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Highland Park Press, 18 Feb 1926, p. 8

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Ravinia lot, east side, 80x125 1y wooded; $4800. An unusual opportunity to purâ€" chase a ravine lot at a sacrifice; 100x 200 ft. in Ravinia; $78 per ft. â€" Wooded east side lot; 1 ‘block from lake; 60x140; only $5,500. REAL ESTATE INSURANCE Phone Highland Park 406 C Estimated Cost The estimated | cost of installing such a system is about $43,900, or apâ€" proximately $1.60 per front foot or less, of property on the streets thus improved, and the committee has recâ€" â€"ommmended that the improvement .be done by special assessment. The toâ€" tal cost of operation of this system will be approximately $5,200 a year.| This would increase the cost of street | lighting in Highland Park approxiâ€"‘ mately $4,000 a year. The ‘present total of $3,000 candle power would be increased to 92,100 candle. power, an increase of 215 per cent, while the actual number of candleâ€"power hours per year would be increased, mote ; than 450 per cent. : i | T f needed, and nothing is to be gained by delay, thoseâ€"favoring the proposiâ€" tion feel. L Heinsen & Kroll & Need Is Urgent . . : Regarding this plan for ornamental lighting in the business district there seems (to be m,ad favorable opinion, and ev the hope is expressed that the city council will act quickly and favorably on the recâ€" ommendations of the committee, so that the lights may be installed for use this summer. They are much From each of the main circuits a number of group cireuits will be run to include 15 to 20 lamps per circuit. Other lamps will be conngcted to the main constant current ‘eircuits by means of individual lamp transformâ€" ers, the report points out. This will allow further additions of lamps to the group: circuits, and for the inâ€" creasing of candle power of lamps or for extension of circuits to adjacent streets which may desire ornamental Operation . of . ornamental ~lights from: three main constant current transformer circuits is provided for in this plan, one circuit to be turned off at midnight and the other to opâ€" erate to daylight, with a smaller numâ€" ber of lamps being used. . «â€" Permits Extension > This plan allows for installation of a~‘total of 150 lamps of 250 candle power and 84 of 400 candle power, with provision for ultimate® installaâ€" tion of 200 of the 250 C.P., 72 of 400, and 75 of 600. The proposed plan provides for ornamental lighting of the,bnstnfn streets at present, and allows for fuâ€" ture extension of the system into the residence section. The plan provr‘u for grading of light intensity from a "white way" on Central avenue to lesser intensity on ‘streets which are largely‘ residential at the present The streets to be lighted, according to this plan, include Green Bay road, Second street, Firlthtnet. St. Johns avenue, Sheridan road, Elm street, Park avenue, Central avenue, Laurel avenue, within the business district, and partial extension to its environs. < The, requirements of illnmination for any street considered are based on two primary !.ctorz"::e character of theâ€"traffic on the street and, secâ€" ond, gufficient light for a promenade street for pedestrians and also a‘type of â€"lighting equipment! that has atâ€" tractive advertising value to stores and"shops along the thoroughfare. This second factor determines the disâ€" tribution of light required for the safety of rapidly moving traffic. Streets Affected Complete Burvey ¢ The report ‘sgummarizes the results of â€"a complete survey of local condiâ€" tions and requirements and sets forth a proposed plan of ornamental lightâ€" ing commensurate with the anticiâ€" pated growth of the business district. SEE US ABOUT INSURANCE This committee has given the matâ€" ter. a