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turned of. to. connect the by-pass it | [11 i WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK VOL. V, NO. 48 WINN \ETKA, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1917 PRICE FIVE CENTS GAS SHUT-OFF DUE T0 FROZEN MAINS Primitive Cooking Methods Resorted to in North Shore Households. TROUBLE NEAR WAUKEGAN Big Gangs Working Night and Day to Open Pipes--Quality of Gas Up to Standard--Will Lay New Line. Owing to a freeze-up in the high pressure mains of the North Shore Gas company, in the southern part of Waukegan, occurring Saturday morn- ing last, consumers in Winnetka, Glen- coe and the towns north to North Chi- cago were out of gas for several days. Primitive methods of cooking were re- sorted to, and open grate fires, fur- naces and chafing dishes became very popular for those who had discarded the old coal stove. The gas began to get through Monday, but the pressure developed during the night became in- sufficient for the consumers when meal time arrived. On Wednesday, George F. Goodnow, president of the company, stated that he was hoping to get the gas through at any moment at its normal pressure; that the frozen area had been narrowed down and the final seat of trouble located. A big gang has been working night and day, building fires along the pipe line, of wood and gas, as well as ap- plying electric heat. A by-pass pipe was laid along the top of the ground for two blocks. When the gas was was found that another section north of the by-pass had frozen. " The company has two main lines running south from Waukegan, which | unfortunately run together for sev- eral blocks, so that the freeze-up oc- curred in both lines. This is the first instance of such a freeze-up in the 16 years of gas service by the company, and is the result of unprecedented weather conditions, which have af- fected gas and water supply service in many cities all over the country. The company expects to lay a separate { pipe as soon as the weather permits, where both lines are close together. The Public Utilities commission has taken the matter up and sent out their gas engineer, A. S. B. Little, to see | that every effort is made to relieve | the situation as soon as possible. He | has been on the ground, working with | Mr. Goodnow, since Tuesday morning. Effort was made to secure gas from | the Public Service company of Illinois | to supply gas for the emergency, but | it was found impossible, as that com- pany had hardly gas sufficient for their own requirements in Evanston and | the surrounding territory. The situa- | tion of the company is declared to be! unusually good, as to supply of coal on hand and capacity for making gas, | so that the trouble is laid entirely to | the freeze-up, except for some tempo- | rary breakage of machinery, which has been repaired. The character of the gas, whether | water or coal, is said to have nothing | to do with the trouble through freez- | ing. It was rumored that water-gas | was the cause of the trouble, but this | is the same gas that was supplied ex- | " clusively by the Public Service com- | pany of northern Illinois, and does not | condense and freeze any sooner than | coal gas. | The company states that except for | some machinery trouble occurring during the week before the freeze-up, which caused low pressure for some | very brief periods, the difficulty has been entirely through the freeze-up | in Waukegan, and that the quality of | the gas has been unimpaired. Rumors | that the real cause of the trouble was | due to lack of coal, breakage in the mains by interference of other utility | company operations, etc., are declared | by Mr. Goodnow to be absolutely un- | founded. He states that the freeze-up | occurred, not through any chemical contents of the gas, but entirely from condensation, and is the result of | weather conditions which have caused ~ widespread trouble, particularly in Ohio, Indiana and even in Jackson | ville, Fla. = ERs A great many of our statesmen will | be reconciled to war as they think of ' the number of jobs that will thereby be created for their districts. | of air and sunshine, and to prevent | may extend closer than six feet from | ful political friends. 00000050000009000000000000 Remember the Merchants. Did you ever stop to think that the merchants of this town are the friends of all the citi- zens? Day by day, week by week, year by year they give to this and that enterprise their support and encouragement and contribute more often in a ma- terial way. It is the business men who are called on to sup- port every public movement. Therefore every citizen should support the home merchant first, last and all the time. The mer- chants of this town are loyal to the community and we owe them our support. They are our friends and we should be theirs. We want to remember them especially during Pay-Up week. > Winnetka Health Commissioner Has Ideas for Village Improvement. Recommends Passing of Ordinance Restricting Area Upon Building Lot to be Occupied by Dwelling. Dr. C. O. Schneider, health com- missioner for Winnetka, is advocating the adoption of an ordinance permit- ting only one residence or dwelling to be erected or moved upon a single lot, unless the lot be considerably more than fifty feet in width. Dr. Schneider has made a thorough and careful investigation of housing conditions in Winnetka and is con- vinced that the practice--which is | becoming quite common--of erecting more than one dwelling or residence upon a single lot is detrimental to the community at large from the standpoint of public health. ~ In a report recently submitted to the village council Dr. Schneider says: Residences Too Close Together. "To prevent the ill effect of over- crowding and the lack of sufficient air and sunshine, it is recommended that hereafter no plat, subdivision or resubdivision be accepted which does not provide that each building lot should be at least fifty feet in width by one hundred and fifty feet in length, or its equivalent. "It has come to the notice of the health commissioner that residences are often crowded so close together as to admit of an insufficient amount this unhealthful