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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 17 Sep 1926, p. 13

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September 17, 1926 WILMETTE LIFE 13 ,. calls for the development of this highRALLY DAY SEPTEMBER Z& way t9 one hundred feet and its exRally Day will be observed in thi Proposed Road Would Run From tension to the Lincoln highway on the parish of the Wilmette English Luth·South. of Ch.icago W eat of City to south aqd to Fort Sheridan on the eran church Sunday, September 26. north. This would give a super-high- There will be a combined services for Ft. Sheridan · way forty-eight miles long, the the congregation and Sunday school A super-highway which will connect straightest, busiest, and longest road at 10 :30 o'clock in the morning of that in the world." day. twenty-four towns in Cook county with every east-west street exte~ding to the western limits of Chicago, is proposed in a resolution introduced in the city council by Ald. Francis L. Boutell of the 48th ward. The proposal calls for making Harlem avenue one hundred feet ·wide from the Lincoln highway on the south to Fort Many new books, always sold for $2.00, will In fixing our prices we have Sheridan on the north, a distance of figured only a reasonable promore than forty-eight miles. be sold at ............... · · · . · · · · · · · fit. For this reason we have 111 a statement on the subject, Ald. been able to attract increased Lib1:ary books, alway~ sold for SOc. Boutell says: "An outer belt highway patronage and they are satiscan be constructed at a comparatively fied patrons. no'v selhng~ 3 for ....... : ........... . low cost to the tax payers and would Tempting Service divert much of the traffic which now Many Other_ Attractive Bargains blocks the free use of the state and county roads running out of Chicago. "Practicallv all the north-south traffic arteries in Chicago are now diverted by parks, rivers, or the curve of the lake, yet they are the most used. 11 A. M. to 8 P. M. The east-west roads are not heavily 1159 Wilmette Avenue In the Village Theatre Building traYeled, extend to the city limits, but han~ no outlets from there. The outer belt highway would divert more than enough traffic to the east-west routes to relieve the congestion on the north- south traffic lanes . .. From Tinley Park to Fort Sheridan, Harlem aYenue connects with twentyfour towns which are integral parts of Chicago and have definite trade relations with it. Harlem avenue in this di stance al so . feed s twelve highways, all oi which lead obliquely out of Chicago. Would Relieve Streets "!\early all of these oblique roads an: occupied by street car lines, and earn· a tremendous volume of truck traffic. This condition makes for frequent blockades and slows down all tran sportation. This heavy truck traffic could easily be diverted to the proposed super-highway where it could be speeded up and at the same time, giY e passenger car traffic a chance to move on the oblique roads. "The most remarkable feature of this proposed highway is that it would give the people of Cook county quick and ea sy access to the forest preserves. Seventy per cent of the forest preserves run parallel to Harlem avenue and are \\'ithin four miles of this street. A bus line \\'Ould make these preserves. convenient to tens of thousands of persons who are now unable to reach them. "The proposed highway would also Ice Cream ihai. ~ontains pure cream. sugconsiderably shorten the traveling time ar , eggs, and freslt fruit. to th.e lake regions of Illinois and Wisconsm. ~lade in our modern. sanitary, Ice Cream "At present a narrow highway is Kitchen right here in \Vilmette. and delivered proposed from 143rd street to the \Vaukegan road at Niles. The new plan to you on short notice-in any flavor .-in PLAN SUPER-HIGHWAY Your Dollar Goes a Long Way on Dollar Day USED $} 0 0 D $1 0 D 0 Ballard's Book Shop MAC'S Hammond's Home· Made! brick or bulk. LINDEN-CREST Ladies' Tailor&. Furrier SPECIALIZING IN S pccial Attention to Club and Party Orders. lee Cream Kitehen ~boae Remodeling and Repairing of all garments of either cloth or fur according to the latest styles at moderate prices. PHONE WILMETTE 62 430 Linden Avenue C«ntt of ,th St. Wilmette 31Z2 1Z2 -12th Sta-eet

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