Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-07-28
EDGEWATER.
The Ideal COuntr.~.
SOut.


there Is no charm so enduring or equal
to a cheerful home, situated at sum.
Client distance from large city to be
free from the smoke, din and dust OF
commercial and industrial actiyity
aud yet near enough to participate in
the many conveniences and luxuries
which large city alone can furnish
at a moderate cost. The large add.
tion each year to the number of those
who purchase suburban homes and
live In them, winter as we'll as sum.
mer, unquestionab!y proves that this
fact Is becoming appreciated more
and more each day.
The prettiest suburb, PERHAPS, in
the whole country is Edgewater, stu.
ated immediately on the Lake Mich.
igan shore, seven miles north from,
the corner OF State and Madison
streets, and easily reached from the
Union Depot by a pleasant ride of
twenty.three minutes on frequent
trains Of the Evanston Division of
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
Railroad, also by the Chicago
North Shore Electric Street Railway,
which connects with all limits cable
cars, or by charming drive or ride
Of about thlrty.ave minutes through
Lincoln Park and thence over the In.
comparable Sheridan drive.
Edgewater embraces an area OF
over $50 acres Of dry, sandy soil, ex.
tending a mile and a half along the
shore Of the lake, with selected trees
of the original forest left standing
and used for ornamcntation and
shade.
This suburb was projected in n
thoroughly comprehensive and sys.
tematic manner by Mr.. j. Lewis
Cochran, under whose sole supervis.
Ion the present be ,utics of the place
have been developed and the conven.
fences and luxuries Of its home life
80 abundantly demonstrated.
From the inception Of the under.
taking, the object In view was TO
make Edgewater u model and ideal
place OF residence within the reach of
families OF moderate income and to
establish q suburb to which Chi.
cagoans could point with pride. As
1t was conceived, so IL has been cur.
ried out, and further improvements
are still going on ~ actively as ever.
Purchasers Of Edgewatcr homes do
not have to wait for progressive I'm.
provements until the cooperative
efforts Of the residents make them
imperative. They have all been an.
tlcipated and many already com.
pleted by the liberal.minded man.
agement.
A very large amount OF money has
been expended on EdRewater by its
promoters, which cannot be expected
to come back to them for years; they
have not anticipated or calculated
upon quick returns. but have builded
and planned for the future. and 1t
has been this motive, aided by perse.
verance and the employment Of every
requisite OF professional skill, which
has furnished all the safeguards pos.
sible for the future health and pros.
perity Of this handsome suburb
Here they are enumerated, some of
them:
An Abundant supply of Pure Lake Water
In Every AOuse-Th Thorough Underground
Drainage.
DRAINAaE.-Competent engineers
personally superintendent the laying
OF all the pipes under ground. and
every Joint and connection was made
tight before being covered up Be.
sides this care, the system has been
SO devised that no Objectionable en-.
enactment can BIO made to the In.
jury OF the service planned and com.
pleted for the benefit of EdKewater.
ELECTRIC LIGHT The Edison In.
candescent light Is used on the ave.
nues and In all the houses. The cleo.
trio light building and plant, sit.
uated on the property and owned by
the promoters, Is as complete as any
In the entire West, and Is visited
daily by persons who wish to see the
practical workings of the incandes.
cent system under the most improved
development.
AVENUES. - Broad macadamized
avenues, properly drained, with we'll.
kept stone sidewalks everywhere,
shaded by trees at regular intervals,
help to make life charming at Edge
water and add to the comfort of
those who ride and walk.
CLUB STABLE.-While there are no
restrictions As to building stables on
rear of private lots, there is no neces-
sity for prOperty.Owner mourning
this expense, as the forethought and
liberal spirit of the promoters have
nrOvided n Ia roe and handsome At ahle