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·October 8, 1926 WILMETTE LIFE 41 MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS DISCUSS SANITATION Lower Lake Michigan Sanitarians and Officials. in Session; Local Men Attend For the third year officials and sanitarians interested in eliminating sewage from Lake Michigan held a two-dav meeting as the Lake Michigan SanitatioB Congress with about one hundred present. The idea of the congress which wa s held September 2-l and 25 at Racine. '\Vis., is mainly one of an exchange nf information between officials and those working on the water and sewage problems of the lake cities in \Viscon~m. Illinois, Indiana and ).{ichigan. A three-session program loaded with t \\·en ty-fi vc speakers wa s followed by :tn inspection of the Mih,·a ukec sewage di~posal plant. Analytical proof that a safe lake water cannot he obtained ttt·atcr than from 7 to 11 miles out, th at filtration 1s coming for . Chicago, :'100,000 having been appropriated for t·x periments, that filtl'r s alone without t· limination fr om the lake of the sew;"t l!e from the cities in northern Indiana ; ill 110t produce a satisfactorv \Vater r "t' \' irolll phenol tastes, that the se lt1diana tmnt:-> are clo s<" to the forma t i· lll o i a s:witan· di -, trict. that anah·s cs 1\1 33.000 s ampl~·, oi water t11kt· r~ 111 : llrt't' year~ sho \\ t hat \\·aukt·g;ltl di . . ; r i I> u tl':; t h l' k a"' sa l l' w at l'r o i an,. ~· it .' im111 \\';1 uk egan to Car_,. ( IH·c au-.'c .1 ilt ,uffirit.·nt clllc)l'itH' l and th ;tt l~ ; t t· ine :1: 1~ ;~ fi! ter r l' arly ior opnatilln \\'itll in · ·,, ,, tliClllth:- tin lt· \\'t·n· tht · 111a it 1 t'""-t'll :i.tl, l)ruugh t <· tt l. Study Waste Problem \..· . :.1. Bak l'r . ..,t;tl t' _ -, anitan t'IH.!ill t·t·r. \\ ·i,t·c,n- in. rt·a cl i1 papl'r nn. "Th t Rt·:.tt i··ll c11 Tndu,:rial \\·a..,tt· tc· St ·\\ a~v Trt';ttlll\ 'llt" nnd rl'inred SJll'rifirall .' .I f> · ·:t' t'O-c 'l' t·ra t in· \\'() rk ht'l \\' t'l'll p;q lt'r :~ iJJ, and ranllliiL: in du -,trit·, anrl tlH· -· t:t· hc·;trri <·I lll'a lth 11 1 \\'11rkinL:" out ,,d· 1tio1 h c.i 'lit' \\':t,tt' prtlh lt·nh. He ,·.. ,·vry oi ~2~.0IHl \\'or:h pj \\tJIH! ft l,t·r ti ' llll:tll y· ir<Jlll a 51l-tclll :- ul ph itl' lltill ···ht.., ~ 15.00 0 tc·r in :- t;tllati ,,n and re ·.1.,,.o tltt· t.'fitli,·aknt ()i tilt· :-t\\.t ge oi l ~ 11 .0(1() pt'ople . .\ 1 (I ll g t lt i " l i lit' I. an g d 1111 1\·a r.., t' o 1 \\.it11H'tka, ..,a nitar: l'll,L:'IIll'l'l'. Sanitary !J i,trirt oi l'hicago, n:purtul that t he ,·, ,rtt PruLlucb Ctllllpany at .\rgo \\'<ts :tr·ra ng-iBg tu n·t'O\Tr their lo:-> ses sa Yi IJ I.! 2.000 bu~ he b of corn a nd rtd uci ng ht' ~qui\' alent pollu t iun f rum JW.OOO i'L'Ople to 3H,5()() and · nltinlately hcl o\\' I 0.000. \\·. \\' . Ddh:rard oi \\.ilmette. chiei L' IJgi'n eer, Chicago Regional Planning :l ~·ociation, indicated that \\'ater and " l' \\·age di~p os a l f aci lit ie s \H' re f u ndatJJt·tlta] i11 regional developtnent . \\.ater 1r o Ill I, a k e ). t iL' hi g an p ltlll p e d t II rough larl!L' i.:oncluit:-: he :-.aid \\·a s the logical :-upply for the area \H'St of Chicago to <he Fox River \'alley hcca usc the hard t:Tutllld water kHls arc receding at a n alarllling