Illinois News Index

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 25 Nov 1937, p. 5

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4A town meetin g at which the pro- posai of con structing a compre- hensive'relief sewer system for Ken- ilworth will be debated, will be held next Monday evening at the, Kenil- ,Worth club, 410 ýKenilworth avenue. The meeting Will preceéde by aI- most a'month the special referendum on the stubject which has been called for Tuesday, Deceniber 2&8. The proposai for the seWer, which was païsed, recently by the board of trustees in the form of a bond or- dinance after a coniprehensive study for more than a year, will flot be opertiveunless il is ratified at the Bo»d 1.4.. The ordinance as passed by tue village council provîdes for the issu- ance of $340,M1 i bonds, but a lesser number will be sold if the village ob- tai*isaiud-Lrou the WEN4, ment. SBond maturity and interest, it was explained ' will bc met, under the plan, by a boost -in the quarterly water bills, the ificrease depending on the amount of. interest at which the village will be able to seli Its bonds and the mount of help which will bc fôrthcoming by the federal governent, In a letter scnt this week to every lnistake wlight be fatal and the village condenined to a future in wbich it wotild be at a, virtual standstill so, far as keeping up witbi modern progrcss and inôdern dévelopmnent isconcerned.' Art~ we to make that fatal mistake? .I mot, then some loîlg-timne village plan must be evolved that will afford attaining predetermlned effects, with protect:on to the owners of both bu.si- the whole picture in vlew. ness property and residential proper- The, plan inust take cogn.izance of AV,- so that they may know what re- tesrcbuincoeamprid strictions and regulations they have for its revision in order to tuake tb neet, this year and in following profitable building poss ible. yearu. The plan illust offer positive safe- guards against expansion o oi mnerciaI areas, but provide for thé inodernization and rehabilitation of the iwprovements in such areas, of which there are ample for many years to corne. if not forever. It must give The, plan must emphaticaliy prohibit the erection of the city type of apart- ment building, to which an over-. whelming majority of villagers are opposed, yet provide for more. dense population use of residential proper- ties adjacent to commercial areas. day andathe îact tmat uany villagers will take advantmge of the oppor- tunity 'to spend,,the weekend out of twthe Town M)eeting.,scheduled by WilMette , Civie lege for to- morrow (Friday, November 26) ha been postponed to Friday,, December 3. The place is the English room of Marshal ield's downtown retail store, and the tinte 12:15 p. m. The scheduled subject for discus-, sion, parks and playgrounds, will bie presented for forum consideration. Closely allied are the subjec:ts of zou- ing and revision of the building code. Because of this alliance, the latter questions will be admitted to the dis- cussion. The action of the league in bringing the sublect up for discussion Je moti- ýfitable use of meir properties. to c pulan miust include provisions restoration of blighted resi- sections contiguous to com- J. armas, ini order that they may ,nodernized- on a 'profitable FR11A CHER dJient L rmff 'hieh wuuid -sewer reveui iianlinz a ., the probbrn I ent4ve sowes any plan lmn- of t nel TOTIIE nul wnar i i to pna """w.

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