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il^^AII^SS^-^^i^PliJ EM ■*m t......1.HIH......I.......» 'WET5? ,.;<§*! t#?- r-r Along Lake Jllrom tN Streets pifp?W:lnd Alleys. ":' 'Wlgy-,v; .. ■■■<.....-- .'&•*#; iff (TVER $1,000,000 j:Jr' 8ttteen 'years ' ago when the city <> found that It could not dump tHe rub- bish and alley cleanings on the old dumping grounds at LyonB street and Dodge avenue a new place was looked 10% and as a result the city of Evans- i ion now has a beautiful Lake Front Sir*. . " ' For years the dumping grounds had sn at Lyons street and Dodge ave- , In 1896 the land was purchased sn outside party and he notified city officiate they would have to %.wtiW- place to put the refuse. ^:Th.ere were many different ideas as 4o what should be done. B. F. Housel, Jin charge of the streets and alleys, t8w*nt"to W, A. Dycbe, who was then mayor, and told him they should dump it along the beach and in time it eduld be worked into a park. Mr. ^yjJLlyehs looked over the ground with Mr. Housel and told him to go ahead. Since that .time the city has made insjiy acres of ground at very little ex- |j^^#;'*>■,,■.-■*■ Beach at the Road. §fH£I'-#ft(sH the work of dumping on the like front was started the beach ran up to where the east sidewalk on Sheridan road is now located. A high Iron railing ran all along the side of the walk to keep the pedestrians from |$t$f|gdown the six-foot drop. Tnerfr ha* act been a day since that time that wagon load after wagon load rubbish has not been dumped along |- the lake front The filling that has U been po* there is "between six and iSifct feet in depth. Many local peo- pijplS can remember the time when boats |^<aB»f'-Into the Davis street pier. At Kl^ttutlme their bowsprit protruded ^ over the east sidewalk on Sheridan Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Miller are ill with attacks of sore throat. A son was born to Mr^ and Mrs. Al- bert Zeutschel last week. Mr. John J. Schmlts spent three days at .Paw Paw Lake last week. Mrs. Ralph Klemm left Monday for Muskegon, Mich., to spend the week. Mr. John Luckeisen 'returned last Sunday from a trip to Niagara Falls! Mr. John Hoffmann and son, David, of Clifton, 111., visited here last week. Miss Florence 3chaeffer is spending the week with Miss Helen Schleyer In Chicago. ' ~ ' A surprise party was given to Mas- ter Edgar Svanson by bis little friends last Friday. Mrs. Caecilla Wagner will spend sev- eral weeks in Chicago visiting friends and relatives. Mrs. Hermine Stordeur received the sad news last week of the death of her mother in Europe. The three-year-old son of Hubert Hoffmann is improving after an at- tack of appendicitis. The nine-year-old son of Mr. Paul Bohn fell down from the hay loft and broke his arm las't week. Miss Josephine Trucha of Des Plainea, 111., will be the guest of Mrs. Paul Nanzlg for two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Ph. Doetsch of Califor- nia were entertained at supper by Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Heinzen Monday. Mr. Carl Heck, brother to Mrs. Sam Schwall, arrived last week from Eu- rope and will make his permanent home in Gross Point. Mrs. Jos. Schneider, Sr., who for two weeks underwent treatment in Chicago for heart trouble, returned home much improved. i m ■;■■...... C*tf'ikm&-!&im.-i _ Doetsch i^liiil^ti^ tertained some of his friends at the home of his father in honor of his birthday: Isit'-Thursday.^ Thirty young men were entertained at a ptag party by Mr. Peter Boamer at the home of bis parents last week in honor o* his tSfenty-first birthday. m flam Hens,1 employed by the Meier Bros, lee company, dislocated his shoulder last Monday in bis suc- cessful effort to stop his runaway team. The barn of Nich. Wagner on Ridge avenue was struck by lightning Mon- day evening. There were no horses in the bara, but considerable hay was burned. Mr. John Mueller of Lake avenue, town of New Trier, aged 63, wag bur- ied at Niles Center, Sunday. Hia ail- ment was cancer and dropsy. He had been sick for months. The Evening club was entertained by Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Nilles Saturday evening. Prizes were awarded to Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Miller, Mr. John J. Bell and Mrs. J. P. Nilles. Mr. John Felke, who completed his eighty-fourth year last Thursday, had all his children gathered around him the preceding Sunday in honor of the event. Mr. Felke is enjoying compara- tively good health. Next Sunday afternoon the ladles of the parish will have a social in St. Jo- seph's school hall. In the evening a prize card party at which very nice and useful articles, donated by the la- dies, will be rained. Everybody is in- vited to be present. The proceeds will go to the fund for the new school; building. u. •*".%? if?J$if'three-acre.-tract between Lake Miitteei and Greenwood boulevard has 1 been filled w^hin the past few years. The land was originally owned by the item university and Dr. Shep- ipard. Dt. Sheppard sold his share to » Chicago man who intended to build a row of cottages on it When this """'\^Jkitolry;;';Jemea A. Patten, ^^lM^>J^iMa H. Baw- ^Ur bought the land and gave it to §|ttie city. The university then gave :|^U huptd on the beach to the city. Mr. ^JJoueeJ irtarted hia men to filling the ? plebe and in one year's time had'it -^gHed. It made three acres. ^ South of Greenwood bpulevard the '^Orr estate, the late Daniel H. Burn- y^un aadlr* B. Cook all waived their friparian rights to the city iu order /thaf the work could be continued. A ,gpj^|0^^feet wide has been filled ;.s4o^g these estates and in the center :§fg1fc*» *Ime atfve.;:^y^ •-• ■■ ^ The section of land between Hamil- and Greenleef street* was owned Frank H. Elliott, who spent about tW^OO fixing It up and; then gave It ,te the dty, On all of the land that ta» b«iStt filled Mr. Housel has made fisM ifoadways and It is possible to the water's edge. The riparian rights of all the %m***m University place to the aosith end of OalvaiT cemetery*: with '^ eXreptlo* of three blocks. - - In filtisg #n ^& the beach the rub- IHIsllle pteeed at the botWm and on this ie placed the sweeping from the idlers en* street*. 6n top of this a of black dirt is placed to a good SOiI. The roadways and sidewalks are made of cinders and are covered with lime stone screenings. Fifty Flower Beds. In the park between Davis and Church streets Mr. Housel and his men have made fifty flower beds The gardens are well looked after and a beautiful display of flowers is to be seen all during the summer. All of the trees that are now in the park were planted by Mr. Housel. There are between twenty-five and thirty varieties of flowers in the park. .For the past few years there has been on an average of 200 cubic.yards of filling hauled to the lake front. In this way it has been possible to make QR08S POINT WINS. The Gross Point Juniors defeated the Winnetka Boys Club last Sunday, 10 to 6. The Winnetka boys were sup- posed to have the best elgbteen-year- old team along the North Shore, but this did not worry the local bops who outplayed them in all departments of the game. Special mention must be made of the fine playing of Lauermann and Mowatt. There will probably be a double header next Sunday'with the Riverside A. C. and the Glenview Juniors. so much land The twelve acres oftanston, turned LONG RUN; NO FIRE. The fire department was called Noyes street and Maple avenue, 1 made ground between Lake street and University place has cost the city less than $20,000 for all the work. Expert real estate dealers have placed the valuation of the city's lake front holdings at more than $1,000,000. The rubbish from the alleys Is still! being hauled to the lake front and the Lake Front park will be extended out Into the lakj lust as fast as the ground can be made. Monday, Some person in a false alarm. 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