thorough hvc:fi-fiou. obtainâ€" ing estimates, plang . specifications from the Public Service company and electrical engineering firms, and its report is a thorough and comprehenâ€" sive one, providing for adequate ornaâ€" mental dJamp posts topped by lamps of the type used in ‘the /new Deere Park subdivision. Em system in the business district of Highland Park, special note is taken oftheroportncendruudetothe city council by the special commitâ€" tee, composed of Paul L. Udell, Clarâ€" ence H. Witt and William Witten, apâ€" pointed some time ago to investigate and report on this psxposltion. OFFERS PLAN FOR _ | 0® STREET LIGHTNG _ Because of the widespread interest in the proposal to install an extenâ€" sive, modern, â€"ornamental lighting COMMITTEE MAKES REPORT Submits Pro?ml to Council I Regard to npw:ed Humiâ€" C nation In Business PAGE HWCGHT BUY NOW AND SAVE r. 6. ehagern‘m * * IT. 520 Central Ave. d §M WE cR nice~ Coas t Segir sn w5 |â€" If the 3,428 miles of gas mains in lChica were laid in a straight line;, the main: would extend from Boston | to Los| Angeles Fvith enough toâ€"spare | to confinue the line through San Dieâ€" go to Tia Juana, Mexico. On the site now occupied by the Federal building at Jaekson boulevard and Aflams street, Chicago, the first Jewish house of worship in Illinois [was biilt in 1881. â€" ___ __. _/ / â€"~‘The ipublic is cordially invited to attend ia concert which will be given at ei o‘clock on Monday evening, Februaty 22, at the Grace M. E. church (by the choir of TYhe church. Inâ€" strumental and vocal selections, as well _readings, will comprise the program. The concerts given by Grace M. E. choir are always wellâ€" worth attending and this one is ‘sure to be nio exception Murray&Terry REALTORS | MOI?E FACTS ABOUT 3 \ /0 1| _ _sSTATE OF ILLINOIS . During December, 1925, Ilinois proâ€" duced 8,057,520 tons of cogl, a ‘gain of 10.6 per cent over November and of 338.1 per cent over December, 1923, u‘:}d about equal to the amount mined in ber, 1924. GRAC Highland Park office at Sheridan and Central Telephone Highland Park 69 N.mn. Wlwllb l;.( bigatih rbvd hncbcthahiuabd ew alow, 4 rooms, > \Sou ngt.’Joim’c av. 8,5(”00 LOTS FOR SALE »; a Wade |st., 80x140 ::..$â€"6,800.00 le, wogn ... ~©9,000.00 ginco , 100x185 ........ 9,000.00 . Sharidan, 100%x150.;;10,000.00 %inde 142x186 ........ 12,800.00 ‘ade it., 185x150 ... 15,000.00 N. Sheari 215xbbx OM 1sanrrrine tntancaacc«" 210,000,00 S. Lingen, 240x175 . > a FABRT TE 2nnsleernscaomanss 90.00 Oakland av., 50x178‘ 3,500.00 We have a complete up to date listing of all houses and vacarit in Highland Park and vicinity. Consnlt us before raking your next purchase. We be able to assist you. Co ble to the amount of busiâ€" ness done by some of the largest inâ€" dustri¢s in Minois, the:Lfamers of the State | marketed ~coâ€"operatively thru IHinoig organizations nearly two bilâ€" 'li;;s déllars worth of products during 1925. 4 | More than $141,500,000 will . be spent for Wn and extensions to existing telephone equipment in Illiâ€" nois dpring the next five years by Tt;lhe Illinois Bell Telephone company. This is an investment of *apptmit’dy $22 for e person in the State, or more than $139 for every subscriber of the company. .+ s & HINE & HINE ‘oldest community in Illinois and the dle West is Kaskaskia, R% dolph|.county. ‘ It was established in 1700 by Jesuit priests and did a thriv© ing fir business with the Indians. |Jt was the first capital of Illinois. . Its population in 1920.â€"was 152 inhabiâ€" Lantii] â€" ol "~js Fo uen â€"â€"atiine t & 5 roo apartmew.“.oo 6 room house .................. 85.00 "I house ................. 100.00 8 house :.â€"..............â€" $6.00 hed house in Raâ€" vinia, from March 15 ‘1926, to May 1, 1927 110.00 t 0 FOR SALE New § rooms, lot 47x178 f New § rooms, [ vanpramtelsearmegec.