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·June 4, 1926 · e ... . · ce JUNE 5th WILMETTE LIFE Z1 . j kokie · - r · ~ H .' - I ' ' ~ ... LINE O N Saturday morning, June 5, the SkokieValley Route of the North Shore Line will be opened with full service. This new twenty . . three miles of double track will prove of benefit, directly and indirectly, to ever{ community served by the North Shore Line. The high..speed electrically.. operated railroad .. .'. south-bound-- over the Shore Line Route, all of them making the more important stops along the way. The value of this frequent service is self, apparent. It should prove especially benefi' cial to Evanston, through attracting shop' pers, from points further north, to this Shopping Center. · To Kenosha, Racine, Milwaukee· Fifteen Milwaukee trains each day, as pre.. viously explained, will operate via the Shore · Line Route, making stops at Church Street . and Central Street. These trains will provide direct, fast service from Evanston to Ken.. osha, Racine and Milwaukee. Persons wish.. ing to travel via the Skokie Valley Route may do so conveniently by taking the Rapid Transit ("L") to Howard Street and board' ing the North Shore Line there. The run' ning time from Howard Street to downtown Milwaukee via the Skokie Valley will be 1 hour and 35 minutes. Increased Service on the Shore Line Route - .. ' t'. I · First of all, by relieving traffi.: on our Shore Line Route, the new line will enable us to renJer increased service to all North Shore suburban communities. Such increa ed service will be ~tarted in1mediately. Commencing June 5, three types of to\\'n' to-town service will be supplied. There will be new service-WaLikegan Limited trains, making all Limited stops, half hourly in each direction; a'lso Highwood Expn:ss trains, making all Express stops, half hourly each way. And there will be Local trains every half hour in both directions. '1\AVINIA GLENCOE HUBBARD WOODS THE new Skokie Valley Route, costing nearly ten million dollars, is a model of modern railroad ~onstruction. CHICAGO From heavy rock ba~ast LOOP to steel arches carrymg the power lines, it typi· ties the last word in transportation. Direct ..Without,. Change to Libertyville and Mundelein. With the cpening of the Skokie Valley route, trains will operate direct-without.. change from the Chicago Loop to Liberty' ville and M4ndelein in the Lake County Countryside. Evanston people desiring to visit these places will find it convenient to board trains at Howard Street-a comfort' able, pleasant 43-minute ride from there to Libertyville. Hourly service will be main.. tained in both directions. More Than Twelve Trains Every Hour .· The foregoing schedule provides tw.elve . trains every hour-six trains each way . In addition there will be 15 Milwaukee Limiteds daily-8 north-bound and 7 KEY Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad Co · . 72 W. Adams St~, Chicago