Sheridan CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATIONS. Following is a partial list of associations of Loyola-Sheridan Business Association-Presi citizens, business men and others in Chicago dent, Frank J. Murnighan, 6449 organized for the improvement of certain road. neighborhoods or localities and the promotion | Maywood Chamber of Commerce-Secretary, A. of local and general interests. Better Transportation League-Secretary, Tomaz Central Manufacturing District Business Men's Association-President, F. J. Holdsworth, Winchester-Simmons company; vice-president, E. M. Lange, Radio Corporation of America; secretary, J. U. Nicolson, Central Storage and Forwarding company, 2001 West Pershing road; treasurer, J. A. Nolan, Parsons Ammonia company. Central North Clark Street Improvement Association-President, Benjamin Blumenthal, 618 North Clark street; vice-president, Diedrich Lunde, 1217 North Clark street. Devon-Western Business Men's AssociationPresident, H. B. Rance; vice-presidents, Walter J. Petesch, Henry W. Hofman, Francis P. Marley: treasurer, Leo J. Wietor; secretary, Ludwig Kahn, 4755 North Western avenue. Fifty-Fifth Street Business Men's Association -President, L. J. Harris: secretary, R. H. Braithwaite. 1374 East 55th street. Good Roads Association-Secretary, Tomaz F. Deuther, 1152 North Ashland avenue. Greater Chicago Federation-Secretary, Tomaz F. Deuther, 1152 North Ashland avenue. Hyde Park Improvement Association-President, Edward P. Skene; secretary, M. L. Vittu, 5431 Lake Park avenue: superintendent, Fred J. How, 1543 East 53d street. Kenwood Improvement Association-President, A. R. Clark; secretary, R. H. Norton, 1343 East 47th street. Lake View Property Owners and Improvement Association-Secretary, James E. Prendergast, 1254 Arthur avenue. Lawndale Community Center Association-3716 Lincoln, Robey and Irving Park Business Men's Association-President. Paul J. Volkman; secretary, George Bilhorn, 4007 North Robey street. I. Ancel, 505 St. Charles road, Maywood. Milwaukee-Armitage-Western Business Associ ation-President. Charles E. Stevens: Vicepresidents, William Lambrecht, Jr., Frank Mashek; secretary, Thomas C. Thompson. 2422 Armitage avenue; treasurer, Martin J. Grau. North Avenue Merchants' Association-Treas urer. W. R. Lotz, North Avenue State bank. North Central Association-President. Bertram M. Winston; treasurer, William S. Kline; secretary, Henry D. Sulcer, 167 East Ontario street. North Central Improvement Association-Seeretary. Charles W. Folds, 208 South LaSalle street: superintendent, William B. Johnson. 907 Rush street. North Clark Street Business Men's Association -President, Walter M. A. Glaser, 3539 North Clark street: vice-president, William M. Hickey, 3179 North Clark street: treasurer. J. A. Lindstedt, 3471 North Clark street: secretary, Fred Ehrlich, 3367 North Clark street: assistant secretary and collector, G. M. Elliot, 3471 North Clark street. Northwest Side Civic Forum-Secretary. Tomaz F. Deuther, 1152 North Ashland avenue. Northwest Side Commercial Association-Seeretary, Tomaz F. Deuther, 1152 North Ashland avenue. Ravenswood Improvement Association-President. William J. Sandberg: secretary, Benjamin S. Herbert, 2015 Wilson avenue. Seventy-First Street Association of CommercePresident, R. C. Duncan, 418 E. 71st street. South Park Improvement Association-Secretary, Austin H. Parker, 1500 East 57th-st South State Street Improvement AssociationExecutive secretary, Leo Heller, 140 South Dearborn street. South State Street Progressive Business Men's State Street Merchants' Association-450 South West Madison Street Business Men's Associa⚫ tion-President. J. T. Counsell, 2330 West Madison street. FINANCES OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO (1923). GENERAL BALANCE SHEET. Dec. 31, 1923. Assets. Reserve for water certificates.. $1,000,000.00 Total expense 10,759,518.24 1,036,688.52 Cash with treasurer.. Liabilities. Cash with departments Taxes for collection.. Collections being transmitted.. Deposit Com. Edison Co... Total 1,247,765.25 Less reserve for loss 1,309.473.80 Total revenue 60.260,271.99 Total expense 23,550.00 Revenue. 122.562,734.69 Taxes .$49.724.897.54 849,982.77 3,977.991.80 Miscellaneous ... 231,421.00 5,823,780.58 51,570,686.32 775,402.13 Expense. 120.81 300,000.00 24,028.46 Other expense Interest on tax warrants.. 963,829.54 45,508,448.36 2,450.00 .141,391,687.03 PUBLIC LIBRARY. Revenue. $1,430,932.30 Less reserve for loss 114.474.58 Miscellaneous 4,000,000.00 583,536.45 Total revenue 1.482.57 750.00 Expense. 