«. 2,000,00 Old 6] rooms, lot 50x150 * in e ind ues â€"â€"~ ©,500.00 New 7 rooms, lot 75%x135 io prinedrocvotuctentimatizincciccs" * £02,000,00 Old 6 irc , lot 115x185 CV eofey l entennenfientiatneccanicss. 1 0â€"700,00 New 7 rooms, lot 106x190 _ â€" tile baths, lot is 130 â€" feet wide at rear ... 30,000.00 18 coal mines within switching i of Springfield shipped 70,â€" 000 4ar loads of coal during 1925. These cars would make a train 557 miles |long. ‘The mines: are all "blecâ€" trically operated. t ol C Of 24 ¢ities and towns in the Uni States named ~ for : Abraham Li ,â€" only one, |Lincoln, Ilinois, was named before the death of the famous president. It was named in Lincoln‘s office in Springfield in 1853. Inte g Facts Regarding Teil'tll:y Things In This \ _ Commonwealth . uie rImEr i hokioe ma nm{L ESTATE, LOANS and c s UnaANCE 15 St. Johns Avenue Highland Park, III. Phone 2340 E M. E. CHOIR IVE CONCERT SUNDAY e Harrison 0763 FOR RENT 2 flat bldgs., Hwd., contarining 2 flats each ............_%, #:â€"«â€"««....$9000 Have large list of % and lots, Good locations; reasonable! 3-4-6-::;:1. fits., Hwd., two heated, alâ€" so housekeeping rooms. PFIGCS .....â€"...c:mweasnsâ€"alen.. 930 to $65 hfintprm., kitch, priv., j t st., Desk rm., Contral avegil. P. ... $30 f K. M. JAMES ; : $ REAL ESPATE $ FOR SALE | 6 A very high grade ‘home in choice i location. 12 rooms; 4 baths; living o 3 and Weeping porches ; nge iwth liv= & | " » | ing quarters. > WWa a Modern 7 rooms ; 2. ; sleeping ‘and sun porches ; hot heat ; and garage. P 6 Furnished houses for immer season. . } 331 Central (Avenue _}7 uy s : Telephonekfissfl' f ’ [ ; , x,v ao+ t 4. W. WO BA ';" § s l! | N REAL ESTATE â€" 1 1‘ About the only hok gardening the sports are willing to do now is to L plow up the.turf on the golf links. It used to be predigtid that people would beat their swords into plowâ€" shares, but now they seem to be beatâ€" ‘ing their hoes ‘into aw tennis rackâ€" ets. y l ' The only known time when a perâ€" son rejoices in his es is when â€"he deducts them from ‘income tax. After the politi f.ndfiateg are "in the hands of ‘friends," they frequently feel the | of the voters. When they told: old Julius: Caesar to "beware the ides of March," they no doubt foresaw whiap a tough propâ€" osition it is to make out the income tax returns. B 2 & DRY CLEANIN% PYEING RUG CLEANING & CURTAIN RENTING . We have many good buys in & ..La”d' ‘ .“;‘ i 'I Location very degirable. Price is right. Teéerms. [ . New brick veneedr home, ~ 80 foot lot nicely wooded. East side 4 bedrooms, 2 bath, fireplace in living room, heated sun porch with southern ex »,iâ€"- e, Lavaâ€" tory on 1st floor, phone booth, breakfast nook, ry, room for refrigerator; hut water heat 2 car heated garmge. : IF you have a house for sale for $16,000 or near that price CALL f STRETCHING THE RELIABLE LAUNDRY .. PHONES 178.179 Phone 444 Real Estate Two very moder®tile baths. Laundry chute. Full basement with threeâ€"tub lagndry. Hot water heat. Crane instantancous hot water heater,". 4 â€" ; 1% Beautiful lighting fixtures. . The finest construction and finish throughou "wg; D ce The best buy in Highland Park at $21,000.; Terms. : â€"_ ‘sEE 0UrR coMPLETE LIsTING . _ BETTRER HWOoMES AND HoMESITES _ i0 TRERPHONE HIGHLAND PARK 910 _ < A large sunny living room with logâ€"burning fireplace, Archâ€" ed doors opening . a most unusual libraryâ€"sun porch; Also arched doors from living room to spacious dining room. Exâ€" gep:ionauy fine en with convenient cupboards and builtâ€"in eatures, h : » EIGHT ROOM BRICK COLONIAL HOME in the finest residential section, . f . s a East of the tracks and not far from the lake, we have an ideal home for a family requiring four bedrooms and two baths. THE HIGHLAND PARK PRESS, HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS 