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The town had grown enough by January 16, 18932, that ia petition was presented to the convened Town Board of Trustees of East Chicago requesting that the Town be incor- porated as a city in the manner provided by law. The petition was accepted and the Marshal was ordered to take a census, the findings of which he reported. The Board then adopted an ordinance for an election to be held on February 7, 1893, to determine whether the voters of the Town of East Chicago wanted the Town to become a city. A majority of the voters favored the incorporation as a city so on February 13 the Board of Trustsss filed its affidavit certifying to the
results of the election and, at an adjourned meeting ordered an election on March 14 of a Mayor, City Clerk, Treasurer, Marshal, and two councilmen for each of the three wards into which the town was to be divided.
The Town Board of Trustees met on March 17, 1893, to Finspect the certificate. of the election inspectors. The Town Board then adjourneds the newly elected officers pre- sented their certificates of election, took their oaths of office, and the first Common Council of the City of East Chicago was organized. The first Mayor was William H. Penman; the Treasurer, Frank W. Clinton; the Clerk, Edwin S. Gilbert. The first Council consisted of Robert Ross, John M. White, Jule C. Pepin, Edward S. Yaste, William J. Glover, and Lewis Loucke. The first ordinance adopted provided for penal bonds for certain named officers:
The City of East Chicago has neither charter nor specific articles of incorporation. In Indiana a city is an agent of the state subject to the control of the Legislature. East Chicago, from its incorporation as a town in 1889, has progressed to its present status by operation of law such as Chapter XV of the Acts of 1867, and acts amendatory of the State of Indiana, and by virtue of an increase in population, The Sixty-fourth General Assembly (1905) did legalize the incorporation of the city. Today East Chicago is a city of the Second Class| based on the census of 1930 and is[recog- nized and operating as such by statute.
The government of East Chicago, like that of the nation and the state, is divided into three branches: the execu- tive, the legislative, and judicials | The executive consists of the mayor, the heads of the various departments, and subordinates. The common council is the legislature. The judicial department consists of the city judge and his associates. However, a justice of the peace, who is an officer of North. Township, and the judge of Circuit Court Number Two, who is an officer of Lake County, hear many cases originating in East Chicago.
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City Judge
Bailiffs
City Plan & Zoning
Health & Charities
Health Officer
Inspectors
Parks
City Clerk
Park Board
Recreation
Mayor
Sanitation
Superintendent
Harbor Master
Bldg. Commission
Finance
Controller
City Sealer
Mechanician
and Ashes
Sewers, Garbage,
Streets, Bridges,
Water Board
Superintendent
Fire Chief
Police Chief
City Attorney
Plumbing Inspo
City Engineer
Figure 2. Organization of the Government of East Chicago.
The chief executive of the city is the mayor, elected by popular vote for four years. Hi's duties include the appointing of those city officials who are not elected, approving or disapproving ordinances passed by the council, and other duties prescribed by law. Actual operation of the city government is delegated by the mayor to the heads of the seven active departments: finance, law, public safety, health and charities, public sanitation, parks, and water. County and township officials now perform the duties former- ly assigned to the Department of Assessment and Collections. The organization chart, Figure 2, shows the relationships which exist in the executive branch of the East Chicago government. It should be noted that bi-partisan boards have direct charge of most of the departments.
The police department is the largest and one of the oldest of the city departments. Starting with a town marshal in 1889, it has grown with the city. A picture taken in 1906 showed fifteen policemen. There were approx1- mately ninety in' 1946 including a police matron and a keeper of the dog pound. Stations are maintained in both the Indiana Harbor and East Chicago sections, the latter being in the City Hall which was built in 1907.
