Cook County Highway News 1960 - 1965

COOK COUNTY HIGHWAYS
W inter Hal Come to Cook County FOfeat Pre.f;rYeI, and Sprlntil Can't be Fa r Behhld.
Vol. VII No. 8
Janua ry, 1960
COO K COUNTY HIGHWAYS

Published by the Cook County (III.) Department of Highways
Under auspices of the Board of County Commissioners
DANIE L RYAN , P rellden t
Jamel F. A. hen den
Frank Bobryuke
Charlel F . C hol pUn
Ellubeth A. Conkey
Sidney D. Deutsch
Jerry Dolezal
John J . Duffy
WHl lolm N. Erickson
F r ed A. Fultll
Christ A. Jensen
J ohn A. Molekler, Jr.
Daniel RYol n
Clayton F. Smit h
Edwolrtf M. Sneed
John J . Touhy
Willi a m J. Mortimer
Superintendent of Highways
Published at 130 North Wella Street, Chica,o G.
FJhmklin 2-764-1
ExtensiOn 21 G
Boob of the Month
Stream plans in Conflict

METHODS of improving Cook County streams
T WO
to carry off flood wllter arc under considerntion.
Tho Stille Division of Waterways favors deep dredging. The Cook County Clean Streams Committee believes that impounding flood water by damming is
cheaper and beller.
Funda for dredging Salt Creek from UI C Dcs PlainC3
River to F'ullersburg dam a nd culling nn overflow
from Sall Creek to the Des Plaines north of 31st
street were apllI"opriatcd by the 1059 legislature. This
plnn is opposed by the Committee in the following
l'csolution :
"Sc it resolved by the Cook County Clenn StrefiJ11s
Committee that it is unanimously opposed to deep
dredging of the streams in Cook County as a means
of controlling ftood water. The Committee goes 011
record as favoring the plan proposed by consulting
e ngineers to the Forest Presente District for impounding flood waters ncar the source of the stream.
Such flood waters can be releAsed as needed to replenish the flow in the stream during periods of low
Willer. The cost of construction and mainlenance is
very much less for storage of flood wA.ters as coml)Bred with deep dredging and concreting the channels.
"ll is imperative th at Ule Gove rnor withhold the
release of funds for work authorized on Salt Creek
unlil t he Northeastern Illinois Metropolitan Services
Commission has an opportunity to consider and reeommcnd the most desirable means of flood control
after a study of the va,rioW! plnns that have been
offered ."
A lelter sent by the Committee to Governor Stratton said In part:
"Senate Bill 91, passed by Lhe laatlllinois Legislature, provides COl' deepening. widening and straightening of Snl l Creek. UltimllLely the creek would be
paved with Concr ete so as to hnsten the run-off of
flood wnlers. The cost of Ule first stage of this projeet has been estimated at $5 million, without the COIlcreting. which may COSt an additional $16 million.
"Since tbe pa.ssage of Senate Bill 91, an engineering
report prepared by Consoer, Townsend a nd Associates
has been received by the Coullty Forest Preserve District that offers an sllemate means of controlling
flood wsters by impoundment. It would prevent the
FREDDIE thinks the direction signals

FUMBLE
his car are pretty fancy.
011
And some day he may catch on how to ope.rate them.

As it Is. he is never quite sur e which is r ight or left.
Whcn he makes a turn not sharp enough to switch
the ilght. as on some expressway ramps, It keeps on
blinking.
Light bulbs give out, but he doesn't check his; so,
110 hand signal.
None of this bothers Freddie. but it's confusingand dangerous---to drivers bf!bind him.
deslruction of scenic values in the Forest. Preserve
District and re lieve flooding conditions at 8n est imated
cost of some S246,OOO. The head waters of Salt Creek
wOIl.ld be impounded on la.nd now owned by t.he Forest
Preserve District nenr Arlington Heights.
"It is our suggestion that inasmuch as DuPage
County nnd Cook County are both involved in this
matter, the Northeastern lllinois Mctropolitan Area
Planning Commission be requestcd to study the respective plans of the Division or Waterways and the
several other reports for controlling the flood waters
of Salt Creek and to render a report of their reeommendations before funds arc relessed for any work."
More Accidents, But Fewer Dead
The more significant

trend to be obsen:ed in
the figur('lS is the reduclion in acddentB of
seve~ typc8. those in
which people are killed
or injured. Fo r t he most
pR.rt. se.rious IIccldenlll
nrc cn uSl'd by speeding,
cllr(.'less drl,tfng and violations. At II time when
trnffic ,-olumes Are Increasing, n mptl1m re oC
credit for impro,'cmcnt
In t he des til nnd Injury
columns must go to the
mOlorists thC'mse\vcs.
By O;llnle! RY;IIn
Prelldent
Board of County Comml ..lonen

and Prulde nt
Cook Count)' Tr"fflc S"fcty Co mm l.. lo n
N RESPECT to lire nnd limb, highways in suburban

I19:.iS.
Cook County wen' nltlrkedly Sluer In 1959 lhan in
Although lhl' totAl ot trnffic accidents of all
tyJX'8 WlUI higher , lht' totAls of denths and in juries
wert' both lower. nJlI " thl:' (ollowing tnbulatlon:
1'olal
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1958
1959
30.692
34,843
176
Injllred
16,393
9,523
170
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In
Dnnle! Ry a n
Safety Coun cils Active
The IncrcnfIC In tOln] accidents 18 not dismaying becnuae It includes nJ! lhoac In which n car or other
IL milY be tluumcd Ulol the drivers arc Ilflying atli'ntil;lD tn the oont.lnuouH IUlfet y programs of national
Rnd loc.o.1 organlzationl. Throughout suburban Cook
County. the tamllslgo for highway stlfety I..e carried
on the yellr around by community wety councils cool:.ernting wilh Ull~ Cook County Traffic Safety Commission. Much of thl. wo rk Is educational, and much
property was dn m l~~oo to the extent of 100, and lhe

c urrent ear models an: 80 vulnerable to bumps ilial
minor mishaps are n 'llOrtcd wbleh formerly would nol
hnvc been counted. To a considerable dCf:,rree. 1h(>Incrense in reported Accidents may be nl.lribuled n.lso
10 the huger num ber of vehiclea on the road.
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Where Accidents Occurred
In
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Ninc ty~four deatb&, more than half of We 1959 total. occurred on highways in unineol1)Orated t.c:rritory. The
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$74,826,000 for Xways on 1960 Program

OOK COU1\fTY'S 1960 expl'essway and highway
(
improvement program as presented by the Highway Departme nt a nd approved by the Board of Commissioners lists work on seven expressways estimated
to cost $74 ,826,000 and 114 primary road items estimated at $20,858,000.
Cong ress:
Total estima ted eosls, $465.000.
Ave. to Trl-S t llte Tollwlly-Slgnlng.

AusU n Ol"d. to Lorllmle A'e._ BITumlnous /'Q m'rete ~h"uhlcrs_
Austin B!,d. to Lnrllm\e A"e._Ll~hUn~ Ilnd Lllnd seaplng.
Lnrllmle Ave. Ul S/lctllmenlo Bh'd.-Slgnlng.
l~t
South Ro ute West Leg:

$14.181,000.
More than half the expr essway total is for county

sections of SoUUI Route, which extend (rom 63rd to
l07th Street.
It is anticipated t hat part of the
TOlal estimated costs,
IOOlh Street Inlerl'hllnge-1"hree h lgh"'IlY grade sepllfllll<lna.

Parnell A,e.-Grade aeplll"ation.
l la.1Bled St.-Grllde sepIl ra tion.
Wentworth Ave. 10 100rd St. a t RIl~lne Ave.- ;\Ialn <ll'fIln.
Wentworth ,\'e. III 98 t h St. to U9th $L RlghtlItway and
bulldln" demolition.
1.1911'1 S t . In engt or ("Ir.er() A"~. n!!a .. Kilpatrick A.,(O._ ll lgh t .
'It-w"y.
County's assignment will be com pleted by the end of
this year- the two and one-qua r ter miles between

69th and 87th Street. Grade separation structur es
already arc in place at 7lsl , 75t h, 76th, 79t h. 83rd and
87th Str eets. Work programmed for this year includes a grade separation at 69th Street, grading and
paving 69th to 71st. paving 7lst to 87th , grading 79th
to 87th, one minor right-of-way acquis ition and landscalling and lighting.
Onlumet l\ill ~erl' :
Total estimated costs, $1,060,000.
13l1th SI. to 167th St.-LIghting.

Paxton AvO! . to l.ndhmll !Jn~.....IJl!htlnli:.
North or 1'1711'1 St. to) Indiana line (('xeludlng
In l(Orchan gel--5lgnlng.
ClI.lumc t -Klng(Or~
Calumet: ToL.'l.J estimated costs, 8585,000.
In the section north of 69th St. to 63rd, the County

has the building of ramps connecting the expressway
with Calumet Skyway as well as construction of the
expressway itself. In addition to t he skyway ramps,
work programmed in this a rea includes grade separation structures at 63rd St., Wentworth Ave., and
l.{arquette Rd., railroad grade separation at the Rock
lsland tracks ncar 65Ul St.. relocation of the C.T.A.
s ubstation at 63rd St. a nd Wentworth Ave., main drain
63rd to 69th. a sizeable job of public utilities adjustments and the fin a l s teps in two right-of.way acquisit ions. This section is to be completed in 1961.
Kingery E."PIO!8SWIl} to WlJl Count}' IIntL-SIgnlng.

GlenwoodD)!'r lntcrchll.nge--Llxhtlng.
Llnroln Hwy. Intenhllnge-Llgh lln g.
SlIuk Trlln Inlerseclh)l)- l,lghllng.
Glenwood Dyer Interchunge Il<ldltlons--Rlgh!-o('wa}' /lnd
Ing.
piLV'
Sout.hwe!'<t !lo IlIe: Total estimated costs, 8950,000.

West line u t S'tnllar)' nnd Ship Can:!1 to ",eM! !Or
A,('.-Rlghlor-way.
CRlttorniu Ave. t o tI,t1aled SI.-nlght-(lf-wlI)'.
J.uCr()s~c
St Oll)' Island : TolaJ estimated costs, $4,146,000.

10ith 51. to l03rd Sl.-Rlght-ot-wI1Y Iknd building dcmolltlon ,
103rd SI. to Bouth or C. &, W. I.+N. Y. C. " SI. L. rnllrOlld ~truc_
lu re Inrlu"lng ellst and Wlllli ronnE-<:'tlon along l00th SI.
Edens: Total estima ted costs, 8320,000.
Two Big Interchanges
Lowrence Ave. to UUno ls TOllwll)' Ilt Dun<1ee Rd.-Sig n ing
The Mannheim Rd. relocation project appears on Ule

expressway program with rightof-way, g rading,
drainage. paving and lighting scheduled belwe<'- n In'ing Park Rd. and Higgins Rd.
South of 81th Street the County has two complicated interchanges to construct. One, in the area
between 96th a nd 100th Streets a nd between Went
worth and Michigan Avenues, Sel)ara tes the express
way into east and west legs. The east leg leads into
Calumet Expressway and s.lso into a fourway interchange at 103rd Street. It aJso affords conncctions
with the proposed Stony Island Expressway.
Finishing touches will he given the Northwest Ex

l)r eSsway feeder route from 'Michigan Avenue to Halsted Sl. The bddges over the north branch are under
contract to be com pleted t his year. Items newly
scheduled. are lighting and s igning between Orlea ns
R.nd Halsted Sts.
The Cou nty's contributions to the expressways,
whicb receive federal assistance, wiU come from the
5245,000,000 expressway bond issue. These bonds are
retired with state allotments and have been sold as
needed . Remaining to be sold is $124,643,386. Work
on primary roads is fin a nced with the County's share
of motor fuel taxes.
Work programmed for t his year south of 87th includes nine highway grade separations, th ree ra.ilroad
grade separations, main drain and pumping station,
one grading a nd one paving contract and two right-ofway items. The t otal estimated costs on South Route
for the year is $43,618,000.
On other expr essways, work Hsted for 1960, which
is in addition to contracts awarded pr eviously and
still in progress, is as foUows:
Primary Road Proiects
N orthwest: Tota l estimated costs, $5,195,000.

Montrose Ave. to MobUe Ave.-Lighting.
Montl"D5e Ave. to Nllgle Ave.-Landacaplng.
L/lwrencu A,e. to Mnnnhelm Rd.----slgnlng.
Nagle Ave. to Cllnfleld AVI'.-Lllndscllplng.
canfield Ave. 10 Suo 1.lne R. H.-L1ghtlng and Lan/ben])lng.
Trl-S l ate TOllwll)' to 500 Une--Maln drain Iln d pumping alation.
SoD Line to Mllnnhelm Rd .-Grlld!n g, pa"!ng dralnllge, Ughl
Ing and landscaillng.
Relocated Mannhelm Rd . over O'Hare Airport leadln road""YO highway grllde separnUon .
Relocated Mannhelm Rd. Interchange with airport lead-Inerndlng, paying and sepnra llon .
Among the primary road cons truction jobs li sted Jor

t he year with estimated costs, nrc:
Chicago Roa d between ,Marion Str eet, Thornlo n,
a nd Sibley Boulevard, 3.50 miles, to be widened to four
lanes and r esu rfaced. $600,000.
Arlington Heig hts Road between Higgins Road and
Central Road, Arlington Heights, 2.70 miles. t o be reconstru cted to four lanes wit h median strip, $630,000.
114 Primary Road Projects Are Also Listed

H oman and Kimball Avenues, Divis ion Street to
Diversey Pa rkway, 2 miles, [our-lane reconstruction,
$600,000.
Cumberland Avenuc, Irving Park Road to Higgins
Road, 2.40 miles, to be widened or reconstructed to
four lanes with a median s trip, $545,000.
Pla ns fo r Channel Jobs

In addition to the projects lisled above, the l;'le 1960
program provides fo r preparing pla ns for three bridge
jobs related to the Calumet-Sag Channel improvement.
This work, totali.ng $9,500,000 in estimated costs, is
still subject to federal appropriation.
Grade Separ;ltion at 75th Street, One of 51)( Com.

pleted o n Count)' Sectio n of Sou t h Route Expressway.
Also on the program are. 32 items of land a cquisition for work to be done in 1961 o r later. largely
reconstruction and widcning of existing primary roads.
Torrence Avenue is sCheduled fo r two projects. Between Kingery Expressway and 154.th Street, 2.60
miles, Torrence is to be widened t o four lanes and
l"Csurfaced, $590,000. A bridge a nd chann<!.l straight
ening job at t he Lillie Cal umet River, $300,000, is also
Appropriation is made in the Ilmount of $200.000

for railroad grade crossing protection at va riotts locations and $100,000 for storm sewers and ditches for
highway drainage.
listed.
Start on East Lake Avenue
In addition to those mentioncd above, construction

pr-ojects on primary roads programmed for the yenr,
WiUl cost estimates. arc:
A s lart is to be made all lhe extension of Eas t Luke

Avenue from Waukegan Road. Glenview, loMilwallkce
Avenue. This fo ul'-mile improvement includes g rade
separations at Lehigh Avenue and the C. M. SL P . & P.
CRN-rltAL A VE.-CA1lPE."'IT~;n no., Chleugo ana Lincol nwood

to four lalle&, c urb and gutter !lnd nlSu"raclng
Devo n Ave. to l\.I ullord St, 1..7S ml1e1!, $3:15,000.
GLENV1EW RD.-CRAWfOUD AVE;.<. Wlimette-Two-lanes.,In g on Glen view belwee n H ib bllrtl J,d. and Craw[ord an on
Crawrord belween Glenview and Wilmette Ave., 1.20 miles.
$160.000.
WOL F RO .. Des Plalnet----Cui ... erlJ and approacht!~ at Weller's
Ditch, $60.00"1.
CENTRAL AVE., Chll'ngt)---Wltl enlng t o rour lanes, resurlacIn~ a nd mOOlan strip 65th Sl. to Art:her AVIl., 1 .50 m iles,
~W ldl'ntlll:
tracks, a bridge over the North Branch and a pumping

s tation. Total estimated cost is $2,150,000. The 1960
prog ram calls for expenditure of $1,100,000.
On Plllatine Rond, which is being developed IlS lhe

first of the proposed four-mile grid "junior" expressways, work estimated at $2,275.000 is programmed for
the year. The entire project. extending from Rohlwing
to Des Plaines River Road, 6.90 miles, is estimated to
cost $6,000,000.
S3-~.UOO.
WEST IlAJ{TI.},.'TT RO .. unlm;<lrllOr uted o.rea~H~on$ tl"U ctlon

t wO lunu OJun t y Line to Sutton RdS .. 2.90 mlle$, $377,000.
I.AKE-COOK RD., unlnoorplJl'utcd area-Br id ge and apPIVachell ul Des Plaines RIver. $\00,000.
I,M{E_COOK RD ~ uninoorpOr,Ued arca~T\VO-lline paving
MHwo. ukl'e Ave. to Sllnders Itil., l.5O mites. $180,000.
TOmn: AV ~: .. Df!$ PlaInes -Widening t o rour lanca ami
~ u rfuclng Ma nnhclm III De, PlaLnes Rh'cr Rd $., 0.80 mite,
or
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Cen tral Avenue between 95th and 97th Streets is

programmed for (our-lane reconstruction, with storm
sewer, at an estimated cost of $650,000. The village of
Oak Lawn is to contri bute to the cos t.
~HS.OOO.
ADOLSON ST.. Chleu~t>---Curb IUId gUiler and returns CUmhcrlllnd Ave. to F<lrest Preserve Dr ., 05(1 mile, $-10,000.
KUtCflOFF ltD., R Olli nII' MeadOw_R econstruction tour lanC3
11Iek$ to WUkie lids., l.47 miles, $330,000.
MO",,'TROS~ AVE., u nin CCtrpOrlltCti a!"Ca~\vldenlng to tour
I"ne~ 1'\11'('11 PrC!lerve Dr. to
Narragansett Ave., 0.38 mile,
$70,000.
ASllLAND AVE' Chlellgo--HellJJgnme nl and lntcrseeUon at
1)(,von Ave., 0.10 m IIe, $75,000.
CRA WFORD AVE .. Lincolnwood, Skokie lind E\'an810n-Chnnncilng by reduc::lnlt wltJ t h or median Lin COl n Ave. tu CIlntral St......2Q miles, $210,000.
47'l' H ST.. Hinsdale and WeJtern Sprlngs- Co nsl ruc::tlon rour
lanes Il nd ruurtllclng Cou nty Line to Willow Springs Rds" 1-.00
mHu, $353.000.
KOSTl'\'"ER AVE., Chlcago--ReCQnstruelion rour lane~ Palme.SL tu I3clmont Ave~ 1~ mites, $295,000.
WESTERN AVE., FloSimoor~Brldge at Butterfield Creek, approaches to be \\'io ened or recon stru cted , $100.000.
SCIIOE l"BECK RD., ELMHURST RD., wRET-;r.[NG RD., un Incorp(lratC'd--Brldge. a t McDonRld Creek, $100,000.
E:\1ERSON ST., S k Okie find Eva ns t on- Rellllgnment or brid ge
lit Norl h Shor e CUlII nel, $200,000.
DUNDEE RD .. Northhrook~Wldenl n g Ilnli/or reCQnslru eUQn
rour lanes a nd rnurttU:lng Shermer Uti.. to Skokie Shd., 0.80
mlle, $182,000.
76TH ST., Chicllgo--Re~"QnltJ"Ue li o n rour-lllIIi! pavemenl
Damen to Ash lllnd Avu., 0.50 mile, $1."i(J,000.
MADISON ST.. BeliwOOll_Wldening to l our lane~ an ,1 !"Clurlaclnj Mannheim ltd. t o 25th A\'e., :1.00 mile, and eonslruc Uon
ot cu ,'ert head ",a1l8, $205,000.
CfrtCA GO AVr-: .. Pnlallne--R l!COnstr uclion tour lanel! Cooar
St. t o NorthwC$t Hw), .. 1.00 mile, S22!i,OOO.
(COntinued on P(lge 7 )
Harlem Aven ue between Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, and Glenview Road , Glenview, 3.75 miles, is to
be widened to four lanes and resurfaced. 5694,000.
Oakton Strect from Milwaukee Avenue Lo Central
Road, Skokie, 2.40 miles, is to be widened or I'econstnlcted to four lanes with a media n strip. $545,000.
12 Jobs in Chicago
Among 12 construction projects wholly or partly in
lhe City of Chicago are:
Pulaski Road between 87th Street and 42nd Place,
5.58 miles, to be widened , with median strip and left
turns bays and recon struction of the overpass at 73rd
Street, 51,615,000.
Forest Preserve Drive from Cumberland to Montrose
Avenue, 2.57 miles, to be widened, resurfaced and
given a cha nnelled median, $5 3,000_
December Accidents
50 Million Miles a Day
WENTY-ONE persons were killed ill December in

T
trallie accidents in subu rban Cook Cou nty. Six were
pedestrians, two were in a car struck by a train, six
on the go in Chicago and the 30-mile

PEOP'LE
suburban area run up
total daily mileage that
Ii
calls for astronomical figures.

In its first volume of reports, issued this month. the
Chicago Area Transportation Study estimates that
travel by private and llUblic facilities on the average
week day amounts to 10.5 million person tl'lps. or 50
mill ion miles. which CATS points out. is half Lhe distance from the earth to the su n.
The CATS survey is supported by the federal government. State of Illinois. City of Chicago and Cook
County a nd has ~ n in progress nearly four rears.
The report just. issued is the first of three. Parts 11
a nd rn will be published later this year.
The area under study is that within 11. radius of approximately 30 miles from the loop a nd embrnces 1.256
S(luare miles, with a population estimated at 5,2 million . The tmvel patter-ns, with other factors, a.re
intended for use in transportation planning.
Among the fmdings reported in the first volume are:
Out of every 100 journeys. 74 are in private cars.
17 arc On buses, six on subway and elevnted lines and
ncarly three on suburban trains.
Rail commuters average more than 13 miles per
one-way trip. 1'hey account for 8,4 per cent of the
tola.l miles. tl'uvclcd nnd nbout 18 per cent of ail lrips
into lhe loop.
Trips by subway and ele"lIted 8\'ernge seven miles
In length and account for 27 per cent of loop arrivals.
Bus trips are short. averaging 3.6 miles, which is less
than the average for nil travelers. Auto users nccount
for 72 per cent of lhe miles of daily travel and average nbouL four miles [or each trip.
The survey fOWid 1hut four of every 10 fAmilies in
thc City o( Chicngo hnd no enr. In Lhe subu rbs, how
ever, only one in ]2 hOlls(lholds reported no car.
in collisions between nutomobiles. six in collisions involving trucks. One deatll n!sultcd when a car struck
a guard rail. Tbe month 's total compared with 19 in
Dece mber, 1958.
1959 Accidents(COntinued from PlIge 3)
of it practical. In mnny instances, the local councils

and the Commission have brought correction of haznrdous situations at intersections and the like.
Another effective factor is the enforcement of traffic
laws. Suburban 1)()licC on the whole have joined wiU}
the Commission in advocilting uniformly strict dealing
wilh vioialors, pal'lillularly the speeders. As time
goes on, it is e.'Cpedcd that the engineered speed zones
established by the County Highway Depnrtment in
confonnance with the ncw stAte speed Inw will improve driver behavior because they have the appeal
of being reasonable.
Undoubtedly, thc new expressways and lollways
havc been R fnctor in reducing serious Accidents. With
their buill-in safety fefltures, such as limited access,
elimination of grade crossings and traffic division by
direction. the accident rate on these modem highways
is much lower, and the convcnience of driving on them
has attracted large volumes of trnffic from older, more
hazardous roads and str-e<'ts.
40 Pedestrians in Death Total

Of the 170 killed last year, 40 were pedestrians.
Eighteen were 18 or younger and ]0 were 65 or o lder.
Pifly-fou l' 10llt thclr lives in collisiOns between automobiles and 23 in accidents involving automobiles and
trucks.
Twenty-thr ee dcaths resulted when "ehicles left the
road Rnd went into the ditch or struck trees, posts.
bridge abutments, guard rails or other ways ide objects.
Trains fig1lred in six deaths, motorcycles in fou r,
bicyclf's in two, find a motor scooter in one.
Ln two in.'1tances \'ehicles ovenurned. one n passenger cllr and the other tI truck. One flltulity was
that of R pnssngcr "'ho fell from a ca r. A truck driver
WilS killed when loose cargo shifted and crushed bim
In the cab.
Seventy-nine of the dead were ddvcrs, 6G of them
males. Among the 55 passengers killed, however, 33
were females.
More fatalities occurred on Sunday than any other
day of the week. The score WBJI: Sunday, 48: Monday. 10; Tuesday, 13 ; Wednesday. 24; Thursday, 31 ;
Friday, 20 ; Saturday, 24.
The most deadly hour of the day was 12 noon to 1
p. m .. with 13 deaths. The evening rush hour. 5 to 6,
saw II deaths and the morning rush hour. 7 to 8, eight
deaths.
As in Jlr-evious years, most fatal accidents oCCUlTed
In clear weather and on dry roads. Of the 170 killed,
125 met deaLh when the weather was clear and 121
when roads were dry.
Long Career Is Ended

A 65-year career of bridge designing was ended
.Jnnunry 15, when J ohn J, Tellper, 81, retircd from Ule
Cook County Highway

Department.
From 1895 to 1900 be
was employed by the
Lassig Bridge & Iron
Works. He then went to
the Chicago, Milwaukee.
St. Paul & Pacific Railroad as a. drn(tsman in
the enginee ring department. Later In his employment with the railroad he was in charge
of plans for bridges and
des.igned mo re than 200
structures.
Joh n J. Teppe,.
M.r. Teppe r came to
Lbe Highway Department from the railroad In November. 1926, a.nd wns employed continuously until bis
re tirement. VirtuaUy all of his work In the Department was on plans for bridges and grade separations.
Job
0/
the Month
December Permits
ER~fiTS
for three schools, a hospitnl and two holels
boosted the December business of the Cook Cou nty

P
Building and Zoning Bureau to a tolal of Sll.331.000
in estimnted costs, a figul'e unusually high for a

winter month.
The schools for which
--pcnnits were lJ\ken out
.ue a two-story high
school of School District
211 to be buUt at Quentin Rond and Lincoln Street,
Palatine Township, $2,500,000: a one-stor)-' elementary
school of District 23 to be buil t on Pa in t ine Road west
of Schoenbeck Road, Wheeling Township, S4 26.600;
and R one-story elemcntary school of District 34 at
Glenview a nd Pfingsten Roads, Northfield Township,
S357,OOO.
The hospital, a five-story building, will be erected
by the Sisters of the Holy Name of Nazareth at River
e nd Golf Roads, Maine Townshi p, at an estimated cost
of S2,2OO,OOO,
A 380-room hotel and apartment building is to be
built on Mannheim Road north of Grand A\'cnuc,
Leyde n Towns hip, $2,000,000, a nd at 43-r oom hotel at
8201 Higgins Road, Norwood Park Township, $400,000.
During the month lhe Bureau, which has jurisdiction in the unincorpornted a rea of lhe Count.y, issued
a tOlltl of 268 pe rmits, Of this number, 431 were
for s ingle family dwellings, ,'alued altogether at
S2,682,SOO_
r~o r othe r types of building, pcnniUJ were issued as
follows:
:11_l f1 :
P ;ilachen Con tra cto r. Inc: I. C it ed for the J ob at Con.

gress Exprenwa y and Central AvenlJe, Which In.
cl uded Bridge, f o r the Expr e .. way. a nd tor eTA and
B&'OCT Track . It was Ncce ..ary T o Keep Bo t h ROlli.
road. Ope r;atin g. and T hl, Was Done by EH ic:Jcn t
Organizatio n of t hc Project.
'960 Highway Programi~nttn\led from PaRD 3)

OREI':NWOOO AVf:. . unln l'IIfflOrtHctl- Wltlenlng In r'.l u r Inne,
IIntl ro~urrH(>\ng ,\lUwnukee to W est LIlke Avl'., 2.10 mltet,
~7!i.()OO.
RUTTEItFIELD-E.\STERK. Dellwood-Widening to rour Ian ...

nnd rNurtllcl"!: MlUlnhelm II) ,st. Ch.rlu Hdl" 0.65 mll~.
$120000.
183nn ST.. La nsl nll nnt! unl n l'Ol1lOl'ntl:lI 1t1't'II-Hl.'('Onatruetlon
two Illne. Tor ren<:c to Wentworth AVes., 1.50 mllcM, S I ~.OOO,
l.OI1I'Jl AVE., Orlllntl Pa.rk-Gr.t1e crollln~ at Wliblis h R. n
IIntl .ppNlltche.. 0 10 mlJ~. S2:S.000.
PLAL".H:I.D RD .. unlnoorporllled-----Sionn .sew('r Mlh 51. to

Willow SII,.lngl lid., 0..8U mile, 1100,00(1,
KEnZiE AVE .. E,'erK~n j>Rrk-lJ1I(.'n~llonJ a nd return!!
"Ih to 87th Sts .. 1..00 mll(.', $40,000.
CHICACO ,\VK. Mell"Oll(' Pnrk IInf.i l\h,ywnod-Widcnlng or
rec.lnslrucUon four lanel lin d !'eIure.dna lilh to III A\es.. 1.00
mllej S23S.ooo,
n...RH.L"GTON RO.. Darrington-Wldenlna to l uur la nt'S ant.!
reJur[Il('1r11if HllIllae AWl. t o Lnke-Cook ltd ., O.:iO mile. ,73,000,
The following roads are listed for resurfacing;

I.AK-COOK ltD~ unincorporated-Two lon~, EIG to Rant.!
1((11., 573.000
WALTRS AVE .. North unlok_Four lo nel, We,ltem A\e.lo
She rme r RtI .. 0.50 mile, US, OOO.
TOWEll. H 0.:l unln Cf)rpl)ratL'tI, Norlhlll!ld Rnd W lnnelklt Two
lallL", denl e,XPrelIWIl Y to FOrel tway{ 0..50 mile. 112,000.
LAKE AVF_ unincorporated- Two alles. POnrlten Rd . to
Creenwood A\'e_ 0.80 mile. $10,000.
JUDGE ltD .. unlnconlO r. ted , Wilmette. Kellliwf)Mh ant.! Wlnllelka-1'wt, IRneJ, Elmwood to Wlnnelkll An'l .. ,16.l.III0.
II.LINOIS 110_ unln('orpol "lIled nnd Wilmette-Two IlIneJ,
IIIlI'P 10 lAcun Rd._ 1..25 mile. $'J3 000.
LOCuST HD_ unU\~rporateti llnii WIlmette-Two 1anel, 1111nol. Rd. to Wlnnelka AVt'., 0.60 mile, $1'2,000,
OAK P.\RK AVE_ unl nrorpOrnll'd anlt IIflrwood lIelght .....
TWo IB n!>!!" Irving Park Ittl to I./l.wrcnce I\,e .. 1.00 mlll"l 120.000.
F OREST PltJo::SEKVE DR ('hlCBI:l}-Tw(l In nu, B(' mont ltJ
Cuml!crlnntl Ave . 0.70 mLlI', .$H,llOO.
BRYN MAWH A...-I::........ChIC."o-.-our 'anell, Avontlille In Ccn
tral A"es 0.80 mile _000.
IRVING PARK !th" Schlllrr Po rk ond unlnrorpor.Il'd-.-Q\lr
Il1n('l, Seott Ave. to Del P18 In ~. Uln'r Rd . 1.00 m Ue. 144.000.
DES PLA1NF-S ROAD Cl'TOrr, S,:htller Pnrk ~"Ul' IanNI,
I rvi ng Par k Rd , 10 Mo nlr o ....w e .. 0.37 mile. Sl!I,OOO,
DES PLAIN ~::S RlVE lt u.n, Schiller Park_ Four IlI nl'l, Ir\"ln5l"
Park Rd. to Mon t nlMl A\'e~ u.25 mlle. $10,0111'1.
STH AVE., Maywood_Four I.. nel, l..:Ike SI. 10 A ugu.11I BI,It.
O.M mlle... 514.000.
26TH
~T "
unlnc:.) rp(tril lcd- ~'(J ur
A\'e ..:! O,SO mill'. S20,ooo.
IIln(,8, h l 10 Dell Pl nl n eA
151 AVE. CUTOFF, UrookU eld_Four In nes, 31st 51, 10 hi

o.s.'\ mill" $22,000
CHURCH ST.:L,SkOklI"-Four Il.nl".5. Prairie Rd, to Dotlge A,e.,
0.75 mlle, $;3ol,1MI.
Ave
1I .. ~tdl.'ntJKI .ddltion. lind alU"rllllonll-21 IlI!rml tl, f,li,260.

At"t.'~s5(Jry bulldlngs-6{1 pc!nnltl, m8..2S0.
BU!olnesa blilldlng;-7 permlll, $!1.6.17,OOO,
BUlinf'li5 flddltJnn& an d IIlIerallon_:I permJUi, $4'1,300,
Indultrlill bu lld lngs-!l/onf'
IndUlltrl!ll alhllllons-l I~rmlt, $3,"00,
Welb-i permlU, $6.000
:'oJlsct'lIl1neou........s permits, ss.ooo.
By townships, fee permits were issued as follows:

1'o" " "Illp
Hr~~Kton
BN'men
Elk Gro,'e
II nno\'('r
Lemo n t
l.ey(1en
1.)'1m.
:'or.ine
Northneld
Norwood Par k
l'u111 Une
l'oloM
Kleh
S<:h"umb\lrtr
Stlck ne)'
Thornton
Whl't!'lIn,
Wor th
1'!'Ctnlt"
~
8
10
1
1
9
12
13
~
<I
21
9
.S
<18
2
3,;
ZJ
\' "lImU"n
,
4~~
116,1W1O
lM,5I))
1,000
30,-&00
2,06=
1,~OOOO
,
77 700
389:000
460.0&00
2S6,M,o
lO:UlOO
20.100
1.1l,200
S37,tt:iO
21,700
5I\i .~
428.500
In Ule no-fee classification , which includcs schools,

churches and fann buildings, the total of pennits was
33 and the total eslimated valuntion, $5,673,000,
1ST (UINRDALE) A\'~"J...MrCook a nd Lyon_Four IlIn""..
Jollf't ltd. 10 Oltde" A,e. 1.= mllet-, .$:10,000.
111OGELA!l/O ,\VE.! unlnt'Orporated. Chlrago Rl-,Igc lind
Worlh '!'wo lanel. II Ih 10 95111 511.. 2 _00 mlll", $4D,00i\_
Il1TII S T .. Chil'ngo- F our Jllne~. O! IU.ge GroVI! to OOly !\\.I.'~_
O.M mile, 12'1,000.
PARK AV E., Jlu.rvey-Four lane.. l5!llh LO lSSth Sl'~ 0.:10
mile. $20.000.
AVO~"1)ALE A\T.., Chkllsn.,-Four lanel, Ol')'n )laWT 10 011phnnt Ayel .. :.1.:20 mllel, S88.UOO.
MOLIN'!' PROSPECT lt D" Des Plolnu- T wo Ihnes, Ouk lon st.
10 Gtllt nd .. LSD mlle~, S:\6.000

l"EW AVE .. I..t'mont Two lanel, Will Cou nty line 10 Stille SL,
J46 mlleJ. $.10 000_
1I0!>lWOOD-LA:-<DING RD .. rtomeWO(/d-Two lanel, Dixie
Ilwy. to Haatl"(l Sl~ 360,000.
,
..- r.
'--
. :~-~
. -:-..=:;- ..
--
Above Ground li nd Below. ' n Snow ilnd Cold, Work Goel Ahead on t he Northwut Exprellway Le .. d into O'Hare
Airport. Above, the Structure That Will Carry Traffic to O'Hare, W ith th e Ic)' Des Plalnc. River In the Foregro un d
and ' n Back, Milln Expl'OlIw"y Lanes to t he IlIIno ll TollwIY" Below, Mlln Drill" Trench In Frau," Ground ,
Vol. VII No. 9
February, 1960

Publilhed by the Cook County (UI.) Department of Highwnys
Under Auspices of the Board or County Commissioners
DANIE L RYAN, Pruident
Jamel F. Alhenden
Frank Bobrytzke
Fred A. Fulle
Chrl,l A. Jensen
Charlet F . Chaplin
John A. M,II(:kler, Jr.

Daniel Ryan
Clayton F. Smith
Elizabeth A. Conkey
Sldn,y D. Oeutsch
Jerry Dolezal
EdwOiI ... d M. Sneed

John J. Touhy
John J . Duffy
WilHam N. Ericklon
William J. Mo rti mer
Superintendent of H lgh .... ay.
Published ut 130 North Wells Street, Chicago G.
}o~ nanklill
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E:"lCIl!iOIl 216
Boob of the Month
January Traffic Toll

record of death on streets nnd highways in suburban Cook County was disappointing
Jto ANUARY'S
those hoping for anolher banner year. The loll was
13, almost twice t.hal of
January last year. With
that favorable start,
1959 ended v.oith 170
deaUls. which was six
fewer than the preced
ing ycsr.
While January deaths were higher than n year ago.
the tota l of accidcnts of aU types-personal injury.
and property damage 88 well as Catul- was lowc r. and
so was the total of injured. The figures for lhc two
nlonths of January were:
...'
1',,1.,,1 ,\ cC'ld"nh
..
1I:1II,..d
7
>I'"
Seven of the fatalities last month occurred on roads
in the unincorporated area, two in Stickney and one
each in Des Plaines. Skokie. Bellwood and Niles.
Six of the victims were killed in collisions between
automobiles. Three were pedeslrillns. a girl of 6 years,
n boy 11, a nd a man of 51. 'J'\vo motorists were killed
by trains, one in an auto truck collision and one when
n car struck an abutment on Edens Exprcssway.
In the auto-truck accidelll. the victim was Frank
Zcuberis. 50, an employee for 20 years of the main
tenance division of the Cook County Higbway Department. He was seated beside the drivcr of n cinder
spreading truck wben it was struck by an automobile
and overturned.
a
for Hair Trigger l-1OI'Kce.
S
Thougb he loves his wife, there are timcs of
strain at the breakIast table.
ET AsmE
lily
H. T. could settle the business In IL minute and get

away wlt.h R kiss, but he can't sparc the minute.
So he takcs off for work, with his foot heavy on the
pedal and 00 per cent of his mind on the spat, which
leaves him 10 per cent for driving.
Laramie and Cenlral Avenues. wbich was opened January 29, a count at the end of two weeks showed a
daily average of sbout 16,000 westbound vchicles
using the new exit at Cenlml. In the same period.
tbe count at the off-ramp east of Laramie dropped
from about 2'1,000 to about 16,000 and at the lemporar}' exit just west of Laramie, from about 8,000 l O
virtually none.
On Edens Expressway 80uth of Foster Avenue,
which was opened last October 1. current 24 - hour
counts made at Peterson Road, north of Fostet', show
a daily average of about 22.000 southbound and 17,500
northbound. About half of those going ROuth can
tinue on the new pavement to K08tner Avenue, the
temporary terminus, and the others exit either at
Cicero A venue or Wilson.
New Expressway Traffic

In the two months since Northwest Expressway
from Foster Avenue to the Illinois Tollway system
was opened to travel, traffic has increased from 6.946
vehicles in the first 24 'hours to a daily avernge of
about 11,500 at the same check JXiint, Canfield Road.
The two _ direction count at East River Road is
about 5,500 daily. These veblcles are either ent(;ring
or leaving the Northwest Tollway, At Nagle Avenue,
east of Canfic1d. the daily count Is about 10,000.
On the flection of Congreas Expressway between
'Round the Clock Story
of
Snow Fighting
AHEAD of the flr&t flakes on February 9,

W ELL
word of the 8,IJll'Oll.ehing MOW storm
re"''lUI
~i\led
by the Cook County Highway Department from

the consultJng mNeorologbl.a retained to give a quick
start when wealher make. emergency conditions on
lhl.' roads.
CI't'W8 and equipment in the five di!5tric:u

of lh~ Department'. maintenance division wert> aJertoo
a.nd by lale afternoon, when the snow was deep enough
to giw the plow blad .. a bite. the fight was on to keep
the &40 miles of road under County maintenance OPP.lI
to trovel. even back to the most remote (8nnal~d.
Before the plowlI Wl'rc IIJCnl out. lnlcks Io.'tded with
R mixture of dnd('1"1J and sall w n1 over the system
spreading UH! grit at Intersecdona. Eight pieces of
equipment u8cd for thl. work were new lhis year.
This ncw tYJ)(' 18 (\ hlghsidcd contai ner of large copuelty e<lulpped wllh 1\ IIprendel' mechllnisrn operated by
Ita own motor. The container fils into a conventiona.l
dump truck, lhl'rt'by dlmlnating the need for a &Cpa..

rule ctUlssl. A bl'!l conv!'yor ca rries lhe m{ltcrial into
1\ hl'llller at thE' renr, r rom whc.rc it is s ilread by u
cenlrifugal moUnn. Bolh the amount of maleri{ll and
lh~ areo of Ipl'Mld &ff under control. The truc.k also
carries a blade Inow plow In front.
One of the Big "Snow Flghte ..... a t Wor1<.
"It', hard now to see how we eve.r got along wllhout

radio," -.Jd Thomu J. McHugh, maintenance engineer.
The story or the 'roundthe-dock snow job LB lold
in the reports lO McHugh rrom the dialricts.
Drifts Up To Seven Feet
Much Work. Little Sleep
The February 9-10 snow varied from one end of the

County to lbe oth~. In the BOuth and southwest It
Wlla lighter than north and northwest. The early [all
wu wet and hf'8."Y. which slowed the plowing. Later
fall waa powdery and lht .tltr wind blew It inlo drifls,
tanging in hl'lghl (rom tI"e to seven feel along some
roads In th~ northwCll part of the Cnunty. The piled.
uT' snow, togeUler with abandoned rars, on lhe road
WBY, kept .orne rout('tl In this Imrt of the County
blocked mor~ than "8 hours.
Th ehort Wfl\'e rndlo system installed two year'S ago
to dispatch maintenance equipment and al90 lO serve
the County', Civil l)efenM! Organization. agllin proved
Ita vlllue>. Enell IIpread!.'r fwd 8now JJlow Wl18 in can
tlnuous communication with Ita district headquarters
ond much time was RllvC'd moving the machines, par
UClllllrl~' the eight big ",1I0W fighters," [rom job to job.
m.triel No_ 1, nartbwClt- Nine trucks equipped

with plows wer? eent out at 7 p. m. Tuesday. February
9. and three more trucks later. With only short reat
perioo.., the crewa worked until midn1ght Wednesday,
Tbey ah'pt 10 the district WlU"'f!hOWle until .. .. m.
Thursday and tht'n went out again. Six coeds were
lltill blocked Thursday moming
Penny, Hpaly.
Schaumberg. ROKelle, Bode And BeverlC!y---and the dis
trict reported that vehicles abandoned or stuck were
primarily responsible ror dc!ay in opening them.
District No. 2, north
now removal started at
~:30 p. m. TueKdny. with 13 plows in thC! field. ThC!&e
crews, loo, worked unlll midnight WednC!sdtil'. then
rc:stoo until ~ a. m. ThuradllY. Drifting was reported
bad, particularly In Wheeling Township. and Buffalo
Crov(', Palatine and Techny rOllds were blocked. Three
trucks wert' IlsBlgned to Northwesl Expressway be
tween ""oBter Avenue and the Wino1.s ToUwBY, whlcb
\\"8.1 opened to tnvel DecembC!.r 15. In addition to
plOwing, salt, without cinders. was spread on the
expl"CI8way a nd the section was kept in good condltion.
District No.3, wClt-Fourteen plows WeDt out at
4:30 p. m. Tu~ay and operated continuously until
":30 p. m. Wed.netKlay. Snow in t.hi!i area was lighter
than In thl!' north and northwclIL Twelve trucks went
back on the roads at 8 a. m Thursday.
District No." lOuthwest- No roads were blocked
In thia district but plowing wu slowed by the heavy
texture of the anow_ Eight plowa went out at 4:30
TuMlda)' and workt'd until 8 :30. Plowing was resumed
at 4 a.. m. WednetKlay and continued until 7 p. m. At
4 next morning 10 trueb went out to complete the
job.
District No. ft, lOuth- Eight plow crews worked
rrom 4. : .. 0 p. m. until 8:30 p. m. on Tuesday and agalll
rrom 'I n. m. to midnight Wedneaday. Operation. were
rt'fIumcd at4 a. m. T hursday, with nine trucks at work .
A 11 road. In this dlJllrict remained open.
New T ype of SaltCl nd er Spreader.
Safety Officials Attend County Workshop
At Traffic Silfety Work.hap- Left to right. John J. McCleverty, PrCIIldont Daniel Ry;an , Comml .. loner William N. Erlck.o n.
OOD RESULTS accomplished by the Cook County
requested it, We are happy to disseminate our Cruit

ful findings.
"Our speakers today will show how we In Cook
County are reducing the number of traffic deaths
despite the fact that more and more vehicles each year
are using our streets and roads. A chart beforc you
s hows a mong other things that there were 170 traffic
deaths in Cook County, outside o f Chicago, in 1959 as
against 176 in 1958. Not much of a reduction, we
might say, but still we are going downward whereas
by all logic we should be going upward.
"You know, of course. that our program of express
ways, whiCh separate through traffic from local tn,lffic,
hclps to eliminate accidents, as do olher improvements
In road building, not to mcnUon advanced practiccs in
posting of speed regulation signs.
"As 1 said, our knowledge is Iltyour disposal. We
wish to save lives everywhere. Thnn.k you for coming."
John J . McCle\'erty. executive d irector of the Commission. served as chairman and introduced the other
speakers. These were, with brief summaries of their
remarks:
G Traffie Safety Commission with ita various pro-
grams extended to juvenile and adult. users of suburban
highways have caught lhe attention of oLher counties

in the stale. Following 8 safety meeting in Spring.
fi eld some months ago, seveml downstate highway and
safety officials requested a special occuion to learn
more of the Commission's activities, and 80 a one-day
wo rkshop WRS set up and held in lhe Bismarck Hotel
on January 21.
The list of speakers was headcd by County Board
President Daniel Ryan and Commissioner Willinm N.
Erickson , who was board president when the commiss ion was organized in 1946, nnd Included spokesmen
for the principal cooperating agenc.le8-IJc.hools. highway department, suburban police, City of Chicago
traffic bureau, the sheriff a nd the Chicago Motor Club.
Commissioner Erickson related that the. Commission .....as formed in re.sponse to a request by President
Truman for n nationwide highway safciy drive at tbe
end of the war. Cook County, he said, .....as out in
front (rom the. beginning, with an extensive program
of education in schools and suburbnn adult groups and
.....ith a system of record keeping that hus grown more
vnluable year after ycar. He introd uced President
Rynn, who welcomed the guesls. The President said,
In part:
Bic ycle Training In Schools

Noble J. P uffer, Cook County SUI>erint cndent of
Schools and a member of the Safety Commission- The
bicycle 8Ilfety program conducted by the Commission
in suburban public and pri\'ste schools is not only saving lives, but is also teaching the youngsters responsibility on the. highways and is preparing them to be
good citlzcns. Last year, 1.6,263 pupils were given
practical tests in handling their bikes and also in lheir
knowledge of traffic signs and regulations, and more
TraHic Up, Deaths Down

"Our Commission
could not ask .your
Ilrogram. In fact,
iniUative. Some of
is doing a successful job, else we

acceptance of our practices and
wis meeting Is not of our own
you, knowing of our work, have
(OmUnu<!d on Pale 6)
Adequate Lighting Basic on Expressways
Naw Llgh t !!'!g o n Coun t y E xpre .. way Seetlo n.. At

Left, Calu me t. Klnge ry In t erchange: Above, Eden ..
$1 8,800,000 Bidding March 8

IDS for expressway work estimated to CaRt Sl
B
million and for improvements on other highways
estimated at $1.8 million will be received by the Board
j
of County Commissioners on Ma r ch 8.
Three Congr ess Expressway projects are includedLighting, landscaping, a nd bituminous shoulders between Austin Boulevard and Laramie Avenue,
USE of
source lighting for controlled
THE
access highways is an increasingly important aspect
the overall expressway construction program.
fixed
oC
The Northwest
Expr~sway
jobs are:
Roadway UJumination require-menta vary according

to location and cbaracter of specific expressway sections, bolh urban and rural, but the need for " light
o n the subject" is a basic consideration.
To date, the Cook County Highway Department has
installed fixed source lighting on 33.9 rolles of expressways, and three additional conlrtlcts comprising approximately 3.8 miles are scheduled for letting in
LlghUna helween Edenl ExpreUWlI.Y at MontrG.e ,\W!flue

a nd ~lo bHC! A\'enue.
LandllC.'aplnll' between Edenl e:cpreuwa)' at ~Iontrolle Av~
nUC! and Nall'lt! AI'enue.
LandJICBpln8' between Nagle Avenue lind CanReld RlNld,
LandlCAp!ng between canneld Roall IInli the SOO IJn" Railroad.
Gflldln, anll ""Ylng 1.M.!",<,'l'n Ih~ SCIo I.!ne and :.tannhelm
ROIIII,
Llllhtlnil o n tho reeder lanes hetween IIalltl.'d and Orl .... n "
Strt'elJl.
March.
On the South R r, ulC Expressway :

lIIaln drain f rom l O:kd Stret!t to Luke Calumet (llOth Street
DIke),
Grade lle llllrll llon, !'oU .. hlg4n AYenue oYer I'xprellway at
lOOth Stree t.
Grade .epanUon, South Park AI'.mue oyer ('ltpre. .way a t
Two reecnUy completed lighting projects are shown

in the accompanying illustrations. These photos,
taken durl.n g final constnlction stages, depict a porLion of we lighting of the final link of Edens Expressway to the Northwest route, and part of the lighting
system at the Calumet-Kingery interchange.
Both illustrations are typical of lhe current design
practice of this Department, wherein high efficiency,
large lumen mercury vapor lamps are utilized to pt'()o
vide a system of sound technical a nd economic concepts.
In addition, the use of the latest type of luminaire
with self-contained electrical ballast offers advantages
In ease of installation and maintenance snd effects
savings in cost due to simplified pole design.
The Important considerations of safely, comfort,
saving of time, increased use of highways a nd case of
policing emphatically indicate the need for adequate
expressway lighting throug hout Cook County. wbieh
is virtually an "urban" area in its entirety.
lOOlh SI.rCet.
Crllde IleplIl'1l. l lon, StIlte Stn~t o,'el' eltlU'euwlI)' III 98th

Stref1.
Gr .. de JleJ)ll,nHlon, Wentworth Avenue o ..er e"-pretswl!.), a l
99th S~I .
Grading bet ween 96th and tOOth SI~U.
CmdlnK between 79th I!.nd 87th StrfOrta
The non-expressway jobs for which bids are to be

received arc:
ChicilKO Roall bolween Eleanor Stree t. Tho r nton, lanll Sibl ey
Boulevllrd, to 00 wldenell lind rClurf4Cl11.
Ccnl fll.i Anmue,ClI.l'J)enter R oad be l ween Delion Avenue llnd
MultOI'd Street, In Chlcllgo Iln d LIncolnwood, 10 be willenI'd
lind n!"ur rnced ,
Crllw t or d Avenue between Lln(:Oln AI'", a nd Cenl rlll S i ree t
In Llnoo lnwoofl, Skokie, lind E\'anll on. 10 Ix' cha nnelled b}'
reducing width or the median !lIrlp.
New A\'llnue between Will County line nnd SIAle Streel,
Lemont. to be nelIurfaced.
Contracts will be awarded when lItate approval of

low bids is received and work is expected to be started
30 days thereafter.
Evanston Revises Speeds Under New Law

Cook OOlmty suburbs like other "mnicipaliticB
hI Illitwis flTe required by the 1951 state speed
be removed. and where the 'i5 percentile speed was

26 m. p. h. or less. We wi.ll probably have to reduce
the speed on several of our stree18 that a rc onJy 20
feet a.nd 24 feet wide, with heavy parking.
On approximately 12 miles of' streets In Evanston
we have rnised the speed limits of 25 m. p. h. to 30
m. p. h. and, 88 of this wriling, it appears to be very
succesaful; and, believe it or not, we have had only one
complaint, which I think tends to bear out the stateme.nts made previously in this artlcle.
We here in Eva.n.slon like the new law and firmly
belicve it will payoff in accident reduction.
la w to 71l1lke fmgi1l81P'i11g shulios to det61'lnine
speed
Z01188 01'
their streets. To
loorn
holO lhe
tlew TCRtrictiDtl8 are being applied, COOK

OOUNTY HIGHWAYS we"t to EtlUf!3ton, tltf.
1IatioJIa[ champiort tTaflic 8U/Cty tOlil1, and obtailled the following article.
By Z.
A.}o~aulkncr
EVilln.ton Cit)' Traffic El'lg' neer
s WE ALL know. the General Assembly c.hanged

A
the speed limit law to aJlow cities such as Evanston to adjust the speed limits on its streets, within the
Safety Workshop-
limits of 20 m. p. h. to 65 m. p. h.
However, to be legal, an engi.
neering study must be made and
the
facts
must
support
(Co ntinued from
PUK!! 01)
than 13.000 passed the exams. The others were put

into corrective clnsses to eMble them to qunlify at
later teat.&. Those paSSing were made members of the
Bicycle Safety Club. of which there are now approximately 139,000. In the last two and one-half years,
no club member has been in a faW accident.
Matthew Sielski, traffic engineer of the Chicago
Motor Club and a member of the Safety CommisaionIn 1952. 200 children were highway rntnllUes in Chi
cago and Cook County. Prompted by this snd record,
the Motor Club organized safety Imtrols Itt schools.
The outstanding success of tilis movement is highlight>d by no deaths ill patrolled aress In 1959, none
in 1958 and one in 1951.
William J. Mortimer, Cook County Supe.rintendcnt
of Highways, within whose departmcnt the Commission functions- After two years without a fatality on
Edens Expressway, three occurred within a month.
with no logical explanation. Perhaps heart attacks
were the cause. One difficulty in 800king to analyze
accidents is the reluctance oC people involved to laIk
for fear of prejudicing insurance clftlms. The Highway Department, he said. is considering ftn economical
type of walk along rural highways for the 98.fety of
school children and other pedestrin.ns and bicycle
riders.
Milan N. Plnvsie. Park Forest Chief of Police and
past president of Police Chiefs Association- Under
leadership of the Safety Commission. 92 local suburban
safety councils bave been fonned and are actively and
uniformly spreading the Commission's teachings
throughout their communiUca. Driver behavior bas
improved markedly. Park Forest, with 30,000 popu
laUon, has gone two years without a traffic fatality.
Cn illnin E. Bud Cassidy, Cook County Highway
Police. representing Sheriff Frank G. Sain 011 the Commission- Drivers in general are d!:finilely more careful. In the area patrolled by the County Highway
Police, 1959 fatalities were eight f'ewer tban in 1958.
The total of traffic violation summonses issued by
cou nty police in 1959 was double that of 1958. approximately 4,000 as against 2,000. Moat of the increase was in the new 20 m.p.h. school zones. Twentyone additional school cl"Osaing guards have been
employed by the Sheriff.
any
change up or do ..... n from the

baaic speed of 30 m. p. h. as established by state Inw.
LegaJ speed limits are reasonable speed limits based on engineering Rnd traffic studies at locations where the
general speed limit of 30 m. p. h. does not fit the con
dition of the road and traffic, and the prevention
of accidents is the important factor. Tberefore, speed
limits must be aimed at the regulation of traffic to
prevent accidents, but. without needlessly restricting
traffic at places where higher speeds CRn be permilted
safely.
There is usually a conflict betwcc.n the residents of a
street nnd the (acts of the CIl8C. The residents of a
street usually want the speed In their block eut to
20 m. p. h., and they themselves will drive at 30 m. p.
h. on the olher person's street. An equitable solution
is only possible by an engineering study oC all the facts
and an npplication of' certain criteria, policy lind precedent.
Experience bas shown that definite advantages are
gained by establishing speed 7.onos on the basis of an
engineering study:
(1) The limits thus set are more realistic and
therefore easier to enforce. (2) Fewer overtaking and
pnssing maneU\'ers necessary. (3) tmprovement in
over-alllraffic operations. (4) Encouragement of better and more uniform driving habits.
On the other hand, if the limits sre set too low they
become ridiculous and tend to make law brcaken or
violators of most drivers and are hard to enforce because they are not observed voluntarily n.nd frequently
Clluse an increase in trallic accidents.
In Evanston we have done very little in altering the
limits from the basic low of 30 m. p. h. We have made
several studies of speed practices on several streets
and have altered onJy a few, aDd those to only 25 m. p.
h. OD some of our business streets and two residential
streets that were less than 30 reel wide a nd had
blind cQrners at several intersections that could not
(Continued on next ..... t)
Job of the Month
January Building Permits

HE OFF SEASON in building construction was
T
reflected in the January report of the Cook County
BUilding and Zoning Bureau, which has jurisdiction
~
\
?'
-----
=11_l n :
in the unincorporated
area of the County. The
total of fee permits
issued was 164. and the
total of estimated costs
was $2,588,610, both being far below peak
building months.
Eighty-four permits were for single dwellings total
ing $1,651,200 in estimated costs. One was for a
ten-unit. two story apartment house, $114.400. to be
built on Paradise Drive north of Dempster Street, in
Maine Township. Also in Maine Township, the Cowhey
Materials Corporation obtained a permit to make an
artificial lake south of Centrnl Road at Harrison
Street. 1t is to be 18.56 acres in area and have a depth
of 12 feet.
Fisher Body Division of General Motors got a permit for interior alterations and electrical work in a
power house at 79th Street and Willow Springs Road,
Lyons Township, to cost $170.000. North American
Car Corporation took out a pennit to erect 10 storage
lanks on 107th Street in Lemont TownShip, $180,000.
Olher permits were issued as follows:
The Grade Separation Structure on Northwest Ex_

pressway at Milyfair, Which Will Accomodilte El<_
pres.way Lanes, Cicero Avenue Surlace Traffi c. ilnd
Two Seta of Railroad Track., I, under Contract to
W . E. 0 Neil Construction Compilny. The Con tra cter
I, Ci t ed for Keeping the Work o n Schedule In Sp ite
of Some Unpredictable Obstacles, for Initiating Tlme_

laving Pral;tices and for Good Workmanship in Gen _
eral. Ant ici pated Comple t io n Date it June 1.
Residential additions Ilnd alteratlQns--20 pi!rmlU, $.56.510.

AcceHsory bulldlngll-19 permits, $35.000.
BuslnCRs bulldlngs--ti permits, ~,OOO.
euslnl'!8S ll(idIUon, nnd nltl'!ratlonll-'20 permltfi, $9i!1.500.
InduSt rial addltlonJi .\In'l Illterlltlon~ permits,
WcU_-----I'i l.... rmIU, $7,000.
~llllc s,Yslemg-l Ill'rmi l . $500.
MlsceUnneQue--4 permits, $24.000.
By townships, permits were issued as foUows:

l"I"m. hlp
!jarrington
Bi()(lm
Bremen
Elk Groye
Safety W orkshop(COnUnut-'d from Pagl! 6)
Most of the guests represented organizations dir ectly interested in h ighway safety. They included:
Br/llnllnl F. Anderlon, PreSident, Illinois ASJO(![aUon of
County omela!s.
Hal J, Cllrr. $upt'rv l ~or of Kline County and Praltlcnt, 1lI1
nols Association ot SUpC. ..."tM.lrs IllId CommlSlllonl'rB .
La.\\'ren~e Katn. Supervilor or ChrLJltJnn Counly nnd IUi Cl'ly
representnth'c, IUlrIOIs ASIOIlilHlon oC Supcr\'lBor~ lind Commls-
~Ioner'.
Waldo Ackerman. Jr. St" te', Attorney or SUngnmOn County

nnd saCel)' representathe. nUnot, State's AttorneYI AUQ('latl on .
!'hll M. Brown. Sheriff of Iroquois Counly nnd HaCely representative. IIIlnoll SherHfs A~$lJeI .. Uon.
Devcrellux Murphy, Hlghwuy SUpenntp ndent or $1. C1nlr
COun t y nnd "Mety repre1lental/vc, IlIlnnll A,soclntlon (I f
County Superintendent, of IlIghwuyll.
!'nul V . Vlln KlillII, Coroner oC DeKalb Counly a nlt sar" t y
repre~l'ntlltl\'e. IUJnol~ Association o f County COroners.
Robert Campbell, 1I11nais State COOrdlnnlar (If Safet y .
Patrick O'Connell. Lake County DIrector of SUfety.
HarOld Holmn, Nlilional SaCely Council.
Judge JOhn SaOO, III tely IId\'ISQr tor the Indluna Qfrlel' or
Trame SUfety.
It was announced at the conference that the Cook

County Traffic Safety Commission has been cited by
the National Committee on Films Cor Safety Cor the
excellence of lhe film "Bicycle Safety Skills." This
film is shown in scbools lUI a regular feature of the
training program.
$352~.
J'e rmlh
1
4
1
" .. Io .. llon
5,
500
28,700
15,600
'8,<00
28}'~
llano\'er
Lemont
LcytJen
L}'onli
Millne
J1
15
20
2!!8.600
339,250
Orland
Palatine
2
6
3
15,600
77,100
88.800
NorUlIleld
Norwood Park
PIlJ,,~
H.h'h
Stickney
Thornlon
WheelIng
20
1
1
27
1
26
5I),9()0
326,700
29,800
40,000
294,4.60
14.400
387,800
In the no-fee classification, which includes churches,

schools. farm and public buildings, 12 permits were
issued for work of a total $9.550 in estimated costs.
Rumbler Proves Extra Good

Rumbler pavement put down by the Count}' at road
Intersections to warn drivers they are approaching n
stop sign, is proving its value this winter in a manner
not anticipated at first. It was foreseen that the
pebbly surface, in addition Lo the audible rumblc
given off, would provide good traction for starting
Rnd stopping in bad weather. Now the maintenance
crews are finding that the sma11 cups in the rumblered
application retain salt to a much greater degree ilia!!.
plain pavement and thereby hasten snow meltin;; and
expedite removal.
Tr. ek. of t he C.T .A. Now on Permanen t Location on
Vol. VII No. 10
C O" g ~ ..
Expreliwil Y
March, 1960

Published by the Cook County (Ill.) Department ot Highways
Under allspic.es of the Board of County Commissioners
DANIEL RYAN , Pres i den t
Fred A. Fulle
ChrJlt A. Jense n
John A . Macki e ,., Jr.
James F. Ashenden
Frilnk Bobrytzke
Charles F. Chaplin
Elizabeth A. Conkey
O,,"lcl Ryan
Sidney D. Deutsch
Clayton F . Smith
Edward M . Sn ee d
Jerry Dolezal
John J . Duffy
john J . Touhy
William N. Er ic k son
Will iam J. Mortimer
Publis hed at 130 North WeHR Street, Chicago 6.
[OS
17
Extension 216
Boob of the Month
Board Receives Bids

expressway construction projects
B six onnon-expressway
improvt'! ment jobs were
FRanklin 2-7544
a nd
re-
c~i ved March B by the Board of County CommisSIOners .
The items, with the low bidders, we re as foll ows:
South Route Expressway:

Gradl' separatIon at Wl'n l wurlh A\'".- H"rl!hy ~Hd -Cont\nent
$66(;,61 0.95.
Gcad " "l'paratlon lit SOuth rark A\e.-Ac~'Q!" Mldwl'~t Cor p ..
co~
.s.n 1,353.08.
Gradl' se parlHl on al Mk hllllln Avc,- Ill'r1!hy Ml d -Conllnent

Co .. $827.577.09.
Grad e 5(' I,aratlon II I Stale St.-Hcr llhy Ml d-Contln" nt CO.,
$J .2:i6,4 94.~.
radlng ur 99th St. Interchange- Pill umbo EX('R\atlOg Co,.
,s,'iOO$lS.OO.
Gradl n lt 79th la 87th 51 - RolIsI "rucklnR Co., $!H4.333~.

Mnl.., dcnln llelween l03nt S I. II I Woodlawn ,\ve. "nli 110lh
St. "I Doty AVl'. -J. Doherty Co . $1,292.944.00.
Nort hwest Expressway :

Gradln!\, and pa\'lng belween ~hmn h('lm nd . lind ScH) Une
urn Brothel'S, SM5,Ot't1.f'(l.
U)lhlln! t>(Olwe("n CIce ro a nd Mobil" A\'l'.-Wood ICll'ctrkal
C()n~lrUCL on Inc .. $19O,!I72,OO.
Llllhtln! between HlIlJIt<.'fl and Orleans St.-Wood letu1cal
C,)nMLrUCL on tnc" $17,84'1.17.
Lnnd&eaplng between SOO LIne R_R. and Etuil RIver Rd ..
Shorclllnd !'Iursery Cu., $.104,11H.6-">.
I,and~cll plnll' bl.!tween EllS! Itl\"er Rd. and Canfteh;l Rd.,\Ihlwellt LandscapIng ASR(I('., $102.884.50.
LantlsclIl,lng ootween :-JlIgle and Mantrase Ave.-A. A.
Cmder Co., $191,188.75.
Lnndsca plng_ bctw~.... n Cllntleld Rd. a nd ~lIglc Ave. Grll nd
stl'(lm co., $100.981.75.
I t.lt.- ~Il
THE WEAVER learned

W ILLIE
most roads were two lanes.
weaving when
He seldom lost u. cha nce to cut nround the car

ahead, near-missing o ncoming traffic.
When roads were widened to four lanes. Willie regarded it ss a special dispensation.
Now 0 0 the multilaned expressways he uses his
g ift to the fulles t.
He hasn't yet learned tha t besides being dea dly,
weaving does n't save time.
Congress Expresswa y :
BltumlnOU B ,houltler5 be t ween Aw,tln ()h'd . und Lpramh~
AV".-Lclnlnger cons t ruction co., .s25,r'!)3.44.
LIgh t Ing bet",ee n A lI sll n Bl vd. lind L.IIramle Ave._ Wu< .d
Electrkal ConnrllcUun Co., S73.B'7!J.OI).
Landll"lllllnll be tween AusUn IJlvd . n nd J.llrllml~ ,\ve. Shorelu nd Nursery Co., $33.990.~.
The non-expressway projects :
The Front Cove r
Chicago Rd ., widenIng nnd reslIrrllctng bt'1"cen Eleano r SI.,

Thornton , and Si ble)' Bh'd.-J . P. Cons t rllcUon Co., $ 1,254,131.-
The C.T.A. line from the Loop to Des Plaines Avenue, which hnd been displaced west of Lotus Avenue
during construction, was placed in pe rmanent location
this monUl. The pictu re is at Central Avenue, where
construction is under t he County. In the foreground
a re two structures for expressway la nes a nd back of
them, bridges for C.T.A. and B.&D.C.T . RR. tracks.
All construction west of Central. which is shared by
County and State, is scheduled for completion this
year.
\10.
Carpenter Rd.. between Devon A\'e. und !>llltC()cd SI., In

ChIcago a n d LI ncol nwood-wideni ng lind resurfnclng-Arcole
MIdwest Corl'" $.'\89,31l1.1i.'I.
New Aw!., between Will County line lind State S t., Lemont,
bltumlnnus n'5u rraclng-Donohoe Asphalt and Pllvlng CO .
$43.479.50.
Crawront Ave., ootween LincOl n Ave .. Llne(J lnwood nnd
Central St., ~~v .. n5ton, to be cha.n nelled by r educI n g \\1ihh or
median strlp--Stllndllrd P llvlng Co .. $l 56,S.'W.65.
Lemo nt Townsh Ip, bltllml nnu$ reJllIr rllclnR or 2nd. 4th. and
6th Sts.-DonollOe Asphllil and PuvlnJr Co .. :s~'l.!H7 .25.
Palos TownshIp, hllumlnolls resurfacing Or 82Md Ct., 82Md
Ave., l30th St., Cornell Lu.ne, 129lh St., Stfil CI., /'Inti Fllnnh!\..
Ln ne-Carl.w n Asphalt Co., $l.S,93O.84_
Hope for Safety Rests on Good Team Work

By Da niel Ryan
President
Here's Bill for Accidents
Board of County CommluJoners
Pre,ldent
Costs of highway traffic accidents are rising.
Cook County TraHi c Safety Commlulon
The National Safety Cc.Ullcil cstimates the bill

at $150,000 for each fatality _ This latest figure
is $15,000 higher than for the year before.
in suburban Cook County- all the

EVERYONE
motorists as well us the law e.nforcement officers
and safety workers- had reason to be proud of the
sa ving of lives as re-
Only the calculable items of wage loss, medical

expense, overhead cost of insurance and property
damage were considered by the CounciL The figure thus is minimum and, the Council points out.
omy an appr oximation.
flected in the 1959 traffic
fatality record. To refresh your memory, the

year ended with 170
deaths, six fewer than
in 1958.
I hope that everyone
is also conccrncd this
early in the year with
Unit costs calculated by the Council are:

Death. S29,200 ; non-fatal injury. $1,500; property
damage. $270_ For each fatality. the Council
estimates 36 injUries and 240 property damage
accidents.
the record to be com piled in 1960. Already
Applying this figure to suburban Cook County's

170 deaths last year yields a total cost of $25.500.000. If long time care of disabled pc.rsons and
other circumstances of family hardship could be
calculated, the total would be much higher.
the toll of two months

is in the books, and it
seems to me we have
Daniel Ryan
been shru:ply reminded

thut safety is not auto-
matic. January deaths were nearly double those of

J anuary last year-13 against seven. February was
better, hul wintry weather, which slowed travel and
kept many cars off the road, may deserve most of the
credit.
cffective in carrying the mcssage to each individual

driver. And by the way, every citizen is invited and
urged to look up his local safety council and a t least
make a pledge to comply with the principles of good
driving.
Analys.is of last year's fatalities yields numerous

significent items, but one that strikes me as particularly worth consideration is that the entire difference
between 1958 and 1959 is found in two types of accide.nt-vehicles hitting pedestris.ns and vehicles involved with railroad trains. There were tbree fewer
pedestrian victims in 1959-40 against 43---and three
fewer killed at railroad crossings-seven against 10.
Driving conditions are im l)roving. More miles of

expressway will be opened this year, and cars now on
conventional streets a nd roads will use them. Accidents on thcse older routes run as much as 50 times
higher than on the limited access expressways.
The County Highway Department has surveyed its
640-mile road system in compliance with the 1957
slate speed law and posted realistic, and thereby safer.
speed limits. At numerous stop sign locations, the
department has applied rumbler pavement as a warning, and checks have shown greaUy improved driver
performance at thcse danger spots.
Since the number of deaths caused by accidents of

other types than pedestrian and train was exactly the
same in 1959 as in 1958, the question may arise as to
whether we can go further in reducing collisions, side
swiping, r ear end smashes and cars leaving the road
and striking wayside objects. Have we, in fact,
reached the bard core of the problem with no c.hance
to lessen it?
So, ] do not think we must accept the 1959 showing

as the irreducible minimum. We have a good thing
(COnUnul.'d on PlIgc 7)
February Traffic Toll
I think not. In most of these accidents human failure is to blame. And where there is human failure.
human effort to overcome it can succeed.
Eight persons were killed on streets and roads in

suburban Cook County in February, five fewer than
in January and six fewer than in February last year.
Thus. the toll for the first two months this year was
21, the same as last year.
Safety Gains Momentum

I am confident that the number of serious auto-auto
accidents, those in which people are killed or injured,
can be further reduced regardless of the increasing
number of vehicles on the highways. This year, as
never before, there is a combination of activities operating in the cause of safety_
One February death occurred on Edens Expressway whe.n a car struck a guard rail and overturned.
A similar accident, with one fatality. occurred just
south of the 95th Street entrance to the tollway.
Two were killed at railroad crossings. one in an
auto-auto collision, one in an auto-truck collision, one
in a motorbike-auto accident and one was a. pedestrilAP..
The momentum of the safety movement promoted

throughout the suburban area by the Cook County
Traffic Safety Commission is becoming more and more
New Highway Bureau to Plan for Future

ORMATION of a new Hig hway Department unit
F
with virtually unlimited freedo m in seeking new
ways of expediti ng travel is announced by William J .
would be foul' miles apart east und west and nOlth

and south. no resident of the County would be more
than fou r miles (rom one rou te.
Mortimer , Cook County SUI>cri ntendent of Highways.
"The idea is still alive, but still requires a selling

effort. Many business men were enthusiastic. They
saw that the grid system would not only provide n fin e
new means of travel but would also serve to rehabilitate rundown areas in Chicago a nd ther eby raise real
estate values. Some h ome owners h ave protested
because they don't want a through highway in their
neighborhood.
It will be knowll as l he Advance Planning a nd P rogramming 8w'cau. Assigned to it on full time are a
civil engineer, a traffic engineer and an engineer who
also has a master's degree in economics. Their assignment. first, is to review a nd consol idate datil. on present.. routes and how they a r c used, and then to look
into lhe futu re with imagination.
They may develop ideas fOr entirely new routes, for

revision of existing arteries or any thing else that
holds promise of integrating a nd expediting traffic.
Their field will not be limited to hig hways. They will
a lso cons ider the COOl'dination of private automobile
use with mass rider facilities, an idea long upheld in
th is Department as Lhe logical solution of th t'! m etrof1olitfl.n ares's transportntion problem.
Now They Like Expresswa y

" This happens whenever a large scale public improvcm('nt is proposed. 1t happened when Edens
Expressway was started. Home owners held mass
meetings and com plained t hat expressway traffic
would be a noisy lluisance. Time has proved their
fea rs to be g roundless. The expressway has turned
out to be attractive. New homes in large numbers
have been built up to the right-of-way and realty
values have risen s ha rpl y.
The three advance planners are Louis R. Quinlan.

civil engineer ; Philip J. Delahunt, civil engineer and
graduate ecc.nomisl. and Richard H. Kanak , traffic
engineer. They were selected by the superin te ndent
as young men with fresh outlook who have proved
their competence in the Depsrtmenl.
"The first of the four-mile grid l'Outes will be started

this year, along the line of Palatine Road. When it is
completed a nd in use 1 am confident that the publiC
will wa nt the whole project. The new a dvance planning division can help to give the people a n understanding.
Set Out As Explorers

" 1 have told them to go at this job boldly:' said Mr.
Mortimer. I want them to ex plore with enthusiasm.
to go as far as imagination will lead t hem and not to
be afraid t o submit a n idea, no mat.ter how far fetched
it may a ppea r. I even told them that if they don't
come up n ow and then with something that g ets a
laugh . I'll t hink they 've failed. As Mr. Burnham said ,
no amalJ plans.
"AnoUler inslance illustrating the need of thorough.

long range planning is the much discussed north and
south route on the far west side of Chicago. somewhere
in between H a rlem and Cicero Avenue. The people
out thel'e want an expressway type of road a nd the re
is traffic to justify it.
"The highway department bas 8 lively inte rest in
t his project. We have given attention to it over a
period of years a nd are ready to do all within our
power. However. other interests are involved. For
one, the several communities a long t he proposed I'oute
have various ideas of their own. lt is essential that
they come to agreement as to location, and thus far
they have n ot been a ble to do so.
"The demand for long range planning to meet the

needs of our consta ntly changing and increasing traffic
is urgent. In this Department for some years, since
the lute 1940's in fact. there has not been enough free
time to do thorough planning. Constnlction of the
expr essway system. which itself resulted from advance
planning done in the '30's. has tak en timc.
"The first task of the new unit will be to make a
complete inventory of existing facilities, bring the
records up to date a nd collect them in one place. This
will afford a count.y-wide view that 'will mak e it possible to make the best use of each r oute. And the
potentials can be deveJoped without g rea t expense.
Where To Get The Money

" One large question is where the m oney is to come
from. The route under consideration would cross the
sanitary canal and two railroads and the structure
required would cost about $10 million. That is about
one million more than that pa rt of Cook County's
a nnua l allotme nt of gas tax money available after
payment on the expressway bonds. That means we
must look to t he fed eral government. and since the
I llinois Division of Highway handles fed eral highway
funds for local governments in Ule s tate, the state also
must be consulted.
"Besides bein g basic to a dvance planning, this su rvey will also indicate opportunities here a nd there to
improve In\ffic conditions in such matters as rearranging llarking zones. changing route markings and the
like. These things can be done (Iuickly and at small
cost.
"An example of what can be done in a revolutionary
way is the four-mile grid system of limited access
highways which we proposed in 1956. Since these
junior expressways, as some people have called them,
" It is possible that our advanced planning group

can go out into the western communities a nd bring
them into agreement. That would be an important
\1
J
Go Ahead With Imagination, Unit Is Told
Superintendent Mortimer (Seated) Meet. With New Plann ln'jil Unit. Left t o rlgh t. KOIIn ;ak, Quinlan, Del ah unt .
achievement. Then the project would be in proper

form to submit to the state.
" However, the l)Caple in that area should not have to
wait (or relief until a major project can be realized,
a matter of several years. In the meantime, sometbing practical can be done in the way of improving
existing routes. Just what I don't know at t he
momenL But I have confidence that the new unit can
concenlmte and work it out.
"These specific inslAneea .I have mentioned are only
examples of what will receive oltention. I have high
hopes that the frcsh outlook brought to the job by
"The unit will aJso benefit from the findings of t he

Chicago Aren Tranllportation Study. This comprehensive project sponsored by Ule federal government.
the state. City of Chicago, and the County has been
under way three years. Ita principle objective is to
prescnt data of every kind as the basis for highway
planning.
"The first of three volumes of reports has been
issued. tt Is most timely. for it provides our plan.
ning unit with 8 vasl amount. of pertinent information."
Louis R. Quinlan, who heads the planning bureau.
is a son of "taj. George A. Quinlan, who was the first
Cook County highway superintendent. He was graduated from Purdue University in 1949 with a bachelor
of science degree in civil engineering and came to
work in the County Highway Department in J uly that
year. Pre\'iOU8 to formation of the planning unit he
was assigned to programming. right-of-wsy and administration under the assistant. superintendent of
blghways.
the young men in the group and their freedom to work
will result in better transportation of every kind for

all the citizens of the County.
" I expect them to consider the public'lI needs and
desires. They will keep in close touch with the Northeastern 1IIinols Metropolitan Area Planning Com millsion. lhe Chicago Plan Commission. and with local
community groups interested In a particular situation.
Thus there will be nn interchange of ideas that will
have much vaJue.
(Contlnued fin Plitt! 6)
J. FERRONE, 44,
Northbrook, for the
DAl'1IEL
past two years a county-employed zoning expert,
of
Job of the Month
was named by County Board President Daniel Ryan

March 10 to the
new 812,500 a
year posl of
county zoning administrator.
The position
was created by
adoption March 8
of the new comprehensive ordinance that regulates roning in
the 401 square

miles of unincorporated lands in
..
'
".
Cook County.
Ferrone assisted
~;~
in preparing the
ordin ance in
Oanlel J. Ferrone
the dual capacity
of chief planner and assistant t('chnicai director. He
will now proce.ed with establishing the new zoning
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Lee Construetlor Co. Inc. Is Moving Fast to Mak e Up

for Lost Time on the Structure Carrying the Soo Line
Track. ove r the Northwest E xpressway Le ad Into
O'H are Int ernational Airp ort. The Job was Started
Last June and T hen Oelayed by the Steel Strike. Steel
Delive ry was Resum ed the 4th o f this Month. Since
Th en the Contractor H as Bee n Working at a Rate
That Will Have the Bridge Finished In T ime for the
Scheduled Opening of t he Airport Lead Th is Summer.
department, which also was created in the ordinance.