16â€"18 North Sheridan Road Highland Park, Illinois REICHARDT Four excelle IsabélaV. Harkness MARTIN FOR SALE 16 North Sherfidan Road, Highland Park elephone Highland Park 2542 FRE%:RICK L. NEFF & CO. NORTH SHORE REAL ESTATE AND the . $21,000 Buys (sB INSURANCE 388 Central rooms, large closets with mirrored doors 10 room fine old home, large lot, near lake, {,4’5,000. s k 9 ‘!)'ggm ick, one acre ground, $54,â€" ‘a contert here on Sunday. Afternoon, March 7, in the Eim Place auditorium under the auspices of the arts comâ€" mittee of the Woman‘s Civic:club of Ravinia, it will probably be of interâ€" est to know that he owns one of the finest instruments extant.. It is a éello made by the famous Carlo Berâ€" gonzi in 1751 in Cremona. Conneisâ€" seurs have placed a value upon it of $10,000. ~ Critics have spoken of it as: "The goldenâ€"voiced Bergonzi," "An instrument of beautiful tones, its quality deep and sonorous, or at times as silvery as a violin," "Deep resonance and sparkling timbre." . lot, $22,500. $3soue e ow A little gem, most modern and attracâ€" VN tiv¢7. 318.5‘.‘0;‘d lo R ew 7 room and sun parlor, garage ~~Aâ€"«1 location, Q22,008, § C 7' New 6 room and garage, $14,500. 5 room solid brick, attntgd garage, .. $15,000. " 4 6 room new, attached. garage, Aâ€"1 location, $15,500,. New 7 room brick, especially well built, a bargain at $16,000. k 6 room and sun &:Jlor, kellastone, north H. P., $16,000. Very substantial 8 room brick, close 7 : "16'5200 baths, 2 room, s, 2â€"car garage, A MODEL, south H. P., sl?.(l(:(f.e 7 rooms and sun parlor, now renting, ( at. $16,500. * $ 4 new especial? built, Sunset terrace $16,500 to $19,500; the MODEL house now receiving so much attenâ€" â€"_tion is included in this list. â€"‘Green Bay road, $18,000. ‘ 6 room, almost new, lot 80x155, south Green Bay road, $18,000. â€" f 6 room stucco, extra large lot, 115x 185, Ravinia, $20,000. _: _ New 6 room stucco, Ih‘:inia, $21,500, New 7 room stucco, Ravinia, large Find below sales list of the many houses offered fpr-lrrinz delivery : > 8 new bungalows, $10,000 to :néooo. 8 new houses, Sunset terrace, $12,500 to $15,000. â€" â€" :>:!} :. ... To those who have listened to the wonderful sonorous tones which are always the outstanding feature of any recital of Hans Hess who is to play HANS HESS CONCERT oN sUNDAY, MARCH 7 F. B. Williams Real Estate wit Phone Highland Park 2360 536 Central Avenue Sn S l CARD PARTY TO BE , GIVEN FEBRUARY 23 Sheridan Rebekah lodge will hold a card party in Odd Fellows hall, Monâ€" day evening, March 15. Euchre, five bundréd and> bunco will be played. An invitation is extended to the pubâ€" ’lic to attend. â€" ~â€"_ Miss Elizabeth Robertson, newest member of the school board, went on record in enthusiastic support of the unditoriun‘. project. â€" In the opening Teeeh of \the evening she keynoted the situation by calling attention to the fire menace which the present inâ€" adequate assembly room piresents. The school examinations have not yet shown that the pupils know any too much. A card party will be given next Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 28, under the auspices of the Pythian Sisters Sewâ€" ing circle in Masonic hall. Play will start at two o‘clock. All members and their friends are invited to attend. Ways and means dm auditorium by popular subscripti were discussed and a committee: was appointed to work out a selling proâ€" gram. â€" Local architects including Mr. Lawrence Buck, Mr. George Carr, and Mr. John van Bergen, will contribute their services, local organâ€" izations will become boosters and the slogan in Ravinia for the next few months is likely to be "Harmony and $60,000." _ : e ag ©09,000, ): :: :* plgy d _;__ SPEAK IN WINNETEA REBEKAH LODGE WILL _ |"Adventures in Africa, Eamihnr HOLD CARD PARTY| _ ing and