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PALATINE-THE VILLAGE BEAUTIFULCitizens Are Vieing with Each Other in Improving the Appearance of Their Homes ann CurbsMore improvements have been made in Palatine’s residence district this spring than for the last three years combined. Property owners seem to have caught the spirit and neglected places are few and far between.The writer drove around town Wednesday morning and met with great surprises in a number of sections of town. And to be honest he was disappointed at the appearance of the lawns of a number of homes. Places with beautiful houses and well kept lawns were in some instances surrounded by curbs, entirely neglected.It is up to the individual’s inclination and pocket book as to whether his house is freshly painted or cement curbs built around his place, but every property owner owes it to his fellow citizens to see that the parkway adjoining his property does not grow up to weeds.Benton street deserves the blue ribbon for the number of freshly painted homes and on the street the Langrehr corner has easily won the prize for making the greatest improvement of any part of town. Henry Langrehr’s three houses have all been freshly painted and the Toynton place will be in the hands of painters next month. The trees of all the places were properly trimmed in the spring. But within one block of that corner is the biggest disgrace of the town. The appearance of the standpipe corner, which belongs to the village. It is true Postmaster Wilson keeps the north curb of this property neatly mowed, but the fence around the oldhave a lot of pride in their property, j church property is kept in the same They claim to live in the choicest part j condition as heretofore. Other resi-of town, so of course they keep things j dents along this street take pains with neat. Fred Kunz will have his house ■ their own lawns and most of them painted soon. Passing south, the I keep the weeds out of the streets, but writer was attracted by the lawn of! owing to the great amount of fill H. C.# Matthei. He has been very {necessary, not many curbs are laid fortunate in being able to produce such out, Mrs. Hart’s property with its a stand of grass. The same corner j carefully mowed lawn is an example is another one of the choice places in ; for many Palatine places. The lack town from a senic standpoint. The I of a man in the house does not neces-Filbert, Burlingame and Wood properties are all well kept, and looking down any of tjie streets from that cor-sarily mean a neglected lawn.On Hale street, the Julian-Fro^ich corner is the place of beauty and allner, the magnificent trees nearly meet- ithe more emphasizes the bad condition ing over head are views that rival the I a block north around the standpipe.noted Sheridan road of the north shore.Brockway street, Palatine’s most important business street has a choice residence section and we notice the residences of Dr. W. P. Schirding and G. Schultz are being painted. Walter Westrope is erecting a residence on the north end. August Hackbarth for all he is busy selling autos, finds time to keep his lawn in proper shape and takes a good deal of pride in the appearance of his corner.The north end of Plum Grove avenue is supposed to be one of the choice parts of town and so it is, part of it.The R. L. Peck and H. H Hart homes are places of beauty, likewise the two Bergmann houses, and the Starck place, while across the road are a number of pretty homes; but there are lots of weeds adjoining the road in these two blocks. Adolph Godknecht isLincoln street except where it crosses Hale street has nothing to excite admiration. Between Plum Grove avenue and Bothwell street, the weeds and high grass are too near the center of t?wn to be neglected.The east end of Slade street presents a problem. The road is low, with deep ditches, little travel and few houses, the result is another section of town that might look better. Curbs are not feasible, but thfe frequent use of a scythe would do the business. Walter Meyer has built an addition to his house and his property is like an oasis in a desert. Passing west are found a few excellently kept parkways but here and there they have been utterly neglected. The Wenegar residence is one of the modern houses in this section of the town. Dr. J. L. Black’s corner, although next to the railroad is a place of beauty. And! building a new residence which with right here the C. N-W. deserves a | the Brodhay and Roder places will; mention for the example they have : _ „ iL ^ l___________ a j..- •
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Bensenville Dupage County Register
Bensenville, Illinois, US
Fri, Jun 27, 1913
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