Build ing Department, Separate
For the time being the new department will be at
130 North Wells Street adjoining headquarters of the
former Cook County Building and Zoning Bureau.
This Bureau, with its functions separated, will hereafter be known as the Cook County Building Department and will continue to issue permits for building
construction .
New Planning Unit(Con Un ue\:! trom f'llge 5)
He is married. the father of two ehildren, and Jives

in Wilmette. During World War II he spent four
years, 1943 to 1946 inclushe. as a navigator in the
air force.
Ferrone will head a staff of 15 lo administer the

new code, which has been termed the most advanced
zoning legislation in the country. Announcing the
appointment, President Ryan said:
Philip Delahunt. a graduate of St. ]gnatius High

School in Chicago. has three degrees---bachelor of
science in mathematics, Loyola University. 1950;
bachelor of eivil engineering. Marquette University,
1952, and Master of Business Administration, Univer
sity of ChicHgo evening division, 1959.
" All of us, inclUding Commissioner John J. Duffy,

chairman of the Board 's zoning committee, and Harry
F. Chaddick, county zoning consultant, under whom
Ferrone worked, fecl that in Ferrone we have a man
of outstanding qualifications for carrying out the
duties of the new office."
He was employed as an engineer in the specifications

section of the hull design division of the Bureau of
Ships, Navy Department. in Washington. D. C.. from
June, 1952 to March. 1954. He came to the Highway
Department in April, 1954. and was assigned to the
expressway design division.
He is married, the father of four. and Livea in Chicago Heights. He is a member of Chi Epsilon, civil
engineering honorary fraternity, and Tau Beta Pi ,
engineering honorary fraternity .
Richard Kanak was graduated from the University
of lllinois with a bachelor of science degree in engineering in 1950 and came to the Highway Department
soon after. Two years later he was s warded a Yale
University scholarship and was granted a year's absence to pursue postgraduate work in traffic engineering. Since then be has been assigned to the tm.ffic
engineering division of the Highway Department and
hus acqu.ircd experience in every phase of that
specialty.
He lives with his father, B. J. Kanak, lL Berwyn
ald~man. at 1942 Maple Avenue in the suburb.
Schooled In Planning
The new zoning administrator lives with his wife
and two cbildr en at 1032 MarshaU Road, in Northbrook. Originally a Chicagoan, he was graduated
from Austin Higb School and in 1938 from the University of Illinois, where he majored in zoning and
city planning. He served from 1946 to 1953 on the
staff of the Chicago Plan Commission and from 1953
to 1958 as chief planner for the City of Chicago's
rezoning program.
He was in the army from 1941 to 1945, serving with
the 123rd Infantry, 33rd Division, in New Guinea and
the Philippines. He is a member of the American
Legion. the 40 and 8. t.be Northbrook Yacht Club and
the Am erican Institute of Planners.
Legion Cites Mortimer
February Building Permits

although better than January, was
FEBRUARY,
another alI-season month in the Cook County
Building and Zoning Bureau, which has jurisdiction
area of the County.
The total of permits
issued was 228 and the
- ---total of estimated costs,
$3,920.030.
In January
==I.I ~ =
ther e were 176 permits
for a total valuation of $2.598.160. February also was
stighUy ahead of February, 1959, when 192 permits
were issued for a total S3,363,100. By way of comparison, peak season months r un $10 to $12 million
in permit valuation.
~~
Left to Right_ James F. Kelly, Past Commander;

Harry A. Ohlinger, Senior Vice Commander; James
J. O'Brien, Commander; SUperintendent William J .
Mortimer: Edwa rd J. Brausch, Adjutant, and Anthony
A. Alt ier, Public Relations Officer.
Edgar A. Lawrence Post of the American Legion,
whose members are employes of Ule Cook County

Highway Department. pres<!nt(!(j its cita tion of meritorioL1s service to Highway Superintendent William
J. Mortimer this month. The citation recognized
many instances of encouragement and cooperation

given the post by the department head. Lawrence
Post bears the name of a yOllng department engineer
who went to France as a Byer in World War [ and
met death.
Tea m Work for SafetyCContlnuf'f1 trom Pllge 3)
going in our county-wide safety movement if we at!

give it our close attention.
Pedestr ian Deaths Avoi da ble

To get back to the 1959 figures on pedestrian deaths
and deaths at railroad crossings. I believe these are
significent as marking two areas in which still further
improvement is possible.
We always suspect in the Safety Commission that
the death of a pedestrian on the highway is the fault
of the driver. Thcre arc instances of children darting
into the path of a car, it is true, but in the great
majority of pedestrian deaths the motorist had a
chance to avoid the accident.
For the most pad, pedestrian victims are the very
young or the vcry old. Eighteen of those in 1959 were
18 or younger and 12 of them were 10 or younger.
Fourteen were 56; ten of that group were over 66 and
two over 80.
Children and elderly persons do not realize the
danger of venturing onto the pavement nor do they
understand the operation of a car, how fast it is moving and the stopping distance. The alert driver can
Of the Febn18.ry permits, ]54 were for new homes,

totaling $2.969,800. One was for a school, District
111, in Stickney Township, 84.07.600, and one for a
70-room hospital for care of the aged in Maine Township, S14.0,000. For other types, permits were issued
as follows:
RCalllcntln) a dd ltlons and alterRtlon8-25 p~rmltll $S6W!)
Accessory bul1dlngs-ll permlU, .$18,100.
,..
Sulnen bulldlng.....-.G permI ts, $313.800.
Business nlldJUonl lind IILlcraUoru.-1S perrnlUr, $72,800.
InOUiiLrIHl buildings- None.
Industrial addition! lind IlLlerallonll-l pa-mlt, $4.000.
Wel18--G pennlU. $6.000.
MllI~el1!lneQu8-1 permit, $2.500.
Permits were taken out by townships as follows:

'l 'o"-lUibl p
m oom
Oreml'n
Calumet
Elk Grove
Leyd('n
L)'onJ
Maine
New Trier
Northnelti
Norwood P!l.r k
Orland
Pa laUn/'
Palo!
Rich
Sehllumburg
S t kkne~'
Thornton
\VhI!('Ung
Worth
,
,
",,
,
,
"",,,
",,
"
l 'e rmLl~
"
22
30
Vnluutl"u
.$
7,1(10
43,900
<,000
:lOl,200
24.100
,",600
562,600
9,,,,"
4~:~
259,"'"
"',900
140.600
10,000
,",900
169.900
29,"'"
1.080.500
108.800
In the no-fee clasSification, which includes churches,

schools and farm buildingS, six permits were issued
for a total $446,600. Besides the Stickney school,
they covered two reSidences, one business addition.
and two miscellaneous.
see a pedestrian in time. I regard the reduction in
pedestrian fatalities as most encouraging and I feel
sure that more improvement is possible.
Like the slaughter of pedestrians. deaths at r.ti.lroad
crOSSings can be avoided with due care on the part of
the motorists. There are more than 300 railroad
grade crossings in suburban Cook County. and the
fact that all but 10 drivers got across them safely
last year is evidence that it can be done.
Aa a closing word, the citizc.n.B and official agencies
active in accident prevention in the suburban area
have demonstrated the capacity to reduce the highway
toll of death and injury. Even with an unauspicious
start in 1960, it is still possible to rack up another
good score.
AK in II' 5 1u Bea m II Placed on th. Structure Thllt Will ellrr), the Weubound Lead Into O' Hare Airport over the On
Plalnet RiVer and the North ....est ExpreuWlll)'. In Thi. Span _ One of 10, the Bum., 8 1. Feet ' n Depth. Vllr'y in Lengt h
From 119 to 12" Feel.. A Sep;uate StNctUI"f: Will C,III" Y Traffic from the Airport ' "10 Eastbound ExprUlwlI,. Lanel.
Vol. VII No. 11
April, 1960

Published by the Cook County ( III.) tnpnrtment of lliifhwuys
Under auspices of the Board ot County Comm issioners
DA.NIEL RYAN, Presi dent
Fred A. Fulle
Chris t A. Jen le n
John A. Mackler, Jr.
Dan iel Ryan
Clayton F. SmIth
Edward M. Sneed
Jah " J . T ouhy
James F ..... ,henden

Frolnk Bobrytzke
Ch;ilrles F . Chaplin
Ellu.beth A. Conkey
Sidney D. Deut.eh
Jerry DoleZilI
John J. D uffy
WIlUilm N. Erlc k. on
Willi am J. Mort ime r

Superintenden t of HIghways
Published lit 130 North Wella Street, Chicago G.
Fltnnklin 2-7544
i::xtension 21G
.,..515
County Seeks New Seal
Boob of the Month
COUNTY is seeking a new design for its offiCOOK

cial seal.
A design contest open to a ll school students in the

county is announced by Da niel
Ryan, president of t he County
Board. Th"e competition will end
May 15 and t.here will be prizes8 5100 U. S. savings bond for first,
a 525 bond for second Bnd tJlree
honornble mentions.
" We are seeking a simple selfexplanatory sca!." said President
Ryan," and our blue ribbon panel of judges has agreed
to cons ider entries on the basis of ide:ls rather than
art work. If neeessary we can emptoy a n artist t o
ret ouch or even redraft the winner."
This will be tile fourth seal used by the Coun t.y in
its 129-year history. During the fi rst 75 years there
was no official County seal, the seal belonging to the
County Clerk being used [or all purposes. On September 30. 1903, the scal pictured above was adopted.
Although the County by then was ou t or the primeval
prairie era, the Commissioners Rpparc.ntly retained a
fancy for the classic symbols of husbandry a nd all
voted for the shoek cf wheat and the plow.
On September 17, 1906, the County Board a dopted
the present seal, the one r eproduced on the front
cover of this publJcation. The matter-of-fact record
of the Board's proceedings docs not reflect the Commissioners' reasons for wanting a new scal. but perhaps it was felt that a growing Industrial community
was not fairl y represented by a bit of g rnin a nd a
plow, and a hand plow III that.
The 1906 senl Wll8 designed by Dr. B. J . Cigrand,
who was distinguished alao as the "fathe r of flag day."
It was loaded with emblems-the national tricolor,
the prairie with rising sun, the wheat a nd plow lifted
[rom the 1903 seal, a caravel signifying commerce and
also the 1893 world's fa.ir, a golden book indicative
of culture, a cog wheel honOring indust.ry, 21 stars
representing Illinois' entry into the union Bnd a motto,
"Virtus Sola lnvicla ," meaning "Virtue Alone is
Invincible."
This ses l. while covering all points a nd I)leasing to
the eye, hBS the diBad\'antage of losing legibility when
S EYMO UR takes after Great Uncle

SHORTSIGRT
John.
Great Uncle J ohn ran out of drinkin' water half
way across the desert when headin' for the gold
dlggin',
Seymour hasn't learned to figger either. He runs
out o r gas on the expressways.
reduced to lhe small size necessary for offi eial stationery and s imila r purposes, and this is a principal
reason for seeking a simpler design. Anothe r reason
is that the 1906 scal gives March 1931 as t.he date of
Cook County's organization. It should be J a nuary.
The judging committee appointed by President Ryan
fo r the school contest includes Paul M. Angle, director
of the Chicago Historical Society, ehalnnan: Dr.
Benjamin C. Willis, gene ral s uperintendent of Chicago
public schools: Msgr. William McMa nu s, superintendent of the CathOlic schools; Noble J . Puffer, county
s uperintendent of schools, and Edwin A. Beck, artistdraftsman who heads the map division of t he County
HJghway Department,
Right of Way Job Becomes a Profession

B Y JAMES F . KELLY
President, Illinois Chapter
About the Author
American Right of W1l.'1 ""oellltion
Mr. Kelly is assistant superintendent of highways of Cook County and in that post is directly
in charge of ncquisition of rights of way for
expressways and all other highways constructed
by t.he County. In these molters. he works
closely with the stale's attorney of Cook Count)'.
who is represented full time in the Highway
Department by Blair Varncs.
T
ways to the Chicago area and 41 ,000 miles of limited
HE PRESEi"\T ERA of advanced highway COIl-
strucLlon, which is bringing expressways and toll-
access roads nationwide,

all at. a cost reckoned in
billions, has also brought
true professional standing
to the men whose part in
these V8St programs is to
obtain the right of way.
At onc time in history
acquiring a right of way
was accomplished in a simpic and forthright mnnner.
In
the seventh
facility, do not wnot to move. Thus the acquisition of

the needed right. of way has become a task requiring
high I)rofessional ability find also a large measure of
diplomacy, a far reach (rom lhe informal dealings of
earlier dtlys.
century
Fair Deal For Both Sides
B. C., the King of Assyria

staked onl 8 route of about
1,755 miles connecting the
Persian Gulf with lhe Mediterranean Sea and put up
To meet this relatively new situation, the right of

wny mcn, who include those representing railroads
and all ma nner of public utiJities as well I:L8 highway
agencies, have formed their national association and
have SCl up a code of ethics and other pronouncements to Rssure a fair deal for the property owner
a nd also for the taxpayer who foots the bill.
The American Right of Wa)' Association, which
has chaptc.rs in 23 centers, including Chicago, grew
out of the Southern California Right. of WliY Agents
Association, being inoorporated as a national organl7.aUon in 1946. Thl" M;sociation divides the country
inlo five regions. Illinois is in Region 5. with Wisconsin. Michigan. Ohio. Indiana and Kenlueky.
Acquls.ltlon of land for a highway Is a legal process,
with law on both sides. On the side of t.he highway
agency is the rig ht of eminent domain. o n which is
based statutory authority to take land for I)ublic use.
However, lhe property owner also has rights. He must
be given just compensation and the Jlurchase must
result from amicable agreement or, If that Is not possible, nn order of court.
Actually, t.he owner cannot dispute the purpose for
which his land is to be used. Assuming that other
stntutory requirements are met.. the only point he can
nrgue Is "Am I being paid a fair price for my property?"
In dealing with fl property owner. the agency must
make an appraisal and thls must be based on the fair
market value of the property. The courts ha\'e defined. this value in such Lenos as the {ollo....ri.ng:
"The highest price estimated in tenns of money
which a properly will bring if exposed in the open
market, allowing a reasonable time to find a purchaser. who buys witb the knowledge of all the uses
to which It Is adapted, and for which it Is capable of
being used: with both buyer and seller acting voluntarily, intelligenUy and neither under coerced o r
forced. circumstances."
The foregoing opinion is esaentially a statement o{
the policy followed in acquiring land for the express
signs : "Royal Road- Let

no Man Decrease Tt. " A
I>e.nalty (or encroachment
was decreed: the offender
Jamtl F. Kelly
was to be impa led on a
slake in front of Iris house. The right of way business
has undergone changes since t hen .
'-n this country the process of tnking lund for pulr
lie use was rather a simple maller. quickly and easily
done. until rCC<!nL years. Early American roads were
largely local projects. Landowners yielded right of
way (or their own convenience. The first railroads
had generous land grants [rom the governmenL
When the automobile appeared and a demand (or
through routes arose, most property owners were so
hapl)Y to get a new road they willingly gave land
without cosl.
Now The Expresswa y

Development of the limited access highway, which
18 represented in lhis area by the cxpresaways radiating out from Chlcago north, northwC8t, wesl, southwest and south and by the Illinois toll ways, has
greatly complicated the matter of obtaining right of
way. There are two main considerations in expressway location : 1 ) It must connect points of origin and
destination of a large volume of traffic; that is, it
must be a main line of travel desired by the motoring
public; 2) Because expressway construction is costly,
it must run as nearly as possible in a straight, short
line. And the right of way man Is. in the first stage,
responsible for obtaining these objectives.
In a city like Chicago the location and construction
of an expressway means the disl)lacement of thousands of property owners; In out.lying areas, borne
owners aDd in areas near the cenlral business district,
manufacturing and commercial establishments. In
most instances. lhe owners, while welcoming a new
(Ccmtlnued on Paae: 6)
New Deal for County's Battered Roads

B Y WILLIAM J . MORTIMER
Superintendent or I-tlghwlIY'
Cook County
P ic tu re o n th e Opposite P ol ge tllu.tl':ne. the Be at.

ing Giye n Coun ty ROlid . A. the Suburbiln S c ene
Shifts fro m Rural t o Ur ban. Kirchoff Road Waf
oil Good Two- liln e Btilcl\ top, AdeqU ilte t o th e Need.
of its LOC ollity, Until t he. New Suburb o f Ro iling
Meadow. Mu.hroo m ed. Now It H.OII Become t he
Main Street o f th e Vl ll oil ge and Subjec t to TnlllC
Too H eayy for a Count ry H lg hwolY.
Re con.
It ruction of Kirchoff Int o Four Lolne5 W ith iI Ne w
Suriolce Is on the Cou nt y's Program for t his )'u.r.
mainlained by t.he County in suburban and

ROADS
nmll arens, commonly known as the secondary
system, have dclcriomlcd to the point whe re a program of reconstruction is urgent. This is al ready
u nder way in Lhe stage of establishing priorities.
These roads, aPI)roxlmately 640 miles of lhem, are
old. Originally they were country type dirt roads,
restored from time to lime with a spread of gravel
and later. when the automobile came along, with
bituminoUH s urfa1:e whe re travel was fairly heuvy_
Over the years they have to a n extent just nlllurally
worn OUl.
On L1le secondary roads we do ha ve a. year around

program of maintenance. For LIle m08t part, this has
been a patc.hlng job. But now we hn ve got to where
we are putting patches on l>8tcbes. The time has.
come for a program of reconst.ruction. L refuse to do
a ny more makeshift patching.
l'I owc vcr , greater damage Lhlln that resulting from

old age is being inflicted by vehicles too hea vy fo r
this type of road. Subdivision developments through-
By recons t.nJction r mean digging out the e,xlsli.ng

road and rebuilding from the bottom UI), with a solid
base nnd a good riding surface. It must be a job
well done and it must also be economical to make the
most. of our (unds. It may be tha t we s hall usc some
newly devdoped material. This department has already t ested lignin s ulfona le, a pulp mill was te thaL
is coming into use as a road binder, a nd a nother road
base mixture containing large proportions of power
plant slag and fiy 3sh, and has obse.rved good results.
out the County have broug ht trucks loaded wit h

building mate rials, particula rly the ready mix con
crete machines. onto roads nol intended for such
weights. There aJso is a considerable truck t raffic to
and from industries newly located out in t he County.
Under heavy impacts the road surfaces have been
broken in many places and here a nd there s truc.k
has gone entirely through the base.
Posted l imits Ignored
Narrow l'08ds must be widened. Another improvement in the plans is rndial turning room at intersections.
This Department has posted load limit signs, in

most inaLunces 10 tons. But appa rently no one obeys
if he thinks he can get over the road without breaking through . We have hAd reports of <lSlon gravel
trucks on 10-ton roads. In onc instance a truck broke
t hrough a bituminous road and a caterpillar tractor
was brought to pull It out of the hole. The tractor
lugs completed ruination of the surface.
Drainage Is Serious Probl em

Water is a serious problem on the secondary roads,
particula rly in Autumn and spring. Lnte rains, like
those of last December, soak into the road base and
in ea rly spring frost boils result. The road becomes
squashy up th rough the surface. New homes add to
the problem. Some developers seem to figure that
the road will serve as a spillway for Uleir propertics.
While the County has legal authority to restrict

loads on its roads, Lhis department does not have
mea.ns of enforcement. I now have it in mind to
request the Sheriff to alert his l)Olice force. to watch
for violationa of poated load limits. A few arrests
a nd prosecutions could ha ve a good effect.
While it is not practical to install tile drainage

along a country road, it is possible to improve the
wayside ditches a nd thus keep the roadway free of
nooda and also prevent seepage under the base.
With the large expansion of population In the

suburban area there is, of course. much heavier automobile travel and increasing need for good secondary
roads. tn some Instances roads t hat were purely
rural only a few years ago have become principal
streets of populous new s uburbs. People living In
these new developments complain. but they should
remember that Main Street was a good road before
the developer ruined it with heavy trucks.
Patches On Pa tches
This spring the Delmrt.ment's crews In all fiv e maintena nce dis tricts a re out on the roads doing the best
they can to repair the ravages of last. winter. The
damnge WIlJl unusually severe because of the heavy
l"8.ins that came before the ground was frozen. In
30 yea rs J have never seen the r oads in as bad condition a nd 1 am determined that we s hall noL risk
a nother winter. Those I'oads thnt cannot be rebuilt
will be )lut in shape to wit.b8tand weather damage.
in recent years, since the end of World Wa r 0 , the

High way Department has been largely concerned with
expressway construction, and the drive fo r quick
completion of these modern highways has left little
time for routine mat.ters.
The recons ruction program will gi "e priority to

roads according to the extent of their use. This
Department already has traffic counts on all parts of
the secondary system and a survey of the condition
of each road has bec.n started.
Contracts Awarded, Bids Received and Bid s Due

IGHWA Y business transacted th is m onlh by the
H
Board of County Commissioners included awarding 17 expressway and five non-expressway contracts,
reccil'ing bids on ninc expressway projects Rnd seLting R date for bids o n onc expressway item s nd 27
non-expressway jobs.
EXllrcssway contracts awarded April 5 were:
South Route Ex presswa y:
Crade lIepar.llon III WeM .....orth
co.. $666.610.95.
Crade '",,,plU"alion
s..m .3....'UIQ.
Av~_UerUh)'
:ootld-COntln... nt
III SOuth Park A\'e. -Areole Midwest COrP..
Crnde separa t hm Ilt Ml ehlgan ,we.-II('rll h )' MillCon nn... n!
C() . $877,577.09.
(;r "<I.., ~I>ltrllllvn

,U.~.49-1 .2l.
"t Sl llte 51.
lIl'rl1ny Mld -O>oUncnt Co.,
(;rftdinc or 99th 5 1. Inten:hll.nge-PnlumlHl t;x(II\'atlng co.,

$ ..~OI"J.I:S38.00.
"nodlng 'lSt h to 87th !il.-Ro.u l Truckln; Co .. t544,a.'f3.35.
Main drain bet..-eoen l03r<l 5L III Woodlawn
SL at Dot)' Ave. -J . Dohert)' COl. 11.292.9114.00.
A'~.
lind 1l0lh
No rthwest Expressway:
Grlldlnll, and PA"lng belw~n Ma nn helm Rd . ilnd SOo Line
R . n._ All urn ilrothen, S30'llS.082.66.
Lighting bNwecn Cicero a nti Mobile ,We.- Wood Elec t rical
COnttl'u et lon Ine., $190,872.00,
UtrhUnj between lIa lncd (lnd O r lenn. St. -Wood EIe<:lrll'lll
CGnJlr uet on ln e~ f I1 ,844.17.
l.and.caplng bel"et'n Soo Line R.n. and Eul Rh-er Rd ~
Shorelnnd ?,ur.er)' Co., $1001 ,104.65.
Landscaping betwet!n .:ut River Rd. lind canfiel d Rd.;\lldwe.. Lilndsuplni .u1Of:~ II02.8St.50.
l.andleaplnK belween N le Ilnd Monlroae A\e. -A. Jr..
Cinder Q)~ $191.18815.
Landlt'apin.l betwcoen Canneld Rd. lind NHlle Ave._Crund_
1 rom CQ.,
1l66.9I!l.1!I.
Congress Expressway:
Lighting between AUlltln Blvd, IIntl l.arnmle A\'c. -WOO<I
Elertrll'nl ConatruclUm Co .. S7S,875.00.
l.Ilndll'npina behH!en AU IUn Blvd and l.aramle A\'e~hortl
IlInd ~ursery Co .. S3S,990,z.
The non-expressway projects:

C4Tpenler Rd._W1dl'nln, nnd n"\Iurrllcln\f Ik\on A\'r . to
Mulford SL, Aroole Midwell Corp .. $389.319.6.5.
Nt'w Jr.\e._Bltumlnou. re.urfafin\f Will Count)' line to StHte
5t .. l.emon!, DonOhOO Alphall and P"a\'lng CO, . $48,479.50.
Craw ford Ave Chllnnelllnll: by rcUu,'lnjol "ldth ot median
Ifrlj) Lincol n Ave .. 1.lnrolnwood , to Ccnlrnl SL, E\,lIn6ton.
Standard P avlnK Co., '1:1(j.6.'14.~.
t..em,'n l Townthlp--Dltumlnou-I relurfacln. on 2nd, 4th, and
6th 5tl~ Donohoo Atphalt and Paving Co .. $3.9117.25.
palotl Townshlp.-BlIumlnou!II relurfaclna ot 8:lnd Cl .. 6:lnd
A\~ .. lllOlh SI . Corncll unl!'. 1:!!llh St ~ 8111 Ct.. and .'Ilrmhlll
LIIn~, CnrlllOn AlphllLt CO., '13.930.84.
low Bids Received

The expressway projects for which bids were reec.iv(!(l April 5 were, with the low bidders :
SQu l h /toute RTIUlhl1l " 11(1 plI.vLng 97,h In Sfth S I.
Mldwe~1
Ar,'()le
("orp., n ' U17 .'I 21~ .

SOuth !toutl.' J[radlnlf lind 1111\'lnll 87 lh to 1':'lh S t. -.... rctllI.'
Mldw~.l COrp.. $1.D.....7,I\b"'lJl'l .
Sou lh Rou t e grltdlnll' !tnt! pm' lng 7911'1. to 71111 St._"rool.,
:>.lhl"'t'_1 Corp . $1,56~
SOUth Route gradIng IInil JWl\lng nit 10 69th SI.-W. ~.
Sheppartl k Ot~ t71H.74S.57
SOuth Rouie gntde 1ePa.rllllon strueture In l00th 51. Interrhanre-lIl.'rllh) Mld-Conllnent CO~ 5751..882.01
S41ulh R()UI~ (Wt'lll legl gnldr uparatl()n .lruetUI'(' In 100th
:;1, Interrhllngl"-lIerHh y Mld-Conllnent C\:I., $271.6 IOn,o'I,
COnltruction of Soulh !luute umlerl"'lS8 al C. II. 1. '" 1'. H. R.,
C. ~ W. I . H. 11.. and Bdt lIy. -W . f .. O'Ne li Cunstruf!lon co ..
S.2,OOI ,~1-04
I. ,.
rurnhlhlng slruclurnl Nle,,1 ror South HUUle llnd erllnllM ilL

P . It. 11., C. At W I. l!.. R. a nd tleJl II )'. Chll-ago
lIel,lh" SI('l!1 CO .. $1.588.161.1<1 .
Caluml't El{pre~5wa)' Intl!rl!hun)o:e sdrl lllon ~ Il t (:ll!nwovdDyer 11
Roek ROlld Con_tructlon (;'0.., $93,0.12..'11
('. It
Bids Due May 3rd

Bids will be received by lhe County Board M ay 3
on the following jobs:
('onl"'U E"preuw""y 8HUlninoUR 5h n uh1er, Allftln B I"d 10
LIIramlC "H!.
We~t .. r n A\'e.-Ilrld!fl' IIn(l IIppro ll eh.,. lit Butterfield Creek.
Klreh off Hd. -Ret:nnl l ruC'tio n. rour lanu. ('urbs li nd gutters
IIL .. k. Rd . tG WIlke Rd .
Chl"flj{o Rd.-ReI'OnSlru,tlo n tour lant', . and rc.ur(lIc1ng
Ell'llnor SL. Thornlon to Slbl,,), 8 1\d.
L.ake-Cook Rd,-Returta~lnlt .:Ia Rd . 10 nand Rd.
Mo unt Pros~t Rd
HeJurfacing Oakton St to Golf Rd .
Ourc h SL- Resurfaclng Ean Prairie Rd to Dodae A\'~.
Winola Itd~ !..ocUII Rd., Happ Rd 10 LocUlt Rd lind illinois
Rd. In Winnetka A\e .-Re.urfaclnj{.
Rld\fe Rd. -Resurl" .. lnr Elmwood Ave to Winnetka Rd
Tower Rd. -Returrndng Ed"ns EKI)I'1:UWH), to Forell \V IC},.
Wlii ten Ave.-lI.e8urrll~lnlf Wl'~ lem A\e. t o Shermer Rd.
West Luke A\,c.- Relurraclnt:l Pfingsten tn (;nMlnwood Rrl.
Avondale Avc.-Relurfllclna Dr)'n Mawr to Oll])hunt Ave .
Rryn Mllwr A\'e._ RelurfHrlnl Avondalc to Cc,onlra l A\'e.
DrsI'Ialnl'5 Rh'er Rd. -Relurtlldng trvlnll Plltk R,1. to
AlontnlSf' Ave.
oc.-.PlalnH Rh'cr Rd. CulOa-RelurracinE Ir\'lnl Park Rd .
10 :o.JonlrMol!
A\'I~.
~'Orelit ~n;e Dr,-ReMurtllclnl Belmont ",e. 10 CUmber.

land A\~.
!n'ln\f P a rk Rd. -ReJurracll1lot SCOtt All'. I,> DctiPlalnel
IU"er ltd
Oftk I'Mk A"C , ReBurtul'lnl In;tn\f PMk IW . 1.0 Guonh.on
S.
~'Ir'\ A\l'.- Re~ urtllclni Jollct Rd. to Ogden AVI'
Flr~I A\'I', cu\urr-RelurtarlnE 3111 51. 10 Flr.1 Avc
Fifth A\'e._n,,~urtllclnll' LIIke SI. to Aultuata SI.
.
:.!(i1h St.-Resurfaeln! First A\ ... lo DeIPlalnel Ave,
HI(lre ltd
Re-Iurrar n. Dl:de Hwy, to UIlI~led St.
nllIl:l"llInd A\e.-Rl'IIu rtn cl nll IlUh S1. 10 9C'tth St
Park A\e.-Rl'II urlacln\f Jt19tl!. 5L to l ~lh SL
IIUh St.-Hc.urfarlng Colta!;c en;"'!!' !\\'\,- 19 DIlly AvO!,
Right of Way Association
37-Year Veteran Retires
(Continu('tl rrom Pare S)
ways in Cook County. While right of way deals are

everyday business for the highway department, the
property owner, especially a home owner , may be involved in fluch a deal only once in hia lifetime. In
virtually every case some educational effort must be
made. Either the home owner has an extra vagant
idea of its value or he is so uninformed on current
reaJty values that he is willing to lake 1C88 lhan it is
worth.
With the owner who is ssklng too much. which
would unfa.irly add to the costs of lhe improvement,
lhe effort must be ma de to persuade him that the
offer Is juSt In Lhe light of all factors, This has been
accomplished with only rare exceptions, and the deal
closed wllh good feeling. When lhe County has
found an owner whose price is below appraisal , he
has been given the higher figure DS 8 matter of
fairness.
While the right of way men have come to regard

their calling as a full fledged profession, justified by
Ule complc.xity of their work and the large sums of
money involved, it is actually a combination of professions. A well qualified right of way man is part
e ngineer, part la wyer , a good real estate man a nd
appraiser a nd an outstanding practitioner of public
relations.
Left t o Righ t- Chid C lerk Peter M. Cillan, Superin.

tendent William J . Mortimer and Edwa rd F. Lelke.
F. LElKE, an employe of the Cook County

EDWARD
Highway Department for 37 years, r etired on
pension March 31. Fellow workers presented him
with a wrial watch. and Superintendent Willium J .
Mortimer handed it to him , with a word of appreciation for his long service. at an informa l gathering in
the office of Chief Clerk Peter M. Callnn.
He s hould be engineer enough, nt least, to under Bland maps, plals, crOBs-seclions and construction
pla ll8 and to cxpla in them to the people whose land
he is St'eking. He should have a working knowledge
of real estate law and should be familiar with local
va lues a nd how to gather a nd compile the data necessa ry to sound valuation.
Mr. Lelke ente red t he Departme nt January 17,1923.

He worked as a draftsman , as chief payroll elerk a nd
in the maintenance division unUi 1937. That year
the Department established ita LaGrange Park warehouse and Mr. I..clke was sent there to IICt up 3. bookkeeping aystem.
In the important field of public relations, the right

of way agent is the first representative of the agency,
und probably the only one, to meet the man wbose
land is BOught. Thus the whole imprcssion many
people have of how the department functi ons is made
In the deals for property.
Later he was recalled to the chief clerk's office to

audit a nd compute engineers' estimate reports. payment to contractors as wo rk progressed and material
quantities used on various jobs.
Aasislant vice prcsiden ts--Jo hn R. Curtis, Wlslstant
ma nager of real estate, Commonwealth Ediaon Co. ;
Paul F . Grnnt, land and right of way supervisor ,
Cenlral Illinois Public Service Co., Springfield, a nd
J a mes McFadzean, senior real estate agent, Northern
Dlinois Gas Co.
Everyone has heard people say, "The County never

considers a nybody; they put the rood wherever they
wanL" The patient right of way man can explain
the BOund reasons w hy the location was selected. He
can present the benefits to result. to the owner himself DS well as to the public, and thereby swing t he
deal to the satisfaction of both aides.
Secretary-William L . Blake, D.88istant vice president, Chicago Title and Trust Co.
Aaslstnnt secretary- Ernest E. Laing, real estate
agent, Ch icago, Rock Island & Pad fi c R. R.
Tr easurer- Wa llace V. Law, right of way superintendent, subur ban a rea , minois Bell Telephone Co.
Assistn.nt t reosurer-Raymond P. Lynch, superintendent, Chicago District Pi peline Co.
Membership in the illinois chapter is approximately

400. It includes right of way officers of railroads,
public utilities, pipe line companies, city, county and
state highway agenCies, appraisers, title abstract
firms, lawyers, engineers and virtually eve ryone
whose principal occupation is concerned with right of
way ma t ters.
Representing the ll1inois chnpler on the national
association board of directors-William A . Thuma,
Officers of t he Illinois chapLer , besides the president are:
vice president, Chicago Title and Trust Co., a Dd Roy

A. Strobeck, manager of real estate, Commonwealth
EdllJOn Co.
Vice president- Harry W. Gahagan, appraiser.
March Traffic Deaths
March Building Permits
F toll for first quarter 1960 to 20 per cent above

that of the same period last year. The three-month
lFTEEN highway lraflic dealbs in March ralaed the
ERMITS for building construction esl!mated to

P
cost $6.575,000 were issued in Ma r ch by the Cook
CounlY Department of Building, which has jurisdic-
totals were: 1960-36 ;

1959-30. In 1959, the
total deaths fo r the year
was 170. At the present rate, 1960 will end
with well over 200.
Nine of the Ma rch
fatalities resulled from collisions, six o[ them involving t wo a utomobiles. o ne in which fh-c cars figured
and two in crashes between a utomobiles and trucks.
Throe of the victims were pedestrians. One was
tion in the unincorporated area.

Largest among the
projects covered in the
total of 242 permits was
fln addition to the Community Memorial General Hospital, 5101 Willow Springs Road , in Lyons
Township, and a nurses home. The addJtlon was
estimated at $1,136,000 and lhe nurses' home. $30,000.
Five other itema authorized were above $100,000 each :
struck by a school bUB, one by an aulomobiJc and onc
S. S. Cyril and Melbodius School and auditorium,

Sobieski and Czackl Streets, Lemonl Township,
$378,000.
St. Patrick Church a nd School, 91st Street a nd 86th
Avenue, Palos Township, $406.000.
Swimming pool, Plum Grove Estates, Rohlwing
Road and Longacres Lane, Palatine Township.
$130,000.
Seven lawn houses, six units each, Gregory Lane
west of Greenwood Rond, M:line Township, $505.400.
Eight. row houses, fou l' units each, Potter Road
soulh of Golf Road, Maine Township, $475,200,
There were 143 pennits for single dwellings, o[ 8
total estimated cosl of $2,907.600. For othe r types of
construction, permits were issued as foUows:
was killed in an accident involving an automobile and

a bicycle.
One. a t ruck driver, was killed by n train. Two
deaths resulted when cars left the road and struck
wayside objects.
Two deaths occurred on U. S. and state rural routes.
t wo on County roads. two in Chicago H eights and
o ne each in Harvey, DesPlaines, River Grove, Niles,

Willow Springs. Wheeling, McCook. Hickory Hills, and
RoscmonL
The month's lotal of a ccidcnts- penronal injury
and property damage as well as Ca.tallties- was 3,561.
The n umber of ()erSOn8 injur ed was 866, In March
Ill8t year the lotal of accidents was 2,<&02 and the total
injured. 745. First quarter totals for lhe two years
were : 1960- 10,052 accidents a nd 2,436 injured:
1959- 9,238 uccidentJJ and 2.212 injured.
Job
0/
the Month
Ituldenllal additions a nd altl:'rallon$-2!.i penni", $93."00

Apartment bulldlnir_ Hi permits, S980.600.
Acceuor-y bulldlng.- l9 llermlll, $44.460.
BUMlneu llulldl ng8-6 permili. $205.200.
lIu.lnl!lII nddillolll and nl\erlHlon!1--6 perml\)(, $19>1,8((1.
In.lulllr1al bulldlni l--2 permltl, $107,2()().
Intlu slril\1 Itltlilion . nnd nlterlltlon-..3 permllM, 144,700
WeJ1_~ permili. 1:1.000.
Mllcellllneou...-.6 pennlll, $11,100.
ConstructiOn aUlhorized in March is located in 21

townships as foll ows:
Tuwnahlp
Bllrrlnilon
Bloom
IlNlmen
Elk Grove
Ha nO\'e r
Lemont
Leyden
L}on.
lIorllnl>
!"ew Trier
Northneld
N'orwooc1 Park
OrlAnd
Palatine
1"11.101
Ri ch
Sr hll umbu,'C
~tlcknl!Y
Thornton
Wheellni
Worth
T hl. Pumping Station Will Keep the Northwe.t Ex_

preliwilY Free of Storm Wil ter in t he Seetlon Be twe e n
the 500 L ine RallrOllld lIInd the Exprellway T ermlnu.
in O' Ha re A irport. Benu.e t he Natural Grade Does
Not Pe rmi t Grillv lty F low, Pump' Are NeCellilry to
Booll the Dl"lII lnage Over il Slight Ri,e of Ground And
in t o the Des P laine. River. Like Other Pumping
Stations on the E"pre n ..... ily Th is One w ill be E lec trically Operated And WUI Go into Actio n When the
Water Volume Requires. Th e Contrilctor, L. B. Strilnd_
berg &. S o nl In c., Stilrted W ork In Januuy And II
Proceed in g on Schedule.
,,
,.,
,
l e .n,lI~
....
,!
,,
",,
",
""
issued in
Vl&lu"lIon
..
1,000
l~~
~.460
4~ ,400
19I:.Foo
141.200
1 ,~~
~7,!IOO
84,400
38.000
,.
""'il
'.
....000
1\62.900
.00
5:1'4.600
2301.400
No pennits were
Calumet, Niles, a nd
Proviso Townships.
In the no-fee classifi cation, which includes churches,
schools and fann buildings, there were eight pennits
for a total estimaled valuation of S1.981,OOO.
In March last year, the Department issued 389 permits fo r a total S6,644 ,000 in estimated va lue. Included were 262 for single dwellings estimated to cost
$5,279,700.
Spring Cilme L.lIle In Cook County For,,, Preler\le" BUl WJi' Well Received
Vol. VII No. 12
May, 1960

Published by the Cook County (m. ) Department of Highways
Under auspices DC the Board of. County CommissioneMl
DANIEL RYAN , president
Fred A. Full!!
James F. "'.htnden
Frank Bobrytzke
Chouleli F . Chaplin
Elizabeth A. Conkey
Christ A. Jensen
Dan iel Ryan
Sidney D. Deutsch
Jerry Dolezal
John J . Duffy
W illiam N. Erickson
Clayton F. Smith
Edwilrd M. Sneed
John J. T auhy
WilHam J . Mort imer

Superintendent of Highwa ys
P ublished at 130 NOl"th Wells Street, Chicago 6.
FRanklin 2-7544
Boob
April Traffic Accidents
Extension 216
0/ the Month
PERSONS. among lhem four pedestrians

ElGHTEEN
and a boyan a bicycle, were killed in a ccidents on
streets and highways in suburban Cook County in
April. The loll was three higber than the month

before and 10 over thal of April , 1959.
F or t he firs t four months of this yen r , fatalities
total 55. This compares with 41 for the same period
of 1959, when the year's total was 170, and with 56
for 1958, which ended wit h 176.
Although the death toll in April was the highest
for a ny month of this year, the total of alI accidentspersonal injury a nd property damage as well as fatalities- was lower than in March and February a nd the
total of inj ured was below that of last month. The
figures for the first four months follow:
Tull,1 Arddp"",
,."
T Ol n ll
13,000
;\1o"lh
J,mullry
. ebrullry
Murch _
April
J :i09
:\,561
."'"
Kill e d
H
,
""
!i."i
lJ,Jur.,.1
SOO
'"
866
'"
3 ,274
One of the pedestrians killed was a girl of 7. two

were elderly men, one 70 a nd one 61, and the fourth
was a man of 32. The boy on the bicycle was 9,
Six deaths resulted from collisions between automobiles, one involving th ree cars, a nd two from a uto-truck
crashes, Two men were killed when t heir ca r struck
&.n abutment on Edens E x pressway a t Tower Road,
two when their ca r left t he road and hit a tree, and
one when a car , off the pavement. struck a wayside
post.
IN
HIS OWN SET, Moron Magoo is the ace.

He flashes in and out of traffic lanes like a sunbeam, missing fenders by a hair.
T o Mor on's mob. this is the most.

Magoo geta by he(:ause sane drivers refuse to compete with a moron.
Highways Around the World
Digits Do Dipsydoodle
Somehow or other , a pair of digits got reversed in
the April issue of Ulis publication. In the article on
the American Right of Way Association it was stated
that there are chapters in 23 cente rs. It should have
read 32 centers.
In South Africa authOl;ties have er ected stop signs

at all railroad grade crossings. , . Pa r is rel>Orts one
Utird of accidental deaths of children are caused by
road accidents. This is 20 times as ma ny as are killed
by infantile paralysis , , . A Queensland, Australia,
man bought a lottery ticket to get change for a {larking meter a nd won 32,000 pounds ... The West India n
Automobile Association's Sixth Annual Reliability
Trail over a 314 mile course was won by a ]921
Model-A Ford owned by Abdul Majid Kha ne ... The
Brit ish Ministry of Transport is ex perimenting with a
median headlight screen of expanded metal .
Detour Becomes De Tour

The village of Detour in Michigan has j ust changed
its name to DeTour. This is because motorists who
follo wed signs were constantly stopping residents and
asking- " Whcre do we get back on the main road
again ?"
Expressway Benefits
jn
Found
Tax
Rolls
A good example tOT other COJll1l1lUlities has been .'jet

the last 'n lollth ill Ihe Southwestern part 0/ Cook.
County, token;: ttnited,

comtrlu:tiu6 plann.ing
lor
badly needed high""

ways hn., displaced 10'19
di!t4greCJ)l(mt over vaTi-
ou., 10l:al plans.

D eci.,ioll umoflg 01l,'j11JCS.'l
and civic leaders to
joi)l forces
OIl
olle proj-
ect, the SOUth1ll6.,t Ex pressway, is ann01t1lced

in an
editoria~ ill
Ihe
Life "61O$11per.,, which
cover Cicero, Berwyn,

St;cklley. LaGrllflye, La-
Grange Park, Brookfield,
Riverside, atld We.'ttern

Springs.
A ctlWfly t he
editorial i.s morc than

objective com.1IIent. lOT
F ra n k J . D l ll eU
the writer, PruI,k J. OilleU Li/e Publicatio ns edilor, is active OlLiside his sanct1tJl~ (l,9 a standard bearer ill the effort to bring his
readers to agreement alld to presellt t he area's hiyh.1(1(1Y problem to .itate and county auth.oritie.i_
Captio1led " Economics of H ighways ill Area D cvcl-
H ow Proposed Southwest Exprellwa y WIlL Serve

Southwnt T o wnships. Allo Shown Are Other Pl a nned
and Exlltlng Exp ressways and Tollwa ys. Numbe n; o n
Shields Oes igna te Rou tes to be Part of New Int erstate System .
opmlmt," his article flot olily etmOTses the new line of

attack~ bitt also poillt8 to "tile economic price 1.06 pay
Ulinois a nd l"Ilichib'lln Can al. has fewer p roblems or

right-or-Wlll' acqrusition, construction inte.rference
wit h normul trllftic and othe.r facton; t ha ll an y I,roIlosed major e.\:presswl\)' in the Chicago area.
While we have been divided on highway priorities
and impro"ements. other arens have been reapin g the
benefits on ou r failure to reach a common understanding in road and street matt ers. W e can hardly call
them favored areas because they have had enough
sense to arrive at unity of purpose.
for our f a itltre to agree o n a highway program." afld

submits figures to protle it.
Mr . DiUeU wellt to tlte COU}lty rccords alld oblai1led
asscssed valuat ions for /957 alld 1958. III brief, he
found that a tOllmsllip served by exprcssway or tollway enjoyed all illCiCMe of 'IIIore tltall $19 milli011,
1I.JhiZe OM without thi., modcnt type of highway had- un
increase 0111.'1 ollC-third 03 mltch. The editorial in Mr.
DilIett J .9 typog raphy, follows:
NOW THAT the Southwest Expressway project being advanced by several years seems to be a definite
policy since William J . ~lortimcr, Cook County highway Buperintendent. has thrown the full weight of his
offic e behind the improvement, it might be well to ask
ourselves a few questions about our own civic lassitude.
Rather than concentrating on a s ingle major project
which has $Orne chance of completion, leaders in the
west a nd southwest areas of Chicago and the suburbs
had been dividing their interests between a number of
local plans with 110 many different ideas that agr eement seemed hopeless.
T HERE IS no way of measuring the economic loss

to the west-southwest section. To say that It is considerable would not be a n over-statement. Our atlention has been called to this phase by Herbert Maid,
supervisor of Stickney Township.
1\Jr. Maid, whose towns hill includes the Industria l
areas of Forest. View south of th e cana ls k nown as
the 5 1st St reet Clea.ring Indus tria l District and t he
65th St reet Clearing I nd ustria.l Dis trict ill Bedford
Pa rk. cla ims t hat lack of adequate highwn.:rs has he ld
up It. Imtential SIOO million fm dustrial tax g rowth of
Ids townsbjp.
Eliminating t he industria l areas of the Cltr or Chicago, we ma de a sU.T\ey o f assessed \'a luatioos as
equa lized to show g rowt h of s ubur ban industr:al Brens
a djacent to eXI,ressways fo r 1951 a nd 1958 a nd the
cOlllparisons were surllrising.
AS A RES'ULT of a meeting of local governmen tal

officials, industrial and bUsiness associations, civic
groups and ncwspapers called recently by The Life,
there has now been a general accord that the Southwest Expressway, for which money is 8yailablc and
needs only to be released by the State of Illinois.
should receive first consideration among major highway improvements.
The Southwest t':x pressway, which would rollm\' a
depressed route a.long the d ry bed of t he unused
1.1'J TIlE SIX northwest suburban townships, the

average increased equalized assessed valuation from
1957 to 1958 was $19,983,469. A combination of industrial. commer cial a nd home building in these six
tov,rnships apparently showed such growth because
(Con tinued 011 Page 7)
For First-Time Driver on ExpresswayBy leo G. Wilkie
EXPRESSWAY DO 'S AND DONT ' S
Traffic Engineer
Cook County H lg hwOly Department
Study th e course; expressways are

different.
Decide where you're go ing befo r e
you get on.
Merge smoo thl y with moving traf fic; blend is th e idea .
Get into the exit l ane in ample
time .
Obse rve po s ted r a mp s peeds strictly .
Don't drive too s low.
Don't follow too close on any ro ad ,
but pa rticul a rly don ' t on an expresswa y.
Don I t weav e promiscuous ly.
Never stop on pa vement; use the
shoulder .
Don 't t a ke a car in bad repa ir on an
expressway, and don't run out of gas .
If you a re susce ptible to "mobile
claustrophobia," better avoid the
ru sh .
The final achievement : Learn t he
"feel" of the expressway and travel
with composure and comfort .
on> mUes of expressway will be opened this year

and more moterisLS, by the hundreds of thousands. will mB.ke use of them In regular daily trips. For
many drivers. it will be like going [rom eighth grade
to college in one jump.
The smnrt ones will soon learn. 8S many have a lready. t.hat experience on conventional r oadways,
however long . has not [ully prepa red them to drive
on expressways.
Eventually, the dullards and know-
ails will a lso fi nd OlLt that the multi-Ianed , higher

speed expressways present. specia l situations that
demand new driving skJ\ls and, perhaps more Important, new driving attitudes.
Expressways arc different. And the first c88enlial
step (or the expressway novice is to recognize that.
he is entering a stmngc a r ea.
ffis conception of an expressway is like1:r to be only
half baked. Here is n fine, broad pa vement, a dandy
place to go fast under protection of a high potential
of saf~ty. And now. after bucking traffic congestion
and stop lights. is n chance to relax.
While it is t rue that expressways are designed
ideally for 60 m.p.h. with safety and comfort. real
istically they can be only 88 safe as the people using
them. When relaxation becomes inattention expressway driving becomes dangerous, and since speed is
higher and accidents more severe than on older road
ways, thert' is no l)ermiuible margin of error.
A rrightening demonstration or how a safe exprel!Sway can be made an arena of death was seen em Edens
when it WIU; new. Between September 2. ]952, and
September 12, 1953. 21 l)Crsons wcre killed in 20 aCcidents. fo"our were walking on the pavement, a
practice barred by fencing on Edens and other expressways. Tn euch of the other accidents some driver did something wrong, a nd the circumstances s ug
gested that wrong doing resulted from failure to com
prehend the natur e of an expressway.
Five deaths occu red when drivers entered the wrong
roadway; three wer e killed because cars stopped on
the pavement ; one driver was sent spinning when
an unidentified motorist cut sharply in front of him:
five were kUled when their cars s truck abubnents
a nd three when their cars left t he pavement. presumably out of contrOl. All of t hese fatal accidents
oecured when the weather was clear and dry nnd nine
of them in daylight hours.
Since that bad year the fatality rate on Edens has
dropped sharply R.nd now Is a mong the lowest na tionwide, a n improveme nt that can be attributed in great
degree to better driving. But there mUSl be a saner
way to instnlet the public than a lryout nln that takes
2] lives.
For the driver unused to exprcssways. thc firs t obligation Is to learn the course. Unlike t he eOD\'CDt ional roadwny. with a painted stripe down t he middle.
intersections nt g rade and assorted traffic entering
{rom eroBS r oads a nd drivewa ys, the expressway act-
uaUy is two separate roadways. one fo r each direction.

with overpa88CS or underpasses at cross roads and
entrance and exit at Infrequent safety. But they can
be misused.
The obvious point to start on an expressway is an
entrance ramp. This may be a straight or a curved
lline leading to an outer lane of the e.'Cpressway. tn
eitber case, the ramp is
one-way, and while this
should be plain. it is
amazing how many driv
ers. either con(used or
inattentive. make their
way into a n on-ramp
when trying to lell\'c the
ex.pr essway.
Ramp d riving is a n
expressway s pecially
that is entirely new to
the first - time driver.
Whether e n leri ng or
leaving, proper use of
the ramps calls (or reduced speed a nd conside ration
of other etm!. The attentive driver will have no dif
ficulty. for nlmp designs alford easy maneuvering
with complet e safety.
At most enlrance a nd exit ramps. extra lanes are
provided. They a re designed as deceleration lanes al
exits and sceelemUon Ia.ncs al entrances .
DO
NOT
ENTER
Learn the Course; Drive With Attention

The driver entering the expressway comes off the
ramp into a full width lane that extends up to 250
to 300 yards from the point of e ntrance. In Lhis lane
he is safely out of the stream of fasl mOving vehicles
and has time enough to adjust his speed and size up
traffic in the adjoining lane. At some point before
the acceleration lane runs into the expressway proper, the wide awake driver makes a smooth lateral
movement and merges into the procession.
Two thinglJ are important; Have confidence that
the ramp is properly designed for sight distance and
designed and posted for 20 to 30, mcans trouble, cspecially on the tight wind of a cloverleaf left turn exit.
A wise driver will check his speedometer and thus
learn to make the movement smoothly and safely.
Before leaving the subject of ramps it should be
pointed out that there are two types of expressway
interchange. In !'Urnl areas, where land costs are
not prohibitive, the usual type of four-way interchange is the cloverleaf. in highly developed areas,
as in Chicago. both entrance Ilnd exit ramps are place
parallel to the expressway, Both types are adequately s igned and
are easy to use by
the driver who understands the design.
Once on the expressway and hitting 60, the new
driver is in for a
new experience. He
may be used to
heavy traffic at low
speed or to high
speed out in the
country, with light
traffic on the road.
Now he is moving
fast, with cars a11'1 City Ramps ;Ire P;lrailel:
head, behind and
W;l tch for Sign Mar kll'lg Exit.
alongside. There is
a feeling of being hemmed in and with some drivers
this is so intense that it may be termed "mobile claustrophobia." This condition is not only trying to the
driver but it may also affect his driving behavior.
In center Janes he is likely to be uncertain and in the
outer lanes he tends to keep well away from guard
rails and overpass abutments, thus !dging toward
cars in the adjoining lane.
speed adjustment. and avoid abrupt movements. Don't
bult into expressway lmffic; blend is the word.

Correct use of exit ramps starts with planning. A
motorist cntering a n expressway should know where
he is gOing and
since he can't get
off just anywhere,
he should have detennined the exit
most convenient to
his designation, At
BOrne distance from
the exit, a sign
will infonn him of
the location. Then,
or soon after, he
should get into the
lane for that exit.
Usually this it the
righthand lane,
In T yplC:iill Clove r leaf Ra m p.
but at some points
Afford Four.way Interchiilnge.
it is the left. In
eitlu!r case, a distant sign gives directions in time to
make the switch.
It is essentiaJ to understand that on a four-way
or cloverleaf traffic interchange that there are two
exit ramps. The first one the motorist comes to leads
him into the intersection roadway as if making an
ordinary right turn. This ramp is a fairly straight
or slighUy curved line. The ramp for making a left
turn inlo the intersecting road opens beyond the bridge
and is a generally continous curve, sometimes of short
radius. In all instances, exits are plainly signed, both
in advance and at the spot, and with due caution are
easy to use.
There is, however, trouble for the driver who ignores posted ramp speed. The thing to learn is to
slow down some distance
before e nt e ring the
ram p. Like the acceleralion 1 an c at entrance
points, the deceleration
lane at exits is an extra.
It affords room to leave
the 60 m.p.h. lane in a
safe movement and time
enough to reduce speed
to suit the ramp.
Speed perception is
difficult for BOrne drivers. Aiter traveling [or
miles at 50, a reduction
to 4.0 seems to be slow going. But 40 on a ramp
Drivers susceptible to "m 0 b II e claustrophohia"

should understand that expressway lanes are amply
wide and therefore it is perfectly sa f e to stC!Cr a
straight course. H they cannot gain this assurance
it probably would be wise for them to stay off the
expressways, alieast during rush hours.
The hazards of straightway driving are created by
drivers who either do not know or else ignore basic
principles of travel at high speed. The fu ndamentals
can be learned, and they a r e worth knowing, for things
can happen at 60 m.p.h. that can be a\'oided on a 30
m.p.h. street.
EXIT
SPEED
Sixty miles s.n hour is 88 fed in one seeond. Figureing driver reaction time at 1.5 seconds, which is aver
age, a car running at 60 travels 132 feet in the time
it takes to hit the brake pedal and another 185 feet
to a stop.
This calculation points up the danger of running
too close to the car ahead. Bad practice on any road,
tailgate driving can be disastrous on an expressway.
If it wer e only the ca r ahead to keep free of, it would
be enough. But it is a special hazard of expressway
travel that a rear end smash is passed along to fol-
30
(Conllnued on Paie 6)
For First -Time Driver
Public Given Preview
(Qmtlnued from Plige 5)
lo ..... ing cars until the procession can be halted. An

auto-auto accident on a conventional road Is an autoauto-auta-auto etc. on an expressway.
A TeaT end crash is a constant danger.
It may
start with a car losing speed because of motor or tire

trouble or because of a driver's Rudden decision to
slow down for 1\ move into the exit lane. if following cars aTe not spaced sufficient for reaction to the
situation, disaster is mulliplled.
At 60 m.p.h., safe distance between vehicles is six
car lengths.
Unifonn speed is essential to harmony on an expressway. Everyone knows it is bad to drive faster
than the posted rate, but not everyone appreciates
that the slow driver also is out of tune, possibly on
the way to trouble. On an expressway onc slow
driver is a menace.
When the speed differential is as much as 20 m.p.h .
Resldentl$ of th e Area To Be Served by the West L.ell

of South Route Expre ..w .. y HOld an Adv .. nce Showing
of the Improvement MOly II t o 26. When il Sule Model
of the Project P~p .. red for the County Highway Depill1ment Will on Public Ol.plily In the Beverly Bank.
In the Photogra.ph. Thoma. Fitzpatr ick, 19th WOird AI.
dermOin ( Left) ilnd County Commr .. ioner J oh n J. Ouny
(Cente r ) Are DI.cu .. lng the Model With WllllOim J.
Mortimer. County Superintendent of Highwily"
the slow car sets up a traffic turbulence thst spreads

into other lanes. Irritation is widely generated. Fol
lowing drivers eager to pass are tempted to cut around
in scant space.
Expressway signs direct slow driven into the outer
lane. as on conventional tourlane roads, but even in
that lane he Is likely to hinder cars aiming for the
next exit ramp. Perhaps the soundest advice is to use
the expressway only when willing to join the band a nd
play the 60 m. p. h. symphony. And for Lhe peeved
pusher behind, wait to pass until the way is clear.
Good drivers avoid promiscuous weaving on roads
of all typ<!s. On an expressway, however. movements
from one lane to another are necessary to reach exit
ramps IUld a rc approved when properly done. To
repeat, the basic requirement is to Ilnliclpate the
movement wen In advance. Again to repeat, t.he
driver who knows where he is going a nd takes ample
time to make his move will have no difficulty. but a
last minute quick shoot makes trouble [or the offender
and for others.
The engineers who designed the expressways an
ticipated that every 80 often a car will have to stop,
and for such emergen
cies provided extra wide
stabilized shoulders. As
strict a rule as can be
laid down (or express
way driving is: Never
stop on pavemenL Pull
off on the shoulder.
clear of the outer lane.
When reentering traffic
avoid abrupt movement.
Run on the shoulder
until It is safe to move
New County History

Volume I ot Cook County's new~st. history. "Growth
of Cook County," published by lhe Board of Com
miuionel'B, has just come off the press and is being
distributed free to all schools and Ilbraries through
out Cook County and to the public at a price. Two
other volumes are to come.
II traces in casyreading fashion the romantic
growth of this la.rge. lnkeshore county that includes
Chicago. Afte.r sketChing the general background of
the disco\e.r)' of Lhe area that was to become Cook
County. it details the history of certain phases of
county government and activities.
The volume is authored by Charles B. J ohnson,
public relations for the County. who. as n former
newspaper reporter a nd later press representative,
has "covered" the county almost continuously since
1933.
Copies of Volume I may be obtained nt the office of
Board of Commissioners, Room 537, County Building,
Chicago 2. The price is $4.50 or $4.75 postpaid. ChC!Cks
sre to be made payable to Treasurer of Cook County.
NO
STOPPING
foresight. For one thing, be sure of t.he gas aupply.

A motorist out of gas in the center lane is In a fix
that is hazardous as well as embarrassing. A car on
the way to the repnir shop is out of place on the high
apeed, high volume lanes.
In addition to the foregoing do's and don'ts. an im
portant item in the curriculum of expressway driving
is the devedopment of good mental and emotional at
tltudes. The objective is to acquire the "feel" of the
expressway. The driver who devops this sense will
be at home. undisturbed by the nonnal conditions
of expressway travel and yet alert to his own share
of responsibility and considerate of all other drivers.
ON
PAVEM ENT
ov;,r,;pn"swsy should,,.
are firm enough to sup
port heavy ,'ehicles In
all weather conditions.
But they are designed for only one purpose-to pro
vide a safe retreat for disabled vehicles. They are
not to be used as an extra traffic lane.
A trip on an expressway requires a measure of
Job of the Month
April Building Permits

construction estimated to cost $5,681.000
Building
was authorized in permits issued [n April by the
Cook County Department of Building, which

has jurisdiction in the
unincorporated area.
The tolal compared
wi t h ${),575,OOO in
March and with $8,226,740 in April of last year.
Of the 376 permits
Issued last month, 228 were for single dwellingB valued alLOgethcr at 84.651.400. For other t)'pe8 of con
s:.ruction. permits were issued as [ollows:
Re,ldentlai addition. And II.l terll.tloll s--31 penni .... SU.2.300.
AI'('t'uory IJulldln gs--68 permits, $190.800.
U1I 51neSJ butldlnal-fh'(' pt!rm llJl, $247.200.
Dlilineu IIddlUon~ lind Illlerllllons-19 j)ermlU, S2U,600.
WellI-Fl\'''' IM'rmlU, 15.000.
Mlllcellaneoul - Elaht perm it,., St8.500.
In the County'. Section of Congre.. ExpreSlWay Be_

tween Ce"tral Avenue ;lind Aun l " Boulevard the
Wel tb ound Exit Ramp a nd the E;u tbound En trance
R.unp Connect w ith In, lde E xpre .. WilY La ne.. Thi,
Vo1Irla ti o n fro m U.III I Delig n Savu Rlght.of.Way
Aoo m for T rack. of the C. T . A. ;lnd the B. &. O. C. T .
R. R. T wo Retaining Willi, Arc Required to Contain
the Ramp " o ne 645 Fee t In Length an d the Ot her 745
Feet, T hey Ai le to 26 F ee t In Height. Th e Con t riu:,..
t or, W. J . Shepp"rd 4. Co., I, Cited For;ll Wor1(m;ln.
like Job Proceedl"1l on Schedule,
Expressway Benefits(COnll nut'jj [rom P 8Xl' 3)
they were crossed by Edens EXllrcs8wny, Northwest

Expressway und lho Northwest Tollway. making them
now or soon to be easily accessible. The northwest
townships arc Norwood Park, Leyden, Niles, Maine,
Northfield, and Wheeling.
In the two indlis triBIi7.ed west townshilts of Proviso
and Lyolls. both c rossed hy Ule Trl-Sla te Tollway a nd
adjacent to Lhe ollened west e nd of the Congress
Street t~xpresswa y, the il.\"erage increased ,"alustioll in
a. single year was $ 19.217.429.
In the south suburban townships of Bremen, Thornton. Rich, and Bloom. where the Tri-Slate Tollway.
the Calumet Expressway. and the 80uth end of the
South Expressway will provide convenience to Industrialists and home builders alike when completed. Lhe
nverage is 89.554.022 more in assessed valuation in a
single year.
T llt~ S IX SOUTII\VEST suburbnn townships. only

t wo of which, Palos and Worth. are crossed by the
Tri-State Tollway. and Ule other four. Cicero. Stickney.
Lemont and Orland. pristine in their untouched ne .....
highway improvement state, have an sverage increase
in assessed "alustion for the same year of only
$6.551,312_
WI) a re inclined to J,elie\'e thut. ill,. Maid's estimate
of Stickney Townshlp's bu: base loss beelHIStl ade<luate
hig hwll)'s 8J'e lacking ls fur too low. Bedford Park'~
reserved iladustrial area south of the Olellrillg' yards
In the 65th Street dlstr:d is about twice the size of the
l,rese.nt ind~trial de,"e lol. me nt the.re. Until highWll)-S
are adequate to sen'c the tlrea. the IInde\'eJoped IHl r
Permits issued by townships :
I'e rmll,.-
,.,,
,
.,"",
,
,.",,
,
,
"j
"'" which includes chur ches,
In the no-fee classification,
schools and [arm buildings, 12 permits were issued
fo r a $300.200 tolal. Included we re a church in
Bremen Township, S21,400; church and school in
Worth, 857,600; schoo.1 addition in Northfi eld, $135.800, a nd a school addition in Orland. $79.400.
tiou will remain unuscd.
In the Forest View industrial section know n as the
51st Street District, most of the industrial area is lying
dormant because traffic now chokes the streets which
could serve it, providing an effective bottleneck for
progress.
AGA_INST TWO AREA S, northwest and west. which

have or are soon getting be/ltltifui expressways and
have added morc than $19 million valuation in a single
yca.r per township on the average, the soulh area.
which has a dded 89 million on the average. and the
southwest area, with only $6 million. Cicero's $2,500,000 growth lowers the a verage and looks small.
Actually, the two sections which have been the mest
benefitted by the expressway and tollway projects
have added on the ave rage about a sixth of the total
assessed valuation of Berwyn in a single year. These
areas huve increased In valuation about 15 times as
much as Berwyn. Thill seems to be the economic price
we pay [or our failure to agree on a highway program.
We have been indulging In a n expensive disagreement.
Northwest E xprellway Look ing Eauwilrd from Above O'Milro Airport. III the Foreground are the Sao Lin e
R.IIllroad and the Trl-St.. t e T ollway, now co"ntc; ted with Northwe., Expre ..way. Fa rther back the Cloverlraf
Inte rchillnge w ith Del Pla lnu Alver Road Ha, Been Grilded a nd Ih e Two Airport Lead" with Brldgu Ollor
th t Des Plaines Ri ver and the Exprellway Are We ll ,ilIon". Northwul I, To Be Completed Th i, Year.
Vol. VIII No. 1
June, 1960

Published by the Cook County (Ill.) Deptutrnenl of rIighwu),s
Under a.ulIpices ot the Board of County Commissioncfll
DANI EL RYAN, Prellden t
Fred A. FuU.
Ch .. l.t A. Jensen
John A. Mackler, J r.
Dan iel Rya n
Clilyton F. Smith
Edward M . Sneed
Johl'l J . To u h)'
Jamet F . A llhenden
Fran k Bobrytz ke
Chll r les F . Cha plin

Ell u bc t h A. Co nkey
Sidney D. Otutlch
Jerry Dolezal
John J. Duffy
W lllIOIrn N. Erlck.on
WIlliam J. Mortimer
SuperIntendent of Hlllhway.
Published at 130 No.,w Wells Street, ChicagO G.
FRanklin 27544
Extemlion 21G
~SI5
Boob 01 the Month
May Traffic Deaths

Y traffic deaths in suburban Cook County
H IGHWA
continued to rise sharply in May. With 16 killed
in the month . the 1960 death roll WIlS lengthened at a

rate that appears certain
to bring 8 total for the
year higher than 1959
and IXlssibly lht" highest
in the records.
Although May's toll
was LWO under thaL of
April, it was $C\'en higher than May lasl year. It
brought the fivemonlh accumulation to 71, which com
pares with 50 at this time last year. The final count
for 1959 was 170. The worst yenr since the beginning
of record keeping by the Cook County Trnffie Safety
Commission W8..9 1953, when 223 we-re killed.
Three of the May dead w{'re l>edestrians, a boy 3

years old and two elderly men, one 70 and one 70.
Five were killed ill collisiolls between automobiJes and
three, one of them an infant, In collisions between cars
and trucks,
A man driving a car was killed by n train and foUl'
fatalities resulted when cars left the road and struck
wayside objects.
FRITZ uscs the door on the driver's aide to
FUZZy
get in and out all the lime everywhere.
Payroll of 1922 Found
At his suburban home he usually has the SlJ"'eet to

himself.
A faded, yellowing copy of th{' Cook County High

way Depa rtment payroll of May 5, 1922, was dredged
up the other day [rom the bottom of 0 bottom drawer.

