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16 WINNETKA TALK June 2, 1928 ~/ 8 A Momeni With Her Now May mean more than an hour in later years Aside from being assured of clean clothes sat- isfaction, women send the family laundry to us so that they will have plenty of time for their children .... reading .... bridge .... friends. THE WASHINGTON LAUNDRY WILMETTE 145 MAKES ANNUAL REPORT TO WINNETKA COUNCIL Village Manager H. L. Woolhiser Presents Report and Recom- mendations Editor's Note: Appended is presented the third installment of the annual re- port on all branches of municipal ad- ministrative government made recently to the Winnetka Village council by Vil- lage Manager H. L. Woolhiser. Other installments of the report will be pub- lished in subsequent issues of WINNETKA TALK. By H. L. Woolhiser (Public Works Department) The work of the Public Works de- partment covered a wide variety of public service, comprising building and electrical inspections, maintenance of pavements, street cleaning, snow re- moval, maintenance of traffic signs and pavement marking, sewer cleaning, and maintenance, mowing of parkways in front of vacant property, collection and disposal of garbage, ashes and rubbish, and street lighting, both regu- lar and ornamental. It is interesting to note that the expenses of the Pub- lic Works department for the past fiscal year, namely $100,963, was 95.6% of the budget, and about $11,000 less than last year. The year was particularly active as to building and electrical inspection, with the following record of permits issued for buildings: Types of % Building No. Permits Valuation Residences 85 $1,637,300 Accessory 110 155,990 Commercial 19 662,700 Industrial = -- Public 1 75,000 Alterations 61 253,400 276 $2,784,390 Total 2 In addition, 192 occupancy permits NORTH SHORE BOOTERY In the North Shore Hotel Davis St. at Chicago Avenue, Evanston 10th Anniversary | CLEARANCE SHOES SALE Values up to $13.50 at $ 4° s 6° ALL SALES FINAL #785 No Exchanges . . . . No Refunds . . . . No Credits On Sale Items" NORTH SHORE BOOTERY Davis St. at Chicago Ave., Evanston were issued, 35 driveway permits, 124 sewer permits and 13 sidewalk permits. 51 Appeal Cases Fifty-one cases of appeals under the zoning ordinance were taken to the Zoning Board of Appeals, thirty-two of which were decided in favor of the applicant. The Board of Appeals, act- ing as a special committee on archi- tecture of buildings in the business districts. Details of the work of the street de- partment are set forth in the accom- panying report of Harold Bohnen, superintendent of streets. During the year $16,003 was spent on the maintenance of street pavements, including $10,000 for asphaltic, brick and concrete pavements and $5,878 for macadam pavements. Taking into ac- count other expenditures for the main- tenance of streets, such as catchbasin cleaning and repairs, street cleaning, snow removal, maintenance of park- ways and sidewalks, maintenance of ditches, expense for street signs and for street lighting, the Village expense was approximately $43,000, which con- siderably exceeds our income from the vehicle tax fund and from road and bridge tax. Streets in Good Shape As a result of our street resurfacing program for old macadam and brick streets, whereby a portion of the cost has been borne by the abutting prop- erty owners, most of the streets of this type in the Village are now in excel- lent condition. In the case of the asphaltic concrete streets, which com- prise principally the streets in the west and northwest part of the Village, which were paved about fifteen years ago with a light concrete base and an asphaltic top, much work remains to be done. Experimental work on Birch street between Spruce and Pine and on Chestnut street between Oak and Ash has shown that by removal of the asphaltic top, repairing the concrete base and then adding a new three inch top of crushed stone, penetrated and sealed with tarvia and gravel, these streets can be placed in good condi- tion at an approximate cost of $1.20 per square yard, which is far below the cost of new pavements. During the year a plan was pre- sented to property owners on these streets, involving reconstruction by the foregoing method with 25% of the cost borne by the Village from the vehicle tax fund and the balance, or about $1.45 per front foot, borne by property owners. The response from a majority of property owners was not favorable to this plan, the feeling being that once having paid assessments for a permanent pavement, property owners should not be asked to bear any con- siderable additional expense, even after fifteen years of service. There was also a considerable feeling that good pavements would encourage the amount and speed of traffic on resi- dential streets. Must Adopt New Policy The future policy, therefore, with reference to these streets is a matter for the consideration of the Council and it is recommended that it receive the early consideration of the Streets, Drainage, and Forestry Committee. During the year, a total of 21,265 square yards of macadam streets were resurfaced with tarvia and gravel and in addition 17,385 square yards of old brick pavements on Tower road, Pine street and Willow road were resur- faced, all under special tax proceed- ings. Cleaning of streets was continued during the year, the work being principally done at night by machine sweeping, at a total cost of $4,935. A total of 1,969 cubic yards of dirt was removed from the streets. Residential streets were swept at intervals of about every two weeks and business