There are many heroic episodes in the history of the East Chicago Police Department. Charles Rajchinetz was killed trying to stop some hijackers in 1918. Patrick O" Malley was killed when the famous bandit, John Dillinger, robbed the First National Bank in 1935. Incidently, this murder led to Dillinger's death as it was an East Chicago detective who tipped off the FBI as to his hideout in
Chicago. At least seven policemen have lost their lives in the line of duty since the department was founded. It is interesting to know that the fathers of several of the present force were also policemen. Chief Walter D. Conroy's father, . Thomas, was Marshal (early title of chiefs) in 1002. There have been two generations of Gormans, Makars, and Quinlans. One of Nick Ranich's sons is on the force while
Common Council
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Voters
Probation Officer
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another is a member of the Indiana State Police. Fourteen members of the force in 1946 are veterans of World War II.
East Chicago has traffic control problems entirely out of proportion to its size. In addition to the heavy traffic Ton Highwayw 12 and 20, many of the workers in the industrial plants drive to and from work. In spite of this unusually heavy traffic, the police force has kept the number of traffic accidents and fatalities so low that East Chicago was the safest city of its class in Indiana in 1945-
Modern law enforcement requires modern equipment. Instead of walking beats, patrolmen cover their beats in radio-equipped patrol cars. With these cars fewer officers are needed for a given area and they can be contacted immediately by radio. The radio equipment was installed in 1939. Traffic-control officers use motorcycles and auto- mobiles. Other equipment includes a pistol range, a truck for the dog catcher, and, of course, two patrol wagons.
The organization of a separate detective bureau in 1939 was an important step forward for the East Chicago police department. The detective bureau with improved facilities for records now handles 98 per cent of all criminal investi- gation. A detective staff trained in collecting and assembling data is a powerful force for law enforcement.
As police work becomes more complex the need for training increases. It is expected that the 1946 budget for the first time will include funds for training new officers A few weeks in a police-training school would prepare recruits to be of value to the community at. the conclusion of this training instead of months after they are hired as at present
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protect their homes .. The new departmenttwas provided withh hand drawn hose carts and hand pumps which were housed in different parts of the town. When a whistle at the Penman Shop (at site of the B&d' roundhouse) would blow, indicating the location of a fire; by a code, men would drop what they were doing, run to the nearest hose house, pull the equip- ment to the fire and try to extinguish it, drawing their water with the hand pump from the nearest wells or ponds. As the city grew, this inadequate equipment was replaced by horse-drawn equipment. By 1906 #1 Station near the City Hall had a steam kettle, a hose cart, and a buggy for the chief. Since the Indiana Harbor section was almost inacces- sible, a hose cart was located in the #2 Station at Guthrie and Elm. Old pictures show 40 firemen in East Chicago and 25 in Indiana Harbor.
During the term of Mayor Edward DeBriae, who took office in 1906, a paid fire department was organized with Ben Flack as chief. In 1912 a motor driven pumper was purchased for #2 Station, another the next year for #1 Sta- tion, and a hook and ladder in 1914, making East Chicago one of the earlier cities to have a motorized department. third pumper was purchased in 1921 and placed in an addi-
A tional station located on Euclid Avenue just south of the B&O tracks. In 1938 two new stations were built: the three- door Central Station on Columbus Drive and the #3 Station at 149 th and Kennedy, and the Euclid Station was abandoned. Two 1, 000-gallon pumpers, a 75 foot hook and ladder, and a squad car were purchased to equip the new buildings. While no part of the city is far from a fire station, the busy B&0 tracks sometimes interfere with service to the south side of East Chicago causing many citizens to feel that a fifth station should be located in this section.
At the present time there are 57 men on the payroll of The fire department is also quite old. Until March, the fire department. The first paid firemen worked six-24 1893, when a volunteer fire department was organized, the hour days followed by 24 hours off during which they could residents of the village depended upon bucket brigades to not leave the city without permission. In 1921 the legis-
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ilature passed a law establishing the two-platoon system whereby men work 24 hours and are off 24 hours. Three men have lost their lives during the history of the department. William Thayer was bounced off the hook and ladder when it struck a hole at Chicago and Euclid. Mike Keenan was knocked off a pumper by a telephone pole which had been left hanging over the street after a previous accident. Most pathetic, because it was unnecessary, was an accident in 1938 when the ladder overturned at Broadway and Euclid while answering a false alarm killing Vince Szary and injuring six others.