The del)ortrnent, then eight years In existence, bad at
that time 93 employes, On May 5 Utls year there were
1.363, a nd among them seven who were Jll'(Isent in
1922.
Three who we re junior engineers In 1922 are William
Bonn, now highway engineer in charge of IHirveys;
J, S, Howard, drainage engineer on primary roads, and
Paul Frank, district engineer in the County Depart.
ment of Building,
Harold Pollock and Val Parise, who were 1922
draftsmen, are now, respectively, engineer of design of
expressways and primary roads, a.nd design engineer
of primary roads.
R. J . Glennon, a.n inspector in 1922, is now a resident
But where traffic Is moving heavy in alliance he's a

jaywalker with a car door in his hand.
F'uzzy can't see the difference and probably won't
8S
long as he has all his fing\'l'II.
engineer on construction, and R. J . Smith, HsLed with

the office fo rce In 1922 , is a lawyer on right.o(way
mallers.
The department 38 years ago was headed by Maj.
George A. Quinlan, who was appointed superintendent
when the department was organized in 1914 and who
served until he resigned in December, 1952.
Lessons for Drivers
Expressway Mishaps
In
AFE DRIVINC on an expressway is well worth the

S
elfort. DIVidends aN' paid
tenns of life, limb
and Ilropert)' protcction and furthermore there is a
in
m,pncy saving In accident prevention that goes a good

\11'8.)' toward meeting lhe cosu! of expressway construction.
In Chicago It haa been dctcnnined that accidents
on city lIurratt' .IlrN'U a rc 30 to 50 times as frequent
88 on the expresawBytl within t.he city. In one year, 8
mile of expressway co.rrying 100,000 vehides daily
has 389 fewer accidt'nla than a through street used by
the same volume. Accidents cost moncy. The Chi
cago Area Transportation Study, which counted tbe
accidents on the two types of highway, figured the
expressway s/wl ng nt $160 000 8 mile in a year, at tbe
least.
in the May Isauc of Cook. COIUlty H igluvay.'f, an
nrtiele pointed out that the driver new to expressways.
no matter how experienced on surface streets, must
acquire an understanding or e:,<pressway design and
learn th(' apcelal driving techniques. Expressways nre
different. They nre completely safe for saIe drivers,
but in 8 heavy tramc stream moving rast and conlinuously, uninformed, inattentive and recllIess drivers
are dangeroull.
On Congte ... Where 46 m. p. h. Traffic I, Den,e,

S6 Per Cent of Aeeldent. H Ippen Between Ramp .
These th~"e yield n combined rate of ].6 against the

nationwide 2.8. In California, where the freeway h3.8
almost become 8 slllte symbol, the 1959 fatality rate
was 2.59.
For non-ratal accldcnts. however, the Chicago metropolitan combined rate in 1959 was higher than the
national 125.2 accidenta per ]00 million miles against
101.3, California. too. W88 lower than tbis loea.llty.
with a ratl' of 122.0.
Room for Improvement

Accident record. emphasize the safety potential and
AJthougb
pleaaingly low by comparison with conventional streets
and highwaya, the prevailing rate or expressway mh,hHps indica.tca the need (or driver ImprovemenL
also point up the extent or bad driving.
Non-fatal accident rate. on the th~ expressways

In tUe during all or 1959 were : Congress, 1SO.64:
Edens. 8A5: Calumet, i3.09.
People using the Chica.go metropolitan expressway

system have an ineentlve to strive ror an increasingly
good record. On the routes already In lise, the perrormance has been excellent alongside thnt of all freeway type highways in the nation. The nalional combined figure for 1959 WIlS 2. deaths for every 100
million mllea or vehicle travel. On Calumet Expre8!lway it wn.s 0.72: on Edens, O.Q6, and on Congress. 2.51.
Speed N o t Main Factor

While the layman mny be ast.onis.hcd to find higher
ratcs for aecldl'nts of both lypes on Congress. where
speed III present in the seelion wllhin the city is restricted to 45 m.p.h., lhan on 60 m.p.h. Edens a nd
Calumet. tratnc engineers view Ule recordB as consistent with condiUons.
Congt't'88, cutting through a closely built. populous
city I1re8, carriell high traffic volumes, averaging
102.000 "ehlcles in 24 hou", with heavy concentrations
morning Ilnd evening. Edens and Calumet are. out in
the cou ntry, wheN' traffic is ligbter and generally farther II))I1COO. An average week day count on Edens
Is "5,000 v('hicles a nd on Calumet-Kingery, 36,000.
The conclusion arising rrom comparison of the death
mtes on the thrN" routes is that high tra.ffic volumes
rather than high llpeed set the stage for sccidents.
However, heavy traffic by itself is not a bazardous
condJtion. Expruswaya are designed to handle large
"chicle rnov('menLR with wety. Difficulties r'C&ult
when some drive... In the stream fail to play their
j:lIlrta propcrly.
They seem to fccl pressure from following cars

and tend to run loo close to the car ahead, forgetting,
If they evcr lcarned. the standard rwe tro aLay back
one car length for each 10 milea of speed. On 45mile
On 60 m. p. h. Ede n. Expreuway, Ne;J.rly a Fourth

of Aeelde nt. Oeeur a t C I 0 v e r I e a' Intereha nge .
(CCln llnlll!(\ on Pure 6)
Further Study Given Speed and Human Nature

SPECIMEN re.cxamination of a suburban road
Previously. speed limits. particularly within village
A
limits, were baaed on opinion with little regnrd fo r
faet or engineering standards. Village officials usually
pliance
the 1957 state 81>ee<i law is under way by
surveyed for speed zoncs two years ago in com
with
made a quick examination of traffic and street conditions. considered the political aspects and recko ned
that 20 m.p. h .. for insw,nct!, was fas t c.nough. Stich
procedures produced limil8 that were Unrealistically
low. the enforcement of which was generally on a
tolernneefor-Iocalresidents and tlcket fo r-transients
basis.
Ihe Cook County Highway DCI>arlment.

The specimen is Wagner Road , which is under
County maintenance in part of Glenview, Northfield
lind in the unincorporated area between. The purpost.
is to determine whether conditions which justified the
Rpecds posted in 1958 have cha nged sufficiently to
wa rrant modification.
Engineering studies will be made agllin, laking into

account Buch matters as the width and surface of lh('
road. the extent of roads ide development (how many
and how frequent the drhcways). the speeds selected
by the mnjority of drivers 8S proper and the speeds
dClennined 8S appropriate by t.ruffic engineers making
repeated tesl runs.
Drivers Must Use Reason

The thinking behind the ncw lnw was that limits
based on sound engineering studies by qualified per
sonnel would appropriately detennine absolute safe
traveling speed commensurate with road conditions
and therefore would be recognized by drivers as
reAsonable.
Also under consideration perforce is hUman nature,
At the time the County Highway Department commenced its program to study the 640 miles of roads it
maintains, it was emphasized that the new Bl>eeds to
be posted were maximum, not to be exceeded in a ny
event. and a l.so that regardless of posted speed drivers
must not go faster than a "reasonable And proper"
rate, in the langUAge of the law.
Cor it has become apparent in the two years' experi-
e nce with the new law that people are IIl(jre likely to
be irritated by the sight of a 45 m.p.h. sign than by
the sight oC traffic going that Ca.6t without the sign.
This appears to be true even though most cars went
at 45 before the sign went up a nd even though the
residents themselves drove 45.
It was also announeed by Superintendent Mortimer

that lbe initial limits posted under the new law wer'C
nOl to be regarded a.6 permanenL Revisions are aut horized by law a nd will be mAde. he said. when the
Department's lraffic engineers fina conditioll8 changed
sufficiently to justify. This may happen, for example.
when a rural road becomes the main street of a new
residential development.
The new survey was ordered by William J . M orti m~,

County superintendent of highways, in response to a
resolution of the Glenview village board oC trusieea.
Public Needs Understanding

" I think it is a reasonable Uting 10 do as a matler
of giving the public understanding of the aims and
purposes o( the new law," the superintendent said. "I
was asked to lower the posted limits arbitrarily. That
cannot be done legally, although I was inclined to say
t hat I would take down the 45-mile signs and put up
35 if the village would promise strict enfor cement;
I mean arrest cverybody going over 35, local rcsidents
as well as outof-lown drivers.
It is important to notc that under the new procedure

drivers themselves fl.gure in determination of speed
limits. When a road is to be studJed. speed signs are
taken down. Drivers select their speeds and all vehicleB a rc cheeked with radar instruments. The speeds
observed reflect the good judgment of the majority of
driv(,rB And by application of a percentile criterion the
chronic speeders are r ejected. Furthermore, lIiDee thc
litudJes are made in offpeak hours, when the through
travelers hAve come and gone, the speeds deteded nre
largely those seleeted by 1000al residents.
" 1 doubt if many people would respect a 35 m.p.h.

sign where good judgment finds it unreasonable. In
(act. the people who use Wagner Road. and that ineludes many who say the new speeds are too high.
habitually drive faster than 35. We found this to be
true in the first survey a nd thus fflr in the 5e(!l')nd.
Usc of the speed criterion has been acccpted na lion'

a lly by traffic engineers and has proved to be reliable.
In Ilrtmn areas the pereentile is 75 a nd in non-urban,
85.
" We learned long ago thaL unreasonably low limit!!

do not promote safety. but instead provoke drivers to
disregard them. What we are seeking n rc realistic,
uniform limits U13t drivers will respect a nd obey willingly. I hope the Wagner Road study will help to
awnken the public to their own responsibility to drive
at speeds that arc safe for the road they are using.
Old Speeds Found To Be low

Generally speaking. the County's speed survey
throughout the suburban area has found old speed
limits to be low, both on nlral roads and village streets
in the County system. Some protests have been received . nol from motorists but from people who live
in neighborhoods where limits ha\'e been raised. In
many instances an explallfltlon of the new order hall
silenced eomplalnt.
When consenting to repeat the Wagner Road study
Mr. Mortimer considered that it presc.n18 a variety of
" Instead of eoming to the Highway Department with

their protests, the people ill the community would do
better to get together and decide on the speed they
want ....rithin the provisions of the law. Howeve r, they
must understand that if a limit is lowered, it must be
rigidly enforced."
(COnUnued on rage 7)
Effect
Detours
New Speed Limits
in progress by the Cook County Highway

W ORK
Department require8 detours as follows :
PEED LIMITS on
additional 75
of roads
S
lInd!r County jurisdiction have been determined
hy the ffighway Department and approved hy lbe
an
1S9TU STREET clo~ bel"t!(>O Qo.o~r Street and W~lern

An'nue, ~lUtruelion h)' U. S. Army Enlineers DC bridge O"~I"
Grand Trunk RaU ..'&y, part
or CIIl-Sag project.
CE.... TRAL ROAD bt'lwren
Arlington llelghU Road and
Jliorthwl'!lt Jllah"""y, to be
wltlened hI t our LanCI: CAR!'
bound lrUme detour north nn
Arlington lI('iahli Road to
Norlhwut
I nllh"'a/'
and
wutheut II, Cell i r.
Board of Commissioners a nd the TIlinois Division of

Righ ways. The list, which follows, virtually completes
the program of speed surveys star-t.ed by the County
two ycnrs ago in COml)liance with the 1957 stale speed
law.
tlulO d ..-IOY
OH IO
STREIIT be t ween
HII1$1l'd and Cnlon Str('('U, bndgt' con,tMlcUnn tor Sorth .... elt
EXIN'efiiway F~t'r ; eutbound tramc follOw Ihe marked detour
iolnji! north on HalJlf'd Street to Erlo Stf'ftL, eut to Union
SU'C'(!i and l50uth to OhIo Streel: wenbound "werle order.
~1
and Wilke R(l.ad, pIlv(>-
Harlem Ave.
MannMim Road unll Cook-DuPlIlJo
KetI:.tle A ... e.
Klrchun Rd.
Uhllh AIe_
lotalo 51.
.urfaelng.
NEW AVESUE between COunty Line and Lockport Slnet

( Lemont), two-lane relurful nll
WEST BARTI.E:n' RO,\D ootwt'en Cuunt) Line nml suttnn
ROIlIJ, rI,!,Jurt.dnJ( 72 reel
LAKE COOK BOAD IJ.et\\l!i'.n E'is Rnurl nntl Itllntl Road . reMurfnclng 22 teet..
MT. PR OS P~'X:T [tOAD belween Oak ton Strret and (;(I lf
ItOltel, reliurr"c:lnlt 22 tef't
WALTEfL<; A\-ENU~: hetween We!rtem ,\ 'enue lind Shermer
Road. raurtadn, 36 feel
TOWER ROAD oolween Eden!r ExpreH5"'uy nno J-~Ore!ll \\'11 )"
r~t
Cook-DuPu!!e 1101. to WlI1nw

Sprlngl 1111.
175th SI. 10 ctc:ero Ave.
Hnpp lid.
County line. widening nnt! ruurfacJ ng_

cnAWFORD AVE,l'ilUE bI'Ilween Llnc:oln A"cnue and HarMlOn
Street (LIncolnwood unit Skokie). channellnl. reducing width
or MedIum Strlp.
CARPENTER ROAD between DeVOll A\"nuo and MuUord
Slr!'l't (Chlcilgo .nd SkokIe), widening 10 tour lanel and re-
31
Itll.
Ct,,{ll1:"e Brenna.n
Clenllcw Ro1_
lOWing named locations:
r~urrac:lng
~'ullerton
IIwy.
Traffic is permitted while work proceeds on the fol~lwl!'I'n
Ilt!e Hd
I. mile .ouUI or lsard st.

10 18-"ln1 SI.
18STt1 SI.- to R.llroad StIIlalln. Rd. to Tall:Qtt ltd.
TaTcon ltd. to BUI~ IIw)'.
l\Illplo ,he. 10 80th ,h e.
Ave.
Germlln Church
H<lu tl' 62 Algonquin Ho"d Rnd Elut on Alaonquln Road 10

Wilke Hunt! an d north 00 Wilke Road to K irchoff Rond: well
oouncl In rcVl'rIW order,
W~::STERN A\'ENUF. bCltween F loumoor RURd nnd Vollmer
nond. Bridge eon.lructlon OH'r RuUer1!eld Cn!ek. Open to
Inelll trame: only .southbou nd traffie del our ell.t on Floumoor
Road 10 DiXie Hl.Il:hway and .outh on Dixie llIJ(hway to \'ollmer
"GIld . nd "'HI on Vollmer HO/ld 10 Wl'lItern A'enuo; north
oound !"e,erst Onler.
STR~:"r
Cottage Gro'e
SN-IIGIl
Steger Rd. 10 Suuk Trail
Sau"k Trail to '. mlle aouth of
"L
ment ""mo,'1ll and n!'rof\llrueUon to 46 ref'1.. ~ to IOul

tro.mc only. EIl.thflund tramc detour 8() ul h on Roule 53 10
:\IST
..........'
l 'rDI ... ,;ecl
Road'
wen bound re",erS(" order.
KIRCHO FF ROAD bet",_n ROllte
miles
183nl SI_
C.ltlb~~~ K/t.R. to
Hlbbllttl Rd. In Skokl~ Bll"o1.
SkOkll' Blvd HJ Cr8wforrl A'e.
crawford A,-t',. 10 Ridge Rd.
IUlnota Rd, to Orchard I ..ne
Willow Rd. 10 Sunset Rldlll
Ct'Orae Brennnn Hwy. to Oak
~'Oll'"lt
\'allmnr ltd . 10 203rd SI.

Wilke Rd. to Plum Crove ltd
oakton Sl. to Elnl SI.
Elm St 117 OemPitcr SI.
Demplter 51. to Hec:kwlth St.
Sauk Trail to Srd SI.
(2181h SL)
CUmberland
AVf'_
A~e.
10 Thillcher
..'"
.
iJrnlt
...,..
jg
10
~,
40
""
::15-30'
MllH
SO
SO
..
"
40
".,..
"
"'"
30
...""'"
.....'"'"
"'"
....'"
'".
."
Thatrher AIe. 10 OZanam AVI!

Oz.nnllm Ave, to Uarlem Ave.
:JO
\11 l'rrnlpt'C:t Rd.
I."ke SI In Grand A,e.
Gr"ml Ave. to'! Franklin Ave.
1\11 Pr()8Jl("('l Ave. f;ml!uun SI. to "'t. Pro~J!I"Ct nel .
Ncrge IW.
Itallelle Rti . to Ml'lIch nm ltd
Meuc:ham lid to ROhlwlng Rd.
M3/)
Nelqlrk AIc.
lIa)'eI Ave to Touh y AIe.
40
Oak Fon:,sl A"I:'..
167th SI to Ridleland Avc
Ridgeland A\e. 0 Ollk Park A'e
Oak Park A,e_ to narlem Ave .
Ohl UlJl:Jtln.s Rd_
lUgglnl Rd. tn Healy Rd.
Prairie A,e.
47th SI to Burll nMlOn A,e.
Rurllngton AIe. to WQhlnrton
\'arlable
WEST LA",)-: AVE-VUE bl:!lwetn pnngsten Road anrl Greenwood Road_ rMurr.clng 20 fl!l!t_
fUDGE ROAD ( n(lrlh, betl'ten Elmwood Avenue Ilnd Wlnnetk. Road. Tesurfllrln .. 18 reel.
l LLINOIS J(OAD between IInpp ROlid nnd LocUli Rosn, ~
l urfl'ldnl 20 tl-'(!t.
LOCUST ROAD betwoon IIJlnols Itoatl nnll Wlnnctka Rond.
20 tee\.
BRY"," MAWR ,,\'F.NUE OOlween A,nndnle "venue and Central AIenue, rClurhldnlt 40 rf:C!t.
re~urfnlling
Sl,my Island
AVONDALE AVENUE o..twoon or)n Mawr Anrl Ollphanl
.\Ie_
Avenue. resurfuclng 42 teel ....rI.ble.

tRV1!'OG PARK ROAD bet"!'I'n Scoll A"enue .nd Ulvcr Road.
re~urlllclnil as teet \"Iulable.
IUVER ROAD bel"etn Ir ... lnil" Park Road and Mooln.Jlle A,enUe. rcsurtscing 40 tl'Cll.
Volhreehl Rd.
DarUel!
Wl'~t
IUVER ROAD CUT-OFF hetween Irvlnlt l>ark RGI,d anti Montl"OoiC AIcn ut'. re.urfnclnlr oW reet.
FOJ(EST PRESF:R\'E onl\,!': between Selmon t Avenuc nnd
C umhcrllUld AI'en ue. re~urr4clnfi: 40 r~1 varlublc.
OAK I"ARK AV)-:NUE between In' ln, park Road find GunnllIOn Slrect. Il'"1IUrraclnlr 20 reel.
FIRST A\'ENCE bl:!tween J oliet Hosd and Oa:den AIcnul.'. re urfarlng 4!l feet ... tlable,
FLFTH AVE,VUE between Lake Slrt'II!l I nd AUlfU. ls Sireet,
relurraclnlt 42. feet
'lI6TH STREET ool\\een FI.-.I Avenue and 0.. I'laln" A'enut!. relurfsdng 'fO floel
RtDGELA..VO AVENUE: bc<lween Ullh Street anti ~th Street.
RO.
WWow Sj"lrlnll"J
no.
Wolt ltd
17th AYe.
:!GUt 51
3111 SI.
It!llh SL
T9UI SL
l07th SI.
n!'Jurt/l.clng 2Q reeel varlnble.

t.l.lTH STREET between CoUlige GI'I)I'O nnd Doty Avenue.
127th 51.
tOOth SI.
rflIurracing 42 tet!1 ,'artable.

PAItK A\fEl\"UE DeLw('(ln l!Wth Sireet lind 15:Sth Stree t, ro.urr.dng 44 foot.
JUDGE ROAD laouth) between Dixie IUghway a nd Halsted
Street, relIur f adnll" 40 (eel .... riable.
AVol.
Washington A'e. to 311t 51
3111 St. tn 29th St.
Lo.ke-Cook Rd. to Dundee Ild .
f)uml~ Rd. to Mllwllukee A\e .
UnNlln Hwy. tn J~ Orr Rd.
Joe Orr ltd , to G1"'nwood-D)'er
lid.
(;IenwoodD)cr lid to I&'kd St.
183rtl SI. to lCtn~ery f:lCpy.
Thorn creek to 167th St.
I, mile we81 of Weslel"ll A'e. to
Wellem Ave_
Weltern Ave. 10 Oak Ave_
'17th 51.. to Oad ",n Ave.
Harnaon SI. 10 8ullerneld Rd.
_"aln 51. to t-;orth A,e.
111 ,\\e to 9U1 A\e .
Rldi:"tl.nd Ave . to HllTlem A,e.
COlumbu.s A"e. 10 Ogden AVc.
COOk-DuPaae Rd . In WlIlow
Sprln Ifd_
H arlem Ave. to Ridgeland AI'e.
Smith Rd . to Arch'er Ave.
Dixie Ih... )'. tn Thornton-Blue

Islond lid .
!oIPII on cU rles
t 20 on ftntl c:ur\'e;
l~
on Ilra10tl
(,Ufl~
jg
35
~,
35
30
SO
,.
SO
"'"
40
Job of the Month
Safety Word Spreads

Tbe article on how to drive on an expressway in
the May wue of thl. publication is being put to
practical use M a safety te.xL In 8 Icller reeeivcd.
John A. Wesley. utety supervisor of the west
division of the illinois Bell Telephone. stated;
"Relative to your May issue of Cook County
lIiyhu:uYIJ , I W88 so Impressed that I felt it neces
sary La commend yOli.
"This monthly bulletin 18 wEill received by mM)'

U1inal. Bell people, It. ca.rries may 6ne "rUclea.
However, the Item In the May ilUllie 'For FinlTime Driver On Expreuway- Leam Lhe Course,
Drive with Attention' was 80 expertly written ItS
well 8.8 timely, I pc.r'lonally feel It should be publicized to II much greater extent.
" In vlcw of lhe merits of tile article, J would
flpprecillle n reply, either grnnUng me permission
lO reprint It or If poSlllble furnishing me with IUl
additional 1,Joo copies tor emplOYe! distribution."
Mr. Wesley was promplll' given pe.rmiaaion to
reprint or to use the article in liny other way he
wished.
Lessons
In
Mishaps,r'Jnlhlurd rrom Parft 3)
Congreas the proper interval 18 approximately 80 [e<>t

and on the 60-mile expressways, no, With this l!!eo
way. the Ilttentive driver hn.s time to react in emergency.
Arl""g From I i2-Foot Deep EXQv,ation, Thl. Pump.

Ing SUllon, Il 110th Strut ,and Dot), Avenue, Will
Help Keep th. 80uth Route ElI.pru.....il1 Frett of Storm
Water. Pump. Will Boon Or.'n;llgft Bro ught 'n b:10FOOl Seml. Ellltle,a1 Sewftr From 52 Feet Below Ground
Into NUirby L..tkft C,alumeL The Conlnc:tor, Herllh)'
Mld.Conlinant Comp;lln),. Slirfed Wor~ February 1
"nd Alma to F'n'ah the Job July 31. Contrac:t Price
WII S15154,402.
Where Accidents Happen

Anail'sil of the 1959 recol'ds Indicates that accident
Incidence by location Is dLtrerentln the city from thSl
in the country, On Congress more mishaps occur on
the open expre88WRy between exit and entrance ramps
than at interehange points, On Edens and CaJume.t.
the ratea bl:>tween Interchanges Is lower than on Congre8s and at interehangell the rates are higher, Both
aeLB of figures n.JTord a IC880n for drivers.
into the Bcc~l('rntlon lane and there increascs speed

Rnd movell loterally into the stream of traffic.
As the accident figures indicate, driver l)C!rformancc
III c1overlt'M Interchanges can be improved. The
fac.lllties for 8Ilfe, expt!(lltlou. movements a.re provided.
Signs in advRnce nnd at the rnmps give notice In Ume
to maneUver into Lhe exit lane and the saIl' speed is
posted at the rnmplI and on the cuncs. improvement
must come [rom the drivel"ll.
In addition to general C8.uti.,n and sufficient anticipation of the exit movement. driven should eheck
IopPedometel'15 lind also uS' the dlredion signal light.
turning it on III a good dhtulnce [rom the intended
turnout.
Oriven who take pains to undent.and ramp move-m/!ntl\ have no difficulty except sucb 8JI may result
(rom improper tactics-of uninfonned dri'ers.
On CongrHII, 86.27 per cent o[ all accidents occurred

interchanges, which further suggests that
drivers encounter difficulties In dense traffic. Entrance
and exit movementa an leu ri.Bky because expressway
speed being low, the ape('d at nunps la suitable.
be~'een
Figurctt for tbe GO-mile expressways indicate a

greater problem for drivers at interchanges. On
Edena, 24.08 per cent of all accldenta occurred at
interchange&: and on Calumet. 1.8.23.
The ramp' themselvea are di1ferent. Those on
Congress, both for entrance and exit. are straight line,
closely parallel to the cxprcsav.ay. On the ruml routes
the interchanges Ilre, with few exceptions, of "clover
leaf" dealgn. with curved mmpa.
Will ia m Cavico
WUllam Cavlco, :;7, an empl ye of the Cook County
Hlgbway Department since April, 1927, died June 8.
He started U a rodman and worked up to tho grade
of engineer.lnapector on construction. Be is survived
by his widow Bnd B son, William F'rancI8. Il brother
lind two aisten. His home was at 144.1 F lournoy
As the May srticle emphasIzed. the use of cloverleaf

ramps tequlru special aUention. The driver intending
to leave Lhe expressway must get into the dcceJemtion
lane and reduce speed 80 he will enter the curve wcll
under control. On enlerlng, he comea off the ramp
S~t.
May Building Permits
Post Honors Kelly, P. C.
UlLOING construction amounting

$7,690,750 in
B
estimated costs was authorized in permits issued
in May by the Cook County Department of Buildings.
to
Edgilr A. Lilwrenee H ighway POlt, Amerle;!!" Leg ion,

Whole Members Are Employee. of the Cook Cou nty
H ighway Depilrtmtnt, Prelente d iI POilt Commilnder'1
Button with a Sparkling DIamond to James F. Kelly
ill he la id down tht gayel. Kelly, iI Veteran of Both
World War . I, AIII.Unt Superintendent of County
HlghWolYa. At the Pre.tntation Ceremony were ( left
to right if'l the picture ) Bill'ney A. Rlmiln. Second
Sen10r Viee Commllnder: James J. O'Srlen, the New
P Olt Commander; Anthony A. Altier, Pil l t Command.
er of the L.eglon', Flnt District; Put Commilnder
Kelly and Harry Ohli nger , F l rn Senior Vice Com.
rn"nder of the P Oll .
A Ge nerous Offer
Some 30 publications of tbe Development Committee
(or Greater Columbus (Ohio) are offered to interested
persons by the director of Researeh nnd Information.
Kenneth D. Campbell. In a letter he said:
"As in the l)ast yeul"s we will be hapllY to send
copies without chargQ to those readers of Cook County
Fl ighways who express interest in the work of our
citizens' action group."
Pamphlets a nd reports OD transportation subjects
include:
Status Report upon the Expresswny Program in
Greater Columbus, Statement of Program of the
Transportation Committee, Summary of Off-Street
Parking Surveys, Report. and Rceommendations on
Professional Engineering Salaries. Financing of Expressways in the Columbus Area. Hiatory and Progress
of the Columbus Expressway System. Report Upon
Public Parking Policy in Columbus.
Further Spe ed Study(ConUnul!d from Pltge <I I
conditions typical of modern suburbia Dnd therefore

information gained there would be useful throughout
the County. Wagner is under County maintenance
between Glenview Road and Huckleberry Lane in
Glenview and in that n.rea is posted for 40 m.p.h.
From Huckleberry Lane to Canterbury Lane in Northfield it is in unincorporated territory nnd is posted for
45. In Northfield, from Canterbury Lune to Willow
Road. the limit is 35.
which has jurisdiction in

the unincorporated a.rea.
Of the 444 permits,
228 were for single
dwellings of $4 ,973.800
total valuation , North
field led the townships
in home permits with 52. Wheeling was first in
lotal vruuation, $1.414,600, with Northfield second.
1,204 ,950.
For types of const.ruction other than s ingle houses
the May permits were i.ll.llued as follows :
Apartments- Nine I>c.rmlts, $765,400.
Residential alterntion&-63 permits. S206,550.
Accessory buildlngs-8i permits. $180,900.
Business buildinp--ll pennits, $862,800.
Business additions and altcra tions--Sevcn permits,
2B.iOO.
Industrial buildings-One. permit, $265,000.
Wells - Six permits, $6,000.
Individual septic systems-One permi t, $1,500.
Miseellaneou.s-ll permits. $46.500.
Fee permils were La ken out by townships 8.15 follows:
To .. ' n~hlp
BulTlnxlOn
Bloom
IIn'men
Elk Grove
Hllno\"er
..emont
Leyden
Lyon.
Mnlne
New Trier
Xorlhne ld
Nor.... OO<l Pltrk
Orland
Palatlnt'
Pal(ll:
l"n:WIII()
RI~h
Srhllumbul1t
St h'kney
Thornton
Whl1C!llng
Worth
,,,
'",
,.,
,,'
'"
",
,."
l'erm1t&
.,
77
7
GO
Va illa tion
.000
",000
..,,,..
...."'.600,..
1.1.800
67.000
2.17,800
<lU,700
l~ ..IOO
1 .~,950
,.,600
33.400
",,;roo
. . .00
"11.800
".000
""00
Wl ,300
307,_
1.414.600
906.200
In the no-fee classification. which includes churches.

schools, f.:J.rm and public buildings, 20 permits were
issued nnd the total "aluBtion indicated was 353.600.
The superintendent directed Leo G. Wilkie. head of
the Depll.rtrnent"s traffic engineering division, to use
his s taff in a thorough study. going beyond the requirements set up by the state. His first step was to
prepare a. strip map of Wagner Road on the scale of
1 inch equals 50 feet . shOwing every feature consid
ered in speed zoning. Then he sent engineer crews
with radar inslruments and test cars to repeat lhe
checks made in August, 1958.
The study has been completed on the middle section.
It will now be extended to lhe north and south s ections
and the findings will be organized and presented in this
publication.
South Route Exprenway Looking NOl'1hw~rd, iS th Street Overp;u. In Foreground, State Street at Right and Lafayette
Avenue at Left. With the E xception of a Ra ilroad O .... rpUI at About il't Street, Strucu.lre. In the County Seetion
Between 69th and i5th Street. are Completed, and Ewe.....at ' ng and Grading Are Going Ahe;ad, With P,lvlng Soon to Follow,
Vol. VIII No. 2
July. 1960

Publi8hed by the Cook County (Ill.) Department of Highways
Under auspices 01 the Board of County Commisaionen
DANIE L RY AN, President
Fred A. Fulle
Christ A. Jensen
Jolmt!l F. A,henden
Frank Bobrytzke
Charles F. Chaplin
Elizabeth A. Conkey
SId!'!!:), D. Deutlch
Dan iel Ryan
Clayton F . Smith
Edward M. Sneed
John J. Touhy
Jerry Dolezal
John J, Duffy
WIIlI ;a m N. Erickson
W1Il1;am J . Mortimer
Superintendent of Highway.
Published at 130 North Wella Street, Chicago 6.
FRanklin 27644
Boob
Cook County picks New Seal
0/
Extension 216
the Month
Something different on the fronl cover starting with

this issue--a new official seal of Cook County.
This onc is a prize winner. Il was selected from

1,609 entries in a county-wide school contest condueled under sponsorship of President Daniel Ryan
of the County Board. The competition ended May
15. The judges announced Lheir ratings June 21 and
the County Board promptly adopted the number one
design.
Winner of first prize, a 5100 U. S. savings bond,
was Frank Wenderski. 16. 5942 North Fairfield Avenue, Chicago. a second year student at the new
Mather High School. Second was Donald Bartolino.
10. of 2228 North Tripp Avenue. in the fifth grade at
Luther Burbank School. one of Chicago's fOlll' schools
for the physically handicapped.
WILBUR tools a long highways and by

W ISTFUL
ways with a song in his heart-
The new seal fulfills President Ryan's idea of a

design significant of the County's modern characler
and presented in simple lines that will reproduce
clearly in small size. This is demonstrated 011 the
front cover.
"Drifting and Dreaming."

Drivers behind get no warning when he decides to
change lancs. slow down. stop or turn.
In fact, Wilbur himself doesnt know until tbe lsst
second.
Young Wenderski placed the County's outline and

the charter date in the center of his seal. A mass of
buildings, both classical and modern , suggests Chicago's industrial and cultural developments, and an
ocean-going freighter breasting the waves marks the
area's new status as a seaport. In its finnl form. the
seal had the professional touch of Clarence Higgi ns,
artist in the Highway Department's Map Division, bu t
lhe idea remained unchanged.
newspapers throughout the County so that more

people could read it. A good many of my friends a nd
neighbor'S use lhe Calumet Expressway and T am
doing whatl Cttn to circulate the Ilrticle.
A. W. KEYES,
Police Magistl'ate
This is the fourth seal or Cook County. The one

just replaced had been in use since 1906. It was unsatisfactory because the many characters in the circle
lost outline when reduced to practical size and also
because the charler dale was given IlS March, 1931,
all e rrol'.
Chicllgo--This is just a note of appreciation for

your publication. 1 should be ungrateful if I did not
tell you that I enjoy each issue. [use the expressways and tollways all the time. Jusl re turned today
by plane from Alexandria, Minnesota , Left here about
3 p. m. Used Congress and Northwest Tollway up beyond Janesville. Interstate 94. to our surprise, has
been completed [rom Menomonee to Hudson, in Wisconsin. Coming back by plane it was a fabulous sight
from the air to see the development of these highways, and Cook County is to be congratula ted,
M. C. EULETTE
Letters to the Editor

Richton Park, minois-The article on how to drive
an expressway in the May issue of Cook COUllty H ighways was exceUent and should be published in local
Traffic Accidents on Increase in Suburban Area

By Daniel Ryan
Officials to Study Safety
Pre.lde"t
Board of County Cornmlllionerl
Commi88ioner William N. Erickson

W ITH itsCOUNTY
chairman, a newly formed Traffic Safety
Study Committee of the
Pruldenl
8B
Cook County Trdtie Safety Comml .. lon
Illinois ASfIOCiation of
Co u n t y Officials has
started a statewide progrnm to find out what
causes highway a c c i dents and what con be
done Lo prevent them.
The committee held
Its o rganization meeting
in Danville June 21,
electing its chninnnn
and discUSlJing a course
of action_ The next meeting was scheduled to be
held in Lake County in
September.
The count}' oflieiala' group is entering the field
of highway safety at the request of the ill.inois Dhisio n of Truffle Safety, Commissioner Erie kson said.
Thus it will add Lhe in8uence of key offices in every
part of the state to combatting the increasing problem
of death and injury on the highways.
" 1 said at Danville that 1 thought one or the first
mattel'B to be studied should be how lo deal wilh
young drivers," the ehainnan said. "This W lUl brought
home to me recently when a 17-yca r -old driver was
Involved in an accident In Evanston, where I live. Five
persons were hurt and one of them, 11 child. was
fatally injured.
"We intend to approach this and other problems
in a studious manner. We shall collect the facts, with
the aid o[ tile state's safety agency, a nd then de
termine what 18 possible to be done. It is likely that
we shall have BOrne legislation to propose when the
assembly meets next year."
Commissioner Erickson hilS long been interested in
traffic aafety. He was President of the Board when
the Cook County Traffie Safety Commission was organized in 194.6 in response to President Truman 's
appeal for a nationwide safety movement following
World War U. [n recent years he has been chairman
of the County Board's Committee on Legislation.
WENTY HlGHWAY traffic deaths in the suburban

area in June brou~hl L1le s ix months' toll to 92, the
highest for the period
in three yenNl.
U n I e 9 8 drastically
curbed, the 1960 rate as
recorded thus far may
bring a total for the

year the highest since
Coo k
President Ryan
Count y
Traffic
Safety Commision
started keeping books in
194ft The most dangerOllS months of the year
are still to come. Vacation driving will be at its
peak and in autumn
early twilight Is an addcd and definite hazard.
On experience. It isn 't accurate to projeet a total

for lhe year by doubling the six-month ftgure. For
example. in 1957, there were 83 deaths through June
and 115 in the second six mar,tha, making a tolal for
the year of 198.
The yettrs 1958 and J959 were succ(>ssively better,
both for the first six months and for the final counl,
Rnd hope arose that finally people driving cars were
beginning to develop a scnse of responsibility. And
I IlID convinced that driver responsibility sha red by
everyone driving a motor veWele is the key to the
whole mater.
Road$ Safer to Drive

Some people sny that we muat expect more accidents In the suburbs because the population is mushrooming and the number of mrs on the road is increasing. But that was true in 1958 and 1959 a nd in
both those years the fatality count was lowered, to
176 and ]70 respectively.
Furthermore, the roads are safer for driving year
after year. There is not only additional expressway
mileage, but also extensh'e improvement of other
roads. Drivers who accept responsibility at the wheel
aa part of good citizen.ship have no more difficulties
than when traffic was lighter.
aceldenta--pcrsonal injury and property damage as

well as those eausing death. The figures for the six
month period lids year and the two preceding are:
"",.1 Aeddenl ..
I N'
It,351
195'
IS.IU
l UI
13,1115
I doubt that heavy tramc by itself Is the direct cause

of a considerable number of accidenla. The problem
centers, aa it always has, around the relativelY small
minority of drivcr8 who Ignore warnings and persist
in driving recklessly.
.
""
Four Accidents An Hour
'nJII1"ed
1,014
-U II
1,11-1
While the number of injured is well under 1958, it

Is still a matter for serious consideration. A few
of them will die of their injuries after lingering weeks
or months. lttany of them will be Crippled or disabled Cor life. The cost in Lerms of money as well
Besides huving a bighe r death toll in the first half

of the year, we also have a sharp increase in total
(COntinued
Oil
Pave 7)
Expressway Plans Recall Canal's Day of Glory
Where Packet Boatl, Luxurious for Their Era, Onte Moved at F ive Miles ;!In Hour, Automobiles Will T,.avel at
60 on tht Southwest ExprC:8Iway. Parali el Line. Drawn on the: Photographic P rint Mark Expressway Boundariet.
l<~OR
LANNING
the Southwest. Expressway. which
P
has been expedited in recent weeks by the State
and County. recalls t.he bustling ern of the illinois
tbey changed to river boats for S1.. Louis. Opened in

1848. the canal took passengers away from the stage
coaches. but in t.he middle '50's. when rails were laid
alongside the ca.nal, the trains were too much for the
packets, and the day of the canal was ended.
and Michigan Canal and it.s place in the early history

of Illinois.
Long abandoned, ils banks overgrown, the r. & M.
wsa once an enterprise of wide importance. 1L figured
in setting the north boundary of the state. On one
section of land granted by the federal government
lo finance construction of the canal, Chicago changed
from Ii cluster of pioneer cabins to a city with streets
laid oul, and lots for sale. Now its bed Is to become a modern expressway.
Joliet Ma rked The Route

First to noLe the feasibility of' a ditch across the
Chicago portage to connect the Chicago River with the
Des Plaines was the explorer Joliet., who recommended it to his government in 1673. But it was not
unlil the early nineteenth century that the idea came
to life. Both the Louisiana purchase and the War
of 1812 stressed the desirability of a waterway between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi. a nd at
the end of the war the United States obtained a strip
of land for the canal route,
Wben completed. the Sout.hwest Expressway wiJI

extend from Lake Shore Drive al22nd St.reet to CookDuPage County line. 1t will occupy thE! bed of the
old canal from about Damen Avenue to just west of
Harlem Avenue.
At first the project was largely a matLer of national

interest. Illinois, then a territory, excnded northward only to the "southerly bend" of Lake :Michigan,
It did not include the Chicago River mouth, and the
people of the territory we re lillie excited by talk of
With the Erie Canal. the L. & M. was a man-made

link in a water route from the AUantic to the MissISSIPPi. "Luxurious" packets carried lake travelers
from Chicago to Ottawa, on the Illinois River, where
"Epoxy" Used to Surface Feeder Bridge Decks

NEWLY developed adhesive known as "epoxy"
A bas been selected by t he Highway Departme nt to

finis h the decks of the twin basculc bridges
calTying
Northwest Expressway feeder Janes over the Chica go
River at Ohio Street

The deck surface is a steel Lhrecinch g rid fined
flu ah with portland cement concrete. Before applying

the epoxy fini sh. the concrete was etched, to clean it,
8S it appC!ars in the picture.
Starting July 20. a spraying machine 81>Plied the

epoxy mixture, which was about the consistency and
appearance of molasses, at t he rate of three pounds to

the squar e yard.
This was immediately covered with
a n aggregate consisting of emery grit at the rale of 18

pounds a square yard. The result was a firm. even
surface, affording good traction in bad weather a nd
giving promise of long wear.

The several types of epoxy adhesive presently
available have recently been used in other areas in a
variety of highway work requiring adhesion to concrete. In addition to surfacing bridge decks, a pproaches to toll road bc;oths and highway intersections. it has been mixed with sand to make a heavy
duty mortar for repair of chuck holes. Before applying it to the bascule bridges, the County put it on
the Torrence Avenue bridge over three sets of rail
road tracks al143rd Slreet.
An a rticle reprinted in Highway Research Abstracts
states: "Regardless of where or how they a re used.
specialized epoxy adhesives for concrete demonstrate
unusually high fl exual. tensile and shear strengths. excellent impact nnd environmental resista nce. plus an
Machine Sprays E po xy On Bridge Deck
important degree of fiexibility."

This a rticle describes epoxy adhesives as "twocomponent systems, consisting of t he modified resin
and a hardener, which must be mixed together just
before use. Once mixed. the adhesive begins to cure
through chemical reaction. No hea t or pressure is
required. These adhesives contain no weakening solven ts which must evaporate out before they cure. The
use of solvent systems in other adhesives induce a
shrinkage a way from the bond surfsces during curc
LhaL weakens the bond ."
board s tyle, along lhe 10-mile wide route of the
proposed cannl. Proceeds from t he sule of t his land
evcntually were to cover the major costs of the completed waterway."
the canal. When the state was admitted in 1818,

however. the nor thern boundary was extended to t he
present line. By this ma neuver , in the view of t he
historian M. M. Qua ife. "a local interest in forwarding
the construction of the ca.naJ was created. a nd from
this time forward until success crowned the enterprise
thirty years later, local zeal and enthusiasm for the
work took precedence over national interests."
A canal commission of lhree members was formed

by the Illinois legislature in 1829. Thc commission's
first activity was the platting of towns at the ends of
the canaJ route-Chicago and Ottawa. Chicago was
laid out on one of the land grant sections. bounded
by t he present Madison Street and Chicago Avenue,
State and Halsted Street s. The commission's s urvey,
however. went only to Kinzie Street on the north and
Des Plaines on the west. The plat was filled for
record Augus t 4, 1830, which Mr. Quaife finds, "may
be taken as the first date in Chicago's corporate
history," although it was 1833 when Lhe setllement
was incorporated as a village.
An lllinois member of Congress obtaincd fed eral

aid. He was Daniel Pope Cook, the man for whom
this County was named. His efforts in behalf of the
I. & M. are related in the fi rst volume of "Growth
of Cook Count y," published Lhis yenr by the Board
of County Commissioners.
Land Grants To Pay Costs

"When Cook first sought federal aid for lhe project.
Charles B. J ohnson. a uthor of the book, wrote," Congress was hike warm and offered only token help,
and e\'cn at home Cook found some opposition. In
fact one state senator from southern Illinois a rgued
before the legislature that the canaJ should nol be
constructed because it would be an inle t for hordes of
'blue-bellied yankees.'
Town lots Bring $35

In 1830 t he population at the river mouth was
fewcr Ulan a hundred. When the lots were auctioned
the bidders for the most part were squatters seeking
title to their homesites. The average bid on 126 lots
within the town limits was $35. Two 80-acre tracts
ouside were sold for 51.25 an acre.
"In the end , however, Cook scored a victory thal

even by Twentielh century standa rds of federal aid
was tremendous. On Ma rch 2.1827, Congress granted
285,629 acres of lllnd in alternate sections, checker-
Opening of the canal in the summer of 1848 brought

a revolution in travel and commerce. In his book
(Contlnu~,1 o n Pase 61
Students on Vacation U sefu I In Traffic Jobs
Summer Seilson Traffie Checkinll Foree, Permanent Employes on the left, College Students to the Right.
IN THE past several yea rs it has been the policy of
five in t.he office.
the Cook County Highway Department to employ

college students during the summer vacation to supplement the penn&nent personnel of the Trnffic Engineering Division. As many 8S SO have been used in
aome years. This year there are 30 in the fi eld and
N/jrmru traffic counting operations. under the direction of F ran k Wilfinger. include detailed manually
laken counts of all traffic movements through intersections, pedestrian counts a t variou s types of locations, t.he setting a nd checking of traffic counting
machines, and radar speed checks.
Canal' s Day of Glory-
I
I
June Building Permits
(Conti nu ed (rom Page 5)
for building construction estimated to cost

PERMITS
56,327,4.50 were issued in June by the Cook County
Depa rtment of Building,
"Chicago HigbwaysOld and New," Mr. Quaife noted

that trade on the Illinois Rive r, previously centered in
St. Louis, became tributary to Chicago.
"A steadily increasing proportion of the passenger
traffic between the east and the west selected the aUwater route from Buffalo to St. Louis by way of
Chicago and the Illinois River. To accommodate this
travel the cana l was provided with packet boats
equipped to accommodate sevenly-five 01' one hundred
passengers ."
which has juriBdiction in

the unincorpol'ated area.
or the totaJ 392 permits, 193 were for residential construction, inc1udJng seven apartment
buildings. and 186 Single dwellings. Other Fee permits
were issued as follows:
Traveler Tell s of Trip
R('~ldentlBI nClCl lllonll nntl al!eraUona~ fH'rmita. $100.150.

Accellsory bulldl ngs-89 penn it~l $189.000.
Buslneu buUdlng.........seven perm t 5, $203,000.
A trip on a packet. " Queen of the Prairies," was

made in 1850 by an English traveler, who described
it in a book on his experiences in America. Ninety
passengers were aboard that trip, s haring a cabin
50 feet in length, 9 feet in breadth and 7 feet to the
ceiling. Baggage was stored on the roof and covered
with a spread of canvas.
The first few miles out of Chicago, the " Queen of
the Prairies," with three other canal boats, was towed
by a steamboat. Afte r pafl8.ing the locks, the power
was changed to horses. making five miles an hour.
At night the male passengers were shooed out of
the cabin for haJI an hour while it was t.ransformed
into a sleeping room. One end was cu rUiined off [or
the ladies. Shelves three high along both sides
afforded beds for SO. The rest had throw-downs
on the floor. The English traveler was courteously
given first choice of bunks: the others made selection
in order of their ticket numbers.
Windows were closed to keep out " night air," which
people then bclil!ved to be unheal thful. The traveler
awoke with a headache but with the consoling reflection that he had avoided breathing the "malarious"
air of the I3wamp lands along the canal.
Iluslneu a ti dlUons Rnd
IIlternUonll-:~'<lne
I~rmlu,
$21.400.
lnduurlnl atlcllUonJl lind altcratlon ll----Til1'I.'i1: permhll. $195.800.
Weill!-Three pennlu. $3,000.
S(>ptlc IIYlllemll- T wo pennltll. $] ....q<lO.

MI~cellaneoUll-17
pennll.ll. $38,IlUV_
The 379 fee permits were issued by tOWnships as

follo"''5:
To wn~ hlp
Bloom
B reml!n
Elk Cro\'e
Hana" er
L<>mont
Leyden
L yons
Maine
New Trier
Norlhneld
Norwood Park
Orland
PllllHlne
Palo~
Rlc.h
Schaumburg
Stickney
Thornton
Wheell nK
Worth
Perml u
,.""
'"'",
"n,
",,
"52,
""
Thirteen permits were issued in the no-fee classification, which includes ch ur ches, schools, farm and public
buildings. One was for a mausoleum in St. Mary's
Cemetery at 87th Street and Crawford A venue, estimated to cost $600,000,
3-Way Safety Program
Job of the Month
0 , Duan e Ha,,,efl. Ma nager UOP Manufacturing CI.

villon, ( Left ); John J . McCleverty . Exec ut iv e Directo r
Coo k County Traffie Safety Comml"lon, a nd L.aurence
O. Stine. Manager U 0 P P ilo t Plan t l Oivilia n.
Avenue Betwee n L incoln Aven ue. Lincoln_

wood , ~nd Centr~1 Street, E v~n.ton , H~. Been P rovided With Left Tu r n BaYI ~t P rincipal Interlectlona
In ~ Project JU l t Com pleted by St~nd.rd P avi ng Co.
T he County Will AIIO Seed t he Med l~ n Strip, Giving
thl! Loc~lI ty ~ Bit of Be~uty iIIl Well ~I Convenience.
Cr~wrord
HE FLRST three-way safely progrnm conducted for

an DUnois industrial concern WRS presented reeenUy by the Cook County Traffic Safety Commission
ror two plants of the Unh'ersul 011 Products Company
in the suburban area.
Instruction was given in first aid, highway safety

and civil defense procedures to 25 e mployes selected
from varioua sections of the plants. The course was
given one day
Ii
Three In Department Retire

J ohn M. Ledford, drainage design engineer, James
J . MatcjkA., engineer-draftsman, a nd William E. Dunn.
engineer, r etired from the Highway Department on
pension last mont h.
Ledford , 74 , ca me to the Department in 1947 after employment
with the Wa r Assets Administratio n , U. S. eo'1)S of Engineen;, the
City of Chicago as a subway design engineer a nd with the Indiana
& Illinois CGaI Corporation a nd the
Union Pacific Coal Company. He
was a member of the National
Soeiety of Profcssiona l Engineen.
Until retirement he lived at 2221
J . M. Ledford
East 70th Street. Chicago. He
hos moved to Califol'llia.
week for five weeks and consisted
of practical demonstrations and lectur"Ca illustrated

with slides and motion pictures.
At the close of the instruction. tach participant received a certifi cate indicating he had pS88ed each phase
of t hc program. Besidcs being trained in first aid
techniques, they are now r egistered civil defense
workers.
The plB.nts covered by the program were U. O. p 's
manufacturing division near McCook a nd its pilot
plants division at Riverside.
The course was given at the request of the company. J o hn J. McCleverty, executive director of the
safety commission, said the same instruction is available for any e ther concern that wishes it.
~fatejkn, 71, whose home is at 1939 South Clarence

Avenue, Berwyn, came to t he Highway Department
in 1927. Previously he had been employed as a land
surveyor by the federal government a nd had also had
Ws own surveying practice. A 1 the lime of retirement he waa employed in the division of highway
locatio n.
Dunn, 68, was employed in 1927 as a rodman. He
attained the civil service rating of Highway Engineer
U and in recent years was a resident engineer on variou8 bridge cons truction jobs. He resides at 221
Englewood Avenue, Bellwood.
A ccidents Increase(Continued from PUII'I! S,
IlB human suffering is high.

The figure for total accidenls breaks down to more
than one every 15 minutes for every hour of every
day. At tbat. the figure is probably low, for aU suburbs do not report on the same bASis. In Evanaton,
for exa mple, every traffic mishap is recorded regardless of the amount of property damage. Other suburbs, generally, follow the gtate's requi rement to re-I>ort accidents involving either personal injury or
prope rty damage of $100 or more.
The June tol1 of dead, 20, was three hlgher than
in June last year. Four of thoae. killed were pedestriana. Five deaths resulted from collisions between
can lind two from collisions between can and trucks.
A man and a woman were killed inslB.nUy when a
train struck their ear. Six deaths occun-ed when
caJ'8 left the road and struck wayside objects and
one In a crash between a car and a motorcycle.
Horace Chamberlain
Horace Chamberlain. 60, employed in the Highway
Department 22 years. died J uly 4. He began IlB an
inspector transit.mun and was advanced to the civil
service grade of highway engineer D. His home was
a t 426 Belmo nl Avenue, Chicago.
Newly O,""ed Section of Con'~11 ElpreuWilly Between FT,.. "'V,II\,II:. Maywood, "'nd 0 PI. I" ......... "UI:. Foren P.r1t. The
vie w II E twlrd. On lhe R igh t I. Forelt Ho me Cemf-t try "nd on the Lett., Concordll Cem't ..,.. Fle'ntermenlti Were Nee
ur)' In 8 0th Cem."ri .. to P umlt t he Ex pr . u w.IIY to Pn. Through Wlthol'" Ch""g' ''g AUgnm.nL (Se, P'ge .) .
Vol. VIII No. 3
August, 1960

Publillhed by the Cook County (111.) Department of Highways
Under auspices of the Board oJ County Commiulonera
DANIEL RVAN , P rell den t
Fred A. Full,
ehri_t A. Jensen
Dan iel Rya n
Clayton F. Sm it h
Jamel F. A.henden
Fran k Bobr)'Uke
Chafin F. Chaplin
Ellubeth A. Conkey
Sidney D. Deut.ell
Jerry Dolezal
John J. Duffy
W Illia m N. Erick,on
Edward M. Sneed
John J . T o u hy
William J . Mort imer

Superintendent of H ig hway.
Published at 180 North Wella Street, Chicsl'a 6.
FRanklin 2 7544
Boob
July Traffic Accidents
0/
Extenlion 216
the Month
IGHW AY lraffic accidents in subur ban Cook

in July wove a new pattern- fewer accidents Lha n in July. 1959,
H County
and fewer persons injured, but a dea.th toU
almost t wice as high.

T he figures for the
lwo months were :

Jul y. 1009
Jul y, .L96O
TAl".
,\ rc:hlenh
3.205
2,8-18
Injur",<1
1,181
907
KIIIW
8
14
While regretting the increase in deaths, the Cook

County Traffic Safety Commi8Bion sees in the comparison an encouraging overall improvement. in driver
behavior.
'' It seems to bt- plain that the vast majority of
drivers tlre mindful of saIl:!ty and that only a very
small percentage arc involved in serious acc.ldents,"
saj d John J . McCJeverty, execu tive secretary of the
Commission. "How else can the decrease in total acci
dents be. explained ? There are nlorc cars on lhe rond
than lu.st year. Unless more drlvcrs a re becoming
safer drivers. the total would have risen.
" I believe the ~cords indicate that most people can
he reached with RaJety education. They a rc definitely
on the s ide of safety and a rc willing to do t hei r part,
"As for the small hard core of reckless driversthe ones who cause the serious accidents- Lhey must
be separated by stricL enforcement of traffic la ws. Of
t.he many thousands of people driving in the suburban
area In Jull', only 2:5 were involved in fatnl 6ccidents.
T his mllo is significanL
"The suburban police, whose good work Is reilected
in t he total accidents column, could well make a special project of detecting the chronic specde.ra Rnd the
habitually reckless drivers. i t seems t.hat this is our
present prohlC!Jll. The great majority of people want
safety. The few who resist must somehow be made to
get in line."
Seven of the July dead wel'e killed in collisions involving passenger cars. In one of these n car and
truck collided. Three were pedestrians. Two were
struck by automobiles and one by a truck. One driver
was lUlled by a train a nd two dealhs resulted when
cars left the road and struck wayside objects.
Six fatalities occurred on highways in unincorpo-
OTI"OOT HENRY has a me-first fixation.

H
Even though the car ahead Is running at POSted
limit, Hotfoot has to get in front.
He swingB around right or left, any way to get by.
As he passes he gJares,
Once ahcad he rcsumes legal speed, or slower.
ruted areas, two in Alsip, two in Rolling Meadows a nd
one each in Chicago Heigbt.s. Elmwood Park. Park
Forest a nd Rohbins.
At the end of the first seven months, I S smuller
s uburbs had a clear record of no accidents at all in the
year.
Book for Safety Councils

"Ready Reference for Safety Council Leaders," a
loose leaf book of 36 pages, has been prepared by the
Niles Township Safety Council for Its own use and
also has been made available to other similar organizations.
Alvin F, Friedman, president of Niles Township
council, announces that copies may be had at Sl each.
Address him at 7317 Foster, Mortoll Grove, lIHnois.
New Congress Section
Short But Useful
IS
'J7ER~S of t.ra.ffic
EW P A
diJllrihution on Congreu
N
EXllrUlJwuy in Maywood We't'f' ob6erved immedJalely after opoming of Lhe BCC:tlon between fusl
Avenue, Maywood. a nd D<!s Plnln~ AV('nue, Foreat
P{lrk. on July 30. Althoug h only .9 mile in length .
lhe new aection affords an addlllnnal point of entrance
and exit and also relieves 1)fU'1tllel BU"e<!t:s of lr1l1fic
,JilAIling arou nd t"le exilretillway gap elUll of Des Plain,.!'
\\lrnue.
Before the new pavement w... put in use, lraftic
PUlbound through llaywood had to leave the expreu-
way at Finn Avenue and cither go south to Roosevelt

Rood or north to Madison Street to continue on east
",'U ni a nd ~enle!' the cKpren" ..y III Central Avenue.
W('JIt bound lrnffiz through Chicago teJl the expressway
at Q>ntml Avenue, as 11SUlI do('8, nnd took Roosevelt
Rond or Madison Slreel lo First Avenue.
Now enatbountj lroffie h88 the choice of gelling orr
111(' CXI)J'(!lI8way '\ \ First AVf' nlic or conUnuing on to
ne. Plnlne. Avenue, and westbound may enter at DeB
Plnin('fJ IUS well ;;a at Pintt A\'enue. These new entmnce and ex.lt point. have re.ulted In a marked
ch.angt' In tmffic \'olume. on both the express"",y and
tht' r-ralil'1 St.reelS Ix>tween Firwt and Ores Plaines.
In antic.lpation of olle:ning the new section, thi'
e()unty HighWAY Department at.arted traffic coun(B In
the area. on June 20, with mechnnlcal counters inIJtfllied at 22 staliOnB. Thus fa r . the survey hu
Indlented. in brief:
About ha lf of the vehicles eastbou nd on the exprcseway Uu'Ough Maywood go on to the new exit at Ot>ft
PlnlD~ A\'enue.
Almoal as many .....estbound gel on at Dee: Plaines ..
". First Avt'nue.
M.adt.on Stnet traffic between F'im Avenue and Des
Plnin{'l hu brc!n much rt'duc:ed.
On Rooaevelt Road .a it'Sler decrease, but atill a
conliidemble one, baa been rt'COrded.
Congealion on Finlt Avenlll' baa been markedly
rr li(>ved.
On Dell Phii nes Avenue, partlcularl)' south of tile
new exi t , trnmc h8IJ increased,
Fl gur. 2
Thl' following counta taken at aigniflcant counting

.tations aJl'ord comparison of uaftic. movements
hefort' lind after the new .-ction wu opened. In each
Instanee tbe counts are (or a Wednesday, thal dn)'
helng a"erage (or 8 weekday,
.lui) 27
j\ lI ~ u!' 1 3
Enltlbollnd exil to F'inll A Vf'.
22.304
10,068
(So t, FIlII"' I)
EUlJtbound to De3 Plalnell Ave". nolln use
20,527
Wl,.tbound (rom "'Irat Ave.

IN .. 3, n.ul"I' tl
Westbound f'ntrance from Des
Plaine. A"e_
22.019
15.645
nol in use
14.962
I No 2. Flllllrl' 21
.s.)
t, PI.II~ 21
Madl.. n St. eMtbound ea.t of

F1 ... Ave.
Mmdbon St. wefltl.oOund easl of
I-"'Inlt Ave, ..
Itool!e\'elt Rd. eaatbound weat of
12,IS3
1,626
13.8<17
9.0U
F'!rst Av .
18.550
10.683
Roosevelt Rd . weSlbound emft of
Pi rat Ave. ' " .. ,,'
16.'150
13.578
Trame on First A'....nllc, whieb had become congeated
In lhl" area or the expresa ....ay. &1110 was redllcro both
north and aouth ,t Congreaa. On July 27, thf' total in
both direeUons to the north or Congress wu 3-1,376
and on August 3, it wu 26,0i7. South or the expn.'fl8Wlty, tht' rt'ductlcm wu (rom 34,633 to 25,218,
!
11
On lA'll Plainetl A "~ue there was, natura lly, an

Checkll Wf'n!' taken Ilt Jackson Boulevard
a nd at Hurrison ~ lreeL At J ackson the ftgurt'tl were
2.488 o n July 27 !lnd 16.038 on August 3: li t HamAnn
Stf'C('t, 9,646 on July 21 a nd 19.23 1 on Augusl3.
Inc~.
Elm Disease W ides pread

),fore tbJlR 250 reporu or dutch elm disease were
received early this month (nllowlng announcement by
Daniel Ryan, Preald\.'nt or the County Board. that the
High way Department W8.11 launc.hlng a progmm to
remove Infected elms rrom Count)' rood aides.
Figure 1
3
J
Unusual Project Clears Expressway Route

Open'lty 0/ CO'lfJrt:~" Expr 1J$'I."O.'1 bchret"1l li';r31
A .. r,"u' fllld Dtll Plain(!8 A !'('tUCfO mcrrb fwl/illm~t of
(J Iwiqwt' pro}CC"t 0/ right-o/-u:ay ocqui$ihon.
ThTC"e
yrttrlt ngo X.1i Clcrc. 1I0U' ()("('wplrd by pot-em~"t IC'IM
pliTt of a tr('Il41t"l'~lopcd ccm('tl"ry. HoI(' the arm 11"0."'('nrt'd, in,'oh'hty ertMl,fil'('
work Q$ Il'f!U "" 0
'('flU'
J)(II"lIItnkl"Y progrOrH 0/ ,,,,91 d~'"hntlc"t... arid r('

,IItrrrw('n'. I rdotrd ill 'hI' /(111)11'1"9 article. It 1('"a.9
prt'vnrrd btl A.llotrnrd Bordt', I('ho,l('itlt Blnir VaMln.
(1.8 fUlflll'altt. o{ Stale'. "lltornr.Y Bf"lI}QllliH Ado""
OK'..k, did 'ht! lcork tT(ll4Irt d to find and lIl1ti3/y
,.rorl" iftOO PtT"ao,." I{'hu lurd IC"9/11 and Iftlttimtfllnl
l"ttT"lft~ fit thl' property ll.kl'1t lor the e%prf!Ull'ay.
N MARCH 9, 1956, the
~tatf"11
Attorney. acting for
find on behalf of
CQunty, filed Il peUtiOIl to
O
condemn seeking lO ftC(lull'' 8.8 RerCA of property beLh~
longlnlt to the Concordlll Cemetery for constl'uction of

Congres8 F.!Xpl'u9way Iwtween Dea Plaines AV('nu('
lind t.he Dea Ph\lne8 Rlvl-r, Neu!'ly 4,000 persons W(>I'C
IItrcck-d by this action Rnd th(' nmount or detailed
work Invoh'fd In negotlaUng their rights was so extcnaiv(' thllt It hna be<>n termed the most diflicult
und<,rtaltlng of Ita kind In American history_
The IIrolK:rt) lIOught W&8 an acth'e1y U8t.>d part of
thi' c('metery In which thE' remalllS of L.491 persona
wen' InU'rred. Qlncordla's aouth boundary "-as the
right-uf-way of the Chicago Auronl aDd Elgin Railroad. South of thOll(> track. la another cemetery,
Wa.ldhclm, For the exprt'uway, the County needed
thft strip belW('(':D the south line of the raJlroad rigbtnf-way Imd the wblte line drawn on the large ph()tograph nn lht': Oll(lOt!lltc page.
It wal plannNl to ablft the lNleQ to the north line
of tb .. acquired striP. thua prHerving the abandoned
('1!'Ctrlc raU line (or poaIble UIK' as a valuable maas
tmnRmtl complement to the r.xp1"t':Mway. The expressway occupies the llpa~ between the relocated tracks
and the south line of the old railroad right-of-way-.
Prevlolls to the Conconllu IIUIt. the State's Altor-
fi.':~ '''''''''',IP'
One of the Settlonl Vltated for ElIIpre.IIWI,,_
nf'Y'S olOc... acqulrt'd a portion of th~ prol~rty owned

by the Foretlt Hom..: Cern tery running betw~n the
nvcr IUld f'irst Avenue. In uti, area, 785 bodies were
"'moved nnd reinterred in a single grave IIf'Ction.
In both CAIICfI It was necessary that the County
det~rmlne the nAmes and addn'MeA of lot owners and
thl" next of kin of decedenta buried in the cemeteries.
for while their Intt'rt'!818 weN' not n~y aa outright owners of the property, they had at least the
right of IK'ptllt.h~, which Is th~ right of IIndisturbed
usc of grav{' ,pace together with the right of caseml'nl to !to to and (rom the grR\'e_
in thl' Concordln lull there were close to ".000 defendRnl8, l'lther owners of Iota or next of kin. ProbRbi)' this WIUI the InrgC8t number of dcfc.ndsnta ever
nnmrd In n fll ngle court I)rocec.dlng in Cook County.
The S tlllc's Attorney, wilh the coopernLion of the
C'Cmet('r'Y rnn ll1l8<'menl and its attorneys, were ublt! to
find nil but J2. They were located In all Imrls of the
United StntL'8 Bnd some In othrr cou ntries.
In addition to the 1.491 bodies, there were severnl
hundrf'd murke,.., monllments and memorials and one
mautlOleum to be moved. There wen! also several
hundred tnelI and ahrubs which had been placed on
gmve plr.ta by owners And the familiet5 of deef'denLL
The Stnt 's Attorney elected to ~gard tb~ plantings
... mCrD(Irial. And for lbat n'llaOn they were not included In en.luatIng the land. Inslt-ad, the County
employed hortleulturnl CXIM!.rtI to decide whether each
1~ R.nd IIhrub .hould be replaC('d or lr1l:nSplantNl.
Family Wishes Respected
A New Settlon Where Relntermenta Were Made.
""rom lht' beginning, the County and the metery

manng('ml'nl conducted the task of removal with re8ppclful ton8ld~rfttlon (or the Camllles a1Tcct.ed_ They
WCr(' Invited to be prC:8Cnt at dI.intennent and reIntlc'rment and In ever), way po88ible the appe8rRnee
of a mlWl OIM!.rntlon was avoided_
The OOIlr'tK' of Jlroeedure decided on waa as rollo",,:
The Cou nty to pay all reasonable costs or dJelnter-
.... It W .. Before the ElICpru.wOilY. White Line OiInd ROiIllroad T rOilCk. M"rk Bo undaries of Newly Completed Sec:tion of Congre .. Expre ..way Th rough Concord ia Cemetery. South of the Trac k. I. WOiIldhe lm Cemetery.
menl and reinlerment where reinterment. was to be in

another section of the same cemetery. for transplant.
ing or replacing trecs and shrubs. for new conc.rete
vau lts fOr 125 bodics thnt had been inte rred in wooden
boxes, alld for moving and placing on new foundations
aU markers, monumente and benches. As to the sLx
crypt mausole um , It was decided to place the bodies
temPQmrily in n vault, diRmantle the structure and
rebuild it in a new location. Costs of the above items
were determined by experts familiar with the work to
be donc.
survivors were respected. In all instances they were

permitted to choose the location for rcinterment.
There was some anxiety expressed that the bodIes
were not actually to be moved IU1d that mistakes might
be made In Ieintcrment. To make sure Ulat no mixup
could occur a system of identification was adopted and
famillcs werc Invited to be present and observe each
step of removal. When 8 vault was raised above
ground. a melnl tng was immediately affixed. bearing
the name of the decedent, the grave lot and section
number from which it was removed and the same
infonnatlon for the place of rcintennent.
Among the many detalb; that occupied countless
hours or negotiation with the cemetery management
lind Its attorneys were thc transfer of perpetual care
accounts to new grave spaces. drainage and access
mAtters. damagetl. if any, to the remainder of the
cemet.ery property, arrangements for transportation
of bodies to other cemeteries and a multitude of other
items that. arosc from day to day.
Two Methods of Payment

In addition, the County, in lieu of cRsh payment to
lot owners, paid LO the Cemetery Association $112.50
for each grave to be applied to the benefit of lot
owners acq uiring new space.. Some owners of un
occupied lots preferred payment in money Instead of
new lots. and they were paid 8S soon as the Court
received proof of ownership.
Various sections of the cemetery were conSidet'cd
by appraisers acting for t.he County to be of compar
able value with the vacated part. However. in certain
instances, lot owners preferred new locations of
higher value in ConcordJa or re.inlerment in other
cemeteries. Satisfactory adjustments were possible
in all such eases.
Throughout the rcmQvsJ ol>crntion, the wishcs of
Judgment Order 395 Pages

AU of the negotiallons with respect to procedure and
cosLs culminated in a 395-page judgment order, which
was enlered by the Superior Court. of Cook County in
June at 1951. Tbe Court. then ordered the cemetery
(COntinued o;!II P"ge 6)
R. H. Harrison Retires
Highway Thru Cemetery
FTER 48 years of road building 88 an engineer for

the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads. Robert H .
Harrison is
about to make
use of the
highways purely as a touriaL
He retired
July 31 as regional engineer
(Conllnul.<d from Pllae 5)
to start immediately on the work set forth in the

judgment. On receipt of proof that all had been done
as ordered, the Court entered a finding and another
order providing payment to the Cemetery Association
and the owners of various lola.
The work of removal took approximately eight
months. The case in court was completed in two
years. The ove rnll cost for the County for land , locating graves, memorials and shrubbery amounted to
approximately $1,500.000.
Whe n the operation was finished. with the former
cemetery properly ready for conaU'uction of the ex
pressway, there WDB reason for both County tLlld the
Concordia management to feel that the job had been
weH done. Except for a few defendants who attempted
to recover (or injured fcelings, which claims were
rejceted by the Court as not related to just compensa
tion, the long, complicated legal proceedings were
completed with satisfaction to all parties. In respect
to the work in the Cemetery- the removal of the 1,491
bodies, the monumen18 and trees to new spaces-a
considerable number of leHers testified to the thoughtfull attention given to the whole projecL
"Just. a word of appreciation for the excellent job
done by the workers who transferred my Dnd and
Mother's graves," one letter said. ''It really set my
mind at ease as I watched them carry out the I)rocedure "ery skmfullr. Now my brother and slsten!
join me in sending our moat sincere gratitude to all
concerned."
Another writer said:
"We wish to take this opportunity to express our
sincere thanks for the splendid work done III the dis
interment and r cintcrment of our loved ones. It was
done in such a fine way, with sympa thy and rcspect.
and after the intennent we came away feeling 80 satisfied for the privilege that was given us to be present! '
with headquar-
Robert H. H,url,on
t.ers In Chi
cago. Now that
his time is his
own, he said,
he plans. with
Mrs. Ha rrison,
to travel extensively by car,
with a bit of
lawn bowling between trips.

Effective August 1 , Fred B. Farrcll, who had served
as assistant regional engineer since May, 1958, W!l.8
appointed to succeed Mr. Harrison. A native of Chicago and a graduate of minois lnstilute of Technology,
Mr. Farrell has been with the Bureau since 1929.
Mr. Harmon bad been assigned to Region Four,
comprising the stales of DIinols, Indiana. Kentucky,
M.ichlgnn
and
Wisconsin,
since 1920 and
had been regional engineer
since 1947. In
r
that cflpacity,
he was responsible for administration of
thc huge
federal aid program, includ
ning the
construction of
almost 6,000
t
miles of Lhe
Fred B. Farrell
national sys
tern of interstate and defense highways, He was
active in development of the comprehensive express
way system in Chicago, and Cook County. the Ford
and Lodge Expressways in Detroit. the North-South
Expressway in Louisville and the M.ilwaukee expressway system.
In the ChicagoCook County expressway program,
the bureau participstefJ with the State. City and
County.
" Mr. Harrison was most helpful at all times," said
William J. Mortimer. County superintendent of Highways, "As an cl!gineer he is thoroughly competent
and as the representative of the federal governmC!nt
he waa fully cooperative with the other agencies. We
all appreciate his help and we wish him enjoyment of
his well deserved leisure,"
office. From 1929 to 1936, he was engaged in field

studies of highway construction and maintenance operations. Dunng the next five years be was assigned
to research in hi~hway planning. He later served on
the Alaska Highway project during the war years as
head of the Production Coat Division. Upon completion of this work , he returned to the Washington office
as Chief of the Highway Cost Section. In March, 1958.
he was appointed chief ot the Division of Highway
Economics, following the reorganization of the Office
of Research.
Mr. Farrell h9.8 been active for a number of years in
committee work of the Highway Research Board.
Among the assignments he has held are: chninnan of
the Committee 0"1 Highway Costs, chairman of the
SpeeiaJ Committe on Highway Equipment, member of
the Committee on Economics of Motor Vehicle Size and
Weight. member of the Committee on Economics of
Highway Design, and member of the Department of
Economics. Finance and Administration.
He has also served as advisor to the National Com
mittee on Urban Transportation. He is author of
papers on highway construction, highway maintenance,
road cosl.B. road service Ufe. and highway needs
studies. In 1954 be received the Department of Commerce Mentonou:! Service (Silver MedaJ) Award.
Mr. Farrell joined the Bureau in 1929 as a junior

bighwfl)' en!ineer an,;! waa assigned to the Washington
Job of the Month
July Building Permits

ER}'OTS fo r building construction of a total estimated $7,713,750 cost were issued in July by t he
Cook County Department of Building. which has jurisdiction in the unincorporated area.
Of the 311 fee permits, 143 were for separate
dwellings of a tot al $3,058,600 valuation. The 14
pennits in the no-fce classifi cation, which includes
churches. fann building. school and other public buildings, Included onc fo r a school in Elk Grove Township
estimated to cost $3,200,000. In addition to t hose for
single dwellings, Iee pennits were issued as follows:
ReBldentill1 add!tioM nnd IIllcrllllons-37 perm!U. $147,300.

