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WILMETTE VOL. XVII. NO. 50 PubltshetJ weekltl btl Llot~tJ Hollfster Inc., iut-1!86 Central A11e., Wtlmette, Illinois. Bntered as second claae matter · JlaJ·ch 13, 19!4, at the post o/fl,ce at Wilmette, IJJinofB, vnder the Act o.f Mar:ch 3, 1819. 8ubecripUon prlce lt.OO a t~ear. LIFE PRICE FIVE CENTS \VILMETTE, ILLINOIS, SEPTEMBER 7~ 1928 , .. 1, AIARD CONTRACT FOR BEGIN CONSTRUCTION New Postmaster :.!~~~~~~ I TENTH STREET ·PAVING !~~~~~=~w OF HUGE WATER TANK dition to Include Gymnasium J)ecli. ---------------...! Work on North Stretch to Begin : at Once; Award Main Street Contract Next Week Another link in the chain of Wilmette's ambitious street improvement program was forged thi3 week when contract was let to Paul Reschke of Winnetka for the paving of Tenth street from Chestnut avenue to Sherioan road. The contract figure was $3,558.40, the lowest among three bids .for the job. The pavement will be ,"J£ concrete and work is to begin immediately, it was stated at this week's session of the Village board of local imtlrovements. Concurrently with the paving of Wilm~tte's portion of the pavement, Township Highway Commissioner J. A. Williams will proceed with the paving of that portion of the roadway lying within New Trier township so that when the combined projects are completed traffic will be greeted with a wide stretch of thoroughfare opening a new gateway from the drive to the heart of the village. · Rec.eive Three Bids · Unsuccessful bidders for the Tenth street improvement were the Leandria Bros. and Sons company, $9,160.20, and the Municipal Paving company, catecl to War Heroes · $3,870.50. Slight delay in the paving of Main street has resulted from the fact that the board of local improvements, after opening bids for the improvement at last Tuesday's session, decided to withhold award of contract until Tues·dav evening, Sepjember 11. Six concerns submitted bids for the Main street project as follows: Broadway Construction company, $148,089.90; Municipal Paving company, $150,013.80; George Welsh, $146,662.60; Leandria Bros. and Sons, $126,318.80; M. Foley and company, $142,754.80; Arco Construction company, $147,208.80. High Bidder Withdraws The Municipal Paving company, highest bidder, voluntarily withdrew from the competition before the conclusion on Tuesday's session. Actual construction work on the new 52-foot hiJ;!hway is expected to be underway within a fortnight, officials declared. "Kenilworth Memorial Gymnasium" is the inscription to be cut into the stone above the entrance of Kenilworth's new $60,000 gymnasium, construction of which was started several weeks ago. That this new addition to the Joseph Sears school in Kenilworth has been designed as a memo rial to the soldiers of the community who died in the World war was revealed this week after the drive for the $60,000 necessary to construct the building had reached the $40,000 mark. The Kenilworth board of education voted to make the new gymnasium a memorial several weeks ago when it felt sure that the campaign for funds to pay for the building would be successful. John K. Bynie, who is directing the ~ampaign; believes that with .the return of vacationists the remaining $20,000 can be raised. Meantime the board of education has ordered the construction work on the gymnasium to go ahead. The masonry work on the unit will be ready soon, and it is hoped that the interior can be finished and equipment installed immediately after the completion of the exterior work, In addition to the inscription above the entrance to the new gymnasium, there will be a bronze frieze on the inside of the building containing the names of all Kenilworth boys who fought in the war. The main Joseph Sears school addition is also rapidly nearing completimt. Plasterer.s were busy there this week. Since this part of the school plant wilt not be ready in time for the opening of school next week the kindergarten and first four grad~s wilt be placed in temporary quarters in the house adjoining the school grounds to the south. Structure at West Extremity of Village Green to Greatly Augment Water Supply A notable achievement in municipal improvement is soon to be realized in Wilmette. The urgent demand for more water and greater pressure is to be answered by the erection of a mammoth steel water tank on Ridge avenue just south of Lal(e avenue and to the west of the Howard school. Work already has been started on the tank, which, when completed, will give the village a reserve of 400,000 gallons of water. C. C. Schultz, Superintendent of Public Works, this week stated that the tank would be completed for operation as quickly as possible, but was unable to give any definite date. "The need for more water· and increased pressure has been apparent for some time" said Mr. Schultz. "It was a problem, the solution of which meant considerable study, and the