5,143,500.00 Interest on tax warrants 16,406.19 1,332,863.91 5.370.43 1,249,950.77 1,255,321.20 Total .......... Auto repair shop 1923. Bakery-Wholesale Auction $61,045,900.00 Auto accessory CORPORATE EXPENSE BY DEPARTMENTS, Bakery-Retail Department. Mayor's office Municipal reference library. Committee on efficiency City council Committee on finance Committee on transportation... Committee on gas, etc. Committee on gas litigation. Committee on streets and alleys Committee on public health... Committee on track elevation. Corporation counsel Prosecuting attorney Committee on police.. City comptroller Department of finance-Interest Dept. of finance-Miscellaneous City treasurer City collector Election commissioners House of correction Department of fire Department of buildings. Department of health Dept. of oil inspection Inspection steam boilers. Dept. of public welfare. Board of local improvements.. Committee on judiciary. Com. on high costs and rents. Dept. of gas and electricity. $150.00 5.00 2,417.50 80.00 168,431.10 29.437.50 15,000.00 23.123.85 15.211.58 26.002.50 2.700.00 16.280.00 4,879.75 212.50 544,667.50 41,865.00 270.00 946.14 516.70 4.737.09 or sale.. 1.600.00 169,635.00 2,905.68 740.00 175.00 460.00 412.50 168.00 7.128.00 553,950.00 165,711.62 Certificate of fitness-Cleaner.. 420,695.47 Certificate of fitness-Explosives 56.393.44 Certificate of fitness-M. P. F.. 85,766.07 Chemical factory 247.26 Cigarettes 291,851.96 Confectionery manufacturer. 90.995.44 3.059.03 Cosmetics 11,762.50 CHICAGO WEATHER. [Compiled in Chicago office of the United States weather bureau.] -Temperature (degrees Fahr.). Precipitation, Weather- Highest.Date.Low't.Date. Mean. Normal. Total. Normal, Clear.cl'dy.Cl'dy. Month. 1923-November. December 1924-January. February March April May June July August September 62 10 31 22 43.8 41.2 1.46 2.50 39.7 30.0 1.96 2.07 3.70 6 21 49.0 47.7 0.84 3.66 71.0 72.8 8.12 3.14 2.88 3.02 October 19 40 23 COLDEST DAYS IN CHICAGO. to 102.9 degrees above zero, was the hottest The cold spell ending Jan. 7. 1912. estab-day in the history of Chicago so far as the lished a record for duration of below-zero weather in Chicago-77 hours. The minimum reached was 16 degrees below zero. The longest previous below-zero stretch was 71 hours, Jan. 21, 22 and 23, 1883, when the minimum reached was 17 degrees below zero. Following are the coldest days officially recorded in Chicago: 3. 1879.....-18 Feb. 2, 1917... Jan. 22. 1883.. -17 Jan. 12, 1918. July 30-31. 1917.. 98 Jan. 5. 1884... -18 Jan. 4, 1919.. Feb. 9. 1888.. Aug. 5, 1918...101.9 A. 4. 1919....97.8 Jan. 15, 1893.. -16 Jan. 22, 1922. Jan. 25, 1897. -20 Feb. July 23, 1920.. 4. 1923. Feb. 9, 1899.. .-21 Jan. July 11-Aug. 3. '08. 96 July 17, 1921. 5. 1924... Sept. 2, 1922.. June 25, 1923..... June 19, 1924. June 12. 1902. 91 95 July 1-Aug. 24, '03 92 July 20, 1916...101.7 July 17, 1904. 94 July 18, 1905.. 95 June 28, 1906... 93 Aug. 11-Sept. 1, '07 92 98 97 Aug. 8, 1909.. 93 ..97.8 96 5, 1911...101.5 94 HOTTEST DAYS IN CHICAGO. RAILROAD CROSSING DISASTER IN CHICAGO. a Ten persons were killed and thirty-one injured when a freight train backed into street car at the Kingsbury street crossing of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad a little before 2 a. m. Nov. 2. 1924. The towerman at the crossing did not see the freight train as it approached the crossing with a locomotive pushing the cars several blocks away. Neither did the conductor see the freight as he went ahead of his car to Sop if the crossing was c'ear. There were sixty passengers on the car when it was struck and cut in half. Of those killed five were men. four were women and one was a girl of 5. CHICAGO PARKS AND BOULEVARDS. LINCOLN PARK SYSTEM. Commissioners (appointed by governor with consent of senate)-Eugene R. Pike, Mrs. Helen T. Pelouze, Samuel Gassley, John A. Torstenson, Robert H. Morse. Charles I. Pierce. Harold N. Scott. Officers President, Eugene R. Pike; vice-president: Harold N. Scott; auditor, Charles I. Pierce; secretary and superintendent. Carlos Ames; attorney, Jay C. McCally; treasurer, William J. Fickinger. Office-In Lincoln park near Clark and Center streets. on The Lincoln park district consists of the towns of North Chicago and Lake View, with Fullerton avenue as the dividing line, and is bounded on the north by Devon avenue, the south by the Chicago river, and extends from Lake Michigan on the east to the north branch of the river and North Western avenue on the west. The area of the Lincoln park district is 12.64 square miles. The total area of the parks and boulevards is 642.63 acres, with 11.755 miles of boulevards. The area of Lincoln park alone is 518 acres. Lincoln Park-Lincoln park, previously known as Lake park, began its history under its present name by resolution passed by the common council of Chicago under date of June 5. 