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The city's wliitu i-lvphunt. is that, big fill (lmvn nmlr Ruviiiiu on the- Sheridan mud. Alderman (Tnslnnun made a cogent pie-u fur a thorough jol); costing from $1.1M!) to $1.5m) at once, and Mr. l’liillips misml ilH' pertinent question “wliunu‘. 0r lmw the cash." It, was :1 long and 0x7 lizinstive discussion; that is it (‘XA lianstedmlr puiiuncv. (Yul. Davidson liittlw nzlil on flit! lit-ml win-n Iw Silld. iftlm culvvrt \vzis vxtondul snnw I?) few-t ()n vithvr vntl. it would do away with the wings. That is the Imlii'y t‘xm'tly: oxh‘ntl tlmsv culverts and km-p filling in yc-nr :Iftvr yi-nr unll vxtvntl tln-vnlvvrts again if lll'w-ssan The famous cement sidevalk ordiA mince was read and after elaborate anwndments was passed. While it takes in the east side pretty generally. it vxempts Lake, Forest, Dale, Hazel avenues and Linden south of Mr. Boulton’s corner. Mr. Cuslnnan made a strong,r effort to have the clnnse permitting new stringers in repairing plank walks in the cement district. strckcn out. but by the cue-3L ing vote of the mayor it was stricken out. and there can he no new string- ers put in, at least till theré- is n nmv council. (‘OY‘NCIL NOTES The aldermen have a very laudable purpose to make nur fin» department as vflicivnt as possible, and to that (and they pmpusv to tax gross rH-vipts of foreign fire insurance mnnpanivs two per cent payable in July of each year. They have wisuly unit-rm] a fire company properly equipped at the! north end of town. A long discussion was held, blue prints etc. shown of the big fill on the. Sheridan Road near the Raviniu line and the contract finally 1-:t to Mr. Noerenherg for $323 for the rebuild- ing of the south east side of the CHI» vert. A sidewalk. plank of course, was ordered on the east side of St.- Johns place, opposite Mr. Vaughn‘s. to let neighbor Wycoff out down on to Vine avenue. Friday nightmfi?‘ Provision is being made for 11 hose ('z,1rt ladders. etc. in “181,0” Clinton district. with :1 good volunteer company, as a part of the fire department of the city. An ordinance m .on the tnpis to tax foreign insurance companies two per cent on their gross receipts for a fire department fund The street sprink ling districts have been 'redivided then east side Central avenue going to Mr. Tillman. The water tower is to be painted. The contract for 900 feet of big sewer pipe went to Mr. Williams. There was it called meeting Mun- day night, as there had been our the- COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. There. was a protracted debate on the new cement sidewalk ordinance, the general plan adopted being to put cement walks on the main av- enues east, ahd on Linden avenue north from Mr. Boulton‘s corner to the school house street, all the other north and south streets to use plank, but the plank should he kept good, and some of them are in sad condi- tion. Mr. Smoot made a capital speech against permitting Hazel an enue to have plank. especially after Prof Gray’s long stretches of cement, with Messrs. Kirk and Crushing-'5, have been built, but Mr. Cushman‘s pathos was too much for him and Hazel avenue has plank. Alderman lobb made a good point when he suggested that the sidewalk on some of these east- and west avenues go from the railroad down to “tide water" on the lake. \Vould not such and by and by the fill will be so broad and solid it will stand for all time. We have been ten years fill- ing in our little driveway, at a total expense, cash out, of about $50 and now it is good for a century. ()llt’ bridge Would have cost more than that. That is the way also railroad companies do, and they know which is cheapest and best to adopt. Bank walls and retaining walls are very rare, because very _expensive and very uncértain. We never’appro‘vod or favored these two bridges up on St. Johns avenue, only as temporâ€" ary affairs: in the end We shall put in good culverts and finish the fills. now that they are so near done. THE HIGHLAND PARK NEWS. County 1 HI) t4) wv haw \vvnt tn Wagons and‘ Buggies Made to Order. .53de Tin Shut Iron 9nd Copper Work PITTS GENEST, florseshoers,» W - Central Ave., RAFFENBAK.ER, Coal, Building Material, and Ice. WEST CENTRAL AVE., Stove and Furnace Work. TELEPHONE 25 Fresh and Salt Meats, GIESER BROS, Highland Park Laundry, Répaiiing, Paihting, Etc, Promptly Done- First Class Work At Reasonable Prices. TheLeading Market, Goods sent for and delivered to all parts of the city. Orders by post or telephone promptly atteml'vd to. jabbing pmmptly attended [0. Lawn mowers slxarpcnctl and repaired. A. Driscoll, Opera Block, HIGHLAND PARK. ILL. A. O. ORTLUND, Manager. POULTRY, FISH, BUTTER AND EGGS. HIGHLAND PARK, ILL. TELEPHONE NO. 34 done to your order ESTIMATE FREE TELEPHONE 42. er!!! Blacksmiths. DEALERS IN Highland Park, 111.