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8 WILMETTE LIFE January 14, 1927 lJl' R/6NT PO~ISHI ·j· I of New I Wall .. Paper MAN or a woman acquires A the right' sort 'of polish from I intention and experience and that's about the right kind of a plan to use in getting the right furniture polish- buy it at the right place. I The Arrival i i Announcing i i Patterns. Have rep(:lpering done now, while stocks are fresh and complete, and before Spring rush starts. If you're going to sell or dwell, Paint the bouse- protect it well. I I I I I t ·!· Draperies Made to Order and Estimates Furnished. Wilmette Window Shade and Paint Works ALFRED EVERSt Prop. I I GLASS. PICTURE FRAMING. MIRRORS AND MIRROR RESIL VERING. WALLPAPER. DRAPERIES AND ART MATERIALS. quately supply 300,000 people m twenty-odd towns, w.ith 45 miles of pipe, at an investmen.t of at~proximate:______________ lv $9.000,000 in 1930. mcreasmg to $~ 1,000,000 in 1935 to 1940, at \vhich ttme Editor, \VILl\l£TT£ LIFE: 450 000 people in the same area could At the time of my previous comt~n!ni- he 'supplied. The project will be built cation to vou relative to the Mtmtctpal · within two vears, as there would be vVatcr company \v'hich is pla~ming to "0 unccrtaintie.s as to ri.ghts-of-way or supply the suburbs of Chtcago, I delavs invoh·ecl in tong tunnels. The promised to keep you informed as to qroj~rt and figure s presented by the the progress of our case h.efore tl:c ~funirip ;'l \\'atrr companv. "·ere ~n Illinois Commerce CommissiOn. Thts dorscd by two independent consultmg case was closed by oral arguments by ctwineers of wide experience. and no attorneys for the respective applicants evidence or argument \\·as produced December 15. and the issuance of a tending to criticize the practicability. Certificate of Convenience nov,· re5ts cost of project, or the 'Cost for water. with the commission. At the heg-inning of the hearing the · In accordance with my promise. and Greater Chicago Lake \\'ater company knowing that every municipal oflicer presented an estimate of $32.000.000 for who carries the responsibility _of a.n their project. including an ~even-mile adequate s.u pply of pure water tor hts tunnel under the City of Chicago ex town wants to be fully informed. I 1cnding four miles out into the lake: would a<his~ you as to the present I thence pumping " ·ater tl~rough 260 status of thts matter as foll0\\'5: . mile!' of mains to the vanous town s. As \ ' Otl arc aware, t\\·o companies ap- I supplying a· population of (by P. S. plied ·for a Certificate of ConYCniencc, ~·cnsu s ). 415.758 in 1920. whic~1 had been the l\lunicipal \Yater company, pro- lllcrra . :ng 4-VIr per drcade tn the t,,.n posing to . crve fdtcred Lake ~lichig· an pre.vious census prri:)ds. '!'he aho,·e water to the suburban towns in the estimate was stated to pro\·Hie for f.u vicinitv of Chicago from a plant to- ture conditions up to the year 1950 t0 catcd ;1rar \Yilmctte, the .; ource of the 1955. purest water in Lake 1fichigan, and the Xear the clo se of the hearing, aiter Greater Chicago Lake \Vater company some critici..,m by cxpcrienrcd . consult which in its original j1lan proposed to ing engineers of the r.rcater Chicago serve unfiltered Lake ~[ichigan water Lake \\'ater rompany's estimates. th.;_' from an eleYen-milc tunnel, the intake latter company changed its statements of which is located in the Southwest an<l estimates oi cost. including its co h hay of Lake ~Iichigan· and the s'horc for construction tn S.B.230.000 in 1930. end located tiear Cicero, supplying the ~.19.7-W.OOO in ltJ-tO, and ~-ti.tiO.OOO in territory ncar Chirago and abo run- 1950 and increa;;ing the estimatl'd co :-. t ning pipe li'nes as far as Elgin, Aurora, for \\'ater about 00', ~ ahm·e it:-. orig·inal Joliet and . Chicago Heights. estimat!,.' :-., also changing it:-. plan from Hearing Requires a Year ra,,· \\·ater to filtered water, \\·hich ha . . The hearing hefnre the Itlinois Com- <ilways been provi<kd h~· the ~Iunicipal mercc Commission required one yL·ar. \\·atcr r<,mpany. The evidence is no\\' complete. From the fon·g oing, it \\'ill be sct·n Tn the hearings before the commis-~ that the \f unicipal \\·ati.'r company sion it was demon:;trated that the proposes to sene at a rn st oi ab o ut ~funicipal \Vater compan~· wou.ld adc- $9.000.000 approximatL·ly nne-half of . UBLJC fORUM P -t -1 HEAR The Trinum Circuit The Canterbury A Console model that is very pleasing. Transparent grain~ solid. black walnut cabinet, genuine Bakelight panels~ two dials~ six tubes , amp~e room for batteries, etc. T H E m o s t up-to-date utensils and machinery, the most experienced bakers are employed in our shop. Why? Because we realize the necessity of perfect baking with which to please our patrons. "The Best Only" ts our motto. u Most nourishing food, HARD'VVAR,B Opposite "L, Terminal WHERE YOU'LL 'LIKE TO TRADE · The Wilson .Bakery The Home of Everything Good That,s Baked 415 Fourth St. Phone Wilmette 2843 1162 WILMETTE AVE. PH. WIL. 414