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ou*wlcv%-uult cuoagainsttne IV V lage of Wilmette-jn wbich a permanent injutnction is sought to restrain the Vil- lage f rom erecting a waterworks plant on the beach at the foot. of Lake ave- nue, were resumed before Master in Chancery Jul jus H. Miner Monday morning of this.week. Paul, E., Langdon of Pearse, Greeiey and Hansen, engierso he projec whicli is now wvell along ini construc- tion. continued, bis testimony %vhich had been. interrupted by adjournment a. couple of wveeks ago. During the course of bis testimony, which occupiied* two sessions of couùrt, Mr. Langdon inter- preted the plans and specifications for the benefit of the record, going into. every detail of'conistruc.tion, equipnient and,.operation. Asked how many em- plovees .would be required to operate., the plant, Mr. Langdon replied three' men would he sufficient, explaining fur- ther that there will be three shifts. _With. three men on the flrst s;hift, two on the second',and one on the third. Remiove- AU Refuse. Very carefully he brought out that al dirt and refuse is to be remioved by the coutractor Mien the work is finished, and. the beach restored1 to its former condition.; that, al l ushing water f romi the settling basinis and filter' beds will be enîptied into the sewer ini Sheridan. road and not iinto the lake. On the matter of stand-by power, MVr. Langdon explaiined that while the plans called, for a gasoline englue for emergency use it will flot be installed, çependence being placedin the 400,000 gallon elevated storage tank at Ridge road for supply ini case of a break-down, which wvot. be sufficient for several hours. A cursory cross-examination by At- torney W\ettlinig for the Shawnee club pertained to the visibility froni the Street of various waterworks along ýthe north shore. Asked. about fumes froni the oul humer. he said, they wouldý be carried offthrough one. of the pilons on the roof. He asserted the space to be heated is 300,000 cubic feet, but could. nf1otý estiniate the aniount of oul that, would be required. By agreement lie xvas accorded time until the next session to figure it out. an eftort to get the master to reverse bis ruling, but was unsuccessful. Mr. Fowle was permitted to answer, and that led to descriptions of the plants at Evanston, the Sanitary District pump- ing station under the bridge at' Sheridan road. in Wilmette, the Wilmfette boogter pumps at samne location, and ,the plants at Kenilworth, Winnietka, Glencoe, Highland Park and Lake Forest. In each instance tbe questions were the sanie, covering installations, location, proximity to residences, character of neighborhoods, emanation of noises, type of buildings, beauty of architecture. Broadly, lie stated that the only plant on the north' shorethat approaches ini attractiveness the proposed, Wilmette plant is the o ne at Highland Park, and eveni this is inferior. Hé drew coi-. parisons whereby- it. was shown that in attention given to architectural bèautv and esthetic features, to the blending into ýsurro undings. to landscaping, to roof'terracing, to lighting effects, flowý- er boxes, fountain, pools, pilons and gen- 'eral appearance 'the Wihnmette plant,' when completed. mill surpass anything ever attempted in the Chicago nietro- politani area. Mr. Fowle was still on the stand at the close of the session. Questioned AbOUt' Power M r. Fowle's testimÔny was con- tinuied and. completed at the Wed- nesday session. He technically de- scribed. the sources of electric rur- rent to be delivered by the Public Service company of Northern Illinois for operating the plant. There will be four lines entering the company's distributing station ini Wilniette, lie said. insuring uninterrupted service. ,He, also explained the construction of motors and purnps to show why they will be practically -noiseless in operation. On cross exàmination be wa-s asked about date of passage of zoning, ordi- ý nances in',the towns from Evanston tO Lake Forest covered in,.bis,,de- scriptionsý of, pumping plants, and replied that lie did' not know wben they were passed. Neither did hie know whether bouses in close prox- imity to these various