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-- . --- ~ . -- -"- -·. ·-··- . .. ·--"-- ...... WILMETTE LIFE. Novcmtier 2. 1928 IANY DttCIIS DRAINED DURING LAST 30 DAYS Monthly Report Shows n&t Mosquito Fighters Have Been Active The North Shore Mosquito Abatement district, at its monthly meeting last week, listened to a comprehensive report of work done in the district during the preceding thirty days, under the direction of Superintendent William Edwards. The weather proved favorable for ·carrying forward the general plan of creating and maintaining better drainage, .in connection with which a vast amount of work was accomplished in the matter of digging new ditches, cleaning out old ones, and widening and deepening others. A total of $2,811.92 was expended in this work, $2,251.78 of which was for new ditches, $452.08 for cleaning out old ditches, and $108.06 for widening and deepening work. Many Improvements To drain Skokie swamps at County Line road and East Fork, the following improvements were etrected : A roadside ditch 2,500 feet long, on the south side of County Line road from Forest Preserve west, to the East Fork, widened and deepened. A ditch 1,215 feet long, dynamited earlier in the season, extending south from a point on County Line road, about midway between Green Bay road and the ftrst bridge on County Line, to East Fork, cleaned. A new ditch, 1,750 fe~ long, dug on the south side of County Line road from the East Fork, west to the C. & N. W. R. R. tracks. Three New Ditches Three new ditches made, extending from swamps to the west side of East Fork, just south of County Line road to East Fork, one being 450 feet long, another 100 feet long and the third, 216 teet long. A ditch 1,605 feet long extending through the Forest Preserve from a point just south of the County Line road, south and west to East Fork, cleaned out. Similar treatment given a ditch 1,700 feet in length extending from the northwest corner of Glencoe Golf club through the Forest Preserve, north and west, to East Fork. Swamps Drained To drain a sw~mp south and west of Glencoe Golf club these improvements were made: A ditch was dug 175 feet long, 4 feet wide and 4 feet deep, from the southwest corner of the twelfth green, to East Fork. To drain Skokie swamps south of South avenue, Glencoe, and west of Skokie Country club, the following ne:w ditches were dug : One 251 feet In length, 1% feet deep and 6 feet wide, extending north and east to East Fork from the swamp west of East Fork. Another 272 feet long, extending north and east to East Fork, from the swamps west of East Fork, about 500 feet south of the ditch referred to in the foregoing paragraph. One 387 feet long, 4 feet wide and llh feet deep extending from the swampy area east of East Fork, south and west to East Fork. . One 185 feet long, 4 feet wide and 1% feet deep, extending from the swampy area east of the East Fork, south and west to the East Fork. Another, 1,367 feet long, 5 feH wide and one foot deep, along the west side of Prairie avenue from the power line south to the East Fork. One 480 feet long, 5 feet wide and 1% feet deep, extending from the southwest corner of the Skokie Golf course southwest to East Fork. One 1, 750 feet long, 5 feet wide and 3 feet deep, running from East Fork, north and east to connect with a ditch extending through Skokie Country club grounds just south of South avenue. At .Jaetson Avenue To drain the swamp south of Jackson avenue, Glencoe, and west of Scott avenue, a new ditch was dug, 600 feet long, 5',2 feet wide and 5% feet deep, extending from the swamp south of Jackson avenue, west of East Fork, south and east to East Fork. To drain the lowlands, Jackson avenue to Krieger street, Glencoe, a. new ditch 1,175 feet long and 5 feet in depth at the deepest point was excavated, extendIng from Jackson avenue south, to the Eaat Fork at the bend of Scott avenue. A new ditch was also dug to drain the low lands on Grove street. It Is 1,181 teet long, 5',2 feet wide and 3 feet deep, extending from Scott avenue south, on the east side of Grove street to Tower roacl. A new ditch 250 feet long and running from tbe ·warnpy area on Auburn road, One of the important recent addiAmerican university women ar~n't tions to Chicago's long list of new only flighty little girls with short sktr~s buildings is the Chicago Evening Post and powdered noses but are splendtd building at 211 Wacker drive, housing scholars and research technicians, says the editorial, mechanical and business Dr. Ludwig Mueller, German educat~r departments of the Chicago Evening who has come to Northwestern umPost, which is published by an Evans- versity to learn American customs and tonian, John C. Shaffer, 1704 Judson thought. The scholastic attainment of avenue. the women in American coHeges equals The paper was founded by James that of their German sisters and in adW. Scott in 1890 and afer his death in dition the American coed has life and 1895 Herman H. Kohlsaat