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Highland Park News (1874), 16 Apr 1897, p. 4

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be constructed for $1.25 per foot; 011 Such side of the street is a palpable mistake: itcan’t well be less than $2.50 each hide for a 25‘foot roadway ant! not less than $2.00 a foot for an 18 foot roadbed. The and experience of the Port Clinton experiment should satisfy us. Any cheap plan would give a rundbed which would. the second or third spring. sink through the mud on its way to the a public meeting shoul(lrl»)én}vx-e;lavtâ€"6 discuss the whole matter. The idea mat a good substazit‘igi roadway can One of the taxpayers. and. he pays on several lots about town, sends us a rich collection of suggestions on the“ proposed macadamizing of the east side. We condense for our space as followa. This scheme should he left'in aheyance until after election and then before the new council acts Mp3. Elizabeth O‘Brien died last- Tuesday at her Port Clinton ave. home, aged 8] years. The funeral was held at one o’clock Thursday. Burial at Rosehill Cemetery. She leaves twa children. one daughter and one son. J. D. Schumacher visited with his brother F. W. Schumacher, the early pint of the week. His home is in Michigan”. ”m“ ‘ ' ' In a recent issue it was stated that M., “K. Hodges went towRacine to bury his" father. This wag incar- rect: Mrs. Hodges was called to Racine to the burial of her father. We regret the error. Father Bingham celebT‘ated his ; 90th birthday Monday. During the = day he received quite a number of ? callers, both flfom at home and out _ of tow. ‘ , present report a pleasant time. ‘ Pastor Thoren Will give a who“ of the late Conference in connection with Sunday evening service. ~The Foxesterg‘held an open meet ing last night. Those who were Charles Waite, who has been liv- ing at Whiting ,Indiana. returned to the Park this week. Fromthenorth ~. . . n....47,314pm methewmh, 7.,30 9.12,“..3qa m.. 12.07. 3. 25. 5- 37: 7 29 P m DIPA‘I’Ul-l’. . For the south, 6 50, 9.30 a m , 12. 47, 3 ht, 5 33» 7 29 P m- Forth: north 9. n, n 392. m , 7.:9p. m. Mai] pouchen clog- 15 minutes before the departure pf trains W. M. DOOI EY. WHOLESALE IMPROVEMENTS. monum’vm marries. ' Alan“. .kOCAL JIBMS. Postmaster. Finally thishig scheme would embarrass many, some would lose their homes, but of course, the leeches attending the tax sales at' Waukegan would rejoioelthereat and grow fat. COST OF PROPOSED IKPBOVEXENTS. Richard P. Street, or “Father” Street, an manyjreverentially‘ and af- ‘feetignately call him,_ hag ._taken~ Ithe‘ plifié‘prOpos‘ed for f macadarmzmg the east-eide and from the measure- ments indicated on the city maps, the estimates published in last week’s News, figured out the cost, giving distances and all other details. It comes to us so late We can only pub- lish the names of the streets to be imnroved and the gross amount of cost, omitting all the other figures: Port Clinton avenur. . :“f::'. ;,r . . .. r . 3.21:0“) 3 St. Johns avenue. north. 15'1“?!) ; Vine aunue ,. 6,750‘ Lindenavenue..........,.....‘,.. 18.500‘ Dale avenue. 8.7bol Grand Bluff and Belle ovenues.. l. , 2.250, Forest avenue. 5.175 Lake avenue.” 3.750 Lake Place. .. . 2.625 Maple avenue. .. 1.250 Elm Harem 3.000 Linden Park Place 3.000 Park avenue” .. .,. ,. .. o, 5.250 Halelave'mc.......,..H,.,...,, 9.000 ijim- avenue. .. .. ., 4.250 TheSmithPrexnierTypcwrltex-Ca, a As runny tax ere own lots in several parts ofatlvie city all this workbeing done this season will make it very hard for many, as they will get hit on all , their ~ lots. Let the public have the names and let- ters of the citizens who want «this done. Again, has the council any legal right to lay the assesexnént without the 'aseen't of a majority of thejbutt'ing property owners? The proposed improvement of St. Johns, and other lesser jobs of cementwalks street work, etc., is about, all we cen bear and all our working “men- nan do this season; spread "this proposed scheme over some four years sem- ing‘ our owu working men steady employment, instead of rushing it through all at once on iniported» la- bor. ‘ ‘ 3 THE HIGHLAND PARK NEWS. anti ’ es, find’ be never seen again on iq‘ side of the globe. sgxd .3 .22: § £8 ass 4 .u 5 t» .1 £3.02.»- Total pmpnst (1 cost V...91 850 Mr Street Ming a banker. 1s sup~ PWME FUB‘MIUREMWEE. HIGHLAND PARK. ILL. To or from any Fur! 0' (fly. Baggage 2nd DUFFY BROTHERS: fiafimitb premier I Eypewmera» FRED, pennA-N, posed to know something about fig- urea. The estimate for Port Clin- ton avenue is at 81. 50 per foot each side, it would be not less than 82. 40 each side, or total east of that street $41,600 instead of $27, 000, or the gross total instead of $97 000, a to- tal of 8111, 250. x e BLACKSI’HTH. mmqm on Shnd. ST. .5011” AV!" Human nu; Trunks Pan-cu ALL PRICES REASONABLE Mleth gm" tut are. Pram magnum [Ivan allude". “fifty Ekpress: .. mrtumumu" PROMPTLY; WGEY, SATISFACTORILY. HE “IV“ ‘V V' RENEW Dgliverw z; cum. ,m cm.

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