SMALL PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS AND BATHING BEACHES IN CHICAGO. Bureau of Parks, Public Playgrounds and Bathing Beaches. Secretary-Walter Wright. Supervisor of Parks and Thomason. Forests-F. R. DeKalb Square-Lexir.gton street, Hoyne avenue. Flournoy street and DeKalb street; .75. Dickinson Park-North Lavergne avenue. Dick inson avenue and Belle Plaine avenue: 1.5. Diversey Parkway-Diversey and Seminary avenues: 1.50. Douglas Monument Park-Woodlawn park, Illinois Central railroad, 35th street and alley west of railway 3. Director in Charge of Maintenance-F. K. Kai- East End Park-East End avenue, 51st street, ser. Chief Clerk-H. E. Nohren. Office of the bureau, 1004 city hall. The bureau of parks, public playgrounds and bathing beaches is a bureau of the department of public works. It maintains and has jurisdiction over seventy-three municipal playgrounds, five bathing beaches, four natatoriums. seventy small parks, city forestry or street trees and Gage farm nursery. The playgrounds are open all year around from 8 o'clock in the morning until 9 o'clock at night and each is in charge of a director and attendant, and during the spring, summer and fall a young woman assistant director or physical instructor. The small parks vary in size from a beauty spot of one-tenth of an acre to a forty acre park and are used to give every possible means of recreation to the people. Play apparatus, tennis courts, wading pools, etc., are established wherever possible. Following is a list of the small parks, playand natatoriums grounds, bathing beaches under the jurisdiction of the bureau of parks, public playgrounds and bathing beaches. with the area of the parks in acres and size of the playgrounds: Small Parks. Adams Park-75th place, 76th street and Dobson avenue; 2. Aldine Square-Vincennes avenue, 37th place and alley north of 38th street: 1.5. Amy L. Barnard Park-North side 105th street, between Longwood boulevard and Walden parkway: 1.25. Arbor Rest-Chestnut street, Rush street and Cass street; .33. Arcade Park-111th place. 112th street, Forrestville avenue and Watt avenue: .9. Archer Point-Archer avenue, 20th street and Dearborn street: .15.. Auburn Park-Bounded by Lagoon avenue. Stewart avenue, Winneconna avenue and Normal avenue: 6. Austin Park-Waller avenue, Chicago & Northwestern railway, Austin avenue and Lake street; 4.5. street. Avers Avenue Parkway-From West Addison .2. Belden Triangle-North Clark street. Sedgwick Chamberlain Triangle-Greenwood avenue, Lake avenue: 53d street and Lake Michigan; 10. Eldred Grove-Norwood Park avenue and Chicago & Northwestern railway from Argyle to Ainslie street: 1. Ellis Park-36th street, 37th street, Langley avenue and Elmwood court: 4. Eighty-Seventh Street Parkway-In 87th street, from Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railway to Eggleston avenue; 5. Eugenie Triangle-Eugenie street, North Clark street and LaSalle avenue; .2. Fernwood Park-103d street, 95th street. Stewart avenue and Eggleston avenue; 8. on the Gage Farm-Bounded by 22d street north and 26th street on the south; the east section line is 1,400 feet west of Oak Park avenue, extending west 4,000 feet (outside city limits): 160. Graceland Triangle-Malden avenue and Montrose boulevard; 2. East Green Bay Triangle-North State street, Rush street and Bellevue place: .2. Gross Park-On Otto street, between Ravenswood and Paulina street: .5. Harding Avenue Parkway-In Harding avenue, between Addison street and Byron avenue; 3. Higgins Road Triangle-Higgins road and Milwaukee avenue. Holden Park-Lake street, Ferdinand street, Central avenue and Parkside avenue: 4. Irving Park-Chicago & Northwestern railway, Irving Park boulevard, near North Keeler