Illinois News Index

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 14 May 1936, p. 70

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#,rive, to iMprove des -sign, ana Judged by present dày standards, efficiency at the lowest c ost without the house of yesterday was poorly sacrificing quality. designecl as f0 exterior and inefficient as to interior layout. The building Disburses $6 PerCapita dollar bought as- deal of enclosed .wP,* t. space. litt le. of -wbichWWasý utilized to jfl IllilOisp, W1SCOflSIfl the best' advantage. ,Thle average The Chicago Federal Home Loan' homes Of this era resembled some- î)ank since. it. started three and a haif what the mfioderi1 method of mnass -er g as dsbrsd'h production-aIl ctt from the saine euvln $ e aiai t pattern. Iridividualism was expressed jllinoi-Wicni itrcbsdo in~~~ etradcoration, but the basic teubnpplto vr2 er design was the saine. te rbn oplaio oer21yer D..igmed for living By contrasf, the modern home is designed for living. witb emphasis on comnfort, efficiency and economy. Tbe exteriors have been simplified, and useless decoration eliminated. h is in tbe interior, boôwever, that we find tbe greafest improvements. Per- haps the most important -of -these is the almost universal use of insula tion, contrjj»*ting as it does to both cotnfort and economy. Its companion,. the modern air conditioning, plant, bas done a great deal f0 improve the comfort of the home of. today. Efficient planning bas coordinated the different parts. of the bouse ini such a way as to eliminate unnecessary work for the housewife. This is j especially true of the modern kit cheên wbere good planning, compactnessII ul age, it 15 pointed« out Db 1A.. Gardner, president. As of April15 ýa total of $27,560,855 had been. advanced by the bank f0 sa'vings.and loan. institutions, being retailed f0 urban dwellers either in the form of credit- for new home ownersbip undertak- ings,, for réfinancing or modernizing existing homes, or t» cash -payment for their shareholdings, matured or, partially1 matured,. which economic conditions forced them to sel hack to the savings and loan association in whicb they originally invesfed. PAINT PRIMER Aluminumt paint makes an 'exc el- lent priming coat for outside paint. lt covers ivell and seems to make a waterproof coating over the wood that lasts., You Are Cordially Invited to, fnspect .These Homes Dy CiaronceE. Drayor (Northhore RiéaIty) .There is an impression that there are no lega tuto-family houses in .WiI- mnette for yoiing folks* or older folks wmpnting -to owýn and reiui half of the house. Northt Shore Realty.has two legal two-fainily hanises in siigle residenice territoryý for sale, j» Wilpiette. These twa-family hanses are j former.Gros: Point, west -of Ridgc road,. and zécre bitilt prior Io apnexation. and later .zoing. *These homes offer an opportunity f0, people- wanting f0 ;get started on prop- erty oivilership., as well as f0 the in- vestor. They would seem f0 fit best into the plans of voung owners who would live ioiie unit and devote the income froni the other f0 pay taxes and a mort- gage. Or such a home w~ouId be niee for parents and a,,son or daugbter with a famnily. Or the incomne from the other unit would bc handy to an oldèr owner who wanted the independence of owning yet must have a smnall regular incojne. One of these twvo-famnily homes is of soiid brick, on a bill under old elnis on a little country estafe of between three and four acres just south of Indian Hill Estate on Illinois road. There are a grape arbor of some.seventy-five vines, an orchard of cherry, apple and pear and in the front yard lilac àand, other perennials nearly ready f0 bloom. On the rear is a stand of nearly one thou- sand young elm trees that ini another year or so will make a rnarketable crop. Be gin Preliminary Work on Dam, Flood Controt inSkokie Work, preliminary to building the dam and flood control gates -in the Skokie drainage project was started by CCC workers hast week. S heet steel piling and conicrete m i large quantifies are being hauled onto the site. The water level in lagoons one and two is being iowered two feet; the pool between the. Wil-' low road bridge and the temporary earthen bank, f0 the north,' bas beeni dredged, and the wood piling which supporfed t he temporary bridge erected while the new permanent bridge was being built have been re- rnoved. The permanent dam will be 248 feet long; 16 feet high and will bave a twelve-foot roadway on the top. flood gates in the dam will permit. control'.of the waters in the lagoons. and a large concrete spillway will be construcfed betw<een the damr and the bridge. W. Qe Ruggles & Cole EXCLUSIVE AGENTS 517 Davis Sfr..t, Evanston WIlmel.1660' DOVEN>MUEHLE,'INIC.j 110 S. Dearborn St. ANDover 2200 unheard of in best, considered xurtes. rl

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