practice in the future it is strongly recommended that an ordinance be passed which will in all cases restrict the area upon a build- ing lot which is allowed to be occu- pied by the dwelling or residence, so that no part of the walls of the same each side boundary of the lot or plot, excepting only where an adjoining lot is owned by the same party and is to remain forever free from any other dwelling or residence." | | WOULD DRILL ALL YOUTHS Bill Introduced By Representative Hamlin Provides for Military Training Throughout State. Illinois youths will be compelled to receive military training if the bill in- troduced by Representative Hamlin becomes a law. The Chicago representative who of- fered the measure believes that na- tional preparedness can be brought about if each state shall see to it that its young men are given general pre- liminary training in military matters. ADVOCATES BETTER HOUSING WAR TO ELIMINATE SKOKIE'S MOSQUITO Schalck of Campaign Civil Plan Engineer Outlines Necessary. PARTS OF MARSH UNKNOWN Reducing Water Level Suitable for Practical Control of Pests to Go On--To Make Further Surveys. { In order that conditions in the Skokie marsh will be favorable for successful, practical mosquito control operations any water present should at all times be confined as nearly as possible to ditches and channels, and in exceptional lengthy rainy periods where the water rises above the banks | and overflows the flat lands, it must | again recede into the channels and ditches within a maximum limit of four or five days. Four or five days, as explained in previous articles, is not a long enough time for mosquito larvae to mature, and any which might have been pres- ent in the flood water after it goes back into the ditches will be held in check by the artificial control opera- tions to be explained in later articles. Better Drainage Necessary. The question logically asked here is: "How can that be done?" The answer, "By better drainage," might mean any improvement in draining, however small in extent, up to the complete removal of all marsh water. But, under the assumption that it will be impossible te entirely drain the | marsh for some years to come, two possible ways or a combination of both is suggested from the standpoint of mosquito control work: 1. By improving existing ditches and channels, both in the marsh and outlets so that they will be able to carry larger volumes of water and more rapidly than is at present pos- sible. 2. By adding more ditches to the Sys- tem now existing in the marsh and where the conditions demand that they should be placed. Preliminary Investigation Required. The carrying out of either of these methods of improvement presupposes a knowledge of where and how the improvements shall be made. This suggests, therefore, preliminary in- vestigations to determine: 1. At what parts of the marsh the water does actually stand above ground for periods of over four or five days. 2. Whether or not there are ditches in those parts of the marsh. 3. Whether or not the ditches are numerous enough and large enough to carry or hold the entire volume of water they receive. 4. What adjustments in the marsh | outlet seem desirable in the way of | widening, deepening, straightening and otherwise improving the channel. | 5. Etc., ete. : Parts of Marsh Unexplored. | Some of this information is already | available; others is still wanting; but | with some further study of the condi- | tions from an engineering standpoint, | an expression might be obtained at | least as to whether or not anything | short of complete drainage of the | marsh would produce the condition de- | sired. There are parts of the marsh, | apparently, which are practically un- explored, and what conditions exist | there remains L be determined. The writer, Mr. Schalck, has made marsh from Winnetka to Lake Bluff, | and it is his opinion that much addi- Under the terms of Mr. Hamlin's bill, a state military commission would | have the direction of such work. A number of bills that are pending | indicate interest in matters military is. growing. There are a half dozen bills asking for appropriations for armories for the national guard. Senator Glackin is working hard to advance his measure to provide a | state appropriation for the purchase of uniforms for boys who are to be given military training in the high and other public schools. = EE RE Great indignation will be felt if the business of handling war supplies should go to engineers, experts, scien tists and soldiers, instead of to faith tional ditching throughout the marsh | as a whole is necessary in helping to | confine the water instead of allowing | it to spread out over flat ground. In | the sections of the marsh which are | well ditched, the conditions are much | better than in those not so improved. It also seems possible to increase the | carrying capacity of the outlet of the | marsh by widening, deepening, straightening and otherwise improving it at various points along the course as far south as Morton Grove. After some study of this matter a! definite plan could be made and an | estimate of the work furnished. Cooperation Essential. | pany, established by C. | and accessories. | formerly connected in a sales capacity | enterprise and energy. trips thtoaghoct the length of the « BE SURE TO PAY UP. To promote good feeling among your neighbors and acquaint- ances, hunt up those whom you owe money and square the ac- count during Pay-Up Week. Don't wait on the other fellow. See him first--and liquidate. Afterward, meet your obliga- tions the first day of each month. If you owe more than you can pay all at one throw, pay what you can. Let your creditors know that you haven't forgotten your debts. It's only fair to them--and it's valuable to you. You are a fortunate man if your credit is A No. 1. Pay-Up! Pay-Up! Pay-Up! B. L. T. BUILDING H. B. S. Perpetrator of "Line 'O Type or Two" Firm Advocate of "Safety First." Selected Resident Site at Glencoe with View to Future Needs--Nas No Fear of Submarine Attacks. It will interest all north shore resi- dents to know that, despite the un- friendly weather from Alaska and Kamschatka, work has been started and