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WILMETTE VILLAGE OF :WILMETTE PBOPOSALS For tile lmproTement of tile eentral elgllteen (18) feet of the first alley north of HlglllaBd A Ten·e from Sixteenth Street to Ridge Avenue bY grading and pa-.lng with ~onerete and otherwise lm· proTiag the same. (Wilmette Special Assessment No. 177) !ealed proposals for the improvement of the central eighteen (18) feet of the first alley north of Highland Avenue, ex. tending from the West line of Sixteenth Street to the East line of Ridge A venue (except across Seventeenth Street) by grading and paving with concrete and otherwise improving the same In accordance with the ordinance and specifications for said improvement, will be received by the Board of Local Improvements of said Village of Wilmette until 7 :30 o'clock P.M. on Wednesday, the 13th day of October, A. D. 1926, at which time said proposals will be publicly opened, examined and declared by said Board of Local Improvements in the Council Chamber in the Village HaU, in said Vtllage of Wilmette. The specifications for said improvement and blank proposals will be furnished at the office of said Board of Local Improvements in said Village Hall. Proposals must be made out on blanks furnished by said Board of Local Improvements, and must ·be addressed to the Board of Local Improvements of the Village of Wilmette, Wilmette, Illinois, and indorsed "Proposals for the improvement of the central eighteen (18) feet of the first alley north of Highland Avenue, from Sixteenth Street to Ridge Avenue," and all proposals must be accompanied by cash, or a certified check payable to the order of the President of the Board of Local Improvements of the Vlllage of Wllmette for a sum of not less than (10) per centum of the aggrefate of thf' pr<lposal and no . proposal wit be considered unless accompanied by such check or cash. The contractor will be paid in bonds and vou<'hers uayabl(> solely out of the assessment for said improvement, when collected, in accordance with the provisions of the ordinance therefor, and in the manner prescribed by law, which bonds will bear interest at the rate o( six ( 6) per centum per annum. The contractor to whom the contract may be awarded will be required to furnish a bond to the satisfaction and approval of the said Board of Local Im- LIF~ October 1, 1926 I ,I provements, In a sum equal to fifty (SO) per centum of the contract price, condltloned for· the faithful perfm-m~nce of the contract. Proposals will be received for the construction of said improvement as a whole; and said Board of Local Improvements reserves the right to reject any and all . bids. EARL E. ORNER JOHN CLARK BAKER ELMER D. BECKER WILFORD W. DeBERARD CLARENCE E. DRAYER PAUL A. HOFFMAN JOHN F. WIEDLIN Board of Local Improvements of the · Village of Wilmette. L53-ltc VILLAGE OF WILl\i:ETTE PllOPOSALS }'or tilt> imt·ronm~nt · of the central t>lghteen (18) feet of the ftrst alley south of J,lnr.oln A venue from Fourth Street to Eighth Street by grading and paving with .-on~rete aud otherwise Improving the sanae. (Wilmette .Special Assessment No. 176) Sealed proposals for the improvement of the central eighteen (18) feet of the first alley south of Linden Avenue, extending from the West line of Fourth Street to the East line of Eighth Street (except the intersections of Ffth Street, Sixth Street and Seventh Street, which are already paved) by grading and paving with concrete and otherwise improving the same in accordance with the ordinance and specifications for said improvement, will be received by the Board of Loeal Improvements of said Village of Wilmette until 7 :30 o'clock P. M. on Wednesday, the 13th day of October, A. D. 1926, at which time said proposals will be publicly opened, examined and declared by said Board of Local ImprovementR in the Council Chamber in the Village Hall, in said Village of Wilmette. The specifications for said improvements and blank proposals will be furnished at the office of said Board of Local Improvements in said Village Hall. Proposals must be made out on blanks furnished by said Board of Local Improvements, and must be addressed to the Board of Local Improvements of the Village of Wilmette, Wilmette, Illinois, and indorsed "Proposals for the improvement of the central eighteen (18) feet of the first alley south ·of