The southwest corner of Indianapolis and Chicago has been the scene of two of the largest fires in the city's history, the Tod Opera House in 1907 and the Calumet Build- ing in. 1945. One of the most strenuous times for the fire- men was in February, 1930, when the Metropole Building fire was followed by the burning of the Regent Hotel, necessi- tating:40 hours of continuous service. The Graver Tank plant was the scene of large fires in 1934 and 1939. The Hammond and Gary fire departments have helped with large fires and in turn the East Chicago department went to Gary to help extinguish a fire in Martin's Bakery, to Hammond in the stock-yard and Paxton Lumber Yard fires, to Whiting when the Hoosier Theater burned, and to Chicago in the stock- yards fire of 1934.
Figure 2 shows that the Board of Public Works and Safety has a large number of activities under its direction, in addition to the police and fire departments which have already been discussed. One of these is the city engineer who keeps records of grades and lines of sewers and such other matters as may be required. He is an member of the Board. Another is the plumbing inspector whose title explains his function, The harbor master is responsible for the operation of such lift bridges as are not on state highways. The master mechanic has charge of the machine shop; maintains and repairs mechanical equip-
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ment; and has charge of the operation of the pumping stations which pump sewage to the disposal planto The city sealer inspects all weights, measures, and similar apparatus used in the city at least once each year. He arrests violators .. The building commissioner examines and approves or rejects all building permits; examines all buildings and structures; and enforces zoning ordinances. The street commissioner, who is responsible for public buildings, drains, and sewers, collection of garbage and rubbish, and maintainance of public ways, administers the third largest department in the group directed by this board.
The city attorney hasn't a large number of subordinates but the position is quite important. As a member of the Board of Public Works, he is in a position to contribute much to the city. He draws up ordinances and prosecutes violators of them. He represents the city in litigations He also draws up all leases, contracts, deeds, and other papers.
- The city controller is the chief financial officer of the city. He, too, is a member of the important Board of Public Works. He has charge of all books, approves claims, audits accounts, and issuesceity licenses. He succeeds the mayor if the latter resigns or dies.
Although. Kast Chicago was incorporated in the year 1893, it wasn't until the year 1916 that ardefinite park plan was formulated. Vacant property near the business section was first used as a park, The circle at Baring and Chicago avenues remains as a memorial to the early park system of East Chicago; and Lees Park, formerly known as Lake Front Park, served the people of the east section of the city.
The first meeting for the purpose of organization of the Board of Park Commissioners was held on September 17, 1914.The members of this board were Dr. Alexander A. Ross,
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John A. Farovid, John K. Reppa, and T. Y. Richards, the letter serving as Secretary. This board was appointed by 'Mayor Frank. Callahano
The period from 1915 to 1920 marks the beginning of the development of our present park system. It was in that period that the Board of Park Commissioners purchased and improved our major parks, namely, Washington, Kosciuszko, Tod, Riley, and Callahan. These were acquired and improved by bond authorized by the Common Council. The board was required to pay a good price for these properties due to the fact that when the land was purchased adjoining property was being improved. As parks were developed, a decided increase in property valuation in the near vicinity occurred in every instance.
