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WILMETTE LIFE. FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1924 INVITE RESIDEm TO WUEn'EDAYFm (Continued from page 1) In the cour.e of the afternoon the picnicker arc to be afforded the opportunity of witnessing an interesting First Aid exhibition staged by a team GLENVIEW VS. ROMEOS of . 20 young women employes of the The Romeos of Chicago will meet Chicago, North Shore and ~tilwaukee The junior Auxiliary of the Infant the Glenview baseball team in a game railroad company. Welfare society will meet at the home at the Glenview ball park, Lake aveDaaee in the EYeninr of Mrs. ]. W. Bennett, trlO Greenleaf nue and the Waukegan road, Sunday The evening of the holiday will be avenue, Monday, August 18, at 2 Read the Want-Ad· afternoon at J o'clock. given over to dancing on the outdoor pavilion at the grove, an excellent group of syncopators having been procured for the occasion. Leading the parade in the morning and appearing in concert during the afternoon will be the celebrated 40piece band of the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee railroad company. Free transportation to and from the grove has been provided by the Chamber of Commerce through the courtesy of the North Shore Motor Coach company. Buses will ply betweeQ the Wilmette avenue station of the North Shore line at frequent intervals from 9 o'clock in the morning until 11 o'clock in the evening. HIS Company, supplying gas or electricity, or both~ to 20~ comThe Chamber of Commerce has secured insurance against accident to munities in 15 counties, immediatE-ly adjacent to Ch1cago, IS conany indivi<lual participating in the tinually expanding its properties BJ1d facilities to care for the increasing Wilmette Day activities next Wednesday. business in this rapidly growing territory. The \Vilmette Day working personnel includes: This expansion necessitates the issuance, from time to time, of additionWilliam Rossberger, general chairal securities which are attractive to investors. large and small, becaustt man; George Baldwin, John J. Moran, C'arl E. Sterner and George White. of the essential character cf the Company's business, its consecutive members of the general committee. dividend record, conservative management and potential growth. Attraction s and conce~sions-Geor,:!e Baldwin and George \\'hite, chairmen; There is now available to the public a limited amount of CumuHomer Cazel, J . Kneip and A. K. Mestjian . lative Preferred Stock. The Company desires that this stock be Parade-A. C. Wolff and Carl E. purchased by customers, and for their convenience, a special plan of Sterner. Races-Raymond Klehm, John H. easy payment has been arranged. Davies, Carroll Ridgway. Dance- Ben Meyer, H. Dornhas, J . Walter Nelson. Prize - William Taylor, E. Griffis, J. H. Schaefer. The Company furnishes electric light to 160,000 homes, stores. offices Lunch-]. A. Pappajohn, L. Abraand factories; supplies electric street lighting in 137 cities and towns hams, G. Pearson. Refreshment -Sam Lnlia s. and furnishes the power to pump water in 69 communities. Whole~alers-A . . \ 'an Dcusen. Fred Brinkman, E. C. Cazcl. Eighty-one per cent of the . electricity sold by the Company is power. Grand Prize- Orian Galitz, John This power business shows an increase of 491.4 per cent over the Hoffman, Emil Nord, Carl Renneckar, P .. ]. Schaefer, Lawrence Schildgen, last twelve years. The lighting business shows an increase of 241.5 Ntck Schwall. per cent. In the cities and towns served by the Company electric Music-John ]. Moran , Vance F. Foster. appliances are used in large numbers. Grounds-}. C. Capen. Finance-Dan G. Stiles, E. A. DanFrom the Company's gas plants is piped the fuel for 91,600 gas nemark. ranges and to more than ~ industrial customers using appro"- Iem, providing it doesn't pertain. to railroading, (which I know nothmg about) don't be afraid to call on me." The fast-stepping fact-finder drew his own conclusions, which, strangely enough, are not for publication. o'clock. ~~~~~~~~;;;;;;~;C~a~n~ad~a~.~~~~~~iiii~~~~ii~ii~ii~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;:r------ Miss Gayle Comstock of OmaiUi has been visiting Miss Burchard and Miss Favor at their home, 1024 Forest avenue. -oMiss Dorothy Troy, of 822 Ashland avenue, has as her guest fo~ the remainder of the summer, Mtss Margaret Herrmann of Washington, D. C. The Daughter~the King of St. Augustine's church met for lunche~m Thursday at the home of Mrs. Dante! Brower, 720 Fifth street. -oMrs. Sarah Zimmerman of 1117 Greenleaf avenue has returned from a two weeks' trip to Detroit and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Miller of 1_775 Washington avenue announce the buth of a daughter, Geraldine, on August 2, at the St. Francis hospital. -oMr. and Mrs. F . B. Ahara and family, and Mrs. Ahara's mother, Mrs. Doyle: returned yesterday from a two weeks stay at White