000 vol- umes.
City Statistics - Total street mile- age, 260, with 163 miles paved. Miles of sewers, 182. Capacity of water works, 65,000,000 gallons; daily aver- age pumpage, 15,157,000 gallons; miles of mains, 200; value of plant, $4,000,000. Fire department has 85 men, with 6 stations and 15 pieces of motor equipment. Police depart- ment has 89 men, with 2 stations and 33 pieces of motor equipment.
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 of the Loop district of Chi- cago; 954 miles from New York; 304 miles from St. Louis; 442 miles from Minneapolis; 941 miles from New Or- leans, and 2,281 miles from San Fran- cisco.
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 estimated population in 1943 was 78,000.
The population of the Hammond trade area is approximately 250,000. 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.
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
1943 (est.) 78,000
The unusually favorable location of Hammond at the tip of Lake Michi- gan, in the center of population, at the waterway terminus of all direc- tions, and with unequaled railway dis- tribution, makes its future growth inevitable. No industrial location in the U. S. surpasses it.
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Government
Hammond is governed by a city council form of government. The in- cumbent administration is headed by Mayor G. Bertram Smith, a Demo- crat. 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 keeping the tax rate on a low level.
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.
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.
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.
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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 Hammond 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.
A $1,000,000 filtration plant, with ample storage capacity, guarantees a plentiful supply of the purest water for industrial and domestic use.
COMMUNICATIONS-Hammond is served by the Illinois Bell Telephone Co. and the Western Union Telegraph Co. It also has Radio Station WJOB, operating on 1,300 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 31,315 (ABC report, March 31,
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