Apnrtml'nl bulldlngs-One permit., $48,600.
Ar<:eJlOry bulldln,,~-86 permits, $174.350.
HUBlneu bulldlngJ-lO Vf!rmll!l, $485.600.
BU$lnen add!llonll anu ailernUollll-14 permltl. $S6O,900.
lndullrlal bulldlnl(s-One permit. $102,100.
Industrial a dditions Rnd allerlltio ns----one permit. iUS,~.
WeU .........TwO permltll. 52.000.
Septlc sy~ lem &_One permit S5OO.
MII~!laneoul_15 permltl, $'23,000.
Permits were issued by townships as follows:

Completion of the tl'i-level grade separation structure on Northwest Expressway at. Jefferson Park is
expedited by the Rossi Trucking Company. which is
dOing a job of earth moving under sub-contract with
the Robert R. Anderson Company. Using aU the
equipment that can be accommodated, Rossi is removing the fill Oil which C. & N. W. tracks by-passed the
construction site 'Uld also is excavating down to grade
for wing walls. Good team work betwccn Rossi and
the general contractor permits lhe main job to go
ahead wit.hout. interruption.
Contracts Let August 16

Bids for nine construction items on the South Route
Expressway and 13 primary road improvements we re
received by the County Board on August 2. After
approval by the nHnois Division of Highways, contracts wcre awarded on August 16.
The expressway jobs, with the Jaw bidders are:
Marquette Road grade separatlon~R. R. Anderson
Co. $751,205.00.
Grade separation structure carrying north and south
bound expressway lanes over 103rd St.-Thomas
McQueen Co., $426,030.70.
Structure carrying eastbound Stony Island connector over 103rd St.- Superior Concrete Construction
Co., $289,099.59.
Constuction of grade separation structure carrying
Cottage Grove Ave. and I . C. R. R. tracks over ex
pressway-E. J . Albrecht Co., $1,568,731.50.
Steel for above structure----Mt. Vernon Bridge and
Iron Co., $618,530.09.
Grade separation at 63rd St.~J . M. Corbett Co.,
S704.417.74.
Gr ade separation at Wenthworth Ave.- Superior
Concrete Construction Co.-$1,186,028.05.
Grade separation at 69th St.-Kenny Construction
Co., $976,759.66.
Main drain 69th to 63rd Sts.- Kenny Construction
Co., $693,820.00.
On non-expressway projects, bids were received as
follows:
PalaUne Rd., main drain Wolf Rd. to Des Plainel River Rd.-
T u wn~h lp
Barrington
Bloom
B~men
Elk Oro ... e

Lemont
Leyden
Lyon,
r.fal ne
Niles
Northrt... ld
!\'orwood Park
Orland
Palllllne
PulOs
Rich
Schaumburg
SUekney
ThOrnton
Wheeling
Worth
Pe rmit "
,
..,""
,I;
"",
,
II
8
32
68
Valuation
$ 26.1.00
<2,.00
&~:f88
19,000
206.800
111.900
19:;,700
86.400
~~
1118,300
431.100
~..OO
"'.800
n .....
611.250
57.100
339,700
'''800
Besides the school building in Elk Grove Township.

no-fcc pennits included one for a convent in Northfield
Township, estimated at 855,000, and a church addition
in Maine Township, $12.600.
A $270 Twinge
Someone's conscience twinged for $270. An envelope
containing that sum in currency was received by
Will iam J . Mortimer , County highway superintendent.
Ther e was no word of explanation. so it was assumed
that someone fo r some reason was eaSing his mind.
The superintendent handed the money to the County
Board and President Daniel Ryan a nnounced it would
be used to fight dutch elm disease.
Reliance Underground COnl t ruction CO., $158.700.00.
Plalnlt ... ld Rd::, main dralll WUlow Springs Rd. to 5l5th St.01111 Raymond <..:onstructlon, 1'rn.7!H.7S.
Lake-COOk Rd., brldie o"cr Del Plalnel Rlver-Er1c Boland.er
CoR $Z.ll.04~.30.
5eventydxth St" pnrUand ceml!nt conl!rete pavement Oamen

Ave. to Alhland A"'e.-chatham PavlnK' Co . 1209.644.05.
central A"e~ wldenlna and resurtaclng 65th to ~th St.CrowleySheppard Asphalt Co.. S297,478.~.
Palatine Rd.\ pee pa\em ... nt SOn Line R. R. t o Milwaukee
A\ ....--Contract nil' and Material Co., $259,9IS3.85.
Addison St" widening and sur facing CUmberl and A v.... to Foretl
Preserve Or'--standard Paving Co .. SOO.8S4.30.
Montro.. Ave., widening and surtac1ng Fo~st P~lerve Dr.
to Narrall'"nsetl A .......-.standard Pa,'lng CO SSl,:i1:t:n.
$Uckney Townlhlp, 78th SL betwCt.'n Newland Ave. and Lonll'
A"e.. bltumlnoul! surfaee--ArT(Iw Road COnstruction CO.,
$32,960.25.
Stic kney Township, AUIUn Ave. betwt.'I!n 8th st. and State
Rd,... bituminoul lurtace--Arrow Road. COnltruclion Co.,
14.&11.25.
Schaumburg TownshIp, Pleasant Dr. and Lon&: Ave., bltumlnout surtao:e--Arn)w Road Conltrucllon CO~ .$4,783.90.
Lemont Township, C2:akl $t. and Ledochowlki St., bltumlnOUI
lurloee--5eneca Petroleum CO., $3,468.43.
Bremen Townlhlp, FO~ lt Ave. and Kilpatrick Ave . bltumlnOUI Iurtace-skokle Valley Asphalt CO., $13,904.51.
On South Route Exprellway Just North of 911t St~et Work i. Under Wayan Structure. To Carry the Tr.a ckl
of Three Rilliroad. _ the Rock ' sland, Chicago &. Wutern Indiana li nd Belt Railway Over the Traffic Lanes.
The Vlcw II Northwilrd, with the 91n Street O verpau In t he Foreground and 87th Street Beyond the T rackL
Vol. VIII No. 4
September, 1960

Published by the Cook County (Ill.) Depa.rtment of Highwuys

DANIEL RY AN , Presi dent
Fred A. Fu ll e
Christ A. Jen sen
J ohn A. Mackler, Jr.
Daniel Ry an
Clay t on F. Smith
Edward M. Sneed
Jamn F. Ashend en
Fr;Jnk Bobry tzke
Charles F . Chaplin
E li zab eth A. Conke y

Sidney D. Deutsch
Jerry Dolezal
John J. Duffy
John J. T o u hy
William N. Erickson
William J. Mortimer
Published at 130 North Wells Street. Chicago 6.
total
Extension 216
Boob of the Mon t h
August Tra Hic Accidents

ITH 22 highway traffic deatrtl, August was the
suburban area
W worst month of the yearof inthetheCounty.
The fa
tality
FRanklin 27644
compared
with 14. in July and 20
in August of last year.

However, considering
August
m onth
of
heavy highway travel,
the overall record was not altogether discouraging.

In reSllect to total accidents-personal injury and
property damage as wcll as fatalities--August was
next lo JuJy the lowC!st of the year. The August
figure was 2,974, or 126 above J uly. and compared
with 3.561 in Ma rch. the year's highest.
Even with its high toll of death. the August rec
ord apl)Cats to support the belief expressed by the
Cook County Traffic Safety Commission in J uly that
driver behavior fenel"2.l ly is improving. The vast
majority of motorists, said John J. McCleverty, ex
ecutive secretary, are earnestly doing their part for
safety; accidents. particularly the serious ones, are
caused by a "small hard core." who persist in speed
ing and recklessness.
"While the deaths of 22 persons in one month is
greaUy to be regretted, it should be pointed out
that of the many thousands of drivers only 34 were
involved in fatalities." McCleven.y said in respect to
the August figures. "Actually," he added "this num
ber couJd be reduced by ramoving the innocent
drivers. In a collision between two cars it is not
likely that both drivers are offenders."
" Fatality figures catch attention and people are
likely to take an increase in deaths 8S meaning that
the highways are more dangerous. Instead, the total
accident figures are a truer indication of how drivers
in general are behaving. The fact that total acci
dents were beld down, even in a month of heavy
highway use. is evidence that most drivers can be
reached with safety education. In Cook County
safety programs are promoted by local councils c0operating with the Safety Commission, and the good
showing is a credit to their e1l'orts."
Four of those killed in August were pedestrians,
and one was a bicyclist. Five were in cars that left
the road and struck trees or other wayside objects
( for perfection) SMUG is completely satisfied with

himself.
PThere's
nothing about driving that anyone can
teach him.
"Look," says he. " I've nevel' been in a bad accidenl"
Smug is rtrrcrred to the 285 highway traffic deaths
in Chicago a nd Cook County the first eight months of
this year.
A lot of those people nevcr were in a bad accident.
before.
and one in a car that went out. of control on a toU
way exit ramp, Seven were killed in collisions between automobiles, two in an auto-truck collision and
one in an accident involving two trucks. A woman
driver was killed by a train.
Fourteen deaths occurred on rural roads and one
each in Harvey, Oak Lawn, Lyons, River Gr ove, Nor
ridge, Midlothian, Schiller Park, and Alsip,
Department Shares Its Computer Programs

DVANCED methods of engineering computation
program8 for the solution of the intersection of two
A
with high degrees of accurncy :wd speed were the
lincs and the inte rseetion of
circle and a line. A
subjects of discussion at. the fifth annunl National ConSI)iral geomelric "paekege" yielding the 80lution of
Ii
ference of the Beedix G--15 Computer Users Exchange

Organization. Ths Cook Counly Highway Deparlrnent
under Superintendent William J. Mortimer has been
an active participant in the "Users' Exchange" group
since acquiring il~ Bendix electronic dJgltal computer,
and has contributed many progn\ll1S to the exchange
libl'1lry in the fields of highway geometries, structures,
hydraulics and hydrology.
The general theme of lbe August meeting of the
Users' Exchange conference wns "Strategic Programming." with the keynole address by Malcolm Ferguson
who, AS chnirman of the board of the Bendix Corpora-
various problems involving spiral curves Is under

preparation for submittal. These recent programs
.....ere de\'elopcd by Eugene Palermo and Robert F.
Grnn.
For each program that is devcloped and submitted
a8 a "Uscn' Project" the Highway Department receives an entitlement to draw five other programs
from the Exchange Library. To date this library
contains more tha.n 500 such progl'llms, all developed
by users of the Bendix 0-15 Computer. This library
provides n ready and valuable source of computational
capability in the field of engineering. The five for one
entitlement is an incentive to I)romote the preparation
and submission of programs by all Exchange members
in their ficlds of interest in order 10 better serve all
members of the organization. Obviously the computational versatility of each member is improved by the
contributions of the others.
The total number of programs received in return for
those submitted by the Highway Department numbe.rs
near 35 to date, which with other programs developed
in the computer section and those pro\'lded by the
Bendix Computer Division itself provide a substantial
COml)ulational libra.ry for the Highway Department.
Among other papers presented at the Users' Ex
change Conference was a method for lhe eleclronic
simulation of traffic usmg an electronic digital computer coupled to an oscillOSCOpe and n lime lapse motion picture camera. This system generated vRIj'ing
patterns of street traffic in n network of intersections
and when the films produced are projected they give a
very graphic study of traffic flow. While this type of
work Is beyond th(> capnbilit.)' of the prescnt computer
in use by the Highway Department. It Is of academic
interest to note the possibilities presented in the
rigorous application of electronic computers.
The Computer Section of the High way Department
Is presently working on severnl new programs of a
sophisticated nature which, whe n completed, will not
only permit the accurate rapid computation of day to
day wOI'k; but will eventually become. an important
contribution to the Users' Exchange Library.
lion, ouUlncd the accomplishments of his company in
lht' fl eld of electronics and electronic computation.

Many of the larger industrial, business and engi
neering firms arc members of this Exchange Organi
,...aLion, which can presently boast a membership of
17:5 firms, educational and governmental bodics.
Besides dealing with subjects or geuC'ral interest to all
users in the field of electronic computation and data
processing, the annual conference is subdivided into
sessions of special interest such as banking, finance,
accounting, mathematics and all of the various
branches of engineering.
John K. Crane of lbe Cook County Highway Departmenl was elected at this mectin!!, as a representative of the membership al large to the Comm ittee on
Civil Engineering API)licationa of tbe Executive Committee of the Exchange Organization. Mr. Crane bas
been responsible for the development of se\'eraJ programs in bridge design that have been submitted by
the Highway Department to the Users' Library. At
this same meeting George W. Ouderley of the Highway
Department presented his paper on a program for the
"Design of Trapezoidal Channels". At two previous
conferences the Highway Department prcsented papers
concerning two programs for the computation of bridge
deck e.levations and the first. program developed for
the design of an exprcsswsy storm sewer 8ystem using
an electronic computer.
Two other programs recently 8ubmltted to the users
group by this Department were, multiple probll!lJl
Highway Department'. Computer Staff_{ Left to Right) Crane, Guderley, Gran, Palermo.
Costs Job Calls for Engineer - Economist

By Thomas J. Roche
torture general data into fitting his needs through a

multitude of conversion factors and end with costs of
unknown accuracy. Such general data nre valuable
for comparison purposes but not for particular cost
estimates.
Use of average bid prices rather than average estimated prices again Introduccs inaccuracies of unknown
amount bei::ause of unbalanced bidding. Such bidding
is due to many causes. Items constructed first may be
bid higher than final items to meet early payrolls.
Some items may be left bl(lnk tempornrily to absorb
other lust minute quotation variations or to meet COmpetition 81;1 it develops ncar bidding time. Courtesy
bids. which are usually high in case of Actual award,
provide for extra equipment and pc.raonnel if needed.
Unless average bid prices nrc culled of such unbalanCi!8. they are uscless even for comparative purposes.
Either simple or elaborate use of nverage bid prices
for a definitiVe estims te is not only Inaccurate but
absurd because it puts the cost engineer in the position of going to the bidders for data to check the
accuracy of their bids. If past bids were correct to
usc as a criterion. thcn present bids from the same
contractors should be accepted nt face value.
Estimating Engineer
C.uok CO)<oI"ly Highway Department

( Reprinted wllh pennlulon trom Cbcml('ar En,lnecrlng.
.\ugut '22. coP~'Tilht 1960. MC!Gra ...UIll PubllAnln, CO.)
ANY
decisions rest on estimales which
depend for their accuracy on the skills of the
M
estimator. This leads to the question: How wcUimportant
equipped is the
- --, esti mator to
give an RCCuratc
answer?
In many cases.
the estimator is
n qUllIificd engineer with several years of
engineering and
economic experience in hia
field. Thereforc,
he will be versed
in ita language
Rnd background
and will be
aware of whal
is demanded in
Determine Project Details
constructi ng the
project under
consideraThom_. J. Roche
tion. His greatest difficulty win be In learning that while physical
laws are invariable. economic laws are based on human
decisions that produce a continual change, outmoding
cost data even as they arc gathered.
For thc definitive estimate. accurate rescarch and

design demand accurate cost estimate. It is presumed
that the design division or a consultant has prepared
plllDs and spec.i6cations defining the scope of the work
within the project limits. A meeting of minds at this
point between deSigner and cost cm:;inccr will eliminate
many inaC(:urncles Inter at the contract stage. Projects that arc conLracted before adequate plans. speci6cations and a cost cstimate are avai lable arc in for a
scige of inaccuracies.
'It is the obligation of the cost engineer to supply

mnnagement with cost estimates containing a minimum of inaccuracy at any point in the development of
a project. Likewise, It I. a vital necessity to managemcnl to provide the C08t engineer with all the means
needed to prepare a reasonably accurate cosl estimate.
While the plana determine the required dimc.nsions,

the plan notes and specifications determine the quality
and hence the ultimate COf3l of the project Ambiguous
or generalized specifications are more likely to guar
antee higher bid prices thun quality construction. The
general form of 8(leC.ification might cover the desCription of the pnyment item. conSlruction methoda required, mcthod of measurement and bnsis of paymenl
Accuracy demands that a project be broken down
into Its simplest recurring parts or payment items
Upon a request for a cost determination, a feasi

bility investigation is undertaken to justify further
study_ Total costs of previous similar projects plotted
against thclr toW capacily, volume or area produce
orders of magnitude graphs that are adequate for such
an approximate total cost The cost engineer should
know the controlling factors thal deternUne his data.
such as labor rates, productivity and location. H he
docs not know these. he docs not know his margin of
inaccuracy and hence will have a cost estimate of IitUe
value.
IContinued ' In P_ gf' 6 J
About the Author

AI r. Roche i" engineer ill charge of th e Etltil/wt-
ing Diui8ion of the Ceok COUtity Highway Department. H e combitled 6nginceritlg .!illdie" at
With the site selected and location plans sholving

lJuflidc.mt data to estimate component parts individually. the degree of accurney of a preliminary estimate
dc.pends on knowing the origin of lhe cost data. Indiscriminate use of graphs. indexes and Average bid prices
at this stage lends to wide discrepancy later between
budget allowanccs and 6nal costs.
the Ut!iver8ity of /I1illois with Liberal art,'! at

DoPaul UtliVCTsity for a bach lor of IIciencc
degree. At the recent tlational convention 0/ the
American A I!'3OCiatioJl 0/ Cotll Et!gillcer8 ill 11011..8ton, TexllII, he prel!'cntcd (I paper 011 con"tTlKtiOt!
costlJ 1chich will aplJr;:ar 800tl ill Roadtl aJld Street"
Magazine. 11e live., in G'tetwietD, 1(lherc he has
been a member 0/ the Plat! ContltJ.i.!l.8ion for 11
years.
tt is USUA.l1y essier for the cost engineer to set up

graphs and tables based on his own experience than to
County Enters Bridges
Beauty Contest
C. &. N. W. RaHway over Ede n. E.pre"way.
Lawrence Avenue oyer NOMhwest Expre .. willy _
A Ins lie Street over Northwelt Exprellway.
Three Pre vious Winners

r"'ive e.'tpresswsy structures constructed by the Cook
County Highway Department have been ent ered in the
annual contest conducted by the American Institute of
Steel Construction to select bridges which combine
beauty of line and pro9Qrtlon with sound engineering
and ut.i1ity_ Thl' Department has won t.hrec awords In
this na t ionwide ccmpctition- ftrsl place (or the Caldwell Avenue bridge over Edens ~preasway in 1950
and bonorable ment.ions for t he 159th Street. bridge
over Calumet Exyrc8sway in 1948 and for the Lawrence Avenue bridge over Edens last year.
FOIte .. Avenue over Northwest Expre uwly.
Detours
Estimating the Costs

(Contlnutil Irom Pale 4)
based on unilS such aa cubic yard, square foot, pound

or lineal foot. After such analysis. the time rC!quircd
to prepare a definitJve estimate may be reduced by the
synthesis of related components to approach the time
required for a factored order-o(.magnitudc estimate.
In
Effect
ORR in I)rogress hy the Cook County IDghway
Department requires detoUl"8 as follows:
lS9TH STREET clOlCd bel",oeen Cooper Stn!et and \\'6Iem

A"enue, connTurtlon by (;. S. Arml ElI,.ln~rl or bthlire tWl!r
Grnod Tnmk R411wll.l'. part

or Cal-Sna PI'Ojt.'f!L
OHIO STRET lMol"'~n
lI.bU.'d Jl..Dd I,;nlon $l!"('(!",
brl(!gI'
eonnrurllon
fnt
North..... l!lIl E'tpre .lIway
Include All Cost Items
Fc-eder; rlUilbound IrRlTlr

tollo..... the mnrked dpll1ur
ROlng n<lrlh on Babied
Street 10 Erie lOt"""'"' ealt
10 l'nhm Slroet anti lIQuth
10 Ohio Strl!f!l; "'e.U)OunCI ren!tlO order'.
WESTt:RN AVF.Nl-F.; IH'lwren noUmOOt Road a nd Vollmer
ROI)tl, Drhlae construc-lIo n u,pr BuUerfirld C"""k. OPllfl to
Incll! Il1Im" (llIh. Sou Il1 bound Irllm.. tlriOUf' l:!Ut on Fla.smont
ROM 10 Olltle 11111:I1Wliy AnI! .IIOUlh lin nixie IIlg',wa)' 10 Vollm<'.r
ROlid lind wut !III VOlUme, Hund to \\'e~Iern Av<'.nul': norll1bound Te'e~ "flII'T.
CIl1CACO [tOAD l!etwet!n t;lellnor Stree t lind SibleY alvd~
l'O!I'I'"~trurllon, wldt'nlng tll 40 teel. Open to 10<'111 ll'llme nnt),
Southwund trllm" dctulir wl'BI lin Slblc)' Blvtl 10 Intlhttllt AV(!nu(' lind toulh on "1,1I"1l0 ",,enll(' II) Blue T,'ft.nd flOOd lind
.(lUlhell.ll on BIlla Island Rond to WllIlaml Street nnd "",ulh on
WlIIlnml Street to Eleanor Street IIhd ellllt on Ell'llnor Stret!t
to Chlrllgo ROlld; norlhhounll reverie order.
PA1.ATJr<.'E ROAD belwren Elmhutlt Road and Rohh,1ng
KOIHI, main elrllln can.truellon FA. R; we.tbound I rllmc detour
south on Elmhur~t Hoad tn Euelld An'. WIl!"' on F.udld Ave. to
Nl)rthwt'1l Ii"')'. and narthwut on Northwest H"'y. 10 Tlohtw,nf Roat! lind norlh on nohh,,'ng ROlld to Palatlnt ROllO
ell" bound te\'erlJe order.
The definitive estimate is bnscd on labor, material

and service costs, the laller consisting of any costs not
directly chargeable to labor or material. This cost
could be considered ns the service charge for a contrnctor 8ul>P1ying labor and equipment to put specified
material in place. Whether the malerial is ore in lhe
ground or UIC most refined product. tile labor-material
relationship will hold. vnrying percentage-wise with
lhe project. It is 1l8Humed that most projects will be
constructed by generlli conlractors I1S lhcir expc.rience,
ready equipment and trained crews more than offset
their conlracting service charge.
When the project is constructed b)' contract, there
are then only two points of contact with the capital
structure, which are the cngineering-contingency fund
and contract payments. The engineering c0t3t will be
the entire cost of preparing the plans, specifications
and estimate plus construction supervision and whatever administrative cosla are c.onside~ chargeable to
the projecL The contingency allowance is set up to
cover lhe cost or almost inevitable on~rgjghts and
unforeseen additional work.
The engineering-contingency fund can be set up as a
pereentAge of the total contract coat both for simplicity and as an Incentive to the engineering staff.
The greater the accumcy or the plans, specifications
and esUmale, the 1(>85 need for change orders after
construction starts.
The general and project overbead will be that of the
contractor, charged off in contract payments. The
genera] overhead consists of office personnel and expense, performance bond, Insurance a nd taxes, while
project overhead consisU! of SUI>ervisory personnel,
equipment, fuel, sn.Cety measures, local office expense
and contractor's Hemce charge. When construction la
complete Ilnd the projecttnken over for operation and
mainte.nance, the corpornte overhead Is then charged
to the project.
In any recurring project type, the service cost will
usually bear a constant ratio to the toW labor cost.
This ae.rvice ractor can then be combined with a simi
lar labor factor 60 that the labor-service cost of any
payment item can be obtained in one operation. There
remains only the material eost to be added to obtain
the total unit cost of the item.
Traffic is permitted while work proceeds on the foJ

lowing project:
C ... RPP';"'"TER ROAD m'I\' .... n De"IIn A'l'nue llnd .Mu''',rd
Sll"ftt tC'h1e1llrO lind Slmklt'), widening LO tour lanes and rt"5urroelna
labor factor. By multiplying the total manhours required by the commOIl labor rate times the labor
[actor, the total labor cost can be obtained in one
operation.
This labor factor can al.80 be combined with the
service factor above to get the total labor-service cost
in one Olleration. Thill method prorates all service
costs equitably over all payment items rather than
concentrJting these costs over a. faw payment Items.
How to Find Material Prices

Malerial quotaUons for the larger items should be
obtained for each project. At least two and prefernbly
three lIuppliers shouid be asked to quote. The miscellaneau8 itellUJ need be checked only at inIrecJuent
intervals. Oral quotations lack the considered judgment ot writlen ones, which are preferable but which
stiiJ must be weighed by the cost engineer as to their
real vnIue.
A wesman pushing 8 particular material may quole
an unrealistically low price to the design division to
make his product more acceptable, but lhis should be
disregnrded II relayed to the cost engineer. A direct
request to the lIupplier may bring a list price that is
too high to U8C. U the material in question Is COmpetitive, the quotation will be lower. This figure probably will be the best onc to use, as the difference
between this quotation and the one the eontractor can
expect will furnish an estimating contingency suffi
cient to cover such tbings as unexpected labor mte
increases or transportaUon dltIIcultics.
Establish l abor Costs

Labor costs nre bnsed on productivity, shown on
previous field reports and current wage rates. Productivity will vary with sen.son, location snd economic
condiLiona. Location variations may necessitate duplicate manhour lists. An average wage rate for all
labor working on 8 project can be delermined. As
these rates usually vary at the same time, it is safe to
equf\~f,l the nverage rate to one trade only to obtain a
If the bidder must hid under the cost engineer's

(Contlnut.'d on Next Ptlll"e)
6
.
Job
0/ the Month
August Building Permits

cor.alructioD estimated at $6.742,280 in
BUILDING
total valuation wa. authorized
Auguat by the
County Department
in
Cook
of Building. which has
jurisdiction in the unincol'porated uea of the County.
Of the 391 permit. [saued. 171 were for Bingle
dwellings EStimated to cost

(or aparlmt:J1t building. containing a total of 62 units and estimated at $1.008.400. For conaLrucUon of other types, permit. were
ISlJued as follows:
53.638.000 and 33 we
U ldcoIIUaJ "d,IIU"II' Ind .11 .... U"n~ poPnJ\IU, $.188.640.

.\'ff'UI)ry buIIlHn._u2 ~rmlu. '277_160.
Hu,lneli. bulldln,,- -Three p('rmU., l23&200.
IndUltrlll1 .dIlHIOn. /lnd nllf'rIl1101lJ-Three IJI!rmltJ. "'24.400.
W('iI.- Tim.." 1)('1'111111. $3.000.
II.U~('f!lflln('''u~
-SIx IlflrmH . "'8.400.
The Augual permits were Issued by townships

(ollow.:
Kirchoff ROld , mlht Itr.. , of the new luburb of

Roll!!,,, Me.dowI, h belln trln.formed from I "ar
row ",r,1 type road to iI modedn fourlane hlghwa)'
paved with ponllnd e-ml'" concrete. Re. l dl! "~ of
the town ar. 10 well pl"'ed with the Improvement
th at they pl,n I celebrltlon. with dlnc ln G on the
plvement. on Oct obe r 8. Con'rlletor on the Job, which
e.tend. from .... Iek. 10 Wilkie Ro,d , oW"" MUburr'l
lUI
.."
1 ......lb
"
2
2
Broth,r, Inc..
1:
23
Paa:" 61
estimate to obtain eontraet, the 8upplier will shade
the quotation a bit towl'.r to 8uch a bidder. U the
bidder .. awarded the contract and there is good competition among the Buppllct'l. be can expect a atill
lower figure at the time he plAces his order. EvCD this
figure may vary between amall and large "olume purWiler-.. Material priCN are usually the hardest or
the three price componen... to establlah.
Alter the pinna and 1,>OCIflcalions are appr oved and
auch AddItional costa .a utilities and storage have
been work~ out. thl:' detailed estimlltl:' can be com
pleted. Thl. eltimate should nonnally be within 5 per
cent of' the lowest finn bid. The low bid ,,<ill supplant
thia estimAte when the contract Is signoo. U thl' low
bid II conlldembly leM than the estimate and the
other bldl:l. It moy not be the bargain that It &eems.
Contrllctor. nrc usually 1'\lshOO in their estimating
and have been known to overlook na much as a third
of' the work called for in t.h~ plans. Some eonlraetol"ll
are "bunch" bldde.... who ftl"lt set a total price and
work back to a detailed estimate. 1l is better to release a biddl'r from such a bid than to 6gbt [or quaUty
work throughout construction.
The life of an esUmat1l in today'a market is probably no longu than alx month&. Forecasting beyond
that point or reflting decision on an unrevbed estimate
of greater age J. risky. Ills in this area of (orecastinl"
that general graphs and indexes in the Uterature are
most helpful.
These biJJtorlcal grapha could show a truer picture
it they were baaed on a.n Identical dollar vaJue
throughout. Tbe usual graph ia a quantitative one.
sho"ing the number but not the value o( tbe dollars
involved. The relative quality of the work covered In
the graphs might alBo te:nd to level them out if it. could
be Included.
However, no amount of nceurocy 00 the part of the
cost enginoor CIln precisely charL Lhis graph.
lc..nUnUO'd trnm
,
",
.,.,.
~
Twelve Iltnnlll were U!sutd In lh: n o--(~ claaalftea

tion. which Includes churches, schools, (arm and
public bulldlnga. Among theac permits. which totaled
$700.700 In csthn'ltro C08t, weI"(' a churcb In Lyona
Township. S503.200 : 3 sc.hool in Worth Township,
$12:;.600, nnd a fire atation In Northfield, $39.400.
All Fail
In
Car Stop Event
Stopping a tnr going 35 within 50 feet is still

mark lo shoot for. The latest to try-U7 drivers
who coml)tled Scll~ber 11 in a conlesl aponlOred
by the Brookfto!ld Mooec Lodge-missed the w.t&nee
by at 1t:aBl 22 (~L
The tournamrnt ..... arranged and supervi&ed by
the Cook County Traffic Safety Commission. ot which
County Board Preaident Daniel Ryan is president
and John J . McCieverty executive Secretary. The
commiuion conducted a IlImUar ('On test last year,
and no one made It tben.
Best pertOMnSUOC September 11 ,,-as a slop in 77.3
ftel by J7-y~ar-old Peter Pulven, 3226 Arthur, Brookfteld, who drove a Valiant. Most of the 117 tontc8tAnts
we re over 100 feet before stoppi ng.
Tho several hundred spectators, said McClevcrty,
had flll Impre8llive IChon in car control.
Not a
Sub~)'.
but a Mlln Dra in on South Route Exprellwly.
Vol. VIII No. 5
See Job of t he Month on Pige 7.
OClober, 1960

Published by the Cook County (01.) Department of Highways
Under awpices of the Board of County Commiaaioners
DANI EL RY AN , Prelrd,nt
J,.me. F. A,henden
Fruk Bobrytrkl
Charle. F. Chaplin
Ellubeth A. Conkey
Fred A. Full,
Chrllt A. Janlen
John A. Maekler, Jr.
Olliniel Ryan
Sidney D. D fllluch
Clayton F . SmIt h
Jerry Dolezal
Edward M. Sneed
John J . Touhy
John J . Duffy
William N. Erlck.on
William J. Mortimer
Superintende nt of H ighway.
Published ot 130 North Wella Street, Chicago G.
FRanklin 27644
Extens ion 2 16
. . . .'15
Boob 01 the Month
September Accidents
~~t-
in traffic safety was recorded in

ICookSeptember
on atreeta nnd highways in 8uburban
County,
MPROVE ~lENT
The toll of dead was

H. which was eight
fewer than in August
and three fewe r than in
September 1959. There
were reductions also in
total acciden18 and per-
J~
.~~
'V-/
80ns injured.
However , the total of dead for the first nine monLbs

of the year WIU! brougbl to 142, which compares with
112 in the same period of last year. The final total
for 1959 was 170. It seems likely that 1960 ,,;11 go
above that, for tbe last quarter of the year. with early
darkness and slippery pavements, hIlS always been a
period of danger.
E\'cn ....;th the mounting loll for the year. the Cook
County Traffic Safety Commission finds reason for
encourngement in the overaU figures. Total accidents
- property damage and personal injury as weU as
fataJ-continucd to decline. In September. Lbe total
of all accidents was 2.820. or 154 fewer than in August,
and the number of peraons injul'ed was 812, or 113
fewer than in the preceding month.
Improvement in the total accident column is taken
by the Cook County Traffic Safety Commission as
evidence that the great majority of drivers are on
the side of safeLy. The serious accidents are caused
by a very small percentage. Only 10 drivers figured
in the September deatha.
Two children were killed when the ear in which they
were riding was struck by a trn.in. Five deaths resalted from collisions between automobiles and one
(rom an auto-truck collision. Two persons were killed
when a ear left the road and struck a tree and one
whl!J1 a car ran into a ditch, One driver was fatally
hurt when hls ear struck a guard rail on Congre88
Expressway. One of the dead was a pedestrian and
one a motorcyclist.
Seven deaths ocoorred in unincorporated area, two
in Oak Park. two ,n Blue Island and one each in
LaGrange Park, River Grove, and Calumet Park,
No accidents were reported. in Phoenix, Oak Forest,
Posen, Burnham. Merrionette Park, Glenwood, Orland
IRDBRAIN BERTIE has decided he is something

special.
BSpeed
regulations are for the ma.ascs, not for him.
To make this clear, he has lettered Lhe sides of his
jalopy "Radar Runner".
And does his bird brain best to drive that way.
Park. Bartlett, P.3.los Park. Crestwood. Golf, Olympia
Fields. Indian Hend Park. County Club Hills, Sag
Bridge. Sauk Village. Steger and the part of Hinsdale
wiLhln Cook County.
Checku p on Hitchh ickers

When the New Jersey State Police began investigating hitchhikers on 120 miles of state highway, the
results were astonishing. They took In 162 runaways,
98 servicemen who had overstayed their leaves, seven
patien18 of mental hospitals, five escapees from priaoR
and 50 wbo were unable (or unwilling) to reply to
queries.
School for Drivers
IS
At the South Are.. Mutlnv---.Jole.ph J. ToWn" ,r, Pruldent or Evergreen Park, at the Mh::rophone; St.ted,
Left to R ight, County Commlllioner William N.
Erlt::klon, Pruldent Daniel Ryan OIInd Cornmlilioner
John J, Duffy.
Offered by Ryan
North MeUinll-Pruident Ry.n Speaking: 6eated,

John J, MeC ieve rty, Commluion ElIeeutive Seeretary:
WUi huT\ J . Mortimer, County Superintendent of H illhwOily" and Noble J. Puffer, County Superintendent of
School .
MOBILE scltool of Instruction for erring driven
"To tlUute the success of the achools It would be

ne<!euary to have thl! (ull cooperation of everyone, and
especially the justices of peace and police maglgtmtes
In Wh08C courts trafHc violations lU'e heard. We would
nOl wanl to undertake the project without the (ull
support o( your individual communities. We hope that
those o( you who are officia1J5 of suburbs will think
over lhis proposal and let u.s know In writing at your
earliest convenience."
A was offered to suburban authorities at the annual

rally of mayors, village presidents. police chiefs. magistrates. school officials, nnd local safety councllt conducted by the Cook County TralIlc Safety Commission.
M in other yelU'B, the rally was in two sections. The
meeting for south area suburbs was held October 10
In the Martinique ~tauranl in Evergreen Park and
for the north area October 17 In the Villa Venice in
Northbrook. President Daniel Ryan of the &ard of
County CommiSSioners. wbo t. also president of the
Safety Cornmiss.ion. outlined the scbool proposal.
''We are confronted ....ith a grave fSituation." he said.
"The number of traffic accidents and deatbs i8 appalling and dllll)' becomes an ever mounting problem aa
more and more vehicles take to our streets nnd highways.
Twenty five letten approving the idea and requestIng safet)' school seaalona bave already been received
at the Safety CommLsaion office al 130 North Wells
Street. Chicago, It la reported by John J . McCleverty.
executive IleCrctary,
At both meetlnga, McCieverty announced that [or
the second consecutive year none o( the 157,000 ISchool
children holding cards in the Bicycle Safety Club has
been Involved in a (atal accidenL
"The children have mnde il" he said. "The)' have
Bet an example for the adults."
Progress Through Cooperation

" We know we hnve succeeded in slowing down the
rise in lmffic acelden18 through such measures a8 the
building of better and aaIer road., the elimination of

many hazards on our roadways. the posting at proper
road signs, the establishment by the Sslety Commission of the highly lIuccclIR(ul bicycle safety program in
our achoola and the creation of acme 60 local aafety
councils throughout the county.
"These things your County and your Traffic Safety
Comml.aslon have done with you r whole-hearted cooperaUon.
Safety Awards Presented

SafeLy achievement awards were presented to auhurbs, bicycle safety awards to schools, IndJvtdual
awards to groups and special Bwania to communities.
In the south area, achievement awards went to State
Police District No.4, County HIghway Pollee District
No.3, and Lo lhe (ollowing named suburbs:
AIs.lp, Bluc lsland. Bridgeview, Bedford Park, Burnham, Calumel City. Calumet Park , Chicago Heights,
ChIcago Ridge, Country Club HIII1I, Crestwood. Dixmoor, Dolton, East ChlCl1go Height., East Ela:tel Creat,
Evergreen Park. FIOIUlmoor, Forest. View, Glenwood,
Harvey, Hazel CresL. Hickory Hills. Efinsdale, Hodgkin.s. Homewood, Hometown. JuaUC:e, Lansing, Lemont,
Lyons, ro.tarkbam. Matteson. Mcrrlonetle Park.
McCook , MldlolbJan, Onk Forest, Oak Lawn, Olympia
"Yet all thal haa been done Is sUll not enougb.

Therefore I have a ,U''Oposal to make which I believe
can be del'cloped Into another major deterrent of
accidents.
"1 Urn recommending the creation of three mobile
lmffic sc.hools throughout Cook County outslde of
Chlco.go. These schoot., which I hope can be atar1.Cd
IShortly after the tlr.. , of the yenr, would be conducted
by our Cook Counly Traffic Salt!ty CommiMion,
IConlinuetl on
r.,e
6)
Last Gap
IS
Congress Pavement
Closed
Main Floor ilnd Gallery Crowded for Congresa Expressway Opening Ccrcmonle .
l' CEREMQhT)ES October 12 placing in use the
came effective in 1956. providing 90 pel' cent assistance

to such highways 8S the Chicago-Cook County expressways, proceeds of this bond issue were available to
supplement federal grants.
While money from Washi ngton was assured, distribution was programmed over a 13-year period,
which would have delay~ eonstruction of Congress
had it been the only source. Instead, blocks of bonds
were sold [rom lime to time and work went ahead.
Previous to 1956, the County had the proceeds of a
$70 million bond issue, financed with motor fuc:l taxes,
which lhe voters approved in 1946. Proceeds of this
issue were used to construct Edens Expressway.
opened in 1951; the Maywood section of Congress,
opened in ]952. and also for work on Calumet and
Kingery Expressways.
The mileage of Congress construction done by the
City, State and County, together with the total of contmcts and contributions, in round figures. follow:
City~1.2 miles; contracts, $33 million; Cit.y funds,
$23 million; federal aid, $10 million.
State-4.6 miles. contracts. 872 million; State funds.
S36 million; federnl a id, $36 million.
County~8. 7 miles; contracts. S78 million; County
funds, $45 million; federal aid. $33 million.
last sections of Congress Expressway pavement,

A
the $183 million project was hailed by speakers as an
accomplishment of highest rank in design and construction.

The sections opened to travel were the two miles
between Des Plaines Avenue and Austin Boulevard,
constructed by the State of lliinois. and the half mile
between A llstin and Central A venue, construcled by
Cook County.
The festive ribbon was snipped by Governor William
G. Stratton, flanked by Daniel Ryan. president of the
Board of County Commissioners: Richard J. Daly,
mayor of Chicago. and J . Russell Christianson, president of Oak Park. Enthu$iastic Oak Parkers put on a
parade from the cenler of town to the speakers' sland
on the pavemcnt at Lombard Avenue. The sun shone
bright and warm.
Some work remains to be done, principally landscaping. lighting a nd shoulder surfacing. While these
jobs continue, both the State and County have arra nged work schedules to favo r rush period traffic.
Building the 14.5 miles of Congress between Michigan Boulevard and Howard street, Hillside. where it
connects with the ll1inois Tollway system, appeared
slow going to a publiC: eager t o use the facility but
lacking full understanding of the difficulties. For a
considerable time, the main problem was fin ancing.
When the question of money was resolved, conatruction went ahead rapidly.
Figures Indicate Size of the Job

The magnitude of Congress Expressway is reprcsented by numerous items other than total length and
lotal cost.
Land acquisition for right-of-way involved several
thousand separate deals. Occupants o[ properties
acquired had to be relocated. This affected some
3.500 families, 1,700 single persons nnd approximately
875 commercial and industrial establishments. The
County Bonds Expedite Wo rk

The financial shot in t.he ann was given in 1955.
when the State Legislature authorized Cook County
to issue expressway bonds in the amount of $245 million. When the federal Interstate Highway Act be-
Figures
Loom Large
Expressway Story
task was accomplished in the fnce of difficulties arising
from a n acute housing s hortage.

Excavating contractors took out 10.361, 91 cubic
yards of soil-npproximntely a million truck loads.
Expressway embankment work required 3A9,553 cubic
yards. Some of the surplus was used l(' create new
lake front between Foster Avenue a nd Bryn Mawr
A venue, on wbich Lake Shore Drive was extended, and
much of It was hauled to the abandoned I. & M. canal
in the vicinity of Harlem Avenue, where it will be
used as embankment (or the Southwest Expressway.
Pavers put down 1.318.803 square yards. more than
the equivalent of two 12-fool lAnes from Chicago to
Milwaukee.
Concrete work a mounted to 449.279 cubic yards:
structnral steel, 71,702,259 pounds and reinforcing
steel. 30,415,249 pounds.
SeYentyfive bridges span Congr
52 of them carrying su rface streets over the expressway, 14 for

railroads a nd nine for p4!destrians.
The drainuge system LO keep the depressed right-ofway free of storm water consists of 1,318.803 feet of
sewer, ranging in Si7.(.' from 9 inches to 96 inches. and
fou r pumping stations with a total capacity of 114.,120
gallons a minute. For every mile of la rge diameter
main drain pipe there arc four miles of collector pipe,
all within the right-of-way.
The lighting syst em consists of 3,463 units.
O"e of Six I"vel'ted Siphon, Co",tructed by t he Coun t y
t o Coury Cit y Sewer P ipes Under Congre .. Plivement.
Problem Jobs Take Time

Development of the expressway presented numerous
problems beyond the building of bridges a nd laying of
pavement, Some of the8(!, unseen by the citizen observer, were time consuming.
1n its Austin-Desplaines section, the Slate had to
relocate tracks of the Baltimore & Ohio Chicago
Terminal a nd the Chicago Greal Western railroads
without Interru pting train movementa. The Chicago
Transit Authority'S tracks we re shifted in this area as
weU as in sections farther south.
Sixty separat e steps, IncludJng long negotiation by
State a nd County with the rnilroads, were r equir ed to
bring the track job to completion. The relocation,
although largely in the State section, extended into
t he County section between Laramie a nd Central Avenues a nd required new railroad bridges over Central
Avenue, which had been depressed snd Improved as
part of expressway construction.
The County faced a unlque problem west of Des
Plaines Avenue. where t he expressway line ran
through or aJongside three cemeteries. Right-of.way
acquisition in this area required 2,276 reintennents,
all of which were done with full consideration for the
rigbts of famil y survivors, and also r elocation of
Chicago. Aurora & Elgin tracks and a new railroad
bridge over the Des Plaines River,
Adjustment of underground utilities- water mains.
sewers, telephone and electric cables-waa a neceasity
that look much time. in numerous instanCi!8, large
sewers had to be relocated and carried under Ute
expressway grade by means of inve rted siphons.
:Mains 8upplyiJl;g waler to Broadview, Westchester and
Forest Pa rk had to be relocatl!d between Austin Boulevard a nd Des Plaines Avenue, a State section, and
between Des Plaines and First Avenue in a County
section.
The work of relocating municipal utilities-waler,
sewer and Bureau of Electricit y lines-was charged
agains t the expr E'ssway and amounted to a pproximately H per cent of primary construction costs. The
County and the other agencies a loo engineered the
relocation of CommonwealthEdison lines, gas mains
and telephone cables, a ltogether a n expensive job that
was paid for by the companies..
Congress wn.s constructed by the State. City and
County under agreements entered into in 1944 and
subsequent years. The federnl government financed
the greater part of the cost and the U. S. Bureau of
Public Roads sent engineers to attend sessionll of the
J oint Design Committee in an advisory capacity.
State and County participated in the project both in
Chicago and beyond. The City's share wat! within City
limits. To permit full utilization of the engineering
man powcr of the three agencies, design and construc
tion we re divided on n geographical basis us follows :
City, State, County Sections

City-Michigan Boulevard to Peoria Street. 1.2
miles. except the section immediately west of the main
post office to Dcsplainea Street, which was done by
the County.
Stat
Peoria Strcct to Sacramento Boulevard, 2.6
(COlltLnul!d on Page 7)
Workers For Safety Receive Citations

tOonUnued from Pa.~ 8)
Park, Elgin. Elk Grove, Evan.ston, Forest Park, Franklin Park, Golf. Glem'lew, Glencoe. Hanover Park ,
Hoffman Estates, Harwood Heights, Hillside, Kenil.
worth. La Grange. La GraniC Park. Lincolnwood, Maywood, Melroee Park, ML Prospect. Morton Grove, l1id
d~ebury, Norridge, Northlake, Niles, Northbrook,
North Riverside, Northfield. Oak Park, Park Ridge,
Palatine, Rolling Meadows, Rosemont, River Grove,
Riverside, River Forest, Skokif':, SchiUer Park, Stone
Park, Streamwood, Scbaumburg Center, Wheeling,
Westchester. Winnetka and Wilmette.
Fields, Orland Park, Palos Hills. Palos Heights. Paloe

Park, Park Forest. Phoenix. Posen, Richton Park,
Riverdale, Robbin., Sauk Village, South Cbicago
Heigh~. South Rolland, Steger, Stickney. Summit,
Tinley Park, Thornton, Western Springs, Willow
Springs. Worth.
Captain John McDonough. Cook County Highway
Police, represc.nting Sherilr Frank Sain OD the Com
mission. and Captain Ruuell, commanding State Police
District No.3, also received achievement citations.
School Winners
Bicycle Safety Citations
North orea public sc.hoola receiving bicycle snfety

awards were:
South area public schools receiving bicycle safety

nwards were:
Dlslrl<:t:ot1 Sllnl1burll, Twuln lind Whitman.

Olllrict :ll~Norlh,
DlJlrlct If7_Avoc .
Dlllrirl 54-0h'<:khll\\k "1l1nla\\. Uotrman LlIkl!vlew and
Twlnbrook.
'
Dlltrlt"1 ~1I (,1'Ul1I, IIldr.:c.o, fUpley lind ITIrllln .
Dlltrlrt 62-AI/lonquln Juni or ''' Irh, Thllclte:t JUniOr H1rh.
Central, Cumbr:rland. Fo~.t. "'apIII', North. South and West.
DIJlrl<:1 63--0Ak lind "'t'llcl!r.
Dlltrlct M-Collt'rl! Hili, Timber Rldgl!.
Dlltrlt"t 6'7-Hynes.
DI.triel r.s-.o;le:n.JOn.
Dlltrlct 09--Kenlon
Dt.trlct 7O--Park VI"" Ind Cl"OVe.
Ol"rlel 73'i1-Cle"elud and Mlddleton.
Dlilrict 74-1.ln<:oln. RullfOd,e and Todd.
DI"rict 79--Pwtn-oyet.
Dlltrlct l13-)fannbelm. W6ldale: and Roy.
O'llnct M-t'nlon IUda'e.
District 8'1-F1eld. Franklin. Lonl fe:Uaw. Mark TWaJn, Rllt')',
Sunny.hie: Unit t. Sunnyside: Unit 2 and WbltUu.
Dlstrlrt 89-mer.on, Cllrfte:ld. Inln., Unt:Oln, !ofelr'Oll!: Park.
Rl'OW"f'It, Stt'\t'n.,n and Wuhlngton..
Olstrl('t 81-F1eldS!f!\"e:RMn. FU~lt ParI!: Junior Hla:h, Garneld. Cntnt\\'hI\CO and no..
District 92---L1ndOp
Dlltrlrt 9-1-Kumllrl!k Ea.t and Kotnlll'l1'k Wellt.
Dlilrit"l IIG---- ORM,k J'ark anti 01"0'1.
D'strlct
AmH, Blythe Park. Central, Hollywood and
Junior Hllth
Dl.lrlrt 9
oe:n<:.-.I CUller. Uflvlll.'e:k. Je.l'[enon and Llnrolo
Junior Hlr"
Dlnrl('t ~. nurnhllm, Cll.'e:m. Columbul. Drexe:1. Goodwin,
Llnroln. "('Klnl(lY. IUlOIe:Vl'it, Stle:rluek. WlIJIOn lind Woodbine:.
Dlllrll'L 102- COnll~" PMk, COull A\'en ur, Fore.lI ROIld.
Goodmlln "venul', Ol\k AVlmUI! and Ogden AVl!nuc.
District lOG-Sl1vt'nlh "'venuc IIntl Spring AVl!l1ue.
DlRlrlrl 107 1'lc"llInll1.'e.
DIRlrlt't 10
)'Lthl " Irk, .'QrI.'U Hill "rllnkUn, Grand A\'I!nul', LohUllw lind MrClurt> JunIor ~lIlIh.
Dl,lrlrt lo.'l- .;dll(ln, lillie,. Home, Lincoln and Washington.
DIllrl.. 1 l04-A/'KU, WIII.h
Dtllrl{'1 111 U)!'dl. Uurblmk, .'r)' IU1d Mnddudl:.

DIJlrlt t I L2-<';all uth.llte.
1)\lIr\('\ 115-I~mO nl COmmunity C<maolldalcd.
DllItrlrl 1l7-DOrn,0Ilk Rh.lll'e and Quln.

DL.U1el l~lumbut MI-lIGr, Dearborn Helghtll. Ramew,
Lleb and Simmoni.
DI.tnct 12+--Cenlral. NOI"U1eut, SOuUleut and SOuthwesl,
Dlltnct JZl--Meadow Lane.
District l28-Lane
DI.U1ct 127_ Worth.
DI.trlct J27"'.....Q\le.ro Rld.e and Henry Ford D .
Dlllrie1 128--=-Crab Ot"chl-f'd
District 13:1-Burr o.k and Calutnn.
DIstrict JM-Bowell.
DlJlU1ct l3."!-Orland Park.
Dlnl1ct 14S-Mldlothlan.
DtJtrlct 14~Arbor Park and KImberly Hellhu,.
DlJItriet US-Fulton
Dlstr1ct 1
ROOIeVI'II and WlJlhlnl1On.
DI.tl1et l~!I'io-Wn",ln, Wa"",n Pa lm and Woodland.
01'111('1 ~ntral. Hart, SUlndard and wtllO'lll'.
011111('1. l~lhl~, Q-awl DN'nho ....et'. indiana ..henUt'.
Memorial Junior IIllh and 'RC'lvl .
DI.trlcl l~BalIrr An:nu!'. !Iouth. ThomlJl Lane: and wtUow
VI(!W.
OIl1rt('1 I!l2-Arta,U 11111'10\. and Mlllteaon.
DI.trl ct 1'1~Franklln. JerrI'''"". McKinley, R_\'elt and
Wlt.lhlnltO" Junior llhi:h.
Dlltrlc! 17,-Sunnybrook.
otltrlct 19-1-Central JuniOr Hlrh, Eallv,!'w. Hh:km-y Hili,
Parkvl!'w. Saukvlew lind Stere:r.
Bicycle Safely awards were also presented to the

following pltrochlal echooln :
Flrsl Lutheran, Blue lslnnd: St. Agnes, Chicago
Heights: St. Anne'e, Chlcugo Heights: St. Joseph.
Chicago Heights : Lady of the Ridge, Chicago Ridge ;
St. Paul Lutheran. Ooit-On; Holy Redeemer, Evergreen
Park; Sl Anne's, Hazel Crest: St. Joseph . Homewood :
Trinity Lutheran, Lansing; Lansing Christian, Lansing; SL John Lutheran, Lansing; St. Matthew Luth
eran, Lemont; St. Catherine of AlexandrlR., Oak Lawn :
SL George, Tinley Park; Trinity Lutheran, TinJey
Park.
Individual Safety awards went to the Village of
Bedford Park, WUlo\\' Springs !Jons Club, I....anaing
Junior Women's QuI) and Village of Bridgeview.
Blc.ycle sarety awards were also prese.nted to lhe

(ollowing parochlul 8ehools:
Sl. Barbara. Brookfif':ld: SL Paul Lutheran, Brook
field: Redeemer Lutheran. Cicero; Immanuel Lutheran,
Des Plaines: SL Alary, Des Plaines ; St. Stephen, Des
Plaines ; SL John Lutheran, Forest Park; Immanuel
Lutheran. Hlilalde: SL Louise De M&rilIac, La Grange ;
Sl John Lutheran, La Grange; Sl Eulalia, Maywood ;
Sl John Brebeuf, Nile.; Sl Philip the Ap05tle, North
!ield; SL John Vlanny, Northlakei st. Paul Lutheran,
Norwood Park; Christ Luthe ran, Oak Park ; St.
Andrew Lutheran, Park Rldg~; St. Mary's, Rlverside;
St. Peter Lutheran, Roselle, Divine Providence, West
cbeate.r ; SL Joseph the Worker, Wbeeling ; North
Shore Country Day School.
North Area Awards

In the north area, IISB.fetv achievement awards were
presented to the City ('t Chicago, State Police District
No.3, County Highway Police District No.1 and the
following nBmed Buburbs:
Arlington Heighl.ll, Burtlett. Barrington, Barrington
f-Ulls , BellWood, Broudvicw, Berwyn, Brookfield.
J3uJfalo Grove, Berkeley, Cicero, DeB Plaines, E lmwood
Individual Snfety a .....ards went LO Oak Park Recrea

Uon, Des Plaines Safety CounciL Cicero Girl Scoul
Troop No. ,Brookfield Safotl' Council and Brook!i~-'d
Recreation Boord.
Special awards were presented to Banover Country
.Ido and Woodland.
Contracts Awarded
September Building
Blda for tour items on South Route Expressway,

two on Northwest. Expressway and three Don-expressway improvemeni:8 were awarded by the Board of
County Commissioners on October <l.
On South Route Expressway, the items and low
bidders were:
ERMITS for building construction estimated to cosl

$9,615.070 were issued in September by the
P
County Departm"!nt ot Buildinp,
has jurisdic.
Cradlnr and pIlvll!.8 96"' Street to COUage Gro\'!! Avenue--
KII"MY COn.t.ruction COmpany. 12.035.9'ZI-'14..
Grade &el'&nltlon OVer JOull'tbOund Doty AVf:nue--Arcole Mid
west COl"J)OraUon. ~2.2'78 HI.

V\lIdut'l uv(!r C. R_ I ,. P. rilltro.d and trontace roadThomat McQueen COmllllny, $1,037.919.10_
Grade Ke llllrnllon....eIIJl branch. over" t>.lbound CT05a connc!CUon-Ilerllhy Mld-Ulntlnenl COmpany, 52l7.354.96.
The Northwest. Expresswny items are pan of the

project of relocating Mannheim Road to the east of
the prescnt. Mannheim. During construction there wiU
be no interruption of trove! to Bnd from the airport
and when rcJocation is completed the traffic lights on
Mannhelm, which have slowed expressway traffic at
that point, will be eliminated.
The two Northweijt joba are:
Gratlo .oparll.llon between the ell'pre.uwlly and relocated
loIJinnhelm-Arrole Mluwellt COrporation. 5361.136.'19.
Cratlln, alld ravlnlt MJinnhelm Road to sao Line tra c:~
R~k Road COn. I"UC:UOIl CUmpany. $1,631,626.48.
The threc non-cxpressway projects:

Drldlet over loIcO(mahl Ct-eek at SC:hucnbeek Road, Elmhurn
RGIld and Wheeling 1I000d-W. J Sh.l')Ipard &. COmI)4llY,
$168,747.411.
Bridee over Weller', Pilch at \Vult Rood-Pla1nftCld Bridge
and connrueUon
COmpany,
$20S.884~'I().
Touhy A~'enue, wldenln. lind lurfaCln, between :'olannheim

Road and DeB Plllln.... River Ro.d-Arc:OICI lIt!dwest Col"J)Ol"IIlIon.
'2~9,409.83.
which
tion in the unincorpoMlted area of tbe County.

Included were an office
building, $4,092,000, to
be built in Elk Grove
township, at Algonquin
1 11, 1
Road and Church, by the
Algonquin Realty Company. 148 single dwellings,
$3.202,600, and a school in Lyons Township, $197.600.
With Ule office building, Elk Grove led the townships
in total valuaUon. Wheeling was over a million with
59 permits totaling $1,436,600.
Besides those for single dwc.llings, permits were
issued for various types of construction as follows:
=:
Rl!tlldcnllal addillon, Rnd alt.r"Uon.........:w; permll..ll, $234.690Apnrtment buUdlnll'l-Tcn (lennI" {total or 67 dwclllni
UIIIU). $99(),<IOO.
Ac:w..ory buHdlll,_IOS J)ennltJ. $223,UO.
~u.lneB' building_FIve pennlt., $0&.280.600.

lIu.lneBi /lddIUon. and aUt!ratlon_Nlne. permili. $82,900.
Indu strial bulldlnK_Two Dermlta. 1317.800.
Ind Ultrlll1 addltlona and Alleratlon_Two pennlU, 133.000.
Well_Nine permlta. 127.000.
r.U.ceUoneoul-Slx permlta. $lJ,~.
By townships the September permits were issued as

foUows:
Tv"'n .. hlp
Barrlnatun
l'cnnlu
3
5
10
27
3
2
10
UJoom
Bremen
ElkGro~e
ftaoO\'l!r
Le.nonl
1..I!yden
I.YORII
Congress Expressway(Continued from P8.JI:(! 11)
miles, and Austin Boulevard to Des Plaines Avenue,

2 miles.
County-Main I>ost office to Desplaines Street, 0.2
mi1~; Sacramento Boulevard to Austin Boulevard, 3.7
miles, and from Des Plaines Avenue to Lhe connection
with lile lllinois Toll Way system at Howard Street.
Hillside, 4.8 miles.
Tbese sections total 14.5 mllcs. Tbe State bas un
dertaken to construct In addition a connection with
Lake Street just north of North Avenue, which will
add two miles to the expressway. Work on the con
nection, which will include an interchange at St.
Charles Road, Is underway.
Previous Lo the October 12 opening, various sections
were opened when completed unde r a policy of making
the facility ufJCCul to the public as quickly as practicable. TbefJC opening dates were :
1952, July 19-5tate Street to La Salle Street.
1954. Decembe.r 22-First Avenue to 25th A venue,
Maywood.
1954. December 31-25th Avenue to Mannheim
Road.
1955. December 15--Ashland Boulevard to I....nramie
Avenue.
1956, August 10-La Salle Street to Ashland Boule-vard.
1958, November 21-Mannheim Road to Boward
Street and connection with llIinois Tollway system.
1960, January 20-Laramlc Avenue to Cent.rnl Ave
nue.
1060, July 30-Des plaines Avenue to lo"':irst Avenue.
:10
lolalne
22
Northl'leld
NOtl\ood Park
Orland
I'lI to.Une
<16
1
Nile!!
!I
111
:2
1:1
Pilio.
rueh
Schllumbura
(j
II!
StiCkney
Thornlon
..
Wh~Un,
!'j9
Worth
26
In the nofee classificaUon, whjch includes chur ches

schools, IJUblic and farm buildings, 15 permits wer~
Issued for n total of 5232,4.00.
Job
0/
the Month
Pictured on the front cover is a section of the main

dm.in on the. 80uthern portion of South Route Express.
way.
Dimensions of this semi-clliptica1 tube. between lag.
glng are 13 feel 4 inches by 13 feel inches. When
the concrete lining is in plnce, wh.ich will be done with
a tMlveling form, the interior dimensions will bo 9 by
10 feet.
This drain, which is the largest. constructed by the
County on the expressway system, will bring storm
water from the Eanleg of South Route south of 94th
Street, from the Wesl Leg as far as 103rd Street and
cventually from Stony Island Avenue. A pumping
staUon at 1l0th Street and Doty Avenue will discharge
into Lake Calumet.
ConLrac.tor on Ulis section of the drain is the John
Doherty Company, which Is c.ommended for good
workmnnship Ilnd fuU safety prccautions.
Expre..w.y. Become Prominent Featuru of the New F,ee of Chlc:.tIgo. Northwut (At Left) ;lind
Eden. Join .lit Mlyf.lr, If They Were Rillen, and Flow Onw.. rd to the Center of the C ity.
Vol. VIII No. 6
November, 1960

Published by the Cook County ( m. ) Departmllnt of Highwa.y,
Under a Ul picu of the Board of County Commiasionen:
DA NIEL RYAN, Prul dent
Frod A, F ulle
Ch rl at A. Jenlen
J ohn A . MOIIckler, Jr.
Daniel Ryan
C layt o n F. S m it h
Edwar d M. Sneed
John J. T ouhy
J. mu F. ""henden
F flI n k Bobryu k e
Charle, F . C ha plin
Eliza bet h A. Conkey
Sidney D. Deutlch
J e r ry Dolezal
John J. Duffy
W il lia m N. Erlck.on
W ill iam J. Mortimer

Superintendent of Hl g hwlIy'
Published at 130 North Wells Street,. Chica&,o 6.
FRanklin 27544
Extension 216
Boob of the Month
October Traffic Accidents

ITH 28 fatalities, Oct.ober was the deadliest
W month of the year on streets and highways in

suburban Cook County. Only ooe other maRUI in the
I5-year records or the

Cook County Traffic
Safety Commission has
n higher death tollJune, 1953. with 29 dead.
October's
28
deaths
compared with 14_ in

September and 18 in October of last year. 1t brougbt
the tolal for the first 10 months of the year to 170,
which was exactly the final figure for 1959.
The total of accidents reported in October also was
higher than in Septembe.r-3,156 as against 2,820.
Twentysix of this number resulted in the 28 deaths.
The others caused injuries and property damage.
The number of persons hurt.. 944 , also was highe r
than in September, when the t otal was 812. Some of
these will succumb. sooner or late r , and be added to
the death total. Some others, as alwaya happens. will
be permanently crippled.
October's acdden~, bringing sorrow nnd disruption
of dRily life to the families of the 972 dead and in
jured, were also costly in terms of money. In an
effort to estimate the costa of highway trn.tIie acd
dents, the National Safety Council haa arrived at a
minimum of $150,000 for each death. This figure in
eludes: an average S29,OOO for a life lost, but varying
according to age. It also includes wages lost and cost
of care for the 36 personal injuries. which the council
has found occur for each death. and also damage to
property,
Thus, October presented a bUl to suburban Cook
County of at least $4,200,000. If the year ends with
200 deaths, 1960 accidents will represent a waste of
approximately $50 million.
Four of the October fatalities were I>cdestrians, all
of them men and three of advanced years, 60, 73, and
SO. One was a boy of 14 riding his bicycle.
Nine deaths resulted from collisions !)etween automobiles. Six were killed when cars left the road and
struck trees. Two met death In one such accident.
Two others were in cars that slruck wayside posts, one
in a car that left the pavement nnd ran several hun
ARO HEAD HORATro'S trouble is that when the
H expressways were opened he'd learned aU there

was to know about driving.
What's an expressway'! Just anotber road.
So he comes i.nto moving traffic as he pleases.
He doesn't take time to determine the exit to where
he's going; at the last instant he cuts aeross.
He tallows too dose behind, unaware that express
way safety calls for more than ordinary headway
between cars.
He goes into "xit ramps too tast, ignoring the sign
giving proper speed.
In lime he will learn by error. This is known as the
hard head way.
drcd feet into a eRnal, one when a wayward car struck
building and one in a car that was hit by a train.
Three deaths occurred on tollways Ilnd one on Con
gress Expressway. Two ot the tollway deaths resulted
tram auto-auto collisions and one when R car struck
an abutment. The expressway death was caused by a
car striking a viaduct.
ioltee.n fatalities were on roads in the unincorpo'
rated area, two in Cicero, two in DeaPlajnes and one
each in Berwyn, Calumet City. Skokie, LaGrange Park,
Homewood, River Grove, Palaline, Niles and Barrington Hills.
l'\
Special Group Studies Expressway Traffic

By John T. Nagel
XPRESSWAYS art! built for one purpose., to dort!

saIe. uninterrupted \.n.\'el (or large volumes of
traffic. mo\iog at speed8 hlght':r than on conventional
IJl.reeLL Tra.ftl.c regulation. lherefore, is major CODsideraUon. in the design ltage lUI weU as after construction I. completed.
The com llrehcnsive ('xpn.>88way lIystem in Chicago
nnd Cook County ia: R joint program on the part of Ute

Slate: of Illinala. City of Chicago and County of Cook.
A Highway Design Coaunitt.t"e. made up of Lhe beadA
of the llIinol. Division of Highway Chicago Department of Public Work. and lbe County Hlghway Deparlm('nl. I. rellponslble for coordinating planni?g,
design, construction and. lO some extent, the operation
of the xprCllswaYII, Englne~r8 of the U. S. Bureau of

Public Rond. act IUl advlBC.l'I.
A subcommittee on traffic I, one of the worldng

groups of the design committee:. It was formed in
19-19 and III It II ftf'lt meeting Ita duUetI "'ere stated u
follow.:
"The lIubcommltt~ shall consider aJl matters or a

traffic engin~ring natUrf relative to the expressway
eyatem. It .ball do BO tor the purp<>ae oC recommend
Ing to the ~Ign Committee the various regulationl,
dHigm and atandardl n~' Cor the safe Ilnd
expeditioUl mo'"ement of traffic:: on the system. "
Signs Thoroughly Tested

inee it .....rted ita work. the subcommiltee has prepared and lIubmltted to the Dealgn Committee H
reporta. For the moat part. these conaiated of presentations of gt.'omelric require:menta, balled on a detallNi
traffic CflpBcit)' IItudy, necesa8ry to satisfy the ~c
requirements of the variOUII f'xpresaW8ys. In addition,
the aubcomnllttee hlUl prepared report.a on sign tesla.
a policy on the aignlng or expreaswaya, maximumminimum llpeed limits. weaving sectionll, location of
permnnenl1.tBffic counle,.., toutA! marking on expl"eSSwayll and tramC surveilla nce and control.
Sign tetlUng, which waa conducted Cor several years,
waa done wllb lbe objective ot dC\'eloping signa readily
visible and clearly unden;tood. TesUng covered both
overhead and ground signa and conlddered such Cacton;
u color comblnationl, reftectorized background versus
non-re8cctoriled. letter height and slroke width and
the effect or mercury "Rpor lighting.
In May. 1057, the subcommittee pubUahed "A Policy
on the Signing or Expreuwaya in the Chlcngo Metro-polItan ArN." Thia ll'Ulftual was follo",~ itt signing
expre&lwaya until adoption of the Amenean As8OclaUon of Highway Offldat. "Muual for Signing and
Pavement Marking of th~ National System of Interstate and DeJenae A1ghways."
On the aubjl'ct of nmximum a nd minimum SllCeds on
expressway., the subcommittee will 800n I>ublls.b an
(nterlm 1'<'1)()rt.
A w... vlng M'('Uon Oft an expressway Is a eec::Uon. of
pavement parallel to the main linea and extending
from onl' ('ntranCt' ramp to the ncx.t exiL It affordll
IIpacc for vehicles entering to cross ovcr and go onto
the eltllrCll8wny A.nd Illtso for t.hose leaving the cxprefill'
About the Author

Mr. NfI!Jcl, o3llistcmt tro/fic engineer 0/ the
County 1I1!J/uwy Departmt1tt, i.t chairmaN 0/ the
Trolfic SKbco,"miltc(' 0/ the Higillcoy Dalg ..

Cotflm,Uce. lIe", a gr(Jdvo'~ 0/ till! Unit'Cf'"jly 0/
Michlg(JrI , IS+! , \("jth tht.' dt'gu'fJ 0/ Bacht:lor of
Scient'C III TrtI""portatiol' Erlgineerirlg. Ile i" a
rcyi!lcrt'(1 pro/r!fi()(,l ClIgiriccr in nlitloUl IJlld (HI
U81Wdtllr "'C"lber 0/ the I II..,WNlc 0/ TraffiC' E"ginct'T'"
wa)' to gf'l onlo the exit ramp. Such movemenla arc
made in a wrovlng pattern. The subcommittee in c0operation with the Bureau of PubUc Roads, carefully
IItudied n. wenvlng section 0 11 Congrell9 Expressway to
compnre theoreUcal and "ctuul operating characteristics.
Under the aubject "traffic surveillance and control,"
the aubeomm111ee spenl conalderable time In\'esUgatIng the problem. of congefltion on express\\'8)'S wbich
might be avoIded or alleviated by use of an electronic
system which could provide surveillance to detect
actual Rnd Imminent congestion and provide control
!\nd corrective action wben "PI)ropriale. The prelimj
nary reaulla of the aubcommlttee IItudy were such that
It was decided that a projt'et of thi.s importance and
magnitude wu worthy of mo~ investigation. ConRquently. the blghway agencies are in the Jlroce~ of
tormalWng R apecial rescare.h project on thla lIubJe<!L
The Tramc Subcommittee baa functioned with good
t'C1!Iulla alld thl. aUCecaa, in the opinion oC the writer.
bas been due hargely to tbree factors- the reprtsentaUon of Interelts as evidenced by membenbJp of thtlIubcommltlet!. the method followed in proceA8lng the
reporta. and the complete cool)t.ration of aU dlvllllonB
of the three ageneies. It should be mentioned that the
subcommltt<>e has its own office space In the City"
Central Offic Bulldlng,
Stud y Starr Method

A88ignmenlll given the Trnffic aubcommlttee are
processed by the IItudy ataft' method. Tbia conmsta of
banding the project to R member of the IJUbcommitt~
to make an estimate of the quantil)' and type of per
&Onncl needed to carTY it ouL Tbe agencie. are then
requested to supply the neeeuary people to work on
the study IltaIr on a full or pnrt time basia aa needed.
In mOlit lnatances. the people asaigned to a study
,taff 8I"e trom the traffic engineering divialonL It is
not unu_uRI. however, to have st.atistict&na. atructural
deaigners, pavement designers. and e1ectrlcal en&ineen
working with the Mudy alAII'll, The subcommittee baa
also obta.Jned auiBtance from the Chicago Area Tranllportution Study.
The RcU ... lliea of the Trntfic SuboommiLU!f' Ulustrnte
clearly th .. coordination or the hlgb agenclea In the
metropollta.n aroa. While the Highway DesIgn Committee and lh Traffic Subcommittee wen- ronnally
organized to perlorm certain functions In connf'Ction
with the bu ilding of the expressway lIystem. It was
Inevitable thnt the Bame type of coopeMltion would
t ContlnllL'I1 o n 1'1l1lt! 9)
Northwest Expressway Open
Full
Length
ORTH WEST EXPRESSWAY from the Loop to
O'Hare InlA.'''11ational Airport wu opened NovemN

ber
and In the day. immediately (ollowing was
IS
swftrmoo with motorist.. headed (or business or jUBl
out to IH the Ilghu on the nation's newest and finest
highway,
Dally drivers found lrutl e8pedltloul thougb speed
18 temporarily rctLricled and .orne dOl\'D town exits
are not rfady. Even under these conditiona driving
time 1I remarkably shorter than on surface streets
formerly uaed between the .. me point.&. M a. fair
cxnmJllf> of time Mving, airport buses run (rom the
1..0011 to O'Hare 15 to 40 minutea quicker. depending
on the time of day.
Tho nrw expressway's InHuence on surface arteries

In lIorth nnd northwest. Ilre(l3 WAs noticeable at once.
Traffic from Edens ExprCS8WIl)', which had been going
over to Lnke Shore Drive by way or Peterson Road,
FosLl'r Avenue, t rving Pnrk Road and other througb
sLrt"elll. now continues on Edens Into North\\'esl
Sunday driver-. Hocked to Northwest the day after
tht' ribbon culting. 'l'raffic engineers of the County
Illghway OePRrt.ment look counts that indicated
160.000 vrhJcles In the 24 hours following midnight
Saturday.
Interesting Variety
Northwe.t I. I:Ln Interesting ride. It passes beneath
In lOme sectlonl and .I)(we atrcell in others.
I"rom lh hlgh~.Jt rise. over Ashland Avenue. a BtrikIng pn.nonuna of the Loop i. displayed_ At three
polnta. lrl-Ievel .tructUreti separate the expressway.
lIurfate .tr~ts and railroad traeb and at two of these
motor lMlffic paues through lighted tunnels. Numer01111 r'!wining walla of wbite concrete make an interestIng bnekgr-ound for the landscaped embankments.
South of the Edens Interchnnge. the rigbt-of-wa)'
Is ulll18unlly broad to flccommodale mus lt8.nsit tracks
and rcveraable traffic lane' In the mcdlnn apaCe. ThelJC
two ccnt('r Innes will carry expre88 trame-no exilSbetween th(' Edcna Interchange and the Erie Street
Interchllnge. Inbound In the morning and outbound In
the evening. They wlU not be placed in use. however.
untJi the Erie Street construction la completed.
Future tracks of the erA, coming In from the Logan
Square. terminal. will enu:r the expressway at about
Wuhtenaw Avenue and continue on to the airport.
In antidpAtion of thI. UJle'. abutmtnlS for a CI'A bri~
at W.abuo:oAw M'C In pla~ and abo a tunnel like aTmngement to conduct tb~ u-ac." under the EdensNOrthwHt Inte-rebange.
8t~tI
South Term lnUI of Northwu t , W it h Hallted Street

Intlrch.nge, Which W ill Serve Northwut. Congre ..
and South Rou te E xpre ~)' Under Conltruc:tlon In
Foreground. At Prelent. the On I)' Connection Between
North\ll\lelt and Conll"" I, From Southbound Nor-th.
Wett to Weatbound Congre... Aete .. to and Exit
From Nor-thwut .... Afforded at JaeklOn Boulevard
( Slcond Bridge Nor-th of the 'nterchange), Ad"m ..
Monr'O" M.dllOn. WI.hlngton, "nd Randolph SUcci..
Lakl Strut HII Elllit from Northbound ElIpreuwa),.
lite (C!C!der lanes over the North Branch of the Cbicago

Hlvcr to AollchlgJ.n Boulevard. Depending on wrather.
It II anticipated th3l thil conatruction will be fini.hed
In January.
More Exits Ready Soon

For the time being, traffic coming Into the central
bumnl'" district must. leave Northwest at BOrne exit
before the mmp into we8tbound Congreea Expressway.
JnckllOn Boulevard ia the lut chance to avoid Congreu. Construction ot the Hallted Street interchange
Is procN!ding with the- expectation that the ramp
leading (rom lIOuthbound Northwest into eastbound
Congrcaa will be ready esrly next year.
AIIIO to be completed la the grle Street interchange.
which will connect the main line or Northwest with
Nort.hwHt's length (rom CongrCS8 Expressway to

Mnnnhelm Road 1.11 16.5 miles. Motorists may find
their meters regiatering slightly more, l'8pcclally Ir
thl'Y follow outalde lanes on curves.
Total COIl of Northwl'8t in round figures was $255
million. Thill Includes the reeder Inne the twin
hllacule bridges over the river, with approaches, and
Trip to Airport
IS
Fast and Spectacular

neclcd ill the following figures:
lI .. n,
CUbic yaros ur da" " X " cuncrete
l'\lu nd. or ~In fon:lng steel
I't)unds I)f strutlutal steel
Cuble l'Ani. or ex .... "atlon

CUbic )'Btd.
or embankment
SQUflrt' }' unl, or pll\'emenl
l.fnllaL feel o f _ewe"

L.lneltl ft'(!t o r curb and lI'uU.,r
IJneal feel of luard rill!
Vehieulltr br1dlet
Itallrond brldllet
Pede.trlnn underpllSacs
Pumptnl{ .talion.
J->umplna: Cflpa('lIy or all , tat lonM In
J:all.m. per minute
Il'OI'nllly
"".""
o\7,751i,!l1l."i
109,48.1,017
7.999,1171
4 .686,1\00
1,389,792
357,9M
85;1,~
...,,
211.841
zn,ooo
A major enginee ring feat was accompliahed in building the expressway through areas occupied by three
mllroad yards plus the main line of the Chicago &
North Western'3 Wisconsin division. Relocation of
C. & N. W. trackage in the vicinity of St. Stanis laus
Kostka Church was a problem resolved after exten sive negotiations and action by the state legislature
to authorize use of highway funds to purchase 8 sub
stitute righloOf.way for the railroad.
Clearing the expressway site through closnly built
areas involved the purchase of some 3,4 00 parcels of
land and the reloca tion of approximately 4 ,400 fR.mi
lies. 1,100 single persons and 465 commercial and
industrial establishments.
Relocation and adjustment of underground utilities
involved great expenditures of time and money. The
County had the problem of going under or over large
water mllins at the Mnyfa.ir pumping station. Sinoo
it was impossible to go under, an unde rground bridge
was constructed over the mains and earth fill placed
above iL
The County Illso const.ructed two of the tri -Ievel
grade sepa ration structures. those at Mayfa.ir nnd at
Jefferson Pa rk, and buill much of the elaborate inter
change with lhe Tri-State and Northwcst Toll w a~'s
just cast of t.hc airport.
At present, Northwest Expressway Cf'OSSCS Mannhelm Road at grade to enter O'Hare a nd light signals
control CMas traffic. Work is now under way by the
County to relocate Mannhcim Road to the east and
sepa rate it from the expressway with a full clover leaf
Interchange. Old Ma nnhelm Rond in that a rea will
then be sbandonNi.
Expressway Traffic Counts

In the week following the Northwest Expressway
opening full length, traffic increased markedly on both
Southe;ut of the Northwut- Edllnl Exprll .. w;ay
Interc hange, the Median Space Co ntain. Two Re v e~a .
bill L.ane. ( White Pa vem ent ) ilnd eTA R l ght.of. Way.
Illso Edens connection with NorthwesL
The participating agencies shared construction as

follows:
AJreney
State
en,
COun t y
" I U....
....
.,.. " ~I ru cl .. d
' .7
$90.1!O2.000
74,006,000
89.sa~OOO
The U. S. Bureau of Public Roods gave finan cial
assistance. as on other routea of the countywide expressway system.