As has been related previously, several service organizations use the parks for their headquarters. The Boy Scout Hut was located in Riley Park. The Girl Sobut Little House is in Tod Park. The Indiana University Extension Center is also located in Tod Park. The Indiana Harbor Boat Club, Incorporated, is on the west end of the beach in Lees Parko-
Under the Works Project Administration, a very exten- sive program of development, construction, and rehabilita- tion work was carried on in all sections of the park district. In 1936, the Board of Park Commissioners accepted a federal grant for the construction of a comfort station at Tod Park, bath houses. at Lees Park, swimming pools in Kosciuszko and Washington Parks, and thirteen hard-surfaced tennis courts. On June 5, 1940, the Inland Steel Company donated 13.2 acres of land to the city known as the E. J. Block Athletic Field. On this property, also as a gift from the Inland Steel Company, has been built a modern baseball stadium seating 3500 people The Park Board purchased 14 6 acres from the Illinois Steel Company just east of the Field School. This area is now called "Gillies Field. " Land was
purchased in 1941 for the construction of the George Washington Carver pool in the Michigan Avenue Addition north of Columbus School
The Department of Recreation is administered by a full time director, at present Andrew Batcho, who is responsible to the Board of Park Commissioners for carrying out the recreational program, The director is appointed by the mayor. This department is responsible for the planning and supervision of the play-activities of the various age groups of the community. Since the Department uses the schools during the winter months and the parks during the summer, cooperation between the director of recreation and the personnel in charge of the schools and the parks is essen- tial.
As stated in the previous chapter, the department ofP recreation was organized in June, 1924, by Russell W. Ballard under the direction of the school board acting as a separate board After a few years, the present organization became effective. The following have served as recreation directors:
Garrett Eppely C. Ja Austin Floyd Merriman
John DeJong Rudolph Jarabak Andrew Batcho
A small department from the standpoint of the number of employees, but one with which almost everyone comes in contact, is the Health Department. The importance of the Health Department can be illustrated by a brief account of steps taken to reduce infant mortality. In 1915, 89 infants under the age of two died from diarrhea and enteritis, This number was almost. one sixth of all babies born and consti- tuted 21.5 per cent of all deaths in the city that year. The Health Department report for 1915 made several recom- mendations:
1. Registration, examination, and regula- tion of midwives.
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2. Instruction of mothers and prospective mothers by public health nurses,
3 .. Removing fly-breeding and fly-feeding conditions.
4. Improvement of the milk supply.
A nurse was added to the staff of the department on November 1, 1916, but infant mortality continued too high, so' the Department turned its attention to the milk supply. The annual report published in July, 1918, said;
There is only one dairy that makes steri- lization of bottles or containers, returned to the producing farmer a part of his routine procedure. There is great need for more rigid control of the pasterizer .. . Several (plants) are in basements and the remainder are either too close to stables or other unsanitary conditions. Systematic inspection by the Health Department would be a great spur to the dairymen to improve their plants and method's.
Today, two inspectors collect samples of milk from all delivery trucks each week. This is analyzed by the city chemist for cream content and bacterial count. The infant mortality rate from diarrhea and enteritis had dropped until during a recent year it was only 0.6 per cent of the total rate and represented only one death for every 445 births.
In 1915 there were 23 cases of and 4 people died from typhoid. The number of cases increased to 237 in 1916 with 23 deaths. There were 23 new cases in the one month of April, 1917. The Health Department proved that polluted water. was the chief cause of this epidemic so the Water Company was ordered by the Indiana Public Service Commission to present plans for a filtration plant. There was not a single death from typhoid during the year which ended August 31, 1945. Other crises have been met by appropriate measures. During the 1930's all the doctors in the city were enlisted for daily inspection of school children when scarlet fever, reached epidemic proportions. During World
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War II elaborate plans were made to care for the casualties from bombing attacks which fortunately never came, A drive 1
was conducted in 1945 to rid the city of rats, also spread- ers of disease,
The Department performs other services. Since 1914 it has kept a record of births and issued birth certificates. A record of deaths is kept and burial permits are issued. Once each year the inspectors examine all restaurants, taverns, and stores where food is sold to see that they are sanitary and that people who handle food have had blood tests. The inspectors also put up and remove contagious disease signs. The Department furnishes smallpox vaccine," diptheria toxin, and rabies serum. Three nurses are now employed One is assigned to a venereal disease clinic which is held four times each week at the Katherine House. The other nurses serve the twelve parochial schools, help with contagious diseases, and assist with the well-baby clinics which are held the second and last Tuesdays of each month at 12: 30 at the City Hall and at 2:00 at the Kath- erine House-