considerable progress made in the erection, at Glencoe, of the residence of Bert Leston Taylor, conductor of the most distinguished column in the World's Greatest Newspaper--or any other newspaper. Mr. Taylor has been happy in his selection of a site. Surrounded with Creature Comforts. It is part of the tract known to Glencoe ancient history as the Pear Orchard, and looks out over Lake Michigan from the lofty bluff be- tween the properties of James Simp- son on the south and Charles Her- mann on the north. Thus with dry goods on one side and wet goods on the opposite, and Lake Michigan on the third, Mr. Taylor will be "jolly well" surrounded with creature com- forts, not always found so convenient- ly associated. The lake will afford abundant water--which may be used for fishing, bathing, sprinkling lawns and, in emergency, for drinking. Bright Mark for Zeps. Mr. Taylor's abode will be high above the range of the Kaiser's sub- marines, but it must be admitted he would be a shining mark for the Zep- pelins. Two of the Tribune managers (Mr. Field and Mr. Onderdonk) are now residents of Glencoe. If Herrick, Gold- beck and the great unknown who pro- duces the weighty editorials, could be corralled, Glencoe could almost claim to be headquarters for the W. G. N. OE RE BRANCHES OUT IN WORLD Rising Young Business Man Launches Motor Sales Company -- Handle Ford Cars and Accessories. Winnetka has had another business | enterprise added to its list of up-to- | date mercantile and supply firms in the North Shore Motor Sales com- J. Taylor, to handle the sale of Ford cars, parts Mr. Taylor, who was | with the Ford agency at Evanston, is well and favorably known all along thé north shore as a young man of | g00d to someone. His advent | into the business world of Winnetka, upon his own," speaks well for his progressiveness and determination to forge ahead. All indications point to a successful career and future pros- | perity. | should be a movement to obtain the cooperation of all owners and authori- | ties concerned with the property lying along the course of the upper part of the river, and in those parts of the marsh needing attention, since their objections or assistance would de- termine whether or not the desired | improvements could be realized. If the lowering of the water level and the confining of water to the | ditches can be accomplished, opera- | | tions aimed directly at destroying the At the same time or preceding the | mosquito larvae would be at once making of detailed plans, after the! .possible. | preliminary study is EE Re ERR yyy ,e--- In the next issues such made, there | operations will be discussed. START A DOLLAR ON A DEBT-PAYING TRIP Help the Other Fellow to Help You During National Pay-Up Week. PASS PROSPERITY AROUND Everyone Put Their Shoulder to the Wheel and Start the Band Wagon on the Highway to Success. The thing that strikes every man when he sits down to consider it is' how inter-dependent we are upon each other. No one class can gain at the ex- pense of all the other classes. This is a fact that has been strikingly empha- sized during the mighty war in Eu- rope. There every nation has found it necessary to run every activity hav- ing even the remotest connection, on a highly efficient basis. How the Dollar Works. In our own country, the factories could not run without markets for their goods, and if the factories didn't run, the farmer couldn't make money for there would be no market for his surplus product. As the farmer pros- pers, the entire nation prospers. So, too, as the commercial interests of the country prosper, the farmer pros- pers. After all, we look to each other for our living and if we can throw into the channels of business the millions of dollars we all owe each other, so that we can again use these dollars to buy more things we need, every man who is supplying a real need will prosper. Help and Be Helped. This is the object of National Pay- Up Week, February 19 to 24. You can help and you can be helped if you will participate in the Pay-Up Week cam- paign. Every business man in New Trier township has pledged himself to pay all of his bills that he can at this time. Now let's all work together. Let's pass prosperity around. Don't Wait for Other Fellow. Don't make any mistake in the plan. The idea isn't that you must pay me, but the idea is that we will all pay each other. If we all take it upon ourselves to start the ball rolling, we can have a real Pay-Up Week here. If we sit back and wait for the other fellows to pay up, it will not be as great a success as it should be. Plan Strongly Recommended. This movement has been taken up in New Trier township upon the recommendations of the hundreds of towns and cities which engaged in the previous National Pay-Up Weeks. It is to be truly national in scope, as thousands of communities in every section of the United States, from one coast to the other, from the north line to the Gulf of Mexico, will take part in it. During this week, the energies of millions of people will be centered upon the passing of the busy dollars around, cleaning up old debts. Start- ing in new prosperity will certainly result from it. | GAS FAILURE PROFITABLE Winnetka Tea Room Reaps Harvest as Hungry Villagers Flock for Meals --Tables Command Premium. It is an ill wind that does not blow This may be slight- ly mixed but it is peculiarly applicable to the gas situation at Winnetka, where the sudden stoppage of the gas created panic among the housewives and started a rush of business for the Winnetka Tea Room, one of the neat- est little eating places along the north shore, that kept the young lady pro- prietress' busy from early morn until late at night. Sunday was the big day and tables were at a premium. In fact, so many demanded the oppor- tunity to partake of the excellent cooking of the Misses Salveson that the "standing room only" sign was hung out early in the forenoon, and a line formed by those awaiting their turn. The gas failure was a profitable failure for the Tea Room, though a decided inconvenience to others. mE It is perfectly safe to make a war- like speech provided you have located a hole up in the woods to which you can retreat.