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' -. WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1923 17 North Shore Line is Winner of Charles A. The Chicago, North Shore and Mil- waukee Electric railway, in competi- tion with electric railways in various parts of the United States, has won the Charles A. Coffin prize award made to the railroad submitting the best brief indicating what that road, through meritorious operation, has done toward popularizing electric rail- roads. The Coffin prize consists of a medal to the company and a cash award of $1,000 to the Employes' Mutual Benefit association. Britton I. Budd, presi- dent of the North Shore line accepted the medal on behalf of the railroad and Louis Homan, had of the benefit society received the $1,000 for that organization within the company. An- nouncement of the award was made recently at the American Electric T..iiway convention in Atlantic City. NT. The brochure submitted by the North Shore line is a beautifully il- 'ustrated, superlative example of the typographers' art, comprising a graphic presentation of the road's ac- tivities and program for providing the best possible service for the territory it serves. Covers Various Phases The principal factors considered in the brief were as follows: 1. Initiative, skill and enterprise manifested in popularizing electric railway service --more riders and more revenue. 2. Outstanding gaining public goodwill. 3. Economies which have been in- troduced in operation resulting from original ideas. success in Coffin Award 4. Economies in operation viewed as a measure of the extent to which a company has taken advantage of new developments in operating and main- tenance practice and equipment ori- ginating with others. 5 Improvements m construction practice which have resulted in re- duced first cost, reduced maintenance, or greater reliability of service. 6. Particular success in conducting a safety program and actually reduc- ing the number and seriousness of ac- c.dents. 7. Outgtanding accomplishment "in development of good relations be- tween management and employes. 8. Special accomplishment, aside from good management, tending to reduce the cost of new capital. In addition to setting forth informa- t'on covering the above general class- ifications, lic Novrili Shore Line brief subplies a backeround extending te he time when the company was re- organized and the property brought | under the present management, thus providing an opportunity to indicate progress by means oi comparisons and contrasts. Effective Illustrations Of particular interest is the effec- tive illustration of various poster de- signs employed by the North Shore line in its general advertising pro- gram, as well as in its Safety First "ampaigns. The north shore public, it is felt will rejoice in this singular achieve- ment of the railroad which is in the business of providing the best in transportation service for this excep- tionally discriminating neighborhood of suburban Chicago. BUSINESS MEN PLAN TRIP TO MILWAUKEE Members of the New Trier Commer- cial association who co-operated to make a success of the annual New Trier Day festivities, are to receive a special re- ward Monday evening, October 29, in the nature of a holiday excursion to Mil- waukee via one of the palatial North Shore line parlor car-diner specials. The men will dine enroute and enjoy a first class variety performance at Mil- waukee. At the regular association meeting this week Leo M. Dean was appointed chair- man of the recently established Civics committee. Harry M. Bachman, representative of the Wilmette I mprovement association, appeared at the meeting to seek means whereby that organization and the Com- mercial association might co-operate in furthering civic advancement in the vil- lage. New members taken into the associa- tion at Tuesday's meeting included, E. A. Dannemark, 1151 Wilmette avenue; De- Luxe Cleaners, 1105 Central avenue; John Weiland, 1161 Wilmette avenue. Kindergarten College Gives Annual Reception Among the social events of the month at the National Kindergarten and Elementary college is a recep- tion at Avilla House on Friday eve- ning, October 19, when Dean Baker and the faculty will be at home to the students and their friends. RAZOR BLADES Sharpened Mail us your old dull safety razor blades. We will sharpen them like new and mail back to you. Double edge blades...35¢c dozen Single edge blades ...25¢ dozen Satisfaction guaranteed --24 hour service. Give us a trial. Chandlers « Runtain Square + EVANSTON WATCH FOR THE OPENING DATE OF OUR NEW HOME [NORTHWESTER MOTOR CO. we can Coal Wood BLACK DIRT Sold at a BARGAIN This Month Only Sand, Gravel, Torpedo, Cinders Whether your needs are one load or a hundred i make prompt delivery Lime for Lawns Cement for Concrete Work BRANDL BROS. Established 1900 Feed Hubbard Woods--Glencoe-- Winnetka Phone 1 28 Winnetka | VILLAGE OF WINNETKA. NOTICE OF AWARD OF CONTRACT. A, Notice tract for lowing For STR the line to a two exte CHERRY STREET