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Cheaper Street W. It is oftentimes aid that it it more economical to buy high grade goods than cheaper grade; Whether thishe true gr not depends llrgely upon circumstances. A convent. man might not find it more econ- omical. all thingn considered. to wear a corduroy suit of clothes than to wear broadcloth. but the cordu- roy would probably be for more econ- omical for a wood chopper or a ditch digger than broadcloth and yet ane- wer every purpose as well One great obstacle in the way of street improving in small cities and villages seems to be the great desire to ape large cities in the kind of im- provement to be made. The recent splendidimprovement made on State street. Chicago, in the neighborhood of. Marshall Field’s store, would be, an unendurable hardship if demand- ed in the streets of Highland Pitt, and. even if the property . owners could pay for it. it would still bee:- travaganoe almost criminal. ‘ " Thin-n are probably' In the neigh borhOod of 40 ufilee of streets in Highland Park We have no mean! of knowing at the present time just how much has been added by the annexation at the south end, but for illustration we will call it 40 miles in the whole'city. There are about five miles of the 40 improved by ma- cadam or block paving. In round numbersthese five Ipilee of macad- am and block paving have, cost about $2134“) a mile or, in round numbers,- $5.0(la linear foot on both sides; Time has already shown that With the exception Of the block paving on Central avenue west of the railroad these iuiproved streets should de-' mand some little expenditure each year in keeping them in good condi- tion. Such a large original expend- itnre 18 very discouraging to most of the inhabitants oi our city The. people of the state of Illinois, through their legislature, haveretamped their. condemnation upon the former ‘ 1111- «had of assessments which enabled city 1111111cih-1 to ignore the wishes and rights of private individuals by slapping upon them costly improve. mente which often times were not demanded 'by the public needs and which Were grievously burdensome. They have passed" a new law which gives the people greater protection, but. on‘the other hand, the present law has had a tendency to oscillate too far 10 the other extreme, and it has been difficult to get streets im- proved that really ought to be im- proved. We suggest, therefore, a cheaper grade of paving. ‘We' have not. It THE SHERIDAN ROAD NEWS-LETTIBa‘ hand the minute data of cost. but suppose the property owners on a given street'for one or more blanks were allowed by the council to e:- cavate their street from six inches to a foot. as the case may he, and In: perhaps fifteen feet wide, ‘ fill the excavation with crushed ethne with a ‘very little rolling. [the ing of course upon the top I layer of finer crushed rock. ~We estimate that this could he dam for about 81 a linear foot. or 50 cents assessment on each side. This would cut down the present rate of assessment to about 85,0“) 1 mile; instead of 325411). The interest on the remaining 820,000 at 6 per cent." would be 8120 a mile per year each year. We claim this. that such a method would keep our streets in good condition for the next ten years, and most of them. for even much lenger. It would do away in large part with the expense of scraping streets in bad weather. We believe that with such a policy, or in other ' words, su‘ch an inducement held out to the people. it would not be five years before from one-half to two. thirds. if not even a greater propor- tion of the streets, would be put in _ condition and at a cost that neither the private owners nor the puglic‘ at large would especially feel; ' The ans-Lm'rzn will be glad to hear from other parties interestedjn bettering the condition of all. our streets, not. here and there a few blocks; An errbr in ' the article headed “Do We Want a, Saloon ?3â€"’/makes it read"‘Lake Front’f for Lake Forest. Wm. ~R. Kepney. a lqng time resi- dent of the Park. Ié’fl. for Cuba Thursday night, He goes to take charge of some government work. Havana wants some sewers and water pipes put in and he will boss the 5015. It may not be generally known that the house where Mr. Dickinson lived nearly twenty years, on St. Johns avenue south, is now occupied by the owners, Prof. and Mrs Abbie Bastian, and her father, Mr Beards lee, who have come on from the east to make their permanent home in‘ the Park. Seldom can you persuade a family to leave the Park when once located here. :fiii. 'CI'!‘ iifiififi fifilifiiifig Q Q : " Lake Forest. i .' ' . Iflfiilllifiliflfii*li Ii. .1"! E. F. Gorton Is in New York. Jena: Hughes non the sick “at. . W! C. burned and family In in the south It. and In. Gm Pam“ how [one to tho Ramada. _ Young It. “In. D m with phmonh. ‘ IMAM 8.. mm Iron Km MW. 9 ~ HM Kennedy h- temmd hour bk «mu-Iv. 1!me lat-and ‘9. Julh In. are visiting!!! the ed. llr Finlay mutual fit. 0b 0‘ Ten. «we: 6. G. Gnahumncbaedmmnolthe M1- Uuk um I! Chicuo in Mn: Lake Fm Mew -~ GQG. Gal! In. been OW mammal the LP. “touch-II tun. Andrew Cathy oi Chic-['0 upon: the week with Lake Fm Ideals. John luau-II MSunday with bu puenh. III. and Mrs. Robert Ila-ell. Mr. and flu. Wuliun Null will. upend the mum: at the wine: In the couch. in. Heck! and Mr. Norman Hum have (one to town to: the Mince at the whom. Prof Boumlqnc ‘udmctn' clan induced In I lennan Thm aim at Blacklcr'u Hall. um: Helvme Noam“ ,h qunnntiued in the hoopla). a victim to I slight-attack o! u:- Iet lent. Mlu FurhmannJo: my yam a popular teacher heme b visiting her many friends In Lake Font A unload of you“: ' people went go Wanke- gan Mondny evening {0 attend a dance It Petine's Hall. ' , The College Glee and Mandolin Club. give the flat concert ot the new last night at Libenyvme. ‘ The White Ribbon Club gave a very enjoy. able masquerade (mace It Blackier' a Hall on Tuesday evening This momimz die household goods of Mn. William Eggvah were told at auction ”be: home on 111mm avenue. Mrs. C. B. Fame“ and Mn. CMfld-~ Taylor gave a luhcheon on Tueadgyn their town house, 91 Piersonllt'reet. Mr and Mrs. Reginald deKoven were enter- tained at dinner by the Russian Ambassador at Washingttm Tuesday evening. The will of the late Leander J; McCotmmk was probatcd . this week. Th: > bequests amounted to some six million dollars. , ‘ ' A game of indoor baseball is’to'b‘c played at the “(‘ ym" tonight. the comma being picked teams from the Freshmen :nd Senior classes._ ‘ , The enteétainineut and dance given by the Oriental Club It rarefier’n flan Wedne'éday ewninz was a great success in spite of the m. clémem weather. At the Repubflcan county ccmvention held at Libertyvine taut Saturday George Rice was selected as o 0! the delegate; to represent the county at 53k convention. ‘ An ripen meTeiTng of me Art Institute was hetd at the .Art Institute building Tuesday evening. A lecture on Yellowstone Park illustrated thh stereopflcon views. was the chief attraction. An unusual distinction has' been conferred upon 3dr. Hobart Chutfield- Taylor. To him has been given the entire management of the' ball to be given In honor of Admiral and Mn. Dewey upon the occasion 0! their visit. to Chicago. ‘ The Glee and \Mandalin Club. of the Uni- venlty will celebrate St Patric?! m vim . concert at Waukennu The count: wtll bu mven in High Schoul Hall under the pm»- age of lhc Senior class of the High School