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' VOL VII. :...,__ . W. Uushing new in process of erec- ‘ 'tion, there are the Page and ,‘Mc Mullen residences down on the Ra: vinia lake front, costing about $30,- 000 each. 'Frad Clow took the Mo - Mullen contract last. week fox-the” 'oarpentepwork', and August Noel-en- berg has the mason work. They are - both to be completed by July. ‘ LAKE FOREST. HIGHWOOD. z I ‘ ' I U.‘..‘I’I "HI“.3..i."""i§‘.§“§i§¥l§mufi'II'I‘I‘: The MIN“! Béom. the cuiting down of several valuable "“ A ' _ . shade trees on that lot. It really looks as though the new prosperity had struck the Park. In addition to thé $150,000 hotel of F. Then there is ' the high school building, at another $30,000. with the contracts let, and while we are Very sorry our Perk contractors did not get the jobsrwe are expecting Park Workmen will do meat of the work There are the Presbyterian, parsonage or’ manse, say $5,000,:1nd' the Messenger home at not less than $10,,000 besides Fred ClOw’ s new $8, 000 cottage, all theee are in sight and under way, or with contracts let, and we expect more to follow; This resume does not include the exten- sive repairs being made on the Den- ison house amounting to several thousnnd dollars, to say nothing of Bighlzmd Park. Department FORT SHERIDAN. HIGHLAND PARK. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1900. The following is a summary of these contracts and if they do not make a little boom, what would ? Page house...” .-... McMullen house... High School“. Parsonage...A..___..-_..-...._ Messenger home ..... Denisou house......~.. Clow cottage...-.......... Hotel “ Every one is pleased that the council uppointed a committee of conference to meet the property oWnere on that street and agree if possible on some' plan acceptable to the abutting property owners am? to the citizens generally, as well new the committee representing the coun- oil, no as to make a harmonious re- port to the council at its ‘epecial meeting, to be held for that purpose. next T ueeduy evening, Feb. 20th. If you are interested in St. Johns ave- nue south. be present at that meet- ing. Total ........ m... St. Johns Avenue. ”$150,000 .- 30,000 .-.8261,000 30.000 RAVINI A. . GLENCOE. 10,000 - President Smoot of the'high school board informs us that the contracts for the new school building were let a week ago last Friday evening. The carpenter, mason and cement work and plastering went to Anson Holman of La Grange; iron work to F L. Hill, painting and glazing" to Brand Brothers, roof and sheet lmetal work to the Allen Cornice Works of Chicago, and the'plnmb- ing to a Chicago firm. Its extreme dimensions will be 603160 feet, and will cost 25 per cent; more than if the Wreath Deerfield folks had not ’fought it, material and labor having advanced so in price during the last '~ two years. It is to be ready for use in September, l900. Mrs. Charles .H. rWarren reached her'home, on Central “Avenue West, after an absence of some five weeks in the east, chiefly m Clinton. Mass. ., where she went to attend the w‘ed ding of a cousin. When she reached home she found her husband eon fined to the house with a bad throat. The American Express Company will open an 011590 of its own in‘tho new depot. and Fred Clow and A. G McPherson are figuring on the oerpentur work. The agent has nOt yet been appointed. High School Bandung. WINNETKA. ' LAKESIDE NO. 12