plants were The Wihtuette Welfare board, for- merly known as the Wilrnette Board of Local Charities, reorganized last May, and now lias forty-two mem- bers representing twenty-one organ- izations and churches in the-village. The.new board ,has worked out a plan whereby it hopes to "belp the 'mani help himself." Therefore every, able-bodied man must work for the food required by bis family. He must be registered at the ýemPloyment. of,- ice at No. 1 Electric place, which is open. daily from 8 to 12. o'clock ; his record investigated, and if. found wàrthy, he will be gi.ven work enough to earn food for bis family. He will be paid with certificates of one dol- jar value each redeemable by most of the merchants. in Widîmette. Wilmette has outgrown the dole: sy stem and it is hoped-by the memn- bers of this, board to help the*-nan less fortunat'e regain bis'self-respect: and again be able to look into the future froni the other side of -the picture. However, the funds are very low. The boardj willJ be able to supply work for the necessities only but with the continued support and co- :3peration of Wýilmette people, will en-, deavor to supply clothing as hereto- fore, each Tuesday morning. Need Mens' C lothingr l'le Wilinette WeIfare board is. greatly ini neecj of men's pants and underwear. If you hiave sucb gar- ments flot in use, won't you please. send them to Mrs~. Lillian Northam's office at No. 1 Electric place?- Vote of Tlaanks At the regular meeting of tbe Wil- mette board a vote of thanks was ex- tended to the people of Wilmette for thieir splendid support in the. Wel- fare Tag day, Junle 26, 1933. VISIT HERE Mrs. K. C. Gifford, Betty and Junior of Minxneapolis, formerly of Evanston, wecre recent guests of Mrs. Gifford's. Interment wuî DCe ini Memorial Park cetnetery.' Idirs. .Nortblamr was a. native of, :Wilmette, baving been bo r n o n Greenwood ave- Lam. D. nue, and practi- Northam, calîy ber entire, life had been spent bere. She was a ýdaugbtér of Mr. and Mrs. Horace G. Drury, who were among the earli- est settlers of Wilmette. The. fam- ily. was for a great, many years among its most active residents in the civic, social and cultural life of the village. Wilmett. 'SaciIw oeker Mrs. Northam has for the past. six- tee n years served'the. village- con- tinuously as social service 'worker and juavenile officër, attalnig 'a signal success in these endeavors. She became interested ini this work immediately' following tbe deatb of ber busband, Harry Rupert- Nortbam, and ber innate attitude for it, coupled witb a distintively human- itarian nature, carried ber far along the road of achievenient, and won for ber a lasting place in the bearts and memories of WVilmette people. A gentle nature -and. quick, warm sym- patby won for ber tbe immediate confidence of those wbom she souglit to serve, wbile a keen intui- tion enabled berto grasp their prob- lemns and flnd accurate solutions. Accompised Musicia. Mrs. Northatn was a college womn- an, having attended Milwaukee Downer college. She was also an accomplished_ musician, baving been a graduate of,,Chicago Musical col- lege. She :was also active in club work, and was. a member: of theý Womnan's. Club of Wilmette, the WVilrnette Garden club and the East- ern Star. Surviving Mrs. Nortbam are ber ninther. rs.Horace . (Dfrurv ojf Wben the Tuesday session convened, that the beari Mr. Langdon was recalled to testify September i1, as to the quantity of oil tlat would be a week woul required to heat the building, and gave Wilson, had pr it as approximately 14,000 gallons for Village stili h an average heating season of seveti present, beside months. And sýo the Testimony. of Mm. Fowle was then after court*val he schedule. Mr. --- > sly stated that the Mrs. B. F. Tabor of St, Louis, who fteen witnesses to was on ber way to La Crosse, Wis., ýument1ary evidence. stopped Sunday to visit ber uncle and er wihl rest until alint, Mr. and Mrs., Charles S. Clarke i period. of 526 Washington avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Hildreth and family, 2006 Beecbwood avenue. Wilmette, were th e guests of Mr. Hil- dreth's mother this last week-end at ber camp, at Torcb Lake, Mich.