The aize of lhe North .....est construction job is r eo
Northwcst and Edens.

On Northwcst between O'Hare Airport a nd the
EdensNorthwest junction. which had been open in
part previous to November 5, the 24hour counts
made by the County showed Increases up to two and
one-half limes the week before opening. As samples:
Nagle Avenue, up from 20,798 to 50,439: Mannheim
Road, from 14.220 to 20.454.
Edens at Devon Avenue carried 77.757 vehicles on
November lL The southbound taUy at that point was
30 ,907. At the Nonhwest j unct ion, thc count south
bound was 23,708, Indicating that 13,199 vehicles had
left the expreasway at Peter80n Road or Cicero
Avenue.
Thus far, the opening of Northwest has not. a ffected
traffic on Congress Expressway.
The Rumbler
Strip Warning at Stop Signs
By W illiam J. M orti mer
A new idea in highway traffic

a
control~literally
wri'lkle-tfJtL~
introduced by the Cook

COI'Jlty Higll way Departmen t j11 1954 111 the lorm
of an irregular surface at stop sign approaches.
Since the,l numerous publications }lO ve prillted
articles about 'Tumbler litl'ip.Of aJld a8 II relll/it many
inqltirics for 8peciJicCltioll.~ have come to tlte Department. [.'OT the ?1tost part, they have come
Irom cily . county (md statc highu;uy ugcncies ill
the Ullited State,~; II lew l1"om Europe, Canada
alia AlIsl mlia.
The article 011 these page.' lila,<., preparcd with
t he idea 01 prescllti"Y tile rlnllbler story COTlI'plctc
ill olle picce. It dea ls 10ith tile .'J tudi es 0/ driver
behavior and misbehavior at stop signs from
which the idea wa." born. 7IIateriuls specificntion.'f,
metho(t 0/ applicatiOJl and observations Otl -improved obedience 1Iotea uhcrc intcrs6cliOlt.'l havc
bcc'l! mmblcred.
B y tile way, /he 1uord "rltmbler" /tas been
adopted by thi.~ Departmellt a.Of liulicr and mOTe
descriptive tll an -pluin " rumble!'
Su p erintendent of Highway.
Cook County
IXED stop signs of distinctive shape and color nre

standard instatlations at intersections where traffic
F
volumes do not warrant light signals. When properly
displayed with clear visibility and with advance "Stop
Ahead" signs, it is reasonable to eXI>eCt complete
driver obedience. But in practice, even though much
effort has been made to educate and discipline driven;,
stop intersecti0!18 continue to be the scenes of numer
0118 accidents, frequently fatal or othenvise seriolls.
The Cook County Highway Department believes this
is Ii tragic situation. Stop sign accidents result
either from driver inaltention or out-and-out gambling
Witil safety, This is one type of accident thal should
be completely eliminated.
It has been my belief all along that most vioiatir,ns
at stop signs are not willful. Some drivers whose
intentions are good may miss a sign because of unfamiliarity with the road or lapse of attention. Or it
may be that the sign is obscured by shubbcry, a
growth of weeds or a parked car. 1 felt that the
driver who is willing to obey should have better warning than the conventiona l wayside sign.
I had the rumbler idea in mind in somewhat sketchy
form, but flrst 1 wanted to know definitcly what was
taking place at the stops. So in 1953. ] directed the
Traffic Engineering Division to go into the field and
check a sizeable number of cars at stop signs throughout the Cou nty.
new
F'rom further consideration of the situation, it aplleared highly probable that many offenders were not
aware of their approacb to a stop sign. All the signs
checked in tile s urvey. and others under County jurisdiction as well, were found to be readily visible, but
there seemed to be reason to believe that too mnny
drivers simply we re not alert. The solution then ap..
I>cared to be some means of bringing them to attention
and causing them to notice the sign. Tbis was the line
of thought that led to development of rumbler pavement.
The central idea of the rumbler strip is an irregular
surface at a stop sign approach that will produce an
a udible rumble and thus will, at the least. prompt the
driver to wonder what goes on. It brings attention
back to the job of driving and directs the roving eye
to the stop sign.
Since the number of stop intersections is high in any
highway jurisdiction. it is essential that costs be kept
within reason for materials that will w~ with s
minimum of maintenance and replacement. On the
basis of several years' experience. this Department has
now standardized the procedure for its own purpose.
Disobed ience Found High

Sixty-five locations, all with bad accident records,
were selected for study. They included four-way stops.
at the intNsections of highways of equal traffic im
portance, as well as the two-way signs stopping traffic
on roads inferior to those they intersect. The performance of 58,732 drivcrs was checked. The findings
wer e disturbing.
Checks were made at peak and off-peak hours both
morning and afternoon. All vehicles entering the
intersection were tallied and the degree of obedience
at the signs recorded in four groups as follows :
1. Voluntary stops-By drivers who of their
own volition came to the complete stop requircd
by state law.
2. Involuntary stops-Stops made under some
compulsion, as when a car immediately ahead
stopped at the sign or when pedestrians were
crossing.
3. Rolling stops- Observance only to the extent that vehicle speed was reduced. perhaps
bringing it under control but nevertheless danger ous chance-taking.
4. No stops---Flagrant disregard of the sign.
Of thE' 58,732 vehicles observed, 11,653 made rolling
stops and 730 did not stop at all. On the average.
disobedience amounted to 20 per cent. At some intersections it was as high as 62 per cent.
How Rumb ler is A pplied

Rumbler treatment covers the full width or the approach lane and extends back from the stop line 300
feet. This distance has been found to be sufficient to
register on the driver and to pennit him to reduce
speed to a full stop.
The first step in application is t o spread the binder
liquid by a self-propelled pressure distributor. We use
petroleum asphalt of 100-120 penetration. This is
followed immediately with the sggregate, which is dis
tributed from the tail gate of a truck moving in reverse
to avoid tire rutting. The strip is then compacted with
a roller a nd the job is done.
Quantities required per square yard are:
Petrole um asphalt----O.35 gallon.
Aggregate-54 pounds.
Why
It Was Needed and How to Put It Down
Rumbler Strip .lIt Approach to Stop Sign on a Cook County Road,
We uae Bir-eooloo, wMhtd blasl furnace sing because it Ie plenUfuJ In this locnlity, but crushed rock
will ae.rve as well. Size is iml)ortant to obWn the
dcslred etrecL The cnlshed aggrcJRte conforms to the
following gradaUon :
Per cent PAssing llg" sieve .
100
Per cent. pallAlng 1" sieve ...
85-100
().25
Per cent passing !I.~" sieve .
()'5
Pcr cent phSing 1:" sieve ..
aggrcgnlc, of a 5O-M mlxture of MC-O or SO-O

liquid IUIpha.ll and =-4 fuel oil. with which has
been thoroughly premixed nol less than two lbe.
(by \'ohlnle) r.r an approved compound known aa
KOTAL. Tn wnrm weather, the ~lCO or seQ
liquid a.phalt nc! not be diluted witb fuet oU.
NOTE: Wet, porous or dense aggregates or
those contaJn:ng !l.ncs. dUBl or day, may requin
Increased amount.. or liquid rulphall or oil, bul In
no case IIhaJl let..~ than two lba. of Kotal, five gal
lona of Kolal cutbilck solution and .6 to 1 per cent
or hydrated lime prr ton of aggregate be used.
The maximum am"unl of Kotal cutback solution
uRed should be "u.'urlent to quell the dual content
and to produce a l!'1lfonnly discolored oily surface
on the ag~~ate
In calK!: the ~ ihallKolal coaled aggregate is LO
be stockpiled bclure application to the road, the
IItluld aallhlllL (prior to its mlldng with Kotal)
should be thlnnt!d with standard '=4 Cuel 011 to a
degree conaidl'red by the: engineer in charge to be
l:Iufficlent to Insure [r~ fl owing of the coated
Pre-Coat Specifications
Rumbler aggregate Is pre-coated with the same
procesa Jlrescribed for chip uggregate in our standard
seal coat work. Tn our instructiOM to contractors,
this is atated as follows :
A. HydJ'Rled Ume at the rate of .6 to 1 per
cent of weight of aggregate shall be mixed with
the unheaUd air-drled aggregate Cor nOLlesa than
60 seconds In n pug mUI. Coating in ot.her ly)X's
oC mixers may ~ longer.
B. The Iim('-coatcd aggrl'!gate shall then be
thoroughJy coaled by mixing immediately subsequent, with nol leN than live gallons per lOll oC
tConllnued on Pale f)
r- -
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,.
.r
Dirt Movtl '" La'll_ Bitu on
Vol. VIII No. 7
So~th
ROl.lte Expr... _ y. S PIg. 3.
December, 1960
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COO K CO UNTY HIGHWAYS

Published b, the Cook Count)' (111.) Depnrtme.nl of Uil"b .....:ly.
Under auspice. of the Board of Count,. Commiuionenl
DAN I EL RYAN, p,.ul dlnt
Jam,. F. ""hende"
Fred A. Full,
Chrlu A. Jenlen
John A. Mackler, Jr,
Frank Bobryuko
Cha, l.. F. Chaplin

Ellubeth A. Conke y
Oln ltl Ryan
Sldnly D. Oeuuch
Clayton F. Smith
Edward M. Sneed
John J . Touh)'
Jerry Doleul
John J . Duffy
W illiam N. Erickaon
Willi.", J . Mar'1imcr
Superintendent ., Hlgh~)'.
Published at 130 North WeU. Street, Chiaro 6.
FRanklin 27644
Boob o f the Mont h
November Traffic Toll

IGHT pcdCfllrianlJ lind 14 othens drivers or
aengenl- were killed In highway traffic accidenu
E
In luburban Cook County In No\'ember. The total wu
))a8'
Bix under October but

two hlgber than November lut year.
The total of all scd
denLA
personal injury
and property damage tuJ
weu u fntal-was alAO
hlghc.r thnn October, but. the number of injured was
lower. The October tot.tll WM 3,156 and November,
3,J8-4; October Injured, 944; NO\'cmbt>r Injured. 812.
The high death 8gun:s In October and NO\'cmber
brought the 1960 tola l for 11 months to 19l Lut
year,the fl,nal8gure was 170.
Three of the eight 1)t:(fe8lrlana kilh.'CI met death in
one accident. All lh~ we~ IOldi~ One other Wd
a ehlld of 2 and one was Il man of age 82.
Eight deaths r'C8ulted from enlllllion type necidenta.
Four o( them involvt"d aulomoblh.'8 and the other (our.
nutomoblles nnd truckit.
On~' ot the dead wlla Il H-ycnr-old boy riding his
bicycle. F'ive were klllt'd wht"n cnrll len the road and
s1nlck trees or other wayside objecLB.
One denUI occurred on TrISto te Tollway, where a
car mn into a bridge abuLmf'nt, and one on Edens
Expresaway, pedestrian Ilruck by a car. These t .....o
and 11 others oceul'1"t'd In unincorporated territory.
Each of the foUowing suburbs had one iatallty each:
Ch1cago Heights. Harvey, SkokJe. LaCnlDge Park.
North Riverside. Haz.e:1 Creet, Oak Forest. Oixmoor.
and Ju.atlce.
-"tI HO HENRY iB ago.i nBt drinking when driving.

HBulat
Thnt II, Hfty wcckl or the year.
Merry Yuletide he AwardB himself exempUon
In the spirit of the &e8lOn

So, It'l " Hi Ho, Chrillmaa G~tings and One Cor tile
Road,"
Henry'l friends _'lab blm well- with their flngen
....-.
bUlty. lnAt.cad, be repor"tro the mllhap and then wrote

following letter to the County Highway Depart
ment:
"To avoid posBible accident witb an oncoming all' in
tho vicinity of Bryn Mawr and Talcott, I IIwen.ed my
car sharply to the rlghL tn doing 110, my car sheared
the fence running along Lbe west curb. One fcnce
poet Will &180 broken. The aeddenl oc.curred abou t
3:15 p. m., Sunday. NovWlber 27, 1960.
"Damage to my car was Zl!ro. No Injury.
"I reported the accldent to lbe 33rd diBtrict police,
at MSO Well Gale.
" I have allO made a report of thil accident to my
Inaurance company."
we
A Responsible Citizen
On anyone's Ust of good cltiuns. the name of Phil
Rosenfeld, 4826 Weat Adams Street, Chicago. belongs:
ncar the top.
Mr. ao.enfeld's car damaged public property, whJcb
bap(leM frequenUy. Motorilla knoc.k down Ugbt poles
and traffic signa aJl over the County. A few are
caught and made to pay. Most oft'enden, if the car t.
,UII running, Hee the &Cent' and leave the blU for t.he
taxpayers to settle.
Mr. Rosenfeld, too, could ha\le e&capcd rcfIpoll8.l-
53 Expressway Projects Completed This Year

XPRESSWA Y con.ltruction lotaling 532,051,975 in
E
contract prices was complete by Cook County
1960. lncluded were
contracts on Congress, Northin
weal and South Route Expressway 8S follov.'S :

CMlde eeparnUon structures, 25; underpasses, seven;
river bridges. two; pedestrian bridge, one; paving.
five; grading, one; pumping stalian, one; main drain,
two; lighting. two; Jandaolping, two; bituminous
ahoulder1J, lbree; building demolition. two.
On Congress. wbere the cou nty's share of work was
largely completed in other rears. 1960 compleliolUl
amounted to $4,445,160; on Northwest. 1960 complc--
tions
totaled $23.405.639
!lnd on
South
Route,
$1,201.176.
47 Contracts Awarded In 1960

In tho course of 1960 the Board of County Commls
sloners aWl;lrded ':17 eJC pre8.llway contracts for a total
of $32,88Ui96. Altogether during the year, work
under supervision by til(, Highway Oeparbnent
amou nted to approxlmate.!y $100 mUHon, Including
c.ompleted projl!Cts. newly awarded conlracts and con
trac18 previously awarded and still in progress.
Of the contracts awarded thiJI year, 33, totaling
28,730,312 were on Soulh Route: 1L [or a total of
54 .019,499, on Northwetlt and three. amounting to
131,024, on Congress.
In addition to expenditures for expressway construcUon, the County this year acquired 351 parcels
of land for South Route at a total cost of .027.4.13
and 13 pareeb ror Northwest at a cost of 5138,024...
The Highway Department also CR.rried out its yearly
program of imllrovernentJI on primary road&. Thirty.
six projects were completed at a total cost of $5.019,844, bringing the grnnd total of 1960 to $37,071.819.
N ort hwest Expressway

Among 11 con tracts awarded were two for !Jtruc
turCIJ to provide g rude separation at relocated Mannhelm Rood and t ruffic Interchange at that point. To
gether, the COntrACt price W/iB Sl ,992,761. Work is
unde.r way on th,.so jobs /lnd alllO on the following:
l!>N! 'It,n
Mllnnhl!hn Rd. !Joo LInt It ,n.

At SOO n unl! tnt.
r-n .. I~'\\l'.Mhlllru.., 11.\01.',
Cllnllell! Jld, .NIlKlt\ 11.\....
50: IU\Oer Rd.-Cllntll'ld ltd
Soo Unc-E. Rl\Oer ltd
TYf"!o' '' ork

I
()on'nle'l'rl.,.,
S ~L'I.OI:IJ
<179,8.'\3
191,189
16tt.lh:il
C.nnt\Id Hd .-8no Une

II.I.~ SI.Orlean. 81
~ lIon
"l~t
at E.. Rln!r ltd

ct<"ft"O A\"I'!,KonnC'f" AVI!!.
CIOO reel "-HI or ;:. IU\'I!!' kd
10 r-onnandy "'t.
Mobile A\'C'-C,Ulnela I:"',
Fr!C!dC'ru\er 0I1t"1I.1I:" RI\cr
Au.lln Ave.
NaKleA\01!!
SaYn! A\'I!!
zo.;;atom. A\I'.
F:. Hlver lId_
H"ril'm A,e.
OriOle AYe
~nO!'1Rd,
umbcrland AVe'
Aln,lIe St
Lo,wrl'ne.t A\Oe
FO$ ll!r A\Oe .
Centrlll Ave.
rl'ltt'
LI&'hun!'s
DalJc'ule
l"edr.trlan
r1dge~
Crode Separation
Grade Separ aUon
Grad!.'s.eparaUOn
Gradl'SC'par.tlon
Or.de Separa t ion
Orade Sepllratlon
Orade &op.... llon
Crad!.' SC'paraUon
Grade Separa tio n
r.rudt St'pllrlltion
Orllile Sepll rllUan
Crade separlltlon
Grade StparaUonl
Cradl!! separation)
C ...de$eparallon,
l'ndt\rpllSl
317.8M1
Craile .:epllrallon
:illn,303
Orade Sepu.raUo n l
67J."OO
Congress Ex pressway
Three contracts wer e awa rded in 1960 a nd one of
them n nd eight others previously a warded were com
pleted. The 1960 contrncts were:
~ tlQn
Au_tin Ui\'II ,-t.ftrllmIC Aw',

Au,Un Uh".I",raml(' Ave
AlUlin Dl\'d.-1.aramte 11.\.1'.
"J'Pf! of WI) . k
Should!!'"
I..nndaC'llplng
1.IJ;:httng
l;o nl n u ll l'ri(lO!
$
2:1,911
33,999
7~ .1t7!\
_lion
Con l.O'OC1 "t~
Shouldu.
Sboulder1l
.",,'"
1~~.s7?
231.94l
11,.t:f..
TSpe or Wo tk
Pavln.
t:odl'rpu.o:
OradI' Sepllf"auon'
10~"i
The grading and paving

and the pumping station were completed. 81 were the following listed contract. :
soo Une to8Z r~t
T)'I)C'..r \\ "rk
('onll'Olrl ". Ir ..
lIndnplt'8
)
3128.098
H H. underpasS!
It. R. Undl'f1>DJls
Underpau )
!S.:iIMI.:UO
l1nderJ)llu,
1,1<19,6111
Orade Stpfl.f'Bl hon
The lighting job was completed. as were the followIng:
104..10.5
aCl'rG A"~ -Mt)bllt ,\"11
B . .e ul e B ridge for Northwut F eede r ,
.sl.836,s18
...'"
......
.......
l:i16,ll16
3.977,000
"".ll29
1,6112,638
...,..,
1.03O,a:JO
fo"tr1lL A\t',-l)eIPlalnt\. A"'II!

Kottner A\'e .-5attamentc AVII.
Ct\.ntral A ... e. ... ramlll Av ..
Howard St. Elm st.
Elm St-Mannhelm Rd,
A\IJIUn Blvd Cfl\lral A\'"
AU,Un Blvd.Laramie AVe.
servlt:e dnve., B,AO.C.T, RR.
and C.T.A at Central A\'e .
fO:lnUnul!'(!
T )",", of " 'urk

COnl"".,I , ... I.. oI
P.\Olng
864,899
Rl!moval CTA IlIland
SS.498
Paving
477.826
Landac:ap1n.a
19,06:1
Land.aplng
47,4110
Paving
1.019,470
Shouldt"r1I
:il3.91.1
Three Bridget!
1.852.71'S
on Pall'!' 6)
The Front Cover

When photographed. the equipment WR$ at 97th and
State Streets. within lhe Interchange between the east
and west legs of South Route Expressway. The con.
In\ct covers 1 .~47 feet in length and the amount of
dirt to be removed Is esUmnted at 460,750 cubic yards.
Excavated 8011 III trucked to the vicinity or lOOth
Street And Wood lawn Avenue. where it is being placed
8.8 fill fo r a grad e soparation slruCture.
Young Daniel Cook and the Election

A little kllotoll bit 0/ nlillois l~i.'1tory, of timely
interest in view 0/ the 1960 baUot COltli/iltg, 10M
re fated by County Boord President Dalliel Ryan
at the Mid-Willter COll/er-cllce of th.e
States courier, a circuit court judge, attorney general

for the new state of Illinois which he almost singlehandedly brought into the union well before its normal time. a United States congressman of outstand
ing leadership. and an intcrnationaJ diplomat. This
all within cleven years. Meanwhile, he had married
the governor's beautiful daughter.
Achilles bad but one heel- at least. that is all we
ever hear about in the story of his downfall. But
Daniel Pope Cook had two such vulnerable heels.
One was his action in Congress. to which I have alluded. that brought about his r.olitical defeat. The
other was tUberculosis. which caused his death at the
age of 33.
1n explaining his political defeat. let us say that its
roots aoparenUy lay in a friendship between him and
John Quincy Adams. This friendship sprung up
shortly after Cook first went to Washington as a
courier for lhe government. a position his uncle, Nathaniel Pope. lhen territorial representative for Dli
nois. had secured for him. It never hurts to have an
uncle in Congress. A courier. as you know. was a
message bearer. necessary in those days before the
invention of lelegraph and telephone. and before the
installation of the Atlantic cable.
Three weeks after accepting the position, Cook, then
only 23. was sent to London with stale papers which
he delivel'ed to Adams, then United States representative to Britain. These papers asked Adams to return home and become secretary of state in the cabinet of President James Monroe.
Adams. a lready a great statesman. and Cook, the
impressionable youth. r eturned to Washington as
traveling companions on Rn extremely slow boat that
gave both plenty of lime in which to become well
acquainted. Each gained the r espect and admiration
of the olher.
This is the friendship. then, that was to have such
it major part in prompting Cook. a few yenrs later.
when he was the lone Congressman for TIUnois, to go
againsl the expressed wishes of the voters back in
TIlinois and help ' place in lhe presidency. by a single
vote, John Quincy Adams. instead of the popular Andrew Jackson . robust frontiersman from nearhy
Tennessee.
millots Asso-
ciatioll of COtHIM) Officials i" Chicago, December 7.
The story, in
Pre.~i(lent
of 1824
Ryan'8 words , follows.
HE outcome of the Presidential election of 1824

hinged partly-some say even largely---on a
T
derous aclion of Daniel Pope Cook, lone representative
blun-
in Congress for the young stale of minois. Cook, as

in Congress for the
young state of Ill inois.
Cook, as you know. was
the brillian t young

southern Dlinois statesman for whom our
county was named. It
is this error of which I
speak.
Cook county was not
created by the state legislature until January
15, 1831, nearly four
years after Cook's death,
so what Cook did could
not be attributed to any
P rulde nt Ryan
influence of the yet unborn Chicago.
Before 1 go into the details of that presidential
election. however. let me sketch in for you some of the
interesting facts of Cook's truly remarkable life and
then you may understand what led him into his act.
My facts are taken. in part, from the history published this year by our Board of Commissioners of
Cook County. II is titled. Growth of Cook County,
Vol. I. and was written by Charles B. Johnson.
Poor But Talented

The youthful Cook. tben only 21, left his native
Kentucky in search of fame and fortune. Altho too
poor to afford college, the lad had read law in the
olfice of a lawyer relatiVe, and was possessed of intelligence and talents.
Young Cook's new frontier- nUne is not a political
speech- was the thriving young city of Kaskaskia,
population 700. on an island in the Mississippi river.
The island since has been washed away. Kaskaskia
then was the seat of the minois Territory that embraced not only Dlinois and Wisconsin , but also a
large portion of Minnesota.
Upon arrival in Kaskaskia- the year was 1B15the youth first worked as a store clerk where he
bartered salt and calico for chickens, hand-churned
butter, and fresh 'possum pelts.
In hardly any time at all, Cook resumed the r eading of law and began its practice. Things then bappened fast for our young hero, a dapper and personable gc.ntlema.n of comparatively small physical
stature. And if they did not happen quickly enough
to suit him. he caused them to happen.
Cook became, in turn, a newspaper publisher. auditor and clerk for the Illinois territory, a United
Boomed 111i nois For Statehood

Again to fill a bit, Cook. wilhin the year, returned
to Kaskaskia. resumed editorship of his paper, and
overnight launched an editorial crusade adVocating
statehood for lllinou; altho the territory proh'1bly did
not have the required 60,000 residents for stat~hood.
There was no existing census.
A few days later, Dec. 2. 1811, when the territorial
legislature convened, young Daniel was on hand, not
only as a reporter. but ruso as clerk of the territorial
house of representatives. That's how fast he got
around. The territorial legislators promptly introduced a resolution, couched in Cook's language, memorializing Congress to grant statehood to nBnois,
slavery free.
Statehood. as we know, foUowed on Dec. 3, 1B18.
But in the meantime. Coc k had become n circuit
court judge. While serving as such, he sought to
!
,.I"""""'-
But in Congress, when It was seeu that C1ay would

not win, Clay urged his supporters to vole (or Ad
am., and that is just what Cook did. and in 80 doing.
Cook helped Adams, hle peraonal (riend. win the
presidency by one "ote over Andrew Jackson.
BAck home, however. many Illinois votera declared
thftl Cook had "betrayed his lrusL" They reasoned
thnl under the voteM!' mandate, if the 629 votes (or
Elector Tumey were not to be counted fo r Clay, they
then should have been given to J ackson. which would
have rnised Jackson's Illinois vote to 1.901. 8 clcnr-eut
majority over Adams,
Cook Meets Defeat
COurtuy Chle_ro 11I.loneal ~ll!ty

Daniel Pope Cook
become the stale's first elected representative to Congre8l, but John McLean of Shawneetown dc!eated him
by 14 voles.
In 1819, however, Cook came back to defeat McLean, becoming the accond congressman to represent
the young state, and was then reelected In 1820,
1822, and 1824, ~rOk WaJI a registered Dem()(:ral of
Randolpb county, By 1826, however, he had changed
parties, was running on the Whig tiC-ket. and was
sc:heduJed (or de(eaL
Concerning the 1 24 presidential election, the candidates wert! John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay. William
CMlwford, and Andrew Jackson.
Votera of that period eRst their ballots, not for
tho preaidentirul!.splranl by name, but for the electon
who pledged themselves lO Vale for specific ca.ndldates.
I,n the Illinois eJection lhat year. the Adams electors,
Jlledged to Adams, secured 1.542 votes; those for
Oay, 1,047 Vales; lhoac (or Crawford. 219 "otea; and
thoee (or the popular Andrew Jackson, 1.,272 votes.
To complicate matters, howe"er, one elector. a man
namoo Tumey. had run on the pledge that he would
cast his voto for either Andrew JackflOn or Henry
Clay. He recciv{'(\ 629 voles,
No Electoral Majority
When the clect.oml votes from lho nalion were
counted. It was found that none of the four presi.
dential candidates had" majority over all opponcmlS.
altho Andrew Jackson led with 99 electoral votes.
Adams received 84. Clay, 37, IUld Crawford. 0 .
That threw the decisIon Into the house or representatives.
Congressman Cook at first voted tor Henry Clay, a
etand lhat could not be critielzed back in Illinois beClIU84! If the 629 volee ror Elector Turney were
counted (or Clay, the laUer would have 0. popular IlIi
nole vote of 1,676, cxeccdlng Adame' 1.542 votea.
lUinole voters showed their resentment for Cook's

action two years later when Cook came up for f'(!(':iectlon In Congress. In 1 26 he was dc!eat.ed by &11
votes by Joseph DunCAn, a political unknown (rom
JAckson county. The election actually surprised both
sides. A remark common "fter the election was: "We
did Tlol intend to bc:nl little Cook. but to 80 leslron his
majority Utat he would rccl his depende.nce upon us."
Cook never had the opporlunity to run ror office
agnln. dying the [allowing year.
It would be most unchRri18ble. however, (or us today to harbor a grudge against a greal man for
something he did 136 )'t'al"S ago. Inslead. let ns (argive hla one political blunder and remember Cook
for the many good things he did, nOl only for nunola, but. for the entire naUon.
Local historians at Georgetown, Kentucky, acnt ot
Scott county. inform ue that they do not know the
wherellbouts of Cook's grave, 1 wish we could find It
so that Cook county, Inviting the participaUon of the
etnte of illinois, could ereet over it IlJ1 appropriate
mArker or approc:iation.
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Meeting Hears Safety Talks

Cook County presented the progrnm at. the general
lWBIion of the Mid-Winter Conference of the nllnoia
Auocialion of County Officials.. Commluloner Wil_
liam N. Erickson , as
president of the auoclation, presided, President
DAniel Ryan gaVf' the
addreSR of welcome ILnd
lhe Cook County Trame
Safety Commis8ion explained Its bicycle aafety
program and i~ actlvi
ties in adult safety
edncatiton. Commissioner
Erickson'8 secrelary,
Marie Carbonne. !len'cd
&8 chairman or the rt'glstration committee.
A Comprehe.nslve mo
Co mm. E rlck,on
tion plct.ure was used by
John J . McCieverty, executive secretary of the Safety
Commlsalon. to tell the story of how more than
167.000 grammar school pupils have been trained to
ride their bikes with safety (or themselves and with
COnlllderation for olhe.rs on the streets and highways.
He also discussed the adult safety councils fostered
by the Commission in the suburbs.
SinCe the con(crence, Commissioner Erickson has
received requests from fiVe countics ror specific Information to use in adollUng the bieyc.le program In
tb~r areas..
122 Suburbs Now in County

OOK County acquIred (out new suburbs
1960,
bringi ng the total of lneor-porated places within
C
lhl! County oulJllde of Chicago to 122.
Job of the Month
[n
Indian Head Park. In Lyons Township. has to all

been in buain~ since It voted for incorporation June 6, 1959, and elected a full slate of ofOeen a month later. However, a alight fault in legal
de&eriptlon caused the County Court to withhold final
approval. Althougb this minot Irregularity atill exist.. It hi VI:~ted to be remedied soon and the suburb' will henCt'forth appear on Highway Department
appe8ran~
ma....
Indilln Read Park official, are: Preaident. Charles
P. Bohnn; clerk. MerriLL E. Whitme r ; magistrate.
Robert E. Martlh : trus tees, John K. McVeigh. Frederick K. ,... lndsRy. WilIInm I{. Luby, Mnrjorle H. Luck ,
Eugene S. \VasKe!, nod EdwRrd A. Skudru8.
.
Sou Lit & I'I'\ngLon, which 111'8 Olle mile (rom the VIl-
lage limits ot Barrington Hilla. hAil Incorporated 8.8

n vlllnge and eletled the following office.l"8:
Pretlldent, Fred W. Kramer; clerk, Jeanne M. Scully;
lnurt.(,(,:II, Chrillt Heinrich. Arthur J . Hogfell, William
R. Roee, Han. Seags,.., Laura C. Witt, and EI",'yn S.
WymAn.
Lynwood, In Bloom Town.hlp, [s a pleasant trac~ of
prairie! with a populaUon barely .bove the 100 mInimum n!fJulred for a vUlage governmenL incorporation was decided. according to the new officials. in an
tlcipation of a large resldrnLial dtvelopmenL
Lynwood'. tint aet of officers fa: President, Peter
Van Noon Jr. ; clerk, M,.., Jean R. Wagner; trustee.,
JOfIeph Smit. Peter S, JonpmIl, James G. GindI, BermAIl Teutemscher. and Elwood J. Fritz.
There is a
trustee vacanc), because one or the aIx elected haa since
moved from Lynwood.
Countrysldr. in Lyotl!l" TowtUlbip, Incorporated as .a
city with a population of 2.MO, sording to the peUtlon In court. Office,.. elected June 21 are:
Mayor, Albern Hollands ; clerk, Rudolph Peri~ch :
trealurer, Willard L. Schueaaler; magistrate. WUlulIn
J. St!lIer. nlderman. Albert Do8tnl. Robert D. Schlachter. J nmcil Moore, John D. Dlclc.h, Melvin F. Egge rt,
nnd J ohn W. CBrroll.
On South Route EXIlre88Way near 9l.st Slrerl, confltMlction of lhn'e bridges to eftIT)' railroad tradts
OVer the t'X1,,'c..way [s proceeding on schedule with
out interruption ot train operations. Each bridge is
in ft\'e .pans. providing space for north and BOUth
uprt'aWay lanes. a CTA right-of-way in the median,
Stale Slreet. on the eaat and n lacat road on the weaL
Two .re dealgned (or two tracks each and a third (or
tlve to eight tracks.. The rallroadl!l Invoh'cd are the
Rock bland, Chicago &: Weatem Indiana and the BelL
The contractor, who is commend'd (or good workmanship all We'll as proceeding on lime, is the. W. E. O'Neil
Conatruc.Uon Coml)8.Dy.
......u ..,.
Undcr~utll
UmhSI..
lntJcr I C. R.R
Intt~r 8t.11 St I I D'!lh 51.
Soulhbound Oller Well bound
('1'0" onnfttU'n
Vnllrr U,,". Rock '"'''"UllUld
C . \V I II.R".
lInll!.'r ~'II . 1t000k i.JlllnOll nd
(.'''W IIUt '.
V,,,ler MIU'qulO!tfl nd
--
tInder 68lh 8 1
limier Wenlwtlnh Ave
lIndl'r o.1rt1 SL
Norlhoouod and C.T.A
8outhoound and C'T.A
Northbound 1inulh Route O\'er
WfSlbound ero..Oonnector
l'ndrr Wt'nt"'onh A\' al
1960 Expressway WorktOIOUnul'll frum
,,"er
".J~ 31
South Route
.........
I9lh'lt
The following contractli were .....rded in l.96O:
c..u~llrlea
~,'-.
c"Hal.ltd
W l Rit
SI..
189111 5\1
103td S\. .nd Wnodl.W'II A"I11:UOUI 81. and.l)(n), Ave .
98lh SI.. Inl ...cha n.e

1'9Ih SI lJll h 51
90111 !R..ooIIIII:e era ... e Ave.
lnlh St.-D6lh Si
79th !'iI._lI7lh!U
71&1 SI 79th SI
I18tll SI71., St.
1I0lh St. and Doly A"III:
OverSOvlhbound Dot)' Avt'
F....llIl"llnc h oller loom SI..
O".r!tOek liland RIl. &fId
FTonta,lltoad
(h'er EUtl)OUIH! Stony lJIl.ntl
CUnnt'C' lor
l' nd~rCOI!.leGro~e A..... and
IC.ltn.
tinder Mlrt.... n A"e It

lOOlh 51
TJ"1i'O'
,r " "Ir>
Sirutlu",
Slrurlure P.briC'll.t1on
Slru~lurt!
!)trurlurlll
Siruclure
"...,.
.",.,.,
1.256."'"
Slru('lure
2.0IH,I\-U
~lIbrltll.llun
1.1188.761
Slrutlura
Strurlurc
Struclure
5truclul't!
Structurr
.l.H16.02Il
SlrI.Irlure
277.61D
SlI'UC-lu.n
_on
71il,~
976.700
709,0118
"".882
South Route eonLracta compJ&ed in the year were:
~U,n
Mlh M ...('otl.", r.1'Oft A"III:.

l6!h SI"IOOt!! 81..
om ... Cro,, A\" '1Q3nt 51 .
~lh at -tntll 51
COtta" cro\'~ A\,IOJrd St
80th Sl91.181
IJ7lh !II
~
.........
..,.
'"
89th $L..Qnt 1;1.
".,11; A"e al
~
2.107.U8
1~7.86H
I~:m
..
6&1."02
....".
.,.
,
1.037,91.9
T)P'!',rW"'k
lot"," Dnln
c."tl"1loC1 rrt.C".lll:
Slruclurt! HC'nM)\al
Strurlu", R('."""v.1
Cl1Idln,
M.ln O",ln
Cl1IdO!" SepllnU<ln
(:rftd~~paI"llUun
Crld, Sepanluon
1l.222.''''
'.780
700
.......
718 ....r.
738.172
!io49.3-U
"'.207
Two contract. (or demolltlon of buUdings and one

tor removal ot treea on the right-of-way o( the. South
Roule w~slleg were awarded in December. ContmCL
pri('CA tor ~hO I.hrce jobs tollilt-d $34.236.55.
Slrvrtun!
Siructure
Strut'!u",
Highway Legion Officers
~,
November Building Permits

UlLDmG construction estimated to coat '-t.528.83O
B
wu authof"iud in November by the Department
of Buildinp, which haa jurladiction in the unin
corpomted area of the

County.
rneluded were llO
single dwellings., a
churcl1, a school and
two mo~&.. The church.
Apobtlcs Lutheran . to be
built Ilt 10133 Fullerton A\'cnue, Lc)'den Township.
will cost J06,&OO; tbe school, District 34. Northfield
Township, $317,400; an BIroom motel at Mannheim
RoAd and Monlano Street. Leyden Townsbip. $355.800.
a nd Il -tounlt moteol on Waukegan Road ncar West
Lake Avenue, Northfield Township, S276.ooo.
I n nddilion to lhc 110 permi ts for single dwcllings,
csLlmutcd III Lotlli coat lit $2,'111,900. permit8 for varl
OUB types of construction were IR8U~ u.s toliow. :
::1 ', :
Edg.,. A. l...-wren"l POI' 646, AmerlCI" Legion,

who.. mlmbe,.. .re employe. of the County Highway
DepA r tment, hal" new HI of office,... '" the pic tu re,
left to right, are: Edwlrd J, arillUKh. adjutant:
Robe" 0 Morrl . fl""nu o"Iccr: H lrry A.. Ohlinger,
command,r: John Fltzgllrlld, public: relatlonl offieer,
and aarna rd RIma" "101' ... Ice commander. Other

"ew o'Ueer, Ire Joseph A. Mlullnd Mra. HeJcn Kmiec,
Ju"Io,. vlee commande,..: SUlnl.,. J. CI Ia. chlpla'n:
R. Muleah)', hl,torlan. ,,"d J . F. Kelly, Judge advOQte.
1("'llIl'n\l1l1 adlllUlln. and III1t'MlUort,.--tl ~rmtlll, '144.600.

.\poQrtlnf'nl pu!lllJnll_One IlC'nnlt 1:19 UnIU), .I3SO.:lUO.
Actc!' ..... ry buUdlnp- -76 permiU. 'Ui9.250.
RU'ln~ bUlldlnll_n ...~ permll .. .f7!M.300
UII_lnf'M and/th'ln. and alientllon _ U perinu ,,;o,!D)
Indu11nlll !lUlhllna IIddlll"n. and aUrraUon_Two "",nnllL
17.7110.
W.114
F'\'II Ik'nnlll,
~.()Of)
..... fllIl:' .. y.I\'m""'One (,JI!rmlt, ."JIl'O.

MI,,'.II/1nt'''uo FhlC! pennltll. 'U,flOO.
By lownlhlp., pennilB were Issued as Collow. :
It's Winter; Be Patient

Good .d,tice (or wintN' driving as offered by the
Cook County Traffic: &tll'ty Commi.&siOD:
First or BII, cultivate a ImLient state or mind. AcCf'pl lllc inevitAble. winter III winter.
In geneml , ~ extra cAulious. Drive nl sl>eeds
8ulted to rood condltlon8 e\'cn II the speed aign per
mits II higher rate, SUlY farther back of the car
ahcad.
When nl1llrouehJng n sUek spot Puml' thc brake
IledaJ. Don'l hold the brake down; lhnt causes skid
ding. Pumping gives beller control and Illso warns
the driver bt!hlnd. Don't try to pass on a slippery
....d.
U time Is Importanl .tart cartier. U roads arc very
bad and weather l.hJ'eatening, better not go at all.
Before starting any lril), long or ahort, take time
to get the feel of the rondo Try the brakes and
"teering to IIee what to expecL
Understand and pracUce "defensive" driving. which
means being alert to detect unwise maneu\'l~rs by
other drtver.. Good advlot the year around. it iI
eapedally good In winter.
Gel the car In w e operating condition. M.a ke
aure tires havf1! sufficient tread. Get new, live wind
shield wipers it the old oneil are "'"Om. Sec to brakes
and IIghLL A good Idea in wintcr. wben the re Is
more darkneu. is to provide Rnres or 8 blinking light
lor protecLion when the car stalla.
In respect to Urca. the theory tbat lowering air

pressure will provide n ooller grip on the road has
14 permltB were I88Ued [or a total cost of
been dlscurded. Teats have sbown that pnrUal de-flatJon haa no .Ignificant eIrect on braking distance,
traction or oomering ability. Maintain the PI'HIIUJ'e
~mmendcd by the manulacturer and aave wear on
the rubber.
S.now'mud tiretl a~ better than standard tires, but
chams are .t111 better. For uample. in spinning trac.
tion testa on glare ict', Mowmud tires developed 57
per cent more traction than highway type Lirea, but
ehalns scored 700 per cenL
Motoriata can COOperate (or the generaJ welfare by
keeping out or the way of MOW removal cquipmenL
Don't park where the plowlI must travel and don't get
in the WRY or the big 8now fighters out On the rural
..... dL
Eve ry winter considerable mileage on County routes
II hlocked alter snowfalls hy can: 8tuck in tht' mlddJe
of the road. Plows are unable to dear the way until
the marooned automobiles are lowed off, and a8 8 re8ull IH'Ollle regulnrly ullng these stretches or road
must mn.ke Inconvenient detours.
With One Swing of the Boom, 54 Ton. of Steel Are P I;!Ictd on the Railroad Grade Separ,.tlon Structure Over South Route Expreu.
wly at 9111t Street. Th e Shop.Rlvet.d Member, 48 Flet In Length, Con,I.t. of Thru Glrdert, One of The m Being iI F ....cla Girder.
Vol. VIII No. 8
January, 1961
COO K COU NTY HIGHWAY S

Publiahed by the Cook County (01.) Depprtment ot Highways
Under auspices of the Board of Count}' Commu.lonen
--.
DA N IEL RY A N, P ruld, n t
Jam" F .... ,h,nd'n
Fred 14.. Full.

Chrllt A. J e nlen
F rank Bobl")'tr.ke
ChiUIe.. F. Chapll.,
Ellubeth A. Conk"
Sidney D. Deutac:h
Jerry Doieul
John J. Duffy
William N. Erlck~n
0 ,1'1'" Ryan
Clayton F. Smith
Edward M. Sneed
John J. Touh,.
William J. Mortimer
Superint endent of Highway,
Published ot ISO North Wells Street, Ch1calto 6.
FRnnklin 27544
Extt!llsiOI1 2 1G
Boob of the Mo nth
1960 Traffic Fatalities

WENTY.FIVE deaths in Deeember brought the
T
1900 highway traf11c loll in suburban Cook County
to 220,
increuse! of 49 Ove.r the tinal figures or 1959.
BJl
Tbus increaae of 29 per cent is the more shocking

when eomparcd with lhe nationwide estimate by the
National Safety Council of 8 J per cent increase In the
first 11 month' of 1960 (,\'er the ,nmC' period of 1959,
The council, however, points out that in thC' country
over tnl\'el milrage wn. 2 per cent greater, which
yield. a slightly lower rate or death per 100 miUion
miJee than in 1969.
Subu.rban Cook County no doubt hns experienced
lrnffic \'olumts considl!:nt.bly greatl!:r than 2 per cent
o\'er 1959, But it may be doublt'd whether travel
mileage is up to the point where it can account [or 49
mOl'o deaths,
The 220 deaths in the final 1960 figure W('1'e immC'
dinu--pooJlie who were klUed instantly or who died
within a few days. Along with the deaths, aceldents in
the suburban area alfl() injUred 10.321 persons and
some or these. nILer lingering weeks or months, will
c\'cntuRlly be Kdded to th(' ycar's toll.
The 1960 lOtal or all accidents In the area-property
dtLDluge and personal Injury as well 8S [ataIlUe!I-WIlS
37.800, or one every 1'1 mlnutcs every day of' the year.
Apl}lying the Naliomll SafNY Council's minimum
('slimllle of 150.000 tor each lnlffi death. Suburban
Cook County's biH for the yea r Is $33,000,000. at the
lenal. The Council's flgllre Includes a minimum
29,000 for a death, bul varying according to age,
wagea lost and care of the injured and damage to
propl!rty.
Records compUed by the Cook County Traffic Safety
Commiaaion sho..... 56 ratalities Ilnd 1.700 personal In
jurica on rural _ S. and DUnois hlghwaye and 46
denthe and 2,110 injurie. on roads In the County s)-....
tern. Since sl)CCt.\ limils generaUy are higher on these
ronds than on city and village streets. it appears that
speeding Is still death'. handiest weapon.
lSet' ".11' 8 lor 1980
Arodl':n~
trip on nn expressway and you meet Bumble

O NEBenny.
He always drh'Cs in the right-hand lane and II. conspicuous Cor his ov."O ideas or .peed,
Most of the time be goetI rUower lhan the parade
oC tf1lffic.
Bul at entrance ramps he speeds up to cut olr e&.M!
aiming legitimtl.lely fOr" space ahead of him.
Since this pute It up to the entering driver to play
it safe. It Is a good thing to know about Bumble.
same consldcratlons are appllcablc as to a utomobUea.
A rare ease Indeed. and for one important reaaon.
People on root cou1d make body contaet. a dozen time.
In a block, But. as impact. impends. one or both
pedestrians gives a .....ay, and often with a word of
courlcSY,
It's dUf'ercnt. wiLb mOLOrista-speOO ahead and let
the other look out Cor himselr.
In Suburbll
Pod. Vs. Pod.

PedestriRJl Rues pedestrian for Injuries received in
person-person collision, and plaJnlilf's lawyer says the
Expressway Beauty Program W ins Attention

PolloU'iNg i.3. in port, th~ lerl 0/ (J talk giren by
Moma Churla', ItnltUrope rNUIIICCT 0/ the Cook
Coun'y II fOhU'oy Dcparlltll"NI. at the niJletecntk
""HUa' ~horl rouroW on Road3id~ Dn.'f'lo,atlnl
prellNtted hI ColumbWJJ. OlliO, Iwdcr join' "PO".
ltorahip 0/ Ohio State Unil'rrlfily aNd the Ohio
Df"parhrlcn' 0/ /Ii!JhtCaylC. 11111 IINb}cct tto.s
"CoordlnotlNg (J Swfft./l./ul COll'''Y oMd State
Lo"d(lpinU Pr04Jrrm o{ UrlH'1'f Iligh:aYII:'
HORTLY alter World War U, lhe program [or
S compreht'nalvf' exl)re&II""'''Y System (or Chicago

and Cook County wu removed (rom the dream stage
nnd
~cnm~ (I
rull.fledged endeavor.
The proposed
c:omprehcmdve system contained IlI)proxima tl!ly 120

mile .. of cXllre88wnY6, which wrrf'< to be built At 1\ cost
or one billion dollnrs.
Il til I,!)pnr ent t.hot In highly pOpllllltcd urban areaa,
the problems of expressway dcslgn nnd construction
lu'e m08t dlfllcult ILnd challenging ns w(>11 8a coatIy.
I,n fact, coalJl per mile enn vary from o ne million dolla,.. In ouUylng IU'e8JI or tht! County to 15 millions in
the downtown sections of the City of Chicago. where
bridges and ramps occur almost ~vc-r)' block.
Some of the complexities or this work Include the
demolition and removal of many multlstory buildings.
the temporary relocalion or miles of nillroad lraw.
the redetlign and rt'location or an amazing network of
underground utilities lOgether with a fantastic amount
or negotlntion' and 8greemen18 required with public
uliHUes, rallroallA, Industrial pll\nlJl and towna and
villlt~ ltlI'ect.ed by the "IlrinuB mutes.
Agencies Join Forces

8('ealUW' of the VBstnesa of thiB program. the higb
way offic.lRls of the City of ChiCAgO. County of Cook
nnd State of IlJInoi.s unanimoufl.ly ",greed to pool their
dl'orlll In order to achieve their goals, and SO the
Detllgn CommlUE'e was bom.
This Is tho enginf'cring heart of the eXllresswa)'
Jlrogmm. The mnln bod)' of the commillee Is made
up of the chief engineers or Ule UIn~C ngencies. together with their design englnccl'l5, all or whom meet
on the uvemge or once a month nnd discuss for ap
provnl or rejection tb(' mllny Ilroblel11l! inherent In the
program.
Also lIitting in at thf.'tle meetings. as unofficial
membfra, Are the dialrict eng1.nf!{'''' of the Bureau of
Public RoadJJ, wbo Il~ able to giv the Design Committee ImmediAte and \.. Iuabl~ uslatancr in te rms of
the BtI~u'a policies and procedUre&. These engin~
provide the "atop" and "go" IIghla for the Committee's
plana.
Th~ Dee!gn Committee, Incidentally, baa Pro\-ed 110
lIucceaaful through the Y('R,.., thAt other areal!! through.
out the Unlled States ht\v~ adopted man)' (of the
fe-slure. of thle unique group.
Becauae tht' probleQU Involvf'CI In the progrnm are
numerouA, many of th~ It{'l11l! on the monthly agenda
are referred to the variollA subcommittees. which are
COmlMHJW of the lpec:.iallSlJI or each agency, who confer
at IK'pamte meellng1l lo &olve their Special problema
tor lIu bmlu lon to the Dealgn Committee. Some of
these lubcommltteea, Cor example, are Lhose on light-
EllprUIWI)' landKaplng--Edenl at T ouh)' A"enue.
Illg, drainage, tmIDe. land&CRping, etc.

There IU~ tlmca, even after the lIubcommJtt.ce has
studlf'd R particular problem and It is again brougbt
belo th~ Design Committet'", wben tbe eolution &tiD
Is nnt acc::elltable to all the agencies or the Bureau's
('ngin('('"r'W. When LhiII occuns. lUI It has several times
In landK8plng. we invite the services of a member oC
~.~e Washington atarl", such 8.11 Mr. Simenson rW
. J.
Slm('nllOn, Head of the Landscaping Division, Bureau
uf I'ubll Roads). and incidentally he hili! rendered
"aIIlAble IK'rvlef' In IK'ttling AOme of ou r most im'olved
probll'm..
It IIhould be noted lhat each division of engineering
work . inclUding landscaping, has adopted A series of
/lolirle.. which are followed by each ag(!ncy In the
dellign. aPt'C.lflcation.a and eonlltruction of the varioull
phnl!ell of expreMWfly work. These 1M>lIciea 8.l"'e brought
lip to dAle ('nch year 8JI the need for chang(!fl tx-cmnea
nllpllrt"nL
"Comploto" Highway Tho Goal

Ma)' 1 atrees here that from the vcry Inccption of
1I1{' eXllnmswlly program In lhr Chicago metropolitan
nrclI, the IlrlmBr), gonl hlUl been lhe "completc" hlghwny. Thla hna meRnt the hlgbest standards of paving
lind brld.g(' d(>l!lign. together with complete IIgbting,
hllldscupmg. drainage and Blgnlng. We in the landJJCa~ dlvlalon bJu'e been moal fortunatc in being an
Inlegral and impr.rtant membPr or lht! leam. In fact.
\\"e have been able' to play an Inftuentill1 part in tht"
gradln, of upreaswa)'II by usistlng our paving engi.
nl!f.'" In th prer-raUon of plana to obtain rounded,
plewng alopel and gently flaUl':Ded intert:hange
gT'Ound fonna.
ILia significant to note that all of the expressways
upon completion pa.aa to the S18.le for maintenan,
and thereJore the State'. engineers are very pt'rsistent,
And rightly eo, that landscaping be 80 designed lhal a
minlmUIR of malntenunce will bP rt'Quil'('(l over the
),f'al'1l.
Rather thnn enumerate our policies and standards.

J hn\'c with mp II film showing parts of our urban
NCJJr(!Uway. in which the landscaping may be rt'\'lewed
a.a all Int('gml rt.nd algnlficu.nt feature of the lIystem.
(Conunued on Pillet '11
Week End Traffic
County
Traffw stltdiclJ made by tile COlt/tty Highway

D CP(lrtm ctlt Oil sltmmer week e lldlf 10CN:l pTesented
Studied
last summer. Prior to this. statements related to

summer weekend travel we re moally conjeeturo a nd
based on Mnual spot checks of volumes leaving the
County limits, Rnd on estimates of travel agencies in
the area. Facts on trip length. trip purpose, trip
duration and other variables affecting holiday a nd
summer travel we re not available.
It ill Intended a s a direct result oC theRe studies to
improve the efficiency of our highway system to ac
commodate this s ummer f'Ccreational travel generntcd
to a large degree by increasing amounts oC leisur('
Lime.
F'urther, lin effort will be made in subsequent stages
o[ this study to evaJuate the r easons and to provide
solutiona leading to the reduction of holiday weekend
traffic fllwllties. now a lmost fatalistically accepted as
part of the rec reational "benefits".
to the .fOtil (ltltllud meeting of the Highloay R('..,eareh Boord hi " '08M"g!o". D. C., th1s mOtlth by
Leo G. Wilkie. h(;od of the Dcpart mcllt's Tragic
EligillCerill!l Dki.tion. alld Robert P. Grall, th l'
Dil~io,,'8
IS
statistician.
Tilt: puper rpported 0" SIlft'el/S made 011 th,.

/o'(lI4rt l1 of JI11y l(leek ~'Id last yellT aud a/.10 on (I
1I011-110/id01l week end. Th e purpOlle was to oblM"
flU' t.~ lor IIHC ill highway pillllllillg, wbe re pnmi.
1lIf.8ly mlly conjectllrc al,d c8lilWltC8 were a uoil-
aMc.
0" both ICcek ellds, motorists Il'CTe asked till'
purpose of their trip." Amollg Ihe filldiJ.gs wer!'
iJro contrary to pop/dnT supposition: I) people
[('a!'illY /116 COlmly for rer.rC(fti01I 011 holiday
'U'f'pk cndJJ arc onl y sliyhtly morc tHUn erO liS thllll
011 oilIer u 'r('f'k Cflds in SlImmCT. alld Z) /cLCcr
people them had been expected come into t he city
st'ckill!J r(,l'rculiOIl o&cr 0 holiday.
Design of Study
To determine some of the qualitative aspects of
holiday travel , two sites wer e selected for interviewing
motorists. These were chosen to represent hoUday
a nd non holiday characteristics for northcrn Cook
County. Site One, Rand Road. U.S. 12, is approX!4
mately 35 miles northwest of the Chicago Centrol
Busineu District, and site Two on Edcns Expressway,
1<1 miles each of site One.
Rand Road near the Cook County Line was Relected
becnu.se it Is one of the better routes used in going
into northern JJ1inois and southern Wisconain lake
areaa. At the survey location. Rand Road is a tourlam' fa cilily. with a corrugated median dividing th e
two dirpetions oC traffic How.
Interviewing was scheduled for the hours between
2 P. M. and 8 P. M. on Friday. July 1, and between 7
A. ~l and 1 P. ?L on Saturday. July 2, (or the outbound ( northwest ) traffic only. These hours were &e'
leeted because it was felt they wouJd carry It large
portion of the outbound holiday traffic. As a criterion
(Or typical non holiday summer week end trnvel. a
similar survey was pJannC!<i at the same 10cnLlon for
the corresponding hours two weeks later, July 15 and
16. Enough interviewers were provided to aasure R
20 per cent sample.
In drowing the sample a rlagma n was to direct trallic
into lUI Interview la nc to provide each inten 'icwer
with one vehicle. The fl agman was then to direct
traffic illlo a bypass lane until such time as the interviewers were ready Cor another set of vehicles.
R.nndomn~8s in sampling was to be achieved by
channcling all traffic Into a single lane and then either
selecting a charge of vehicles for Interview or allowing traffic to bypass until the interview la ne was
ready for a complete recharge.
It was felt that this method would give every veh icle
passing tbrc.ugh the station 811 equal ch8IIce of being
selected ill lhe sample. Manua l a nd machine counts
were to be made of all lraffic pasaing through lhe
station 80 t ha l the data eould be factored up to total
ground counL No trucks wc.rc to be interviewed IJince
the primary purpose was to determine the nature of
hoUday travel.
A ground s ite for study in Mid-August prior to the
The tCIJt 01 the paper, if! pa rt, /ollol(.lJ:
ETROPOLITAN areag reflect on wee kdays s table

M
and predictable automobile tmvel cha raclcris tlC!$
which are largely the result of' the land uses com
pelled by economic needs. This predictable reguJarlt}.
without which it would not be possible to plan or
Ilrogram highway !mprovcmenta. was recently nnn
Iyzcd a nd protrayed for the Chicagn land area.
II was found that in the Chicago area.
A) The weekly pattern is r>petitJous. broken only
by holidays.
b) Within the week there is a plus o r minus 5 per
cent difference between the high and low vol4
urnes and the average week day travel.
c) Mondays and Tuesdays are sUghUy under a\'(>rage bul Friday is the heaviest t.rs.ffic day.
d) Automobile peak volumea on an average weekday occur between 7 :30 and 8:30 A. M. a.nd \)('.
tween 5 and 6 P. M.
(') Wcekend travel is gCllernlly less than weekday
traffic.
One observer states. " It. should be noted that o n
certain roads ncar the cordon line the hea viest vol4
urnes oC trips tlu occur on weedend days. especially
in th~ summer months. and these weekend volumes
ar(> influential in del~nnining l he future designs of
lIuch roads."
Within thl' Cook County Area there are 122 com
munities surrounding Chicago ranging in population
{rom 79.000 down to 255_ Of these 46 have a popula 4
lion of 10.000 or o\'er. of which 22 are 20,000 and
over , and of lheRe five are over 50.000.
It is t his tremendous concentrallon of population in
a relatively small area which creates the transport.a 4
Uon problem on weekday A. M. a nd P. M. peaks Rnd
which also is constantly increasing highway capacity
problema d uring the nonnal summer weekends Rnd
extended holidays throughout the year.
In order to isolate some of the elements which cou ld
be used for improving the efficiency of the existing
highways in t his area during these summer peaks n
senes of s urvf'ya of the road interview type wall held
Findings Given to Highway Research Board

Hi-minute interval and punching appropriate factor
into each duta card. All totals and tabulations shown
lU'e factored totals rather th:ln Ilctual card counts.
CharL I at the lop shows the holiday weekend
travel beginning at 2 P. M. on Friday preceding the
three day Fourth of July week end. The lowc.r parlions of the bar graphs indicate the number and percent of r ecreational trips for each of the survey hours.
Between 2 and 6 P. M. the number of recrealional t r ips
was fairly constant. but the percentage ranged from
44 to 22. However, after 6 P. M. the number and
Ilf"rcentage of recre:1lional trips increased signUicantly
to a maximum of 70.
The pen:::ent.age of recreation trips for the next day,
Saturday. ranged from H to 80. The peak bour for
the number of recreational trips was between 11 A. M.
and 12 Noon. The average percentage of recreation
trips for Friday was 42 and for Saturday was 78,
while the number of trips was slighliy more than
double on Saturday.
It is generally believed that there is a substantial
e."(changc of population between city and country for
recreatiollal purposes on a holiday wcck end. To
ascertain Lhe degree of this exchange. a study was
made of inbound traffic at site One on a Saturday
preceding Labor Oa}.
It was found that this excbange is not nearly as
marked as had been expected. For instance, the total
recreation trips paSSing through this stntlon was only
about a third as large as the number leaving during
comparable hours of the July 4th weekend. The percent..~ge of recrestional trips for the total of the five
survey hours was 48 as compared to 78 for the out
bound study during the Saturday portion of the Ju1y
lo"ourth weekend.
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Slightly H illhe,. Tha" Normal Week End In Summer.
Labor Day week end was selected. The location of

this site was on Edens Expressway just north of the
Dundee Road interchange. This location differed
markedly from the first. It is on a six-lane express
Notes On Toll Road Usage
way coming north from the Chicago central business
or outbound recreational trips to the Chicago Suburban 1trC8, site Two, 31 percent used the toli road
while 63 percent. did not. or the non-recreational outbound trips only 19 percent used the toll road. Of the
recreation:!1 trips to the U1ino is resort areru; beyond
suburban Chicago 77 percent. used the toll roo.d. Only
58 l>ercent of the non-recreation trip to the lllinois
n 'sort areas used the toll road.
It WIUI observed aJso that the tendency toward increased toll road usage. with increase in trip length.
is even more pronounced for both r~creatio nnl and
non-recreational trips to the Wisconsin resorl areas.
Eighty percent of the recreational trips were made
via the toll roo.d while 72 percent of the non-recrealional trips were made by this means.
It. v..'8.B found that toll road usage in general increMeS with increased trip length and nlso that toH
"oad usage is significantly greater for recreational
than for non-recreational trips.
Stalements ha"~ been made that the collstant car
IIsers would be sensitiVe!: to the extra cost of regular
loU road usage. This assumption W8.B tested for
recreational lrip usage and it was seen that n significantl y larger percentage of the frequent recreational
trip drivers mRke use of the toll road lban do occasional recreationa l trip drivers.
district.
The particu lar site selected is just souLh of an
entrance to the Northern Illinois Tollway going north
toward Milwaukee. Il was known that a substantial
portion of the total trnffic entered the tollway at this
"oinL The physical set-up of this slaUon differed
Slightly from lbe fiMlt. to allow for the tremendous
difference in traffic volume.
Field Portion of the Study

The station requirements varied frCim site to sile,
depending on the physical nature o( the s ite and the
traffic volumes expe::tcd during the survey hours. No
attempt. was made to obtain a constant sample si7.e.
Rather, a cha rge of vehicles was channeled into the
interview lane 80 as to provide each interviewer with
one vehicle. Wben the last of this group of vehicles
left tile stalion after being Interviewed, another group
of vehicles was immediately channeled into the interview lane.
This melbod ma.'Cimizcd the sample size while maintaining randomness and minimizing motorist delay
lime. Because of the fact that the sample size was a
variable percentage of the total traffic. it was necesAA ry to factor all data up to the total traffic counts.
This was accomplished by computing a factor for each
Commissioner Ashenden
Job
0/ the
Month
OUNTY Commissioner James F. Ashenden, a memC

ber of the Board since 1946, died December 20
following an illness of nine montha. He was 66. Be
lived at 2061 Farwell

A venue, Chicago, Bnd
was Dcmacmtie committeeman of the 50th ward
unLiI he resigned in 1956
becuuse of ill health.
He was onc of the
f ew surviving pilots of
World War t.
When
flying with a group commanded by Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker,
his p lane was shot down

and he was interned in
Switzerland unLilthe end
of the war.
Jamu F. A,henden
After the war he completed his studies at
Loyola. University School of Engineering. He was in
private business until 1932 and on the staff of the
state'a attorney from 1932 to 1946. when he was
elected to the Board of Commissioners. Be was reelected In 1950, 1954 and 1958.
Commissioner Ashcndcn is survived by his widow,
the former Helen Matthew8 : a. son, James, Jr.. who is
an altomey. and a daughte.r, Mrs, Dorothy Brice.
OUTH ROUTE EXPRESSWAY. just north of l OOth

S
Street. will pass under eight tracks of the Illinc is
Ccntrnllllld n1.60 under Cottnge- Grove Avenue, Instead
of rclocnting the railroad during construction, as has
been done on !Similar expreaswllY jobs. a temporary
trcstle of wood pilcs will HUpport the. tracks and concrete piers of lhe permanent slnlcture will be erected
without disturbing train operations, Contractor OD
both the Cottage: Grove underpass, wbich is shown
under COnBtruction in the lower right of the picture.
nnd the permanent railroad structure is the J, C.
Albrecht Comj.lllny. The railroad is driving the piles,
for which it will be recompensed by the County.
1960 Traffic Accidents Recorded by Subu rbs

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Accidenl records for some smaller suburbs are keJll

by the Cook County Police and are included in the
totall3 for rura.I roads,
30
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December Building Permits
Landscaping-
Ull..DING construction estimated to cost $4.978.224

B
was authorized in December by the Cook Coun ty
Department of Buildings, which has jurisdiction
in
the unincorporated ares.
Of the total 236 fee
~~
pe rmits. 143 were for
single dwellings totaling
------$3,062,044 in estimated
=:I.I ~ :
costs and nine were for
apartmcnt buildings of
a total 48 units, $771,800. to be built in Maine TownsWp. Permits for other types of construction were
issued as follows:
j6:
nesldenLlnl a(Hl.ltions lind nlternUon!l--26 permlh, SUO,700.

Accessory bulldlng.......a2 perm lll!, $70,700.
BUllneu hull/1lngl_ Thrl'e permltB. S~,iOO.
Buslne!!! a ddlt Hln ll and ai ler li tlOn!l--13 permi t . $93,980.
Industrial bulldlnlll--Two perml15. $65,000.
Well_ Four permita". 14,000.
Mlscellanl."Ou_Flve permits. $10,200.
Park. L ike Atmo.p1'lere Attract. Builders.
In the no-fee claSSification, which includes churches.

public and farm buildings, permits wel"e issued fo r a
20-room school to cost $263.000 in District 111. Stickney Township; a 20-room school, $231.800, in District
26, Wheeling Township, and a seV(~n-room addition to
the West Northfield school a t 3030 Sanders Road,
Northfield Township, $116,500.
(ConUnucd from Palle 3)
For example, when Edens Expressway, which for

the. most puct is located through n number of fine
suburban communities, was publi::ized IlS being in the
design stage, a tremendous volume of protest was
made to stop the plans and realign lhe road away from
these communities. the arguments being that the
expressway would blight the flreas , reduce the value
of adjacent property and upset the natural beauly of
the countryside.
It is most significant to note, especially fro::n the
landscnpc architect's viewpoint. that quite the opposite
has taken place. Since the opening of Edens in 1951 ,
hundreds of fine homes have been constructed ad~
jaccnl to the right of way in all these protesting
communities. As a ff'sult, land values ha\'(" increased
as much as fourfold.
When many of these home owners were questioned
as to why they built or purchasw homes along the
route and if they we re happy in their choice. the
majority said they like the "park like" atmol3phere of
the expressway (Lnd the 300-foot right of way Se<!mcd
to afford them more. open "'breathing space."
By townships. the December fee permits were issued

r!.s follows:
T,,"n>l h lp
Bloom
lIn>men
~11k
Lt>moni
l..erden
L~'onl
Maine
New Trier
Northtleld
Orland
PalaUm."
Pllios
Rich
Sch aumburg
Stickney
Thurnton
Wheeling
Worth
28
03
10
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$ U.300
44.200
407.000
77,200
64,400
36,600
249.924
952,600
!S3.000
460,200
',,,,"
353,100
60.400
22,400
4~:~
',300
8on,400
189.600
Besides the three schools, no-fee permits included

li8, of no stated value, for water and sewer installa-
Although much of this diSCUSsion has touched on

expr essway history in the Chicago area. 1 should like.
to say that all of the agencies' administrative engineers have been most cooperative in the landscape
program originated by the Chicago dil3tricl office of
the [lJjnois Divil3ion of Highways and the Cook County
Highway Depar tment. The landscape personnel of the
State and our depa.rtment hnve worked together
through the years as real team mutes.
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tions in Lyons Township; one for an accessory building, $9,800, in Barrington Township and one for an
accessory building. $25,000, in Wheeling.
Appreciation
We should like to express our appreCiation of the
fine articles which appear monthly in your magazine.
Since we are producers of asphaltic products. waterproofing and sea.ling compounds, we are , of course,
c-'l:tremely interested in the construction of highways
and bridges in Cook County. We especially enjoyed
reading President Ryan's article on Daniel Pope Cook
in the December issue.
During these y ears our landscape divisions have

endeavored to sel the pace for good expressway landscape design in the Middle West. We are constantly
aware of the findings of each year of this group, of
the American Association of State Highway Officials
and the Bureau of Public Roads and in combining the
pertinent facts from these meetin gs and new agencies,
together with our own experiences, we feel Ulat we
have achieved a meaSllr e of success in thc eyes of the
profession and of the public as well.
Clarence Bobbe, General Sales Manuger.

Witco Chemical Company, Inc.

/
Til" " the Structure That Will Carry State Street Over the East Leg of South Route Expre"way. It Will Be 568.2 Feet in Length and
71 Feet In W id th , AffordIng Space for T wo Traffic Lanes In Each Direction, a Med Ian Strip and Sidewalks. The Brldae
In Nine Span"
Varying Fro m 48.8 Feet to 80 Feet. The Pre-Stresled Concrete Girder. Vary From 36 to 39 Inc he. In Brndth and 27 to 42 J"ehe. In De pth.
'I
Vol. VIII No. 9
February, 1961

Publiahed by lhe. Cook County (lII.) Departane.nt of "irhway.
Under au.pica of the Board 01 County Commiulonut
DANIEL RYAN , P ....ld.n'
Frink BobtyUke
Chules F . Chaplin
Ellubeth A. Conk.y
81dney D. Oeutaeh
Jerome Huppert
A. Jenlen
Joh n A. Mackl.r, Jr.
Diln'el RYAn
Cillyton F . Smith
Edw;IIrd M. Sneed
John J . T ouhy
entl.t
Jerry Doleza l
John J . Dutry
WIIII.m N. Erlck.on
Fred A. Full.
Will iam J . Mon t",.,.

Superintendent of H lghwllY'
Publl.hed at l30 North WeU, Street. ChlealO 6.
FRanklin 27644
Boob
January Traffic Deaths
Extemion 216
0/ the Month
HE rising toll of traffic deaths in 8uburban Cook

County tonllnut'd througb J anuory, when 20 per
T
sona were killed. an increase of 42.8 per cent over the
same monlh last year.

