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THE LAKE SHORE ™»'* ^ "> "~ KEimL'ARY 9, \923 Shall It Be Paid? Question For Voter Accompanying represents a pejewipn simtnitted to the W'ihnette N'illage Hoard Tuesday -of this week by John A McCarry and company contractor- an.! seekinj; payment of $4,210.35 held due llit- co«i{*any k»h ±i&&tf%Ak* teiel in the \illajjf in M® anfl 1901- ^>"ct' the (litest ion in-volved and explained at lenuth in the petition is t<> he placed i-y the "Little Hallot" method before th.e \>>wt- of the village at the regular spring election. The Lake Shore Xevvs is pleased to bring the matter to the attention of its readers. THE PETITION To the President and Board of Tru^- . tee- of tin Village of Wilmette : Gentlemen : Your petitioners respectfully repre- sent that in the years 1900-1901 your petitioners under two ordinances num- bered, respectively, 521 and 543 passed by the then Village authorities in your Village. These contracts were en- tered into by us and the work was faithfully- performed relying upon the integrity and validity of said ordin- ance- and we are satisfied that the Board let the contracts to us in entire good faith. Some of the owners of the property benefited, paid their assessments for their improvement but others contest- ed the validity of the ordinances with the result that the ordinances were by the courts held to be void and un- der the law as it existed at that time, we had no redress as the Village au- thorities had no right under the then existing lawâ€" as the)' now haveâ€"to pass an ordinance for the purpose of levying an assessment for work al- ready done. In thy^-ear 1907 the law was amend- ed so that, in the event an ordinance was held to be void after the work had been completed, the Village authorities had power to pass another ordinance to levy an assessment for the work completed and not paid for. We hop4?4-t4wrtâ€"under t+rtr^law we could require payment from the own- ers of property benefited but the courts have recently held the amended law not to be retroactive and we are. therefore, without remedy unless the people of the Village will vcOnntarily authorize payment to us. We have spent a large amount of money in litigation in regard to this matter in defense of said ordinances in an effort -te-eulleci'OUi money. We have been" out money due us for the work and in cents ($4,210.35). We believe that the '-satisfaction that the people ot Wilmette nvill have in the Jechng that they have ! righted this wrong which was don<: us j many years ago will recompense them tor 'the small amount which each *vill i be required to pay lu partially reim- I burse u> for our lo>>. We re-pectiully fe»|ucst you. therefore, to take such action as may be ncce^ary to >uhmit the matter at your next Village election to the voters of the Village by the "Little Ballot"' method i<.r their sanction to yem- to pay said «=tim in trs -from rile general funds, of the Village. In justification for your action wi call \-<>ur attention to the tact that sev- eral vears ago a like condition ar«*e lor moiiev due .contractors under discred- ited ordinances both in the L ity oi Lv- anston and the Village •<; W innctka. and in each of these cases the authori- ties paid said amounts due to the con- tractors out of the general lumK and we Jeel confident that the voter>_ ot VCNmctte will authorize you to do hkt- wiseN.We hope that you will n-l con- sider' tSiynresumptuous on our part to ask yotV<o submit the matter teethe voterV ST the next electTon by llie ~T.\\- tle Ballot" method in substantially ihi lolownig manner: •Shall the Village Board !»>:.;»'"£ i general funds to JOHN A.-MLGAKKA I Them, without interest, amounting to <4 '10 35 for sidewalks laid by them in | the" YdUigc of Wilmette m 1900-1901 1 u-ider ordinances afterwards, held to be jvi.id. for which work they have never j been paid." v I I,, conclusion we state that while this 'improvement particularly benefited the adjoining property owners, yet the im- am! HAKKV FOWLER the^amount clue provement was a public improvement became a part of the sidewalk1 *- of the entire Village and walk the entire Village and is still receiving benefits, and feel that the citizens of the VilW.^ not want to continue to benefit *♦* age and in thft^S Village has tJ& expense but will willingly and »y sanction the payment when the n! ter is brought to their attention Read the Want Ad? o» -^idditiorrTOTfratrjhe Tunis spent in the effort to protect our rights for more than twenty years but we would be satisfied to receive now the principal amount due us for the work without any interest and without reimburse- ment for the expense incurred by us in litigation. __ We have such faith in the innate in- tegrity and fair-mindedness of the American citizen generally, and partic- ularly the citizens of the Village of Wilmette. that we believe that if the facts are brought squarely to the atten- tion of the voters of Wilmette they \v.l» "^jBtapjfratingly authorize payment by you out of the general funds of the amount (without interest and expensed due us, which amount is the sum of forty two hundred and ten dollars and thirty five â€"goes a long way to make friendsâ€" The GENERAL CORD TIRES SOLD by STARKEL QUALITY-TIRE - SHOP 1942 ASBURY AVE. Cor. W. RaUroad Phone Evanston 6272 Evanston, 111. CARPENTER WORK Building Alteration and Repairs b^BORCH SCREENS AND STORM SASH Wm. R. Wilson, KeiiitwortF 1146 Open Sa'.grAty UalH 9 P.M. WE MATCH YOUR COAT AND VEST s Brine or Mafl SampU PANTS ONLY See the Largest Stock of Pants in Chicago THE PANTS STORE CO. CUcag* !>•%•* ?t~ Land*------Qsvalaai â„¢ 6% Mortgage Loan Talks We are making a feature of the monthly payment mortgage plan which we offer home owners. The reason is this: Every one of the many who have borrowed under this plan are enthusiastic and become our best friends. We realize that "Good Will" is one of the most valuable assets a concern can have. We would welcome an opportunity to tell you more about this plan than space here will permit. rv GEORGE H. TAYLOR REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE CO. Imperial Bldg., 312 So. Clark St, Phone Wabash 1246 Chicago Chicago Real Estate Mortgage Loan Correspondent The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, N. J. m 4§§Mti ;tll uU 01 1 he \v ,t( f# J nt jl a .11 M ypc rlc: ||ant rci a*: it r w 11 IK1 an :l)c( DOI uc SACRIFICE SALE OF PIANOS TAKEN IN EXCHANGE ON OUR CELEBRATED FISCHER â€"CABLE and NELSONâ€"GUL- NSEW=DT-CKEH. •Tl gazl t en ters tl PLAYER PIANOS AND PIANOS Schwartz -Ebony - - - $65.00 ^^Schultz - Oak - - - $125.00 Wheelock - Mahogany----$95.00 Schirmer and Beck Mahogany $175.00 Kimball Oak - - $140.00 R. S. Howard- - - - $185.00 Gulbransen Player Mahogany $550.00 value $295.00 3 TALKING MACHINES A Few Cabinet Style-Floor Demonstrators. Standard ~ Makes of Talking Machines at ^m%XtfTWhile TheyLast! SEWING MACHINES 50 New and Used Singer, White and other makes of Sewing Ma- chines from$12.00 up Portable Electric from $25.00 up. PATTERSON BROTHERS _*/ Pianos and -P4«yer Pianos ---- Edilow; Brutiswicir Grafonola, Sonora Music ^otti--and^ Records ~~ Tuning. Adjusting OPEN TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY EVENINGS 828 DAVIS STREET EVANSTON.JUr _ __ Phones Evanston 654 and 7120------Wilmette 526 CHICAGO STORE 1950 IRVING PARK w.vn . Sewing Machines Washing and^. Ironing Machines Vacuum Cleaners -â€" Repairing Phone Graceland 4950 Repairing and Supplies------------ tin *'"""".....iTrwiroiMMiil m