H:nhr' sn Cherllnr. / B akelan Tohz in hefo 2t for February 26 â€" _ __ Mr. W. C,. Shipnes, in a speech before the Parentâ€"Teacher association of Bavinib'fi:nemm. held out no prospect of an auditorium in the near future. He announced that availâ€" able funds in District 108 are to be used for a: building at West Ridge and for the purchase of Additional school sites. ‘ RAVINIA TO WORK FOR SCHOOL â€" AUDITORIUM Mr. Shipnes and Miss Robertson Addressed Meeting Last Evening 388 Central Avenue Pale moon, dreamy music, wurm eyes â€" and youth convention â€"* con» e c racden=tirâ€" ce alen. ~« m ~~ s Â¥ reckless, risky life of a young generation that bargainâ€"hunts for thrills. FRIDAY & SATURDAY The story of two ‘hardâ€"boiled doughboys roughneck and â€"â€" _ who Mmmmmu-mâ€".lu mâ€"'fiaaâ€" 11!«:&&'«“' .-tx:-hr&‘u‘iu‘t- och--: A ‘wr. a aftâ€"â€"â€"lt’nsum-fn-mb.t Y--:-tflb-.fl) "BEHIND THE FRONT" TUES., WED. & THURS. _ February 23â€"24% REICHARDT & MARTIN A new director has made a new kind of story in a new kind of way. mmfluwfi&‘\hm“mmr‘_mmnhnd ¢ entertainment from uumw‘. 'erlll-au“utfi it has ever been done on the screen I". The story of a young wanted to get rich â€" and a rickh man who wanted to be young ! i9 SUNDAY & MONDAY LIONEL BARRYMORE, Marguerite de la Motté Lilyan Tashman, Henry B. Walthall ‘"‘The Girl Who Wouldn‘t Work" WALLACE BEERY, RAYMOND HATTON "THE PLASTIC AGE" "AL‘8 TROUBLES"â€"You‘ll admit the boy‘s clever "BIX MILES TO GO" A. BIFPF . Added Aitraction â€"â€" KINOGKAMS = ihe 44 CLARA BOW and DONALD KEITH THE PICTURE THAT SET ALL HOLLYWOOD TALKINC Special Matinee Saturday at 1:00 p. m. PERCY MARKS‘ STARTLING NOVEL OF YoOUTH BOOK â€" BOZO" A THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE WORLD waArR THE COMEDY BOMB SHELL Sunds continuous from 2:15 to 10 :34 Telephone Highland Park 1100 Insurance screaming riot of clean comedy with You may have damuu' to pé unless . you‘re protected. You Q'M Let us write 7,‘ auto insurance â€" NOW. _ â€" . An "organists‘ organ," unlike other such instrument in its & fications and one of the largest in world, will be built for the Ses which will open in Philadelphia |_ June 1st. It was wholly designed organists, the first time an importagh gflb&dfl organ has been construrt in this way, as far as is known, _ The instrument is valued at $150 on and when completed will be one of th, finest â€"of its kind in the world. Plan, for it were drawn by the follow} committee of Philadelphia organists, Henryâ€"8. Fry, chairman, pres mt 6f the National Association of Organ . |ists; Dr, John. M.â€"E. Ward, Rolls F. | Maitiand, Erederied â€"Maxsoh and § Wesley Sears. s When inlled, the organ 'iu es a width of 100 feet, a depth of mong than 45 feet, which will constitute th dominant decorative‘ feature of th | auditorium. % $ «o Oe We hear about sins of omission ant commission, and after hearing aly all the things that people there are sins of submission also. The stationery stores should : special : stocks of lead pencils _ tbchcomc-hxmmhw THURSDAY, FEBRUARY Mary Hastings Bradley will talk on her "Adventures in Africa" ploring ‘andâ€" Hunting," Friday ning, Feb, 26, l&l o;ficlo:!k, in the J; Kuppenheimer Mem Hall," Skok school, Winnetka, / e Tickets may be procured by . from Mrs, Philip Moore, F Woods, or at the door the night of the lecture. k + > ) sn The console will have four ma and over one hundred selected It will be â€"movable, so that the o may be played as a solo instrun from the stage or as an 1 instrument from the orchestra MARY H. BRADLEY To NOW â€" STOP TAKING CHANCES â€" NOW! PLAN ORGAN DE LUXE _ FOR BIG CENTEXA Phone H. P. 444 February 26â€"27 February 21â€"22 KINOGRAMS 18, {T!, "ikd ter io cil ha t1Â¥ tow me the Chil C1va 30 to the O of H e of dif div Pa da ti

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