The youngest city department is the Sanitary District Commission which operates the sewage disposal plant on Indianapolis Boulevard just north of the Grand Calumet River. The construction of this plant was begun with WPA funds but this support was withdrawn before the plant was completed, Wartime restrictions and manpower shortages" further delayed construction but the plant began operation in June, 1945
Two pumping stations, one at the corner of Alder Street and, Gary Avenue for Indiana Harbor and one at Magoun Avenue and 151st Street for East Chicago, pump the sewage from the sewers to the plants As it enters the plant, it passes through a pair of Chicago Comminutors which shred large particles so they will be more easy to handle. The sewage then passes through a screen called a Dorr Detritor which
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removes heavy solids. It then flows through a distribution well into three settling tanks where it stays for about an hour and one-half during which time much of the sludge or solid matter settles to the bottom and is removed. Iron salts are added to the sewage as it travels from the settling tanks to two aeration tanks where air is forced through the liquid. This treatment causes the minute particles of solid matter which are still suspended in the liquid to stick; to each other so that they will sink to the bottom when the sewage is detained for 17 hours in the three final settling tanks. The liquid is discharged from these tanks into the canal and at the present time is so clean that chlorine need not be added to disinfect it although the plant is equipped to do this if necessary.
The solid matter or sludge which is separated from the liquid is pumped to a storage tank where some of the excess water is drawn off. Then ferric chloride and lime are added The treated sludge passes through vaccum filters where still more water is removed than it is conveyed to an incinerator where it is burned.
The city water department is unique in many respects. For one thing, it is the only city department which is not paid for through taxes. For another, although it is a branch of the city government, the city does not actually own the water plant The explanation is to be found in the history of the department.
Records indicate that the water system had its incep- tion in 1893 _ It was municipally owned and, in the early days, also furnished electricity, the power plant and the office.being.located near the city hall in the building which is now used as a fire station. About 1903 : the department seems to have encountered financial difficulties and the Indiana Trust Company of Indianapolis took charges The department was sold in 1907 to a private corporation, the East Chicago-Indiana Harbor Water Company, which
operated it until the city took over again in 1924. . The" contract was so worded that the city will not have complete control until 1964 when the bonds will be paid, Until that time a portion of all revenue collected is set aside in a sinking fund so that money will be available to pay off the bonds. Incidently, home owners are still paying the rates which were established in 1921.
Part of the pumping station was built in 1893 and is therefore the oldest part of the system. The building was enlarged in 1900 and there have been other additions and alterations. Since 1923 the pumps have been electrically driven. An eight-cylinder marine-type gasoline engine has been installed to supply current should outside power be cut off. The original filtration plant was built in 1921 but it has been enlarged. The 1,000,000 gallon standpipe in City Hall Park which keeps pressure steady was built in 1921. is 42 feet in diameter and 100 feet high. It In 1929 a new 54-inch intake pipe was laid one-half mile out into the lake with an opening 27 feet below the lake surface. It dis- charges into a deep-well house which was built in 1930-31. The water flows from the lake to the well house by gravity, It is pumped from the well house to the filtration plant where chemicals are added to purify the water .. The chlora- mine treatment is used, aluminum sulphide for flocculation and activitated carbon for taste and odor removal. After treatment the water passes into sedimentation basins. From there it returns to the filter plant where foreign matter is removed The clear water may be pumped into a clear-water reservoir with a capacity of 1,000, 000 gallons at the filter plant or into the city water mains
The original mains, many of which were laid before 1900, proved inadequate for the growing city. Beginning in 1941, with WPA assistance, many four- and six-inch lines were replesad by eight-, twelve-, and sixteen-inch mains depending upon the need in a given area. A twelve-inch emergency line connection was made in 1943 with Hammond.
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The various connections are so planned that no single break will cause an interruption. Service lines are 3/4-inch lead pipe under the streets with galvanized pipe from the curb to the property line. Incidently, these galvanized servicee lines were installed over twenty years ago. They are now breaking quite frequently and the water department has been replacing them without charge although other cities, would charge for this service.