avenue; .35. Kedzie Park-Kedzie avenue, between Palmer place and North avenue; 3. Kinzie Parkway-Kinzie street, between Laramie avenue and Long avenue: 1.25. Lawrence Avenue Triangles (4)-On Lawrence avenue between Clark and Broadway: .8. Linden Park-Avondale avenue. Chicago Northwestern railway, from School street to Belmont avenue: .9. & Maplewood Triangle-Schubert and Maplewood avenues and Chicago & Northwestern railway: 2. McKenna Triangle-38th street. Archer avenue and Campbell avenue; .3. Merrick Park-Pine avenue, Long avenue. Ferdinand street and Kinzie street; 6. Montrose Point-Montrose avenue, Sheridan road and Broadway: .2. Mulberry Point-Nickerson avenue, Nina street and Nicollet; .2. Myrtle Grove-Neva avenue. Ninnewa avenue and Hood avenue: 1.5. Normal Park-67th street, 69th street. Lowe avenue and Chicago & Western Indiana railroad: 2.5. Norwood Circle-Neva avenue. Peterson ave2.5. nue and Circle avenue; .75. Oakland Park-Lake Park avenue, 39th street and Illinois Central railroad: Ogden Arrow-North Clark street. Wells street .4. and Ogden front: Patterson Park-Leavitt street. Boone street and DeKalb street; .2. Pullman Park-111th street. 111th place, Cottage Grove and Forrestville avenues: .8. Rainbow-South Shore drive and East 77th street: 10. Ravenswood Parkway-East Ravenswood ave. nue. between Lawrence and Berteau nues: 1.75. ave Rice Triangle-Western avenue and Grand ave- Copernicus-60th and Throop streets; 268 by nuc: .2. Roberts 96 and 96 by 96. North Corkery-25th street and Kildare avenue; 265 by 164. Square Winnemac avenue: Sacramento Avenue Parking-26th street, Sac- street, Canalport avenue and 18th street: .3. Stony Island Parkway-Stony Island avenue, 69th to 79th street; 8. Twenty-Second Street Parkway-In 22d street from South Crawford avenue to South Kenton avenue: 3.5. The Midway-Midway, between Waller avenue and Austin avenue: 1.5. The Lily Gardens-Lowe avenue. Chicago & Western Indiana railroad, 71st street, 73d street: 2.4. The Railway Gardens-Avondale avenue, Nettleton avenue and Raven street, south of Chicago & Northwestern Dante-Forquer and Desplaines streets; 235 by 95. Davis-West 39th place and Sacramento ave- Earle-South Paulina and West 61st streets: Emmet-West Madison street and Pine ave- Franklin-Sigel street, between Wells and Sedg- Fulton-West 53d and Paulina streets; 296 by 136. Gallistel-104th street and Ewing avenue: 300 by 125. Gary-Lawndale avenue and 31st street: 602 railway, also on Gladstone-Robey street and Washburne ave- Norwood Park avenue, north of Chicago & Washington Square-North Clark street. Wal- West End Parkway-In West End avenue, from Menard avenue to Austin avenue, North Waller avenue and Parkside avenue; 1.4. Winnemac Park-Robey street. Foster avenue, Argyle street and Leavitt street: 40. Washington Heights Park-Vincennes road and 104th street: .2. Municipal Playgrounds. Names, locations and dimensions (in feet). Adams-Seminary avenue, near Center street; 102 by 288. Agassiz-Seminary avenue and George street; Auburn Park-Normal avenue and West 81st 264. Avondale-North Sawyer and Wellington avenues: 250 by 120. Belding-Tripp and Cullom avenues; 155 by Beutner-33d and LaSalle streets; 258 by 546. Budlong-Foster, near Lincoln avenue; 325 by 90 Hamlin-16th street and Hamlin avenue: 300 by 598. Henry-North St. Louis and West Cullom avenues; 300 by 125. Horan-3055 West Van Buren street; 303 by 130. Howe-Long avenue and Superior street: 344 by 125. Kohn-East 104th and State streets: 310 by 266. avenue and 16th street: Kostner-Kostner 750 by 750. Lawson-Homan avenue and 13th street; 250 by 150. 