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June 8, 1928 · h t along the north line of and along the south line of the pavement assessment roll of the Commissioners 1 (8); t encEi e~: (8) . twentY and ninety- in said Coventry Road as opened, where aforesaid the same and the matters said Lot g <20 94 ) teet, to the said pavement widens to form a double and things therein charg~d and stated tour hundredths f 'aid Lot Eight (8); roadway connection to the present paveVILLAGE OF KENILWORTH 8 alon 0 will be taken as confessed, and a judg- northeast corner the north- ment in West Railroad Avenue; the s ~i ht (8) and radii of the back of said curb shall be IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF COOK ment entered in accordance with the thence s<;>Utheasterly COUNTY, ,ILLINOIS. said, report and assessment roll, and the easterl(Y /mes of h:::-~~r~dot fort:-eight and one hundred (100) feet at the northwest prayer of said petition: Nine 9 · one dth (148 85) feet to the corner of Coventry Road and GlendenThe following is a description of said eighty-five hundre f s id Lot Nine (9) · ing Road, and at the intersection on the GENERAL NUMBER 477108. improvement, and includes a descrip- southeast corner 0 sa h line of said west line of the pavement in West RailNOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS FOR A tlon of the lots, blocks, tracts and par- then~i we(~) alf~feeth~u~~~!d eighty-three road Avenue and the pavemE>'lt in the LOCAL IMPROVEMENT for the widen- eels of land sought to be taken or dam- Lot n~t t 'th ( 383 8) feet to t)le south- said proposed 16th Street ; the radius lng, opening and extending of Coventry aged for the said improvement: and e1 g -en s id L0 t Ni ow· thence of the back of said curb shall be sixteen Road and the approaches thereto, conThat . a local improvement consisting west corner of sa ne f a:id Lots (16) feet at the said island in Coventry slstlng of the opening of Coventry Road of the widening, opening and extending · n~rth a(Jo) ng ~e E'f;~~ 1 ~8)s gne s hundred Road as opened west of West Railroad which shall be opened from Glendening of Coventry Road and the approaches Nme an ' th orthwest A venue ; the radius at the back of said Road and Coventry Road In a north- thereto shall be made consisting· of the twenty-fi~e <}~5)L f~e~i t~t (8 )~ thence curb shall be twelve (12) feet at the 0 easterly d~rection to West Railroad Ave- opening of Coventr}" Road which shall corner o sa ~ f ' id Lot north end, and the radius of the back nue, including also a thoroughfare to be opened from Glendening Road and east along the north 1 ne 0 1sat nine of said curb shall be twenty-three (23) be known as Ashland Avenue, which Coventry Road in a northeasterly di- Eight (8), sixty-one and nne t t of feet at the south end of the said island shall be opened from Glendening Road rection to West Railroad Avenue, in- hundre.dths (61.9~) feefthtq a}re C~udings north of the intersection of Ashland east along the south boundary of the eluding also a thoroughfare to be known beginnmg, toge~ er j' t d thereon . all Avenue and West Railroad Avenue; the Vlllage of Kenilwortlt to West Railroad as Ashland Avenue, which shall be and other struc ure~ oca e t ' d radii of the back of said curb shall be l8 th hf opened . from Glendening- Road East of the above descnbed lots, trac s an thirty l l di A (30) feet at the northeast corner tov~u~no:.~ u asngSix~e ~nt:· Str~~~~gwh~~~ along the south boundary llne of the parcels of land being in Block Thirty- of Ashland Avenue and Glendening Rhall be opened from the above de- Village of Kenilworth to West Railroad six (36), Kenilworth, beingh aF~g_bdivi(~~) Road, at the northwest corner of Ash1 eenf th scribed Ashland Avenue, as herein pro- Avenue including also a thoroughfare of that part of the Nort land Avenue and the said proposed 16th vlded to be opened, at its connection with to be known as Sixteenth Street, which Acres of the Northeast Qu~rter 0 e Street, the southwest and northwest Sixteenth Street In Wilmette north to shall be opened from the above de- Southeast Quarter of SectiOn Twenty- corners at Coventry Road and West West Railroad Avenue, by condemning scribed Ashland Avenue, as herein pro- eight (28) in To:wnship Forty-two <42 > Railroad of A venue, all within the Village therefor the necessary land, and that vided to be opened, at its connection North; Ra~ge Thirteen (13) East of the of Kenilworth, County of Cook and State when so widened, opened and extended, with Sixteenth Street in Wilmette north Third Prmcipal M~ridtan, that lie~ of Illinois. All of th'e hereinabove deby improving the same together to West Railroad avenue; and that, for southwesterly of a hne drawn paralle with Glendening Road from Southdean the purposes thereof, the following de- with and fifty (50) feet southwesterly scribed improvement is more full y Road north to · Coventry Road, by con- scribed tracts pieces and parcels of from the southwesterly llne of the right shown