The water department employs 44 men and 8 women. The office, storeroom, garage, meter service, and recreation rooms have been located at 4735 Olcott Avenue since 1907. Miss Agnes Fisk, the oldest employee, started working for the department that same year. New employees are paid on an hourly rate during the six-months' probation period. The recreation rooms, remodeled to house emergency workers during World War II days, are used by the department's social club today.
The common council, the legislative authority of the city, passes ordinances, orders, resolutions, motions, . and appropriations; adopts the annual tax levy and budget subject to final approval by the State Board of Tax Com- missioners. The council also elects the members of the school and library boards. It holds meetings on the second Monday night of each month at 8:00 p/m. and special meetings when necessary. It has nine members, one representing each of the six wards or districts and three representing the entire city, Councilmen are elected by popular vote for a term of four years. The city clerk, also elected for four years, serves as clerk of the council. The council chambers are on the second floor of the City Hall,
The city Judge presides over the City Court and appoints bailiffs and a probation officer. He is elected for four years. The city clerk serves as clerk of the city court in addition to his other duties.
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The Court is required to hold daily sessions. It has exclusive jurisdiction with the circuit and criminal courts in all cases of petit larceny and other violations of law when the penalty does not exceed $500 and imprisonment in the jail or workhouse for a period not exceeding six months; and the jurisdiction of a justice of the peace in allicases of crimes and misdemeanors. The Court has original juris- diction over violations of city ordinances. It has juris- diction in civil suits where the amount involved does not exceed $500. In cases of serious crimes such as murder, rape, or robbery, the authority of the city court is limited to hearing the charge and binding the accused over to the criminal courto
Many of the minor civil suits where the amount involved does not exceed $200 (except in landlord and tenant cases where the amount may be greater) are taken to the court of the justice of the peace who is a township officer. The justice may hear cases of misdemeanors and apply sentences and fines thereto but in criminal cases, like the City Judge, he may only hear evidence and must bind over to the criminal court. The justice is elected for four years.
There is located in East Chicago at the corner of Grand Boulevard and Broadway one of the five superior courts in Lake County. This court has unlimited jurisdiction in civil cases.
The judge is elected for four years.
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INDUSTRIES OF EAST CHICAGO
INDUSTRY
ADDRESS
5200 Railroad Ave.
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Actylene Gas.
3761 Canal St.
900
Misc. Castings:
Associated Box Corporation
Riley Road
75
Wooden Boxes, Pkgs.
Bates Expanded Steel Corp.
5222 Indpls. Blvd.
58
200 W. Chicago Ave.
150
Scrap Iron, Materials.
Calumet Foundry & Machine Co.
Grey Iron CastingS.
Certified Concrete, Inc.
Mixed Concrete.
5133 Indpls. Blvd.
85
Cline Ave. PO Box 718
600
4550 Kennedy Ave.
25
Machinery.
Continental Fdry. & Mach. Co.
4407 Railroad Ave.
1600
Castings, Rolls, Machine.
Crane Company
Valves & FittingS.
Cudahy Packing Company
Cline Avenue
292
Old Dutch Cleanser.
Dickey Manufacturing Company
Car Seals.
Eagle-Picher Company
420 E. 151st St.
900
Heavy Chemicals.
E. C. Pattern Works
4722 Railroad Avec
10
Pattern Jobbing.
Edward Valves, Inc.
Valves.
Famous Manufacturing Company
Bailing Presses.
Fruit Growers Express Company
Refrigerator Cars.
Gannon Sheet & Metal Works
524 W. Chicago Ave.
14
Industrial Work-
General Amer. Aerocoach Co.
151st & Railroad Ave.
Buses.
2400
Railroad Cars.
1301 W. Chicago Ave.
250
Trousers.
4809 Tod Ave.
750
Tanks.
4343 Kennedy Ave.
250
Fire Bricks.
