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to do with those pléked in trolley cars, elevated road. or _mb‘urbnn trains. " Pleeee Bxplele. We find the oherge ie‘ still made by many honeet. intelligent. end well mooning people the! Aldermen De- videon ie perennelly responsible for the long delay in paving St. Johne Avenue. We heve no doubt many snob sincerely believe it elihonghthe origin-tore of such occupations know petfectly well, or have bed the op. portuuity of knowing well, that there is no truth in it. Wonk thog of our readeve who still think the charge is norrect to explain the following proposition: ' HIGHLAND PARK 11.1.. .. June. I898. In the County Cum M Laite County. Illinois In them the application 0! the \- Oity of H fuk for the walk! of a speci t aiue'sament m m. mun n3. 3 “gt. avanue in said City “15M:- v oh ‘culum mmwnneutuum ‘bAvemletothe south “he of Sheridanl W.e. the undemlgneth uw new of proper: turban: on St. Johns avenue along the line 0! and improvement. do_ hereby consent and ..... , A, J_Ax-‘_ ,_Aj nn-_ e each with the other and with said City Hithiand Park to withdraw I" objections to the confirm-{mu of aid atonement and the pmceedin a thereunder provided the assess- ments' nettiur reupectiveiots at land are no modifi that after the cost of pavin that por- tion of aid ntreetpccnpied by the luff Citv Electric Street RMIWIV. bein a space, fifteen and one-half feet wide. shall first deducted. the remninder of the total cost of said improve- ment shell be churned equal} in all the property fronting: on the line said mprove- ment in pmport on to It! frontage. and if said assessment is so reduced or a recast assessment is made conforming to said reductkm. we agree to makerno obiections thereto and (10 hereby authorize our atturneys to withdraw ail objections and consent to confirmation thereof. Northwestern Milita 13" Acad- emy. by H. vidson. TPresisdem ...................... Sarah B. Cnc§xfiéésdfiill213.2; ""' 1 bu the condition that in de- termining the above» frontage the-trounce on (“$10! is made not to exceed two undred and fifty feet. Francis Thorn . . I ........ Lots 22. The principal bone of contention on the part of the property owners on St Johns avenue was the fact that the proposed improvement was un- necessarily costly, included a park. way which they did not want, and a- bout two-thirds of the whole coat Was assessed on'the east side. It was for this last reason mainly and for'otbers incidentally, that they Went into the court. In their position all the pro- perty owners were a unit. To solve this problem, when a senior alderman of the third ward two years ago 8e . cured the strip of land opposite the Northwestern Millitary Aeademy, a piece of land practically worthless and already saddled with over $2000 assessment. he went to Mr. K. R. Sweet and had him draw up the above paper, whereby he voliintarily Name. ff Lot 7. Block 60 ..Lot 1. Block 60 ..Lot 1. Block 65 Description' of property. 23.24.B10(;k so THE SHERIDAN ROAD NEWS-LETTER. assumed nearly 31.000 adhltianal assessment on the strip in order to re- duce‘the property on the east side opposite to it to one-hall the whole cost less the part to be paid by the trolley. This was dore on condition that the property owners should take" the matter out of court and pore the street. As thiswssthe main guea~ tion at issue the property owners readily assented and agreed to waive the matter at the objectionable part- way. The document was signhd by all the property owners except the Chicago Northwestern railway 00., and Mr. Thompson. The paper was then sent to Mr. Thompson's agent in Chicago to secure his signature. At just the point the council ' took a very unfortunate position' In the face of remonstrsnce. The council had previously taken nearly one- hell of the street and mpde a presentol it to the Bluff City Electric. sum Rail- way-Company in the form of a 1mm chise. While the” above paper was in the ' hands of" m. “Thompson’s agent the council, not satisfied with previous actions, granted about four feet more of the street to the trolley and authorized themto» place their poles on the east aide, saying to the a property owners through their lead- er, the ex alderman of the Second Ward; that they were not entitled to any consideration on that street and they should not have any. The re- sult was two of the property owners immediately demanded that their names‘should be withdraw?!) from the above paper; the others never did withdraw them. ‘ Now we ask, how do those who. still insist that Alderman Da'vidson was responsible for the delay in pav- ing that street explain their charges. in the light of the above paper, dat ed June. 1898?. We grant this is all now a back number and we in- tiert it here only because the opposi- tion to Alderman Davidson’s re-elec- ‘tion‘pereist in harping upon it. But this is all settled now; St. Johns avenue is bound to be improved this. spring and theproperty owners now are only waiting for the administra tion to settle with the Chicago and Northwestern railway, which they have assumed the responsibility of doing. Hu- Kooloy of Dayton. Ohio. is whiting her sister. Mrs. W. A. James. See Sweetlnnd'l Ina unortmont of Easter curds. They are the finest in ton. ' ' . Mil! Muflat of this pity takes the plans of Min-Kittie Kenny u onhier It Bic-er Brothon. Judgo Function bu routed his painiui and elegant "Ruinoaks" for the season to t Chicago millionaire. An olectric car was 0! the track Ind de' ayod mime n while Monday afternoon not: the north and of town. Re}. and Mrs. C. N. chs. former- ly o! the Eiangcliccl church in thin city rnd Dcorficld. go noon to China as minionnriee. Vernon Causal-d has sold his sum- mer home on the Exmoor Club grounds to W. '1‘. Baker of the Chi- Bourd of Trade. Use Sweetland’s Dandrul Cure and Hair Tonic. It will stop hair falling out 'w a short time; removes dandruff; it is u natural food for the scalp. , The family of W. R. Kenny, after many years rBsidexwe 'in the Park have gone to Raveuswood for their future home. Mr Kenny is in the gmernment Service in Havana super intending the sewerage of that .city. Alderman Allen Goodxidge Clam- pitt, has taken the Kenny residence, which the Brands are decorating for eat-1y Occupation. Glad to have Mr. Clampitg move into the city and be “folks among folks”. . ‘W‘. B. White ' has refiurned from his Winter in Florida. , We are sorry to hear he has rented for the season his beautiful home, but congratulate A. B. Spatding on securing the same for tha’ season. It is' a charming place. The old Reliable laundry building. up near the Electric Light-plant has been dismantled and the brick part torn. down so the electric road tracks can be laid there at once. The new laundry building up on Vine avenue is progressing rapidly. It is a large substantial brick structure and will be good for a’term of years. With this equipment the St Peter boys will do a fine business. ‘ LOCAL BRIEFS.