Linden A wnue, frofn Fourth Street to Eighth Street," and all proposals must be accompanied by cash or a certified check payable to the , orde~ of the President of the Board of "Americanization~ I..oca.l Improvements of the Vlllage of Wilmette for a sum ef not less than ten "It is our business to understand (10) per centum of the aggregate of the our times and the problems of our proposal and no proposal wlll be con- time , said Victor Yarros of- the edi~~~~~"or ~~!h~s accompanied by such tori;l staff of the Chicago Daily News The cpntractor will be paid in bonds last Thursday in an address which inan.d vouchers, payable solely out of the troduced a series of lectures on Ameriassessment for said improvement, when h' f 11 · h collected, in accordance with the provi- · canization, to be given t ts a m t e sions of the ordinance therefor, and in National Kindergarten and Elementthe manner prescribed by law, which 11 bonds will bear interest at the rate of ary co ege. . . . six (6) per centum per annum. According to Mr. Yarros, 1t IS tmThe contractor to whom the contract portant that everyone "get undermay be awarded will be required to fur- standing" but particularly important nish a bond to the satisfaction and ap- that teachers acquire it. proval of the said Board of Local Improvements, in a sum equal to fifty (50) "Our nation," said Mr. Yarros "is per centum of the contract price, condt- restless and dissatisfied. It wants to tloned for the faithful performance of jmnrove things in every direction. It the contract. ··vd h Proposals will be received for con- faces ·many problems an as many struction of said improvement as a whole; organizations which are working on and said Board of Local Improvements 11 d 'tl h. h tl rt-~erves the right to reject any and all these pro J ems an Wt 1 W lC le bids. st-bdent of Americanization should be EARL E. ORNER familiar. There are in every city chariJOHN CLARK BAKER table organizations, carefully planned ELMER D. BECKER to aid without pauperizing; social setWILFORD W. DeBERARD tlements which supply recreation, adCLARENCE E. DRAYER PAUL A. HOFFMAN vice and economic assistance and make .JOHN F. WIEDLIN Immigration Board of Local Improvements of the life more comfortable; organ'i zations which make a business Village of Wilmette. L53-ltc of meeting and guiding the immigrant and helping him to become a citizen; YILL .·\GE OF WILl\IETTE the Consumers' league, which through J»U.O l,OSALS insisting on better housing, better working conditions, etc., benefits the For the lmpro,·ement of the central t>lgbtet'n (18) feet of the tlrst nlley consumer as well as the .worker; the south of Hret'tllNtf A ,-.. nue from Sixth Juvenile Protective association which :-otrt·('t to ~t>n·nth Street, hy graullng an·l protects children and adolescents and lllning lvlth f'Ontrete nn·l otherwise Jm· helps them t<? develop into intelligent, proving thf' snnw. · honest workers." (Wilmette Special Assessment No; 17.9) ·M. K. E. C. Hears Talk on RUALITY SELLS MORE COAL. THAN ANYrniNG WE WHETHER is it be men or THAT muslin, colleges or coal, it QU A L I T Y COUNTS. A ton of · delivery is worth a mountain of promises. We deliver the coal; our coal delivers the heat-·14 best under the sun and a square ton." Phone Winnetka 4 50 We'll do the reat. Sealed proposals for the improvement of the central eighteen (18) feet of th e first alley south of Greenleaf Avenue, extending from Sixth Street to Seventh Street in block eleven ( 11) Lake Shore Addition to Wilmette, by grading and paving with concrete and otherwise improving the same in accordance with the ordinance and specifications for said improvement, will be received by the Board of Local Improvements of said Village of Wilmette until · 7 :30. o'clo<'k P.M. on Wednesday, the 13th day of October, A. D. 1926, at which time said proposals will be publicly opened, examined and declared by said Board of Local Improw·ments in the Council Chamber in the Village Hall, in said Village of Wilmeth. Th(> specifications for said improvements and blank proposals will be furnished at the office of said Board of 'Local Improvements in said Village Hall. Proposals must be made out on blanks furnished by said Board of Local Improvements, and must be addressed to thP. Board of Local Improvements of the Vlllage of Wilmette, Wilmf>tte, lllinoi~. and endorsed "Proposals for th e . imnrovement of the central eighteen ( 1 8) fe'et of the first alley south of Greenleaf \ \ "t:'IIU(' from Sixth ~trt-et to Seventh Street," and :lll proposals must hP accompanied by cash, or a certified check payable to the ordt>r of the Presin~>nt of the Board of Local Improvements of the Village of Wilmette for a sum of not less than ( l 0) per centum of th · ag-grE-gate of the proposal and no proposal will be considered unless accompanied by such check or cash. The contractor will be paid in bonds And vouchers, payable solely <out of the assessment for said improvement, when nnlJ(>Cted, in accordance with the provisions of the ordinance therefor, and in t ht> · ma nno>r l1rt'S('ribed by law, which bonds will bear · interest at the rate of six (G) per centum per annum. · The contractor to whom the contract may be awarded will be required tn furnisti a bond · to the satisfaction and approval of the said Board of Local Improvements, in a sum equal to fifty (50) per centum of the contract price, conditioned for the faithful performance of the contract. Proposals will be recelvec:J for thP. construction of said improvement as a whole ; and said Board of Local Improvements reserves the right to J::eject ¥Y and all bids. EARL F.. ORNER JOHN CLARK BAKER ELMER D. BEC~~R WILFORD W. DeBERARD CLARENCE E. DRAYER PAUL A. HOFFMAN .JOHN F. WIEDLIN Board of Local Improvements of the Village of Wilmette. L53-ltc babellt> Street to the MOUth. line Of Cres· ctnt Plnre hy grn·llng anti }mvlng with conrn·te nud otherl\·il4e lmpro\·ing the ~nme. (Wilmette Special Assessment No. 180) For AU Your·Needs in Lumber and Building Material Phone Winnetka 451 or 452 - Sealed proposals for the improvement of the central eighteen ( 18} feet of thP first alley West of Broadway, extending from the North line of Isabella Street to the south line of Crescent Place, (except the intersection of Gregory A venue, which is paved) by grading and paving with concrete and otherwise improvinK the same in accordance with the ordinance and specifications for said improvement, will b received by thf' Board of Local Improvements of said Village of \Vilmdtc until 7 :30 o'clock P.M. on \Vednesday, the 13th day of Octobl:'r, A. D. 1926, at which time said proposals will be publicly opened, examined and declared by said Board of Local Improvements in the Council Chamber in the Villa~e Hall, in said Village of Wilmette. The specifications for said impro\'f·ments and blank proposals will be furnished at the office of said BQ:Ud of Local Improvements in said Ylilage Hall. Proposals must be made out on blanks furnished by ~aid Board m Local Improvements, and must bl:' addressed to the Board of Local Improvements of tlw Village of Wilmette, ·wilmette, Illinois, anrl indorsed "Proposals for the improvement of the central f·ighteen (18) fe(·t of the first alley West of Broadway, from .Isabella Street to Crescent Place," and all proposals mu!'it be accompaniE"d by ca~h. or a certified check pnyable to th<' order of the President of the Board of Local Improvem nts of thf' Village of Wilmette for a sum of not less than ten ( l 0) per <'en tum of the aggregate of the proposal and no proposal wlll be considered unless accompanied by such check or cash. The contractor wlll be paid in bonds and vouchers payable solely out .of the assessment for ·said improvement, when collected, il" accordance with the provisions of the ordinance therefor, and in the manner pre~cribed by law, which bonds will bear inter(>Rt at the rate of six ( 6) per centum per annum . The contractor to whom the contract may be awarded will be required to furnish a bond to the satisfaction and approval of the said Board of Local Improvements, in a sum equal to fifty (50) per centum of the contract price, conditioned for the faithful performance of the contract. Proposals will be received for the construction of said improvement as a whole; and said Board of Local Improvements reserves the right to reject any and all bids. EARL E. ORNER JOHN CLARK BAKER ELMER D. BECKER VIJ,LAGE OF WIL1\lETTE WILFORD W. DeBERARD CLARENCE E. DRAYER PROPOSALS PAUL A. HOFFMAN JOHN F. WIEDLIN For the hnpronment of the eentral Board of Local Improvements of the f\18'hteen (18)· ·feet of the ftrst- alley we&t · " -VUlage of Wilmette. of Broad.,.·oy, from tlae ·aortll line <·4'1·· L13-1tc ...