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WILMETTE LIFE Feb ruary 4, 1927 WEST SEWER PROJECT STRIKES SERIOUS SNAG We Have the Largest Assortment · of Cactus on the North Shore I Authorities I to Seek S o I u t i 0 n ; Contractors Encounter "Bottom1ess" Swamps Plants Cyclamen Primroses Begonias Tulips Jonquils Hyacinths Narcissus Cinerarias Cut Flowers Roses Carnations Sweet Peas Cal~ndula Jonquils Tulips Freesias Narcissi The Sewer and \\ra ter committee of the Village board, Village :'\ t_tonH. ·:·: Jackson and member s of the l1rt11 ot Spaulding- and comp<u.ry. contractors arc to ·c onfer at once 111 an CIH.Ieav<;>r for the sewer sys tem installat1on 111 the territMy west frnm l~id gc :t\T~l~~l' to a rr i \.c at a s () lu t i (Jll o i s c r in tt =' d lll1 cultics surrounding- that in~pro\·e m e nt. I \Vith work at a sta nd st dl and the l contractors facing the los s of upward oi 100,000 nn the job. the authoritie s arc conironted \\'ith one of the most serious situations eYer encountered hy local ol"licials. Snil conditions. tlllparalklcd any\\'htrc in the l ' ni tc d Stall'S ha\·e bee n en-countered 1)\· the contract1·r.--. tht· I in:-. \' ·: 1 · c·' 1 ·< · :( l> in1, · .tJt·d :hv \'j] . l tag c_ board Tues(_la?· en' ning-. Tl~crc is Yirt uallv no :-.ollchf\· to the !--O ll and eHry Illet hod L ·mployccl to ma h· I he ·xca ,.a ti1111 s ha.; pr9\·cd un sat i:-.iauc >ry. he said. \Yhik the contractor\ hid ra ll s for approximately S9 a foot in the layim:· of the sc\rer.;, the actual cost to the contra·c tors ha s ranged fr()m 27 to $SO a foot. At th is juncture they have already lost $1S,OIKI. it wa -; ~air!, with the project still far from complttintl. The committee charg-e d with in,· e--ti g-ating the situ ati on was reque ste d to report hack to the ho;mJ at it:- meetingon February 1~. Suffers Serious Injury in W est Lake Auto Crash / st. , ·~e s vatentt·· . pa9 feb· t4, ~- Edward Kcil, re siding on Elmwood avenue at Rid~l· . in Kenilwort l1. :--ui iered serious di slocations of the spinal column. Sunday e\'ening~, when the car in which he wa riding was struck hy another car, skidded and overtumcd in a ditch on west Lake avenue. Kcil wa s pinned bencatii the car and when released was immediately rushed to the Evanston hospital, where he is reported to be slowly recm·rring. \\'illiam Steinhoff, the only other occupant of the car, "·as uninjured. Make Rapid Pr:o ~ress on Illinois Gold Clubhouse . Construction of the new club house which the Illinois Golf club is erecting on it's course at the northeast corner of Dundee and Lee roads, is progrcs:-; ing rapidly. T 1 · ~· , 'qh 1' f ' 1' · l.' .,.<,,,b '"I Dundee road, .but is hack afield, the cluh grounds on both Dundee and Lee roads, bcin_g bordered with fine building lot s, each two htmclrrd i ett in depth. W . C. T . U. MEET ING The vVilmette-\Vinnctka \\'. C. T. C. wi ll hold an all-clay meeting at the home of 1Irs. , Carleton Prout,.. 693 \Vi llow road. \ \"innetka, ~<fonda};, Feb ruary 7. The program will consist of sewing in the forenoon and a box luncheon. T he lmsiness meeting w ill he aclclrc:-.sed by Mrs. Epha M. Marshal l at 2 o'clock. ~frs. 11arshall i:-; an ofliccr of the State \ \'. C. '1'. C . FRANK HLAVACEK and SONS Wholesale Flowers-Retail at 'Vh.olesale Prices Ridge Road, South of Wilmette A venue .\l r. H. R. Hitchcock, 905 Greenleaf aven ue, was ca ll ed East t his wee k on account of the sudden deat h of his fat her, Judge S. R. Hi tchcock of Fair Haven a nd R utland, Vermo nt. Mrs . S. M. Dingee, 926 Lake aven ue, is .expecting as her g ues ts t his week end, Mrs. Charles Ga tes of Ge neva, Ill., and Mrs. Ga tes' sister, M.rs. H arry Brown of Los Angeles. - o-