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~ l\hrch 11, 1927 WILMETTE LIFE ew Trier Taxpayers ·League finds new $500,000 'bond issue unwise! E VERY citizcn .of New Trier Township is . vitally affected by the proposal to add $500,000 to the township's public debt. Here are facts you should know before voting on the proposal to buy 10-acre park land for a park \\'as started to prevent this improvement. J!Ot because the land i · especially suited or needed for park purpose . . The price which would ha,·e to be paid is based. of course, on the land's present or commercial Yalue. For thi1.one park of.only ten acres. you are a. ked to vote a bond issue - greater than the cost of all existing' parks in the township! - equal to the cost of all school grounds in the entire township! - lacking only $10,000 of being as much as the bond issue for the great 1'\ew Trier High School! - greater than the entire bonded debt of anv . . viilage or school board! -equivalent to nearly three per cent of the total 1926 assessed valuation of all taxable property in the tcnvnship ~ At the election April 5th, you are asked to vote ona new bond issue for this amount, with '"·hich to huy 10 acres of "No 1\1an 's Land" for park ·purposes. · After thorough investigation. the non-partisan Taxpayers Protective League of New Trier Township belieYes this new bond issue would be wasteful and unsound. Cnless you vote "NO" on April 5th, you will he faced with increased taxes to pay for a park project which cannot benefit the township as a \\'hole. Kenilworth's contribution toward this one park would be more than two-thirds of its present debt for its entire .school system or $11,000 more than the total indebtedness for its entire park system. Wilmette could pay off almost three-fourths of its present total indebtedness for schools or $14,000 more than its total indebtedness for its entire park system, with the money that would have to be spent for this one small park. 1l'l ost of township W01l 't benefit Cost of project excessive · The tract of land proposed for purchase lies along Sheridan Road hetwecn Kenilworth and \\"ilmette - . see map for exact location. This l~nd has heen in commercial u'se for years. It is in commercial usc today. It has never been annexed to any village. Recently plans were announced to improve the land with modem buildings .and the movement to buy the Even if the price were sensible, the land is not suitable for a park. It is remote from a great majority of the township's residents. Ci\·ic authorities, who for years have struggled with }he problem of protecting the vil;lage beaches, say such a park would pre~.ent a serious problem of control because of being on the main highway. Taking the land out of commercial development would not benefit the great majority of ·t he township's citizens. It is not as if business were encroaching on property which has not been commercial heretofore; this land has been used for commercial purposes for years and the projected buildings will be a great im-: provement, a big asset to the township's taxable property. $500,000 of your money, properly spent, would give the township improvements needed far more than this one small park in "No Man's Land." For instance, $500,000 would buy an adequate park for every one of the township's eleven schools, giving new recreational facii;ties where needed, available to everybody and adding to property values in every section, not in one small area. Go to the polls April 5th. Your absence from the polls may help to carry this expensive project. Vote "NO" on the prcposal.for a new bond issue of $500,000. Expense of eadl communiiJ' Glenc.oe would have to pay approximately $100,000 of this bond issue, \\'innetka $185,000, Kenilworth $-!0,000, Wilmette $145,000, and the remainder of the township $30,000. These figures are based on latest tax valuation f.gures. Glencoe's expense for this 10-acre park would be over two-thirds of the sum now outstanding for its entire school ystem and almost as much as its total indebtedness for its entire park syste.m, including recent developments. \Yinnetka would ha\'e to pay for this unimportant park practically 60 ~ 0 of what it now owes for all its schools or $32,000 more than its total indebtedness for all its parks. · You face increased taxes unless you vote"NO~'April 5th! ELM STREET 011 this 111a{J, you are a resident of New Trier Tol('nship am/ tdfl be liable for increased taxes to pay for this proposed fJark. The land u·hich the honcl issue rcottld buy is part of "No !11an's Land." the shaded area on /he map illcficated !Jy the arro !". If you fit·e in the area shotnz Taxpayers Protective League of NewTrierTownship Chairman .......... Robert H. Wallace, 1083 Cherry Street, Winnetka Secretary ............ John J. Peters, 1519 Washington Ave., Wilmette Treasurer .......................................John H. Bullen, Glencoe, Illinois f LA~E. I Winnetka Willoughby G. Walling Frederick Loco Sidney \Vellbeloved · Thomas N. \Vheatley Phillip H. Mallen \Villiam J. Carey Kenilworth J. Alden Sears Henry Taylor, Jr. Thomas Coyne Douglas F lpod Henry lJlbrick Glencoe John H. Bullen James A. Russell Edwin D. Buell AVE. Wilmette H. R. \Vhite EVAN ST ON CE.NTRAL S"': Henry E. Cutler John J. Peters 'V. A. Obermeier E ,·erctt A. Danna mark Township Rush Butler Robert H. Gardner Edgar Stanton