, 1874-02-19


The adjourned meeting of tho Village Truntoos
wna bold at tho Town Hall Tuoaday oyoniug.
Prosont-Trustees Gilbert, Willard, Powers, and
Blanchard. On motion, the regular order Of
business waH suspended, md tho propositions
received for the salo Of land for tho location Of
tho Wator-Works woro road by tho Ccrk.
Tho following proposals woro presented
From ". II. Lunt, Secretary Of the Northwest
orn Unirorsity, offering to soil 100 feet OH Good
rich street. extended to tito 1nkc, beginning ut
tho edge Of tho hnul next to tho lake, and rim
ming eaat $50 foot, and north to tho land owned
monis to DO arranged to suit ~
From ", L. jones', Jr:, tho plat OF ground
south Of the University land and north OF Mil
burn street,. 100 foet wide, by 221 feet deep on
ono side and 1861 on tho other, locatod botwoen
condition that the buildings erected arc Of good
quality.
From Morril Ladd. the cast 200 feet of Lot II,
Block 8, Of Lako Grove addition to Evanston,
$4,000, or MI Of Lot II for $4,000, payable in
village botnla.
From Isaac h. Hit, for 100 foot on Chicago
avenue by 200 foot deep, Baid lot lying south OF
adjoining tho Light House, on tho south loo foot
gu south limo Of said Lighthouse lot, com,nenc-
ing at tho edge Of tho bluff, running west 140
fcot in dcpth, with accoas to Chicago avenue or
MlOuIn btfcet. lOr SAlu luuU. --.
Tho PROPOSALS wero roforrod to The Committee
On Water- Works, with power to prepare the con-
tracts for tho action Of tho Board.
Trustee blanchard offered the following:
Rtsolred, That tho bid Of tho Holly wator-works
Works bc md tho same il hereby, accepted; ind tint
tie contract with said Holly Water-Workn Company
n s9o to M 'st ana n
shs Doard ,e empowered and instructed to oxecute
Raid contract in tho 1amo Of and the part Of said
IIn7 fhn Jrhf
corporate seal.
as ono OF tho Trustees considered this action
pracipltato, III view Of the fact that no location
lad yet boen aeoctea and tho other steps woro
incomplete, md u his voto WAS required to pusa
tho resolution, 1t was withdrawn.
Trustoo Powers offered the following, which
was adopted;
,s That ~ s mhs asa sonsng aS pa
I!shcd by authority Of thu President anl noard OF
Trstees DO, aud thc same is hereby, declared to be
q = Il @ % e 1 panphst Ss
fixed NJ Of tho 2oth day Of February, 1874.
The time for publication having expired, tho
rulos woro suspended, and tho following ordi-
uros," " Street Labor II Water aud Gus
| md i" Streets"
An ordinance, providing for submitting tho
proposition for tho nnnexation Of North Evans
ton to yotc Of the people on tho second Tuesday
Of April was than adopted, md tho Board sud
donly found itself adjourned, tho slight
weight having gono to 10 tabfeau.
! u MISCELLANEOUS.
| Tho entertainment given.by tho ladies' Of tho
| Congregational Church Tuesday evening waB
we'll attouled, and il described as tho best that
has takon place in Evanston for O. long time.
The tableaux wero prepared with great caro- and
skill. and wcro produced With fine effect. Tho
programme will DO repeated at jennings Hall
this evoning.
G. J. Gilbert, Esq.,''a leading member of tho
Board Of Trade. and President Of Evanston's
board Of Trustees, left for New Orleans yostor-
day with lis wife expecting to spend 4 moutl,
In travelling through the South for pleasure.