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of large areas for add! Pullman Band Was Nationally Famous First Movie Theatre In Roseland tional industrial development along the waterways which the project will make better acces sible, IJJ prospects oi eany completion of the St. Lawrence Sea WW, way project, tne major terminal which will be in the Calumet area, and (4) the beginning of omprc hMisive 2,300 acre indus trial and port development in Lake Calumet, which will be the Diily effective meeting place of inland barges with lake and ocean vessels operating jnproved Seaway. The increasing population andi dustrial activity, and, conse luently, the traffic produced for ill carriers in the Calumet area. accelerated by the Seaway, the! Lake Calumet port project, and! Cal Sag Project Vital To Nation Seyf arth Says Says Railroad Revenues Would Be Increased Wirh Improvement By Henry E. Soyfarth Chairman, Cal Sag Waterways Development Committee.

Chairman of Board Union National Bank of Chicago The Calumet Sag Project, authorized bjr Congress in 1946 calls for the widening and extension of the route to Gary, Indiana and includes a connection with the Indiana Harbor Canal The route will directly serve Lake Calumet in southern Chicago where a comprehensive port and industrial plan is about to be implemented. The Calumet Sag route Is one of two connections between the two principal inland waterway systems of the United States: the Great Lakes and the Missis siiroi River svstem. The two con Calumet Sag waU rway and extension, will produce a volume of traffic for. railroads serving tne area; which will produce annual considerably exceeding the to the railroads of their: share of bridge replacements. All types of carriers will share in! the general increase of total Formed back in the 1880s shortly after the Town of Pullman was put under construction by George M.

Pullman, the PuUman band, pictured above, was organized. The band became nationally famous and in 1893 played in Washington, D.C., at the inauguration of Giover Cleveland, Later the band became known also as the First Regimental band when it became associated with the Illinois National Guard. Concerts were given frequently by the band on the lawn at Hotel Florence. The above picture was taken at the band encampment on the occasion of a visit to III. Additional facts as to the history of the band are presented in a feature story traffic generated by the ed industrial activity.

The short extent of the exist ing waterways to be enlarged andi jxtended by the Calumct Sag appearing elsewhere in this edition. project win provide improved He who stands high in his own estimation is still a long way to thousands of miles of 1 to the other major inland waterway system, the Great Lakes of the Calumet District as authorized by the Calumet Sag Project. terways already improved by the from the top. United States government great expense, but relatively in nections are through the Illinois St. Lawrence route, because of existing phsyical limitations.

It is in the national interest to expedite the improvement and extension of the inland waterways accessible to the largest industri It is only at trees that hear good fruit that stones are It's easy to do as you see, to place your want ad, call COmmodore 4 2333. al and metropolitan area on the 1 thrown. system and relatively inaccesiblel Way back in the days when ''The Great Train Robbery" was tops in motion picture entertainment, this was Roseland's first moving picture theatre. This "niekle odeon" was located on Michigan avenue near 112th place and was operated by I. E.

Berkson. It was said that this nickle theatre had a seating capacity of something less than ISO persons and was the delight of mony youngsters and a source of wonder to the adults in that day. Over the theatre entrance the sign reads "Roseland Electric Theatre" and further along the lettering explains that "High Class Illustrated Songs and Moving Picture Shows" are presented and that admission is 5 cents, including seat. The pioneer movie operator Mr. Berkson is said to have opened this first theatre in 1905 and found business so good that in 1907 he opened the Roseland theatre at 11307 Michigan with a seating capacity of 500.

Later the Roseland was opened at 11331 37 Michigan with a seating capacity of 1,000. in 1922 Mr. Berkson opened the Lakes to Guit waterway, 01 which the existing Calumet Sag Channel is a part. The other connection between the two waterway systems, the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal route, is unsatisfactory as a route because it leads to downtown Chicago. That area no longer accommodates as much as formerly of the heavy Rose land State at 110th place ana iwicnigan wirn a seonng cupumy or I of Metropolitan Chicago, which industry of the type which ships and receives large quantities of bulk freight by barge and no longer has available significant The existing Calumet Sag wa third of the presenti prevents barge access to that population of Metropolitan Chi terway suffers from very serioui limitation which prevent it: area except through the nazara is the only area rn tne vacant areas ior mausintu ue open water of Lake Micni economic utilization beyond the Chicago region suitable for heavy present 3.5 million tons of an jgan.