Lake, Michigan. --<>-Mr. and Mrs. Harry R Hargis and family of 1420 Washington avenue will return from Dowagiac, Mich., around September 1. FAVOR ALLEY PAVING The board of local improvements lent its sanction, Tuesday night, to the paving of the alley between Fourth and Ffth streets and north of Gentral avenue, and for the construction of a sewer on Fernleaf avenue. This action followed a public hearing held · that evening in the council chambers. Offered for lnvestm.ent 7% Cumulative Preferred Shares Public Service Company of Northern Illinois T 7% Facts of Interest to Investors WHO CAN SOLVE TRAIN MYSTERY? Why DoN. W. Traina Run on Left Hand Side? J?id it ever o~cur to you why the Ch1cago and North \Vcstcrn trains run counterwi~r to those on other roacls . That is to say, why the road operate. its trains to the left of the right -of- way. in~_t<·ad of. to thr right? Some tou_nsts 111 the vtllage pondrred that quest10n the other day and it w~s up to a \VJLuerre Lire reprcsentattv~ to solve the mystery. Hts first stop was at the villap-e offices where Edmund Kerr, village collector, but for many years connected with the operating department of the North Western, was subjected to stern inquiry. His solution: The company was once a British concern which introduced the Rriti h method of train operation here The custom is being continued hy th~ presen,t managem~nt. That's the way ~atlroad men m my time understood 1t, anyway." . Encouraged, but not convinced. the mmble new -gatherer next hied himsd_f to the office of Earl E. Orner, Wtl!'lette station master of the road. hopmg to secure CO"perative testimom·y. H;e was due for di appointm~.nt. Th1s was Earl's explanation: North We tern trains arc optratcd on the left hand a~ a measure of safety and. idennification. For instan~e. Engmeer Jones i leaving the Madtson street terminal northbound on ~rain no .. 6, witlol orders to meet Engmeer Smtth, southbound on train no. ~· at Racin~. When each engineer IS on the nght side of the cab don't you realize how easy it is fo; them t~ identi!Y. eac~ other? Again, an eng.meer dnvmg hts train over the left ~ails. has a better, more comprehensave vtew of the whole right-of-way t~an he could have were he on the ra"ht hand track. 'Some. peop_le who know nothing about radroadtng have been heard to Jay that this position ruts the engineer on the wrong side o the train to receive , order~ from the conductor. There a notbmg to that contention because the fireman iJ alway .. ~ the' left hand cab window at tations and take the conductor'· orders, passes them on to the eqineer and away tbe;r J'O.H ..Say," said Yr. Orner in conclusion, "whenever you have a difficult prob- mately 3,300,000,000 cubic feet of gas per year. The Company is owned by 21,419 stockholders of whom 19,764 or 92 per cent, live in the 202 communities served or in the city of Chicago, center of this wonderful territory. The number of stockholders increased 35 per cent ~thin the year. Mr. Samuel Insult, Chairman of the Board of Public Service Company of Northern Illinois, in his address to stockholders at the annual meeting held February 24, 1924, made this statement: "It is a source of satisfaction for this Company to offer to its customers and stockholders securities which are based on essential industry and backed by such a record of unfailing interest and dividend payment as are the securities of Public Service Company of Northern Illinois." } The dividend paid August 1st, 1924, was the 51st consecutive quarterly payment by the Company to its common and preferred stockholders. Taking also in consideration the 39 dividend payments made by its principal predecessor company, n t~tal of C'O co:1Eecutive dividends has been paid over a period of more than 22 years. This stock, because of the value of the security behind it as well as the high dividend yield, offers an exceptional opportunity to both large and small investors. These shares may be had at the market price. Full information may be had at any of the Company district offices, or write the Utility Securities Company or the Treasurer of this Company, 7:J West Adams St., Chicago. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS Serville 6,000 ·quare milea- 202 citiu and town~-with Gaa or Electricity JNO. S. REESMAN, Diatrict Maaaa111 Claurcla s~ PhODe EYaaatoa 3111 EVANSTON Pt.oae Wilmette zast T~e Preferred and Common Stocka t>l thi· Company are /fated on The Chicago Stock Exchange The 4111nouncement that the Public Service COIIIpany of Nortltern !llinoie been awanled Ute Charlea A. Cadla Jl.aJ h·· lor 1923, N a tribate to the territory in which thia Company operate· as - l l ·· tlte eervice it rertdere. This award was made to this Company in competition 'With the electric light and power eompaniee of the United State. "lor diatingaished contribution to the de-lopment of electric light and poYrer lor the convenience of tl.e fYJihlic and the bene/it of the induatry."