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GARY, The Wonder City of
Opportunities
Magazine article from "Homes and Home Ownership"
(date not known - printed before 1959)
Written by J. H. Palmer
In the history of the country there has
been no city which has had such rapid growth and development as
Gary. In 1906, nothing but a prairie, it now has a population of
over 80,000 with a valuation of taxable property amounting to close
to $135,000,000. From its very incorporation the city was laid out
along a definite, beautiful plan. The city has excellent fire and
police departments, wonderful parks containing a total of 525 acres,
all located within the city limits, and its public improvements
include fifteen miles of boulevards, one hundred and fifty-five
miles of improved street and over one hundred and forty-four miles
of cement sidewalks. The Gary public schools have come to occupy a
position of recognized educational leadership through the rapid
adoption throughout the country of the now famous "Gary Plan," known
also as the Platoon, or ork-study-play system, with five high
schools and eighteen grade schools. There are also nine parochial
schools, as well as a business college. Sixty-three churches of
various denominations minister to the spiritual needs of the city.
The development of such a wonder city
necessitated the cooperation, keen judgment, and vision on the part
of its public-spirited citizens. The building of homes and
industrial plants was carried on by men who had faith in Gary and
its opportunities, and one of those men was Leslie I. Combs. Mr.
Combs located in Gary in 1908 and has
been continuously connected with the building industry since that
time and during the past ten years has devoted his entire time and
attention to the building and selling of homes on easy payments.
During this time he has built hundreds of modern homes, most of
which were built on the north side in the various subdivisions of
the Gary Land Company.
Mr. Combs, during all these many years,
has never foreclosed a mortgage on a person who has purchased a home
from him and to my knowledge no purchaser of one of Mr. Combs' homes
has ever had to sell his home at a loss. With such a record it is no
wonder that Mr. Combs is held in such high esteem, not only by his
satisfied customers, but even by his competitors in the real estate
and building business. He is well equipped and thoroughly competent
to serve you in matters pertaining to real estate and is eager for
an opportunity to prove it.
Submitted By KATHERINE BUTLER
Email- homecare@gte.net
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