Ind. Forge & Machine Company
3468 Watiing St.
125
Drop Steel Forgings.
Inland Metals Refining Co.
3601 Canal St.
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Refining of Metals.
INDUSTRIES OF EAST CHICAGO (Cont. )
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ADDRESS
INDUSTRY
Inland Steel Company
900 E. Chicago Ave.
Jordon Company, O. F.
Nuts & Bolts.
Larman Company, E. B.
504 W. 145th St.
Limbert Company, George B.
150
Linde Air Products Company
310
Tar Products.
Canal Street
Bottling Beverages.
4014 Euclid Ave.
Gas.
Indpls. Blvd & Riley
Dock Terminal.
3601 Canal St.
Bottling Beverages.
4601 Baring Ave.
50
Gas.
400 E. Columbus Dr.
20
5334 Inapls. Blvd.
Sportswear.
1405 E. Columbus Dr.
2100
Sinclair Refining Company
400
3821 Indpls. Blvd.
800
3444 Dickey Road
1100
151st Streets
Wood & Metal Patterns.
4550 Kennedy Ave:
6
Canal Street
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Union Iron Products Company
950
Buffington Station
Universal : Atlas Cement Company U. S. Gypsum Company
Secondary Aluminum.
235
4610 Melville Avenue
-- U. S. Reduction Company
130
5300 Kennedy Avec
12
4821 Railroad Ave:
Weber Insulation, Inc.
220 W. Chicago Ave.
45
Grain Elevator Work.
109
Weller, B. I. Company
Basic Steel.
13500
3210 Watling Stb
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475 E. 151st St.
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Pipe Fabrication.
Mfg. of Oxygen.
4400 . Kennedy Ave.
Detinning & Electrodes.
415 E. 151st St.
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Nor. Ind. By-Products Gas
Northern Indiana Dock Company
50
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company.
Galvanizing Service.
Phillips Petroleum Company Rogers Galvanizing Company Silver Mfg. Company -
Refining Oil.
3500 Indpls. BIvdo
Gasoline.
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, Inc.
Superheaters for Locomotives, etc.
Standard Forgings Company Superheater Company, The
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Swanson Pattern & Model Wks. Texas Company & EC Dock Terminal
Texaco Gasoline. Culverts & Signs.
1000 E. 148th St.
Mfg. & Sellers of Cemento
Bidg. Material & etc.
400
3501 Canal St.
Refiners of Lead.
Insulation Material.
U. S. S. Lead Refinery, Inc ..
APPROX. NO. EMPLOYEES
PRODUCTS
Air Reduction Sales Company American Steel Foundries
Steel Joints & Poles.
Calumet- Iron & Supply Company
480 1 Railroad Ave.
210
3868 Michigan Ave.
30
Champion Rivet Company
Steel Rivets, etc.
Cities Service Oil Company
Refined Oil, etc.
Combustion Engineering Co.
1004 E. Chicago Ave.
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Watling & Dickey Rd.
4
E. I. duPont deNemours & Co, Inc.
5215 Kennedy Ave.
1200 E. 145th St.
500
4722 Railroad Ave.
16
Public Road
425
General Amer. Trans. Corp.
4405 Euclid Ave.
Given, Albert Mfg. Company
Graver Tank & Mfg. Company
Harbison Walker Refractories
PRODUCTS
EMPLOYEES
Railway Equipment.
Metal & Thermit Corporation Midwest Tar Products Company Nehi Bottling Company
1.25
Forgings.
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CHURCHES OF EAST CHICAGO
CHURCH
ADDRESS
4014 Alexander Av. Protestant.
4002 EIm St.
Roman Catholic.
Jewish.
3517 Hemlock St. 4508-12 Baring Av. Jewish.
Central Baptist
Church of God
Church of God
Church of God in Christ
Church of God in Christ
Church of the Good Shepherd
4527 Baring AV.
Church of the Nazarene
First Baptist
First Baptist
First Christian
First Church of the Nazarene First Congregational Church
919-21 W. Chicago
Protestant,
904 W. 145th St.
Protestant
First Hungarian Reformed Church
3602 Ivy St.
Protestant.
