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' be gi ven and a. reception ~aven In hon· · L k or of the new members received dur- sification of th h e property m questiOn, a e avenue are in!' the year, will be held Wednesday, and April 30, at 8 P. M.. th eac one gave the opinion that on Wilmot road WILMETTE LIFE, FRIDAY,· APRit 18, 1924 Bay station, Boston, Mass., for something or other. No name was men· tioned and no indication given regarding the purpose of the remittance. The only identity was a Lloyd Hollis I d I" ter, nc .· memoran urn s 1p. Now, the Science Publishing company would like to return the dollar to the sender or make proper record if it is a bona fide remittance. If it's you let 'em know I Methodist Church Wilm e tte and Lake Avenues, Wilmette, Illinois All members of this parish are urged t o attend the great dramatic choral JH·ogram to be presented by our choir thi s evening 1n the church auditorium at ~ o'clock-"The Seven Last Words" IJ .' · Dubois. This service will be an ln"'lliratlon to all who attend. We are ellveci&U, another ban· nbers w ere ""'· nful and eftlclflllt tor th~ gift of 11.nd al~;o hils rea. ng for six ot tile Primary deput. '· It every rn~ I be DOSBiblt .. · mg a new residence Deerfield Ill The ape property _ should be zoned for ,Brackett home wiit be occupied by F E th artmcht building purposes. Among Leernan of Rogers Park. · · Mo.sr w o expressed this opinion were .H~m. H. West, of Wilmette, who H 11· t M d · 1 spec1.ahzcs in assisting in the zoning 0 II er emoran um 1 ofh,d· 1.lla~cs and cities and laying out Mixed Up with a Dollar su 1\'IS ions and Jo h K B 'tt' N of Chi ' sep · n m, ot 1 ong ago someone sent a re51·1 1 1 fcago, who, was largely respon- mittance of one dollar to the Christian Z ~ or the passage of the Illinois Science Publishing company Back .It h.as also been said that if 'the ap- i' will be render. tour o'clock . All are invitetl to at. service. ~ p will be held Ia lay evening at 1 tory service for Ill be held after fY evening. onmg Act. Junior Choir rehearsal on Saturday pltcatJon to rezone the property at at two o'clock. . the northeast corner of Maple avenue EASTER SUNDAY-at 7 A. M. the and Fourth street were granted I Jo:JJworth League will hold a beautiful would then undertake to have 'a n s···· ,·ice. The Rev e rend McCrea will apartment building erected at the give an address and a dozen Leaguers nr;>rtheast corner of Maple av~nue and will say a few words. At 9:30 the Easter service of the utterly ~ithout foundation, as neither ('h urch school. At the morning service at o'clock will be the baptism of reception of new members, Easter music and the topic se··mon will be "Because He eleven 1n ~he ~ropert:y; it belong~ to Mrs. Infants ~Pnnger s brother, who resides in ~cw speciai York, an_d .the erection of an apartof the Lives." ment bu1ldmg on this property has ~============::·===================. First Church of Christ, Scientist, Wilmette, Ill., Tenth St. and Central Ave. Services: Sunday at 11 A. M. Wednesday Testimonial Meeting at 8 P.M. Sunday School 9 :45 A. M. Subject of the Lesson Sermon April ZO, "Doctrine of Atonement" F1fth street, where I reside. This is Christian Science Reading Room 1113 Wilmette ...,.._ ~rs. Sprmger nor I have any interest High School Department of the Church ,'tinday evening at six o'clock the ~;~~o!.T~~~~R~~~~.~nt. the Easter pag- :\l o nday, 12:30 p. m. LUNCH CLUB at th·· Central Y. 1\.f. C. A. i :30 p. m. BOY SCOUTS In their r 1 ·~ula · · m e ting. I 'iTI~~:~~1~EAvCL~~ameetlng \\",·dnestlay, 4 p, m.-THE R<'l ·I "TS will hold th e ir usual ot the 1) . m.-MIDWEEK SERVICE of and praise. Let the spiritual pow er or Holy Week lead you to "eart·y on " and attend the Wednesday en·ning J>rayer meeting, Jlra~· er· lug-. ~ GIRL meet- ~··1'\'t· (), Thut·stlay-DIVISION DAY. 3r!l T>ivislon will meet at 2:00 p. m . at lh t- home of Mt·s. G. I. Brown, 1216 Lak e avenue. Hh JJivision will hold an all day mt·t·ting at 1\.frs. A. J. Nystrom' s, 714 Ct· ntr·al ave nue. Luncheon will be 0 an all day F"ritla~·. 4 p. m. STANDARD BEAREHS will hold a meeting at the hom e of :.ri!ls t\Iary Jackson, 932 15th street. lllt~l: :~ngi~~sitohne c~~rc~~ld ITHE PUBLIC FORUM I \\'ll.~!f;TTF, LIFE: Wilmette, Ill., Apr. 16, 1924. 