and set forth upon certain plates structlng therein a concrete pavement, land be acquired by condemnation of way of the Chicago and N~rthwestern )r drawings showing plans, elevations and curbing and otherwise improving thereof· Railway, and south of a hne drawn and details, which are made a part here · parallel with and thirty-three (33) feet of and marked "Plate I", "Plate II" t h e same, a ll w i t h in the Vii 1age of TRACT NUMBER 1. . south of the north line of said Fifteen and "Plate III", which plates are on Kenilworth, County of Cook and State That part of Lot ',fhree (3) lymg east- ( 15 ) Acres, according to tha plat of said file in the office of the Village Clerk, at of Illinois. . erly of a straight lme. drawn from the Block Thirty-six (36) r ecorded in the the Village Office of the Village of IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF COOK northeast co~ner of satd lot, .southwes~- office of the Recorder of Cook County, Kenilworth, Cook County, Illinois. The COUNTY, ILLINOIS. erly to a pomt in the south hne of said Illinois on the twenty-ninth day of Oc- said plates are hereby made a part lot, one hundred twelve and forty-four tober A. D 1918 in Book 155 of Plats hereof with the same force and effect as hundredths (112.44) feet east of the at Page 2o as Document Nurnber 6413152. if the same were set out in words and GENERAL NUMBER 477108. southwest corner of said lot, together That said tracts of land when so ac- figures herein. with all buildi~gs and other structures quired, and said streets above described The elevations of the finished grad e STATE OF ILLINOIS,$ located thereon , as so widened, opened . and extended, as shown on the plates attached are COUNTY OF COOK, t ss. TRACT NUMBER 2. and also Glendening Road from South- given in feet and decimal parts of a VILLAGE OF KENILWORTH. That part of Lot Four (4) lying east- dean Road north to Coventry Road, in- foot above the established datum of the A municipal corporation, erly of a straight line drawn from a eluding all street returns, shall be im- Village of Kenilworth. vs. The word "Parkway," wherever used CHARLES ALFRED THORSEN, CHI- point in the north line of said lot, one proved by the construction of a one CAGO TITLE AND TRUST COMPANY, hundred twelve and fourty-four hund- course reinforced concrete pavement and herein, shall mean the space on each redth:s (112.44) feet east of the northwest curbing, by grading, grubbing, excavatside of the proposed pavement, herein AS TRUSTEE UNDER TRUST NUMBER 11351, AXEL OLSON, JULIA E. corner of said lot, southwesterly to a ing and preparing the subgrade, grad- provided to be constructed, extending McKENNA, J. E. CLARK AND ALL point in the south line of sa~d lot, ninety- ing and hand raking the parkways, re- from the back of the curb to the propone and fifty-one hundredths (91.51) feet movmg existing sidewalks, old curbing, erty line. WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. Wherever the term "sub-grade" i!:i THE SUPERIOR COURT OF COOK east of the southwest corner of said obstructions, and old materials in the COUNTY, ILLINOIS, by order duly en- lot, together with all buildings and way of the proposed improvement, con- herein used, it shall mean the foundati on structing concrete catchbasins, con- which is to be prepared as hereinafter tered In the above entitled proceedings, other structures located thereon; structing concrete manhole catchbasins, specified, upon which the pavement and having directed that as to such defend- TRACT NUMBER 3. That part of Lot Five (5) lying east- connecting catchbasins and manhole the integral curb are to be constructed. ants as are shown by the affidavit filed In said proceedings to be non-residents erly of a straight line drawn from .a catchbasins to sewers, constructing tile Wherever the term . "roadway" is used of the State of - Illinois, or whose resi- point in the north line of said lot, ninety- pipe drains, constructing and adjusting herein, it shall mean that portion of the dences are shown · thereby to be un- one and fifty-one hundredths (91.51) feet concrete sidewalk approaches, adjusting street where the pavement is to be conknown, and the defendants designated east of the northwest corner of said lot, brick pavement connections, ·adjusting structed, and shall extend from back to as "All whom it may concern," the southwesterly to a point in the south manhole and catchbasin covers, grub- back of curbs. Clerk of said Court cause publication line of said lot, forty-one and eighty- bing and removing trees, relocating and Wherever the word "grade" alone is to be made in the Wilmette Life, a secu- six hundredths (41.86) feet east of the adjusting electric light standards and herein used, it l:lhall mean slope of lar newspaper published weekly in the southwest corner of said lot, together cables, adjusting manholes, constructing gradient. Village of Wilmette, Cook County, Illi- with all buildings and other structures curbing, removing existing buildings