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THE LAKE SHORE NEWS; FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1922 PUBLIC SERVICE GO. F Annual Report Outlines Many Improvements Designed to _ Better Serve Customers SHOW IMPORTANT GAIN More Than 10,000 Stockhold- ers, Mostly Customers Belief that the bottom of the in- dustrial depression has been reached â€"and confidence in the future &t the north shore territory is seen in the annual statement made public recently by Superintendent J. S. Reesman, of the Public Service company of North- ern Illinois, showing construction plans for the year totaling thousands of dollars. . The company's intention to proceed with construction work was made 'public in connection with the sending of the annual report to stock- holders. Building plans contemplated by the electric and gas company for the year rrnpn the nt)rth~shore~include:--------- -_ Extensive Program Electric extensions estimated to cost _ $45,000. A third transmission line construct- edfor 33,000 volts between Evanston, Highland Park and Lake Bluff, mak- ing for increased capacity and greater r^^raicer^alDW-th^ino^^^ estimate, to cost $37,000."~ ~"~^~r~~ , High pressure two-Jnch gas-main first unit, and will rank amuug the | j largest* generating stations in the country . The substantial growth of the north shore and other territory served by the Public Service companyâ€"during-the last year, in spite of business depres- sion, and the vastness of the* ma- chinery necessary to serve the people, is strikingly shown by the figures in the annual statement. Total number of electric light and power customers on January 1, 1922, was 118,304, an increase of 11,999 for the year. Total number of households and industries served with gas was 74,056, an in- crease of 2,892. To meet the electrical requirements of the territory it was necessary for the big plants to generate 359,410,664 kilowaitrrirours of energy, necessitat- ing/use of 40(M)00-*ons of coal. The enormous total of 2,734,393,000 cubic fpft rt PAH ^ag prnriiirpri, nvpr inn.ooft First Auxiliary Meeting Is Well Attended "e^enslohs and .low pressure six Inch gas main extensions estimated to cost $13,000. tons of coal and coke and more than 8,000,000 gallons of gas oil being necessary in the manufacturing pro- cess. To protect the electric and gas supply for the people of the territory, the company has purchased its own coal iftines, and last year 98 per cent of this fuel came from its own mines. Linking up the remainder of the territory,with this city are now 700 miles of *high voltage electric trans- mission lines and 900 miles of gas mains. To these are linked^ thousands o**oniles of smaller electric lines and gas pipes. In the territory a popula- tion exceeding 500,000 now receives service. 10,200 Stockholders The company is now owned by more than 10,200 stockholders,1 practically all of whom are customers and live in Jthe territory served. In addition on January 1, there were 2,548 sub- scribers paying month by month for their securities. Of the stockholders 1,230 are employes; who eitjiej^Jiave IlfllZ^lMCIMIlfieiF stock or are buy- ing" it on a partial plan. This Is helieved'^&-be! the largest ownership _ The building of 5,000 kilowatts of fl:^ additional transformer capacity at I - the our-door sub-station, Dodge avenue E ^ and Church street, Evanston, indicat- ing the company's'belief in the sub- ' stantial future growth of that Section. m^Mc'-tram Evanston to Des Plaines and Hill building of a 2500 kilowatt out-door ?yig ^- trflinHfinâ„¢** â-  tT,n+a1lft*inn frt th<> #111 place to meet demands for electrical ipil power for industrial purposes and the i:M&, increased nuihber of domestic cus- lii::lt,;,tomers, â-  ' |l§l§it^:-..'v" Giant Electric Plant;';^Kf:':' W-M^liighMnSF^^k WaiTB givegreateF1 t v service at, that place, estimated to S£l cost $30,000. :i \{;Bm Raising of the voltageV of the trans- :i^lf*niissioir lines north and west of Iili Evanston is theflrstrtep in the actual tifpf^cohlifr^ - l^p2ifca be buttt by the Public Service com- gpill pany, on the shores of Lake Michigan jiffl' Just north of Waukegan, for which ISSii-:: ground has alreadybeenrTnnwhasedT Work of designing the plant is under ray-M»d^itâ€"is-possible -that the first =«Bit equippod^wlth-4i^^,urbineh ha1 by employes, in proportipn to number, of any public utility company in the world. Faith of the company in the future of this district is seen in the fact that its investment now is up- wards of $60,000,000. -^ ^-^ ME^FW 'Representative men and women from Glencoe to Rogers Park were in attendance-at the first pubHc meet- ing of the Str^ran^i^Hospital^Aux- iliary in the ballroom of the Edward Hines' residence on Ridge avenue last night. * , Mrs Hipeff presided at thp meetings A The early history of the hospital since its founding by two sisters of the order in 1901 until the present was outlined by John J. Barry, one of the early supporters of the hospital. A description of the crowded conditions, the pressing needs in the way of additional beds, more operating rooips. laboratories, new wards for the chil- dren, and orthopedic work, as well as the need of more space for the care of the increasing number of materni- ty cases, was made the subject of ad- dresses by Dr. Edson B. Fowler and Dr. Mary McEwen. Drt C: L^ Con- roy, president of the^oldrstatfr supple^ mehted the remarks of 'the previous speakers before introducing Fenton Keisey, who outlined the plans for the drive for funds and a new wing pL the hospital ^I'liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiHiiiiiimiMiiiimiimmii'l YOU HAVE A DATE J Friday Eve^-l^rcJvlO: ; â-  or • _ £; t I Saturday Eve-March lii I MINSTREII JH^WII I Ouilmette Country "tJliilj § l^^rickfttaJiiie-Dollar |â€" 8:15 P. M. fiii^jmimiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiii Dr. George Craig fltewart tiyuky briefly but to the point in a short ad dress in which he declared himself quite at home in the work of helping hospitals and expressed his Particular interest in St. Francis as a Christian hospital,- -Judge-Bennett jB.t.*_3WWg. city was called upon to speak from the audience and assured the auxil- iary of hia Qp^tfffi*^ work. • """": â- S'..v;i'.^--:'-; ,.«..,*-.«, The next meeting of the Auxiliary will be held Thursday night of this week at the Hines home to which all men and women' interested in^he work of the hospital and its heeds for larger quarters- *nd-facilities are most cordially invited to be present. a capacity of 20*000 kilowatts may be possible of installation before the end of the year. ThiaF first unit, alone, will cost over $2,000,000. 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