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Sheridan Road News-Letter (1889), 21 Oct 1899, p. 3

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With pleasure the 1'1"er . u b 1“,“! limb“ " " notes the activity of the 338th ’ Mxmmwmm 111..by111e Mn Road Publishing Co. ”It [ORGAN i. J. ”IBIS! MW!" Bfimmytgbnsemnl Avenue. Wham-1h . unlu- M-Ofice “~11 hhnd Park I'm-1:100 gutter. it Manning 1' It either an“. .- From the Fort Sheridan depot, north of what is known as Helm’ 3 Electric Real Crossing, the elec- 'fil’mn- trio road 18 grading its right of way. and the road will soon be in fine condition. There will bedouble tracks and a macadam driveway for carriages and other vehicles. People appreciate the energy and progress displayed by ,thevnianagement of this company in’ its endeavors to put its road on a footing equal to anything of the ghind' in this country so far as equip- ment is concerned. The road is 7mehaawg property at different points to enable it to do away with flaw of the objectionable curves new in evidence along the right of way, and In many other particulars the service is being bettered to meet the Wants and conveniences of the poblic. As travel and traflic on the electric road incréeges a correspond-V ing impetus is given the business interests of \the North Shore, the several municipalities are brought ' more in touch with each other. and heel result, much that cannot but "stimulate to an increased «prosperity ’ the condition of our district is ,. accomplished by the success of the _- roads, People have realized for ‘ MU Noah Show Inwllkcnce. TWNmflflighkndPu-k. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21. TERMS fl.» PER YEAR. nus had. known on uppllcauon OFFICII: “NAGII EDITOR THE SHERIDAN ROAD NEWS-LETTER. some time u» bount- tint accrue, directly and indirectly, to the North Shore. through the opontion of the oleotrio road. and M the coupany “my Ittnin . eon-tan“: increasing prosperity is the with of In. The Watet Perk Wufimin Question. Ironing «fluent in- terest and enthusiasm among our sistet cities on the North Shore to bring forth pmpt More and willingness to meet with them on October 25th. 1899, for the pur-. pose of exchanging View: on the best means of promoting the better san- itary condition of the Nonh Lake Shore. Chairman P. A. Montgomery in- forms an that Lake Forest will' be represented by Messrs. Calvip Dur- and, George H; Holt find Dr. A. C. Haven. Kenilworth will send Messrs. Ed- gar G: Barrett. Robert H.‘ Van Schaack and Charles Ware. ‘ Lake Bluff has appointed I com- mittee, and the mayor of Evanston writes that a meeting of the ooun'cil will be held and a committee .mp- pointed to attend the meeting. Wau- keg‘gn, Winnetka and .Glencoe have the matter ofvcommitteea' under. Way and will be heard from later. The other night in Highland Park burglars went through three houses on a certain street. The only house on that street. not coughed was one in which two small dogs do valiant ser- viée. Since . than Mr. J. Wallace Wak‘em’a fox terrier farm in Buvinia has been to all accounts a meccg for aconginuous procession 0t pilgrims 7â€"311 in quest of much-wanted ca- nines. ., ' ‘ ‘ Winnetka and. Highiahd Park Hockey clubs are getting ready for some warm games this winter. Hockey in winte'r bids fair to be- come at; popular as golf as a warm- er weather pastime, The question is asked many times by transients: “Why doesn’tthe city of Highland Park improve its streets running parallel with the railroad. Street Improvements. You: main street.- running 'out and not through the business oonhr of your city are hidy good. but the roadvm oonfignom to the nilway north nod tooth u. hottid and not in looping with the hit name of the city." We ere trunk to admit that the «We in too true to werrent'e eucaeeetuleontndiction. Many time we hen! iteaidthet men make mie- tekee. I believe that the writer did with many othere‘ an well, in 189mm opposing the en celled Omnibue or- dinance which provided for improv- ing several very important streets in this city by mmdemizing the same at a very email cost to the owners. The streets to be improved were all east of the railway tracks. . Ex-Alderman Rice received the. full benefit of indignation 'at the time as being the sole author of the plan contemplated. Several -‘ of the most ardent opposers have ‘ since admitted that they had made the mistake, and regretted that they had interfered, and their only apology was that they were not familiar with the law relating thereto, which went into efiect shortly after, and required that a majority of the frontage in each \block -must petition the City Council before any legal advance could be. taken up for the impro‘w ing of any street. , _ Under the provisions Of this law the city has bieen unable to improve a single street, a‘nd . in consequence of our errors we have allowed the cities of Lake Forest ' and Winnetka to lead us in im- proved roadways, losing our pres- tige as a leader in, all class of 1m provements,‘ a position we have held previously for years. At the preeénttifiib our much talked-of water question is in 00d hands; and we feel wan-antes in. saying that after the joint oom- mittees have concluded their labors and submitted their recom- mendations, the tatpdyera as a whole will cheerfully acquiesce and meet the situation likexmen. V . We would suggest that the Citi- zen's Association take up the mat- ter of improved roads with oom- mittees of city council and. devote their leisure winter evenings in planning the routine work neces- sarymfor the early season improve- ments of the next year. The gen-

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