290. Lemoyne-Rokeby and Addison streets; 290 by Lloyd-Dickens and Lamon avenues: 275 by 267. McCormick-28th street and Sawyer avenue: McCosh-Champlain àvenue; between East 65th Mitchell-Oakley boulevard and Ohio street; Morse-North Sawyer avenue and West Ohio street: 280 by 130. Moseley-24th street and Wabash avenue: 200 by 200. Mozart-Avers and Armitage avenues: 266 by 125. Nettelhorst-Broadway and Aldine avenue: 344 by 100. Northwestern-Larrabee and Alaska streets: 70 by 350. Oakland-Langley avenue and 40th street; 80 by 198. Orleans-Orleans street and Institute place: 126 by 136. Otis-Armour street and Grand avenue: 200 by 160. Pickard-South Oakley avenue and West 21st place: 275 by 130. Poe-Langley avenue and East 106th street: 200 by 125. Raster Wood and West 70th streets: 265 by 181. 114. Rezin Orr-Robey and Birch streets: 175 by Sampson-15th and Loomis streets: 125 by 215, State 47 East 95th street: 350 by 1,200. Thorp-89th street and Buffalo avenue: 140 Van Buren-5020 West Van Buren street; 600 by 1,200. Washington-Grand avenue and Carpenter street: 128 by 174. Waters-West Wilson and West Campbell ave. nues: 250 by 250. Whittier-23d and Lincoln streets. Wrightwood-Wrightwood and Greenview ave nues: 361 by 454. Municipal Bathing Beaches and Natatoriums. Clarendon Beach-Lake Michigan, foot of Sunnyside avenue. FOREIGN DEBTS TO THE UNITED STATES. The following list shows approximately the! Liberia foreign debts, contracted at the time of the Lithuania world war, due the United States in 1924: Nicaragua Country. Armenia Austria Indebtedness. Poland 63.17 12.00 8.40 1.000 .82.141 83.57 ..165.711 miles Indebtedness. $30.169 5.977.954 175.590 181,839,316 43.218.879 237.242.054 60,992.592 11,745.210.211 1923. 2.890,087,819 808,004,298 4.000 497.373 Note The assessed value from 1909 to 1919 was one-third of the actual value. Prior to 1909 it was one-fifth. In 1919 it was made one-half of the full value. The equalized value of lands in 1923 was $1 041.172.229; of town and city lots, $1,848,905,590, and of capital stock. $55.432,592. SERVICE VETERANS OF NATIONAL OFFICERS. President-Frank Comerford, Chicago. Headquarters Chicago Temple building, 77 THE UNITED STATES. tered under the laws of Illinois in August, 1924. It is to war governors, war congress, members of the selective service boards, American Protective league, members of the national and state councils of defense and others who served their country during the national crisis in authorized capacities and without a uniform what the American Legion is to the The above named organization was char- former soldier and sailor. 758 FINANCES OF LARGE CHICAGO CORPORATIONS. ALBERT PICK & CO. ....... COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY. The figures given herewith relate chiefly to the revenues and expenses of the corporations Operating revenues named in the fiscal years ending at or near the close of 1923 or early in 1924. Operating expenses $49,136,042 27,670,697 10,604.730 5,389.002 $15.214,512 CONSUMERS COMPANY. AMERICAN CAN COMPANY. Net earnings $15,423,202 CORN PRODUCTS REFINING COMPANY. Reserve for taxes Depreciation 2,000,000 Net operating revenues $13,978.966 1,725,441 Surplus 10,983,094 Taxes 1,990,292 Surplus 10,471,560 AMERICAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY. Gross revenues $3.288,848 CRANE COMPANY. Expenses Net revenues 1,971,971 Net earnings $10,600,180 DIAMOND MATCH COMPANY. 783,902 Net profits $4,693,287 2.263,164 COMPANY. (Bell system.) Dividends paid 1,357,208 345,112 $623,116,097 ILLINOIS NORTHERN UTILITIES CO. HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX. $2,541,249 1.002.260 1,538.989 ARMOUR & CO (ILLINOIS.) Gross earnings Net income $28.692,282 Expenses Charges 14,920,256 Net earnings Dividends 8,357,625 Surplus $2,344,643 1,489,623 855,020 94,211 Surplus 5,414,401 BRUNSWICK-BALKE-COLLENDER CO. Net profits INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY. Operating income $18.237,837 $2.835,949 Balance for dividends ...... 