1 have been sorry to hear that a large number of residents of the Village, many of whom reside in the neighborhood where I live, have been misinformed as to the plans proposed for the improvement of the property owned by my wife at the northeast corner of Maple avenue and Fourth street. The property in question adjoins the yards of the Northwestern E levated railroad, and the proximity of the railroad has injured it for high class residence purposes. Statements have been ' made that the adjoining property, now owned by the ra'ilroad company, was so ld to the Elevated company by Mrs. Springer's brother, at a high price; that he was an attorney for the company and received a large compensation, and that, accordingly, she should not complain if her property has been adversely affected by the operation of the elevated lines. While, if such statements were true . it would have no bearing on the matter of how the property in question should now be zoned, the fact is that the adjoining property was sold for $30 a foot, under the express represe ntation that is was to be used for high class residence property, and an express provision was incorporaTed in the deed conveying the property immediately west of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul tracks, that such property should not ·be used for business purposes, and Mrs. Springer's brother was never in the employ of the Elevated lines, and never receired a cent of compensation from .ihrm. At the time the committee drafted thr first Zoning Ordinance for Wilmette, the property in question was exami ned by the committee and classified as commercial property. SubSl'quently, at a hearing held to con~ i<lcr an application to change the classification of the property on the north side of Laurel avenue, between Fourth and Fifth streets, the classification of Mrs. Springer's property was changed from commercial to residential, and the ordinance was passed with such change, without her knowledge that the classification of her property had been changed. Efforts have been made to sell this property for residence purposes, and at least five real estate agonts have undertaken to dispose of the property for residence pmposes, at what s.uch agents thought were reasonable prices, but each agent subsequently concluded that is was inadvisable to undert~ke to improve the property with htgh g-rade residences. In April, 1923, an application was made to the Appeals board to change the classification of the property in Question, but the request was denied largely on the ground that the property on the east side of Fourth street and north of Mrs. Springer's property had not joined in the request for the change in classification. . In January, 1924, another applicatron was made to the Village board for the purpose of having the propertv reclassified and changed from residence to commercial property. I have conferred with no less than !en men who are experienced in zonmg matters, as to the proper etas- never been suggested. Any building erected by the present owner on the property at the north east corner of Maple avenue and Fourth street would ~e thoroughly first-class 111 construction. with fea t!Jres that would appeal to a mo ~ t deSirable class of residents. A former wel_l ~no~n resident of Wilmette, now res1dmg m one of the Evanston hotels st~ted recc~~ly that there were about thtrty famdtes now residing in Ev~n s to~ hotels who formerly resided 1n Wilmette ·· and that mo st of them ~ould be glad to return to Wilmette tf they could get satisfactory accommodations there. The property in question has been owned by Mrs. Springer's family for fifty years. Her family, as well as mv own, have lived in Wilmette for fifty years, and have been~(tfttified with _the d~velopment of ou m'pst attractive V1llage, and our i erest in the ent_ire Village, and particularly in the netghborhood where we live is certainly at least as great as that of !lnyone ·who has opposed the proposed rmprovement of the property at the northeast corner of Maple avenue and Fourth street. I, for one certainly have no desire to do anything thai. would lessen the attractiveness of our Village, or to have the Zoning Ordina J?Ce declared invalid. In fact, I be!te':e most strongly in the zoning pnnc1ple, but I also· feel that the surest way to prevent the Zoning Ordinance being held unconstitutional or invalid is to have the provisions of such ordinance reasonable, and not to arbitrarily and unreasonably restrict the use of property, and thereby encourage property owners to apply to the courts for relief from the restrictions of such an ordinance. I firmly believe the best ana surest way to prevent apartment buildings being erected promiscuously throughout the Village is to have a Zoning Ordinance that does not attempt wholly to prevent their erection but which restricts th~ir building to territory which is adapted for that purpose and which is not suitable for the building of first class residences. LEWIS B. SPRINGER. Baker Eddy and all other author· laed Chrlatlan Science Literature may be read, borrowed or purchased. 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