industry which requires water The route of the Calumet Sag Project, on the other Traffic increases nual traffic volume. These lim transportation. tations include: (1 inadequate In spite of these limitations. Lake Calumet. 2,300 serves the Calumet District of Il width 60 feet for the large the route has carried an increas extent, is about to be developed linois and Indiana, an area which annual volume of traffic far ntesrated tows which produce has been increasing in popula ly the Chicago Regional low cost transportation District as an industra.il area and tion, production of steel and est of the 7,000 miles system of as the major port terminal for other basic goods, and ii Federally improved inland beyond the original estimates of one million tons, but now the proportion relative to total Illinois Waterway traffic is not increasing, although industrial ex Dansion in the area now or po borne traffic at a very much more rapid rate than has Metro the St.

Lawrence Seaway. It and the other port facilities in the terways of the Mississippi Valley and Gulf Coast, necessitating Chicago region are the only politan Chicago as a whole, even consuming shunting of to be served directly by both of though the metropolib tentially served continues. This! dividual barges or small groups Americas major inland water has been a leader in the United indicates that the present of barges for the last few miles oi ways, for in Lake Calumet the barges meet lake and ocean ves States post war industrial expansion. The prospects for con the system to and from the me tinued growth of the Calumet! sels and a considerable inter strictive physical conditions of the waterway have placed a ceiling on the traffic at about the present volume. That conclusion tropolitan area which produces the greatest volume of long haul change traffic is expected to develop.

In the Calumet area i he Mississippi val District industrially are excellent because of the rapidly ex candine metropolitan and mid ley (2) inadequate vertical and furthermore, are concentrations is substantiated Dy we expen price of the barge operators. horizontal bridge clearances, which necessitate specially built, western markets, the continued availability of raw materials, and The benefit to cost ration ror of rail and highway facilities for distribution throughout the Mid and the metropolitan area. The Calumet area, already lead isitiik mil the increasing standard of living the project, originally estimated at. id to 1. was based upon 1932 the industries of the Calumet in the region.

Land Available About 15,000 acres are poten ing the nation steel production and high in petroleum re estimates of traffic potentials' which have already been greatly exceeded. That this estimate is District or the new port devel opment in Lake Calumet; (3. fining and production of cnemi: pite of increased costs is tially available in the Calumet District for eventual industrial development, and when fully sharp Denas wmcn create cais, nas an increasingly diver 'navigational hazards; and by (1) rapid expansion sified economic base and excellent prospects for future expan iml i' in 'he lack of an eastward extensi built up. the area would have a population supporting capacity! such as doubling of steel produc into the rapidly growing Indiana industries producing tion in recent years, amm portion of the Calumet District! oi a pout a million per, barge traffic. DOLTON MOTORS The South End District's MOST PROGRESSIVE FORD DEALER Joins Roseland and Neighboring Communities in "WELCOMING THE WORLD' MA'0 GALLrt One yery sxafteft reason for driving safely Ford Motor Company FORtrrifXCOLtTMEtiCrfxr f.ARS IORD TRUCKS TRACTORS FARM IM A UiUUSl We were aware of the tremendous possibilities for economic and cultural growth for this area a good many years ago The realization of the Calumet Harbor Development proves our beliefs were well founded Continual growth for this area is promised for years to come The sky is the limit.

John W. Cunnea, of Dolton Motors, 13839 Lincoln, Dolton, recently presented the keys of a fine new Ford to Mrs. Cathryn Reinstine, Dolton area hostess for Welcome Wagon, Inc. The car will be used in her Welcome Wagon calls. Mario Go Mo, co owner of Dolton Motors, looks an approvingly.

FOR THE BIG SELL A RATION BIG SAVINGS NEW FORD CARS and TRUCKS SEE LAVERY JAAP, inc. Your Authorized FORD Dealer 10131 SO. MICHIGAN AVENUE INteroccan 8 8200 OPEN EVENINGS AND SUNDAY DOLTON MOTORS Authorized Ford Dealer 13839 LINCOLN AVENUE Dolton, Illinois Phone Dolton 1686.