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rn WILMETTE LIFE, FR!D.\ ~. ~I:\RCH 14, 192-l READY TO ACT . DESIRE IS UNIVERSAL ).l u rradcr> ·ti the Want Ad Page Everybcdy wants sonicthing. A11 the are all1 ~d to buy or sell. It may be others are dead or nut yet horn. Every- a home ,,r a cl".:k o r a Shetland P~ny body else wants somcthlllg Tha t's why or a u~etl car. All of _us who ar~ ahve when they read the \\'an t Ad Page are u ually 1111 the r pomt o~ buymg or they're pretty sure to o;l'c what they selling. A little \\ .a nt Ad ts often the want. Then, very irequeutly, they very thin~ that wtll cause us to act. ngt 111 avenue, Gr ee ley a,·cnur and buy it. Economy and Efficient Serv- lJo, n road after the county conc;ent ·or the maintenance of the roads wa~ ice Are Keynote of Comctim·cl. which con:.cnt followed the missioner's Policy f111al cJi,·w lution of Gross Point as a : illagl·. ~hould tht: sit uat ion r emain .., at pre,c nt. it should he the endeavor 1f t lt l' com missioner to place these By H . H. SHERER ~ (flighway Commissioner, New Trier C' at), in the best shape possible at the A complete Ford Truck wltb alkteel bod)' and cab ·arl it" ' po~'ihle date . Township) CHASSIS ONLY. $370.00 Road · Tax Rate L ower For the past two years, as in the Prices f. o. b. Detroit It will he of intrrest to the taxpe.ri~ d preceding, the Highway Com·Jan-r to know that the commis~ioncr mr sstOner has succe<·dect 111 «a v . 1111 enough money from the Road and n·ctut·,tl'cl a nd recrived for th is vcar ·Bridge tax to pay ior a mile of con- ·1 reduction irom 66 cents to SO r'en ts crete road. The first mile was placed n t lw tax rate for road and hridcrP on Lake avenue wc~t from the church ·ntrpo,e~ an d hdieves that it shou ld on Ridge road in Wilmette to Locust he pos~ihlc to reduce this rate st ill road. This road has sincl' been taken further in ~ucceeding years. without over as a statt· aid road and paved to ·lecreasinJ.(" thl· amount of work d o ne ' nd without hindering the plan for Waukegan road with concrete. . During the pa~t yc.:ar SO per cent .;avin~Z out of this tax sufficient money ·o build mort· miles of permanent ;;;ud wa s secured ftom the county for a concrete hriclgc over the 'kokie road as needed. The winter of 1923-24 ha s been un<lit<:h on :willow road . This bridge, l.estdes betng unequal to carrying the · · ~ ual in that stone patchinj;(' and drag··i'l!! of the township road~ was posheavy load~ ~ent over it. was costly 'ihle to the verv end of 1923 Tn thf' to maintain. . The county drew up plans for an storm~ that followed the grader and <:rghtcen foot concrete p ·r mf·nt plows were employed in keeping the based on the late st designs of u, · ,,, road s free from the worst snow drifts . foltowing the extensive te sts m . c m t ha s been possihle to keep all thl:' the Bates road ncar Springfield. The ··oad~ open f'ven in the worst periods township, without n·sort ing to a hard ' hrnuJ[hout the winter. Throullh the cooul·ration of :'vfr. road tax (thr usual method employed) financed tht· huilcling of this much \Vo'llhiser and othf'r V.'i nnetka officials nc.:eded improvement which runs from it has hern nossihlc to continue the the end of the pavement on Wi llow "rran~rement for gettins;( cinders from strert, Winnetka, to the township line · he water workc; at Winnetka for the The Ford Motor Company making the body readily adaptable at HaJ?p road a fl'w feet east of the ·nnstruction anrl m:tintenance of Hihannounces the production of a for general use. Screen sides and we t !me of the Chicago and North "ard road north of Elm street. The new all-steel body and steel end doors may easlly be installed. heavv rains of the late fall flooderl Western railway. weather-proof cab, mounted on This new body, built of heavy ' "e Winnetka Playfield grounds west Roada Hit by Traffic the famous Ford one-ton worm- sheet steel strongly reinforced The construction of the Lake ave- "'( Hihhard ro:td and not only inun!'ue concrete pav~ment by the county ·t:> ted this ro;~d at that point hut actudrive chassis, forming a complete and riveted, is designed to stand tmposed ne~essan l y heavy burden on 111y destroyed a section some 200 feet haulage unit at the remarkably up under the most severe usage. t h e towns h tp as the materiah had to =n length which has been replaced Loading space is four feet by )ow price of $490. be .hauled over roads and bridges not 1·v crushf'd stone . of considerable Inuit to endurr ~uch heavy and con - .J,.nth with top of cinders to corre · Steel flare boards and end gate seven feet two inches. stant traff'tc. Several