1865. The park proper is 317 acres in extent and extends from Diversey boule vard to Oak street along the lake front. To this 200.59 acres of land has been added by filling in Lake Michigan north of Diversey boulevard. This extension contains a 57 acre yacht harbor. The park contains a large floral department, also an extensive zoological garden containing about 1.800 animals. Boating and bathing facilities are furnished and the park lagoon-one mile in length-gives an admirable course for racing The Academy of Sciences is located in the park at the foot of Center street. This building was erected in 1893 and contains about 250,000 specimens. It is noted for its collection of local natural history specimens and for its complete collection of mollusks. The park has provided facilities for outdoor games during both the winter and summer seasons. Stanton Park-At Vedder. Vine and Rees streets: area 4.78 acres: equipped with fieldhouse and outdoor gym facilities. Lake Shore Playground-Area 9.16 acres: is situated between Pearson street and Chicago avenue, extending from the Chicago avenue Dumping works to the lake. This park is fitted up as a playground, containing a shelter house, and with outdoor and indoor gymnasium apparatus. Seward Park-Contains 1.78 acres: is fitted with outdoor and indoor gymnasium and has a fieldhouse which contains reading rooms. assembly hall, clubrooms, a branch of the public library and facilities for gymnastic work and aquatic sports. Hamlin Park-Wellington avenue and Robey street area 8.64 acres: is fully equipped with fieldhouse and out-of-door gymnasium facilities. Welles Park-Western avenue and Montrose Length of North Side Boulevards. Dearborn parkway, 120. Garfield parkway, .026. Lake Shore drive, 2,262. son. SOUTH PARKS. Commissioners (appointed by the Circuit court judges)-Michael L. Igoe, Bernard E. Sunny. Edward J. Kelly, John Bain, L. B. PatterOfficers-Edward J. Kelly, president; Bernard E. Sunny, vice-president; L. B. Patterson, auditor; Oscar G. Foreman, treasurer; Elmer J. Whitty, secretary; J. F. Foster, general superintendent: H. C. Carbaugh, superin tendent of employment. Offices-In Washington park, 57th street and Cottage Grove avenue. The south park district is bounded on the north by the Chicago river and the Illinois and Michigan canal, east by Lake Michigan and the state of Indiana. south by 87th street and 138th street, and west by South Cicero avenue and State street. The area of the south park district is 92.6 square miles: population is in excess of 900,009. The total area of parks is 2,043.98 acres, and of parks and boulevards 2,494.59 acres. consisting of twenty-five parks and 32.98 miles of boulevards. Following is a list of the parks and boulevards: Jackson Park-Area 542.89 acres: bounded on the north by 56th street, east by Lake Michigan, south by 67th street and west by Stony Island avenue; this park is provided with facilities for boating, rowboats and launches, has two golf courses, one of nine holes and the other eighteen holes, with golf shelter. lockers and showers for both men and women; it has baseball and football fields, tennis courts. refectory, beach bathing. musie court and in the winter skating is provided. It also has a playground for small children. The commissioners have completed and in operation a new bathing beach at the foot of 63d street, extended. This beach with its equipment is undoubtedly one of the finest in the country and has a capacity of taking care of from 6.000 to 10.000 bathers every two hours. Everything is absolutely free, including bathing suits, towels and shower baths. Washington Park-Area 371 acres: bounded on the north by 51st street, east by Cottage Grove avenue south by 60th street, west by South Park avenue: has the same a commodations for the public as Jackson park except the golf facilities and the beach and in addition has roque courts, archery range, accommodations for fly casting, wading pool and sand court for children and a house for the game of curling. Marquette Park-Area 322.68 acres: bounded on the north by 67th street, east by California avenue, south by 71st street and west by the Grand Trunk Western railroad. The east 80 acres has been improved. It has ball fields and tennis courts and skating in the winter. It also has an eighteen hole golf course. Grant Park-Area 205.14 acres: bounded on the north by Randolph street, east by Lake Michigan, south by Park row. west by Michigan avenue. The Logan and Hamilton monuments, the Great Lakes fountain, the Art institute and the Field Museum of Natural History are located in this park. The Roosevelt memorial and the great stadium are to be erected at the south end of the park. Midway Plaisance The connecting way be |