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GARY , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

Lake See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

INDIANA

Indiana, U.S.A., at the See also:

SOUTHERN

southern end of Lake See also:

Michigan, about 25 M. S.E. of See also:

Chicago, See also:

ILL

Ill. Pop. (1910 See also:

CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 16,802. Gary is served by the See also:

Baltimore & See also:

OHIO

Ohio, the Lake See also:

SHORE

Shore & Michigan Southern, the Michigan Central, the See also:

Pennsylvania, the See also:

WABASH

Wabash, and (for See also:

FREIGHT, (pronounced like " weight "; derived from the Dutch vracht or vrecht, in Fr. fret, the Eng. " fraught " being the same word, and formerly used for the same thing, but now only as an adjective= " laden ")

freight only) the Chicago, Lake Shore & Eastern, and the Indiana Harbor See also:

Belt See also:

RAILWAYS

railways, and by several steamship lines plying the See also:

GREAT

Great Lakes. There are about 21 sq. m. within the municipal limits, but the city lies chiefly within a See also:

TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract of about 8000 acres composed at the See also:

time of its See also:

settlement mainly of See also:

sand See also:

DUNES

dunes and swamps intersected from See also:

east to See also:

west by the See also:

GRAND

Grand See also:

CALUMET (Norm. Fr. form of chalumet, from Lat. calamus, a reed)

Calumet and the Little Calumet See also:

rivers, small streams respectively about r and 3 M. S. of the lake shore. In 1906 the See also:

UNITED

United States See also:

STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

Steel See also:

CORPORATION (from Lat. corporare, to form into a body, corpus, corporis)

Corporation bought this tract to establish on it a great See also:

INDUSTRIAL

industrial community, as See also:

DIRECT

direct See also:

WATER

water connexion with the Lake See also:

SUPERIOR

Superior ore region was possible, and it was comparatively accessible to West See also:

Virginia See also:

COAL

coal and Michigan See also:

LIMESTONE

limestone, with unusual railroad facilities. The Steel Corporation began the actual See also:

BUILDING

building of the See also:

TOWN

town in See also:

JUNE

June 1906, the first step being the See also:

INSTALLATION

installation of an elaborate See also:

SYSTEM

system of sewers, and of mains and conduits, for the See also:

DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

distribution of water, See also:

GAS

gas and See also:

ELECTRICITY

electricity . The water-See also:

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply is taken from the lake at a point 2 M. offshore by means of a See also:

TUNNEL (Fr. tonne!, later tonneau, a diminutive from Low Lat. tonna, tunna, a tun, cask)

tunnel. These public utilities the Steel Corporation controls, and it has built about Soo dwellings, two hotels, a See also:

BANK

bank, and its own plant. A small patch of See also:

LAND

land, now within the limits of the city, has been from the beginning in the hands of private owners, but the See also:

REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of the lots (except those already sold) are owned by the Steel Corporation, and are sold under certain restrictions intended to prevent real See also:

ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate See also:

SPECULATION

speculation, to See also:

GUARANTEE (sometimes spelt " guarantie " or " guaranty "; an O. Fr. form of " warrant," from the Teutonic word which appears in German as wahren, to defend or make safe and binding)

guarantee See also:

bona fide improvement of the See also:

PROPERTY

property, and to restrict the See also:

sale of intoxicating drinks.

Between the Grand Calumet See also:

RIVER

river (which has been dredged out into a See also:

canal) and the lake lies the plant of the Steel Corporation, covering about 1200 acres. All the machinery in this great plant is driven by electricity from generators whose See also:

MOTIVE (from Lat. movere, to move)

motive See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power is supplied by the See also:

COMBUSTION (from the Lat. comburere, to burn up)

combustion of gases from the blast furnaces. From the same See also:

SOURCES

sources is also supplied the electricity for See also:

LIGHTING

lighting the city. The See also:

RAIL

rail See also:

mill is operated by three-phase See also:

INDUCTION (from Lat. inducere, to lead into; cf. Gr. ilrayu yli)

induction See also:

MOTORS, ELECTRIC

motors of from 2000 to 6000 See also:

HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse-power capacity. The city was chartered in 1906 and was named in See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of Elbert See also:

Henry Gary (b. 1846), chairman of the See also:

BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board of See also:

DIRECTORS

directors and chairman of the See also:

FINANCE

finance See also:

COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee of the United States Steel Corporation.

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