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26 WINNETKA TALK March 12, 1927 Mme. Edith Bideau Normelli Soprano -- Teacher of Voice with degrees of Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Arts, is receiv- ing enrollments now for Spring Term. Make reservations now for Summer term. Studio Building 1718 Sherman Ave., Evanston Studio Phone Greenleaf 3523 Residence--Univ. 7278 Evanstonian Is Head of North Shore Osteopaths Douglas G. Waitley, 643 Asbury ave- | nue, was elected president of the North | Shore Society of Osteopathic Physi- | cians organized recently at the group's first luncheon meeting at the Georgian hotel. It was arranged to hold these] luncheon meetings the first and third weeks of each month. Other officers were elected as follows: vice-president, O. E. Andres, Winnetka; trustees, Hal Shain, Rogers Park; James M. Fraser, | Evanston; Arthur H. Tuttle, Wilmette, | and William Burr Allen, Evanston. | . | The cost of new buildings con- structed by Illinois public utilities dur- |ing 1926 was 16 per cent of the total | new building costs of the State. Cows in Illinois produced 392,434,901 | gallons of milk during 1926. [llinois has 175 golf courses ready | for use this summer. Illinois now has 800,000 sheep, an in- crease of 127 percent over a year ago. I \| A i' She is Glad Now that Her Laundress Failed Her Last week Mrs. Brown was in despair. For the third time her laun- dress had failed her. And the family simply had to have clean things to wear. She had never tried our Family Laundry Service--she was quite certain that it was terribly expensive. But some- thing had to be done, so she bundled up her washing and called for our driver. Then she was on needles and pins until her bundle and our bill came back. "Imagine my surprise," she told us, "to find that my week's ing had cost me no more than I had been paying my laundress." PHONE WIL. "And the work was so nice- ly done--everything was so fresh and spotless. The little bit of ironing left for me took hardly any time at all." You will find our Family Laundry Service equally de- lightful--try it today and be convinced. We will call for your bun- dle, and wash your clothes in oceans of rainsoft water, with the mildest of pure, white soap. We'll iron all of the heavy flat pieces, and we'll return your washing promptly, with only a few garments left for you to iron. Just phone us when your bundle is ready. 571--No Toll FRENCH LAUNDRY VICTOR ORTLUND, President EVANSTON - REPORT SHOWS RAPID GROWTH OF C. N.S. M. Opening of Skokie Valley Route Points Way to Vast Develop- ment West The outstanding feature of the year 1926 on the North Shore line was the great increase of the facilities of the railroad to give the public still better service, according to the annual re- port of the company made public this week. The largest single accomplishment was the completion and opening of the Skokie Valley route which gave the railroad two additional main tracks between Chicago and Waukegan and direct service between Chicago and Libertyville and Mundelein. Business of the company showed a substantial increase for the year, both in passenger and freight traffic. The company carried a total of 19,461,426 revenue passengers on its rail and motor coach lines, the great- est number in the history of the rail- road. Freight and merchandise despatch business of the company amounted to 656,754 tons, an increase of 120,659 tons over the previous year. Of the passengers carried by the company 10,714,458 were carried on the main line, an increase of 899864 over the previous year. The motor coach lines, including the auxiliary service given in the city of Waukegan, carried 1,821,603 passengers. The Waukegan city lines carried 4,845,284 passengers, including the auxiliary motor coach service and the Milwau- kee city lines 3,012,776 passengers. Gross Revenue $7,568,362 The gross operating revenue of the company was $7,568,362, an increase of $718,197 over the year 1925. After deducting operating expenses and taxes the gross income was $1,814,290, an in- crease of $200,669 over the previous year. Quarterly dividends of 6 per cent on the $5,000,000 of preferred stock and of 7 per cent on $6,652,800 prior lien stock issued and outstanding were paid to the amount of $729,740. "Construction of the new Skokie Valley route increased materially the fixed charges of the company," says the report, "and while the new line ereatlv improved the Chicago-Milwau- kee passenger service by reducing the running time of trains, and was a necessity because of the contemplated grade separation through the commu- nities on the Shore Line route, some time will be required to develop the territory to make this line self-support- ing." That the development of the territory served by the new line is already well started is indicated by the report which says: "An important feature of the construction work, one indicative of the growth of the company's business, is the number of sidings and switch tracks installed during the year for the convenience of industrial concerns locating their business along the rail- road. A total of 30,570 lineal feet, or nearly six miles of such sidings and tracks were completed in the year at twenty different locations." The company added the following equipment to its rolling stock during the year: Twenty steel passenger cars, three steel dining cars, five refrigera- tor cars, four special flat cars, and twenty dump cars. Durig 1926 the average per capita consumption of electricity in Chicago was 1,040 kilowatt-hours; for the entire United States the consumption is about 600 kilowatt-hours. More mail passes through Illinois than through any other state.