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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 18 May 1928, p. 7

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11ay 18, 1928 WILMETTE I LIFE 7 ACT TO IMPROVE OUR WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM Village Board Authorizes Immediate Facilities Looking Toward Municipal Plant Immediate rcmt~ial measures to provide adequate water supply for Wilmette were approved at the session of the Villag(! board Tuesday of this week at the in stance of Paur A. Hoffman, chairman . of the Sewer and \Vat_er· committee of the board. Improvements sch eduled for the immediate future and taking into consideration the plan to eventually establi sh a municinal \Yat er ,,·orks in the villag-e may be enum erated briefly a s follows: 1. Imtallation of a 10-inch cre st meter in the meter vault on Sheridan road. 2. Installation of a 1,500 gallon per minute pump and 500 gallon per minute pump in Sheridan road station. 3. Reconditioning of Venturi meter m Sheridan road booster station. 4. fn stallation of 400,000 gallon capa city steel tank to provide for equalizati on of pre ssure throu ghout the ' ·will be installed by the property Kenilworth Board owner s themselves·. Approves Plans for Th e action of the Kenilworth board Pavi"lg Tenth Street was followed on Tuesday of this week 1 A petition, requesting the approval of the Kenilworth Village board of plans- for the paving by the Town ship of Tenth street fron.1 \Vilmette Village limits to S·heridan road to a width of not le ss ·than 30 feet , and signed · by th e owners of property abuting the proposed improvement, wa s presented at the meeting of the Kenilworth Village board at it s meeting on Thursday evening of la t week. The petition, which was apprO\·ed by the board, outlined that the expense of installing the curb and drainage would be born without special asse ss ment pr.oceedings by the abnting property owners. T_ he expense involved in :naking the improvement falls to the township by virtue of the fact that one-half of the street being improved lies within township territory and under the provisions of law the whole pavement is in stalled and maintained by the town. hip. Curbing and. drainage, however, do not fall within the pro\'i ion s of township paving and for that reason by similar approval by the Wilmette Village board of plans for the improvement of the \Vilmette section of the same street. Thus the improvement of the entire strip of road, throughout its unpaved length, is assured. Committee appointments for the coming y ear were also made by the Kenilworth board.. Committee chairmen are as ·follows: public- sen-ice and building- H. 0. Barnes; finance-George R. Berison; l police and fire-Le~lie McArthur; street , light and se·we;age-George R. Benson; water supply-John L. Wilds; health-Richard \Volfe; electrical commission-H. 0. Barnes. Other appointment s are : plan commission-L. l\f. \\' illis, chairman, J. C. Murray, H. 0. Barnes, A. B. Adair, H. P. Harrison, R. R. Hawxhurst, exofficio member; village treasurerHarry A. \Vee se ; attorney-E. E. Jackson; l)~nager and collector- F. L. Streed; health commissioner Df. Orvis; pJumbing inspector-Mrs. A. S. ).fcKenna. FOR' SALE The LEONARD SHOPPE Infants' Wear · Offers An Established and Growing Business to One or Two Women Desirous of Earnings on a Small Investment. Good Reason for Selling apply to 795 Elm St., Winnetka Yillage. Superintendent of Public Works Schult z v;a s authoriz ed to advertise f or bicl. for thi s work. ~f o r e detail ed information concerning \Yilmctt e's proposed \\·ater s·upply progt:,am arc to h e found in last week's is:' uc of \VIV\IET'I'E LIFE. M) ··· · and now tn our OCIO OCII NEW HOME 1119--1121 Central Avenue MONDAY, MAY 21st The one without the Motor REMOTE CONTROL o A copper tube from Basement to Ice Box I. 2. D Silent Safe 3· Compact o 4· . Automatic D We are happy to announce that we will be in our new home at 1119-1121 Central Ave. beginning Monday, May 21st. While mCJny articles in our large new stock may require some rearranging we are, nevertheless, prepared to conduct business as usual. Ready to supply the hardware needs of our many friends and patrons. Please consider this an invitation to call and pass your approval on our new store. 5· No attention 6. ·Economical 0 7· Modern 8 . .Long life 9· Any size I a ~ A formal opening, with all the 11 «»'11 trimmings, will be announced ~ ll, later. Watch for it. lJ o a Less to install in sizes over 8 cubic feet. Operating Cost Low. You could'nt want more. o. For any purse WOLFF · GRIFFIS HARDWARE General Hardware, Sheet Metal, Furnaces 1119-1121 Central Ave. Phone Wilmette 183-184 ! Ice-0-Lator o~ 607 MAIN ST. WIL. 1789 Distributors o a ao~===:~oe~o c~

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