rate, eight to t\\·elYe feet annual ly. The Regional Planning as-"' ot.:iat.ion proposes to help initiate and co-cc.rdi natc the plans and actiYities of thr various political jurisdictions in \'()h·l'd rather than produce elaborate plan=- oi its own. Cites Disposal Projects JJ. P. Ramey, assistant chief engit1L'~r. Sanitar\' District of Chicago, outfined the pr~~ent status of the district's program to meet the requirements of the \Yar department in accordance " ·ith the provisions of thc grant of 8,500 :-ec. ieet of <Lvcr:;ion \\'atcr from Lake :\fichigan. :\fore than $45,00),000 has been , pent on sewage disposal and the program :th~orbs about $1:?.000,000 annually. The Xorth Side activated sludge plant to care for 800,000 people (the largest plant in the world) is 75 per cent complete, will go into operation in 1928 and cost $21,000,000. The west side plant for 1,~~~ people has been started. New Trier Grad Given . Part in New York Play Charles Fleischman, a resident of Ke.ni1wo~th and a graduate of , New Tner Htgh school in the class of 1926, has been given a part in a play called "Periphery," which opened the first of the month in Ne\\' York, it was learn ed this week . The plav is expected to reach Chicago about the first of the coming year. Fleischman is playing under the name of Charles Rainsforgs. He wa s very prominent in ~ew Trier dramatics, taking a leading part 111 "Th e 1\e\\' Lady Bantock," as well as min or part s in "Alice in \Vonclerland" and "The Ro ar! to \' eqcrda v." He belonged to the Dramatic. French and Debating clubs. FIL: was a member of th e Korth Shore Plan·rs and took part s in both \\'innetk; ·a nd E,·a nston. }.1 r. and ~f rs. Edgar Phillip s, formerly res ident s of \\'iltn ettc. ha\'e r eturned to Florida after occupying the re s·i dence of Mr. and ).f rs. B. ]. DaYis at 721 Elm\\'oorl an·nue during th r sttm mer. One Treatment of Moth,_ No,_ Mor will save your furnishings from Moth Ravages for all time-Hundreds of satisfied users everywhere. For Inforn1ation Phone Sheldrake 8237 or see our Wilmette representative Renneckar Drug Co. Central Ave. Phone 28 -o}.f rs. Charles De Long and her haln· daughter, ~far.\ · Loui:--<'. who · pent the pa : t three weeb vi siting relatives here. 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' 1 Reversed Charges on Station-to-Station Calls I feretoiure the ren.- r:-ial oi charge:-; has hcen available unh· o11 per:-:.untu-pcrson ralls. :\ s a further conventcnrc to the P.uhlic this pri,·ilegc i:-:. no\\' extended to Station-to-Station call~ ,,·here the rate is 25 cents ur tnore. I I I l ' I I I Longer Reduced Rate Period on Station-to-Station Calls Reduced rate hours for Station-to-Station calls no\\· begin at 7 P. ~I. instead of 8.30 P. 11., as formerlv. Het,,·een 7 and 8-:30 P. ~I. the discount i~ approximately 25 per- cent of the day station-to-station rates; from 8:30 P. l\1. to 4:30 _-\. :\I. the discount is about 50 per cent of the claY rates. These disc.o unts apply where the day station-tostation rate is 40 cents or tnore, with a mtntmum reduced rate of 35 cents. Because of the· unsatisfactory service conditions which it brought ahuut, the midnight discount has been discontinued. 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