Illinois News Index

Highland Park Press, 2 Apr 1931, p. 30

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_The North Shore Line as owners of theâ€" Metropolitan Motor Coaarys- tem and the Blue Line busses now opâ€" erate over this route. The North Shore line is also planning operation in coâ€"operation with the Union Paâ€" d“ -HM 30 9 malcs ie dalieca ohr prrbie on e avar i nls Phae It is ‘understood that the line will operate over Waukegan road and Green Bay road through this county. a certificate to operate through Wisâ€" cousin last week,. A similar applicaâ€" tion is to be filed this week with the Tilinois Commerce commission. .. This was indieated â€"with the â€"filing of ~an application in Milwaukee for Uperation of motor busses between Chicago, Milwaukee and Minneapolis through~â€"Waukegan, â€"inâ€"competition with similar lines is planned by the North Western Planning to Run Motor Buses on ~â€"â€"â€"North Shore Is Report lon dn ~Beginning approximately April 1, Wisconsin will have a 4â€"cent gasoline tax, one cent higher than that of Illinois. _ Filling stations on the Illiâ€" nois side of the state line are expectâ€" ing to do a record business, as Wisâ€" consin drivers will go across the line The North Wuter: and Union Paâ€" Tmmmw Chicago to the West Coast and Omaâ€" ha to the Twin Cities. Three weeks ago the line purchased another in Towa. css TLines. Eo TC STate TS es m t en + T M auTsor CBU uS Y . Chicago to the West Coast and Omaâ€"| The move is a part of the LaFollette ha to the Twin Cities. . Three|program.> The bill provides for the weeks ago the line purchased another | construction of ninety railroad_grade in Towa. e crossing eliminations this year to furâ€" he ne he t\z, n h P0 M io n _ en "‘l!‘ DC Â¥+ Drogt a m ee and the Twin es will be an| MAS Deen speeded up by three times. expansion â€" of "the InterstateTransit | â€"Twentyâ€"sevenâ€"hundred ~miles=of Wisconsin 4â€"Cent Gas Tax Law in Effect in April, Report Predicts of busses between Chicago, and Mil waukee over Sheridan road. â€" > in hipay 2 â€"o e eccatng Artanha n nBpâ€"an T H E P RE 8 S â€"Bondâ€"issueâ€"obligations forâ€"county highways amounting to $3,000,000 will be taken over by the state along with highway maintenance. f The most prominent man .of the month is the weather man. He didn‘t hold a. conference, he merely broke the drought. & feaeral trunk highways will also P years, if the provisions of the bill are to be carried out. This will give Wisconsinâ€"a complete â€" network of through roads. .__:.:.::. .:; . â€"__* to fill their tanks and Illinois drivers will buy gas before going on into Wisconsin. Fimatâ€"â€"teptstatt 4 °::! OPEN BIDS ON ROAD If this interpretation of the adminâ€" istration‘s policy is correct there is a chance that the improvements will be knocked out entirely and abandoned or new bids called for allowing alternaâ€" tive types of surfacing. While the Cape bid cannot be acâ€" cepted on Belvidere road because the specifications excluded all types of paving except bituminous brick, it is felt by some conversant with the polâ€" icies of the administration that the McCarthy bid will be rejected due to the highâ€"cost of brick paving. Belvidere road is to be widened from 16 to 20 feet and Green Bay road from 18 to 20 feet. =~â€"<** . Bids on these two jobs were openâ€" ed last week in Springfield. The toâ€" port from the capital to the Waukeâ€" gan Times, and the lowest bids for the two jobs totaled $311,559. It was made by the McCarthy Improvement Co. of Moline, which made a bid of $156,164 on the Belvidere job and $155,396 on the Green Bay section. s No Alternatives Allowed â€" The state specifications did not call for alternative bids but limited the work to bituminous ‘filled brick, the report says, but in spite of this James Cape and sons of Racine, Wis., subâ€" mitted a bid for the work on Belviâ€" dere road. The Cape figure was $79,â€" 502 for concrete or hlf thea cost of The specifications limited the maâ€" terial to be used for resurfacing of Green Bay road, between Rockland road ~and â€"Waukegan, and ~Belvidere road from Grayslake to Volo, to biâ€" tuminous brick, the report says. Chief objection~comes from residents in the neighborhood of the Belvidere imâ€" provement, it is said, and a number of telegrams were sent to Springfield last week protesting at the high cost and also objecting to the width to which it proposed to build the sections improved, on the ground that the widâ€" ening of these roads.but two feet will not lessen the traffic jam. plan.of theâ€"state_ highwayâ€"dixisionâ€"to Green Bay roads with brick, according to reports in Waukegan newspapers, Returning, iv. Milwaukes same day 8&:15 9Pâ€"=â€" C, & N. W. Titket Agent ested are objecting strenuously to the Milwaukee Children Half Fare Sections of G Bay and Belâ€" videre; B::::Sgdfied; ~~~~~~oCGmet w HMighk â€"~ _ SUNDAY, APRIL 5th # ‘;QTfRN s(§5 From Highland Park idren Half Fare=â€"=No Baggage Checked Lv. Highland Park â€"8:06 a: m:; Ar. Milwaukee . 9:301.m. Thursday, April 2, 1931 '! T ,‘«uy"r‘q”m‘ NOR 11918P foo sn cncn ic mt w n Thurs

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