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Former Chief of Police in Kenilworth to Have String of Lunchrooms in Chicago. LEASES SIX BUILDINGS Fine Locations Obtained for Business Houses in the Loop. John Keane, 1621 Oak avenue, Evanston, formerly of Kenilworth, has completed plans for the opening of a chain of quick service lunch rooms in the Chicago loop district He signed six leases for important locations and expects to close an other within a few day. Mr. Keane is a member of the mov ing picture concern of Bodkin Keane, proprietors of the Strand, Star and Triangle in Evanston and the Band Box in Chicago. Mr. Keane says he is “going it alone” in the restaurant venture. “It is not true” he said, “that I have organized a $2,000,000 company, but I have some strong backers. The tuned rooms will carry my name and all will be located in the loop.” Mr. Keane would speak of but one of the leases he has signed, and re ferred to it simply because the details have become public. He has leased from Charles H. Her mann, president of the Chapin Gore company, the store and basement of that company's buildings at 65.67 East Adams street, between Wabash and Michigan avenues, for a period, of fifteen years, at a rental said to aggregate $250,000, which is at the rate of $16.0 per year. The space leased to BO by BI feet in extent, and Mr. Keane will exp LOD in remodeling the premise he will on each of the six other places, “LT will have at least three of my faces open by May said Mr eane today very one of my lunch rooms will be of substantial size. The smallest will have a front age of 65 feet.” Several of the places leased by Mr. Keane are liquor houses, “The liquor men have seen the handwriting on the wall and are getting out. As a result I have been able to sign up for some of the best locations in ch cago.” . Mr. Keane has been a resident of Evanston for a number of years. For a while he was a member of the Evanston police force and he was given a diamond medal for bravery while a member of the force. Later he was chief of police at Kenilworth, but resigned there to open the Star moving picture house in Evanston. He has a wide circle of friends who were pleased to hear of his big Joep venture and who wish him age
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Evanston Lake Shore News
Evanston, Illinois, US
Thu, Feb 14, 1918
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