There: "'ere 19 separate ratal accidents, two
deaths t'Csulting [rom
one l\u10-l1l1tO collision.
In eight. instances. cars
left the I"Ohd and struck
lrees, posts or other wayside objcet.s. Two of the
victims were pede.triana, five- wen! killed in collisions
involving automobllf'A and four In COmsiODS between
automobiles and truc.ks. One motorial WfU killed by
a traJn.
The tota l of nil ncctdents- personlll injury and prop
e rty damage a8 well liS ratuJ- was 3,3i9. which compared with 3,075 In J anuary. 1960. The number of
Injured. however. WM lower. 735 as against 809.
In the January luut' It WIl8 recorded in this eolumn
that 1980 WBJt n black year on sLrei.!t8 lind highways
in subu rban Cook Counly, the main (act being 220
t ramc fatalitiea. Itn Increase of 29 per cent over 1959.
Black enough by l18elr. t.he s uburbR.n record looks
oven worse when comparoo with Chicago's. which WIl8
reported by the Nntlonal Safety Council lhis month as
10 per cent bcller than 1959. In the same report,
Chicago maintained It. top position among citi(!8 of
more than It million population in lhe ratio of traffic
fataUtJes to motor veh.lcle registration.
Chicago lowered Ita death toll tn both of the- two
main groups of trIlfftc accident "iclims, people riding
In clU"&-drivertl and pnsseng~ra--R nd pedestrians..
Out In lhe County there was increalK' in both groups.
IUld while the number of pedestrians killed was higber
in Chicago. as might be expected. the number of
people in can WflI higher in the suburban area. a
reversal [rom 1959 and other recent year&.
Good law ~(orcem,,-nt, coupled with education of
the motoring public, i. a decisivE.' factor in accident
c:ontro1. This haa been Improved In Chicago, but it Is
also better than It WIlS out in the County. where the
Cook Counly Traffic Safety Commission hntl enlisted
police chiefs a nd magistrates and numerous citizens'
groul)S in it!! cm.mpnigns.
No doubt Ule reAson why Death is on A spree In the
LMEH. THE ELBOW 18 t1Ult character who comes

EEvcn
from behind.
though you R.rc driving lawfully on all points.
you're a ~and80 o~trucLion.
1f he can't pasa, he ridea your bumper.
At night he .hlnes hi. bright lights in your rear
view mirror.
No one else counta when Elbow is wting the road.
lIuburbs lies In the open rond cbanlC:Ler of much of lhe
area. Too many drivers stel) on it, heedless of repeated warnings that .peed Is the leading cause of
dcalh on the highway. An accident that mIght cause
little damage at 30 m.p.h. ~mea a fatality at 65.
F'aJll traveling cars get out of c:ontrol. leave the road
nnd strike wayside obj(.octa. us in 57 fatal instances In
the area In 1960.
Trame In We lJubtirbs Is incrensing. The o nly
formula that will make 1961 a better year tiHm last is
the oft-repealed metlsnge addressed to eacb ind.ividuaJ
drlvt'r be cautious Rlld considerate. Rnd RCCt'pt rour
ahare of respon8ibllit}'.
.
School's In Session For Inspectors
A Ch... In Surveying. Standing are the Inltructo,... Jamel W. Scanlon ( lett) and John Link.
SIX weeks in-training program for inspector per-
aerving as instructors:
John J . Fitzgerald and James A. Sanders, p.c,c. test
ing and proportioning; J ohn McTigue, bituminous
materials: William Malloy, soils engineering: J ohn
Link and James W. Scanlon, sun'CYs; Ransom Kennicolt and Edward T. Riordan. road construction: Philip
T. Nelson, bridge construction.
A sonnel wAs started by the Highway Department

on February 9, taking advantage of light construc8
tion period to bring the mi!n lip to dale 011 practical

matlers in their do.ily work.
The faculty consists of Department cnginecl'8 assigned to the various operations in which instruction
is given. Three main subjects are covered , with subdivisions, 8S follows:
1. Testing materials and proportioning, llnd including soils, subdivided Inlo (8) bituminous materials,
(b) portland cement concrete, and (e) soils.
2. Surveys.
3. Construction, subdivided into (8) road.s Bnd
sewers and (b) bridges and structures.
The student body includes 88 employes of the Department in the grades of hlgh ....'Sy inspector up
through inspector rodman, inspector transitman and
engineer inspector. School Is held in the paint shop
of the Department's warehouse and garage in La
Grange Park and lhe students check in and out at
stated hours each day. as if they were at their regular
employment.
Severnl motion pictures of expressway construction
by the County are used to flupplcment the leclurcs.
One rum, "Safety in Highway Surveying," was provided by Homer F. Clark of t.he safety office of the
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads.
Handy Definition
Concrete is a heterogeneous system of solid, dis
crete, gradiently sized. inorganic mineral aggTegstes,
usually plutoniC CfeJdspathoslllcaceous or ferromag
nesisn) , or sedimentarycalcereous in origiJUl, embedded in a matrix compounded of synthesized polybasic alkaline and alkaloidal slUeates held in aqueous
solution and co-precipitate dispersion with other
amphoteric oxidelJ, this matrix being originally capable
of progressive dissolution. hydration. reprecipitaton,
gelaton and solidification through a continuous and
coexistent series of crystaline, amorphous. colloidal
and cryptocrystalline states and ultimately subject to
thermoaJlitriomorphlc alteration. the system when
first conjoined being transiently plastic. during which
stage it is impressed to n prcdetcrnlined fonn into
which It finally consolidates. thus providing a structure relatively impcnneable and with useful capacity
to transmit tensile, compressive and shear strcsscs.This Eorth.
The {ollowing named Dell(U'tmenl engineel'8 are
Owning a Car Isn't The Whole Deal

By Dua ne L Cronk
Director, Hlghw.y Informa t ion, Service., Ine.
WlSh/noto". O. C.
OBERT D. PRESTON gave a last look at the old

family jalopy. elid behind the wheel of the ncw
R
lOOt car and turned It out of tht dea]cr's lot with the
conviction Lhat he had made
sound investment.
Whec.':ling through traffic on the way borne, be thought

to hlmSC!tr:
"This will cost me But it's wonh iL"
Whal Bob Preston did not know wns tbat he ac-
quired something more than n new cnr. His local

denier did not deacrlbt> It to him. Il wasn't advl!rtiscd
8S an tlcce88(',r)'. It didn't appear on the Invoice.
Nf'\'e.rtlu:.lc....s, Holx> ..t PI'calon-flB un uvcmge American molorlal- hod just renewed his shart'holdings in
lhe nalion's 5Oblllion dollar highway system. From
now on. he would enjoy the Ilrivilcge of driving almost
nnY'I\'here hf' wanted. There would be It road to take
hIm there. He allO would assume his share of responsibility for ita upkeep Rnd its periodic improvemenL He would sturt paying this cost with the
purehtl8(> of IIcenlK' plates Ilnd the first gallon or
gnsoline slOl'lhcd into the tank of t he new car.
Brand New C.r .nd Br.nd New Ro.d.
can road will be modemlzed to carry him more

KwlItly nnd safely'
This )l!llr. there are approximately i4 million vehilea registered in the United States. When "Mr.
Anli'rlcnn Motoriat" shares the nation's 3 1 : milllonmilt! network with 73.999,999 other vehicles, hl.s portion la just 24-4 teet. But only 82 feet l!i paved, and
ulmost all of h[s travels will be on paved roads Rnd
etrectJI. So for practical dl.seussion. let's talk aboul
2 feel.
Driving at 00 miles per hour. "Mr. A.merican
Motorlsl" Cl"088CA his 82 feel of pa\'ement In jUllt
About one second. Then he is on someone pj8("s
stretch.
The average mGtorisl's 82 feet of highway mn)' have
coal nil much 88 $J.oo,ooo to build. That Is the price
Lag on the bIg, Ultra-modem six- and c.ightlane
f'x presaways that sweep into our cities. The thousands
of mil(>8 of gra\'el-surfnced milk and mail rOULeS which
wind throughout our fann lands cosl cons:dernbly
It'!18 lUI IIltle as $400 for nil 82-foot stretch.
Le!"s btkt a look at the roads and SLreetfl which Bob

Preston acqulrod with bis new automobile.
ThE' Americtln Rood la a 3'h million mile pattern of
cross-country turnpikes and quaint country lanes. Its
trunk lines stretch between our big cltles from coaM
to COllSt, and ita branches wind into every little hamleL
It. lies our illOlntcd fflnnll and ranches to their spmwlIns:; urban marketl!l. It linkl!l our huge Industrial compl('x('s to their source of raw materials. It radiales
outwnrd from our nearly 200 metropolitan areas, providing commuter routes for mUlions of suburban
Americans. In the thousands of villages It transverses, the American Rood is " Main StreeL"
Thanks to thlA vnst network-Crom bere to ever)'where the Sundny afternoon drive. th" week-end
tour of the West are national institutions. Nobody
else 011 ea rth hilS the mobility of Robert Preston, "Mr.
American Motorist."
!l OWtHer, th e big metropolitan expreaawnys carry

such heavy traffic loads t1ml they may cost the average motorist leu per vehicle-mile than a gmvel ranch
road In Wyoming,
Wben he lradt.'tl In his old car for the new one he

waa pretty confident thnt be bad made" sound InvCfJtment. Be had Baked a lot of questiofUt-questionll
about ita initial COIL, Its upkeep, Its safety features,
iLa performance, ita appearance. But whal aboul the
roads he wiU UAe? Old he ask theae aame questions
aboul them? ProbBhly not, it be 1.& Uke most Ame.rican
motorists. Yet the answers lo the following questions
nbout ollr hlghw"ys lire of equal importance today.
Flow much of thle phenomenal highway 8yslem
en.n M.r. American Molomt lay clalm to!
How can b~ uLUize it?
How much will It. cost him to maintain and rebuild It?
How will he puy for It?
How do engineers detcnni ne when highway improvements a re necc888.ry?
Wbat kind of IWvings will he rel\Uzc on new
roods?
How can he assure thal his sbare oC the Amen-
During the course of the year, the average motoriat

will travel 9969 mile., Of thiA total, 2593 miles or 26
per cent will be in commuting; another 1764 miles or
18 per cent wUl be for other business purposes; and
lbe remaining :s612 miles or 56 per cent will be for
shopping, recreaUonal, religious, a nd social activities.
How does " Mr, American Motorist" pay for the
mnlntenancc, administration and periodic reconditionIng of the highways he uses? ProlJerty taxes provide
runcla for city and county improvements. Bul gasoline
taxes provide the greatest source of funds for stale
ltDd federal hlghwray work. Every time he purchases
" gallon or gasoline, bUYA a tire, or a quart of 011, he
repays part of lhe cost of his 82 fcct of highway.
Uncle Sum takes 41" a gaUon a nd the average state tax
is t5.9.
fll'llI'lnlt'd by ~nnlqlon trom Hllhwa:r MIt.ulne, January,
llllfl, lIublilheff by Armro Orlllnqe an l'oIl!laJ PI"oducu. Inc.
Motorist Also Owns 82 Feet of Road

safe. The toll roads with alternate routc!s avnilable
a re a good example.
Drivers will pay from 1.2U additional per mile to
travel O,Ter t.hc Indiana Turnpike. to as much as 1 .62~
per mile to travel over the New York Thruway. (Ed.
note----on the lllinois Tollway system as a whol e, 1.9t.)
Fift y Years Ag o,
;Ii
Wlm t ha lll>CII !O to the tax dollars which "Mr. American Motorisl" shells out for his share of the nation's
roads and streets. Not all of il is dedicated for highways. but for every dollar which is:
About (jO ~ is used for Ilew construction.
Another 23 ... goes into maintenance and re pair.
lU is set aside for administration. police services and debt retirement.
Of cour se, highways, like everything else, wear out
or become obsolete. "Mr. American :Motorist.'s" stretch
of pavement may have a JlhYsical life of 50 years, but
abollt every 17 1!:!, years it needs resurfacing nnd upgrading to CRrry heavier traffic loads.
Road for Modol T .
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Actunll)' , we were putting more money per vehicle

into new roads during the 13-year period 1928-194.1
lha.n we are today--even considering our much-talkednbout ron.dhuilding boom. We put an average $100
per vehicle into new roads each year during that
period. We fdl behind from 1941 to 1946, when roadbuilding was practically nil. From 1946-1952, "Mr.
American 1tlotorist" put only $48 per year into new
construction, nnd from 1953-1958, $65.
During the last two years, the pace has been stepped
II I) to $93, hut we have a lot of catching UIl t o do. Our
hi~hways need l"(tbuilding, not so much because pavements wear out, but because they become obsolete in
design a nd capacity. Our present roads and streets
were not only built for Model T's, they were desilrned
for fewe r cars. They just can't handle the traffic of
1961. not to mention 1970 or 1980.
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'
Herc's s omet hing' to ponder. Since World War II.

we have added 163,000 miles of new highway to our
total road system. But in the snme period of time, the
car manufacturers have turned out 264.000 miles of
motor vehicles bumper-to-bumper.
Our f1opulntion is gro ....'ing, and by 1975, the economists say, there will be 40 million more vehicles on
the road than today- l 14 million in all. Not only
that, every year reveals we a re using our automobiles
for more and more mileage.
Population experts point out that 90 per cent of our
population growth is in urban a reas. A traffic study
in the metropolitan Washington, D. C. area r evealed
that a 60 per cent increase in population in and around
fl city will produce a 200 per cent increase in traffic.
.~
T oday, an ExprelSw ay in th e Makll'lg.
In the COlIl"Se of a year, the average motorisl purchases 697 gallons of gusoli.ne a nd contributes 569.98
in gasoline and oil taxes to Ule cost of building, ad ministering a nd maintaining all of the roads a nd
str eets of the nation. IDs registration and license fees
arc ear-ma rked for highways in mos t states and these
account for a nother $15.15 a year.
The grand total : 585.13 for one yea r. Taxes on the
automobile, not eannarked fo r highways. add another
$31.11.
It costs Bob Preston $973.10 annually to own and
operate an automobile. Of this sum, the taxes and
fees mentioned above account for just 12 per cent of
the total.
I II s hort , the American Road has "growing pains."

"Mr. American Motorist" needs a better system of
hi ghways and streets. They must have the capacity
to carry thousands of vehicles at once, and they muat
be efficient- with t he ability to carry Bob Preston
around small towns a nd into large cities, over and
under cr oss traffic and across all kinds of terrain
without. sharp curves and steep hills. Today's superhighways meet these requirements. The modern (reeway is a breakthrough in highway engineering that
From a nothe r angle, it costs "Mr. American Motorist" 9.8 ~ per mile to own and operate the family
a utomobile. His cont.ribution to t.he cost of the roadbed is only a fra ction of this- about 1.U.
This doesn't seem like much to pay fo r the maintenance and modernization of a 3 Y2-million-mile highway system.
In fact, people are frequenUy willing to pay more to
travel on highways which a re fast, comfortable nnd
(COntinued on PaJ'" 6)
Motorist's 82 Feet
tConunuoo from
New Board Member
"DK~ $)
EROME HU PPERT, fonnerly secretary of the Chicago Park DiJitriel, was sworn In a.s county comJmisafoner
on Janunry 2!i with unanimous appro\'1l1
puts traffic:: movement on an entirel)" new plateau.

Bob Pre&Lon doean'l need a superhighway in (':\"ery
location; however. traffic engineers have concluded
[rom careful Itudy that lhe~ an' tremendous defi
clencles in the rood ayalem across the country. They
have determined where slrei!lB need l'Cxamping and
of
tbe Board. He Ilucceecds
the late Jamel F. Ashenden for the term running
until Dt.'CCmoor 1. 1962.
~'lr. Huppe rt, who is
Dc.mocrntlc committeeman o r the Mlh ward,
had served the Park Dis
trict sInce 1934 except
for the years 1945 to
1947, wh("n be wus 50th
ward alderman. Ae is
a g raduate of DePa ul
Academy a nd holds a
business degree from
Loyola University. Be
Jerome HuppeM
i8 married and b08 foul'
daugbters. The ramlly home is a t 1937 Farwell
Avenue.
also where enUrely new superhighways nre needed to

provide t.ra1Ilc effi ciency.
Adequately tlet!llgneti highways crea te mnny benc.filll

(or " M.r. American Moto rist." On metropolitan expreuwaya he t. able to drive two or three times n.s
rast llJJ on conventioni'll streets. Fun.hennore, it is
cheaper to opc.rnte on auch highways,
And here's the bonus,
They arc mort' than twice 88
snfe us the ronds and 8lreets they replace. This kind

of snfC'ly is n dollarnnd-cents proposition. if lraflic
Rccldent.s could be cut In half, the saving would be 50
R year for the average motorist.
This is equivalent
lo saving 7 .. per gallon on every gallon of gasoUne
he U&e8.
Mayor Daley Wtill among party leaders who attended

the Induellon ceremony a nd spoke in wa rm Bllproval
or Huppert's appointment to the Boord. Although
the Hve country members of the Board do not vc..te on
tht' to elty mem bel"68hlps. Commissioner William N.
Erickson ot EValUlton arose a nd made remarks complimentary to Huppert.
fJlI: lH>rts t ell I1!i also Lhat fuel, tire and brake costs
totnl-on the average-ll:! r more J)t>r mile on congested surface streelll than on Cree-flowing elI:pretjSways. In other words, continuing to drive over traffic
j,unmcd s treets where an exprcasway Is needed will
cost " Mr. American Mot.c.rist " the equivalent of a n
added lSI' pu gallon gasoline tax in higher-than
neeessary vehicle operating coats alone,
Loa Angeles motorists are saving on their new freeways (In lenna of Ume- saved. a etldenll prevented and
operating coall reduced) more than 44' 8 mile. Users
of Gulf Freeway between Hou,IJton nnd Galveston ,
Texas, bave already cut their costs by 8. grand total of
$22 million since tbe- road WBJI built a few years ago.
Ot cost letIJI money than that t o construct iLl
In terms of billions or dolla." for miJUons of motorists

yea. But In term. or " Mr. Americnn Motorist "-no.
In some- sta les, where highways are in pretty good
IIhape, the COllt would be only a few dollars more a
yenr. In others, the roads are 80 poor tbnl It might
cosl every motori8t another $40 or $50 a year to
rebuild them.
These Il re tbln~8 to remember ",'hen SOme one complains that we are paying too much (or nl'W roads.
The (aet is, we are paying too much for our o ld roads.
Bob Preston Is driving ovcr som{' roads that are In
fa r worse condition thnn o.ny Ilutomoblle he ever
owned . . , crowded, dangerous , slow and uncomrortable. Yet, we have the engineering know-howIn our elUea, our atates and our federal governmentto completely modemlle our elty street systems and
our erou-country roach. We have plenty of evidence
to prove that our lnvestment in hlghwsy improvements more than repaya their cost. What then is
lacking !
Third, tho wUllngnesa to support high"'ay improvement programs Bt e\'ery level of government- federa l.
Slate and elty. Thill yenr (1961) Congress will be
conside ring ways a nd mea ns of raising m o n~y for
completion at tbe NsUonnl lntemtale Syste m and
other federal aid to lltates. In about 46 states. state
legillatu.res will be meeting, and state highway improvement proposall will be subject or considerable
debale:. In literally hundreds of cities and counties
this year, citizena will be aaked to vote for, or again8t,
bond laaue, for one highway project or another.
Not all or Bob Presto n's roads have pnssed the
break-even point of ownership. A segment of his 82
feet is in fairl y good !lhnpe. Anothe r bit Is like a car
that just needs a tune-up. But 80me sections are
ready (or a complete overhaul ; and others ought to be
junked M quickly 88 possible.
F1rst. the. undel'1ltandlng of what ls a nd what is not

required. We do not need a great deal more mileage.
Bureau or Public Roads experts say that "Mr. American Molorist" nels very titUe more than 82 feet of
paved road. What we do need are "replaccment highways" . . highways designed to carry huge volumes
of traffic. The 'U,OOO-mile Intenrtate System wiD be. a
long, long step toward this goal. The ultra-modern
network of superhighways will comprise little more
LImn 1 per cent of the total nntional mileage, but it will
carry 20 per cent of Ule t.raffic.
These are the roads that are costing more to keep

than to. repla~not just In road repairs, but in lost
time, hig h 8cc1denlJl eOlilS, unnecessa ry gRsoline and
oil consumption, wom brakcs and transmisKions.
Ln s hort , it's time
make a trade.
Second, tho realization tbat the cost II not great.
tor
" Mr. American Motorist" to
Job
0/ the
Month

confitrucUon authorized in January by
BUILDING
the Cook County Department of Building, which
hu JUrisdiction In Lhe unincorporated area, wu

greater than in January,
196O, in total estimated
\
C06ts although the number of permilJl " ...
lower.
wt mont.h, 151 permitJI reflected total valuallon of S3.M7.MO; In J anua!')'. 1960. t.here were li6
pennlllJ and the total \'Illufttion Wtl1!i 2.598,160.
lntrea.1K!8 were recorded in single dwellings and
apflrtm('nll and Also In the no-f clall8ification. which
Include. churcheM. schools nnd olher 11Ublic bullcUngs
And Carm bulldJngs, Although the number of single
I'ealdcnce )X'I'mhJJ \\'/1.8 lower- I as aga.lnst 84-the
valuatlon wns higher. 1.704.500 aa against 1.651.200
In January lut yenr. The explanation is lhat more of
h,al month'. pennia were custom buill homes.
::1 ', :
N SOUTH Roule ExpresswAY Just south oC

63rd Street, where the line curvea: SOULheARl to
ptuJA under Wentworth Avenul' a nd l~ck.R of ~e R~k
Is land Railroad. a i(l()-(OOL long retaining wallts rising
Ilgainal the wtel bank ot the depressed right-of-way.
The excavation. wbleb i. 30 feet from surface ~de
to bottom of the fooUng. III at present only WIde
8100gb to accom modate the wall job. Eventually it
will be cleared to the lett the (ull width of the expreuway. The Su~rlor Concrete Conslnlction Com
pany which hu the " .. U contract from the County. is
\1.8ln8 moveable (onn. Th~ contractor is cited for
In addition to residential, January pennita

Issued fr>r other types oC construction as rollow. :
HII'~hl('''U.' .1111111"nl IIIMI altll'raUon_28 ptnnll.lf.
__ ~pllrtrrM:'nt
build In..
f;)IH ,SOIl
.\er't'.~.,.,.
Bu.~~
bUlhUn,.
PH1ftIt.
01.'11'
ftnlaJ
nr
we~
Il02.mo.
61
unlLtl,
13 pf:rmll .. "'1,(100
bu"dlnr_-On. pennI!. '11800,
8u." f'
IIIldlll<>"1 .nd .'tmUon.- SIne puDUu., M2,00Q
Indu.UU' .dllllkln. and .Itt'talluru! 1'\0,0 ~IIJ. ,as.600
WII':Il_~o
permit.&. 12,tdl
lh~lI.ftt'Ou.
Permit..
an efficient. 'tJI'orkmanlike JOb.
W~
Til"",,,,,,
IUlICIm
Hrl'n'III'n
Police Practice Pursuit
..'k (;ron'
1llIl1Ov .. r
I..mnnt
1A')'tWn
1.)'1""
"1I1nt!
N"rthn,,'11
NUNnlltI "lItk
Thineen offiCUI or police (OrcH in this area ....-enL

to Daytona Beach, Florida, thl. month to demonstrate
what lht.y know about tllgb .peed driving and possibly
to learn morc (rom lhel.' hoals (or the vi8lt, the Florida
Highway Patrol.
The IllvltnLlon to J)l\ftlclpllte In highway driving
u.'sU! wa.. extended by the Florida pntrol through
Daniel HYIin, Prctlldent of the Boord of County CommiuloDen lind 11180 Presidenl oC the Cook County
Traffic Safety CommlllAlon. J Oining with the patrol in
the Invitation Will the Ford Motor Company, which
use. a wetch oC the natural seuide speedway at
DAytODA Beath Cor testing the en" it produces.
The main purpcMle or the tournament, as outlined to
Pretddl'.nl Ryan. WR.II to Improve driving performance
at hlgb speed, ....... hen a highway policeman is in pursuit of an offender. Whlle not pnmarily a competition.
aeoring wu to be done on such poinllJ .. braking
ability atop and go acceleration, control and maneuvuabiilly oC the Cltr. economy of operation and the
time and distanct! required to swing out. pass lhe
offender'. ear and r'f'(!nter Lhe lane.
t.~oll owlng the test... II IK'ries oC conferences was
scheduled. and (rom tlle&e dllcussiona it was planned
to ronnulate a alety al>eed driving program useful to
all poUce oftlcel"l.
ThOlle who mad the trip were Iclected on the basia
of spec.i1l1 quaU6cIILlon, hnvlng eXI>crlence In pursuit
or being Interested and active In wety instruction in
Or'1I1111
1>IIII1Unll
j'alffll
!oI<-hlulmbul'I
!\"ckn~)'
Wh",UnK
Worth
1'\oIu
Pt'f1T\.u,
'1000
luued by townships as follows:

" .. nnlb
10,
1
11
1
III
III
1
!'I
I:'
I
1
7J
:n
13
\ ' /I 'UIIIIIIIII
97.200
18.1_00
U70;~,
........
1.0fl0
6.1D.411O
25,000
41t.~11.1
~ ..'iOO
~."Ilil
lI(l,400
296;100
6.0110
~
:l-17,l
626;
1
I,n the noree clall8lftcatlon there were Bve pennJla

Cor a total valuaUon of $678.000. Included were s
li-room school addition, $30 ,000, District No. W,
Stickney Township, and a 17room school addition,
$271,000, OI,trict No. 11 , PaI08 Township.
their area.. Th polict'ml:'n. who .....ere accompanied by
John J. McCleverty, executh'e I!IeCretary oC the Safety
Commiaaion. were:
Col. Milan Pla\'lic. Park FO~8t police chief, and Lee
Cerleclle, a Park Forest pltJ'Olman; Sergeant Jacob
Kraml:'r, Chicago Pollee Department. in charge or
vehicle. and driver training: lfehin Bencher, \Vbeel.
Ing police chief: Reynolda Smith, Barrington police
chief; Gerhardt 1leln, Ook Lawn police chief; Ben
Brandon, WlIJ County ,herl!!"'s police; Sergeant Theodore Bracher, Cook County Forest Preaen'e District
ranger rorc!t: Major Walter Eicher, Springfie1d, U1inoia
StAte Pollee; Sergeanl John SCOlt. Hampshire, Illinois
Tollw,,}, pollee: Sergeanl Man'in Oline, Blue Island
PoliCe Oeph.rlment, and Trooper William R. Murcllu.o,
rAtat St. Loula, I1l1nol. State Police.
" COOK COUNTY HIGHWAYS
Thi, Striking View of Downtown Ch icago , LookinG Northuat, Locatu - Upper Cente r of the P icture_
the Circular Traffi c: Interchange Betwee n Northwelt, Co ngrell.nd South Route Exprellw')'I. (See Page 2. )
Photo by Aerial Ph otollraph COmp:lny.
Vol. VIII No. 10
March, 1961

Publlihed by the Cook County (rn,) Department of Highways
Under au.pice.. of the Board of County CommiSllionen
DANIEL RYAN, Prelld'nt
FrO\nk Bobrytzke
Charlet F . Chaplin
Eilubeth A. Conkey
Sidney D. Deutlch
Jerome Huppert
Chrl.t A . J,nun
John A. Mickler, Jr.
Daniel Ryoan
Clayton F. SmIth
Jerry Dolezal
John J. Duffy
Edward M. Sneed
William N. Erlcho"
Fred A. Full"
John J. T ouhy
William J . Mortimer
Published at 130 North Wen. Street, Chiaro 6.
FRanklin 27644
Extension 216
~1U
Boob
February Traffic Deaths
0/ the Month
IGBWAY traffic deaths in suburblUl Cook County

H
continued at a rising rate in February.
the 28
days, 19 persons were killed 8S against 20 in the 31
In
days of January. By
comparison with February of last year, the
increase was shoeking19 againsl 8.
In the first two
months or 1961, in the
area the death toll stands at. 39: in the same period
last. yenr It was 22.
The sharp increase was allrlbuted by John J.
McCleverty, executive secretAr y of t.he Cook County
Traffic Safety Commission, to road conditions much
dlfferenl from those prevailing last. year.
"Driving was slowed by snow and ice in January
and Jo~ebruary last year," he said. "A lot of motorists
avoided the roads altogether and lh08e who did venlure oul had to go slow and careful.
"This year lhe roads were clear. People u.sed their
cars, and lhe speeders and reckless drivers took off as
if in midsummer. The increase in serious accidents
was not unexpected.
"Records kept by the Safety Commission since 1946
(?) Indicate plainly that good road conditions tempt
bad driven. In 1960, for example, of the 220 traffic
fataJlti cs in suburban Cook County, 171 occurred on
dry roads. Only two were killed wbeu there was snow
on tbe road and eight when t.here was ice.
"There must be a leS80n to be learned Crom those
records. U drivenJ can be rarc!ul when compelled to
by road and weather conditions, why can't they be lUi
careful under favorable conditiona?
Five of those killed in February were pedestrians.
Three of them were elderly, 65, 69 and 77 years olci.
Seven were killed in collisions involving automobiles.
In one instance three cars. Two were killed when a
car plunged into a ditch and five when earn left the
road and struck wayside objeeta.
The reported total of February accidents of all
t ypes-personal injury and property damage as well
as fatal-was 3,027. In 466 of them, 702 persons were
Injured.
FREDDIE always knows where

FUMBLING
to go but never' knows how to get there.
he wants
tn an office building he asks directions in the ele.vator' instead of looking at the directory.
When about to use an expressway he doesn't trouble
to learn the exit he wants but waits until he 's rolling
in traffic.
So Freddie ha.s his difficulties.
The Front Cover Picture

Completion of the Halsted Strect interchange,
which is under construction by lhe City, Is anticipated
sbout June 1. Northwest and Con.gresa wUl then have
connectiona In both directions. The cleared right-of.
way for South Route is visible in the photo at the
rigbt of the lnterchange.
Cost Factors
Cott.!truction costa
i,~
melropoli~
Urban Construction
arning from
his man-hour data. There Is an excellent book available on productivity-Estimating General Construction Costs, by Louis Dallavia, which is based on gen
eral economy, amount of wOl'k, labor productivity,
supervision, job conditions, wcather, equipment and
delays.
the complex JlatuTfl 0/ tho city itself aTe discussed

itl the /0110toing article, which Clppeared in the
Jrmuary, 1961, us-lie 0/ Roads and Streets alld U
reprinted by pennission 01 that pubHcatioll. AU
the factOTs presented are trceeMary considerations

in tho buildirl9 0/ exprC88tooys and the toriter
draws on his experieJlce a.t the C08t c8timator lor
many miUio'L3 of dollars 0/ ezprU811Jay work in
the Ohicago-Cook Cortnty 8!!.stem.
AnoUler raclor that contributes to higher urban

eoslS is the condition of the sub-soil. Large urban
centers are usually near some body o[ water-an
ocean, lake or river. Water aclion will have left its
mark on the sub-soil in the form of fine sand, muck
and peat. Combined .....ith underground water, wruch
is high ncar open water, these soils are quite unstable.
~ran y abandoned quarries a nd brick clay pits, filled.
with refuse and garbage, may also be encountered
within the urban area. Excavation in s uch areas may
require gas masks for the entire crew. rn the Chicago
area, it is possible to encounter underground and
sometimes in the same area, limestone, granite
boulders, gravel. coarse sand, fine sand, rounded beach
sand, peat, tough brown clay, rubbery blue clay, tin
cans, bedsprings, old tirea nnd old foundatlol18 or
tunnels.
Even Ute limestone bed-rock is gullied. making
caisson depths a gamble. SOU tests a re a must in
urban areas. The test results may indicate that a
costly excavaUon method ill required but it is better
to know this before construction starL8.
By Thomas J. Roche
COlt Engineer
Cook County Hlghw.l)' Oeplirtment
HERE
grnphs and tables of nation-wide
T
conslruction costs published today in various
mngR1::incs. They nre very helpful for comparison
lire many
PUT-
-, poses, but they

should
not
be
regarded as
showing
stand-
ard or universal
costs. Tbey are
simply average
costs wbich represent both high
and low, both
urban and rural
co nstruction.
For use in a
particular area
It Is well to
know how much
higber or lower
the normal costs
are in relation
to these country-wide graphs.
Tho m u J . Roche
There are a
number of urban or metropolitan [actors to be consldered.
Another ri,do r in making urban costs higher than

rural is the adjustment of existing underground utilities to fit the new construction. The ground under
large urban areas is 8 maze of pipcs-&torm sewer,
sanltstry sewer, oil, water, gas. eledrielty and telephone. These utilities are usually installed, maintained and adjusted by the organizations responsible
for them. This setup takes direct scheduling of the
work out of the hands of the conlraelor on the new
improvement. Good scheduling of the work of the
various utility crews stnd his own force is required
on this typically urban problem.
Building demolition work is obviously more restrictive in the urban areas. While a contractor may take
down a building in an open urban strea in any manner
he ehoo8C8, there are added requirements in urban
areas where vehicular and pedestrian traffic is heavy.
Canopies will be required over sidewalks and also on
upper floors of multi-storied buildings. All Ooors
above the second may have to be removed by hand
labor. Fire regulations and city ordinances make it
increasingly harder to burn debris at the building site,
requiring long. slow hauls for disposal of such waste,
OiSllOS8.1 or " 'aste is a much more complicated problem in urban areas than in rural localities, a nd hence
iL is cost.1ier. 1n heavily built-up communities, waste
disposal areas are at a premium. While there may
have been many old quarries and clay pits available at
one time, many of these have been filled wllh the city's
garhnge or are being reserved for use.
Haulage for any distance through heavy traffic will
be expensive. The alternative Is to pay premium
prices (or any close-in disposal areaa. Owners of low
lots In out-lying areas may pennit dumping of ordi-
Urban areas are usually more unionized than rural

areas and labor rales I\.re usually higher than the
I\.djoining less organized territory. Jurisdictional lines
I\.re also more tightly drawn in urban areas. This
limiting of union memben to cert.ain definite operations may affect the total productivity of the labor
foree if It is not adequately understood before construction starts.
Jurisdictional lines may also be strictly drawn
within the same trades. For instance, among electricians there may be a union that installs house
wiring, another that installs street lighting and
another that installs heavy motors and generators. As
the danger and requisite knowledge increases, the pay
rate also increases. These unions may also require
that. except for common labor on clean-up. all men on
electrical work must be electricians. trained or in
training.
Labor productivity depends both on geograpbical
and on seasonal [actors. When the productivity of an
strea is unknown. local inquiry may enoble the cost
engineer to determine a percentage factor to apply to
( OlnUnued
on.
Paae 6)
Cook County Rounds Up Winning Team
..
Jun Before the Ba n le, t he Blue and Gray all Over

Again, Lt . Thomil. H. Aaron , ClIIptaln of the F lorida
Ent ran t " Sh .. kel Hand. w ith Maj. Walter A. Eichen.
Slit. Jacob F. K .... emer. Safety D I~c t or fa.. the

Chicago Police Departme nt. Watchu Clo.ely ;u
Meuu ..ed Gallon of Gil. I.
Pou ..ed In t o Car.
By Charley Johnson
expenses of lhe two pol ice teams were defrayed by the

Ford Motor Company.
HE victory of a 12man Illinois police team over a

aimila.l' team of F lorida state patrolmen in the 1961
T
Pure Oil Economy Trials held at Daytona Beach,
Fiorida, during the week of Feb. 13-17 also was

scored as a viclory for the Cook County Trame Safety
Comm ission.
Looking for the best qualified group to organize the
Illinois team in this new form of competition betwC!en
Slates, the Department. of SaIety of the stale of
Florida. together with t.he Ford MotOr Company, on
Feb. 3 wrote Daniel Ryan. president of the Cook
County Bouret asking if the safety commission, of
which Ryan also is president, would assume t.hi5
leadership_
Ryan promptly agreed and assigned John J. McCle\'erty. the commission's executive secretary. to the
seemingly herculean task of 8ssemblying a good team
on short notice. Ryan commented:
" We feel particularly honored by this recognition
and believe the competition may ma rk the beginning
of a movement to establish elsewher e in the count ry,
possibly near Chicago. additional pe rformance schools
where all traffic policemen can receive high-speed,
scientific driver lraining."
The e,tml:s ill which the police Leams from the two
states participated were economy runs. in which the
drivers strove for best mileage on a measured gallon
of gasoline; car-passing tests that were similar in
some respects to a police car in pursuit of a fl eeing
car. nnd stopandgo events that are g nlelling on tires,
brakes and engines.
This WU8 t he first time that actual lraffic policemen
had been used in the trials. it being the idea of the
Ford Motor Company that by using policemen as
drivers. the contests would be more realistic than if
the cars were driven by highly.trained civilian test
expcr18. as had been the case in the past.
Only Ford, however, used policemen, and the entire
Driving Ford ShO\\TOOm slock C8rs. the two teams

competed not only against each other. but also against
the civilian experts using other maketl of Cflr8.
In the many eeonom \' trial tests. in which cars were
of comparable performance, the police held their own
with t he "trick" drivers of other makes of stock cars.
The Illinois team won over }O~ l orid8 by a score or
to 122. Top point getter for Diinois was Ben
Brnndom of Forest Park who. at the time. was a
patrolman on the Will county sheriff's police force.
Brandom scored a first in the Class I economy event
in a Ford Galaxie.
Among other high scorers for lIIinois were SgL J acob
F. KJ'Ilemer. director of safety for thc Chicago Police
Departmenl: Maj. Walter A. Eichen of the Illinois
State Pollee foree. with headquarters In Springfi eld:
Chief Gcrhul'd Hein of Oak Lawn, and Sgt. Ma r vin P.
O'Lena or the Blue Island police.
J
Sgt. Kraemer would have scored even more had not

a first place win been taken from him after it was
revealed in the impound area. following the conclu
sian of the event. that his car had a minor mechanical
maladjustment for which he was not resllOnsible.
In dlscusslnl; the friendly rivalry between the teams.
Trooper Vince Smallwood of Orlando. Florida. the
leading seorer on the Florida team, later com mented :
"They called us the Blue and the GnlY learns. a nd
we had to figh t the Civil War all over again. We
Florida men hated to lose, but wc could n't have lost
to a finer g roup of gt!llllemen than these Il linois
policemen."
Because the formal invitation to organizc the llIinois
team W88 received by the Cook County Traffic Safety
Commission only five days before the 8cheduled dale
of departure. McCleverty hud to do a hurry-up job.
To get a representative group of I)()Uce. he invited the
Police Drivers
Top
Sgt. MarYln F. O'Lenlil of Blue .,I;and, a Poin t WI"_

ner, Gett Hand from Chief MilaI'! P lav,le, P;lrk For.
eat, and J. Mc:Cleverty of Trilffic s.rety Comml"lo n.
Patrol m a" Ben Bra nd o m , Will Cou nty Sheriff', Po.

Ilee, Rec:elvu TrQphy from William H . G . Fra"c:e,
Pre lde"t NASCAR, li t Left . In Center, Mc:Cleverty.
heads of various police forccs to select their own team

representatives.
to dJacussing lbis phase of the venture, McC1everty
OUL the country have not had an opportunity [or adequate training in the specialized art of high-speed car
handling under the sudden and trying conditions con[ronting them every day of their lives.
"Tbat is because up to now they have lacked proper
track facilities a nd have lacked organized training
coutSCs lhllt fit their specific driving needs.
later said:
"As things worked out. I doubt It we could have
!lent a better team had we bad all the time in the
world for its selection."
In addition to those already mentioned, the other
police members of lhe leam. several of whom scored
points. were:
Col. Milan N. Plavsic. director of public safety and
police chief for Park Forest. and one of the patrolmen
on hiB force . Lee H. Gericke.
Chief Reynold E, Smith of Barrington.
Chief Mllrvln O. Harcher of Wheeling.
Sgt. John O. Scott of Burlington and Trooper William R. Mareusso of Hamel, both members of the
Illinois Stnte Police.
Ranger Sgt. Theodore Bracke of the Cook County
Forest Preserve District. Bracke lives in Elk Grove
Village.
II
Florida Contests
Re~"1lrdillg the hl.!ltory.maklng trip, Maj. Eichen of

the minoia Slate Police said:
"It was hard work for all of UII, but we learned 8
lot II.bout the operation o[ cars we never knew befor e.
I wish that all policemen and the rest of the public
hnd a similar opportunity to learn from experts what
we were shown."
Sgt. Kraemer. the Chicago police department safety
director. spoke similarly, saying: "r wish we had
something like Il around Chicago where we could train
all o[ our poUce in the proper handling of cars, es~
clally at high speeds."
What will come of the experience gained by the
Florida trip?
McCleve rty. himself. has an idea-and II. plan In the
making. He said:
"The Lrip WRS worthwhile, not only because of whal
our participating police learned which they can pas.'i
on to others, but it awakened us to the fact that in
lhja age of the automobile, traffic policemen through-
"Police a re well schooled in the many other phases

of their work, and we are not saying that they are not
good drivers-they are far beller drivers than the
genernl public, and they should bc--but. we beli ve
there Is much more to be learned. both by them Qlld
by all the rest of us.
" These Dnytona Beach car trials were not set up all
police events, but by participating in them we believe
we have laken a further step in awakening the car
ma nufactu rers, the oil industry, the traffic safety
councils, the police forces of the nation. a nd the general public La the fact that here is a new field that
not only needs further exploring. hut needs to have
something done about it, and the sooner the better.
" We need to establish police driving schools where
we can set up a dozen different, hazardous driving
situaUons that are encountered daily by police in
pntrolllng both open roads IUld congested city streets.
"If the police, both rookies IUld veterans, were given
proper instructions in such courses. we feel certain
thfll the drivers of pursu.it cars could more easily
capture fleeing speeders at less risk not only to themselves, but to the drivers and riders in other vehicles
using the same aLreets and highways.
.. Among the many events we could establish would
be the throwing up of proper road blocks on short
1I0tice, under varying IUld trying circumstances. Such
an event would fit in well with our most modern concept of the beRt way to catch R fieeing speed maniac.
lnslead of having one pursuit car throw caution to the
wind ill a wild ride to overtake and curb fl getaway
car , with our new radio intercommunication system
recently established in communities throughout IIlI(Continued un Plige 7)
Cost Factors
In
Urban Construction
(Continued. trum Page 8)
Classification of Factors That Affect

Urban Haulage Costs
nary earth provided it is levelled. Otherwise there

probably will be a dumping charge. Broken concrete
is sometimes in demand for filling pits and for dry
retaining walls and is less of a problem.
Thc converse problem of supplying fiji material is
equally great in urban communities, due to lack of
open areas. Waste earth is rarely stored for later fill
requirements because of excessive storage costs. Some
contractors meet the problem by acquiring sub-soil
from close-in small farms. The top-soil is stripped. a
few feet of sub-soil removed and the lop-soil replaced.
Other contractors have gone into the real estate
business to acquire fill material. A tract of vacant
property is bought outright and a deep hole is excavated in the center. When t his hole is filled with
water, lhc tracl is subdivided into waterfront lots.
How the contractor computes his fill costs in such a
case is his 0 ....'11 knowledge. A control estimate can be
computed only on the conventional purchase of available fiU and requisite haul charge.
Rural
Urban 1
Farmland
Extensive Vacant
Road Closed to traffic
Urban
.e
Partly residential
Outlying cemeteries
Urban 3
Buill-up r~ide.ntia.l
Light Commercial
Light Industrial
Close-In Cemeteries
Airports
Heavy Commercial
Heavy Industrial
Truck or Bus Loading
Areas
Multiple Institutions
is sometimes provided while construction is u.n der

way. While such me.asu res help to maintain the normal traffic flow. lhey do not help t he rate of production.
Lubor costs might be adjusted, on a factor basis,
that is-I.0 for rural, perhaps 1.1 for urban 1. 1.2 for
urban 2, 1.3 for urban 3. A workman who is trying
to "look alive to stay alive" in heavy traffic will unders tandably have only part of his mind on the job.
The large number of adequate barricades, lights
and warning signs required is a nother added urban
exl>ense. There is also the matter of cleanup. HaUlage of earth through neighborin~ residential street
leaves droppings which must be c.leaned up and a lso
sprayed in dry wea.ther. Much dust from the construction operation is sure to bring requests for relief
from neighboring home owners. These complaints
may also prohibit the use of night hours for meeting
a deadline.
Another added urban cost is due to the difficulty of
storing materials until used and equipment that is not
in use. It is unusual to find available space near the
job site in buill'UP areas and where traffic must be
mainL.'I.ined. The time lost in transporting such equipment and material the extra distance is another added
cost.
Anyone who has knowledge of rural construction
costs may quickly obtain the markup factor for urban
construction costs by comparing his normal living
costs - food , clothing, shelter - with corresponding
urban costs. If he then averages these urban construction costs with his known rural construction costs
he will probably find these average costs agree witb
the nation-wide graphs and tables.
This ha uling charge will increase greally as the

center of the urban area is approached. If the basic
cost of hauling in the open 0[" rural su["rounding area
is known, then two or three zones of increasing haulage costs may be set up by adding a factored amount
to the base cost.
These urban factors may be obtained by actually
driving a car through typical zones and obtaining the
driving time through vehicular and pedestrian traffic,
stop signs, stop lights, railroad crOSsings. and bottlenecks, A suggested table of haulage classification
based on a land use description of the general area is
shown on this page.
The haulage type is detcrmined from the above land
use, modified by conditions such as local traffic movement and delaying factors like railroad crOSSings.
traffic oontrols. a nd streets restricting heavy vehicles,
as determined by a field check. If the basic or rural
baulage is 1.0 then urban 1 might be 1.3, urban 2, 1.7
and urban 3 as much as 3.5.
The haulage problem in congested areas has devel
oped the distributor or "middle man" system of supplying the needH of the urban area, from food to building
material. These goods are distributed through the
metropolitan area during oft' peak hours of traffic so
that they are available in all sections of the area when
needed. Of course, lhis rehandling adds to the cost of
the goods. but this added cost is still probably less
than lhe cost of a long ha ul through heavy traffic
from the prime supplier.
The contractor in a rural area might possibly haul
his material direct from a producer at twice the distance he could haul it in an urban area in the same
time. Ther e may also be no gain in circum venting the
distributor by going direct to the producer. because
the lost time of a truck a nd driver waiting his turn at
the loading dock may be greater than the added dist ri butor's cost.
Call for Poppy Girls

Edgar A. Lawrence Post, American Legion, whose
members are employes of the County Highway Department, has large plans for Poppy Day. but success in this worthy effort will depend on getting
enough volunteer sales girls. Poppies will be sold
this year on May 25 and 26, thus, as in previous
years, linking the raising of funds to aid disabled
veterans with Memorial Day. Volunteers will be
asked for only an hour or so of work and, the post
officers say, they will not only serve a good cause
but also meet some nice people.
The traffic. load in urban areas is such that it is

very difficult nowadays to detain traffic. Usually traffic
is maintained on half the roadway. At new grade
separations a run-around slab of expendable pavement
Job of the Month

UILDING construction In the unincorporated Brea
B
of the Connty as reflected in permits issued by
the Cook County Department of Building was down in
HE grade separation structure on South Route

T
Expreasway at 69th Street will span eight traffic
lanes-four in each direction- the median space
reserved (or erA tracks. and ramp lanes at both
sldea of the righl-of way. Between abutments, the
structure will be 268.76 feet in length. The contractor. Kenny Construction Company, is cited for
good workmanship and for keeping the job ahead
of schedule.
4
t rom
Palll!
R .... ld"'nll ddlUolUi .nd alterations-IS Pf'crmili. $66,300.

Acc:ealiOry blilldlnll ll--12 p(.'nnlU, $19S)O.
BUllne. . bulldlnga--One pennlt, $-\0,000.
BUllneu .ddilloni a.nd lliterations-Sl:r pennil., 116,600.
Well_Two penni .., 12.000.
~1I'('('IIa.n~ta-FOUT
permllJl, $1,0(1).
Conslruction jobs for which pennits were issued are

located in the va rious townships as follows :
'ro"n ~ htp
I'.,rmlb
1
Bloom
Hremen
!::lkCro\'!!
Lemont
L!!yd en
Lyona
Police Drivers Win(Contin ued
February as compared
with the previous month
a nd with February of
lllBt year.
The 131 fee permits
represented
an
esti
mated total valuation of
52,62'1,200. In January the total WIlB 53.587.550 and
in February. 1960. it wa5 53.920,030.
Eighty-nine of the February pennits were for single
dwe llings valued n.ltogether at S1.779,200. The largest
item authorized was a motel with restaurant and bar
to be built at about 5100 west on 79th Street. in
Stickney Township, at a cost of $700,200, No permits
were issued for industrial construction or apartment
buildings.
Besides those for residences a nd the motel. permits
were Issued for other types of construction as follows :
nol.8, a pursuing car can alert other police (orccs along

the route to intercept the IlUTSUcd.
"The tint concern oC such 8 driver school, naturally.
is to improve law enforcement, at the same time lessening the risk to lives oC both the police a nd the
general public. The current loss of lives due to aceidcnlll Involving police cars l hat arc being operated in
line of duty is ataggering.
"Of secondary concern, but still importa nt economically, would be the saving of money in many
ways. U policemen had the safe opportunity to learn
the performance abilities of their patrol can, tbey
could prolong the usability of their cars and save the
taxpayers on both repair and motor fuel bills. Moreover, the prevention of accidents would save millions
of dollars in damages and could spare t he lives of
many family breadwinners."
Shortly after t.be team'S return from Florida.
McClcverty received many commendatory letters, not
only from team members, but also from Lbeir super viSing heads. Among the letters WIl8 one from Governor Otto Kerne r of lllinois. in which t he governor
said:
"Please accept my sincere thanks and appreeiation
(or the splendid manner in which you organized and
conducted this assignment. I feel certain that the
Dlinois Stale Highway Polke force a nd the general
pubUc will greatly benefit from the knowledge gained
by the participants in this event."
:S-ew TrIer
Stickney
Thornton
Wh~II0'
WOrth
~,OOO
..."""
1l,400
Northlteld
Norwood PIHk
Orland
PIIlaUne
PatOi
Rleh
Seh.umhurtf
28.400
IIl'~
2
3
~ I aln('
~)
Va luaHon
2
4
104.600
3
1
12
2
S2.600
6.600
274,500
~'600600
"
S
"
1
,."
76..0100
68 600
2~
22.lIOO
S3
1.146,000
36
~200
78, 100
1 000
In the no-fee classification, no permits were issued.
Detours
In
Effect
in progrcas by the Cook County Highway

W ORK
Department requires detours as tol1ows:
OHlO STREi:T bet ieeo Hallted and Union Street&, bridge
t'OnJtn,IC:Uoo tor Northwest Expreuway .-eetler: eolbound
InUDe folio" the m.rked
detour 1lQ10, north on Hili
sted StI'"t 10 Erie St~t
elUlt 10 Union Street a nd
..outh to Ohio Sire-et; ,,esl
bounll "" -ene onler.
PALATTN~:
ROAD
be
IW!o Elmhurst Knsa IUlti
nOhlwlof Road, muln dral o
t'Onltruc Ion. Opl!n 10 IOC.1
SORRY TO INm~NIENCE
YOU .. j'P'W'j,
THIS RESURFACING
lnunc
Onl\'.
Wen bound
t raffle detour lIOu th on Imhunl RQllll 10 f:uel d AVI!_I welt on
EUclid Ave. 10 Northwest IIw)'. IlIld norU\wett on Northwest
Ii")" 10 Huhlwlnll' . nd north 0 0 Rohh.lng 10 PaJntlne Rono .
Enltbound ~VUH ordl!r
WHEELl!"C ROAD between Me Donliid and Pailltl oe Road.,
new brlo.e construeUon over McDonald Crt.-ek. Northbouna
trame detour well on McDonaJd Ro.d 10 Elmhunl !toad, north
on Elmh urst Roa d to PIIIIIUIlt' ROlid .nd e.11 on P.I.UM Road
to Whoollo& Road : IJ(Ilithbound reverlH! order,
Traffic is permitted while work proceeds on t he fol

lOwing named locations:
WOLF ROAD aQIUh o f Golt ROAd In Dt!s PlaJnl!ll, II b)'pa.n
detour, new brtdae IXllUitructlon over Weller Cft!.ek.
P!.uUlng Arel on .. Steep EmtHlnicment.
Morrl. Cherner, Land.ulH' Enll ln .. r, Look. Over thl Job, (S.. PIlle, 4 and 5.)
Vol. VIII No. 11
APRIL, 1961

Published by the Cook Coun ty ( Ill. ) Department of Highways
Under auspices of the Board of County Comm iu ionera
JOHN J. DU FFY, P rtll d e n t
Fran k Bo bryu ke
C h a rl et F . Ch ilp ll n
Jerom e H uppert
Christ A. Jensen
J ohn A. Mack ler , J r.
R uby Ryiln
Clayton F . Smit h
Edward M. Sneed
John J . T ou h y
E IiZilbet h A . Conkey
Sid ney D. Oeutach
Je rry D olezal
John J. Duffy
W lllliI", N. Erickson
F red A. Fulle
Su pe ri n t e nde nt of H lll h way s
Published at 130 North Wells Street, Chicago 6.
FRanklin 2-7644
Extenaion 216
Boob of the Month
March Traffic Accidents

RAFFIC deaths on suburban streets and highways
dropped sharply in March but for the first quarter
T
of the year slood 44 per cent higher than
the same
in
months of H)60.
Thirteen persons were

in 11 separate
accidents. The total was
under February,
six
seven under January
and two under March of
killed
last year.
The three-month total was 52, which compares with
36 last year. The final 1960 total was 220 deaths, an
increase of 49 over the year before. Unless the death
ra.te set in the first three months is greatly reduced,
1961 will be the blackest yeaT in the suburban area.
A striking aspect of the March toll was the high
proportion of deaths resulting from vehicles hitting
objects off the pavement. Six were kilJed~three in
one accident~when cars ran into trees. and another
when a truck was involved in a similar mishap.
Auto-auto colliSions, ordinarily the most frequent
type of fatal accident, accounted for only three deaths
in March. One resulted from a collision between
trucks and one from an auto-truck crash.
Only one pedestrian, a man of 87, was killed in
March. In February, five persons on foot were highway victims and in January, two.
THE WEAVER thinks the rear view

mirror is for his wife to powder her nose.
W ILBUR
The total of all accidents reported- property damage and personal injury as well as fatal-was lower
in March than in February or January. hut the number of injured was higher. The Ma.rcb total was 3,018.
which compared with 3,027 in February and 3.379 in
January. In March, 765 persons were injured. in
February, 702 and in January, 735.
Drivers behind ought to look out for themselves.

When passing, he swings into the adjoining lane
without bolhering to look back.
On expressways, espccia.l1y, Wilbur will bear watching.
Big Job, Sweet Mu sic
this, with a the.me, counterpoint, conflict. dIscord and

finally harmony, familiar to every man in lhe orchestra
from balon through the strings. woodwinds and brass
to the percussion instruments. Good bosses know
when the musicians are working together and when
they are not. If you think this is a contrived metaphor
you don' t know big construction."
In 8. recent talk to newspaper editors. Robert Moses,

famous public works administrator, said:
''There is nothing quite like directing thousands of
free men of all sorts of skills in one gigantic construction enter prise. There is something symphonic about
~____D_a_n_ie_I_R_y_a_n____~1 ~1
G_e_o_r_g_e_A
__. _Q_u_i_nl_a_n~1
__
C a sudden heart attack on ApriJ 8, will be remem

bered tor his .cllve Interest in numerous areas of
OUNTY Board President Daniel Ryan, who died of
F County Highway Depart.ment is without the guiding band of Maj. Ceorge A. Quinlan. Appointed super-
community and public

Ute. and perhaps most
of all [or his vision and
energy in promoting the
expressways. The higb
point of his leadership
in this modern day highway program was the
Intendent when the department was organized.

in 1914.. be was its active
head until his retirement
in 1952. After then, impelled by his lively interest. be continued to
contribute lo highway
planning until shortly
before his death. which
occurred on April 8,
within three hours of the
death of Board P resident
Daniel Ryan.
T he many miles of
modern highways in
MJlj. QulnlJln
Cook County ~ the expresaway and the multilaned arterial routes are. monuments to a Iifelime of
road building that started literally in the mud. for
when he became superintcndent there was less than
one mile of concrete in the County outside Chicago.
Maj. Quinlan's great accomplishment, however, was
mON! than 10 much concrete. Cravcl and dirt roads
of the period were for the most part only links between one village and the nexl He perceived that
fut growing automobile use required coordination of
routes: not merely Improvement of existing roads, but
a highway system designed to afford direct, continuous travel throughout the suburban area and to conneetthe country with tbe city.
OR the fil'8t time since it came Into being, the
full length opening last

autumn of Congress and
Northwest Expressways,
both of which were ex)>edited by his capable

hand.
Completion of Congress construction wilhPruldent Ryan

out undue delay was
made possible by a bond
Issue cooccived by President Ryan. In 1955. when
financing had become It problem. he proposed an Issue
of $245 mllllon to be retired ....ilh 8 yearly allotment
or S21 million which the County was receiving from
the State. II wu necessary to get consent of the
Governor and atate hlgbway authorities and then to
obtA1n approvaJ of the legialature. which President
Ryan did by going to Sprlngfie.ld.
With the bond lsaue approved. sufficient funds were
available to supplement fedcra.1 grants and continue
....-ork on Congress. The bonds, sold in bJocks as needed.
bavc brought premium price.s.
[n 1039. when chairman or the Roads and Bridges
(COnllnu~
on Pace 8)
(Continued on Page 61
New Board President and a New Commissioner

OUNTY Commlsaloner, John J. Duffy, a member
leagues to Mrs. Ryan .

Previous to h is election to the Board in 1950, Mr.
Duffy represented Ule 19th ward in Chicago City Coun.
ci l ror 16 years, He has been the ward's Democratic
committeeman since 1955.
The new President is I!.Xperienced especially in Ute
finunces of government and in building and zoning
regulation. He was chairman or tbe City Council
Finance committee and also beaded the council committee that conducted hearinga on the presen t city
building code. Soon after he became a commissioner
he was made chairman of the Board's Finance committee. 8UCeeedlng Mr. Ryan in that post. He was alao
chairman of the Board's ?oning committee when the
new comprehensive ordinance was written for rezoning
the unincorporated area.
At the April J meeting. M.rI. Ryan was nominated
by President Du1fy, who commented that she was weU
fitted ror public service h)' her long active association
with welfare and charity movements. The oath ot
office WIUI admin1stered by a n ephew. Judge Daniel
Ryan of Municipal Court.
The &ard has chosen Commissioner Sidney D.
Deutsch to be chairman ot lhe Finance committee and
Commissioner Jerome Huppert chairman of the Zoning nnd Counly Hoepilal committ.eea.
of' the bonrd since 1950. was chosen to succeed

C
P I'esidenl Daniel Ryan a l a special meeting of the
Board on April U. The
immediate election of a
new president was n ecessary because his signature is required daily in
maHers of County busi
n....
At that time. selection

of a new board member
to flll the place made
vacant by President
Ryan's death was postponed. A ",-eek later, on
April 18, Mrs. Ruby
Ryan, lbe late president'a widow. was electP r"ld'" t Duffy
ed. voting being unani
mous by the nine
Democratic members representing Chicago. The live
country town memben, all Republicans. do not as a
matter of' law vote (or city members, but one of them,
William N. Erickson of Evanaton, a former board
preaident, arose and pledged the support of his col-
Landscaping Does Double Duty

ORTHWEST Expressway in the depressed portion
N west of Edens junction is receiving a beauty

t reatment that will nol only delight the eye of the
beholder but will also reflect economy in construction
Ilnd m aintenance of the embankments.
Landscaping this part of Northwest is different in

design from that on other expressways. In addition
to providing a pleasing display, the trees, shrubs and
vines serve a structural purpose by making possible
embankment slopes steep enough to do without retaining walls.
Altogether. 5,000 feel of wall has been eliminated
at various piaces. thus reducing costs of the expressway. Furl her savings will be realized in future because the ground cover being planted this spring
replaces g rass and thereby does away with the expense
of mowing.
In the stage of planning Northwest between Edena
and O'Hare Airport, the question arose of whether to
erect retaining walls in certain places, which would
permit embankments of lhree-in-one slope, or to
abandon the idea of walls and run the embankments
steeply up to top of cut, using somelhing else than
g rass for cover.
The degree of slope is directly related to maintenance. Mowing can be done by tractor--drnwn machines on slopes up to one foot rise in three. On
steeper inclines the job must be done by hand, which
is more costly. And there is a limit to the slope on
which a man can manage a mower.
Profile of Steep Embankment on the South Side of

Northwest Expressway Just Weat of Natoma Avenue.
For Ground Cover the Plan C~Hs For 1,223 Virgini a
Creeper Vines, 1,040 Clavey Honeysu ckle, 500 Zabell
Honey.uckle and 475 Dw~ rf Ninebark Shrubs. T~es Are
Sliver M~ple , Douglas F ir, Moline Elm, Ch inese Crab.
display of color from spring through a utumn.

T h e extent llUd dcsiJ;1I of landscaping are evidenced
by the list of plantings for the 1.85 miles between
Nagle Avenue and Canfield Avenue, which is under one
contract. The specified totals, which cover both sides
of the expressway, are 225 trecs. 275 small trees,
19,630 shrubs and 4,205 vincs.
Other items required in t his section include 64.2
tons of peat moss, 2.8 tons of fertilizCI" nutrients, 15
tons of French drain, 28 tons of straw for asphalt
coated mulch, 2.100 gallons of emulsified asphalt.
20,i55 square yards of wood chip mulch, 1,000 square
ya rds of sodding. 3,365 yards of top soil. complete
St"!eding of 14 acres, 600 feet of 4-inch pipe underdrain
and 10 units of s upplemental watering.
Vnrieties in the planting schedule are :
TIm State, which must approve deSign changes,

favor ed wa lls. The Counly, whicb had the Airport
Lead to construct, preferred stC!ep embankments with
out walls. Two reasons for this choice were advanced
by County Highway Superintendent William J. Mortimer: (1 ) walls would add to construction costs and
(2) a n unattractive tunnel-like effect would be created
by expanses of concrete on both sides of the expressway.
He proposed to run the embankments up from the
roadway shoulders to the top of the excavation. letling the slope be wha t it may; abandon the idea of
grass and lawn mowers and instead to use varieties of
ground cover that would thrive in sightly fashion with
littie tending. As in aU instances of departure from
established standards, the proposal was submitted to
the minois Division of Highways for agreement, and
approval was forthcoming in respect to 5,000 lineal
feel.
Before presenting his idea, the superintendent directed the H ighway Department's landscape engineer,
Morrie Chcrner, to make a study. Mr. Cherner reo
ported it was practical. It had been tried successfully
in some other localities a nd plantings suited to this
climate were available in wide choice.
Mr. Cherner a nd his s taff designed the Northwest
la ndsca ping, as t hey do on all County sections of
expressways.
The trees, shrubs and vines selected comprise a show
case of middle west varieties and so have botanical
interest as well as ornamental value. The effect will
be eye catching, for the flowering trees a nd s hrubs
a nd the bushes with bright red berries will provide a
S II"O.: 1' U E&'>;

0 ..",,,,,,,,
H.ot .. "lclll
Iluanll1)'
nam ..
50 Aeer IIIlC('.hllrinum
35 Celli. oceldentlliis
55 Qledlt'lla tr1. inermlH
3(1
Platanus ~rlden t lll1l1

Brun ull Serotinll
-nlill ,\ mcrltllnn
15
Ulmu ~
25
15
to
Ameritsnn Moll nl
PlnU! Res lnasa
1 f)
PHeudOUuga
20
70
Ac.'er Glnllia
Cra t acgu, CrUll-Calli
Milius eoronarla
nllm ..
!:ith'l'r Maple
IIackberry
IIon,;y LOCUilI
Sycamore
mock Cherry
Unden
~Inllnl' Elm
Red PIne
";.' I A I. L T in :.:,."
Malull SptabliH
25
Mlllu! Zuml
Pru nus Americana
20
Amur Mapl e
COckllpur Hay, thorn
Wild Sweet Crab
Chln"'e Crob
Zuml Crab
American Plum
S l rR[TnS
2,.135
Cornu, Stolon l ferll

410 Eilleagnus Angustal ollu
205 Euanymu B Ailltu!
H7i!i Forsythia Su~penBe

910 Ll guSlrum Regallllnum
3,015 Lon lcera C1aveyl
2,080
Lonlf:t'tll Zabell
Red DoRwood
Ruullin 011,,1'
WInged Euonymu5
Weeping F"OI"S)lhla
Regelli PriVet
Clave)' lIon eYlluckle

Zabell lfoneYSIit-kle
Useful as Well as Ornamental
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,,
Immediately East of Canfield Avenue, Northwest Expressway Embankments Will Ollplay an Interesting Variety of
Treu, Shrubs, Vines. and Greensward . On the North Sid e, Where the Slope Runs Steep to Top of Cut, The reby
Elim inating 450 Feet of Wall , th e Covering Wltl Be Vi nc. al'ld Shrubs Set in Bed .. AI Outlined on the Ptan. V.. rletle.
Planted H ere Ine lude t,ooo Amere;tn Bittersweet, 940 Memorlill Rose , 850 Alp in!': Currant, 570 Red DOliwood,
305 Honeysu ckle of Two K ind s, and 300 Weeping Forsythia. The South Side, Where the Slope I, Lower, is Sodded
fo r Gran, with Treu Near the Top and a Clump of 300 Red Dogwood Where the Pedest r ian Fence Meeta the
Grade Separiltl o n Structure. Trees on Both S idel,
Numbc~d on the P lan are: Silver Ma ple (16B), H oney Loeult
(14 A ), Sycamore (19Al, Do uglas F ir (57), Walhlngton H~wth or n (48 B,1 to 8 feet In H eight an d 48 0 , 10 to 12 feet),
and Chlnele Crab (SO,6 to 6 feet, li nd 50 C, 8 to 10 fee t ). All o rtm en t W ill Prov ide Colo r-Summer lind Au tumn.
a.
Ilu l/Ol deni

n llD'e
1.20:5 PhylO<:o.rpUI Monogynu,
1.065 Rhamnus CulharU ~a
1.080 PhooOlyPOs Seantl~nl
2.000 Rlbes Alplnum
445 Rosa Mnl< Grar
460 ROln Muilinora
460 ROSa W\I:,hurInnn
Sympho r lcnrpos
{1"anUI,..
Comnlo n
nUn, ,,
385 Bad Trees Removed
Ownrt Ninebark
Common Buckthorn
The first season of the drive to clear County highway property of trees infected with Dutch elm disease
has come to a close. It will be renewed late this year
and carried on througb the winter, when the t rees are
leafless and conditions generally are more favorable
for the work.
During the first season, the Department's contractor took down. removed and burned 385 diseased
elms. The Department's maintenance crews spotted
about 80 per cent of them and citizens reported t he
others. One volunteer informant, Charles J. Spieg\.
8001 l<~annhill Avenue. Palos Park. has written to
William J. Mortimer, County Highway Superintendent:
"Last fall we wrote to you concerning the removal
of some trees on county highway property (80th Ave.
ncar 128th St., Palos Park ). in accordance with your
Dutch elm disease control program. As promised.
these trees were removed by B. Haney a nd Sons, tree
surgeons.
" You a nd B. Haney and Sons are to be commended
for a job well done! The diseased trees were expertly cut down, the stumps were removed and on
each occasion the street was cleared of debris and
swept clean. All this was accomplished with t he
greatest cour tesy on the part of the workers, maximum respect for private property and with essentially
no interruption of traffic."
Although the tree removal job is suspended during
the summer, residents may report diseased trees on
County highway property at any t ime. Please report
by letter to the Cook County Highway Department,
130 North Wells Street , Chicago 6.
Black Jelbead
AlplnCl Curro. nt
MII1( Grll t ROBI!
JRl'flne!le ROlle
Memorlal ROEe
Indian C{)rnlberry
Orb!cuIRtu~
470 Symphorlr:llrpo~
1,180 Syringe PertlplCf!'
1.1lIXl
1.HO
515
1.:i50
celll"lru~
Albu~
~andelU
Enonymul Colorala
Lyctum HaUmltollum
Po.rthenodllliuB
Qulnquefolln
Common Snow berry

Peralnn LIlac
American BlltCl'lIweel
Wlnler Cn,-'epcr
Matrimony Vine
Vlrllinia Crl"Cper
Vines and shrubs set on the steep slopes are placed

close together so the growth will cover the ground
completely. The holes are in finn cIay. which is filled
with a mixture of top soil. (ertilizer and peat moss.
As the roots grow they will penctra te the clay pots
a nd thus serve to anchor the embankment.
All varieties being planted are three years old. This
season t hey will be pruned back to stimUlate growth.
While there are stretches of retaining wall of various heights in the depressed part of the airport lead,
the resort to steep sIopes has done away with almost
a mile of wall and that remaining is in shorter sections
instead of being continuous, as might have been.
The agreement to change the design was another
example of fine cooperation between County and State
that has prevailed throughout the expressway system.
said Superintendent Mortimer.
I~_____D~a~n_ie~I_R~ya~n
__ ____
__
~1 ~1 G_e_O_r~ge__A__. _Q~U_in_l_a_n~1
(COntinued from Paal! 3)
committee. Mr. Ryan proposed that the board undertake construction of a multi-million dollar Buperhigh.....ay running from the central business district through
the northwest side of Chicago. Thus the project
which laler WElS developed 8S Northwest Expressway
was for the first time presented to a governmental
body with power to act.
President Ryan was deeply concerned with safety
on the highways. As head of Cook County Traffic
Safety Commission. he enlisted the aid of alt suburban
police chiefs and magistrates in a year around program and also gave much attention to the bicycle
program in s uburban schools. Frequently he appeared
on school grounds when youngsters were taking their
safety lane tests. The bicycle program . which operates in more than 450 public a nd private schools, is
regarded nationwide as a model.
When the slate adopted a new speed law in 1957.
President Ryan detected the lack of provision for low
speed limits at school houses. This was particularly
important in suburban Cook County. where many new
school buildings are in high speed areas, he pointed
out. He urged a n a mendment to set up soecial school
zones and this action was taken by the 1959 assembly.
In 1957, the Chicago area. like the rest of the nation .
was experiencing a business recesalon. with considerable unemployment. President Ryan proposed that
the County make the full est possible use of available
hlghway funds to make jobs. both on site a nd in the
ahopA. and in response the Board on May 6 voted on
expressway a nd primary road contracts totaling more
than S18 million. It was tbe largcst day's highway
business in his memory. the President commented.
111 addition to promoting safety on the highways.
President Ryan also headed up a continuing campaign
to keep the rights-of-way clear of litter. He organized
n committee which. under his direction. put up posters,
paraded a float at community affairs, distributed waste
bags for use in a utomobiles and won wide cooperation
of civic groups throughout the County.
Under his administration all County institutions
were maintained at high standa rds. One improvement at Oak Forest, which won attention as an action
in consideration of humlln dignity, WIlB replacement of
the potter's field with a graded a nd landscaped cemetery. The job of grading the field was done by the
Highway Department.
P resident Ryan's death ended more than 33 yCllI"8
of membership on the County Board. He had been
president since 1954 and only recently bad announced
his decision to run for a third tenn in 1962.
He was born on July 14. 1894. B e was graduated
from DeLeSalle Institute and Kent CoUege of Law.
In World War I he served in the navy and after the
war became a law clerk and an insurance man.
His father, Daniel Ryan. Sr., was pres ident of the
County Board ""hen he died in 1923. The son was
elected to fill out the Cather's tenn a nd he served until
1926. He tbcn left the office and in 1930 was elected
again to the Board.
President Ryan Is surved by his widow, a .on. Daniel
Ryan III, and a brother , William, and a sister, Mrs.
J oseph F. Bigane.
(Continued trom Pall! S)
In 1923, when the County had 291 miles of paved

road, Maj. Quinlan discussed the growing system of
highways in an interview \\ith a national rughway
magazine.
"Ou r County system of paved roads has done what
no locsl community system could possibly do," he said.
"It has opened up trunk line roads. througb routes
from the mOSl outlying sections of Cook County.
"If. however. our paved road system depended entirely upon the pRving of roads by the local community unils, which in the case of Cook County. is the
township. we would not accomplish the results desired,
for every community would pave the roada most Important to itself wllhout reference to the neighboring
communities.
"'That Is why In our County road program we are
providing for trunk line roads or lhrough routes.
These t hrough routes a re then hooked up with the
local community roads and in that way every rural
community in Cook County Is given direct connection
with every other community and with Chicago as
well . . . .
"Cook County's paved roads thus tar have c08t about
6.500.000 and the benefits to Cook County farmers
alone have been many times the coaL"
That same year 1923, by the way. the late Daniel
Ryan became a County CommiSSioner, succeeding his
father, Dan Ryllll , who had been President of the
Board.
With cooperation of the U. S. Bureau of Puhlic
Roads, t he Highway Department in 1924 made a eomprehensive origin a nd destination survey of traffic as
the groundwork for the new program Maj. Quinlan
had in mind. Traffic experts advised that a survey on
s uch a scale could not be made. But it was done, and
from the findings ohtained there came the extensive
County road building of Ute 1920's. notably the fourlaned "superhighways" of the period.
Planning a nd construC!tlon of the expressway BYStern were begun when Maj. Quinlan was superintendenl Be lived to see completion of CaJumet, Kingery,
Edens, Congress and Northwest, a far advance indeed
from the scant mile of pavement be Inherited in 1914.
The expressways reftect his professional integrity
and also his appreciation of aesthetic qualities in
utilitarian public works. It was he who IOponsored the
landscaping of the rightsof-way, an idea not considereel in the early plannJng stage. He won his point
against some opposition and as a reault the expressway! have been developed in park.like style that adds
attractiveness to the 8l'eaa they traverse.
He also exercised his conception of beauty combined
with utility In the design of the expressway grade
separation structures. All or most of these many
bridges could have been built from one standard plan,
but the effect would have been monotonous. Maj.
Quinlan directed that each bridge be treated as a
separate project. designed to fit the aite in graceful
form and differing one from another In s uch matter-s
as the center pier-s, abutment wings. faada girders and
hand rails.
One of the County's bridges has been awarded first
place in the nationwide competition conducted annu-

UILDING acUvity II on the increase in Cook County
... well .. ellewhere in the nation. Permits
B
luued by lhe Cook County Department of Building
Job of the Month
for constructlon project.

ares of the County were
three times as many in
March as In February
and the total estimated
value was weU above
~:a.
'Y'
== " . :
twice u much.
In March. 393 tee pennlLB were issued for $6,359,600
valuation. In Io~ebruary. there were 131 feo pennIta
and the total valuaUon WIlS $2.634.200.
Most of the Marc.h pcnnite-281-were tor Single
dwellings. valued allogether at $5.010.200. An even
hundred or them arc In one project in Orland Town.hlp. Ten l>ennlla were for apartment buUdlngs of a
total or 40 unllJr; in Maine Township.
For other types of eonatructlon. penn1ta were laaucd
WI tolloVo'B:
w.,.
Till, 9rldgl Will ConnClct Southbound Lane. of South

Rout. ElCp .....
with Northbound 8tony 1.1~"d Ex-
p .....w.y. Th, Rlmp Toke. Off JUIt Eal' of Cottage

GtOlle Avenue Ind CroNe. OYer Soulh ROlo/le At an
Angle of 35~ Degn ... South ROllte It That Point I,
On. Curve Ind thl Bridge Spanl Ov.r the E.p .....
Ltlnll Are Th.,..fore of Unequal Dlme"llon. One S""II
10 Feet and tho Other, 86 FeeL The Center Span.
OVI ... Rlght-of.W,y Ruerved for eTA Track.. I, 68
Feu. Th. Contractor, Superior Concrete Conltl'Uction
Co"',,")', I, C ited for. Clean Jlna Worf(manllke Job.
RHld~tlal
addition, HId aUeraUons-37 pennlu., lJ64.000.
At"t'rUOf')' bulldln._J:t,hl permllS, .nn.,eoo.

HIIIIM" addltlonJ uti aJt..... Uont--14 permit., ,f1.2S,.5OO
w.,.
InttuUrlal bUlldln.-one pennI!. J9.000.

