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REAL ESTATE SEC.T I.ON :May 4, 1928 WILMETTE LIFE · In Winnetka-Pair of New Homes on Sheridan Road Lehle photo These residences were built for the John Mills family, and the two pictured with another which stands at the south but which doesn't appear in the photograph make a trio of fine homes which attract the attention of motorists who travel Sheridan road. To the right in the picture is the home of John Mills Sr. while at the left is the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Burlington Rigg. Mrs. Rigg is the daughter of Mr. Mills Sr. The residence to the south which al~o is to be a pretentious dwelling when completed will be the home of John Mills Jr. The residences are on the east side. of Sheridan road and are to be known as "191," we understand, this number sufficing for all three houses. The architects were Floan and Johnson. The bualder ~as Robert Black. IIDMA RACES AHEAD REIOYAL OF "FOR SALE" Syndicate Buys Valuable Site IN BUI.DING At11YDY on Lake Shore in No Mans Land SIGNS ON N. S. IS URGED Howard M. Sloan Says That with mette and Kenilworth, comes to the operative apartment can be built on Fiprea for April Show lac:reue Village Aid Such Action Would front once more, with the announce- the water's edge. ol $121,· OYer the Same ment that another parcel of land, ratHoward M. Sloan of Bills Realty lmproYe Appearances M·th of Lut Year HOWARD M. SLOAN (Bills Realty Inc., manager) How long are the unsightly "For Sale" signs going to clutter up the vacant and improved· property on the north shore? . That is a question. whic~ for some tame has been of vttal mte_rest to Real Estate men and the senh~e~t of most of the _brok~rs seems to mdtcate that SOf!Ie hme ~n the near future there. ~dl bt: acbon taken to remove the stgns whtch serve on}y to mar the beauty of the su~roundmgs. It also should be the wtsh .of al~ p~operty owners to see that thts actt?n !s. ta~en and undoubtedly they wtll JOtn 111 the mov~ment. · · · Villqea M·ht GaYe Aid£ h . Inasmuch as the removal o t e stgns would be for _th~ general good of. the north shore tt 1~ thoug~t that thts could be accompltshed tf the trustees of the villages ~nd the Real Estate men co-operated m the movement to prohibit signs. Here are a few reasons in favor of action: 1-We have a beautiful suburban district and should therefore do all we (Continued on Page 60) B~ "No Man's Land," between Wit- and Waukegan where a hotel or co- ing about as valuable as any on the north shore, has just changed hands. John Porcius Gage, who for seventy years has owned the property located between t'te Vista del Lago club and the Breakers Beach club on the lake shore which measures to a frontage of 35J feet with a depth of 'more than ·300 feet running to the lake, has s?ld it to a syndicate, formed by Btlls Realty Inc. Title to this property has been taken by Fred Hartman for the syndicate. The price paid was not disclosed, but it is understood that it was well over one thousand dollars a foot. Just what is to he done in the way of improvements has not been disclosed but it is rumored that the syndicate' will at some · indefinite date erect a big lake shore apartment hotel. The newly acquired property has many unique features. It is not zone and therefore is the only place i Porth shore towns between Chica ::_::..:.:.:._::::.:..:._...:.:..==--------=~-------------- Inc., represented all parties in the negotiations which resulted in the sale of the land. Howard Bishop of Lyman Adams Bishop and Dupee and Reichman and Boutell, represented the H. W. Drucker, of Urion Drucker, purchasers and Gail E. Deming represen ted the Gage family in relation to the legal details of the transaction. An interesting feature is that prior to the Gage family there was only one other owner of the property, this owner having received the land on a patent from the government a century ago. The Gages bought it about seventy years ago. The rapid development of "No Man's Land" has been remarkable. Almost all of the land which had been owned by the Gages had been disposed of and the result has been building activity of a speedy type. Two clubs, a theatre, a business structure and two new apartment buildings will n occupy almost all of the avail., able footage in the section. A. W. Wigglesworth Leuea village and has leased the Taussig home at Chestnut avenue and Tenth Residence on Chestnut street. The lease was made through A. W. Wigglesworth, who formerly John Panushka cf KroU and Smith lived in Wilmette, has returned to the of Fourth street, Wilmette. Winnetka, which, in the very first month of the year, got away to a good start in the way of breaking records in building activities, has maintained that speed each succeeding month with the exception of February. April, the month just closed, showed a total of 44 permits, with a valuation of $283,425, as compared to $163,750 for the corresponding month last year. The total for J anua!r this year was $242,700; ,February. $75,300; March, $299,250; and April, $283,425. a grand total for the four months of $900,675. The corresponding four months last year showed a total of $703,3M, with , January at $123,000: February, $137,430; March, $279,200 and April, $163,750· FdteeD New ReUcleacea Fifteen of the permits last month were for , new residences, costing $254,000; · fourteen were for alterations costing $21,325, and fifteen for private garages totaling $8,100. Three of the new houses are on Cherry street; two on Ash; two on Asbury and one each on Oak street, Hill road, Fisher's lane, Poplar street, (Continued on Pap 54)