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WILMETTE LIFE, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1924 ADDMON FOR NEW ORRINGTON Excavation Work Started on 176-Room Addition to Big Hostelry COMPLETED IN FALL Plans Also Out for Another Carlson Hotel While work has been started on the foundation for an addition to the Orrington hotel, Evanston, which will make it th e largest on the north shore preliminary sketches are being draw~ for Victor Carlson, owner, for another apartment hotel, that is to be erected 'at the northwest corner of Davis street and Hinman avenue. Evanston . Details of the plan have not been announced. but construction work at that corner. where, at present, the executiVP offices are located, will be started in the near future. The Greater Orrington hotel when completed will represent an 'investment of $3.000.000. The Library Plaza hot el, which Mr. Carlson owns and huilt in 1921, was erected at a cost of $600.000. The site at the corner of Davis street and Hinman avenue is 200x200 feet. The addition is to have 176 rooms. accommodations for guests' cars and separate rooms for servants' quarter s. The two and four -room suites arc so arranged that six and eight-room ·apartments may he had either furni 'ihed or unfurnished, but with complete hotrl service in either case. The roof g-arden will be extended north over the adclition and will be one of the largest in the country. Addition Sa me Hei~ht The addition will be the same height as t he oresPnt seven story buildingwith six floor s of livin~ quarters . There will he senn stores on the ~rn11n d Aoor. making a total of eightrt n for the Greater OrrinP"tOn. Space !1 ~< <1 lso heen provided for a golf >chool. Thf' addition will fulfilt the incre<~s rd ckmand for acrommodation for .(!'ucst's cars and witl he completed in September or October. about one year from the time that th-e-- ore'S1'!m' hultdinv w<~s como leted. Aporoximately $1.000.000 will ht> spent on the new addition . or :\ total investment of $3,000,000. with the addition ,and main st·ruct ure. The site just leased from Northwestern university has a frontage on Orrington avenue of 116 feet, giving a total frontage of 327 feet for the Greater Orrington. The new section will contain additional private dining rooms, lounge rooms and other public r~oms. The total number of rooms in t e Greater Orrington will be ft. Growad R eptal $4,. . Gr<;>und rental of land, under the add1t1on , will be $4,066 annually, for }he first twenty-five years, and $6,102 ?r the next twenty-five years, and SIX per cent of the value of the land for the next fifty years. Mr. Carlson, has an option to purchase the fee right at $67,800 during ~he next two years, or at $90,400 dur~~~g the following eighteen years. The s1te has a depth of 154 feet on the north end and 100 feet on the south end, adjoining the present hotel. All of the shops in the present Orrington are rented. Excavation work for the addition is nearing completion and concrete is already being poured for the founda tion. Announcement has not yet been made as to who will issue the bonds ~or the addition. Peabody Houghtelmg & Co. handled the $1 ,200,000 issue of the original building. As in .the case of the main structure. everythmg from plans to structural work will be directed by Mr. Carlson's staff of architects and engineers. During the winter months a large warehouse was constructed on Ridge avenue at Foster street for service to the Orrington and to the Library Plaza. · SPE-C:IAL ~uty. DDDEiE- BROTHER'S ·4-PASSENGER. COUPE To see this car is to commend its It stands out strikingly, both in the symmetry of its design and in the excellent good taste and smartness of its equipment. In the final analysis , however. the most popular feature will unquestionably prove to be its exceptional riding ease. The seats, the new spring suspension and Dodge Brothers special 6-ply balloon-type tires unite in achieving an altogether new efficiency in protecting passengers from the ruts and jolts of the road. Bill and Hi and Blackie Had a Muddy Time of It "Pulling out of the mud," as pertaining to highways, had its practical application in Wilmette one day this week when William ·~Bill" Rossberger vot one of his Wilmette Glass and Paint store trucks in up to the huhs in tl1e vicinitv of Golf terrace. "Bill" called. frantically to Henry "Hi" Littlestone of the Linden De Luxe garage who hove in sight pronto with a wrecking outfit. Well sir, 'twasn't long before "Hi" ioined his brother Optimist in misery by getting his wrecker securely embedded in the stickv clay . Both "Bill" and "Hi" next issued a demand upon the services of still another Optimist, one Pete "Biackie" Schaefer of the Vvilmette Motor sales co111pany of Fourth street, who, ere lou'!, was on the joh and in the mud. "B lac kit>" eventuallv succeeded in f"Cttinlo[ "Bill" out of his predicament, <tnd. thereupon , "Hi" and Blackie" hooked up and wheedled out somehow- just how we cannot say. C. M. McDONALD EVANSTON 1019 Davia St. _ Phone 224 .,.,. Wilmette Men Asked to Enter Citizens' Camp "All eligible youn~ men between the ages of 18 -and 24. who are desirious of havin~ an A-No._ 1 vacation with all expenses paid, even as to the transportation, shou ld sign up for the traininfl' camp which will be conducted in Michi~an during the latter oart of the summer," says Col. A. L. Denman, who is recruiting Wilmette for the citizens camp in Michigan conducted hy the government. Col. Denman asks that all young men who desire such a vacation communicate with him at once and make arrangments to go to camp in August. --------------------~-------------------- ~~ d CITY MARKET CO. 627 MAIN ST. -:- PHONE WILMETTE 1870 RETAIL r d WHOLESALE Hot Cross Buns EOPLE depend upon this bakery for those delicious Hot P Cross Buns. The memory of those we made before lingers in the minds of our customers. This year t hey will be as good as ever. You'll want a dozen or so at least. Order them early in -the day; they're so good. that the! go rapidly, and sometimes don t last the day -out! Every Friday until Easter. We offer you the finest quality of meats and poultry that the market affords. Our prices are low and we exert ev!!ry effort to serve you in aucb a manner as to make you a satiafied customer. MEATS SPECIAL SALE, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, APRIL 11-12 38C I NATIVE TENDER POT 22 ROAST, lb. . . . . . . . . . . . . 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