assumed nep, Dr. Ludwig declares. , control and published it until 1901, "Your students are strange, says when Mr. Shaffer acquired the property. Dr. MuelJer. uThe men beat one anA few months ago the Post moved other in their fraternity houses and from its time-honored quarters at 12 · yet they respect and cooperate with South Market street to the up-to-date each other. In fact, I have never seen newspaper offices in the 19-story struc- such remarkable cooperation as disture on Wacker drive. played by American student .groups. The offices and the mechanical de"The American girl is so intent and partments are provided with all the so concentrated upon whatever she is most up-to-date equipment obtainable, doing. In fact, everyone in your uniand the plant as a whole is considered versities seems crowded with activities one of the finest newspaper plants in and studies. I do not see how the the world. average student can do so many things The administration offices are on the in one day." second floor; the composing-room is Dr. Mue11er is head of the City Lyon the third floor; the editorial depart- ceum and Realgymnasium of ·Barmen ment, including th· e news and depart- in Rhenish Prussia and he comes to ment-rooms, is on the fourth floor, and Northwestern university as an exthe fifth contains miscellaneous offices change professor. During the war he and the publishers' conference-room. served as a major before the American The r.adio boadcasting-room is also on front and was wounded three times. the fifth floor. Below the street level He intends to write a book on Ameriare the mailing-room floor, the press- can educational institutions when he room floor and the reel-room. returns to Germany in July. On the second floor all advertisements ' are received, subscriptions recorded, Safety Derby Is Latest back and current copies of the newspaper sold and all financial transac· at Goodyear Tire Plant tions handled. The general manager The Goodyear Tire organization has and the business and circulation man- managed to enlist the interest of emagers hav.e their offices here, and the ployees in safety by putting the matter vaults and other storage-rooms are on on ~ sporting basis. In various departthis floor. ments they are conducti~g a Safety There · is entirely new mechanical Derby. Each supervisor is represented equipment, most notably the giant in the race by the effigy of a welJ presses below the lower level of Wack- known race horse. When an accid~nt er drive, which are capable of turning occurs the supervisor whose man gets out 100,000 sixty-page papers an hour. hurt loses a day in the race. The men are reported as taking the Charles A. Segner is managing editor of the Post, S. ]. Duncan-Clark is utmost interest in protecting the recchief editorial writer, Walter A. Wash- ords of their respective superiors. A burne is city editor, Carrol Shaffer of little touch of this kind humaniles Highland Park is general manager and even aJ1 abstract subject such as safety Fran~ Hussey is business manager. and brings it home to the individual work.er, who might be careless otherback of 1200 Chatfield roat1, was dug wise, even thou2"h he must pay the extending to the storm sewer on Auburn, penalty in pain and suffering. and another was cleared on the north side of Westmoor, running from Laurel, west 700 feet, which carries of'f the watPr draining from a fish pond at the north- Hupp Motor Corporation east cornt.·r of Laurel and Westmoor. · Builds Plant Addition A Kenilworth ditch from Ridge avenue, east to the lake, was also cleaned Ground has been broken for extenout. To drain swamp land on the northeast sive additions to the Detroit branch of side of Illinois road, midway between the Hupp Motor Car corporation. A Lake and Wilmette aYenues, a ditch 1,200 three-story building, with 60 feet front feet long extending from the swamp, and 185 feet in depth, will be rushed to north to Lake avenue, was cleat:ted out, and 1,600 feet of new ditch was dug frQm completion, giving the branch an addithe swamp to the sewer and a portion tional 33,000 square feet of operating of the way was tiled. To drain the swampy portions on the space. The , new building will be devoted to west sides of Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets, at Isabella, ditches were dug from new car delivery and space on the the swamps into the sewers, with tiling third and fourth floors of the present part of the way. To drain three basements on Hoefer building, now utilized for sales, will be avenue, just south of Isabella, Evanston. released for aqditional ·service space. connections· were made with tile leading Remodeling of the present salesroom into the sewer. Swamo lands on Prospect avenue, be- is well under way. tween Simpson and Gr"~nt streets. arP being drained by three ditches excavated RETURNS FROM VISIT from the swamp to the roadside ditch Mrs: M. C. Hecht of 1042 Greenwood on the west side ' of Prol"neC't ::~vemJP . ~ nd the