and Wherever the word "elevation" is hereother structures, repairing existing 1m- in used, it shall mean distance in a nois, containing notice of the following located thereon ; matters: TRACT NUMBER 4. provements where damaged, filling and vertical line above the established datum That part of Lot Six (6) lying easter- flushing filling, removing all rubbish and of Kenilworth as hereinafter described. N ottce is hereby given of the pendency of the above entitled proceedings ly of a straight line drawn from a point surplus excavated materials, cleaning, Wherever the word ··engineer" is hereInstituted by the petition of the Vlllage in the north line of said lot, forty-one curing and protecting said proposed in used, it shall mean the person, firm of Kenilworth, heretofore filed in the and eighty-six hundredths (41.86) fe et pavement, and protecting existing 1m- or corporation employed by the Board of Superior Court of Cook County, Illinois, east of the northwest corner of said provements and trees. !mprovements to perform engineerTh e concrete pavement for said pro- Local designated General Number 477106 in lot, southwesterly to the southwest corservices in connection with said imsaid Court, praying for the ascertain- ner of said lot, and westerly of a posed improvement shall be seven (7) ing provement. met:tt of the just compensation to be straight line drawn from a point In the inches thick throughout its entire width The said Board of Local Improvements made for the private property to be tak- north line of said lot, one hundred forty- in Glendening Road, Ashland Avenue, cause the Engineer to set proper en or damaged for the making of the five and seventy-two hundredths (145. 72) and 16th Street, and shall be ten (10) shall Improvement hereinafter described, and feet east of the northwest corner of said inches thick at the intersection of stakes, make measurements, and mark for the ascertainment of what property lot, southwesterly to a polnt in the south Co\·entry Road, Ashland Avenue and grades herein provided and perform the will be benefited by the making of said 'line of said lot, one hundred three and Glendening Road, and shall be te~ (10 , engineering services required for the conImprovement, and the amount of such C'ighty-six hundreds (103.86) feet east of inches thick in Coventry Road, as ex- struction of the improvement herein provided to be constructed. · benefit. the southwest corner of said lot, to- tended to W est Railroad Avenue. Wherever the words "finished grade" The Commissioners duly appointed by gether with all buildings and other strucThe overall width of said pavement the said Superior Court of Cook County, tures located thereon ; and curb in Glendening Road and Ash- or "established grade" are herein used, Illinois, to investigate and report the TRACT NUMBER 5. land Avenue shall be eleven feet six they shall mean the elevation above just compensation to be made for the That part of Lot Seven (7) lying west- inGhes (11'-6") ; the width of said pave- datum as hereinbefore del>cribed, of that private property to be taken or damaged erly of a straight line drawn from a ment in 16th Street shall be twenty- portion of the improvement specifically for said improvement, and also what point in the north line of said lot, onf> three (23) feet: the width of said pave- referred to. Wherever the word · "diameter" of a real estate wlll be benefited by said im- hundred three and eighty-six hundredths ment in Glendening Road at its interprovement, aoo the amount of such (103.86) feet east of the northwest C<?"- section with Coventry Road and Ashland drain tile or catchbasin is herein used, it benefit to each parcel of land assessed, ner of said lot, southwesterly to . a pom t A venue, exclusive of the curb, shall be ~haU mean internal diameter, and wherduly made a special assessment to raise in the south line of said lot, sixty-on e fifty-three (53) feet· and the width of ever a pipe is referred to as an eight (8) the cost of said Improvement, and filed and ninety-nine hundredths (61.99) feet said pavement in Coventry Road as ex- inch pipe, the dimensions in inches shall their said report and assessment roll in east of the southwest corner of said lot, tended, shall be forty ( 40) feet between mean diameter. The term "tile pipe drain" and "storm the office of the Clerk of the Superior together with all buildings and other faces of the curb, except at curb corCourt of Cook County, Illinois, on the structures located thereon ; ners and island hereinafter provided for sewer" are herein used interchangeably. thirty-first day of May, A. D. 1928. All elevations given are referred to the TRACT NUMBER 6. where said proposed pavement shall be Thereupon a summons issued out of That part of Lot Seven (7) lying east widened along curved line to form con- datum of the Village of Kenilworth as said Court against the defendants above of a line drawn parallel with and two tinuous pavement connections. established by the Village