roads. such as ·. ...,., r) with the rest of thr road surwith sockets permit the use of The weather-proof cab ill Happ, Avoca, Winnetka and Hibbard face. stakes and high . - - - - - -- - - - - ---, fitted w i t h Solve Drainage Prnblem were completely torn up . The under side boards or n;. c..r au· "- · 6t·i.w4 ,,._.,. ,,. r e m o v a b 1e , Thl· wc~t ditch on I;Jibbard road strycture of the \Vinndka avenue hn_dge ~ad to he entirely rebuilt. onth of Lake avenue to the big east the mounting !ifij;d,'Hte/dy,~ door-openina Wtth \Vtllow roa<l and Lake avenue · nd \\'t'~t ditch south of Wilmette aveof a canopy top, curtains. hoth open to heavv traffic this unusual .. ,, .. was de(·prncd nearly a foot last expe·.tse will not itga in he ncccessary. r-.11 in ordt·r to take part of the water Remwald an·nm· from \Vilmctte from Lake avenue so that residents avenut: to Locust · road. after th<' " 11 Lake avenue whose basements were gran!ltng of the previom year. was "oodcd mi~rht hr given such relief a~ resh.aped and dragged and then oiled. w;o~ possible. Rrcause of the thorou)!h cleaning l. uttl late fall. when heavy loads on narrow ~tee! ttres were sent over this ')fall towmhio ditche~ in tht· prcviou~ :oad ~rom one of the pits adjacrnt to "E'a r. only such work as was neccs,.arv tt, thrs road presented an excellent 'o nive hetter flow to the water wa~ surfacr to. traffic_. hcing smooth, dust- undcrtak!'n the past season. Next because -of tlu> ~~~\!'·~1'te'~?:':u'.m·. ~I Cl:.u..:,Ho\.111, .n'~j t o the placing of the oil all low spots ·~~~l~l~dr';'h"o~~~~h R~e;~fr~~T~f a Ivery !itches and. if possible, some chemicals were filled with ~tone and rolled. The ~oming season will r<'lptirr a reshap- ,hould he used to destroy the weed tng and a possible rerolling Win- " rowth in the bottoms of the ditches netka avenue throug-hout. Harms 'o that kss ·frequent cleaning wi ll he road, and portions of Hibbard and ncccessary. Commend· Tree Plantinl' Avoca roads were scarified. shaprd, and rolled hy county equipment in the 1 The tree p lanting on Hibbard roa d employ of the township, the equip- w ~r rs . Hibbard has apparent ly enment. used being larger and more ex- "o ur:.~ged others to emulate her expensn:e than the township was justi- '\ mple . Thl' subdividers of property fied m purcha,ing for itself. The "n Willow road west of Hihhud road r~ads .so tr.ea ted we.nt hack into shape havt' continued the nlanting nlan used wtth ltttle mterruptton from traffic and nn Willow east of Hihhard, exceot have since been maintained hy the ·h<~t. owing to the contour of t h e drav and a truck and man filling- in - round, they were compt'll"d to plant nn the lot ~icle of the ditch as was small holes as thev appeared. 'lone on Hihharrl road. Under pres· Brinlf up Road Level (Continued on page 11) Con«id~rahle stone was nece~sary on both Wmnetka avenue and Hihhard road as thcrt' were manv points whf're the road level was either helow the 4 Carlton Bide. Phone· ground on either side or at the same level. Winnetka Wilmette 727 As soon as permission was pained from the ~ountv, the township forces lllinoi1 Winnetka 727 were sent mto the town of Gross Point ~here tht; roads were all 1naded and m the b mlt u p sections Jrravel o laced and dragged into the roads. It was necessary to bui ld a foundat ion in many instances an d in one particularly had spot 15 yards of stone was used to fi ll one large hole. MainteExclusive Cleaners and Ren a n ce of these roads si nce taking them over has been a lmost constant unt il pairera of Oriental and t h ey froze ju t hefore t h e first of t he ' year. Domestic Ruca. T h e road drags were e m ployed w h er ever and w heneve r necessa ry thro ug h out the entire township th ro u ~rhou t t he year. Expert Carpet l.ayiq. .N eit h er time .nor m oney wou ld pe r mit the ~rravelt n g or ston ing of the whole s u rface of such road s as W ash - Highway Com~issioner Makes Annual Report on Highways TREE GIVE Be For a Which to H .-' ith the flo Buds whi.1 A 1rd 1 rise t. Which Ga O Home Gn like lives w and on ly th the wide el can well a~ tion which bring to ou matters not may possess, been Jcind to Ottr Natu1 of waste in loss of ou r for a m yri< · gif t to his A New Ford Steel Truck Body Authorized Ford Dealers Skokie Mo.tor Company "THE HOUSE THAT SERVICE BUILT" John B. Nazarian LINCOLN Phone Winn. 280-281 We specialize in HIGH GRADE HOMES LOTS, ACRES and ESTATES F rom EVANSTON t o LAKE FOREST yo ur property with us and receive t he benefit of our 40 year of No~t h ShoreA~eal Estate experience. 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