10,274,347 Deductions 322,000 Surplus for year 1,064.868 Dividends 1,198,321 Surplus 1,315,628 MIDDLE WEST UTILITIES COMPANY. Gross earnings $36,185,182 BUTLER BROTHERS. Operating expenses 24,735,338 $3,337,751 Net earnings 11,449,844 MONTGOMERY WARD & CO., INC. $123,702,043 7.702.625 $3,388,984 Net income 7,202,625 6.948.271 PEOPLES GAS LIGHT & COKE CO. Gross revenues $6,082,161 5,212,729 869.432 Surplus Expenses $31,510,369 23,721,985 4,198,514 1,214,764 PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS. Net income $17,990,782 Gross revenues CHICAGO SURFACE LINES. QUAKER OATS COMPANY. $57,655,169 Net income $4,992,005 602.698 2,273,750 2,015,557 Gross revenues $2.502,325 SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. Operating expenses 1,935,365 Net operating revenues.. 566,960 Gross revenues $191,324,146 186,970,327 Net income 399.440 Gross profits 4,353,819 Final surplus 10.953,429 CHICAGO, NORTH SHORE-MILWAUKEE LINE. STANDARD GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY. Gross revenues $5,945,272 Gross revenues Operating expenses 4,743,869 Expenses, taxes Net operating revenues. 1,201,403 Net revenues Surplus 686,865 CHICAGO, SOUTH BEND & NORTHERN INDIANA RAILWAY. STEWART-WARNER $1,448,743 Net earnings. 441,895 Dividends paid Interest charges $5,680.402 CHICAGO AND COOK COUNTY ELECTION CALENDAR FOR 1925. March 17 and 19-Canvass of precincts by Jan. 30-Last day to file aldermanic petitions Feb. 3-Registration in each Chicago and Feb. 4-Last day to file primary petitions for Feb. 7-Revision of registration in each Chi- Feb. 11-Last day to file withdrawal from in- March 23-Last day to file independent_petitions for town offices in the town of Cicero with the town clerk. March 25-Last day to file withdrawal from March 31-Registration in each precinct in the April 4-Revision of registration in each pre- April 6-Last day to file petitions for village April 7-Supplementary aldermanic election in March 17-Registration in each Cicero pre- April 21-Village election in village of Sumcinct. mit. CHICAGO AND COOK COUNTY PENSION FUNDS. House of Correction Employes' Fund-Office, Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chi2800 South California avenue: secretary, Richard B. Graham; pension fund, $60,000; pensioners, 22. Firemen's Pension Fund-Office, city hall; Municipal Employes' Annuity and Benefit Fund Park Employes' Annuity and Benefit Fund- Park Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund- cago-Office, room 1002 city hall; president, J. C. Hansen; secretary, George C. Sikes; par value of securities on hand Oct. 1, 1924, $2.353,500; cash in banks. $219,677.58; total resources, $2,573,177.58; pension roll for October, 1924, $157,138.29; pensioners Oct. 1, 1924, 2.500. Public Library Employes' Pension Fund-Office, Public library: president, Colin C. H. Fyffe; secretary, H. G. Wilson; resources Sept. 30, 1924, $473.947.38; pensioners, 33. Public School Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund-Office, 650 South Clark street: president, Inger M. Scholdager; recording secretary, Mary M. Abbe: reserve fund Sent. 1. 1924, $2,805.925; number of annuitants. 823. SUEZ CANAL TRAFFIC. The total receipts of transit tonnage tolls of the Suez canal in 1922 amounted to $61,091,100. The total toll-paying tonnage for 1913 was 20.033,884, while that for 1922 was 20,743,245. In 1922 the total number of vessels passing through the Suez canal was 4,345, as against 5.085 in 1913. The average time of vessels going through the canal is sixteen hours. The canal is 103 miles long. It was opened for navigation Nov. 17, 1869. |