Gary came into being when the United States Steel Corporation constructed a new steelworks on a virgin site on Lake Michigan in the spring of 1906, and when the city was platted, three main streets were created wide enough to include reserve track streetcar lines. Hence, the streetcar service could use equipment of interurban standard, and this was reflected in the name of the streetcar company founded on 18 July 1907, the "Gary and Interurban Railway". There was no initial official connection with the GSB&C, but the "Co-operative Construction Company" building the latter's main line was also responsible for its construction.