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VOL VII. LA K E FOREST. H IGH WOOD. m. GO§§O§GICit3......"II!"§.§§§.:§ICUOE I'liliil iiil ihhlltil IIIIIfififlI...I.II*I’Iti...!¥§O§..II§I§IIII*Â¥C§§ Another Improvement. When..Messrs. Holmes. Phillips and Rice opened their neatly fur- nished banking room on the corner in the old Highland block. we felt rather sorry for our friend Erskine. with his modest banking room and » fixings , in ,that little office. But “David” did not shed a tear; he just kept on opening new accounts with good men and firms. and taking in deposits. two and six pence with him, observ ing with pleasure that he had lots of good substantial men as patrons. We were in good comp 1y, but that banking room and furzshings were not justup to our “ides,” of what they' should be. But all he said was, and he did not say that" ”we say it for him, “patrons and deposits, not fixtures, make a successful bank.” And so he kept at it and now, hav- ing secured those, he is looking after other things. We even depOsited our, architectural effect. a large,.convenient, light, attractive and very conspicuous banking room. This room will be 21x30 feet, right in, the corner of. the block, the most conspicuous and striking thing tc attract the attention of the visitor as he comes from I the Cars, or drives through from Chicago up to the “Moraine: for dinner. This roou will front-on St. Johns and Centra' avenues, with large, beautiful win' dows on both streets. The door for ‘ entrance will be on the corner, largr and‘set back so as to admit of/‘fim On the inside of this room, diagonally across fron on; door, will be the large (10x12 ft outside and 6x8 ft. inside) solir brick, burglar and fire proof vault equipped and furnished in the mos? thorough and modern manner. J as west of the vault will be a privat< office about 10x10 feet in size, leav for; the working banking room ~20: 21 ft. '.In this will be installed thi Last Monday morning Henry Ditmer and the ‘Zimmer Brothers began work on James McDonald’s corner block with respect abbve all else to quarters for Highland Park’s firstlmnk. The entire ground floor of the McDonald block is being re- constructed. and in it will he made a: at Bigbland Park Department a: FORT SHERIDAN. HIGHLAND PARK. SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1900. a large,.convenient. light, attractive and very conspicuous banking room. This room will be 21x30 feet, right in, the corner of_ the block, the most conspicuous and striking thing to attract the attention of the visitor as he "comes from the cars, or drives through from Chicago up to the “Moraine: for dinner. This room will front on St. Johns and Central avenues, with large, beautiful win- dows on both streets. The door for entrance will be on the corner, large and‘set back so as to admit of/‘fine architectural effect. On the inside of this room, diagonally across from the «hm, will be the large (10x12 ft. outside and 6x8 ft. inside) solid brick, burglar ahd. fire proot vault,~ equipped and furnished in the most thorough and modern manner. Just west of the vault will be a private office about 10x10 feet in size, leav- ing the working banking room ‘20:: 21 n. [In this will he installed the finest, most substantial and practi- cal bank fixtures that can be had, so that no bank anywhere outside the big cities will be superior in equipment. The balauée 'of the block will be finished 03 into two stores. The one nurth of the bank will have a from, RAVINIA. GLENCOE, 26 feet wide on St. Johns avenue and 40 feet deep. This Mr. Mc- Donald will occupy for his own gen-_ eral grocery and feed trade. It will not only be well lighted from the front. but from the north in the rear end. ' The other store, opening on Cen- tral avenue, will be twenty feet wide with fine trout and 32 feet deep; an admirable place for a dry gmxis or clothing store. Taken all together it will be, when complete, one of the best improve- ments made in the-Park for a long time, and we congratulate Mr. Mc- Donald. Banker Erskine and all their friends and patrons on what it signifies for them all,as well as giving a push to the city's healthful _boom. Thomas How’s new two story dwell ing hduse on his Nortli lot, A- â€"whére Mr. Michael Gray used to live,--~â€"is ready for plastering. It will In 1 nice home for a small family, a choice add- ition to that part of the town. Henry Ditmer has the mason work. Zim: meta are in charge of the carpenter work. A magazine writer compleim of what he styles the “decay of convec- sation.” Guess that fellow never at-' tended a senior monthly meeting of an _average “Ladies Sewing Society" or an“Aid Society" or most any other strictly feminine brgnnisatinn.- No" signs of “decay" there. WINNETKA. LAKESIDE N0. 17