Jndllttr11l1 .ddlUOIU .nd .1lf!r.UO~l"WD permlu.,I5301XL
Wdl~ll( prnnllS, M.tiOO
MI~lIaMO~IJC pennlt.. 17,000-
By townshlptl, the distribution was:

T_
........
_ I.
..._
Die Urn....
lIarwa'er
...,...
ally by the American Institute of Steel Construction

and two athen have been given honorable mention.
When IIl a1. Quinlan Ulumed direction of the Highway Departmeol he became in every respect a pioneer
ot modern road building. H.la immediate responai
bUlly WM the upkeep of the roads sa he found them
and in those early daye: he had as many steam roller
engineers as civil engineers on the payroU.
AI planning Will directed loward concrete roads. be
needed a set of construction ltaodarda. None waa to
be found. 80 he complied bla own and did 80 well that
they still are "A lid. Laler on, he devised the beam
breaking method of lesting concrete and this too has
conUnued In usc,
Maj. QUinl"n, who WBa SO, was born In Waco, Texas.
He was graduated from Georgetown University at the
head of the clUl ot 1902 and took poetgraduate work
at Mauaebusetta tn.tltute of Technology, Before be-coming Count)' blghwa)' superintendent his experience
Included railroad and city civil engineering. In World
War I he was s major in the anny corps of engineers.
He is survived by bis widow, Uule Alai ; two sona..
George A., Jr. and Louis R .. and a daughter. Mra.
Elizabeth Howard.
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In the no-feo Cillulftention. which includes churehes,

schools, other Jlublle buildings and farm buildings. two
pcrml18 were Issued for a total estimated vaJution ot
$15,200.
Easier on the Seat
--'
A newly de.lgned teat cushion tor truck drivers

places the we1gbt o[ the body on the iJJchia] tuberosiUes, where It belon". The University of California.
which developed the MItaligning cUlhlon. found that
the old 8tyle eeat prcaaed on the driver's thighs and
thereby CIlUaed leg numbness, foot swelling and other
algna ot accident-causing faUgu e, The new seat puts
the load on the ileaL bonCft. which 18 whl\t Ischial
tuberoaitlcs are.
Big Boo"., on South Route Exc .... atlng Job
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N. ..... ly Op.ned Northwtet Expre,,""'.y Feeder to Mlehl",," A.... nu' Viewed From Abov' Erie Street Interchange.
r ""lid Phu10l'I"IIIlh (""mpAn)",
Vol. VIII No. 12
MAY, 1961

Published by the Cook County ( lll.) Department of Highways
Under auspices of the Board of County Commill8ionen
JOHN J, DUFFY, Prealdent
Fra n k Bobryuke
Jerome Huppert
Chrllt A. JeRlen
Jo h n A. Mackler, Jr.
Ruby Ryan
Clay t o n F. Smith
E dward M. Sneed
John J. Touh)'
ChOiflu F . C haplin
Ellubeth A. Conkey
S idney D. Deutlch
Jerry Dolezil'
John J . Duffy
William N. Erlck.on
Fred A. Fulle
W Illiam J. Mortimer
Superi nten dent of H ighway.
FRanklin 2-7544
Boob
April Traffic Deaths
Extension 216
0/ the Month
wo MULTIPLE-CAR crashes,
which three
T
women and two men were killed . marked a rise in
highway traffic dealhs in suburban Cook County in
in
April.
The month's total of

fatalities was 19, which
was only one higher
than in A pril, 1960, but
six higher than in March

this year. l" or the first
four months, the total of dead stands at 71. In the
same period last year, the figure was 54.
One April accident. involving three automobiles, occurred on Edens Expressway. Two women were
killed. In another three-car collision, a woman and
two men met death.
There was one other death on an expressway. A
man fell from a car on Congress near 11th A venue.
Three of the April victims were pedestrians. Three
were killed in colJisions involving two cars. A young
woman in a car was killed by a train at a crossing.
Four fatalities resulted when cars left the pavement
and struck wayside objects and one when a ca. ran
into a d itch.
Rum's Role
In
OR ROLLING ROLLO stop signs work two ways.

F
He never comes to a full stop, hut expects everyone else to.
Rollo is olle of the checked-out 20 per cent of drivers
who practice the " roll ing stop."
This makes him a menace to traffic on the through
route pr otected by the sign.
And when driving a protected route he is also a
risk because he is never p repared to meet another
rolling stopper at an intersection.
Traffic Toll
be considered as probably being a contrib utory factor
to the accidents in whlch they lost their lives.
A study of 500 mota. vehicle fatilitics made by the

National Safety Council to determine the r elation of
alcohol consumption to highway deaths showed that:
Fifty-eight, or 37.2 pc. cent of a total of 156 drivers
killed were under the influence of alcohol or dru nk at
the time of death. An additional 33 drivers had sufficient alcohol in their tissues to indicate that they
may have been adversely affected.
T hirty-six of 137 passengers, or 26.3 per cent.
were under the influence of alcohol or drunk. wit.h
23 more possibly under the influence.
Of 207 pedestrians killed. 64. were under the influence of alcohol or drunk. This is 39 per cent of the
total. Twenty-seven other pedestr ians may possibly
have been under the influence.
Of the total of 500 cases. 158 persons were under
the influence of alcohol or drunk, with 83 more in
the range where their consumption of alcohol may
When Auto Was New

In the early days in Pennsylvania , the angry
fanners formed an Anti-Automobile Society and drew
IIJl some rancy rules. Any motorist driving a long u.
,..'ou ntry road at night was obliged to stop every mile,
send up a signal rocket, wait ten minu tes for the road
to be cleared, and then proceed with caution. Any
motorist who sighted a team of horses coming toward
him had to pull well off the road, COVer his car with a
blanket or canvass that blended with the surrounding countrYSide, and let the horses pass. If the horses
were s kittish and wouldn't pass, the motorist had to
lake h is car aparl piece by piece and hide the pieces
under the nearest bush.- Nlftio1l(1/. J1fotOri3t.
r-.
Ribbon Cut, Expressway Feeder Opened
Mr. PilYle (left), State Sen.tor Wnll;llm J. Connorl, GOllernor Kerner, M.lyor Dilley, Pruiden t Duffy.
ORTH MlCH1GAN AVENUE, the sparkling main

stem of the near north side, was connected with
the expressway system on May 12, when the feeder
to the Northwest route was opened LO travel.
I t was onc of the greater days for the Greater
North Michigan AvenUe Association. which joined
with the Stale, City and County in the ceremonies.
The sun beamed bright and wann and the spirit of
celebration ran high.
Brlef remarks were made. by Governor Otto Kerner.
Mayor Richard J . DaJey and President John J. Duffy
of the Board of County Commissionerll. They were
introduced by W. J. Payes, Jr.. director of the State's
Department of Public Works and Buildings.
As beads of the govcmmenl$ participating in the
expressway program, the speakers cr edited their road
building agencies with line cooperation and also cited
the contributions of the U. S, Bureau of Public Roads,
both financial and engineering, and the good perform.
ance of contractors and nil the men who worked on
the job.
The sjleakers' stand was located on the west approach to the twin bascule bridges over the River
and the symobllc ribbon was stretched close by, aCl"O.Q
the eastbound traffic lanes. As the ribbon was snipped,
the 125-foot leaves of the bridges rose and fell in
salute, and immediate.ly afterward a procession of cars
moved over the bridge and on to the St. Clnir Hotel.
where the ~'li chigan Avenue Association was host HI
luncheon.
The new fncility. in the opinion of the. Association's
president, Hugh C. Michels, wilJ not only be a con
venience for thousands or motorists daily but will also
promote the upbuilding of the area just north of the
R1ver. New projects under way or definitely planned
in view of the all-expressway roule to the near north
side amount to $152 million. he said. and an additional $50 mlliion of construction may be expected
in the nenr future.
The feeder, which takes off from the Northwest Ex
pressway at Erie Street, was constructed by the State

and County at It cost in round figures, of $17,450,000.
The State'a share was the Erie Street Interchanges,
3,500,000, covering both right-of.way and construct ion. The County built the twin bridges, S5,500,Ooo:
the east approach. $] ,150,000; weat approach, $1,227,000: C&NW RR grade separation. $1 ,450,000, and the
Halsted Street separation structure. $535,000.
The County also widened and in part reconstruC'wd
Ontario Street, the oneway westbound reed~'r, at a
cost of approxlmalely $600,000 and l"CSurfaced Ohio
Street, the eastbound feeder. The remainder of the
County'a expenditures was for right-or-way.
At the t3rie Street interchange, the feeder lanes

join the main expressway over on and off ramps in
both directions. The temporary northbound ramp
from Erie Street. which had been in use since the
opening or Northwest last November, was closed
when the feeder was opened.
East of Orleans Street. traffic using the feeder
moves on Ohio Street eastbound and on Ontario treet
westboUl::ad, In that area, vehic.les may ente r or leave
the feeder at any cross street, an arrangement favored
by business interests of the near north side. As a
means of expediting traffic flow, signal lights at inter
sections have been set for 28 m. p. h.
With the olleni ng of the Northwest Expressway
feeder, which measures .6 of a mile between Hal
sted Street and Orleans Street. the total mileage of ex
pressways in usc in Chicago and Cook County rises
to 62.8. On the various routes, the mileage ligurea
are: Edens, 14.7 : Calumet, 13,3: Kingery, 3.0: Con
g ress. 15.1, and Northwest, 16.1.
Each expressway, except Kingery. was opened a
part at a time under a policy adopted by the constructing agencies to admit the public when a usable section
WAS completed.
Counting the ribbon culling at the
feeder bridge. Lhcl"e have be(!n 34 sections opened,
although not in all instances with ceremony.
Expressways Aid Area Development

Cook C01U1ty'S 'Proposed tOltT-mile grid pattern
of limit ed access through highways 1()US discussed
by HI(go J. Stark , chief engilleer 0/ tho County
Highway Department, (It a seminar 011 "Freeways
and Urban Developnlt:mt" cO?tducted by the hi-
stitltto of Traffic Engi"eers ill Washington, D. C.,

April 21. He spoke also of the fleed (0 correlate
all/on"s of trafl S'portlltioll to serve tile needs 0/
metropolis am/ a1.,o cited the rise in property
vaLlieR brought abollt by expressways i1l thi.'I area.
fl
N COO K COUl\TTY, while we were planning Olir expressways, we realized from the beginning that we
would be unable to transport all lhe people on ex-
jiiiiil;:-'-l
pressways by motor
vehicles during rush

hours. so in the Congress Expressway the
median strip wns cleNew Homu SprIng Up Clost- to New H ighwa y .
faT mass tranoperation . We rethat no large

can survive with
one mode of
ness again; through traffic has been eliminated, as well
as turbulence_
When we first started our expressways we were
buying property at $800 to $2000 an acre. Real estate
developers were throwing roadblocks in our way, saying that expressways would cause a deterioration in
Ilroperty values. Today theae same properties are
selling [or 815,000 to $20,000 an acre_
Another reason the expressways have caused an
sppreciation in property values is the wide expanse
o[ ri~hllJ-of- waY-I)ark-like in charadeI' because they
are landscaped.
rnr~~!:~if:~~~:;',
is what
shouldThbee
on each mode.
has limitations.
originmust
and
~~~~~ !::;;!.'Omass
~I;t;rn~D:nsit
, and when
these do not exist or

cannot be stimulated.
the private automobile has a distinct advantage. On the other hand.
freeways with the capacity necessary for private
automobile transportation require vast tracts of land
for right-of-way. complemented with additional space
ror storage, and cannot possibly handle all the load in
l)Cak periods. The urban trsnsporL'ltion problem
must, of necessity, consider all fo r ms of transportation. namely expressways. toll roads , mass transpor
tation, electric or diesel.
We of Ul e lJighwa:r agencies realize that expressways aren't all that is required_ So in 1956 the Superintendent of Highways submitted a new conception
for highway planning in this area, and I will explain
how it came about.
Our present system of highways is basically a grid
pattern with state aid roads on section lines a mile
nparl There are many areas in Cook County also
where roads have been constructed on the half-section
line.
When a majority of these roads "'ere constructed
thcy were located in sparsely popu lated areas wi th
access at infrequent fann entrances, and a scattering
of business at the important intersections. In many
cases. becallBC of the increased development in the
County. these two-lane roads were widened to four
lanes, and with increased traffic. business sections
became more f req uen t lind a scattering of homes pro
vides more access points, which create friction or marginal interferen ce.
In the past fi ftcc.n years subdivisions have mushroomed througho ut the county areas, and there is
very little left of Cook County that is not urban in
character .
ffighways such as Waukegan Road, Milwaukee Av('nue, Irving Park Road, Halsted Street, Dixie Highway. tiS originally constructed and then widened, were
capable of carrying adequate traffic volumes reason
ably (ree of stop signs and stop-and-go lights. These
highways are completely changed in character. Sub-
H ugo J. Stark
Trans portation must be discussed as a IInit, for un

less it is, millions of doHars will be spent in approving
each facility without solving our problems to any
great degree. Neitber expressways. toll roads, 1I0r
mass transportation can do this job. but planned to
complement each other, much can be accomplishr.d
Rnd at a substa ntial saving to the pllblic nnd transportation agencies.
To accomplish this we have the mass transit in the
median strip of Congress Expressway. a nd so far the
mass transit riders on this line have been on the incr ease. The Northwest Rou te, the South Roule and
lhe Southwest Route are also planned for mass transit.
Not only do exprcssways move traffic, but in the
instance of Congress. traffic volumes on Roosevel t
Road and WAshington Boulevard have lost considerable amounts of through traffic, so that today Ule
businessmen along t hese streets are able to do busi-
(Conlln \Jed o n P age 6)
Freeway Experts Note Driver Faults

XPERT observations on expressway drivers- thcir
shortcomings a nd how they may Improve-are
E
presented by the Institute of Traffic Engineers in a
booklet enti tled "Freeway Operations" a nd 8ubbeaded
"New Information on Emerging ResponslbiliUes."
It was compiled following a recent series o[ 12 regionsl seminars. including one in Chicago. which were
attended by more tbllfl 1,300 highway offic.iaJs and
technical personnel.
rn the engineering sense, the term "freeway" which
Is used throughout the book, covers the Chicago-Cook
County expreS8ways B.nd the UJinoie toll ways. Essentially. a freeway is a road of completely controlled
access; the word does not at all signify frcc of toll
charges.
While stili (Illr! y new- for the most part since
World Wer [I- t hese modern fac ilities for fast, uninterrupted travel loom large In the nation's future.
"It has been estimated that a nnual miles of travel
on ITeeWRyS 15 years hence will be greater than on
aU streets and roads 15 years ago," the book slates.
As of now, however, the motoring puhlic, Lo a great
degree, hasn't learned that a freeway is Il different
area.
"The driver on a freeway is in general the same
driver who uses conventional roads a nd streets and
his characterislics and Iimillltions are lbe mme,1t the
traffic experts comment. "Many of these characteris
tics, however, have speCial significance when t he driver
is in a freeway situation".
Althougb drh'ers differ in phYBieaJ condition, mental
attitude. emotional stability and skill at the wheel.
there are some typical characteristics particularly applicable to freeway operations. t he book states. Among
them:
"1. Drivers do one t hing at a time. Ills Important

in f reeway design to avoid situations where multiple
decisions are required.
"2. Drivers rely on certain patterns o( highway design. traffic and behavior- The public will continue to
expect the familiar patterns found on conventional
Properl)' Sp;u;ed, Trine Flow II Fait and Sife .
roads until It gets more accustomed to freeway conditions.

"3. In heavy traffic streams, drivers judge position
snd guide themselves by other vehicles rnther than
Ute road- Since drivers are referencing by oUter
movable objects, their perccptlon of actual speeds is
often inadequate.
"4. Drivers strive to conform to a nd copy behavior patterns around them. This is probably a plus
value in freeway operations. The occasional frecway
user, noting thc uniform behavior of other tramc, is
leas Iikcly to experim ent with speed.
"5. Aftcr long periods with few stimuli, driver re
actions a re slowed. Freeways have eliminated most
of the stimuli that are a part of driving on conven
tiona.1 roads. When a decision Is required on a freeway. however, It Is often more urgent becauae of the
higher speed involved.
"6. F reeways encourage drivers to extend Ute
customary length and duration of their trips. This
(urther adds to the hypnosis problem as wcll us resulting in drivcr fatigue. 1t may lead to serious accident problems near lcrmlnal cities.
"7. Drivers respond to frustration v,:i.th aggression.
This creates an addItional factor in t he accident hazard that accompanies the congestion occurring on
some urban freeways.
"8. Most drivers have only one reflex evasive ac
tion in case of emergency- braking. This Is oflen
not the best response and may in fact be the worst
action to take.
" Many drivcrs are ignorant of Important snIety factors; The duration of the physiological effects of liquor. the effect or wet pa\'ement on braking distance,
the relation of night sight dbllance and stopping distance to various speeds."
Although these characteristics are not subject to
rapid change. freeway driving can be improved by
education through driving schools, the newspapers
and other public information media and the personal
contacts of police and freeway operating personnel,
the book ad\tfses. listing the (oUowing as some of the
important points that can be stressed.
"Trip planlllng-~t oto ri sts s hould make it a practice to study maps beiore trips. Even complI.rntively
short trips on unlamiJiar freeways require that at
least Ute exit intercbange be selected a nd its designation known in advance. Belter sUIi . the drivcr shouJd
also identify the interchange preceding the one de.
sired so he can have plenty of time to position his vchiclc promptly.
"Automobile care. Because of the higher speeds
and abscnce of frequent service establishments, it is
essential to check vehicle condition before embarking
on a freeway trip . . . A car safe for trips around town
is not automaticaUy saf e for freeway travel.
" Entering freeway. The proper use of t.hc acceleration lane to Atta:n freeWAY speeds and to position for
fl. gap before merging is a vita.l new skill to be emphaS ized.
Drivers must learn t.hat rarely, if ever, is it
safe or proper to stop before entering the through
lane.
"Speed. The freeway driver should m8.i ntain a
speed consistent with othe r vehicles in the lane he is
(COnUnuec!. o n P.all 7)
Expressways Aid-
Detours
( Continued tl"l)m Page 4,
In
Effect
in progr ess by thc Cook County Highway

W ORK
Department requires detours as follows :
divisions, shopping centers and urban type business

developments have turned these highways into city
PALATINE ROAD between P.lmlilll"llt Road and Rohh.-Inll'

Road. main drain COnll1'1l eUlln . Open to local trllme. only.
Westbollnd
traJllc deluur
sollth on ElmlillUI Road 10
P.uclld A\@.,.west on Euclid
Ave. to Nonnwest Uw),. and
norlhwest
on
N OrUlwl'lIt
Hwy. to RolilwlnK and north
on RolilwlnK to Pala Um.'
Road .
f'..... tbound l'eo;t!1'IC'I
order.
WESTERN A VF.~UE be IWe('n Flonmoor Road and
Vo llme.r RUlld , Brtdso:e conttru cUon O\'1!r Butterfield Creek .
OlJ'l!n to lunl trllm e ' ml ),. SOuU'lOOlind trame detollr eOlt on
f'lo.~imoor ROlld to DIxie IIlghw. ) lind south on DI'Cle. IUah wily to Vo llme.r Roall Rnd W('II on Vollmer Road to Wc"tem
Ave.nue ; nurlhbOuntl n.'Vl!rIe Order
MAOISON STItI::F.T belWCf!n 2'illi Avenue and IIInnnhelm
Roa d. widening and rUlirfa clnll'. Ol~n to. local tram l;!' o nly.
WeJlliounct Irame detour north on ~ lh A\'enue 10 Wathlnillon
Rlvd . nnd We.t on W ...hlnglon I3I\'d. to ~hlllDlielm lIond and
SOulh 0/\ Mll nnht'\m ROld 10 MllcUton $lrl!'(!l; en81bound reverse arlit-I'.
sLree18.
Il is now necessary for the safety of the motorist

and the pedestrian to restrict the speed in some cascs
to as low RIl 15 ~iPB, and to dot the highways with
stop lights nnd stop signs. In addition, parking has
reduced lhe traffic capacity of a four-lane bighway to
leu Lban the former two-Inne road.
To allevinte the traffic congestion. following the
plan now In lorce, we would widen existing pavl!menta
and construct olhers on the half or one..quarter seclion lines. This type of planning is no longer satisfaclory in Cook County. It merely creates additional
ha7.ardou8 Rnd complicated Intersections, and brings
more through tramc to streets that should now be
used in lhe main to serve abutting property.
SORRY TO INCONVENIENCE
YOU
ill ;",/-
THIS RESURFACING
Truffl e Is pennitted while work proceeds on the follOwing na.med locations:
We flrb Ilrescutl;\' engaged In planning controlled

access freeways located In a grid pattern spaced approximately four miles apart. These highways will
provide two la nes in each direction separated by a
median strip: no left turns. no cross tmffic, and access limited to control points. Service drives will be
constructed when necessary to serve abutting
property.
This construction would provide a limited access
highway within two miles of a ny resident oC Cook
County. It would provide a fast. safe, continuous flow
of through traffic, separating it from the strictly local
traffic, and would appreciate property about bot.h
types of highways.
Three times as much traffic can be moved on this
facility lUI on a parallel boulevard in half the time,
at half the cost and with one-fifth t he fatal accident
WOLF !tOAD lIoulh o f Golf nouu

deto ur, new brldKe c:onllrllctlon over
CE/'.'TRAL. A\'~;NUE IieI",t!'I"" ~th
bound (rnlne de tour Io'ul o n ~Ih 10
AUIUn to 631"11 lind ellsl un 63rd
reverse.
KEDZIE Ii. VE:<''UE between 88th
~surtaclnll'.
In Del Plaine-. a Ily pau

Welter Creek.
Ilnd 83m Sll't!'I"lI. South -
Ar,uUn
An~nUe SQulh un
10 Central ; northbound.
!:;treet and 9:Jrd Street.
Bid s Due on Nine Jobs

Three Items in the extension of East Lake Avenue
through Glenview are among nine jobs for which bids
will be received by the Board of County Commissioners on June 6.
Easl Lake Avenue, which is to be extended from
Waukegan Road to Pfingsten Road in the first stage
and eventually to Milwaukee Avenue, will be n controlled n.eCCS8 highway. There will be more frequent
entranees and exits lhnn on a n expresswny but fewer
than on n conventional road .
... ,.
The genersl locations to be considered on this system wO\lld enable U8 to purchase right of way from
unimproved Ilroperly, Ilnd In the majority of lbe locations would not disturb existing deve1opments. This
system would be Integrated into Ule expressway system. and ena ble us to spend our money more wisely by
providing t\ laclllty for moving trnffic more quickly
and with greatcr safety.
At the Milwaukee Road tracks and Le.Righ Avenue,

East I..nke will run through a n underpass. This structure, R bridge over the North Branch of the Chicago
River a nd a pumping ataUon are ready for bids.
We are Ilt present building Pwntine Road as a part

of the system and are using Federal Aid Secondary
Funds for financing. We expect to use Federal Urban
Funds on some of the other Routes.
Also for bidding June 6 are lbree expressway items

- grading and paving on South Route from east of
Cottage Grove Avenue to l09t.h Street and Doly A venue ; a main drain on the West Leg of South Route
from Wentworth Avenue to l03rd Street, a nd a main
drain on Stony bland Expressway from 95th Street
to 103rd StreeL
The bollds will bf" I'etired by the Federal government and charged to future a llotments of Fedeml
funds for lh~ Interstate System as the bonds become
due. This has expedited the construction of expressways in Cook County.
The other jobs on the list are:
The advent of these expressways has moved far

oUl suburbia to within 30 or 45 minutes of the loop.
Of course It. requires a little more time during the
rush hour periods. But communities sueh as Barrington. which is 50 miles Northwcst can reach the
loop in less thnn nn hour. This ease of travel helps
maintain a central business district which is the core
of our tax structure, and without Expressways Cook
County would very soon become Il decentralized area.
Chicago Avenue (Maywood), 42-fool portland cement concrete pavement between 17th Avenue a nd
F'irst A venue.
Forest Preserve Drive. widening and resurfacing
from irving Park Road to Montrose Avenue.
lOOth Avenue nt the Wabash Railroad, bituminous
pavement from 145th Place to 144tb Street.
Job of the Month

EVEN sizeable projects-----commercial, industrial
and school
included
permits
Sissued
April by the Cook County Department of
b uildings~were
in
in
Building, which has jurisdiction in the unincor porated area of the

County.
The 293 pennits reflected estimated costs
totali ng $7,387.000. This
figure compared with $6,389.600 in l he pr evious
month a nd with $5,681,000 in April of last year.
Perm its were taken out for three schools:
The Christian Brolhers will build a high school of
one slory. 155 rooms. at 77th Street a nd Central Avenue, St. Lawrc.nC{! P arish, S tickney Township ;
$1.645.800.
St. Emily's parish will build an elementary school
on Central Road just west of Wolf Road, Wheeling
Township ; one story, lS rooms; $415,400.
l.o"orest Ridge School District 142 will build an ele
mentary school at 149lh Street a nd Laramie Avenue,
Bremen Township ; one slory, 23 rooms; $283,000.
The Northwest Motel Company received a permit
for a two-story, 88room motel with cocktail lounge
to be built on Higgins Road south of Oakton Street,
Elk Grove Township ; $382,200.
The Clark Oil Refining Company will build an addi
tion to ils proceSSing pla nt at 1315t Street and I(edzie
Avenue. Worth Township ; $400,000.
Arlington Park J ockey Cl ub will do a dining r oom
remodeling job estimated to cost $209,000.
The Ma l'quette Cement Ma nufacturing Company
took out a pennit to conslruct additional office a nd
truck loading facilities on Touhy Avenue between
York Road and Mt. Prospect Road ; $200,000.
Of t he 293 April permits, 14.3 wer e for Single resi
dences estimated to cost 53,152.200. Permi ls for construction or other types were issued as follows:
Thi. post-stressed eonerete girder bridge, 104 feet betwee n abutments, will ear r y Wentworth Avenue oller
t he West Leg of South Rout e Exprenway. It will
have five traffic lanel, affording a left turn bay at each
end: sidewalk. o n both aid es and a median s trip , 83
feet In w idth overall. Contract price I_ $667,000 in_
cl ud ing grading Olr'ld pav ing approaches, Herlihy MId
Continent Company I, co ntract or for the County.
Freeway Ex perts,ConUnued from Page
~)
using. SlX'eds raster or slower are potentially danger OllS.
"Spacing. T he spacing behind the preceding car

should be commensurate with the travel speed . . .
Dropping ba ck to allow an occasional car to cnter the
lane is a necessary part of the give-aDd-take of (reeway driving.
"Drowsiness . . . Drivers s hould be cautioned to

change pOSitions, keep eyes moving, s top at r egular
intervals for exercise ( in appropriate areas), con
verse with passengers and avoid over-extending a
day's trip. Usually one and one-half to two hours is
considered the maximum safe driving period.
"Changing lanes. Drivers must remain continuo
ously alert to the other vehicles on the freeway and
check behind a nd in adjoining lanes before altering
course, A t freeway speed, the rela tive positions can
change rapidly.
ltesldcnUal additions and altcratlonll-----45 permil.5, $186.300.

Accessory bulldlng&-62 pennlu. $113,900.
Buslnen buildings-Five permllS, S5Q8.6OO.
au~lnell addition. and alleratlon ..... Nl nc permllil. $2.~9.IOO.
tndustrifl l nddltlonl and alternUon&-Thrce pennlh. $10,000.
Well.- Three permits, 53,000.
MI~ "eIIRneous-10 permits. 5-18,100.
The d istri bution of April per mits by townsrups was:

T ........ hlp
Bloom
Breme n
Elk Grove
IIanO\'er
Lemon t
Leyden
;'Eme rgellcies. A stopped car on or near the freeway pavement is a tremendous hazard. Continuous
usable shoulders a re provided a nd drivers should try
to get a disabled car clear of the traveled la nes at
once. A ruined tire is preferable to a serious collision.
ALter the vehicle is stopped clear of the freeway lane,
the driver should display a ha ndkerchief at the lefl
side of the car as a distr ess signal a nd possibly raise
the hood of the car.
L)'"n~
Vu l ""l i .. n
$
1,000
41
1 ,240.200
7
j
2
15
II
;',lnl ne
2j1
NilI'll
NOrlhlleld
1
'2G
1
7
21
No rWOOd i>lIrk
Orla nd
PalnUn,
P aL(I:
Rkh
S<'hRumbu,'"
Slickney
"Leaving the freeway . .. Proper use of the decelera Uon lane or exit taper to reduce speed after leaving
the freeway lane is an im portant technique wruch the
driver must also learn."
1'erml1..
2
:J
Thornton
6
31
2
Whl'C!lIng
Worth
>15
17
55,300
1.900
11,I:l00
88,100
1D5 sao
239:100
78.000
<131:1.700
2:'1.600
68.!500
680.500
35.500
:~2.800
87 .100
>l1iO.ROO
1.500
~.400
Ml7.100
In the no fee classification, which includes churches.

schools, public buildings a nd fann buildings. the estimated value of permits issued was S2.525,800 including Lhe schools noted above.
Work Progre..u In the Area Where South Route :o:prellwa), Dlvldu in 95th Street Into EUI and Welt Le"a.
Vol. IX No. 1
JUNE, 1961
COO K COUNTY HI GHWAYS

Publi,hed by the Cook County (Ill.) Deparbne nt of llighwaya
Under aUlpices or the Board of County Commisaionen
JOHN J. DU FF Y, Pruld"nt
F rank BobryUke
Charlu F . Chaplin
E lizabe t h A. Co nke y
Sidney 0, De u tsch
Jerry DolUlill
John J . DUffy
W illiam N, Er ickson
Fred A. Full,
Jerome Hu ppert
Christ A. J enle n
Ruby Ryan
Clayton F. Smith
EdWilrd M. Sneed
John J. Touh)'
William J. Mo"imer
Superintendent of H ighway.
Published at 130 North Wellt: Street, Chic:aro 6.
FRanklin 2-754 4
Extension 216
Boob of t he M on th
May Traffic Fatalities

PERSONS losl their lives in accidents on
SIXTEEN
SlreelS and highways In s uburban Cook County in
May. The figure was two
under April and also two
under May of 1960.
While 8 ny improve-
menl Is encouraging, suburban drivers will have
to do much more to
bring lhis year's fatality toll bnck to last year's level.
At the end of five months this year, the total oC deaths
was 87; last year, 72. The National Sa fety Council
has just reported on the first four months of the year,
in which the nationwide increase In Lraffic deaths was
about 1 per cent higher than in 1960. Suburban Cook
County's four-month increase W8ll 31 l)Cr cenl.
Six of the May fatalities oc.curred when drivers lost
control and their cars struck wayside obj ects- posts,
trees, viaducts, bridge rails. Two such accidents occurred on Edens Expressway,
Two of the dead were pedestrians, one a boy of 10
who was killed on the TriState Tollway.
Two were killed in multi.,le veh.icJcs cr ashes, one involving three cars a nd II. truck and the othcr, four
nutos. Four deaths resulted from auto-aulo colliSions,
one [rom an auto-truck crash nnd one when a car was
struck by a t rain,
Detours
In
THE FLASH practices creative driving,

FREDDY
He crentes conditions for accidents.
He speeds to beal a red light, cuts in and out in
sennt spnce, passes on hills and curves, rolls through
slop signs and regards caution 8S a sign of weak
character.
All the accidents the creative driver sela up do not
come off because smart drivers practice what has
come to be known as defensive driving.
They've caught on to Freddie. but the FllUlh still
rates himself the slickest number on the road.
Effect
Work in progress by the Cook County Highway Department requires detours as follows:
PALATL.... E ROAD bet ....-een Elmhurll !HId and Rohlwlng
Road. maIn drain oonlll'llction. Opt!n to local tram" only.
Westbound
tramc detour
Stluth on Elmhllrll RolUl 10
";udhl Ave., ... ",t on Euclid
.0\"1.'. to Northwut HwS. and
nOrlh\\ell
on
Northwest
I[ .... y. 10 Rohlwlnl and north
on Ro hl ....,nl to Pa[atlne
Road .
t::aitbound l'e\'erJJe
nl'der.
WESTERN A VENUE betwC!('n Flollmoor Rand and
Vollmer Road. 81'11111" conll l'llction 0\'1.'1' 8uUertleid Creek .
Open to 10('1l1 tramc only. Southbound tramc detour east on
F'loumoor ROAd 10 DIxIe IIIghwR), Ilnd .auth on DIxIe HllIh.... ay to \'ollmer Road and well on "oUmer KDlld to Western
Avenue; northbound
ordtr
MADISO:" STREET bet"\\een :lSth A\'enue and ;\'annhelm
Road , wldenlnl lind resurrac!nl. Opt!n to local trillne only_
W~lbound Iraine detour north on 2:Sth .o\\'cnue 10 Wlllhlnl"ton

81wl lind Wut on Wuhlngton Ui"d. to Mannhelm Road and
::;outh on Mannhehn Road to .Malll.an Street: eaatbound r .. Vl!rll! order.
c....:NTRA L AVE:>IUE bet....een -"th nnd 6.1rd Slreet.., SOuthilOlLn!! trllmc detour we8t on 55th to AUltln Avenue, south on
,\u~tln 10 6.1nl lind eaat on 63rd to Central: northbound,
r~VCrie.
Traffic is permitted while work proceeds on tbe fol

lOwing named locations:
WOLf' !tOAD .auth of ColI ROlld In Del l>:Ialne., a hYpaJll
deto ur. nl'''' bridge- c:oru;tru<'"l-In'l 0\1"1' Weller er.ek.
KEDZIE AVE:>IUE bc!t ....("(!fl 88tb SU'etl and 93rd Street,
re.urtaclna.
"'''''I'M'
Gifts Set up Ryan, Quin lan Memorials

E)'fORIALS in the names of Daniel Ryan, President. of the Board of County Commissioners. a nd
M
Ma j. George A. Quinlan, the first County Highway
Superintendent. have been established 'Nilh funds contributed by personnel of the H ighway Department.
Both President Ryan and Maj. Quinlan died on the
samc day, AprilS.
At 8 brief ceremony on J une 1, gifts in the amount
of $7,000 wer e hunded to a representative of Opus Dei
( W ork of God) to be used in its progr'.lm of educating
young JallanclK' in the English language a nd western
culture.
Members of Opus Dei are former profeSSional mC'.n
who have earned docto rates in theology at the College
of the Holy Cross in Rome a nd a re engaged in a

wo rldwide educational movement.
More than 200
teaching centers and residences have been established

in 42 countries. including a language institute and a
cultural center in the Osaka-Kobe indus trial area of
Japan.
Since the membershlp includes numel'ous ci\'i1 engineers, it was deemed fitti ng that Opus Dei be the
means of honOring two men whose lives wore largely
concerned with public works.
Cheeks Given in Memory of Dan iel Ryan and M;! J.

Ge orge A. Qu inilln are H anded by Superintendent
Mortimer to Fr. Maduria fo r Opus De i. Others In the
Group ( left to right ) are Mrs. Ryan. P resident OuN y
and Mrs. Qu inl an .
two members of Opus Dei. both of them fonner engineers.

Fr. Raymond Madurga. who received the gift from
Superintendent Mortimer , is a teachor in Japan. He
was accompanied by Fr. J oseph L. Muzquiz. of Woodlawn Residence. the Opus Dei Center for University of
Chicago students, at 5544 Woodlawn Avenue.
In Japan. said Fr. Mndurga. it is hoped that "a
growing impact of communis m among the studont
population" will be counteracted by the teaching of
English. t hereby bringing the young people of the
count.ry into contact with the ideology of the free
world. Possibly. he said. education will prevent
student demonstrations such as the rioting which prevented President Eisenhower from visiting J apan.
"We have found these young people, espeCially tile
college graduates who have entered business, extremely eager to learn English," he said. "The money
which you have given will enable us to teach several
hundreds of them in night classes conducted twice a
week."
Attending the Ilresentation exercises. together with

employes of lhe Department. were Mrs. Ryan , Mrs.
Quinlan. President J ohn J. Duffy of the County Board,
William J . Mortimer. Highway Superintendent. and
III his Ollening remarks, Mr. Mortimer paid tribute

to President Ryan a nd Maj. Quinlan. und~ whom Mr.
Mortimer ser ved as assistant superintendent.
" President Ryan was very close to the Highway
Department." the superintendent. said. " He was
greatly interested in the expressways and was always
ready to talk about the progress of construction and
plans for the future.
" Maj. Quinlan was my mentor. I learned from him.
I earnestly hope that I can operate this department as
efficiently as he did."
President Ryan and Maj. Quinlan. said President
Duffy, "were responsible in great part for an expressway system which we boast is onc of the finest. "
"This tribute to their memory is well deserved," he
added. "and the means of ex pression is most fitting.
I am proud of the Highway Department. and 1 say
that. on behalf of the entire Board of Commissioners."
Proposed Bu ild in gs for t he Selda Lang uage Institute

( top ) and the Seido C ultural Cenler, Wh ich Will Be
Aulsted Wit h Gifts by County H ighwa y P ersonnel in
Mem o~ o f Dan iel Ry;!n ;!nd M;!j. George A. Qu ln l;!n.
Justice Rules Right-of-Way Deals

Procc(lures lollotoed by Cook County iJl acquiTillY lalld for expressways and olhCT roads 10eTC
related by Jamc!I F. Kelty, A-,,,istatlt highway SIt.pcrinlcndent. at the I tltenwtiollltl Apprnisal
Conference presented by the Am.erican Imttitltte
of Real Estate Appraiser8 ill Chicago last -month.
IIfr. K elly. lrlw is tile highway Deparhneli/'s land.
IIcqltisitio-li officer, IW8 bee" preside"t 0/ the
Chicago Cllupter 0/ the America" Right-af-Way

As.'Iociation {/lid is now aile oj amt O$sociation's
/latioltal directors. His talk follows ill part.
UR RlGBT-OF-WA Y Rcquisitions
O
business, recreational and farms lands.
cover mnny
types of lands and improvements-residential,
.My r emarks
will cover the procedures and techniques in
usc in acquiring lands
for expressways, for pri.
mary highways differ
only in magnitude.
We have approximate
ly 135 miles of express
ways planned through.
out the City of Chicago
and County of Cook. We
Jame. F. Kelly
anticipate an expenditure of a little more than a billion dollars for this
work. We have completed approximately 60 miles of
expressways.
The County, for its share of the system. has spent
up to date. approximately $315,000.000, of which approximat~Jy 95,000.000 was for right-of-way.
Where do )'0 11 come into the picture as appraisers ?
You have heard a great deal lately about the fifth
amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
I refer particularly to that part concerning the due
process of law. and the most important section is that
private property shall not be taken for public use
without just compensation.
Under the Illinois Constitution of 1870. Article II,
Section 13 of the Bill of Rights, it is set forth specifically that private property shall not be taken or damaged [or public use without just compensation. It
goes on to state that when such compensation has not
been set by the State it 8ha.11 be ascertained by a jury.
Keep that in mind fo r a moment. Compensation shall
be ascertained by a jury-a jury consisting of twelve
good men and true.
Our problem is to get 88 much lead time as possible
in acquiring right-of-way for expressways and primary roads.
Construction plans are prepared showing the
amount of land necessary for construction to make
certain of our takings or partial takings in the event
a traverse is filed challenging our needs. Simultaneously with completion of construction plans, field data
[or each taking is procured.
This field daLa is analyzed, classified and correlated by our appraisers in the same manner as a professional appraiser. Photographs are taken, title
data assembled. This information 15 transmitted to
the State's Attorney's office [or review, information
and consultation purposes as well as for advice on

problems we may encounter ill our acquisition proceedings.
At this l)Qint I would like to make one observation
in procedure technique that needed adjuslment when
we first slarted out.
We reali7.ed that appraisers were entitled to their
own opinion of valUe as shown by their appraisal reporlB. Howeve r, it was and still is necessary to review their work. In order to review their work, we
insisted that the assembly of data on which they
based their opinions, that is the information relative
to their appraisal IJrocess, the COSL approach. the
market data approach. the income approach, com parsble sales, etc. s hould be placed on a form develoJ>cd
by our department in conjunction with and in combination with (Orms used by several top level appraisers.
I assure you this was not an easy task, but we demanded and insisted that they comply or avoid working for the County. They complied.
It must be remembered also that in acquiring land
for highways we have a willing purchaser and an unwilling seller, a forced sale, so to speak. He has something we need and he is most reluctant to part with it.
Now. based on your appraisal, the Superintendent
of Highways, on behalf of the Board of County Com
missioners, makes an offer to the property owner.
The owner is advised that he has a reasonable length
of time. preferably ten days, depending on circumst:mces, to accept or reject the offer, and in any event
to advise the State's Attorney cOllceming bis desires.
After ten days pass. a condemnation resolution is
prepared and petitions filed. The owner is given an
opportunity to bring in appraisals and other dala if
th~ question is one of compensation.
His appraisers
have an opportunity at this pretrial conference to
show where our experts might be in error, in opinion
or estimates of value. Usually an agreement is
reached at this time.
Failure to agree results in the owner's being noWe proceed to trial and verdict and
judgment order. It is interesting to note that tht!
courts have never sustained a motion to traverse.
The compensation awarded by the judge and jury
in the majority of cases has not been much more than
our offer. rn some instances it has been less.
At this stage, a meeting is hcld with the State's
Attorney in Cllse the compensation awarded is greater
than we believe it should be, and the question of
whether or not to appeal is considered. All circumstances are reviewed, it being kept in mind that our
goal is to make the property available for construction
at a reasonable and fair price. To date we have had
only one appeal and that was by the defendant.
We know that in the acquisition of rights-of-way
for highway purposes. either hy negotiation o r condemnation, we do not usually find the willing seller
and the willing purchaser associated with the definition of fair cash market value. We feel it is our obHgation as the willing purchaser to recognize the merits of the law established many years ago when it was
stated in the Constitution that we pay just compensation.
ticed into court.
Camera Aloft Covers the County

By Allen J. Hamilto n
Coole Coun1)' HlghWill), Oepanmt:,1t
AERIAL pbotograph project covering the entire

A NCounty
section by eectiOD hIlA been completed by
the Highway Department. for use in locating
expressways and other

new routes, improving
old roads, planning
drainnge systems. traf
fi e engineering studies
and olber functiolls of
lhe DeparlJncnt.
The 954 squat'c miles

Atlen J. Hlmltlon
of Cook County. including t.he City oC Ch icago. Are represented on 960 posi
tive transparencies. some sections. as along the lake

shore, being fractions. The scale is 1 inch to 400 feet
and thus. I!IecUon picture is approximately 18 by 18
inches.
Since it is essenUal to hllve ground views fret' of
snow and foliage. the photography was done last
November and In March and April of th.is year. The
resul18 were hlgbly 8llliafaclOry. with all details of
bulldlngs and natural features readily discernible.
Aside rrom their time-saving value in higbway
planning, the photographs are Interesting as high
lighting the rapid development or the County in recent
yeal'll, especially in lhe 8ubu rban area and especially
aJong the expreaaway routes, Remarkable changea
are to be seen lIince 8 previous camera project was
Hown In 1958. Many open tracts at that time have
become closely built residential communities.
Slriklng alterauone or ltmdecape are noted when
1961 sky shots are Illaccd alongside lhose made in
1938 preliminary to 100001lng the expressway routes.
Such a compnrison Is afforded by pictl1rcs reproduced
on this page.
Aerial photographs have been used by the Highway
Department since the atarlof the expressway program
and have proved to be valuable in many ways. They
are still u&eel mainly In the study of expressway loca
tions, but they have al.ao been foulld useful in virtually
every other type of "Ianning.
Since an uprfliswal' route. generally speaking.
mUSl
be dlrecl to save C08ta, Il is important to know fil"8l

of all how the line ean be located to serve its purpose
and at the same time avoid obstacles expensive to
remove or to detour. From the photo it is possible to

see at once most of the jlh}'aical features that affect
high .....ay IOCRtlon. which an engineer walking on the
ground cannot pOIlslbly do.
Preliminary aLudlea ror the location of Edens Ex
pressway were mode on aerial photographs taken for
the U. S. Department of Agriculture in 1938. PrinUl
were made avallnble to the. Highwa.y Department. We
mounted thl:'.m on heavy cnrdboard to form strip maps
When Photogrlphed In 1138 (top ). the Vlelnlty of

Burn him Avenue .nd !75th Street W.s an Area of
T ruek Firm . Now. With Kingery ElI;preSlSway On the
Line of l75th Str.. t. It Is Closely Built With Homes.
\COnUlluetl on i>Kge 7)
It's a Grand New Flag
Owners Given Answers

s AN EXPRESSWAY project approaches a residential community, anxious questions arise in
A
homes within the arca to be cleared: " Will we gel a
fair price for our property'?" "Can T move my house
to a new location?" " How will school children get
across the new highway?" and many more.
For reasonable questions there a rc reasonable and
assuring answers, as some 200 home owners learned
at a meeting held June 6 under sponsorship of lhe
Morgan Park Civic League. They live a long the line
of the West Leg of South Route Expresswa y. which
is in the stages of right-o f-way acquisition and early
construction. They understand the operation of eminent domain; the,Y know they must move. but they
would rather not.
Cou nty Board President J oh n J . Duffy told the
meeting that th e County wo s sympathetic with families leaving homes occupied for many years.
"A major impr ovemen t such as the expressway
always makes an impact on a community," he said.
"Everyone wants it. but everyone would like to avoid
inconvenience. That is human nature.
';1 recall t hat when the PWA was operating we were
able to have some badly needed sewers buill in this
neighborhood. Many times we heard people living on
streets where the sewers ran say, 'We want them. bu t
can't they be put over on some other street?'
"Traffic congestion is one of Chicago's most serious
problems. We are building expressways to solve this
problem. to make it easy for you and others to go to
the loop or out of town without loss of time. This
West Leg is a main elemen t in the Federal Government's interstate system . E ventually you will be able
to geL on it rIght here in your own neighbor hood and
go to New Orleans o r California without running into
a single stop light.
;'1 am sure that when this new highway is completed you will all be proud of it. In the meantime.
the Coun ty will do everything possible to alleviate
your hardships. "
With County Board President J o hn J . Duffy at the

Hal ya rd s. the Co unty's Newly Ad o pte d F lag Makes
Its F lnt Appe ill ran ce Over the Clark St ree t Entrance
of the Cou nty Build ing In Time for Na t io nal F lilg
Day . Cen t ral Oes lg n I, New County Su i Surrounded
by a Band Conta in ing 38 Small Stan. One for Each
T own ,hlp, a n d One Lilrger Star for Chicago, the
County Sut. Co lori n g I, Blue, Maroo n and Gold. Soo n
the New Flag Will Fl y at Ail County Inst itu t ions.
believe we have a moral obligation to do all possible

to relieve your hardship."
With the aid of a scale model of the West Leg.
Hugo J. Stark, Chief Engineer of the Highway Department. explained construction plans.
" Originally. it was planned to dep ress the right-ofway throughout this area," he said. ''However, many
problems arose. such as two trunk sewers that would
have to be relocated at mlJch expense. So il was
decidC'd to elevate beyond l07th Street.
"This trestle will be less costly and will save a
year's construction time. It will permit more croSS
streets because they will IJasS under the structure.
Children going to school may cross at any street. If
it develops that there is a concentration of child ren
in t he depressed section. then we can provide an over
head pedestrian bridge. as has been done on Congress
and Northwest Expressways."
To q uestions abo ut moving houses from right-ofway to new locations. Nineteenth Ward Alderman
Thomas F. Fitzpatrick said: "In gene ra l, the city
building department will penuit moving buildings that
meet building code standards. Substandard buildings
must be demolished."
J ames F. Kelly, Assistant County Highway Superintendent, said that offers to buy will be in the hands
of O\Vl1ers of property up to 107th Street by June 20
and up to 119lh Street by October.
" There is constitutional requirement that just payment be made for land taken, o r damaged, for pu blic
use," he said. "Our offers will be based on thorough
appraisals. You will have 10 days to consider . We
endeavor to make these offers completely fair in each
instance, but if you believe Ule price offered you is
below the value of your property, you may appeal to
t he cou rts.
"Thus far in the expressway program there ha ve
been very, very few appeals from Coun ty offers.
"(f you wish, you may remain in your homes a rea
sonable time after you have sold. T he Board of
Coun ty COffill'lissioners and the Hjghway Department
Bids Received June 6

Bids on nine highway jobs. including three expressway items, were received by the Board of Count y
Commissioners on June 6. The low hidders:
South Route Expreuway---Crlldlng and JIIlvlng lOSth St. to
Co tt Rge Grove Ave .. Roek Road COnstruction CO . $1,009.986;
main drain loard St. and Wentworth Ave. 10 981h 51. and
Ra cine A\e . John Doherty Co .. $973,259.
Stony 11lland xpreuway_Mllln drain 95 t h St. to lO3rd St..
John Doherty Co .. $~81.933.
East Lake Avenue eX len slon---Crade separation at Lehigh
o\\e. and CMStP&P RR. Thomas McQutoen, S!i14.023: bridge over
nort h branch Chicago River. W. A. Randolph Construcllon Co ..
$182.706: pumping Il tlltl<m Ilnd mn ln drain. Kenny Conlllruction
Co .. $4S7.l7L
Chicago A\enue. Mllywuod--42r"ot pO rtl and cemen t concrete
P!lvement between First A\'I~. and 17th A\e., J. M. COrbett Co ..
$j.12.2'79.
Forest Presf'rve Drh'e-To be widened lind rnurlllced betw~n Irving Park ttd . a nd MonlJ'Ose Ave . Cha tham PavIng
Co .
$.~.295.
r--.
lOOth Ave._ UHumlnouli pnvement between 144th 51. and

14~lh PI .. Galh<gher A,phalt CO .. ~.648.
The low bids have been submitted to the Uiinois

Division of Highways for approval.
6
,
Job
0/ the
Month
UILDING construction estimated to cost $7,544,560

B
was authorized in May by the Cook County De
partment of Building, which has jurisdiction in the
Of the 456 total permits, 205 were for single
residences valued at
sa,091,3oo, and 15 were
for apartment buildings
with a total of 102 units.
Tots.1 costs of the apartment houses W88 stated at
$1,541,800.
In the nofee classification. which includes churches,
fann and public buildings, 31 permits were Issued for
construction estimated at $829,600. Included were a
Catholic elementary scbool in Northfield Township,
$429,000; a 12room addition to the Byrd elementary
school in Stickney Towns hip, $205,000; a fourroom
addition to the .school of Elim Christian Church, in
Worth Township, $31,600, and a sewage setUing basin
for the Hinsdale Sanitary District. $90,000.
Fee pe;rmilS for types ot construction other than
residential we re issued as foUows:
On Ihe Southward Curve of the E nt Lell of South

Roule, Two Viaduct. Will Carry xpre"way Llne&
over Switch Trillck, of the Rock ialilnd Railroad In the
Vieinly of 102nd Street and Woodlawn Avenue. The
Southbound Structure Will Be 594 F eet in Length ,
With E ight Spana, and thll Northbound, 530 Feet,
W ith She Spans. T he Thom .. McQueen Company I.
Contractor for the County.
RelhlenUAI addlUoI'I1i and altl>rlltlOna-70 permIts, $2&U,60.

Acceswry bolldlnf[lI 94 permltl, $190,900.
BUll n"lII bulhHna:........slx J)CrrnI U, $248.000.
BUllnelil additio n. and allerllUon_ll permit . $148,600.
InduBtrial addition. and alleratlon.--One permit, S2,SOO.
Well ........ l)! permlU, $6..Il00.
MllcellanOOu_17 permlUl, $28,700.
Camera Aloft-
Distribution of the May fee permits by townships

was as follows:
(Conti nued from Pal'e 5)
TO"' ,,,ihlp
Blu-o m
of areas five or six miles In length and three to four

miles in width.
It was important to place the expressway so it
Srerne"
Elk Grove
Hanover
Um~l
would afford easy access to forest preserve tracts and

also would avoid, as far 88 possible. disrupti ng builtup
communities. Eight po58ible locations were pencilled
on the aerial map for study, and from them the most
advantageous route was determined.
Sim ilar studies were made for Calumet, Kingery,
Congress, Northwest and South expressways. On
Congress through Maywood, Westchester and Bell
wood , the number of houses necessary to r emove
posed a serious location problem, and the aerial pic.
tures were n valuable a.id in planning stages. The
new transparencies have been put to immediate use In
studying the SQuthwest Expressway.
Transparencies have several advantagca. Placing
them in a light box sharpens the details. They can
be enlarged if desired. One side being somewhat
rough, it is possible to in.k in the lines of rightsof.
way, interchange atructut'Cs or any other features and
then to ernse them readily.
As a subject for photography, fast growing Cook
county needs continual treatment. Highway and build
ing construction change the face of the County almost
dsy to day. The new l)icures already have beeome
obsolescent, and the camera will have to go a loft again
In two years o r so.
Leyden
LyOns
Maine
NOr1.htleld
Orland
Pallliine
Plllot
Rleh
Sc:hllumburl!'
Stickney
Thornton
Wheellnc
Worth
J'ermllJl
!J
"
a
41>
" a l llaUon
26
1"
4..'1
Z7
7
HI
\0
2
6
87
4
77
32
Twenty-four no-fee permits were for public workB,

&ewers and the like. It is not required that costs be
slated.
Thanks 10 Poppy Workers

The call for Poppy Day help by Edgar A. Lawrence
Posl, American Legion, the Highway Department's
own, was nOl in vain. The 88.le was a fine succesa and
to the post's auxiliary and aU others who lent a hand ,
Commander Harry A. Ohlinger and his fellow offieers
ex tend their sincere thanks.
A special accolade is conferred upon Dolores O'Oon
ovan, Belty Walsh, Dorothy Erben, Barbara Becker,
Helen Kmiec and Winifred Kelty, employes of the De
partment, and Julie Kay Oblinger, daughter of the
commander, for canvassing the Department head.
quarters.
Out in the field, in the garages, warehouses and
on construction jobs, forem en were coope;rative and
the sale among the outside forces was a.lso highly auc.
cessful.
A study of 236 accidents reported in the Journal of

the Society of Automotive Engineers revealed that 62
per cent occurred off the road, cars running Into trees,
ditches, guard rails, etc.
Paving Progresses at Brisk pace on South Route Expressway (See page 2)
Vol. IX No.2
JULY, 1961

Published by the Cook County (Ill.) Department of Highways
JOHN J. DUFFY, President
Jerome Huppert
Christ A. Jense.n
Ruby Ryan
Clayton F. Smith
Edward M. Sneed
John J. Touhy
Frank Bobrytzke
Charles F. Chapli.n
Elizabeth A. Conkey
Sidney D. Deutsch
Jerry Dolezal
John J. Duffy
William N. Erickson
Fred A. Fulle
William J. Mortimer
FRanklin 2-7544
Extension 216
Boob of the Month
The Front Cover

HE PICTURE, looking north, was taken from the
87th Street grade separation over 'South Route ExT
pressway. At the right is State Street.
The paving machines in use lay two 12-foot lanes at
one pass. In earlier expressway construction, pavement was put down one lane at a time. The job is also
expedited with a portable mixer.
.
Five stages of pavement construction are shown in
the picture. In the distance, a roller is compacting
the granular base. The paving machine following the
roller puts down the first course of concrete. In the
third stage, steel reinforcing matting is placed, as in
the area marked by two men -standing between -machines. The second concrete course covers the matting
and is spread and agitated by machine. The final pass
is made by a finishing machine.
The contractor, Arcole Midwest Corporation, has the
contract for paving between 71st and 97th Streets,
three and a quarter miles. There will be four lanes in
each direction, so the machines will travel 13 miles.
The contract also includes the ramps and acceleration
and deceleration lanes at grade separations.
Traffie Safety Notes

OCKO THE SIDEWINDER is the moron you meet
when you are holding a safe distance from the
S
car ahead.
A two-year experiment in facilitating the flow of

trafic through "pacing" is under way in Macomb
County, Michigan. The idea of the system is to concentrate cars proceeding in
traffic lane into groups
timed to arrive at intersections during the green light
interval. This is accomplished by an illuminated
speed sign situated just beyond each intersection in
the system, advising the motorist how fast he should
drive to make the next green light and thus avoid
stops.
.
Socko! He shoots into your lane, cutting your safe

distance in half.
All by himself, Sidewinder has made it irritatingand dangerous-for every driver in the lane, ahead
and behind.
The use of safety belts has been endorsed by the
Federal government in the form of a recommendation
by the Federal Safety Council to install belts in all vehicles owned by the government.
New York City police reported that 59 per cent of
drivers killed in traffic accidents in one year were
under the influence of alcohol.
A pilot study to determine whether physical and

psychological conditions of drivers are related to accidents has been undertaken by the State of Connecticut.The U. S. Public Health Service will test for
blood pressure, hearing, vision, diabetes and other ailments and all drivers over 40 will be examined for
heart defects and glaucoma.
Off-Road Smashups Raise Traffic Toll

WENTY-ONE deaths in June brought the sixT
month total of fatalities on Cook County suburban
roads and streets to 115, an increase of 25 per cent
fatalities due to two kinds of accident-cars leaving

the road and cars hitting people on foot-accounted
for all the 1961 increase, McCleverty said:
"When it is considered that the volume of traffic in
the suburban area is steadily growing, the record this
year would not appear too bad except for these two
types of accidents," Mc'Cleverty said. "And the tragic
thing a bout them is that they should not occur at all.
"The driver who runs off the road is plainly at fault.
He may be going too fast to make a turn, or he may
be half asleep. It is noticeable that a high proportion
of such accidents happen after midnight, and too many
of them occur on the expressways, where the high
speed permitted doesn't give time for recovery when
the car starts to wander.
"Pedestrians may appear to be responsible in some
instances. But drivers cannot excuse themselves altogether. Most pedestrians killed in traffic are very
young or very old. They have no understanding of
the danger of walking on pavement or of the operation
over the 92 total in the

same period last year.
Almost all of the increase was in one type
of accident, it was
pointed out by John J .
McCleverty,
executive
secretary of the Cook County Traffic Safety Commission. This is the smash that occurs when a car,
frequently running at high speed, leaves the pavement
and strikes some wayside object. In the first six
months this year 39 drivers were killed when their
cars struck trees, posts, bridge abutments, center
pillars, barrier rails or ran into ditches. Last year in
the first half accidents of this kind accounted for 19
deaths.
There also was an increase in pedestrian deaths this
year, 19 as against 16 last year. Thus the number of
(Continued on p age 7)
Where Accidents Happened

The
totals of accidents in the various
suburbs, with xt e numbers of killed and injured,
follow:
K
TA
1298
467
435
531
o
o
o
2
6
464
110
445
185
854
421
199
115
203
135
98
o
1
o
3
3
o
o
1
o
o
0.
126
364
193
312
288
1
1
o
o
o
1
o
1
o
1
o
o
o
3
o
148
105
46
58
104
131
120.
168
174
163
143
170
76
134
87
0.
o
o
o
o
79
136
315
26
404
1
2
168
20.
112
68
32
27
96
128
173
18.0
26
64
a61
260
315
38
3
3
a59
66
221
291
633
613
280
'
o
3
o
o
o
o
3
o
o
o
o
First Six Months
Suburb
Calumet Park
Tinley Park
Hillside
S. Chicago Hghts.
Hazel Crest
Berkeley
Oak F orest
Po sen
Flossmoor
E. Chicago Hghts.
Worth
Stone Park
N orthfi e ld
Bridgeview
Schiller Park
Burnham
Dixmoor
Willow Springs
Alsip
Thornton
Matteson
Merrionette Pk.
E. Hazel Crest
Orland Park
Palos Park
Wheelin g
Justice
Bedford Park
Crestwood .
Chicago Ridge
McCook
Harwood Hghts.
Forest View
Golf
Olympia Field s
Richton Park
Hometown
Palos Hghts.
Palos Hills
Hoffman Ests .
Countr y Club Hills
Barrington Hills
Rolling Meadows
Hickory Hills
Saule Village
Streamwood
Elk Grove
Rosemont
Schaumburg
Buffalo Gro v e
Hanover Park
Steger
Hinsdale
Elgin
M iddlebury
Barrington
six-mont1"
Suburb
Evanston
Cicero
Oak Park
Berwyn
Maywood
Chicago lIghts.
Harvey
Elmwood P ark
Wilmette
Blue Island
Park Ridge
Calumet City
Brookfield
Des Plaines
Forest Park
Skokie
Mel ro se Park
Winnetka
LaGrange
River Forest
Evergreen Park
Riverside
Summit
Fra nklin Park
Arlington Hghts.
O ak Lawn
Bellwood
Lansing
Park Forest
Glencoe
Western Springs
LaGra nge Park
Glenview
L yons
Homewood
Riverdale
Dolton
Bro adview
River Grove
Robbins
Northlake
Westchester
Palatine
Mt. Prospect
Morton Grove
Phoe nix
Niles
Norridge
Stickney
Northbrook
So. Holland
No. Riverside
Midlothian
Lincolnwood
Kenilworth
Lemont
Markham
In
142
45
104
100
56
115
20
70
23
165
54
22
39
28
6
17
61
25
49
36
23
32
16
11
26
20
37
32
78
31
31
9
22
30
14
5
27
52
45
9
8
14
TA
91
32
162
48
48
32
28
54
24
1
O'
36
80
70.
40
57
110
65
49
18
67
13
25
3
13
11
9
66
14
73
6
25
66
89
69'
6
25
11
78
21
8
16
18
14
13
37
13
14
58
31
20.
2
11
39
6
5
3
28
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.
0
0.
0
1
0.
1
0
1
0
0.
0
0
0.
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.
0.
0.
0.
0
0
0
0
0.
0.
0
0.
0
(}
0
0.
1
0
0
1
I
20
9
47
12
9
12
15
10.
12
5
0
9
4
19
16
23
19
8
6
0
3
1
1
9
0.
10
3
0
0
7
16
2
6
6
1
0
4
6
2
2
0
2
2
10
6
7
0
0
10
3
0
.0
3
Six smaller suburbs reported no accidents of any

type in the six months-Glenwood, Bartlett, Hodgkins, Homewood Park, Indian Head Park and Sag
Bridge.
23
3
40
8
39
Off-Road Smashups Raise Traffic Toll

WENTY-ONE deaths in June brought the sixT
month total of fatalities on Cook County suburban
roads and streets to 115, an increase of 25 per cent
fatalities due to two kinds of accident-cars leaving

the road and cars hitting people on foot-accounted
for all the 1961 increase, McCleverty said:
"When it is considered that the volume of traffic in
the suburban area is steadily growing, the record this
year would not appear too bad except for these two
types of accidents," Mc'Cleverty said. "And the tragic
thing a bout them is that they should not occur at all.
"The driver who runs off the road is plainly at fault.
He may be going too fast to make a turn, or he may
be half asleep. It is noticeable that a high proportion
of such accidents happen after midnight, and too many
of them occur on the expressways, where the high
speed permitted doesn't give time for recovery when
the car starts to wander.
"Pedestrians may appear to be responsible in some
instances. But drivers cannot excuse themselves altogether. Most pedestrians killed in traffic are very
young or very old. They have no understanding of
the danger of walking on pavement or of the operation
over the 92 total in the

same period last year.
Almost all of the increase was in one type
of accident, it was
pointed out by John J .
McCleverty,
executive
secretary of the Cook County Traffic Safety Commission. This is the smash that occurs when a car,
frequently running at high speed, leaves the pavement
and strikes some wayside object. In the first six
months this year 39 drivers were killed when their
cars struck trees, posts, bridge abutments, center
pillars, barrier rails or ran into ditches. Last year in
the first half accidents of this kind accounted for 19
deaths.
There also was an increase in pedestrian deaths this
year, 19 as against 16 last year. Thus the number of
(Continued on p age 7)

The
totals of accidents in the various
suburbs, with xt e numbers of killed and injured,
follow:
K
TA
1298
467
435
531
o
o
o
2
6
464
110
445
185
854
421
199
115
203
135
98
o
1
o
3
3
o
o
1
o
o
0.
126
364
193
312
288
1
1
o
o
o
1
o
1
o
1
o
o
o
3
o
148
105
46
58
104
131
120.
168
174
163
143
170
76
134
87
0.
o
o
o
o
79
136
315
26
404
1
2
168
20.
112
68
32
27
96
128
173
18.0
26
64
a61
260
315
38
3
3
a59
66
221
291
633
613
280
'
o
3
o
o
o
o
3
o
o
o
o
First Six Months
Suburb
Calumet Park
Tinley Park
Hillside
S. Chicago Hghts.
Hazel Crest
Berkeley
Oak F orest
Po sen
Flossmoor
E. Chicago Hghts.
Worth
Stone Park
N orthfi e ld
Bridgeview
Schiller Park
Burnham
Dixmoor
Willow Springs
Alsip
Thornton
Matteson
Merrionette Pk.
E. Hazel Crest
Orland Park
Palos Park
Wheelin g
Justice
Bedford Park
Crestwood .
Chicago Ridge
McCook
Harwood Hghts.
Forest View
Golf
Olympia Field s
Richton Park
Hometown
Palos Hghts.
Palos Hills
Hoffman Ests .
Countr y Club Hills
Barrington Hills
Rolling Meadows
Hickory Hills
Saule Village
Streamwood
Elk Grove
Rosemont
Schaumburg
Buffalo Gro v e
Hanover Park
Steger
Hinsdale
Elgin
M iddlebury
Barrington
six-mont1"
Suburb
Evanston
Cicero
Oak Park
Berwyn
Maywood
Chicago lIghts.
Harvey
Elmwood P ark
Wilmette
Blue Island
Park Ridge
Calumet City
Brookfield
Des Plaines
Forest Park
Skokie
Mel ro se Park
Winnetka
LaGrange
River Forest
Evergreen Park
Riverside
Summit
Fra nklin Park
Arlington Hghts.
O ak Lawn
Bellwood
Lansing
Park Forest
Glencoe
Western Springs
LaGra nge Park
Glenview
L yons
Homewood
Riverdale
Dolton
Bro adview
River Grove
Robbins
Northlake
Westchester
Palatine
Mt. Prospect
Morton Grove
Phoe nix
Niles
Norridge
Stickney
Northbrook
So. Holland
No. Riverside
Midlothian
Lincolnwood
Kenilworth
Lemont
Markham
In
142
45
104
100
56
115
20
70
23
165
54
22
39
28
6
17
61
25
49
36
23
32
16
11
26
20
37
32
78
31
31
9
22
30
14
5
27
52
45
9
8
14
TA
91
32
162
48
48
32
28
54
24
1
O'
36
80
70.
40
57
110
65
49
18
67
13
25
3
13
11
9
66
14
73
6
25
66
89
69'
6
25
11
78
21
8
16
18
14
13
37
13
14
58
31
20.
2
11
39
6
5
3
28
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.
0
0.
0
1
0.
1
0
1
0
0.
0
0
0.
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.
0.
0.
0.
0
0
0
0
0.
0.
0
0.
0
(}
0
0.
1
0
0
1
I
20
9
47
12
9
12
15
10.
12
5
0
9
4
19
16
23
19
8
6
0
3
1
1
9
0.
10
3
0
0
7
16
2
6
6
1
0
4
6
2
2
0
2
2
10
6
7
0
0
10
3
0
.0
3
Six smaller suburbs reported no accidents of any

type in the six months-Glenwood, Bartlett, Hodgkins, Homewood Park, Indian Head Park and Sag
Bridge.
23
3
40
8
39
When You Drive "At Your Own Risk"

By Daniel P. Ward
State's Attorney, Cook County
IS THE time of year when motorists come

THIS
upon those signs reading "Road Under Construc-
tion", and, in some instances, "Travel At Your Own

Risk."
People who drive have become used to the signs.
They may be slightly irritated when slowed down by
one-lane traffic or a detour, but for the most part they
accept the condition as normal in construction season
and once through the work zone give it no further
thought. It is not likely that they are familiar with
or much concerned with the laws which require highway agencies to erect signs and also require due caution on the part of drivers using a road on which work
is under way. So a brief presentation of the statutes
and court decisions bearing on the situation will
afford better understanding of what is expected of
both the highway department and the motoring public.
It is well for motorists to know that in Illinois a
county fs not liable for damage caused by negligence
where a highway is under construction or repair and
signs are posted notifying the public of this fact.
Chapter 34, Illinois Revised Statutes 1959, Section
30.1.1 provides as follows:
"No county shall be liable for any injuries to any
person or to the property or for the death of any
person heretofore or hereafter caused by or resulting
from the negligence of its agents, servants, officers or
employees in the operation of maintenance of any
property, equipment or facility under the jurisdiction,
control or custody of the county or otherwise, occasioned by the acts or conduct of such agents, servants,
officers or employees."
This rule codifies the common law. In volume I,
Illinois Law and Practice, page 30.2, Roads and
Bridges, Section 157, it is stated:
"Since counties and townships are involuntarily
quasi-municipal corporations, or agents, of the state
and cannot be held responsible in damages for the
negligence of their officers or employees, in the
absence of statutory provisions otherwise, counties
and townships have been held not liable for damages
resulting from the defectivE' and dangerous conditions
of the highways."
Motorists should understand that the county or
other government concerned with highways, does not
insure the condition of the roads. The county's responsibility is only not to create undue hazards and
to give notice of the normal hazards. If the county
had any liability in this area, that liability would be
satisfied by the placing of appropriate signs of warning and notice.
Further word on this point is found in Vol. 32. Illinois Law and Practice, page 296, Roads and Bridges,
Section 152:
"The state is not bound to keep its highways absolutely safe for persons passing over them. The extent of the duty of the state is to keep its highways
reasonably safe for per.sons using due care and
caution .. . "
The matter of proper signs -as fulfillment of gov-
Clearly to be Seen-28 by 38 Inches in 'S ize
ernmental responsibility is discussed in the same volume, page 298, Roads and Bridges, Section 153:
"Where the state, while in the process of repairing or moving a highway, creates, a defective portion
therein, it has a duty to exercise reasonable care to
warn the traveling public of the hazards it has created. However, the state discharges its duty in this
respect where it erects adequate sa:::;''guards or signs
warning the public of the dangerous condition of the
road."
Having been duly warned by signs, the motorist
in a c onstr-uction zone is, as the signs say in some in ~
stances, traveling at his own risk. However, this
need not be in the nature of dangerous living. The
road would not be open at all if it were not reasonably
safe for a reasonably safe driver. Passing ove-r it
the motorist is expected to be cautious and to obey
instructions of a flag man if there is one on the job.
A number of recent Court of Claims cases have
annunciated the principle of law that the state has
fulfilled its duty when it erects warning signs at road
work locations. In Williams vs The State (21 CT CLM
597) plaintiff sued for damages to persons and automobile caused by the dangerous condition of the
highway. The highway was under construction and
the Court found there had been a reasonable amount
of detour and warning signs, lights etc., which the
plaintiff had disregarded in driving on the section
under repair. The Court held that this was contributory negligence.
In Terracine vs. The State (21 CT GLM 177), the
facts were similar. The Court again found considerable notice had been given and held for the State.
The Court said, on page 182 :
"The State had fulfilled its obligations to users of
the highway by the erection of large, unambiguous
and prominent signs that warned of the conditions
users would encounter in the construction area."
Detours around highway work zones are of course
arranged for convenience of the public ~nd are in~
tended to be taken seriously. Where such an alternative route exists, the motorist who disregards the
(Continued on page 6)
Bids Received and Contracts Awarded

115th STREET from B. & O. R. R. to Western Avenue, in
Chicago and rural.
142nd STREET, Dolton, from Indiana Avenue to Greenwood
Road.
CHICAGO ROAD a t Pennsylv ania R. R.
IDS ON FIVE expressway items and improvements

on 26 non-expressway roads and streets were received by the Board of County Commissioners on July
18, and sent to the state for approval.
The expressway jobs, with the apparent low bidders,
follow:
The awarding of contracts by the County Board will

follow approval of the bids by the Illinois Division of
Highways.
CONGRESS-Bituminous shoulders between First Avenue,

Maywood, and Mannheim Road, Senec a Petroleum Co.,
$42,946.77.
SOUTH ROUTE---Landscaping between 79th and 69th Streets,
A. A. Cinder Co., $62,127.50.
SOUTH ROUTE--Landscaping betw een 97th and 79th Streets,
L. E. Alport & Co. , $68,949.
SOUTH ROUTE-Lighting between 96th and 69th! Streets;
bids taken on both aluminum and concrete poles; A. A. Electric
Co., apparently low on both types; aluminum, $342,323; concrete, $334,261.
NORTHWEST-Landscaping at interchange with relocated
Ma nnheim Road, Midw est Landscaping Co., $85,863.60.
Contracts Awarded
Contracts for the following jobs, for which bids
were received on June 6, have been awarded by the
County Board:
SOUTH ROUTE EXPRESSWAY-Grading and paving l09th
Street to Cottage Grove Avenue, Rock Road Construction
Co., $1,099,936.34.
SOUTH ROUTE EXPRESSWAY-(West Leg)-Main drain
Wentworth Avenue to 103rd Street, John Doherty Co., $973,259'.
STONY ISLAND EXPRESSWAY-Main drain 95th Street to
103rd Street, John Doherty Co., $481,933.
EAST LAKE A VENUE extension-Pumping Station at
C. M. St. P. & P. R.R. to North Branch Choicago River, Ke nny
Construction Co., $437,171.30.
EAST LAKE A VENUE extensio'p -Bridge over North Branch
Chicago River, W. A. Randolph Construction Co., $182,706.10.
EAST LAKE AVENUE extension-Crade separation under
Lehigh Avenue and C. M. St. P. & P . R.R., Thomas McQueen
Co., $514,023.60.
.
CHICAGO AVENUE, Maywood-P.c.c. pavement, 42-feet, 17th
Avenue to First Avenue, J. M. Corbett Construction Co., $312,279.80.
FOREST PRESERVE DRIVE-Widening and resurfacing
Irving Park Road to Montrose Avenue. Chatham Paving Co.,
$363,295.97.
100th A VENUE-Bituminous pavement at Wabash R.R.
(145th Place to 144th Street). Gallagher Asph'alt Co.,
$56,548.
One of the non-expressway items is related to

Northwest Expressway. This is the grading and paving of Mannheim Road in the area where it was relocated to afford a clear route for the expressway into
O'Hare Airport. The paving job will extend from
Irving Park Road to Higgins A venue. The low bid,
$1,060,048.85, was submitted by Rock Road Construction Co.
Bids were taken on widening and surfacing two
sections of Pulaski Road in Chicago. For the work
between the C. & W. 1. R. R. (73rd Street) and 64th
Street, the apparent low was Union Contracting &
Engineering Co., $469,155.85, and between 85th Street
and the C. & W., Standard Paving Co., $613,484.84.
The other non-expressway jobs were:
CHURCH STREET, Skokie-Po C. C. pavement between Gross
Point Road and Central Park Avenue, R. A. Black, Inc.,
$448,590.44.
LAKE-COOK ROAD-P. C. C. pavement Milwaukee Avenue to
Sanders Road , Eric Bolander, $194,975.57.
HINTZ ROAD-Main drain Wheeling Road to Elmhurst Road,
L ouis Scully & Sons, $79,886.
THACKER STREET-Main drain Wolf Road to River Road,
Rossetti Contracting Co., $305,546.99.
Detours
Effect
PALATINE ROAD between Elmhurst Road and Rohlwlng

Road, main drain construction. Open to local traffic only.
Westbound
traffic
detour
south on Elmhurst Road to
Euclid Ave., west on Euclid
Ave. to Northwest Hwy. and
northwest
on
Northwest
Hwy. to Rohlwing and north
on Rohlwing to Palatine
Road.
Eastbound reverse
order.
WESTERN A VENUE be-
Twenty road sections to be resurfaced were placed

in three groups for contracting. Low bidder on Group
A was Contracting & Material Co., $154,985.50. Roads
in this group:
YOU ... pw~
THIS RESURFACING
FRANKLIN A VENUE-Mt. Prospect Road to Wolf Road,

Bensenville and rural.
LIN.COLN AVENUE, Chicago, Wells Street to Armitage Avenue.
McCORMICK BOULEVARD, Chicago, Lin coln Avenue to
Devon Avenue.
MONTROSE AVENUE, Harlem Avenue to Forest Preserve
Boulevard, in Norridge, Harwood Heights and rural.
TALCOTT AVENUE, Park Ridge, Canfield Avenue to Devon
Avenue.
ha~A~;;'~:fJe .AVENUE, Chicago, Bry n Mawr Avenue to Notting-
Vollmer Road, Bridge constructi~~eegv:;'lo~~rrfeo:fiefJa~r:~

Open to local traffic only. Southbound traffic detour east on
Flossmoor Road to Dixie Highway and south on Dixie Highway to Vollmer Road and west on Vollmer Road to Western
Avenue ; northbound reverse order.
MADISON STREET betw een 25th Avenue and Mannheim
Road, widening and resurfacing. Open to local traffic only.
Westbound traffic detour north on 25th Avenue to Washington
Blvd. and West on Washington Blvd. to Mannhelm Road and
South on Mannhelm Road to Madison Street eastbound reverse order.
'
CENTRAL AVENUE betw een 55th and 63rd Streets. Southbound traffic detour west on 55th to AUstin Av enue south on
~~~~~e . to 63rd and east on 63rd to Central; northbound,
WOLF ROAD from 500 feet north of Grand Avenue to Franklin Avenue, in Franklin Park and rural.
Low bidder on Group B was Seneca Petroleum Co.,

$299,558.65. Roads in this group:
CENTRAL AVENUE from Archer Avenue to 47th Street,
Chicago, Forest View and rural.
DES PLAINES A VENUE from 25th' Street to 16th street,
North Riverside and rural.
RIDGELAND A VENUE, Berwyn, from Pershing Road
Roosevelt Road.
47th STREET from Central Avenue to Cicero Avenue,
Chicago, Forest View and rural.
In
in
In
100th AVENUE (Orland Park) between 143rd and 151st

Streets, resurfacing. Open to local traffic only. Southbound
traffic detour east on 143rd to 96th Street, south on 96th Street
to 151st Street and west on 151st Street to 100th Avenue'
northbound rev erse order.
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STATE STREET (South Route Expressway) between 76th
Street and 83rd Street, new construction. Closed to traffic.
Northbound traffic detour west on 83rd Street to Lafayette
Avenue, North on L a fayette to 76th Street and East on 76th
Street to State Street. Southbound reverse order.
to
in
On Group C- nine roads- the low was American

Asphalt Paving $515,439.
COTTAGE GROVE A V.ENUE, 159th street to 147th street, in
South Holland a,nd Dolton.
HARWOOD AVENUE, HomeWOOd, 183rd Street to Dixie Highway.
RIEGEL ROAD, Joe Orr Road to Ridge Road, in Chicago
Heights, Homewood and rural.
103rd STREET, Oak L a wn, from Cicero Avenue to Crawford
Avenue.
103rd STREET, Chicago Ridge, from Southwest Highway to
Ridgeland Avenue.
107th STREET from 800 feet east of Archer Avenue to Kean
Avenue, rural area.
Traffic is permitted while work proceeds on the following named locations:

WOLF ROAD south of Golf Road in Des P laines a bypass
detour, new bridge construction over Weller Creek. '
KEDZ~E A VENUE between 88th Street and 93rd Street
resurfacmg.
'
. ASHLAND .AVENUE, Devon Ave. intersection, grading widen mg, resurfacmg.
'
New Mannheim Clears Airport Entry

HE NEW MANNHEIM Road in the vicinity of
T
O'Hare International Airport was opened December
21-well ahead of schedule but without a ribbon cutting.
At the same hour, stop-and-go lights on Northwest
Expressway at Mannheim Road, which have interrupted traffic to and from the airport since the expressway was opened 15 months ago, were switched off for
good.
With the closing of old Mannheim, traffic on that
route moves over the expressway on a new structure
and expressway traffic to and from the airport flows
without interruption.
Relocation of Mannheim Road, including a full
cloverleaf interchange with the expressway, was done
by Cook County at a cost of approximately $3,300,000.
The stop-and-go lights that beamed their last beams
had become "probably the most irritating traffic controls to be found anywhere," said County Board President John J . Duffy. "Of course, as long as Mannheim
crossed the expressway at the same grade they were
necessary. But they were particularly bothersome because they blocked travelers right at the airport entrance."
As relocated, Mannheim Road swings eastward at
Irving Park Road and runs roughly parallel to the old
road a half mile east of it. It crosses over Northwest
Expressway and swings back to the old line near Devon
Avenue. The old road in this section will be permanently closed.
For the time being, the north end link with old
Mannheim will be temporary. Right-of-way for new
construction up to near Higgins Road has been granted
by the federal government but cannot be cleared of
an air force barrack until next summer.
"It appeared for a while that the new road, although
completed and ready to use, could not be opened for
several months," said President Duffy. "But at the
same time, congestion at the airport was growing
worse and I felt strongly that we should seek some
emergency solution of the problem.
"The temporary connection was figured out by the
county highway superintendent, William J. Mortimer. "He found an existing roadway through the air
force area that could be made usable. And by taking
advantage of this temporary route, it was possible at
once to eliminate the annoying intersection at the
airport."
Mortimer gave credit for expediting the Mannheim
relocation to CoI.Richard E. George of the Air Force;
John M, Malone, chief of the real estate division, Chicago District, U. S. Corps of Engineers; Mayor Daley
and Corporation Counsel John C. Melaniphy.
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Church Street(Continued from Page 5)
of concrete roads was not only new but to some people

was outlandish. When it was decided to pave Church
Street in 1913, the commissioners were chided for
building cement sidewalks for horses. Some predicted that automobiles were on the way out and they
didn't believe the concrete would last. But soon
highway engineers from all of the country were
coming to see the road.
"Now we have moved a long way forward, and this

fine new street is evidence of progress. Here in
Skokie, the Portland Cement Association's laboratory
is the largest in the world for the purpose of research
in concrete construction of all types. And now, as in
1913, engineers from all parts of this country, from
all over the world, come to Skokie to Learn the latest
in concrete."
Job
0/ the Month

was authorized in June by the Cook County DeB
Of the 410 permits,
201 were for single
dwellings estimated at
$4,039,300.
Also permitted were 21 apart:I
~
ment buildings in Maine
Township, with a total of 88 five and six-room units
and estimated at a total of $1,100,000. A 48-room
nursing home, $268,400, was authorized to be built in
Stickney Township.
A 10-room addition to the Dempster Junior High
School in Elk Grove Township was among the 15 projects in the no-fee classification. Cost was given as
$155,800.
Besides those for single residences and apartment
houses, June permits were issued as follows:
This
South
Traffic
nector
Feet.
Structure in the 100th Street Interchange of

Route Expressway Will Carry Northbound
From the West Leg Over the Westbound Confrom East Leg to West Leg. The Span is 112
Contractor
is
Herlihy-Mid
Continent
Co.
Residential additions and alterations-51 permits, $203,400.

