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Sheridan Road News-Letter (1889), 27 Apr 1900, p. 1

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VOL VII. :1... C’OQOUQ§.IIUQ U.“.ҤI§Ifi.‘fii§fi Ififiiilfifififiiifififififi § . I D # fiOIOGG I3 3 Â¥OUI§33§§OQI§§§lfili iiifiitifiliil§fiti'fifi§iifi The Moraine. o If Von have not visited Mr.- Cush i: Ig' .~I new and big hotel up betWeen the Boyimrto n and Middleton bridges on the, Sheridan Road, north,â€"â€"y0u ought to do so at an early day. The first, last and abiding Impression it makes on one is. it’s immense size. It. impressed us. the other day, Very much as the big hotels at Saratoga Springs used to do thirty years ago. It' is f‘awlul big.” as childrln say, and seems to rench from .ravine‘to ravine, especially the southeast Wing which anywhere else. would hen big hotel in itself. Besides the of. (ices dining rooms, kitchen, pan- tries, parlors. etc there are nearly one hundred and forty rooms sin~ gle and in suites. well graded lawns, it will be like a lodge in some “vast solitude," and so near the hike that with the east winds, the breakers on the shore will furnish the best of music for tired nerves. It is only two blocks from the electric street cars. and a short mile from_the 4 Park depot, which as soon as the Sheridan Road is ,macadamized will pleasant drive. ‘ Aldermaman be only a elect. lEdward ' A. V‘Vu'ren has had the general charge of the entirejob from first to last, and he has handled it with the'large force of workmen admirably. There has been no confusion, and conse- quent delays. with loss of time and money. Every ”set of men..- as all saw them. seemed to In; “'nl'lrlnd LAKE FOREST. HIGHWOOD. Then it has all. the Inuxlern" cou- venienm. ate-mu llpfitéd, elmtric lighted, babll rooms by the score, for geumul and private use. and newer- age perfect as it. can he made. The floors alums the first. one are Georgia pine. Tlm rooms are of good size and so far ’8! we noticed are We'll lightadj Thu buildings} are an far back {mm the street that there will he no annoyance from the dust ‘or noise. and with the abundance of shade and «a: at Highland Park Department FORT SHERIDAN. ' HIGHLAND PARK. Aldérmaman elect ‘Edward A. Warren has had the general charge of "the entirejob from first to last, and hexhne handled it with the'large force of workmen admirably. There has been no confuéion, and conse- quent delays. with loss of time and money. Every‘set of men: as all Saw them, seemed to be working well and efl'eqtivol'y, They were not in eachothereway, and none were standing idle for want of sufficient snperiutendence. In this big job Mr. Warren has showed himself not only askilledivorkman, but also a skilled and veryjcnpable handler of large forces of men, engaged in all kinds oil, mechanical work. Alder man W J. Oboe had charge of the regular mason work. putting in the foundations, running up the brick outer walls. etc.. andkso far as we FRIDAY. APRIL 27. 1900. RAVINIA. GLENCOE. could see or learn. did it well. ,At the time of our visit. laqt Manda), there were at work On the buildinge men as follows, and there had been many more at other stages of the work: L'aing’n graders, 30; Laing’s teams. 9: plumbers. 7; carpenters. 73: masons and helpers. l0; plas- t; terers, 20; lathers, 8; general 33‘ teams, 3, or in all 12 teams and 138 menâ€"quite: little colony by itself. It will be opened June l-u't‘, and' every room is reported spoken for and more wanted, and folks want Mr. Cashing to enl: .irge at once. The street and alley committee have done a good thing in. cleaning off the mud from Laurel avenue east 'and' putting on a layer of atone. Of course there are defects on' Laurel and Prospect that no layers of crushed stone can remedy. First the subetratmn or lower foundation 18 in- snflicient for the heavy teaming on .the surface and then second the sub- soil water was not taken off. But these top dressings-of stone now are the best things that can be done, though they can not make up (Or the defects. But all' believe that these .top-dressingaol crushed stone kept 'up'perpetually will greatly improve" those streets and make them fairly good ones. But the mud must be taken off occasionally at least so that the water can dry ofl' and pre- vent deep rate or hojes III the mac~ adam. > v- WINNETKA. LAKESIDE NO 23

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