First Methodist Church
4702 Baring Av.
First Mexican Baptist
First United Presbyterian 3737 Hemlock St.
Friendship Baptist
4603 Melville Av. . Protestanto
Full Gospel Assembly of God' Genesareth Evo Lutheran
533 W : Chicago Av. 3834 Hemlock St. 4410 Olcott Av.
Protestant. Protestanto Russian Orth.
Holy Ghost
Holy Ghost Greek Rite Catholic
4009 Fir St
Gr. R. Catholic. Roman Catholic.
Holy Trinity
Holy Trinity
4760 Alexander Av. Roman Catholic. 3719 Elm St.
Holy Trinity
4820 Kennedy Av.
4864-66 Olcott Av
3502 Grand Blvd 139th & Grand Blvd Protestant.
3520 Deodar St
4429 Olcott Ave
4620 Tod Av.
3620 Fir St.
Episcopalo
St. Alban the Martyr St.i Basil?s
St. Catherine's Hospital Chapel Stol Demet, Jus
4321 Fir St.
3801 Butternut St.
Stol Francis Assisi
3901 Fir St.
St. George Greek Orthodox 3605 Hemlock St.
Std George
4015 Elm St.
Gr. R. Catholic. Roman Catholic. Greek Orthodox, Serbian Orth,
CON
INDUSTRY
Young & Greenawait Company Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
APPROX. NO EMPLOYEES
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INDUSTRIES OF EAST CHICAGO (Concl.)
ADRESS
1011 E: 148th St. Dickey & Riley roads
PRODUCTS
Corrugated Metalo Steel Pipe, Plates, etc.
Antioch Baptist Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary Bº Nai Isreal Congregation Beth ShoIem Congregation
4741 Northcote Av. Protestant.
4026 Alexander Av. Protestant.
3522 Penn. Av.
3907 Melville Av.
3632 Block Av.
Episcopal. Protestant. Protestant. Protestanto
490,1 McCook AV.
3801 Grand Blvd.
3717 Grand Blvd.
Protestanto
3840 Penn: Av.
Protestanto
Protestant.
Protestant Protestant. Roman Catholic. Protestant
Immaculate Conception
Indiana Harbor Methodist
Mission Covenant Church Our Lady of Guadalupe
Roman Catholic.
Roman Catholic.
Sacred Heart Salvation Army Citadel
4314 Indpis Blvd. Gr. R. Catholic.
Roman Catholic.
4746 Carey St.
Hungarian Reformed
3801 Euclid Av.
Protestant Protestant. Protestant.
Protestant.
DENOMINATION
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CHURCHES OF EAST CHICAGO: (Concl)
CHURCH
ADDRESS.
DENOMINATION
St. George: (New) St. John Cantius
3617 Elm St. 3902 Pulaski Sto
4823 Kermedy Av.
St. Joseph's St. Jude's
3855 Penn. Av.
3889 Penno Ayo
3939 Deodar St.
806 W 144th Sto 4920 Wegg AV. 4303 Olcott Avo 3802 Grand Blvd.
St. Patrick's
St. Paul's Ev. Lutheran
St. Paul's Lutheran
St. Stanislaus
4935 Magoun Av. 3867 Penn AV.
Roman Catholic. Protestant.
Tabernacle Baptist
Three Saints Independent 3909 Euclid Av.
Zion Baptist
3939 Drummond Sto
Roumanian Ortho Roman Catholic. Roman Catholic. Roman Catholic. Protestanto Protestant. Roman Catholic. Polish Nat'l. Gr. R. Catholic. Roman Catholico Protestanto
St. Luke A. M. " E. St. Mark A. M. E. Zion St. Mary's
St. Michael's Archangel St. Nicholas
3734 Deodar St.
1105 W. Chicago Av.Protestanto
Roumanian Inde. Protestant.
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