Ornamental Lighting Standards SPAN WIRE Many cities have improved the appearance of their streets by installing the Elreco lighting standards manufactured by the Electric Railway Equipment Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio. The accompanying illustration shows only one of a great variety of attractive models which have been designed by the company for use in all types of streets. The company also makes a specialty of producing a large variety of designs of combination railway and lighting poles, on the very sensible theory that there is no need to use two poles for supporting span wire and lighting bracket when one will do as well. Double the number of poles and you double the expense, double the curb obstruction, and detract considerably from the appearance of the street. A booklet which is issued by the company illustrates this point, and presents also a large number of illustrations of its various designs. New Eastern Offices for Busch-Sulzer Bros.-Diesel Engine Company The Busch-Sulzer Bros.Diesel Engine Co., of St. Louis, announce that they have opened an eastern sales office at 60 Broadway, New York, in charge of George D. Pogue, Eastern Sales Agent, and Stanley Wright, Assistant. Deep Well Pumps Direct-connected deep well pumps are featured by A. D. Cook, manufacturer, Lawrenceburg, Ind. It is stated that the distinctive features possessed by this type are not found in other crank pumps in the market. The center of gravity is down close to the base plate, causing the pump to operate without any vibration and eliminating any tendency toward top-heaviness. This arrangement of the parts also makes the pump more accessible for oiling and inspection. A feature of this pump contributing especially to its efficiency and quiet operation is that the main shaft is set off of the center of the well a distance equal to one-half the throw of the crank, so that on the up-stroke the crank pins are almost directly under the cross-heads, thus relieving the guides of side thrusts on the up-stroke of the cross-heads when the pump is doing all its work. By thus off-setting the crank shaft, the crack pins actually travel a greater distance on the upstroke than they do on the down-stroke of the cross-heads; and as the speed is uniform for the entire revolution, the pump plungers are raised more slowly on the up-stroke when they are doing all the work, and are returned at a greater speed on the down-stroke when Fifty-three Members of the American City Bureau Staff This photograph was made July 22, 1919, at the Fifth Annual Session of the American City Bureau Summer School of Community Leadership, which was attended by more than two hundred and fifty men, most of whom are engaged in Chamber of Commerce work, from thirty states of the Union and from three provinces of Canada. HAROLD S. BUTTENHEIM THEODORE R. KENDALL M. V. FULLER, LUCIUS E. WILSON, W. D. HEYDECKER THE AMERICAN CITY Published Monthly by The Civic Press, 154 Nassau St., New York-EDGAR J. BUTTENHEIM, President and Manager Vol. XXI Offices: San Francisco, 320 Market St.-W. A. Douglass, Pacific Coast Representative CONTENTS FOR OCTOBER, 1919 No. 4 ARTICLES APPEARING IN THE CITY EDITION ONLY Two editions of THE AMERICAN CITY are published each month, both containing the same number of pages. The distinction in contents is indicated above. The subscription price of either edition is $3.00. For $1.00 additional per annum, any subscriber may receive both editions; or any subscriber may have his name transferred from the mailing list of the City Edition to that of the Town and County Edition, or vice versa, without extra charge. subscribers Canadian 50c per year to cover postage; other foreign countries $1 per year extra. Back numbers of THE AMERICAN CITY are kept in stock by the publishers. pay White Truck performance is so widely and favorably known, it is considered standard among truck users. It is the basis for judging truck operation and maintenance. about White dependability or economy or value. These are established factors. Everywhere White Trucks are known for their high earning power, for their ability to do the There is never any argument most work for the least money. THE WHITE COMPANY CLEVELAND W Illinois By E. H. Bennett INNETKA village, an attractive suburb of Chicago, has followed the lead of large and small cities in preparing a comprehensive plan-a plan, as will be seen from the drawings, of preservation rather than of expansion. The problems found are peculiar, and the solutions proposed have for this reason a special interest. The Plan Commission, composed of leading citizens under the chairmanship of Philip S. Post, has devoted more than a year of study to the project. At a distance of 17 miles north of the center of Chicago, Winnetka has a frontage on Lake Michigan of 21⁄2 miles. Its area within the corporate village limits is 2,300 acres, and its present population is about 6,000. The towns of Evanston, Wilmette and Kenilworth, lying between Winnetka and Chicago, are fully developed suburban residential property, forming a continuous built-up area. At Winnetka the more open country begins. Its attractiveness is due to its rural rather than suburban character. With the rapid growth of Chicago the pressure of population northward is very strong, and ultimately will transform the village into a closely built-up suburb unless its rural character is preserved thru the retention of large open spaces for parks and forest areas and by every other possible means. Preservation is the policy of the Plan Commission and the keynote of the plan now under consideration. Relocating the Tracks There are no industries in Winnetka. Its residents are mostly of the business and PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF VILLAGE CENTER, WINNETKA, ILL. |