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W'l L M I! T T I! . LIP B Rents throughout the country are now 44 per cent above what they were in 1918-the year when they began to soar along with other costs sent skyward as a result of the great war. The above figure was established as a result - of a study of data collected by the research department of the Greenebaum Sons Investment · company. According .to the Greenebaum information the peak figure was reached in 1924 when r· e ntals ·were approximately 54 per cent above the 1918 level. Rentals Are 44 Percent . Higher Than 10 Years Ago IENILWORm IS LEADER · IN I' I~ FOR g MONTHS UIU1111 Tops All Suburbs Surrounding Chicago, Scoring Building Boost of 162 Percent Over 1927 Two of our north shore suburbs rate in the first four in building gains over Jast year for the nine months of 1928. And of great importance is the fact that · one of our smallest villages Kenilworth, is the leader. Kenilworth'; gain is 162 per cent for the threequarter period. Ranking fourth comes Wilmette which has registered a gain of 65 per cent. The comparative figures for 35 suburbs surrounding Chicago for the first three quarters of 1928 and 1927 were as follows: Aurora ........ .. ... $ Batavia . . . . . . . . . . . . Berwyn . . . . . . . . . . . . Blue Island : . . . . . . . . Chicago Heights . . . Cicero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Des Plaines . . . . . . . . Elmhurst . . . . . . . . . . Elmwood Park . . . . . Evanston . . . . . . . . . . . Glencoe . . . . . . . . . . . . Glen Ellyn . . . . . . . . . . Harvey . . . . . . . . . . . . . Highland Park . . . . Hinsdale . . . . . . . . . . . . Joliet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kenilworth . . . . . . . . . La Grange . . . . . . . . . Lake Forest . . . . . . . . Lombard . . . . . . . . . . . Maywood . . . . . . . . . . . Mount Prospect . . . . Niles Center . . . . . . . Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . Park Ridge . . . . . . . . River Forest . . . . . . Waukegan . . . . . . . . . . West Chicago . . . . . . Wheaton .. ... ·. . . . . . Wilmette . . . . . . . . . . . Winnetka . . . . . . . . . . East Chicago . ·. . .. . . Gary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hammond . . . . . . . . . . Whiting . . . . . . . . . . . . 1928 1927 2,370,969 $ 2,158,254 85,025 147,365 5,140,500 5,482,900 951,965 1,017,639 1,315,579 625,993 2,859,591 3,800 442 753,621 1,819:169 1,711,645 1,500,380 7,839,645 5,598,550 8,476,985 18,000,000 1,294,567 1,577,900 1,327,568 1,150,630 1,402,612 1,056,805 2,150,006 1,598,196 832,064 1,063,593 2,804,805 2,058, 764 1,236,508 471,041 1,181,400 649,425 1,362,473 1,222,449 891,094 1,375,771 2,167,860 1,604,820 475,314 ~50,274 2,137,595 1,894,145 6,680,178 6,018,101 2,477,486 3,124,940 1,337,570 1,018,870 3,227,051 5,798,791 99,433 208,850 621,200 806,00C 2,315,975 1,400,236 1,725,125 1,713,450 2,747,498 2,516,430 5,103,565 13,164,517 5,656,730 4,325,850 367,089 298,991 ' As a special fall offer, any electrical contractor listed below will wire and install outlets at this unusually low price. If more than three are installed, the extra ones will cost only $5.7 5 each. Have some installed in your home-all three in different rooms, if you like-wherever they will serve you best. An extra outlet should be available in Do vou lllllh every room for quick use of a portongoft'"able lamp, cigar lighter, cleaner. wiiSis~ or radio. - Total · .. . ... : . . . . $83,130,291 $91,106,073 releplaone Vs roM, or An, Me111Nr· of the N ortll Shore Electric Leaeue o...... Gleame Elec:trlcShop ? · I "It is significant," the survey by the S. W. Strauss company says, "that this remarkable building program in the metropolitan area has been accomplished with great scientific improvements in construction technique and with a minimum of difficulty, misunderstanding or loss caused by differences between contractors and building trades craftsmen." ,.o'OGEiectrlcShop n.. PlaiDel 5801 ...... Electric Shop n.. PlalDei425Jl DeiPie'r· Pu-ll ..... Nom and Parker Do You KnowHAT Chicago is to have a seven'" teen story home for nurses. Plans nave been drawn for this home to serve the Cook County hospital. It · is proposed to erect this huge home on a site .500x106 on Linco~n street, directly west of the hospital. The plans call for eleven dormitory floors-each floor to contain fifty-six rooms~ or a total of 616 rooms. These rooms would provide accommodations for 616 student nurses. Besides providing housing for the nurses, the building would contain a swimming pool,. recreation rooms, six reception rooms, dining rooms and a large number of class rooms. W.A.a.a. Uat. .lleyA42 ........ Electric Co. UDlnntcy 5223 IL D. Summen aad Co. · UDlftftity 237 ....... Gleeoe97 Olea~ Park Rldie 45 wu.ette Mama Elec:trlc Shop Wilmette 1040 Cbai. P. Dahacke WUmette 3765 T GleDYiew Shop Electric Glea.tew%46 tm..Ceater NO· CeDcer Electric Co. Nllel CeDter 90 Hilla Bleccrlc Shop ArL Hta. 363 ~=- You May Pay for the Outlets "Little by Little" Puauc SERVICE CoMPANY Telephone Wilmette 2899 OP NORTHERN ILLINOIS If the heating plant does not seem entirely satisfactory, give your manufacturer a chance to make good. The f~ult may be due to poor firing, wrong km~ of coal, to the chimney, to lack of msulation, or to failure in having stopped the wind leaks in the house. Wire fences of either the woven or chain link type may now be given a permanent color in any desired shade of green or brown to harmonize with the home entourage. JOSEPH W. KEHOE, District Manater 1141 Centr~ Ave., Wilmette