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F 'Municipal Column Edited by the Village Manager The Beach Question The growing popularity of the north shore as a pleasure resort, par- ticularly on Saturdays and Sundays, as well as the rapid increase in the population of Winnetka, has result- ed each year in larger and larger crowds coming to the lake front in the village for bathing and picnick- ing, together with increasing traffic congestion on Sheridan road and at street ends to the lake. The attempts of the village council to regulate this Situation for the best of all, par- ticularly this year, have resulted in considerable misunderstanding and it is believed that our citizens will wel- come a definite statement of the regulations which are now in effect and the reasons for their adoption. Toward the end of last season, par- ticularly because of the fact that the adjacent municipalities of Wilmette, Glencoe and Highland Park had adopted strict regulatibns, the Win- netka beaches were crowded with out of town people, and it became apparent that some definite regula- tions were essential to conserve the advantages of the lake front for our own residents and to protect the ordinary and reasonable interests of the property owners along the lake. The Village Council called a meeting of all of the lake front property own- ers which was largely attended, and at which the entire problem was thoroughly discussed. At this meet- ing, the property owners were prac- tically unanimous in the statement that they had no desire to exclude the, home people of Winnetka from the beach along their property, and that' their, chief.. complaint war against the disorderly conduct of the large crowds of outsiders, who persistently trespassed on lawns and gardens, scattered rubbish and filt', about, left fires unattended, dressed and undressed in the open, and com- mitted other objectionable nuisances. These conditions not only applied to the beaches proper, but to the park- ways along streets adjacent to the lake, which were used without re- striction by picnic parties with re- sulting accumulations of rubbish. as well as congestion from . parking cars, and noise from boisterous indi- viduals and racing motors at all hours of the day and night. As a result of this meeting the council concluded that the following regulations should be put into effect in order fo keep Winnetka from be- doming . a» dumping ground for un- desirables excluded from other municipalities. and to preserve the}. beaches for Winnetka . their guests: 1. Prohibit bathing and' picnicking at "street ends leading to the lake. Restrict picnicking on public proper- ty to the public parks. 2. Prohibit fires and picnicking on private property without the consent of the owner. 3. Prohibit parking of cars on Sheridan road. 4. Prohibit dressing and undress- ing except in permanent bathhouses. These regulations were not enact- ed into ordinance, but were tentative- ly put into effect 'toward the end of last season, the police force being augmented on Saturday afternon- and Sundavs to control the situation. The immediate result was a decrease in congestion at the lake front, with resulting increase in the pleasure and safety afforded Winnetka residents. as well as relief for the lake front pronerty owners. This spring a special committee of citizens from all parts of the village was apnointed by the conncil to con- sider the advisability of continning these regulations this vear. After careful consideration this committee recommended that the reculations be enacted into ordinance in order to give them a legal standing. conclud- ing that the plan adonted by the council was the best solution which could be worked cut for all concern- ed. The regulations now in effect are not designed to restrict the reason- able use of the beaches by our citizens, but rather to make the beaches more available for them, vnder the admittedly difficult condi- tions which confront us. The ex- clusion of bathers from the street ends does not work a serious hard- ship on anyone, since few street ends proner have deci-able heaches. At Willow street and at Scott avenue in Hubbard Woods, practically all of the bathing is done on private prop- erty north or south of the street end. To help keep down congestion at the street ends conspicuous signs lave been erected by the Police de- partment, and the outside public is thereby diverted from the entire : it less congested ers. two weeks ago little & ed by the lake the use of people and restriction front property their beaches by \ The village author strict application lations the us 'be made so un private prope: disposed i as ove regu- hes could e that no ould feel easonab . WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1920 | degree by using the public beaches at the Lake Front Park and at Elder Lane Park, in order to keep down the congestion on private beaches. This plan has worked successfully, except at the Willow street beach and large crowds of outside pleasure seekers, formerly crowding the pub- lic and private beaches of Winnetka, are now to be seen using the Forest Preserve areas provided for them west of Glencoe and elsewhere. At Willow street, however, the adjacent property owners have been consider- ably disturbed in the rightful enjoy- ment of their suburban homes, large- ly by outsiders, it is believed, par- ticularly, early in the morning and late at night, and have finally decid- ed to ask the public to refrain from using their beaches. While it is difficult to agree with them in this rigid attitude, it must be admitted that the point which they make relative to the existence of an ade- quate public beach at Elder lane is a reasonable one. It may not generally be known that the Park Board has recently acquired two hundred feet of lake frontage north of the Elder Lane Park, which park has a frontage of eighty feet on the lake. In addition the village council has purchased one hundred feet of frontage south of Elder Lane on the lake, thus making a total lake frontage at this point for public use of three hundred and eighty feet. The north two hundred feet of this property has a very ex- cellent sandy beach with a wooden pier adequate for diving. The beach has been examined by the park life guard and found to be safe. The Park Board, under heavy expense for other activities, has made a reasonable effort to make this beach attractive by building steps down the bluff and the pier. Some objection has been raised to the sewer outlet at this location, but this outlet is consider- ably south of the beach and dis- charges only storm water drainage, with absolutely no sanitary sewage contaminatiem, In conclusion it may be said that without adequate regulation providing a gravel path to our | C.A. Johnson TAILOR THIEN bale ind ERE is oR of your spoiling your evenings en- tertainment by going out with your suit badly wrinkled. Our auto service insures you of immediate deli- very, and our shop is so equipped as to give your suit instant attention. C.A. Johnson TAILOR 552 West Railroad Ave. a citizens |} Phone 1522 Winnetka 4 4 22 ---- =, beaches, both public and private, would be soon over-run with ir- responsible non-residents. Any meas- ure of regulation is exceedingly diffi- cult to administer and requires the highest degree of patience and tact on the part of police officers and of cheerful and considerate co-operation on the part of each and every Win- netka citizen. It is suggested that this co-operation can best be given along the following lines: 1. Make use, as much as possible, of the public beaches provided by the Park Board. 2. 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