from and con- nect at the east line extended of Glen- dale and the Road; also ASH STREET from and connecting with the present pave- ment at twenty-two (22) feet east of the west line extended of Avenue to a line parallel with and twenty-two (22) feet west of the east also conn ment of Oak Street with line (22) extended of Willow Street, including the side far of Glendale Avenue and excepting the the Avenue with Cherry Street and Ash Street; also BERKELEY AVENUE from and connecting with the pave- ment herein proposed at a line par- allel nort Oak the para feet tend the the Aver Street, by excavating, filling, grad- ing, the pose masonry manholes, catch basins, 23 manhole catch basins and a valve vault, constructing tile pipe drains, tile pipe culverts, Portland cement concrete tile pipe culverts and eon- crete headwalls for culverts, ad- Justing present manhole covers and valve vault covers, removing trees, grading the parkways, and paving with a one (1) course reinforced Portland cement concrete pavement with integral curbs, protecting, cur- ing and cleaning said pavement and connecting said proposed pavement with present pavement, including trenching, backfilling, the re- moval of all surplus excavated ma- terials, and cost of engineering Vinnetka, -Ill.,- October 20, 1923. e is hereby given-that the con- the construction of the fol- improvement: the improvement of OAK EET from and connecting with present pavement at the west extended of Glendale Avenue line parallel with and twenty- (22) feef west of the east line all nded of Hibbard Road; also services, all in the Village of Win- netka, County of Cook and State of Illinois, said improvement and assessment be- ing otherwise. known as Winnetka Special Assessment No. 392,764, was awarded on October sixteenth, 1923, to H. G. Goelitz Company, of Oak Park, Illinois, for the sum of One Hundred Nineteen Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty and 05/100 Dollars ($119,960.05). : JOHN S. MILLER, JR. i President of the Board of Local Improvements of the Village of Winnetka. FREDERICK DICKINSON, Village Attorney. T32-1te ing with the present pavement Avenue to a line parallel with twenty-two (22) feet west of east line extended of ~Hibard a line parallel with and Rosewood line extended of Hibbard Road; GLENDALE AVENUE from and ecting with the present pave- at the south line extended to and connecting the present pavement at a parallel with and twenty-two feet south of the north lien N] three alley returns on the east of said Glendale Avenue as back as the east line extended 6-40 Tourlux ally and in appearance with current models. pavement herein proposed at intersections of said Glendale with and twenty-two (22) feet h of the south line extended of Street to and connecting with present pavement at a line llel with and twenty-two (22) south of the north line ex- ed of Willow Street, excepting pavement herein proposed at intersection of said Berkeley 1ue with Cherry Street and Ash 6749 Sheridan Road icago Sheldrake 8387 subgrade to receive the pro- grubbing, rolling, and ie pros | aE) That is why a used MOON of years ago brings on the open market so large a part of the original price. MOON cars are not built and sold for resale but, because of stability of design, the MOON purchaser gains at no extra cost a permanence of investment which is well worth while. Suburban Motor Sales MOON engineers know that a thing is worth what you can get for it. Depreciation in the resale price oi a motor car is governed by how close- ly a car conforms mechanic- 1020 Davis Street Evanston, Illinois Phones 8798-8799 d pavement, constructing brick Building Material { NORTH SHORE Investment. growing business. served by the railroad. Wisconsin Railroad Commission Customer Ownership Plan on the North Shore Line Tr management of the North Shore Line takes pleasure in announcing anew financial policy, through which its cus- tomers and employes may share in its future earnings by the purchase of its capital stock. An issue of $1,500,000 of 7 per cent Prior Lien Stock is about to be put on the market, and customers of the North Shore Line who are familiar with the property, who have seen its steady, healthy growth and increased earning powers, are to be given an oppor- tunity to take advantage of this desirable The capital which this issue of stock will provide is to be used to acquire additional equipment, and increase the facilities of the railroad to care properly for its steadily As new capital is required, it will be the policy of the North Shore Line to offer its patrons and friends the first opportunity to invest in its stock, so that all future im- provements may be financed in the territory Details regarding the terms upon which subscriptions may be made for this issue of 7 per cent Prior Lien Stock, will appear in future advertisements in this newspaper. Ye LL Dura Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad Company This issue of prior lien stock approved by Illinois Commerce Commission and President