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April 13, 1928 WILIIBTTE LIPE ~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! North Western to . John S. Chell Purchrea J. C.·inan Resideace · Ba·ish Yellow Hue ,·l1ames· ohn S. · Chell of Chicago bas purfor Pullman Gree· chased the northeast comer of Raleigh The old familiar c~t of yellow paint which has distinguish. ed the coaches of the Chicago and North Western railway for the 81 years of its existence, is soon to be a memory of the past. Henceforth all through equipment is to be P.ainted a standard Pullman green, according to an announcement by C. A. Cairns, passenger traffic manager. This action by the ~orth Western upsets a tradition which has existed since the establishment of the road in 1~7, but times have changed and the officials find the famous yellow color is no longer advisable for through equipment. Two reasons are ascribed for the change. One, that the trains carrying Pullmans and also yellow coaches present a "sp0tted" appearance, and this is objectionable to the eye. Another, the increasing difficulty in keeping the yellow paint looking as clean and neat as the cars of Pullman standard dark color. Sentiment of local patrons will not be seriously affected, say officials, as suburban coaches are not to be changed for the present. The yellow color has proven more popular· in the Chicago suburban area tnan at any other point. "Years of consideration and much discussion has been a regularity with Korth Western officials before the decision was made to change from the yellow," says ~[r. Cairns. There are seventeen hundred and fifty coaches on the Xorth \\"estern classed as "through equipment." Of this number 212 have already been · painted to harmonize with certain trains, and the remaining 1538 will be repainted as fast as the paint shops in the 40th ·street yards can turn them out. The coaches will be taken from service as they need repainting and ·will then receive the green color to which they are unaccustomed. Two years will complete the color ·revolution, it is estimated. and Oxford roads, Kenilworth, 100X175 feet, from James]. Guinan. llr. CheD expects to build a modern residence . Mr. L. N. Place of Hill & Stone wat the broker in the transaction and represented both parties. Fred Rummier ·of 1015 Starr road, Winnetka, returned Sunday to Cornell college after spending the Easter holidays at home. Let COLOR beautify :YOUT C rneron DECORATOR Extmor m4 lnt«ior Pboat Wihaette 2963 HARR.YG. STUCCO home! 348 Linden .dvetiue WILMETTE 1v-/0 f\Bl. DISCOUNT oa yHr 6nt job if fOil - bOD this adYtrtisaaeat iiiiiill Our Panama Canal and ... t The Bell Telephone point with pride to the Panama Canal fl. as one of the great engineering achievements of all time--and they are quite entided to do so. The Panama Canal cost $375,000,000. This is a vast sum, but is not as great as the amount which will be spent this year alone by the Bell Telephone System for new plant and equipment. The total investment in the Bell Telephone System is now more than three billions of dollars. It took fortyone years after the telephone was invented to build up the first billion dollars in Bell System plant investment. The second billion was added only six years later and it required only four years more to add the third billion. At the present rate of increase the fourth billion will be added in less than three years. These figures indicate the tremendous forward strides being made in telephony. They show as nothing else could the way in which the Bell System is meeting its obligation to the American people to give them the best and most complete telephone service possible. ~MERICANS l .. I Stantons Leave Wilmette to Make Home in Chicago Gen. and Mrs. S. C. Stanton, 1234 avenue, are leaving \Vilmette to make their home in Chicago May 1. Mr. and Mrs. John B. Stanton are also leaving the village to make their home in Barrington. General Stanton and his son, John, have been prominent in the affairs of \Vilmette Post, American Legion, for several years. Wilm~tte I WINS CHOIR PRIZE Raleigh Blake, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Raleigh Blake of 1712 Highland avenue was awarded a white gold watch · Easter Sunday for his unusual services in the choir of St. Augustine's Episcopal church. Attendance, behavior, and mu3ical ability are points considered in the awarding of this prize. AUTO STICKERS TABOO Stickers on automobile windshields and windows ~re prohibited by state law in the state of Washington, according to a bulletin issued by the touring bureau of the Chicago Motor club. -o-· ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY BELL SYST~M Ill One Policy - One System Unit1ersal Sendee Miss Gertrude Michelet of 1028 Sheridan road has returned home from a fortnight's stay at Biloxi and Gulfport. -o- M iss Nanette Bryan of New York has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. C. A. Mair of 3Zl Fourteenth street.