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Highland Park Press, 18 Dec 1930, p. 52

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54 A Vital Question! A duty which a civilized people owe to civilizaâ€" tion is to make proper dis p o s i tion of its waste. Vote @ YES SAT. DEC. 20 ond (X abe Fn TY r and tructi Let‘s Make Our Community a More will 50.00 ond (6Ac the firs e only mif th 14 the Sh Polling High four years . no e retired. If you taxes at present c in your taxes Iline h ince of â€" Highland wuth of Precinet Polling Placeâ€" )7 Roger Williams and Park, Tlinois. the Cl â€" Offic Sherid Illino: h construction will ment for many oard of Trustees es to have local rials used on the rk, _A favorable oposition will be lth and cleanliâ€" wood + of Highland line described he intersection of the District line <of Gray the She nC ood. _ Polling Highwood. vour tax« n€ four years sixtyâ€"four + Railroad; nter line of enter line of e northeastâ€" nter line of aid line exâ€" Place t; runming Gray Aveâ€" ed imâ€" glight. spread During Line of Polling nâ€"Hall, Lake Murâ€" entral Road, Your HEALTH and WELFARE are Involved Vote ® Yes â€" Election Saturday, Dec. 20, 1930 Your Support Is Needed! Every Day at Ravinia and Highland Park The Result Seven Million gallons of untreated sewage from about 34,000 peopleâ€" about oneâ€"half the population of the districtâ€"is discharged into the lake every 24 hours, carrying over 3 tons of suspended solids each day, and containing millions of harmful bacteria.of intestinal origin. The Cary Avenue sewer outlet has been the source of much nuisance by the gross pollution to adjacent bathing beaches. Many complaints have been made with reference to the conditions. The State Board of Health has made investigations and repeatedly recommended abateâ€" ment of this pollution. j The existing plants at North Chicago, Highwood and Lake Forest are overâ€"loaded and require additional units to provide sufficient capacity to treat the sewage from the tributary area. Our State Department of Health has received many complaints with reference to t?le pollution along the North Shoreâ€"has repeatedly pointâ€" ed out the need of sewage treatment â€" has recommended the construcâ€" tion of sewage treatment improvements. Pollution along 25 miles of Lake shore from Winthrop Harbor L0 AMIgMâ€" land Park. ; Every bathing beach subject to bad sewage pollution. Unnécessary and undesirable burden of harmful bacteria of intestinal origin placed on water purification plants. Your children. at the Bathing Beaches subjected to eye, ear nose and throat infectionâ€"or worse. It might be TYPHOID FEVER. s On Bond Issue To Build New Sewage Disposal Plants THE PRESS along 25 miles of Lake shore from Winthrop Harbor to High Healthful and More Pleasant Place to Live in! Thursday, Dec. 18, 1930

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