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eo THE MarRINE REVIEW tions for the rail mill are still uncompleted, but the American Bridge Co. will doubtless erect the frame work. The interior of the open-hearth plants will be built under the supervision of the company's engineers. 2 OPEN-HEARTH BUILDINGS. The open-hearth buildings will be identical in every de- tail. Each will be 1,189 ft. long, and 204 ft. 5% in. wide, and will contain 14 furnaces of 60 tons capacity each. The charging floors are 80 ft. wide, and the pouring floors 6r ft. wide. The latter will have four pouring platforms. The charging floors will be served with 75-ton electric cranes, and the pouring floors with 125-ton cranes. The charging floors open into the storage yards, each 71 ft.' 9 in. wide. These run the entire length of the open- hearth buildings, each of which is served by a 5-ton crane. At the end of each open-hearth group nearest the blast furnaces are the mixer buildings, having mixers of 300 tons capacity. These will be operated by hydraulic power. "The frame work of each building will be 85 ft. 6 in. wide and 120 ft. long, and the ladles will be handled ny 75-ton -- cranes having 15-ton auxiliaries. The dimensions of the machine shop are 147 x 400 ft. The main bay will be 77 ft. wide, with a clear height of 47 ft. 3 in. The side bays are 35 ft. wide each. A 25-ton crane, having a 75-ft. span will be installed in the center bay. The blacksmith shop will be 62 x 100 ft., and the car- penter and pattern shop, 51 ft. 3 in. by. 100 ft. The latter will have two floors. The boiler house will be 130 x 160 ft. with two lean-tos, 35 ft. each. The clear height of the . main bay of this building will be 42 ft. 6 in. The store house is 59 x 200 ft., and will also-have two floors. Con- tractors are already engaged in clearing the land and put= re ting i in the foundations for all' these buildings. s THE LOCATION: OF GARY. The tract upon which Gary is to be built has a mean altitude of 25 ft. above the level of the Calumet river. It lies 10 miles east of Hammond and 26 miles southeast from Chicago, and is virtually a suburb of that city. Ample railroad connections are provided by the follow- ing trunk lines, all of which pass through it: Baltimore & Ohio, Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, Wabash, Michigan Central and Pennsylvania. The following belt lines also fap the tertitory; Indiana Harbor, Chicago, Lake Shore & Eastern,.Elgin, Joliet & Eastern, and Chi- cago Terminal Transfer. All the railroad tracks will be elevated through Gary, and the Pennsylvania through Tolleston. The Elgin, Joliet & Eastern, which is owned by the Steel Corporation, will have extensive yards just south of Clark Junction, with a capacity of 60,000 cars. 'In addition to the rights of way of the various railroads, the town will establish a permanent right of way due east and west and north and south, which, for a consid- eration, any road may use. The Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend Interurban Electric Railway will use the principal right of way, running east and west along the north border of the town, while the Indiana, Logansport & Chicago Electric Railway, which is now under con- struction, will also pass through 'Gary, The city will be about square, two miles each way, with ample room on three sides to expand. It has been laid out with the compass, -and all streets will run due north and south or east and west. The main north and south: thoroughfare will be called Broadway, and it will __be"100 ft. wide. The principal east and west street will be Fifth avenue, 80 ft. wide. The intersection of these two streets will be the commercial center of the city, and a great public square will be located there. The fin- est business. blocks will be built around it, 'together with municipal government buildings and other structures of a public character. Shade trees will be planted and lawns will be laid out around the entire square, and in the center it is planned to erect an ornamental band stand, where open air concerts will be given at frequent inter- vals. This will-be the central recreation ground for citi- zens during summer evenings. Electric lights will sup- ply illumination, and benches will be placed along the curb, where the people may sit and enjoy the music and rest. A system of small parks and play- grounds for childfen will be part of the general plans for open-air recreation grounds. Shade trees and lawns will be planted along the curb line iri every street. Brick will be the pav- ing material, and all sidewalks are to be concrete. FEATURES OF THE CITY'S PLAN. The size of the lots for homes and business blocks has been established by the Gary Land Co. at 25 by 125 ft. faor the latter, and: 30 by .125. ft. for, the former, except in ~ two rows.of blocks where the residence lots are to be 30 by 150 ft., on the theory that there will be a class of em- ployes and business men who will want to build more pre- tentious homes requiring more ground. In the residence 'districts all alleys are to be 20 ft. wide, and in the busi- ness section the alleys will be 30 ft. wide. alley width has much* impoxtance, for in the alleys, m= stead of in the streets, are to be laid all the service pipes and wires. Sewer, water and gas pipes, together with electric light, telephone and telegraph wires, are ta be buried in the alleys, and all manholes and other openings, which are one of the nuisances in most city streets, wil! be in the alleys. The streets are to be entirely free from all obstructions of this character and in the future, no matter to what size Gary grows, there will arise no neces- With the Sorplene plan evolved, Gary = to be built from the center outward. Everything that has been done so far has been worked out with an eye to the future. At first, four main sewers are to be laid, of such size as 'to meet any increased demand that may be made by the expansion of the city. The lateral sewers are to be laid on the same principle. The waterworks and intakes from the lake will be of.such capacity as to meet the require- ments of a much greater population than Gary is likely to have in a decade. Certain restrictions will surround the sale of lots. - the only evidences of control which the Steel Corporation will seek to exercise over the city and its people. Lots will be sold only.to bona fide prospective residents, and the element of speculation in them will be. eliminated entirely. The company will build houses for sale or rent, or will sell lots for building purposes. Theré are to be established four or five grades of buildings, and it is proposed not to permit a building of cheaper grade to be erected in a district set aside for buildings of a better class. "No residences will be allowed in the business sec- tion, and _no-~ business houses in the residence section. There will be no attempt to control architectural designs. Every man may build as he-chooses so long as his house is up to a general standard. It is not. proposed to have any tenements or flats. There will be a wide range in the cost of the various dwellings, but the humblest cottage will have the same sanitary advantages and public. con- -veniences as the more pretentious homes. | POLICY AS TO LIQUOR, The Steel Corporation will own none of the stores, banks or other public enterprises, but will insist that the men who apply for locations for business purposes shall be of a class that will conduct their business in the proper way. A method will be found to exclude men of ques- tionable business careers, This unusual'. =. Sity for tearing up the street pavements to reach the con- -duits. : see e ee These are of a general nature and are