road side ditch connected with the avenue has recently taken a two sanitary sewer on Grant strf:'~t. Tile wa~=: weeks' motor trip to visit relatives ~n placed under the street. The ditch Is Galena, Ill., Dubuque, Clinton, and 1,110 feet long. To drain the swamp land at the south- Bellevue, Iowa. On her return she west corner of Dodg-e and Crain. a ditch brought her sister, Mrs. Arthur C. 926 feet long and from 2 to 5 feet wide and from 2 to 6 feet deep, was dug, run- Snyder of Bellevue, back with her for ning from the swamp west to Brown ave- a visit. Mrs. Snyder returned to her nue, under Brown a venue, through tile, home last Saturday. to the alley in the block west of Brown avenue, where connection was made with Kelso Farley and his daughter, Esthe sanitary sewer. A ditch 4,610 feet long on both sides of teJle, 300 Abbottsford road, Kenilworth, Simpson street from Central Park to drove to Champaign Saturday for the Crawford and on Crawford from Simpson Illinois-Northwestern football game. north to Grant street, was cleared and -o-graded. Three new tile culverts were also put In and one 24-fnch culvert reMrs. J. A. Culbertson, 220 Melrose paired. · The dump at Morton Grove was leveled avenue, Kenilworth, left last Sunday and partially fllled. the remalncJer of the for Pasadena. She will be gone all work there to be done by the township. winter. I. C. Shaffer Ere~ts ·German Professor Modern Building for Says N.· U. Students Chicago Evening Post Queer But Capable PARKS lEAN MUCH IN A·CITY'S GREATNESS Head of Manufacturing Concem Declares Playgrounds · Are Important Daniel M. Davis, director of the Wilmette Playground a!ld Recreation bureau, has called attention to the fact that playgrounds and parks are set Jown as evidence of a city's economic greatness no less than a forest of factory chimneys by William Butterworth, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and head of a large manufacturing concern. Mr. Butterworth, writing in the November issue of NATION'S BUSINESS, asserts that recreation is as much of an asset to a city as transportation. a plentiful labor supply or favorable manufacturing conditions. It is one of the considerations modern management has in mind in selecting industrial sites. "Industry," he says, "is generally alive today to the bearing recreational opportunities have on the location of factories. One of the field secretaries of the Playground and Recreation association, discussing this matter with a chamber of commerce secretary in a large Pennsylvania town last May, was told that during the last two years or more five out of everv six industries with which he had corresponded had included among the questions asked, 'What park and public recreation facil itie!' have you?' "Recently the head of a large manufacturing- concerr. in Chicago was considering' moving. his plant to a certain Indiana city. One of his leading que~ tions to the chamber of commerce was, 'Outside of your beach and park, what rt-rreation facilitie s are there for my 900 ~ployes, of whom 250 play golf ?' A Tale of Two Cities "I would like to write a true tale of two cities- about two American towns both bidding for prosperity in terms of new industnes and greater population. The cities arc in neighboring states. The citizens of one had every reason to believe that a big eastern manufacturer who had been considering several midwestern towns as sitesfor a new plant was about to select their community. "But one day out of the blue came a bolt of disappointment. The city had been eliminated. Local business men got together and picked out ·the president of one of the largest public utilities in the county to find out why. "The 2.nswer was quite to the point -a careful investigation by the company's representative had disclosed the fact that the town offered less to its citizenship, young and old, in the way of public recreation than any of the other towns under consideration. "The manufacturer's representative had reported that there were no public parks, no municipal bathing facilities, no organized summer and winter recreational activities for the people. It was felt that such a condition would make for discontent and carry too gr~at an element of risk in procuring and holding of labor. This jolt to the pride and pocketbook of the community aroused local leaders to an appretiation of the value of community recreation, and a movement was at once put on foot to secure a bond issue of $100,000 for municipal recreation facilities at the next election. "Not only does recreation bring economic benefit to industry but it increases land values. It has long been recognized · that parks enhance the desirability of nearby land, thus yielding more taxes to the municipality and boosting the sales value of the property to the owner. This is true because people are willing to pay for sunlight, beauty of surroundings, the opportunity to enjoy wholesome exer-· cise, a sense of space, and contact with things of nature."