result was the letting of the contract for the new tank to the Chicago 'Bridge and Iron Works of Chicago. This contract was approved recently by the board of trustees and the work of ·erecting the tank will be rushed at all possible speed." Install More Pumps But the operation of the tank is not the only thing that is being done to meet the imperative need for more water and pressure. A;r'rangements have been made where-by additional pressure pumps are to be installed at the Sanitary District water station at the bridge which spans the canal on Sheridan road. The new water tank, which is technically known as the Horton Elevatec\ Ellipsoidal Tank, is, as has been mentioned, a mammoth affair, as is indicated by '!he fact that it is to store 400,000 gallons of water. The diameter of the tank is forty-seven feet. The height of the tank proper is thirty-five feet, but it will rise from the ground one hundred feet as it is to be supported by a structural steel tower of two panels, which stands sixty-five feet. Then, here is an interesting feature. The diameter of the pil>e connecting the bottom of the t,a nk to the mains is four feet. The new tank will prCI·ride a · maximum water pressure of forty- three pounds and a minimum of twentythree pounds. ' Douglas S. Crooks, 615 Cumnor road, Kenilworth, has been appointed acting postmaster of Kenilworth. He assumed his new post September 1. Mr. Crooks, who is a graduate of Knox college, has been a resident of Kenilworth for eighteen years. Board to Investigate Alleged Paving Defect Would Compel Trimming of Hedges at Comers Village Attorney Charles H. Jackson was authorized by the Village board Tuesday to prepare an ordinance compelling owners of corner properties in the village to keep hedges at street intersections trimmed to a level that will permit of unobstructed view for motorists well beyond street corner approaches. This measure has been authorized in the interest of safety and at the urgent behest of many residents who have communicated information to the board relative to many dani'erous intersections where remedy can be found in simply trimming down hedges that have been permitted to grow to luxuriant height. A height of four feet for hed~es at street inter.sections was su~gested bv several trustees. Several north shore communities have instituted similar safety ordi-~ nance~. acrording to Village Manager C. Sthultz. Alleged unsatisfactory condition of the concrete pavement in the alley between Forest and Elmwood avenues and extending frt>m Seventh to Eighth street was called to the attention of the Village board Tuesday evening in a communication from an interested property owner. The Streets and AlAbandon Twelfth Street leys commitee of the board was inImprovement Proposition structed to secure the assistance of the The Twelfth street widening project, Village engineer in probing the matunder consideration by the Wilmette ter. The committee wilt report back to board of local improvements for sev- the board at its next regular meeting. eral months, was abandoned following a hearing on the proposed improvement Tuesday of this week. Objection to having the widening scheme carried through to Lake avenue from Central avenue, but the willingness of the interested property owners to have the street widened from Central avenue north to the first alley south of Lake avenue prompted the board in abandoning the present plan. Village Engineer C. N. Robertswas immediately instructed to prepare estimates on a widening plan that will extend from Central avenue to the first alley south of Lake avenue. The improvement alco includes the oaving of Washington avenue from The Twelfth street to the North Shore line right-of-way, and of the so-called "Gasoline Alley" located at the rear of Wilmette State bank property. , Refilled Duty The matter of opera~ion is simple, according to Superintendent Schultz. Present plans call for (laity filling in order that the reserve ljnay remain at capacity practically all ~he time. The pumps will be "dperateci every afternoon for the filling proqess. This wi~l be done On a uniform I basis and the water will go to the clnsumer dit~ct as long as the demand s equal to ,t he pump output. When he demand '· is less than the output tije surplus Will go into the tank where I it will remajn untJl it is needed to equalize the piessure in the mains. I ~ It is thus made certtin that water will be ,. kept i~ Jhe t~nk at aJ.l t.iotea · (Con~·~~ lied '0kl: patt~·:121}t) :1 :·. ;~> REALESTATE SECTION --comprising several pages of Wilmette realty and building news and views-will appear in next week's issue. WATCH FOR IT e. TO ATTEND CONFERENCE Mrs. Burt Crowe of 234 Raleigh road, Kenilworth is expected to be among the delegation of Episcopalian women attending the meeting of the Wom~n's auxiliary of Episcopal church in Washington, D. C., October 10, according to a recent announcement.