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Highland Park Press, 24 Apr 1930, p. 42

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Albert Axt Variety Store RELIABLE LAUNDRY and DRY CLEANING COMPANY 536 Central Avenue .18 HIGHLAND PARK PHARM A CY VA The Olde MJ BI Tired Wagons WFDI st Business Concern in Mighland Park PHONE 178 W ings, Drap« SUNDAY DELIVERIES beaut it In adic analri( Kiddie Large . V. T. MeMAHON, R. Ph. G. dry ~cleaned Phone Highwood 870 W Curtains, Rugs Cal al W agons at T H E Phone Highland Park 2404 \ Fresh Sfrawberry Brick FILTRATION PLANT NOW IN OPERATION The public is asked to keep this in mind, and to remember that from now on uny dirty water which comes from the taps is simply a. result of the pipes unloading their mud deposits. A complete flushing program has been adopted, but it will be some weeks before it can be carried out, as at present only a portion of the new plant is in operation, so that the large surplus of water needed for flushing is not yet available. One of the settling tanks needed to complete the work is to be built on ground now occupied by a portion <of the old pumping station. This old station has been abandoned, and is rapidly being torn down. As soon as it is razed, work on the final structures of the new plant will be pushed vigorously. Not Open for Inspection It will be a couple of months before the new plant is entirely completed. After the building work is over, the area surrounding the plant is to be landscaped,. and the final result is exâ€" pected to be very handsome. At.such time the city officials plan to have a {ormal opening of the new works, and feel confident that. the citizens of Highland Park will be very proud of their possession. At present the plant up these deposits, and temporarily make the water as bad as it has ever remembered the building plâ€"nt and pt additicnal 14 lake to Cent roud,. and t Highland Park will be very proud of their possession. At present the plant is not cpen for inspection. It is interesting to recall that conâ€" struction work on this large project was started on March 24, 1929â€"only a little over a year ago. _ When it is remembered that the work included the building of an entirely new filter plâ€"nt and pumping stationâ€"laying ar additicnal 16 inch trunk line from the. lake to Central avenue and Green Bay roud. and the construction of a new (Continued from page 4) Capacity The new plant has a nominal capaâ€" city of seven million gallons a day. In an emergency it can handle an overload of fifty per cent. It is exâ€" pected that this capacity will care for the needs of Highland Park for many years to come. â€" When enlargement is needed, extensions can be built withâ€" out interruption of service, careful provision having been made therefore in the design. five hundred thousand gallon water tower in Sunset park, the public will realize that the several contractors have not been idle. New Officers Chosen for N. S. Sisterhood The Sisterhood of the North Shore (,'(mgrcgution'lsrnel makes announceâ€" ment of. the following as officers for the coming year: President, Mrs. Harry L. Canmann; 1st viceâ€"president, Mrs, Herbert Conâ€" haimn; 2nd viceâ€"president, Mrs. Herâ€" bert Philipsborn; 3rd viceâ€"president, Mrs. Joseph Solomon; treasurer, Max Kahn; financial secretary, Mrs. C. E. Barnard; ‘recording secretary, Lester Felsenthal; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Simon Ruwitch. Pearse, Greeley & Hansen, engiâ€" neers, of Chicago, designed the new works, and supervised the construcâ€" tion. < They were represented in Highland Park by George B. Prindle as resident engineer. The Sisterhsod of the North Shore Congregation Israel gave its spring festival, breakfast and Industrial Workshop. Display at the temple in Glencoe on Wednesday, April.16. The attendance was over 350 and the proâ€" ceeds from_the industrial workshop sale exceeded $550. ‘The program was of a very unique nature and was met with the sincerest enthusiasm. _A sitire written by Mrs. Max Goldenâ€" berg was presented by members of the Sisterhood, depicting a meeting of the program committee to discuss the programs for the coming year. Following this, Mrs. Herbert Schram played and. Mrs. Jerry Rothschild sang. The program was concluded by a style show presenting. fashions from 1847 down to the present day. Mrs. Morris Hirsch was chairman of the program, Mrs. Herbert Winterâ€" berg was chairman of the industrial workshop display and «Mrs. Rudolf Hoefeld was chairman of the Social committee. . The contract for the construction of Route 59 through Volo was awardâ€" ed Tuesday by Chief Highway Enâ€" gineer Frant T. Sheets to the E. A. Meyer Construction company of Highâ€" land Park for aâ€"low bid of $114,199.92, according <to the Waukegan Newsâ€" Sun. H. P. Contractor Gets State Paving Award The E. A. Meyer company was also awarded contracts to build two secâ€" tions in Carroll county at a cost of $14,310 and <$18,495. The awards made Tuesday emâ€" brace work on the first series of the state‘s 1930 road buildingâ€" program and total $2,747,345.79. Thursday, April 24, 1930

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