Code of 1919. named, and the defendants described as hundred eighty-three (283) feet east of Along the westerly edge of the proThe grading of the roadways and park"All whom it may concern," returnable the west line of said lot, together with posed pavement in Glendening Road ways herein provided to be constructed, In said Court at the County Court House all buildings and other structures lo- along the north edge of the proposed !"hall consist of the excavation, forming in the City of Chicago, County of Cook cated thereon; pavement in Ashland Avenue, and along of fills, shaping, sloping, cleaning, gruband State of Illlno'.s, on the second day TRACT NUMBER 7. the east and west edges of the proposed bing and removal of all shrubs and trees of July, A. D. 1928, as is by law re.Those portions of Lots Eight (8) and pavement in 16th Street, there shall be less than seven (7) inches in diameter, quired, which proceeding is now pend- Nme (9) described as follows: Beginning constructed on top of and integral with within the .lines of the proposed paveIng. at a point in the north line of said Lot said P;op_osed pavement, a concrete curb ment and within three (3) feet outside of The total cost of said Improvement, as Eight (8) sixty-one and ninety-nine five (a) mches high and six (6) inches said lines, rolling and compacting necesshown by the estimate of the President, hundredths (61.99) feet east of the north- thick. sary to bring th~ roadways and parkwayR of the Board of Lo<'al Improvements of west corner of said lot; thence southAlone the easterly edge of said pro- to the proper elevation and lines prothe VIllage of Kenilworth, and the re- westerly in a straight line, forty-five and posed fifty-three (53) foot pavement in vided herein as shown on said plates port and assessment roll ·Of said Com- twenty-six hundredths ( 45.26) feet, to Glendening Road, and along both edges numbered 2 and 3. missioners, Is the sum of One Hundred a point thirty-three (33) feet east of the of the proposed forty ( 40) foot pavement The roadway to be paved, as herein Forty-two Thousand, Five Hundred west line of said lot, as measure(\ . on a in Coventry Road, as extended and provided, shall be so graded that after Eighty Dollars and no cents ($142,580.00), llne parallel with the south line of said around the island thirty-two (32) 'feet in being rolled with a self-propelling roller and the total amount assessed to the lot, and fifteen and fourteen hundredths diameter, which shall be constructed at weighing less than four ( 4) tons nor public as benefits therein Is no dollars (15.14) feet north of the south line of said the easterly end of said proposed pave- more thannot eight (8) tons, until thoroughly and no cents <·0.00), lot, as measured on a llne parallel with ment in Coventry Road at West Rail- eompacted, the subgrade shall present a Now, unless you, such defendants 8.8 the west line of said lot: thence south, road Avenue, ther.e shall be constructed are shown by the atrldavlt filed In said parallel with and thirty-three (33) feet a separate concrete curb thirty (30) hard and even surface at the proper proceedings to be non-residents of the east -of the west line of said Lots Eight (8) inches wide, eight (8) Inches thick at the elevation to receive the pavement at the State of Illinois, or whose residences and Nine (9), sixty and fourteen hun- base, and seven (7) inches thick at the grade established, as shown on said plates numbered 2 and 3. are shown thereby to be unknown, and dredths (60.14) feet, to a point thirty top. The parkways within the lines of the the defendants designated as "All whom (30) feet north of the south line of said The radii of the back of the proposed proposed improvement shall be so graded It may concern," shall be and appear Lot Nine (9) ; thence east, parallel with curt and integral curb shall be fifty before the said Superior Court of Cook and thirty (30) feet north of the south o.ne 'eet six inches (51'-6") at the north: that the finished surface of the ground County, IlUnois, at the County Court line of said Lot Nine (9), two hundred wes corner of Glendening Road and of said parkways shall be at the lineR House In tbe City of Chicago, County fifty (%60) feet; thence north, parallel Southdean Road, and at the southwest and finished grades as shown on said ot Cook and State of Illinois, on the with and two hundred eighty-three (283) corner of Glendening Road and Coven plates numbered 2 and 3. All surplus second day of July, A. D. 19%8, and feet east of the west line of said Lots try Road, and along the south line of excavated material shall be removed from the site of the improvement. · Said parkdplead, answer or "emur to the petJtton- Eight (8) and Nine (9), ninety-five (95) the pavement at the southeast corn er's petition, or object to the report and feet to the north line of said Lot Eight of Glendening Road and Coventry Road, ways shall be leveled, smoothed R n hand-raked and all stones, broken con- NOTICE .I I I