Business buildings-Four permits, $292,800.
Business additions and alterations- Nine permits, $19,150.
Industrial buildings-One permit, $96,600.
Accessory buildings-91 permits, $186,200.
Industrial additions and alterations-Two permits, $47,60,0.
Wells-Five permits, $5,000.
Individual septic systems-One permit, $500.
Miscellaneous-23 permits, $56,500.
Accidents(Continued from page 3)
of an automobile. A good driver will be on the alert

when in an area where people may be expected to
venture onto the road."
While the total of fatalities increased in the first
half of 1961, the total of all accidents reported-personal injury and property damage as well as fatalities
~was slightly lower and so was the number of persons
injured. For the- two years, the six-month records
were (TA, total accidents; K, killed; I, injured) :
Year
1961
1960
TA
18,836
19,357
K
115
92
Distribution of June permits among the townships

was:
Township
Barrington
Bloom
~f~~~gve
Hanover
Lemont
Leyden
K:la~g~
New Trier
Northfield
Orland
Palatine
Palos
Rich
Schaumburg
Stickney
Thornton
Wheeling
Worth
I
4,740
5,014
Six of the June traffic victims were pedestrians, including three children, 6, 8 and 13, a girl of 18 and two
men, 65 and 70. Two deaths resulted when a car, off
the road, struck an abutment, one when a car hit a
tree and one when a car ran into a ditch.
Five were killed in auto-auto collisions, two in a
crash involving three cars and two in a collision between a car and a truck. A girl of 5 riding her bicycle
and a man on a motorcycle were struck by cars and
killed.
Accidents on roads in unincorporated area, where
higher speeds are permitted, have more serious results,
the six-month report indicates. The total accidents on
rural roads was 2,968, about 16 per cent of the county
total, but they caused 59 fatalities, more than half the
county total and 1,683 injuries, about one-fourth of
the county total.
Permits
3
9
5~
Valuation
$ 30,400
52,250
70,400
4
1
6
12
43
3
38
8
23
7
5
4
105
2
48
25
20,800
12,200
115,300
1,401,500
63,400
390,40.0
16,800
300,100
73,300
92,200
18,100
1,511,400
24,200
639,90.0
318,600
8~~:ggg

public and farm buildings, eight permits were issued
for public works, with no estimate of value. Four
were in Elk Grove Township, four in Lyons and two in
Stickney.
Comrades Honor Altier

Edgar A. Lawrence Highway Post, American Legion,
whose members are employes of the County Highway
Department, made the July meeting a surprise party
for Past Commander Anthony Altier. In recognition
of "meritorious service to his post and the American
Legion," he was presented with the Legion's life membership card, the presentation being made by Past
Commander James F. Kelly, who is assistant highway
superintendent. Besides being commander of the
Highway post, Tony has served as commander of the
Legion's First District and for 13 years has organized
the annual Veterans' Day parade in the Loop.
O. K. From Room 16
A rare compliment, considering the age group, has
been received by William J. Mortimer, County Highway Superintendent, in a letter from Robert Jaffe, who
wrote on the letterhead Community Consolidated
Schools, Evanston, and signed as "corresponding secretary, Room 16." Robert wrote:
"In the June 11, 19G1, issue of the Sunday Star
there is an article written by Leonard Dubkin telling
how you succeeded in getting the State to approve
your idea in landscaping the Northwest Expressway.
When our teacher read us the article, our class of 28

children approved of it right away. Thank you for
help making our highways become beautiful."
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Night Roaming Photog Find. Attractive Setting at Niltomil Avenue Bridge over Northwest E){pre&8way.
Vol. IX No.3
AUGUST, 1961
Job
0/ the Month

was authorized in June by the Cook County DeB
Of the 410 permits,
201 were for single
dwellings estimated at
$4,039,300.
Also permitted were 21 apart:I
~
ment buildings in Maine
Township, with a total of 88 five and six-room units
and estimated at a total of $1,100,000. A 48-room
nursing home, $268,400, was authorized to be built in
Stickney Township.
A 10-room addition to the Dempster Junior High
School in Elk Grove Township was among the 15 projects in the no-fee classification. Cost was given as
$155,800.
Besides those for single residences and apartment
houses, June permits were issued as follows:
This
South
Traffic
nector
Feet.
Structure in the 100th Street Interchange of

Route Expressway Will Carry Northbound
From the West Leg Over the Westbound Confrom East Leg to West Leg. The Span is 112
Contractor
is
Herlihy-Mid
Continent
Co.

Business buildings-Four permits, $292,800.
Business additions and alterations- Nine permits, $19,150.
Industrial buildings-One permit, $96,600.
Industrial additions and alterations-Two permits, $47,60,0.
Wells-Five permits, $5,000.
Individual septic systems-One permit, $500.
Accidents(Continued from page 3)
of an automobile. A good driver will be on the alert

when in an area where people may be expected to
venture onto the road."
While the total of fatalities increased in the first
half of 1961, the total of all accidents reported-personal injury and property damage as well as fatalities
~was slightly lower and so was the number of persons
injured. For the- two years, the six-month records
were (TA, total accidents; K, killed; I, injured) :
Year
1961
1960
TA
18,836
19,357
K
115
92
Distribution of June permits among the townships

was:
Township
Barrington
Bloom
~f~~~gve
Hanover
Lemont
Leyden
K:la~g~
New Trier
Northfield
Orland
Palatine
Palos
Rich
Schaumburg
Stickney
Thornton
Wheeling
Worth
I
4,740
5,014
Six of the June traffic victims were pedestrians, including three children, 6, 8 and 13, a girl of 18 and two
men, 65 and 70. Two deaths resulted when a car, off
the road, struck an abutment, one when a car hit a
tree and one when a car ran into a ditch.
Five were killed in auto-auto collisions, two in a
crash involving three cars and two in a collision between a car and a truck. A girl of 5 riding her bicycle
and a man on a motorcycle were struck by cars and
killed.
Accidents on roads in unincorporated area, where
higher speeds are permitted, have more serious results,
the six-month report indicates. The total accidents on
rural roads was 2,968, about 16 per cent of the county
total, but they caused 59 fatalities, more than half the
county total and 1,683 injuries, about one-fourth of
the county total.
Permits
3
9
5~
Valuation
$ 30,400
52,250
70,400
4
1
6
12
43
3
38
8
23
7
5
4
105
2
48
25
20,800
12,200
115,300
1,401,500
63,400
390,40.0
16,800
300,100
73,300
92,200
18,100
1,511,400
24,200
639,90.0
318,600
8~~:ggg

public and farm buildings, eight permits were issued
for public works, with no estimate of value. Four
were in Elk Grove Township, four in Lyons and two in
Stickney.
Comrades Honor Altier

whose members are employes of the County Highway
Department, made the July meeting a surprise party
for Past Commander Anthony Altier. In recognition
of "meritorious service to his post and the American
Legion," he was presented with the Legion's life membership card, the presentation being made by Past
Commander James F. Kelly, who is assistant highway
superintendent. Besides being commander of the
Highway post, Tony has served as commander of the
Legion's First District and for 13 years has organized
the annual Veterans' Day parade in the Loop.
O. K. From Room 16
A rare compliment, considering the age group, has
been received by William J. Mortimer, County Highway Superintendent, in a letter from Robert Jaffe, who
wrote on the letterhead Community Consolidated
Schools, Evanston, and signed as "corresponding secretary, Room 16." Robert wrote:
"In the June 11, 19G1, issue of the Sunday Star
there is an article written by Leonard Dubkin telling
how you succeeded in getting the State to approve
your idea in landscaping the Northwest Expressway.
When our teacher read us the article, our class of 28

children approved of it right away. Thank you for
help making our highways become beautiful."
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Published by the Cook County ( Ill.) Department of Highways
Under awpicu of the Board of County Commiaaionen
JOH N J. OUFFY, Preal dent
F ra n k B ob ryuke
J e rome Hu ppert
Charlea F . Chapl in
E llubeth A. Con ke y
Sid ney D. Deu tlch
Jerry Dolen l
Ch r l. t A. Jenlcn
Joh n A. Mac kler, J r .
Ru by Rya n
Clay t o n F. Smit h
John J. D uffy
William N. Erickson
Fred A. Full e
Edward M. S n ee d
John J. Touhy
William J. Mo rt imer
S upe r inte nde nt of H ighway.
FRanklin 27544
Boob
July Traffic Deaths
Extension 2 16
the Month
RAFFrc fatalities on suburban streets and highT

ways dropped sharply in July. The nine deaths
reponed were the lowest for any month of this year,
comparing with 21 In
June, 16 in May, 19 in
April. 13 in 'March. 19 ill
F ebl'usry and 20 in Jan-
uary. in July last year,

there were 14,
Five of the July fatalities resulted from collisions betwcen automobiles and
two from auto-truck collisions, One was a pedestrian
and one was killed when a car left the road and ran
into n ditch .
Traffic Safety Notes

A basic psychological study of how drivers a re influenced by signals received from cars ahead has been
started for the U. S, Bureau of Public Roads. 1t is
believed that the amount of information a driVer has
to handle may affect his performance significanllr.
Available evidence indicates that. dangerous situations
may occur when there arc too many signals for too
many cars in too short. a time, as on a crowded highway with many intersections. or when there are many
signals over a long period of time, as on a long trip
over heavily traveled roads. At lhe other extreme,
when there are too few signals over a long period of
time, as on a long trip over a lightly traveled freeway, It driver may become drowsy or inattentive.
THE SIGHTSEER admires express

ways.
SYLVESTER
They get him Lo lhe Loop fast so he has more time
for watching building construction and other rubber
necking.
The only time be goes slow on an expressway is
wben there is an accident to look at.
This is R bonus fo r the Sightseer.
Let everybody else go around him~i( they can .

Following a survey of driver vision standards and
tests in 4.0 states, the National Safety Council has
recommended: (1 ) that cll'orts to upgrade standards
be continued, (2) that greater efforts be made toward
establishing uniform standards throughout. the country, and (3) that sinee no state at present makes any
test of vision under night conditions, research in this
area be continued.
group, 69 per cent were rated unfitted to drive, 26 per

ccnt were accepted conditionally and the remaining 5
per cellt were graded as suitable to drive.
An analysis of 900 driving tests in Germany showed

350 appHcations with unusual reactions. Of this
Welcome, National County Officials
By John J. Duffy
President
Board of County Comml ..lone,..
am using tilis issue of Cook County Highways Lo

express an extra wc;rd of welcome to the National
Association of County Officials because the Associn
tion's publication. The
Coullty Officer, not long
ago rated our Highway
Department's perlodicaJ
of good public relatioJUI
on the part o( a unit of
county governmenL We
were, of cou.rse. much
pleased with the compliqualiAs a

measure of our appre.-
fied
The National Association or County Officials is

holding its 26th annual meeting in Chicago August.
13, 14 , 15. and 16, with some 2,000 expected in
attendance,
Committees meet Sunday. August 13, nod Uu~ir
assignments indicate the scope c.f discussions
urbun affairs. roads and highways. federal real
property, civil defense. welfare, county planning,
air pollution, education, and mental health_
Presiding at the gene.ral .sessions to be. held in
the Palme.r House will be the association's presi
dent, Dan W. Gray. C81houn County, Alabama.
commiSSioner. Cook County Commlssioncr Wi!
liam N. Erickson , as conference chairman. will
introduce President John J _ Duffy of the Cook
County Board and he In tum will introduce Chicago Mayor Richard J . Daley. Governor Otto
Kerner is scheduled to speak Wednesday,
nn outstanding examplE"
ment. from such
26th Annual Meeting
(I
observer.
ciation, we have run off

extra copies of tbis issue so that nil aHending
P ruldent Ouffy
the Association's 26th
annulll meeting may 8C(' whut. we are doing to keep
our citizens infonncd of progress in the exciting em
of modem highways.
I hope all of our gucs15 will take the oi>IlOrtunity to
ride over the 63 miles of completed expressways and
also see BOme of the construction under way on an
addit.ional 18 miles. Those of you who are particu.
larly intereated in rood building will find much of in
terest In the extent and up-todate methods of the con
struction jobs.
In the expressway program. which Immediately is
planned to extend 120.5 miles, the County participates equally. costwi.se, with Ule Cit.y of Chlcago and
Stale of TIlinois. Financial assistance:. as with all fed
eral interstate routes, is provided by the Bureau o[
Public Roads. All local expressway eX"pe.nditurcs are
met wit..h motor fuel tax funds. There has been no
real estate levy.
I belien that two major features oC our expres&ways descrve attention. First of all, thc various
routes connect the central business district of Chicago
with ouUying citl' areas and with the subUrbs. Radiating outward to the north, northwest. west, southwest and south, the expressways form a truly inte
grated system providing (ast, uninterrupted travel
along routes found to be most desired.
The most extensive study of traffic origins and destinations was made in 1941. It W88 organized by the
Cook County Highway Department and carried out
with the cooperation of the rIlinois and Indiana state
highway agencies and those of counties adjoining
Cook. Roadside data was gathered largely with the
assistance of a large group of Boy Scout volunteers.
This survey was made in compliance with a ruling by
the U. S_ Bureau of Public Roads that definite programs must be presented in order to benefit from
federal funds. From the data obtained, t.he express
way locations were detennined.
It is readily apparent that our higbway system is
planned to serve rcsidents or both the city and the

s uburbs with convenience to all. Of course, such a
need exists In all metropolitan areas, but it is eSI>eCj
ally acute in Cook County because, for one thing, La.ke
Mkhiga.n excludes highways along the entire eastern
sidc of the County. Another problem arises from the
rapid expansion o( industry out in the County since
World Wa.r n which has greally increased travel between Chicago and the suburban area.
As yOIl ride o\'er the expressways I hope you will
take note of the landscaping on embankments and in
ramp areas at interchanges. In the sections which
the County landscaped our objective was not only an
expanse of greenery plcssing to the eye. but a ~Ud
West arboretum 8S well, with virtually a ll species nalive to this region represented in the plantings. These
trees and shrubs. with blossoms or bright berries,
make a show of color {rom spring through autumn,
WhIle the County's expressway participation has
hec.n 8. major project, with as much as $100 million
of work in progress at one time, we have also carried
out a program of improvement on nonexpressway
routes, each year. Some of this work is in the nature
of maintenance, such as resurfacing, but a considerable amount of it Is done to keep the roads up to the
changing character of the communities they serve.
In many instances, t .....olane country toads have become eity streets In new suburban developments and
must be widened to four Janes or even reconstructed.
This yC3r. [or example, our prima ry road program
lists i3 jobs estimated to cost $15 mitlion. They in
clude streets in Chicago and suburbs as well as high
ways In rural areas.
Building and maintaining highways is one major
responsibillt)' of county gO\'ernmenL I n Cook County
we believe we also have a responsibility to promote
safety In the use of our highways. Our Cook County
Traffic Safety Commlsaion was organized In 1946 in
(Contlnuec.l on (laiC 6)
New, Colored Surface for Expressway

Colorphalt's colors, which include red. yellow. I\lld
green and others to order, are more durable than t he
iron oxide mixed with the concrete laid on CalumetKingery ramps when the route was constructed. These
applications have faded under traffic and weather.
They have remained visible, however , long enough to
justify the idea of colored ramps.
A furth er advantage claimed for Colorphalt and
similar products is self-cleaning; that is, the texture
is stich that rain water will take off surface dirt and
keep the color bright.
The County has bad a year 's experience with Colorphalt on a 600foot section of Edens Expressway at
Simpson Street. The application there was on concrete. with no bindcr course, and was at the rate of
65 Jlounds a square yard, which gave a thickness of
one-half inch. The performance has been highly satisfactory under year around conditions.
Another Colorphalt application iss under way bv the
County on Chicago Avenue. Maywood. between First
and 17th Avenues. While this is a substantial. practical improvement. it will also serve as a test project.
Part of the new surface will be exposed concrete, parl
of it concrete with white Colorphalt and part of it
bituminous with white Colorphalt.
By Will ia m J. Mortimer
Superintendent
Cook County H1ghway Department
ALUMET-KINGERY
Expressway
from
130th
Street to the Indiana state line is to be resurfaced

C
by
County
a new type of material that gives
the
wit.h
promise of lengthening the life of the pavement structure and also adding to the convenience and safely of
drivers.
This new deve10pmenl is a synthetic mixture that
combines with color and when the job is finished the
difference noticeable to people driving the route will be
the white appearance of the main traffic lanes and red
Oil the ramps at Interchanges.
As far as t.he condition of the pavement is concerned. resurfacing lhis 8.8 mile section is a protective
measure. Most of it has been in use more than ten
years. In that time daily traffic counts have increased
from 13,000 to 28.000. A large proportion of the
volume is trucks, about 25 per cent, which compares
with aboul 6 per cent on Congress and 8 per cent on
Edens.
The surface hRs begun Lo show wear. Cracks have
developed that are not serious at present bul will
become so if they remain e.."'l:posed to the chipping
action of heavy fast-running vehicles. The threat is
that cracks will leak water into the pavement base
and then freezing and thawing will heave and damage
the mass.
Thus far there has been no water action in the base
a nd surface deterioration can be checked in time.
Sealing the cracks therefore is more in the nature of
prudent ma intenance, like painting a building. than a
rcpair job.
The resurfacing is related to the program for full
illumination of Calumet-Kingery, which at present is
lighted only at intersections. Because of the white
pavcment's high reBectance, it will be possible to
design a lighting system of lower footcandle value.
less costly to operate but sUIl more efficient than lights
previously installed on expressways.
Even without full illumination. motorists will find
driving at night over the new surface easier and safer.
for headJight beams will be more efficient by reason of
improved reflection.
One product available for the quality of surface
desired by the County has been developed in Chicago
under the brand name Colorphalt. There are some
competitive products offered and it will be noted in
t he specifications (opposite page) lhat "Colorphall or
its equal" is called for.
The originators of Colorphalt describe it as a ductile.
durable material economical to apply. Because it can
be given color, it is rated as an important highway
safety factor.
As time goes on, it Is believed that Colorphalt will
demonstrate " memory" that is. the capacity to undergo
stress and return to normal form. A handful of the
stuff at right temperature can be twisted like taffy
candy. Let lie for a few minutes, it untwists. Such
natural action. it is believed, will eliminate the washboarding which occurs in bituminous surface at stop
lights.
011 the Oalumet-Killgcry project. a oneinch course

of bituminous will be used as a binder, except under
bridges and on bridge decks. In those areas. the new
surface will be onehalf inch of Colorphalt, with the
approaches tapered. In this manner. the lessening of
clearance under bridges will be minimum and the
addition of weight to bridge decks will be tolerable.
Drawings on the opposite page represent all details
of the resurfacing job in the main traffic lanes. at
ramps and where an extra lane runs. One notable
feature of the design is that the new application will
not fiJi in curbs and gutters.
Bids on the CalumetKingery project will be received
by the Board of County Commissioners on August 22.
Bids to be Received
Bids 011 six expressway projects and five non-exexpressway jobs will be received by the Board of
County Commissioners on August 22. The expressway items follow :
SOUTH ROUTE---I-Ilghwa)' gradc separation al Chl cngo Sky.
wa~'.
SOUTH ROUTE--Cnuilng. pa\'lng and retaJnlng walls 63rd

5 t. to 66th St.
SOUTH ROUTE----Gradlng, paving and rdalnln. wa lls 66th
St. to 69th St.
EDENS-Slgnlng between Lawrence Ave. a nd 1Ilino hi Toll
wal'
~ORTHWEST-Slgnlng
hclm Rd.
between t.awnmcc A,c. and "'Iann_
between 130th St. and

the Indiana slate line; tour sec tion. tor eontraetlng: l30th 51
to l>l~lh St., 14~th St. to Little catumet Rlvcr. Little Calumet
Hh-er to PaxtQn Ave . and Paxton Ave. to Itate line.
CALUMET-KIN'GEHY-RclurCaelng
The non-exprcssway jobs are:

TORRENCE AVE.-Bridge widening and I!hannel lItralghlen.
11'111' Lillie Clllume! Rh'cr at 162nd St.
1'ORRE~CE AVE.-Pour lane resurfacing a nd medhm strip
Bernlc.t! Avc. to 154th 51.

GLENVIEW RD.Wtl.M'E:T'TE AV&.- P.C.c. pll\'cmenL two
lanes and tour lanes. Hlbhard Rd . to Ridge Rd .
CRAWFORD AVE. P .C.C. pavemcnt.. 24 teet. Gll!n vlcw Rd . t o
Wl1meUe Ave.
StULASKl RD. -Wldl!nlng and reconJilru etio n -1 0th St. to 64th
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Department's Exhibit Wins a Citation

DEPARTMENT OF H I GHWAYS
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VI,ltor, to the ' "ternIUonal T rade Fair Held In McCormick Place July 25 to Augl,lu 10 Found the Highway De.partmen t " ElI'hlblt .. Center or In t oren a nd the AmerlOIl" l"ltl t ul o of Interior Duilln Dee m ed It Worth)' of .JIn
Honorable Montlon AWilrd. The 20 by 50 Feet Dllpllll)' Splice Con t ained II Seel, Model of South Route Exp'....
way. a Map In Color of tho ElIIprcuw.y 5),.lom and 12 Panel, of Phot ograph, Along the Varlou. Elllprt."W."II.
Welcome-
Gifts Appreciated
(ConunuN tl'Om pal_ 3)
response to an appeal by President Truman to actio

va\.e stlfcty progrn.ma tbrougbout the nation. Since
then. the Comml!llion haa worked continuously to
carry the mC8aage of safety to the public.
'1'he Oonuul ..s ioll hIlS !Jeen p8J'1.lcularly successful in
lIulety education among children- the automobUe
drivers of tomorrow through a bicycle training program. Leetul"t'tt on aalety principl~ and practical bicycle riding teslli bave been given In every grammar
8Chool. pubUc Ilnd prh'ate. in the suburban area and
as of the end of the IChool year last June. 170,346
ch ildren have been enrolled in the Bicycle Safety Club.
Thhs mean. that they have demonstratt!d their ability
to manage a bicycle In street traffic Ilnd also that they
have pledged themlJe:lvea to obey all traffic laws.
The value of this program is rcllected in the Cacl
that in the lut thret years no member of the Bicycle
Wety Club haa been In a fatal accident.
The bicycle program lln8 been recognized nationwide
as a mode] and 8t"veral movies have been made of the
teeting Inn~ and other phases of training. Any of
WORe attending Lho convention who may .....ish more
Information. arc invited to write to the Cook County
Traffie Safety Comml8Blon at 130 North WeUs Street,
Chicago 6,
COlllributiona by County Highway Department perfKlnncl to suburbnn hellhh Rnd weUlirc agencies [or
10 consecutive yelln have been recognized by the
Suburban
Community
Chest Council ..... Ith the
award of a special
bronzed plaque.
Twenty-two other employe groups. all of
them industrial except
the U. S. A tomlc Energy
Commission and Fifth
Army headquarters. also
received placque&.. At
the same time. 171
framed citation. were
presented for community
c.hest participation less
than 10 years.
In announcement. of
tho awards, lhe council staled that the 1960 total of
contributions, $363.238.90. W88 an aU-time high and
exceeded lhe 1059 total by 21 per cent.
Job of the Month
ERAUTS for 379 building construction projects esti

mated to cost $6.496,200 were issued in July by
P
the
County Department of
which
Cook
When South Rou t e Expreuwar. i, eo m pleted, S tate

Street will " ro over It on a br dge 567 feet In leng t h.
The bridge I. iIIIlcew fro m the nnc of S t a t e Street to
avoid gre,U'cr le ngth. Const r u e t lon I, w it h pre.ltrened
c:oncre t e box g ir der" the longUl of w h lc:: h a re 80 fee l.
T he deck I, 71 fed I" w id t h, affording . p;IIce f or f our
t raffic tanes, a four- foot media" . tr lp and ,id e-walk, on
bo t h lidu. Co n t ra e tor I, i-f e r Uhy Ml d .C ontl n e nt Co.
Detours
In
!lelldenlla) ad(lltlol1l und 1l1tcrutlolU--'l3 perml1s, ~IM,8tI).

bulldlnil5-87 l~rmIU. 3192.000.
Bu.lness bulldtnWI-Nlne pcrmllJ:, I683,SOO.
8U II~' addltlonl and I.IIe.ratl(l n...... Elghl pennlu, $47. 100
Industrial build Ina::" Two perm.!lJ, ,fl32.800.
Indunrla1 addltl onl and 411eru. ll un If--Two permit .. ~9, 400
Wf-II .......10 p('rmllJ. 51U.OOO.
In(!1\ihtulllll.. pUt' " ), I 1i'ml One prrmit. I5lHl.
l\!lM'I!!laneou.-11 permit., W,3f1U.
PALATINE ROAD between Elmhurat Road and Rohlwinl

maln draln eonltruetlun. Open to local traml: only.
Welilbound
tr.me
diliour
atllIlh un Elmhunt Rood to

~::-Udld
Ave., weu on Euelld
A\'C!. to Nonhwesl Hwy . and
not'lhwelt
on
Northwest
The diatribution of fee pennits by townshlp8 WI\8 lUI

follows:
Hwy. to Rohlwlng and north
un Rohlwlng to PIlIIlUno
E.r!.Ubound reVerse
Roftd.
nrder
WESTERN
has
A~5.o;or)'
Effect
RaId
Building,
jurisdiction in the un
incorporated areA.
Included were 159 sin
gle dwellings, $3,481,600.
and 24 apartment build
ings. $1,059.200. All of
the apartment houses
are to be built in Maine Townsrup.
Cn the no--foo classification. permits wc.re iS9u(!(J for
a school in Palatine Township, $353,400. a ehurch in
Rich Township. $]0 .400, and sc.hool additions in
Hanover, $70,600; Lyons, $00,200; Stickney, $22.4.00,
and Northfield, $9.000.
fn addition to residential. permita were issued fo r
other types of construction as follo ws:
A VENUE
1 .. .. "~ h T p
be
t",~n ~~In..moor Rmlfl lind

Vollmer Road. Brldll(' eonurueUon aver Butterlleld CrHk.
Oven to loeat tra1IIC only. Soulhbound IrlllDe d ... tour e ... l an
F'iOHmoor Road tel Dixie tuRhw.,. lind .outh an DIxie lIIah
wa,. to " o Hmer Road and ~-"t on Vollmer Road to Wl'ltl'J'n
Bllrrlngtun
UlOOm
U~mcn
Elk Cro\'1!
Hllno\1'f'
An'nue' northbound revl'r.e order

MADiSON STRET between 2:ith ""'!flue and Mennhclm
ROAd wldcnlnlt and returtaelna-_ Open to local trame only
Ll'mnnl
Leyden
We.tbound trame detour north on 25th Av ... nue to Wuhln,ton

alvd. and Well on Walhlncton 8lvd. to Mannhf!lm Road and
SOuth on Irolannhelm Road t<I Madison Streel ; eMlbound reo
verN order.
CEl'''RAL A Vf.:l'I,,'lJE between !!:ith nnd 63rd SlreI!liI. Soulh
bound traftlc detour Well on Mlh 10 Austin Avenu .... IOUlh on
AUIUn to 63n1 and ell" on 631'11 to CenlU.l; northbound,
reverae.
lOOth AVENlJE (Orlnnd Park) belween H3rd Rnd l~lIt
Streeu. relurtnelng. Open to ]ot'1L1 trame only. SQulhbound
trnme dotour eMt 0" 14Sf'iI til 96th Street, louth on 96th Street
to l~ln Sl.t'eet IIJId Wl.'1it on l~1.Jl Street to lOOlh Avenue;
northbound rev ... rse onler.
STATE STRE.1' (SOuth Rout ... &X-PN!uway) between 76th
Stl'ft:t lind SSrd Sl~t. new ~nltrurtlnn _ ClOIIed to trame
Northbound t.um ... detnur welt on 83m Street to I.a!ftlo'ell~
AVf!nue. NOrtb on Lafayettf! to 7ath Stnlel and EMt on 76th
Street to Satf! Street. SOuthbound reverse o rner.
I,'rmlt._
2
9
II
:III
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6
21
1..)" 001
11
Ma lnt'
Nf!W Trier
Norlhnl'ld
SOl'\\ o<>d l'lIrk
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I
'l1
Pu luUnc
23
Orl a nd
"11.10.
Rich
Srhllumburil:
Slkknt')
Thorn t un
WheelIng
Worth
II
1';
UII
1S
!IS
81
The tolal valuation reflected in t.hc nofee permits

was 660,400.
Trnffic is permitted while work proceeds on the fol

lowi.ng named locations:
WOLF nOAO 10llth ar Coif Road In Des PlaInes, a bYPII_J I
detour. new bridge corutrul'tlon O\'er Wel1er Creek.
KEDZlE AVf'~"'U tM!tw(!f!n 88th Street and 93rtl Slref't .
" ( asey " Lasecki to Retire
reaUrfl)eln,.
ASHLAND AVE..... UE, Devon Ave . lntu~edlon, Rradlng. Wldl'n
Ing. _T'I'Jurtae.lna-.
FUllEST PRESKHVE DHI'I}: 1;(,1"'''''\'11 In 'OK I>ark ROMd lint!
Montrose A\'enul', widenIng I)nd relulfnclnR.
EAST LAKK AV~':Nll E l'X1Cn"lon (;rud.. !<~I>IIr"tI"'n IIntttr
t.ehlgh Avenue and C.M SI P .. P R_I t
Casimir (Casey) Ln8eekl of the Traffic Engineering

Division will retire October 3 after service in lhe
Highway Depart.ment since September 23, 1929. He
beglUl as a draftsman. advanced to Highway Engi
neer III in 1938 and since 1947 has been a registered
professional engineer. H(' and Mrs. LaseckJ plan to
move to California, wherE' their two sons live and he
intends to apply for reinstatement in the civil service
position of ordnance designed. which he held in 1916.
Dllring World War I he served in naval aviation. He
WIlS commllnder in 1939 of Edgar A. Lawrence High.
way Post. AmeriClln Legion. whose members. are
Highway Department employes.
The Publ ic's Attitude

Only one oul of every 2:S drivers. in fatal traffic ac
ddents in Michigan Is &ent to jail and most of them do
nol even face a judge. it Is shown by a study just
completed at Micblgan State University. "A lrafflc
accident is not col1Bidered b) U,e public to be 8 crime."
it is stated, "and people are reluctant to convict a
driver oC a serious charge for this violation."
Skokie Lagoona I Sc.nlc I.nd Hlltorlc Slttlnll 'or Edt n, Exprtiuw;t)' ( Su PiI'ile 0).
Vol. IX No. 4
SEPTEMBER, 1961

Published by the Cook County (111.) Department of HighwaYI
Under aUllpicea of the Board of County Commissioner.
JOHN J . DUFFY, Prear dent
Frank Bobrytzke
Charle. F. Chaplin
ElJnbeth A. Conkey
Sldn.,y 0 , Oeutlch
Jerry Dolezal
John J. Du"y
William N. Erickson
Fred A. Fulle
J erome Huppert
Chrl.t A. JenlM
John A. MlIIckler-, Jr.
Ruby Ryan
Clayton F . Smith
Edward M. Sneed
John J . T ouhy
Published at 130 North Wells Street, Chiugo 6.
FRanklin 2-7644
Boob
August Traffic Deaths
E:xtension 216
of t he Mon t h
PEDESTRIANS. two boys riding bicycles

THREE
and l'l persons
cars were killed in August in
ill
highway traffic accidents in suburban Cook County.

The total was 10 higher
than in July but three
under August of last
year. At t.he end of eight

months. t he! 1961 toll in
the area stood at 143.
Five of the August victims were killed when cars left the pavement and struck
objects off the road, a type of accident that seems to
be increasing in frequency. One occurred on Congress
Expressway ill Maywood, where a car struck an abutment at a grade separation structure,
There was one other exprC!ssway fatality. This occurred 011 Edcns when a car crossed the median and
struck an oncoming car in the opposite lane.
Five deaths resulted from collisiona between automobiles and one in a crash involving a car and n truck.
Three perSOlis In cars were killed by trains, two in one
accident. One of the three pedestrians killed was a
man of 60 and one was a boy 8 years old,
Midget Menace
Socko the Sidewinder, the July Boob of the Month,
impresed C. Bladen, sales manager for Clayton Mark &
Company, ill Evanslon, and he wrote a letter to the
editor.
"Edens and Congress ha ve a lot of lhc.se fellows,
F rom my daily observation on these two highways that
serve us so well, most of the cars that dart in (rant of
you when you al'e going along at a good clip seem to
be these li ttle fellows that surely would get killed if
you bad to hit Ulem.
HIt's too bad we can't blow up your Boob cartoon and
paste it on the windshields of these J>copie who don 't
seem to clue whelher they live 01" not. I do want to
say congratulations."
Bright Beam Beuny who passes you at night

THAT'S
with his headlights high.
There oughtn be a law ? There is~a b rand new
Illinois statute.
But don't expect too much.
Smart, courteous drivers alwaYililowered their Iightli
anyway.
And it will take n while for Benny to find out what's
going on.
A recent survey of new car models by Northwestern

University Traffic Institute has found that drivers can
see surrounding traffic with more ease than at any
time since auto bodies were enclosed.
Huntington, West Virginia, has painted its crosswalka a brilliant green to attract pedestrian attention,
County Alert
In
Nation'5 CD Program
EXPANSION of the National Civil Defense

RECENT
program Is reflected in action by the Board of
Cook County Commissioners and the Cook County
Civil Defense organization.
The CO agency is subject to direction of the County
Board, and the Board president, John J . Duff),. is 0.160
president of Civil Defense. It provides local unila In
the County suburbs with ieaderabip and liaison service
with t he Slate. It operutes within the Highway Department to lake advantage of equil)rncnt and instaUatlons suited La emergency service.
In the sitUiltion of tension arising over Berlin. the
Board prompUy J"Csponded to President Kennedy's request for nationwide attention to Civil Defense by
pledging to fulfill aU its responsibilities.. One specific
action was amendment of the County building Ofdlnance to permit residents oC the unincorporated area
to constnlct Callout shelters a8 designed by the Offiice
ot' Civil Defense Emergency Service. P ermits are is
sued without fee. The County ordinance regulates
building in the unincorporated area. Incorporated
8uburbs 8et up their own regulations.
The reviVAl o[ activity in County Civil Defense
headquarters has been largely the 8upplying of In
formation sought by suburbanite8. County Director
Joseph A. Downey and his staff receive up to 200 cal1s
a day. many o[ them re<luest8 for the pampbleLS prepared by the National office. They are distributed by
the County [ree of charge.
P ruldent Duffy ( Suted) confer. with Dlree-tor Dow-
"ey on COOk Cou n ty '. P rogram In Civil Dden.c Alert.
Park. Radio towers have also been erected at the Department garages at De8 Plaincs, Palatine, Blue Island,
and Palos Park.
Several County Departments other than Highway
a re also included in the County Civil Defense planning
and President Duffy has recently held conferences with
Sheriff Frank G. Sain. County School Superintendent
Noble J . Puffer. Dr. John B. Hall. director of the Department of Public Health, and Erwin R. Horwitz,
County Buildin~ Commissioner. Rnd ""I'll as with Highway SUfH'-rintendent William J. Mortimer.
On thc other level. somewhat up!lrt. from overall
preparations by the County CoD agency. the program
Is dirccted toward Informing suburban residents what
they themselves can do to improve their chancell of
lIurvl\'a1, both at home and abroad.
Th e idea. or I\IIISS en w uo.tlon. which fonnerly was
given much consideration, is no longer regarded as
IJractical for areas as populous as Metropolitan
Chicago. From the lop down. the present thinking is
that many of tho8e who survive the blast of a nuclear
bomb attack can he protected from radioactive fallout
by precautions taken in advance.
Any maS8 or material uJ:!d as a shield will cut down
the amount ot' radiation. Even the ground floor or a
family home a1fords some protection, cutting the inten8ity to about one-half of that outside. In the basement o r a house, radiation is reduced to one tenth. A
Ilroper shelter structure, either in the basement of a
borne or outside, would provide complete protection as
long as the family remained in it.
Whatever the form of shelter a family decides to
prepare, R battery radio for COllelrad broadcasts. a
stock of food Rnd water and such things 8S first aid
supplies and fire fighting tools are indicated. The
national CoD agency advises that u family be prepared to remain under shelter up to two wf'Cks.
Information of what is taking place outside, and
eSIJeCially the word as to when It is safe to venture
out, will come by Cone.1rad. The County unit haa prepo.red fOr service i.n this period by enrolling 200 trained
radiologicaJ personnel to check rndiation with insLru-
These IlUblicatioll!<o Illll.y be had by writing or telephoning to Cook County Civil Det'ense, Suite 2212. 130
North Wells Street, Chicago 6 ; Franklin 27544. They
are:
Individual and .-amlly Preparedneu.
1Iome PrntecUon .:xl:'n:I_.
Ik'lwl!('n You lind DlJlUtl!r, A Ch'U
Deren.e Home Food

Progrom.
Cone.lrnd (an l!!'lCplanaUon o r "unlnr .Imnl. and how to
tune to c.-mf!rgeney rIIdlo brood"lInrt.
~:mera('ney SlInltaUoo at 110mI'.
"'acts AbOut ~allout.
Tile F ltmlly Fallout Sht'!u'r.
Clay Muonry .'.mlly Fallout Shvlter
Sturnll~
-1.-.1 Aid Training tor \'c ryone.
Derl!n~ Prepanodnul.
Under the County program. preparedness hBs gone
ahead on two levels and always with th(! objective of
being ready for a natural disaster as well as a possible
enemy air attack. On one level is the lineup of rescuc
eqUipment of all types, a short wave radio system, and
the alerting of hospitals and food and clothing supply
centers. This has boon lhe responsibility ot the County
organization.
NUriing Aul.tAnh tor Ch'lI
Iliglul'UY Ik lJartrne nL trucks have been equipped

wilh two-way radio, which expedites daily operation
and also prepares lhem for prompt service in cmergency. Control center of the short wave 8ystem Is the
Department's garage and warehouse in LaGrange
menta.
County
Police School
IS
to
All
of training in
T neuvt!1'II
of pursuit driving which was set up origtor
of
personnel in Cook
HE PIt.QC RAM
the fast action ma-
inally
lhl' ~neftt
poU~
Cou nty wu explLDdt'd Jut month to nationwide scope..
A non-Ilrotlt carl)()faUOn waa formed under the title
1'\auonal Police Driving Se.hool And its purpose: was
stllloo IU' (ollow. :
' 'Thl'' lmlning of pnli~ 1)(':J'1M)nnel throughout the
l tnitN Statea In lht' proJX'r and safe WIe of policif'

vehicle. during the ('mergeneiee the police encounter
d.dly in the ptrrormAnce of thdr duties. The pro-.
gram 111 dulgnf.'d to protect the Jives of both the
l>OUC(' Dnd lht" gl'nernJ public aa well Btl to increase the
,mcicnc) of police opcmlinn&. "
The idea of organizing the principles of safe and
s ure purlult driving nod maki ng t.bem effeclive

IhroUJ!h n training "chaoi waa developed In the Cook
Cou nty Trntne SAfely Commission, which oper otea
within the Hlghw"y Department. The Commission
prt'8ldent il the pretlldent of the Board of County
CommluioneMl, John J . DuJfy, and lhe project blUS bad
his nctlve interelt from the beginning. When an
nouncing txpanalon of its operation. he said :
"The original Intent wla that the school be a meanJ!l
of training poUCf' offleenl withln Cook County, Including Chicago, but lUI word of Ita development hu
8p~d. pollee agencle. allover the country have asked
pennlaalon to partlcipal.t. Cook County I..s happy to
givt' III police lI'alnlng progTam to the nation-"
Tht school will funeLlon without any allotment of
laX funda, Mid President DuJly.
Automobiles and
otht'r t'quillment uted and money to operate the school
3n! provided by manulacturt!nI and other groups with
BpeclaJ In terest In Ihe projecL
t'l1H"C':lftr IHllnb on which training II'! give:n wert' detenninoo after conlluhntlon with the Fede ral Bureau
of Invel:lLlgnLion. til(' Chicago Police Department and
humeroua 1)()1ICf' agenclca elsewhere, snid John J. Mc
Cleverty, executive IleCrelllry of the Traffic Safety
CommlMlon IU1d pre.ldent of the achool. T he train
ing aHe I. the Meadowdllll' Lllte rnations] Raceways at
Cllrpentersvllle. On thnt twillting course. which has
atrctclU'1I of virtually every condition of highway, the
trnineea reive practical instruction in lhe rollowing
subjee18 :
Setllng up road bloc.ka undtor various conditionA.
mdar timing. ear maneuvering. turn-around!!. high
speed pauing.topplng. sUppery road braking, high
speed cornering. Interception or fleeing cartI. positioning of police car relative to curbed car. methocl..s of
eontroUing occ:upanu of curbtd vehicle. driving an
emergency vehlc:Je through a Lraffic-congested inter
sectiOn, and night driving.
"Good performanCt' on the.e poinu will benefit all
who use the: highway the publie .. weD 88 the police
p<'ttrol. doing their duty," said MtCle\erty. " We art!
not trying At nil to make race drivers of I)()Jicemen."
The l"I'hool I.. nl,en to bonA flde pel"8Onnel or all 1)0lice agl'ntlttl, large or small . Officers assigned to the
COtlf'8" by t hei r ehlera will pay their transportation
a nd lodging COIla but no tuition fee. Until the 'acill
ti(,8 of the school nre ex pnnded, 40 studenta at a time
S t ude" l Drivlnll T rainl"1I Car Receive. P rec:l.. In.

Itructlo" In Pilling " "other Vehicle at H igh Speed.
be accomodnled,
A l'eaoiutlon endo... lng the school and urging I),mlcJJ)atlon wu adoptOO unanimously in July by the
lIIinola A.aaoclation or Police Chlera and similar action
is expected or the Nallonal AtI.!IOCiatioD of Police
Chief.
The Nationa] Pollee Driving School bas a board or
It''n directors. or whom six are police officials. They
Ctlh
are:
Maj. Walter A. Eichen, nllnols State Police.
LL Col. Rtld Clifton. deputy dlredor, Florldn Stall'
Department of Public Safety.
Col. Milan N. Pla ....te. director of Public Saltol)' and
c.hief or police or Park Forest m .. known natlonwldr
(or hia aceoml)il.shmt'nllJ in highway safety.
Sgt. John H. \Vyc.korr, New Je rsey Divis ion of Molar
Vehiclea.
Sgl. Jacob F. KrIl('ml'r. director of safely, Chicago
Police Dc!1)nrtmenl.
Reynold E . Smith, &rrlngton 'Ill .. chief of IlOlIee.
The four other dlrectnra a re Willinm H. G. fi'l'Iln c~.
operator of th Daytona (Fla.) Int erna.tional Speed
way; Robert E. Hull'lt. director of the Meadowdnle race
trnek. which I. owned by Leonard W. Bensinger :
Charlea B. Johnaon. dJrec.tor or public: relallortl for
the Board or Cook County Commll8loner.l. IUld Mr.
McCll'vt'rt)'.
OontribuLol"t 10 Iht' OW!hool thlla far include the PonOodgf' and Bu ick motor eompanles, whleb hav('
lJupplied 1061 pollet' pursuit c:ara. and the Pure Oil
Company, whlc.b hAll . upplied gu a nd oil and alao has
providt'd In.lln.n~c.
John M. Kinch. IIpedal agenl of the FBI working
OUl of the Chicago omct'. haa .pecified the road block
sl'!ltcma appll~ in th4" training program. Both WI>
FD'I and th(' U. S. Sfc.ret Service have indicated tbat
they will a.lgn lh('tr agcnta to lake the eourses. aid
McCleverty,
Studcnlll aJ't> requlrt'd at t he beginning of lmlnIng to undergo ph}'1Jlcal examination. This Includes
eyesight a nd dCI)th pt>rceptlon 1('1lB. which RI"l' given
by Sgt. KrAemer 1I.lng devlcea 1011 ned to the achool
by the Chlcngo Police Department.
Ua~.
Expressway Line Meets 1673 Portage

NGIl\'EERS designing a County section o( the
Southwest Expressway are on historic ground.
EDirectly
related to the new highway
the
is
abandoned illinois and Michigan Canal, in its day a

link in the walerway between the t.. Lawrence-Greal
Lakes and lhe Mississippi. and
88
--
such an important
factor in Chicago'. ('arly commercial growth. The

canal. completed In 184 and put Qul of business by
the railroads a decade lAter. will become expressway
right-of-way between Weste rn Avenue and just be-rond Harlem Avenue.
At Harlem, the englnt'Cra hnve encountered history
of evcn grea ler depth. Close to where lhe expressway will run is " lrncl of woodland that contained the
wcsl end of the Chicago Portage used by Joliet and
Marqucllc In 1673. At t.his point, for more than 160
yenrs, Tndlans, voyageurs, fur lmdcrB, missiouarles
and explorers tmvellng from the ~lississippi up the DetI
Plaines cut acroAS country, over the low continental
divide, to the hendwaters ot the Chicago River,
Scholars have called the portage "the most historic
spot In tbe Chlcngo area," and the federal government
since 1952 haa designated it a national historic site.
Sit, of the Old Chicago Portage. View', South Along

Harl,,,, AY,n"e, With the S.. nta Fe Rallro .. d In the
Foreground and the Sanitary lind Ship C.. nal at Top
of the Picture. The Abllndon'd I. &. M. Canal I, J"lt
Beyond the SlInltary Clln .. l. VI'lble In Left Center of
Wooded Trllct I, the ParkinG Area for HI.toMc Site.
Thl!: starlin" IKlln t of the portage for eastbound

trnvelenls within a County Forest Preserve. In 1930,
t.he Forest Preserve District marked the place with a
large boulder and the Chicago Rlstorieal Society con
tributed a bronze plaque, which read:
over the divide to the west fork of the south branch

or the Chicago ruver the carry was about a mile and
a hair.
However, there were aea80ns of the :rear when lake

and creek ran dry. Then it was necessary to pick
liP the canota from the Del! Plaines and toLe them all
the .....ay to Chicago.
THE CHICAGO PORTAGE 16731836

TWs Marks the West End of the Carrying or
Connecting Place' Uniting the WaLen of the Sl
Lawrence and the Greal LakCfl Wllh Tbose of the
ltUsslsslppl. hs TribuUl riea and the Gulf of MexicO. The Earliest Fac:lor In Determining Chicago" Commercial Supremacy. An Artery of
Travel Used By the Aborigines in Their Migra.
tions and Later By J oliet , Marquette, LaSalle,
Tonti and the F'ur Tradcns of New France. An
Early Strategical Point. in t.he Wars Incident to
the Winning of t.he Nort.hwcst for the Settlers.
Discovered by Joliet Bnd ltlar<luette in 1673.
111 1KlSSe8..,lon of the Highway Department is the plat

of A government survey made in 1822. It shows
"Portage Rood " starling at the ''La Plaine" River
Rnd running northeaat to the vicinity of present-day
26th Street and Western Avenue. On an 1831 govern
ment plat, the road continues [rom that point southensl to about 31st. Street and Damen Avenue, where It
met the west fork. now nlled in. On the plata. Por
tage Road meU8u re8 Ilpproxlmlllely 10 miles.
Histo ry is again on lhe march in the valley of the
De. PlalnelL The portage gave way to the ea.naJ
and lhe canal to lhe railroads. Soon the modern ex
pressway will run where men once trnvelcd by canoe
lind packet boal
Harlem Avr:nue will be connected with the expressway. There wLU be a grade aeparation structure,
which will require ramps extending off the right-of.
way and poulbly running eJoee to the old portage site.
The sltllllOon ia simtlar to one encountered BOme
two yean ago along the mapped location of the Weat
Leg of South Route Expressway. where an ancient
and honored pine tree stood almost at the edge of the
proj~ted pavement. Thi!! tree was the sole survivor
of 60 grown rrom ~ brought from the Black Forest
of Germany and set out In 1860 on the lncUa.n
Boundary LIne.
The site, opel\ to the public, 15 entered by a drive

way orr Harlem just IOUtb ot 47th Streel Stone
walls ftanklng the driVe mark the place for visiLonl,
but the boulder Is bare. Not long after the plaque W88
placed, It was atolen. A second bronze plate was al80
lifted. No..... the Foreat Preserve District has plans
(or a more elaborate, vandalproof marker and al80
for suitable landscaping.
AI' the tlme the portage W88 in use, the Des Plaines,
which runa north and lOutb in that area, had ita channel about a quarter ot a mile eaat of Its present course.
Part of the o ld bed. (onnlng a lagoon, is within the
portage .lite.
Wben there waa sufficient waler In the streams, the

portage route, as trnced by Paul M. Angle, director
or the Chicago HlstoricaJ Society. was largely a detour by water. lL lead up Portage Creek, which
entered the Dee PloJnes atlhe marked aite, and thence
acroRs Mud Lake, iI"rom the eASt end of the lake
The pine .....as highly regarded by residents of the

Routh end or the County and they campaigned for
its preservation. Tille was accomplished in the High.
way Department by a IIUghtshift. in expressway plalls.
Ancient Marsh Becomes Area of Beauty

By Roberts Mann
Conservltlon Editor
Fornt Pruerve Dist r ict of Cook Count)'
close to the surface of several marshy islands. The

lagoons provide fishing, boating, waterfowl r efuges
and, along their shores, many attractive picnic areas.
A ruined marsh baa become a beautiful playground.
HE SKOKIE LAGOONS and their surroundings

comprise a remarkable development. of which we
T
in the Forest Preserve District arc extremely proud.
Roberts Mann
Contracts Awarded
Contracts for eight expI'Csflway Items and eightllon
expressway jobs were awarded by the Board of County
Commissioners on September 5. They were :
They lie in tho valley west of three

north shore suburbA - Wilmette,
Winnetka and Glencoe - between
WiIlo" ' Road and Dundee Rond.
They fulfill a dl'cam of many people
for many years: the transforma
tion of a great marsh , ruined by
drainage ditches. into an a.rea 8S
notable for its scenie beauty as fo r
Lhe rec reation it provides.
SOUTH ROUTP. ~;XI'HESSWAY--CrHdlng nml pllvlnlf U3rd

1IIt~ Pnlumbo El""/lWltlng 0>.. $2.213.668.81.
SOUTH 1l0l'Tf: EXPRESSWA\'_RllmPli undtr Chll'IIg0 SkyWIlf.. Kenny Connrucllon CO~ $9IUI83.70_
f.Df:NS EXPIl.ESSW,\Y
Igns trom l.Ilwrenee: 1I'e. 10 !lHno"
T Oil way, Natlonnl ,\dvl.!rlislnR' Co .. $2.15.588.8.0;.
!,OrtT~ WEST E,XPR};s.sWAY-Slgnll trom Law~nce Rve .. to
Mllnnhelm rd .. Nalltmal .... d'erll~lnll CO~ ~,m_61_
KINGERY .::xPIIl'S.SW.... Y-Retlurtatin! from Pa~ton Ave ..
to lodllln ll IInl'. Amerlclln ,\ ""hllli PII" ng CO" $210,900.72.
CALU:M~;r EXPR~.:ssw,\y-n ... lul"fllclnll' fmm I.lUle CAlumel
Rhl.!r to PII~too A,e .. Amerlcnn A.. phalt Pa\'lnr Co., .$236,-
st. to 69th
.""" Calumet
The Skokie valley lies between two broad ridgea of

glacial drift. Orlginall)', the soutbern portion was an
elongated shallow bay of ancient Lake Chicago when
that ancestor of Lake MIchigan was at ita highest
level. Ai!! the lake level dropped the bay beeame a
ma..nh. Into and out of it fiowed a stream, now called
the Skokie River or Easl Fork, that drained a watershed extending northward beyond Waukegan . Emerg
ing, Its course was deflected westward by a long saod
bar until, joined by the ~liddl e Fork, they could turn
southward and, joined by the West Fork, fOI'ln the
North Branch of the Chicago River.
CALl'Mt:r EXPItESSW,\"..-R.... urflleina from Dolton A'e. 10
!..lltle
"17S.n~OlO.
Rlv(!r, Chkllgo
I'n"lnll' .. COnllrut!lIon CO
..
CALUM~"T f:xPRE!5SWAY-Re.ur!aclna: trom K&lE RR to

Dolton A,e,. Chlena:o Pn"lnll' &I Con.truetlon CO .. $199,093.90.
TORRENCE AVSCE--Hlluminoull PIl,'ement Ilnd br1d~
Bernlet rd to 154lh II" J. M. C".orbett CO. 'I,06'1.(163.'l6.
GLENvrew nOAD--wlL..\t'M't: AVENUE from Hibbard rd .

to Rid,,>;! rd. and CRAWFORD ,\\' }:"W.; from Gll.!nvleW rd. to
",lIment' a'e., p.('.C .,.vtment, Fmn:r.el Oflliltuctlon CO~ f3:19,"'25~'>-I
PL'LASKl RQAD--\\'I!lenlng IInil rl'llUrtllclng
fron! 4nth
li t. to
64th pl.{ J . M, COrbelt CO. and ){ock Road ConllrucUon Co.

(joInt b 01) 11619074.40.
I':LK
GRbVlt TO\VSSIIIP
HIUlmlnoulI resurtlldnr of Lincoln
"n'_
Skoklt \'IIUC!}' ,,"Malt CO., S8.471.8!t
W~H:.~l.lNG TQWNJ;IUp HltuinfnOl.I' ~urfaclnll'
at nine 10cllllonl, Skokie \'11111'" "Suhnl! CO' u:l,9:l1f.17.

SCHAUMBURG TO~SlllP-B1lumlnoUI retlurfat!lng or Pl'tltt
bh'd.. AI'T'QW ROOd COrullrucllon co. $2,068.77.
STICKNEY TO\VSSIIIP_BlIuminu(UI resurt.ell'll ot Lona:
AVt. lind Llimon Av<e .. Arrow ROIId Con81ructlon Co., $16.9.n.65.
PALATINE TOWNSHJP_BltumlnOlu l'8urr.cJna al nine 10callons. Skoklt' VallI!')' AlIlIMIt CO.. $1~033..12
Che:wab Skokie, meaning "big wet prairie", was lhe

Potawatoml name tor that mllrsh. Until this century
it had a distinction and beauty all its own. Mysterious
and faseins.ting in all seasons. impenetrable in places
with tall grasses and wildflowers. teeming with waterfowl, wading birds, songbirds. muskrats, mink, turUes
and fish- the Skokie marsh was a resource for unlimited exploration and enjoyment. In flood times it
became a shimmering Iske from r idge to ridge.
The topsoil wu mostly peat and muck from one to
four feet deep, underlaid by glacial clays including an
impenetrable rubbery layer. By 1900 a group of Hollanders were raising choice "Glencoe horse-radish" in
rich loamy soils along the eaetern border; and 20
yea ... later the marsh had been almost complete.ly
drained by speculators who sought, unsuccessfully,
to convert it into truck fanns.
Bids on th~ ite ms were received by the Board on

August 22.
Walter J. Popjoy
Walter J. Popjoy, seeretary and a member of the
Cook County Zoning Board of Appeals, died of a heart
attack on August 22.
Mr. Popjoy W88 an employe of the IDgbway Deparl~
ment when the County zoning ordinance was enacted
in 1942 and the Department designated tl8 enforcing
agency. Be became the first fuli time secretary of
the board of appeals in 1943 and was made a board
member in 1962. Earlier on the day of his death. the
Count.y Board approved his nomination by President
J ohn J, Duffy to another five-year term,
Gordon B. Nash, who since 1957 served as legislative
coordinator for the County Board. has been appointed
secretary of the Zoning Board of Appeals. From 1933
to 1957 he was an assistant state's attomey,
Uy 19S5 the: Forest P reser\'e Dislrlct bad acquired

most. of the Skokie marsh and lands on both banks of
the ouUet. As recommended in 1929 by the Advisory
Committee to the Board of Commissionen;, plans for
its conversion into a series of lagoons--and a clay
model- had been completed. So, when the Civilian
Conservation Corps was created in 1933, ten companies were allocated to this huge projecl Using heavy
equipment, and aided by several lhousand CW A
workers, construction proceeded continuously until
1942. Four million cubic yards of earth were excavated.
Now there are seven lagoons with a total nonna!
water area of 190 acres Ilnd a Hood plain of '134 acres.
They are held within undulating dikes of the excavated material by a main control dam al Willow
Road, Three low dams maintain three waLer levels
Walter J. Henry
Waller J, Henry, Highway Engineer I, and his wife
were fotally injured August 20 in a n automobile accident in New Me.,''(ico I\S they were on the ir way to California on a vacation lrip. Mr. H.enry was employed by
the Highway Department on March 22, 1955, as a
c.lerk, He was advanced to Highway Engineer I In
.May of this year. His assignment was in the dlviaion
of bridge const.rucUon,
Job
0/
the Month
UILDlNG CONSTRUCTION estimated to cost

B
$8,163,460 waa authorized In August
the Cook
Building.
jurisdiction
Count)' Department
by
which has
of
.....
In
the
uninco~rated
The largest project. of

the month was the
Northfield
Townsbip
H igh Sehool. to be
erected at Lake A venue
and Pfingsten Road at
Rn I'slimnted coal of $3,021,000.
or the total of 453 permits, Hi were for single dwellings vl\lued ILltogether at $3,036.700. Permits for
other types of ConlltrueUon were lS.!Iued as follows:
Distribution of August permits by twonships was
as follows :
itaidenllill nd/ullon. und ailemtlOnl---Sl pennlt.l, $248,370.
AtCI'UOrY bulh"lln...... FI\'e penn ll l, ~174.100.

UUllnes, build InK" ~"\I. permitI!'. $1.210,790.
Ou.ln..... addLtlon. and alteratJons--F:llI:hl pennlll, ~900.
InduJlrlal buIItUn,.- Thl't'e permllJ, .$237,000.
Indu.lrlal adellUon, and a.lter_UonJ.-Three pt'rml .... S~, .. OO.
WI'1I1 Two p(!rmll .. .t:I.OOO.
MI.c:eII_nf'Ou._ IU pc!rmlt $13,200.
Ne.ari"1I completlo" I, the bridge thilt will urI')'

Wentworth " .... nue over the Soulh Route ElCprellWOl),
JUIl louth of nrd Strcet. The structure. of lteel be;!lm
co",truc:.tlon, " 6111i feet In length, w ith epan. of
lUI,S, 148.5. 174.5 and 169 feet. The new rOildw;IIY on
the left. lupported by the retaln ' nll wall , I, the welt
1rO"I;IIgII rold of the ellCprellwlY. In the bllckground,
oecupylnQ the "It h.I, of the South Route rlllht-of_
wly , r C.T.A. lub,tallon. which I, to be removed.
Contnlctor on the bridge I, Superior Concrete Con_
ItI"Ue:t lon Company. The eontr.ct price, which Include.
the rtt ;JIln'nD Will Job, w ... I" round figures, 11 ,186,000.
Detours
In
Distribution of August permits by townships was as

follows :
1'_11..0
.,,
,.
Effect
il
,
",,,
Work in progreu by the Cook County Highway Department requires detou ... as followa:
,
,
"
Northfield
PAt.ATI NE ROAD bet"'~n :'tlll\Oaukfl! ,,\u'''uo and ROh/wlnl!

Open 10 loc:aJ tramc only. We.t
bOund trllm'! detOur ..oULh
ellil 1\" Milwaukee Avenue
tu Hl\'er ROlld lOuth on
H"a d , maIn drllin wn.trurUon
on
YOU ... /;J~"'J '
THIS RESURFACING
Itl\'er HOlld to Euclid Ave

nue,.we.l on EUClid Avenue
to NOrlhwelit H wy., north
WC'1 I'n Northwell Hwy. to
Bohlwlng ROlld and. north
on rIohlwlng HOlld to Pilla
UIW nootl; Eutbound re,'el'lltt onler.
CIlt:ItCU STREET ~t"'el!n
Gro-~ pt . Huad lind C.-nlrlll I'uk wldenlna to 4-1 Cf..oet and renrfacln, Open to IOt'a l trllmr onh WHtbound lramc delour
north on MCOJrmlrk Sh'd 10 ~Imr-on Street. west on SlmI*Hl
St~t 10 Om1M' Pt. KOild and ."utlt un CI"'tlIIR PL ROild t,l
Chun:h St.l'ftt; &utbountl ""'erw order.
MADlSON STREET betw_n 25th Avenue and lalanDhtlm
Road. wldenlne and r"W"faeitl.. Open to loca.I Iratftc only.
WellDOwIIl lJ"amc lIelOW" IIOrtJl on 25th Av ... nue to W . .bJ.nJ\on
81"d. UId Wett on Wu.h.In,ton BIvcL. to Mannhelm Road and
SOuth on J,lannh"'m ROad \0 WadlJOn Street; eutbound
vena onl....
The permit ror the

school, as for all
sc.hools, churches, public and fann buildings, was Is8ued wllhout fee. Except 8 number of public works
permits, for which 110 valuations were given, it W88
the only nofee permit in August.
State Appoints Kaplan

Frank Kaplan. rlght-of.way engineer in tbe Land
Procurement. Division of the Highway Department., received appointment this month to be a member of the
state Board of Examlnen of Land Surveyors. The
Board, whlclt haa three members., is under the state
Department of Education and Registration. It meeUi
In Chicago In May and October to examine applicant8
for the atate license to do land surveying,
re-
a;.r.,'TR.A.l. A \'ENUE belv.een Mth and 63rd Slreet.... SOuth

bound tramc a.tour Welt on a5lh to Au.Un Avenu .... .outh on
Auaun \0 63rd and .ut OD 83rd to Central; northbound.
n!ver.e.
l00th AVE..~UE (Orlano Park) bet_n 143nJ and l.5Ut
SlneU, ,...urradn,. Quen \0 local lJ"ame only. SOuthbound
tn..me detour ...... t on 143n:i \0 96Lh Street., .outh on 96th SU\'e1
to 1:1J.sI SIJ'Mt IUId ....... t on 1&.It Streel to lOOlh Avenue;
northbound f'IIVerM ordft".
STATE STRErl' (SOuth Rout. Exp,""-,way) betv."ftn 76th
SlIMl and &1nI 811ftt. DIIW CQlUlnIeUon. Oo.ed to trame.
FOREST PRESt:RVE DRIVE between irvine Park Road and
MonlrOM Avenue wldrnln, and ret:urfa.eln,.
EAST LAKE AV.:NU& I'xtf'ntllon--Gnule IleparatJon unllll!'r
Leb1lh Avenu. and CoM. St. P .. P n.R.
lowing named locatloWl :

WOLF ROAD lOuth o r GOL r Road In De. Plaine., _ bypa..
dctour, new brldg. con.truellon ov(,r Weller Creek.
KEDZIJ:: AVENUE !t&twtfl! 88th Street ttnd 93rd Streel.
felUrr .... ITI ...
ASHLAND AVENUE, Devon Ave. Intenectlon, Fadln" widen.
In", ".. urfadn,.
NorthboUnd lraJllll detour WII!'.t on 83n1 Strftt to I..a!lIyettll!'
Avenu ... , North on Lallly.lle \0 76th Street and Ean on 76lh

Street 10 tllftle Street, SOuthbound revers. orne r.
Traffic is permitted while work proceeds on the fol
Three New 8rldgu
C~rry
Ril ll ro;ad Track. Over South Route E:w:prUlway. (See Pago 2).
Vol. IX No. 5
October, 1961

PubllMed bJ the Cook County (Ill) Department of HIJfnraye
Undt!r &aapk et of the Board of COWl.tJ Commialonen
JOHN J . DUFFY, Pr. .ldlnt
Jerome Huppert
Frank 8obrytzk,
Ch.plln
Ell ubeth A. COnke)'
Ch.rlee F .
Chrllt A .Ienlen
Jerry Ooleul
John
A.
Rub)'
R)'~ft
John J. Duffy
W IIU.m N. Eri c k~ft
F. Smith
Edward M. Sn,ed
John J . Touh)'
Maekl,r, .II'.
CI ~)'to n
Fred A. Fu ll.
Wlln am J. Mortimer
Publlabed
at no
Superintendent of H ighwa,.e
North Wen. Street, ChlcaCO S.
FRaDklln 2 7544
Extentlon 216
Boob of the Month
September Accidents
deaths In September brought the nine
TWRTEEN
monlbs' hlghv.'8Y tnffie toU in 3Uburban Cook
County to 156, an inuease of 9.8 per eut over the
H2 in the same period
ot 1960.
It is significant that
the inereU<.'! was almost
entirely due to one type
of aecldelll-ean' leav
Ing the pavement and
striking trees, posts, guard rallll, brlJge abu tments
Rnd even wayside bulldJngs. In Ute fi r &t nine mont hs
or 1961, 40 persons were killed In mishap! ot thIs kind.
The eomparable figure for lallt year iVa.. 30. In one
month t.hi8 year- Marclt- more than half of the
month'. tol1 of 13 wert vieUms of web aec:ld~ts.
The growing frequency of otr.pavement t'ataliUea Is
CBusing eoncem in the Cook Coun ty Traffic Safety
Commlsalon because lhl.')' indlrate driver failure that
Is on the whole inexcuaa.ble. Drh'era traveling lit hlgb
llpeed lose control on curves. Cars Ollt of control
catapult into the ditch or slrike 8 tree, and at high
ApeOO. that means sudden death.
Preeumably, drivers who r un Into bridge abutments,
guard milA or curbs art: drow8Y nt the wheel. This
can only be presumed bec:a.UIIC the man. with Ute 8n
flWer- the drlve.r--is dead.
Except for the otr.pavernent smashups, the 1961 toll
at the end of nine months would be only aUgbUy above
1960, probably no more than could n:ll5Ooably be
expected In view oC the Increasing numbt>r o( cars on
the rollM In the suburban arca.
Two o( the September dealba resulted rom two
separate Instances of C8J'1I Itriklng trees a nd one !rom
a car winding up in the ditch.
Five o( lhe dead were pedestrians and one wa.a a boy
of 8 riding his bicycle. T hree were kJlled In three
auto.auto collielons and one motoriat waa killed by a
Inlln.
The thirteen September fatalIties were alz (ewer
than in AuguSL The total or accldent&-pe.raonaJ in
jury and property damage as well ... fa.tal-waa
higher , 3,4.93 In September and 3,238 In Augus t The
number of persons injured also Wall higher, 944 in
September lUld 130 in August.
PO'ITER prclera the center lane on

PLUGALONG
multlla ne highwaya.
.Maybe be feet. safer; maybe he feels mure ltn
po.-tanL
He also prefua to drive a1o"'er than pealed apeed.
It may be he baa nen!r noticed the Kigna directing
slow traffic to the outer lane, or It may DC be wouldn't
grasp t he idea if he did.
The Front Cover

Paving of South Route Expretlswsy between 'TlBt
and 95th Streets Is completed except under lhe raU
road overpaases jusl norlh or 91Bt St.recL Thla gap la
now being paved and it t. planned to open the three.
mile aection December 1. Northbound Lra.ffie will enter
at 95th Street and exit al 71st. Southbound will
enter at 7bt and exit at 95th or continue on over the
West Leg to 99lh Street a nd Wentworth Avenue.
Construction of this pa r t of' South Rout.e ill done by
Cook County.
New Surface
IS
Bright
and Smooth
NE of the good points claimed for Colorphalt, a

newly developed road surface material, 18 its high
of light beams, thus contributing to safety.
The contrast between Colorpholt and a bituminous
surface appenra in the photograph alongside. which
was made on a rainy night. The road is Talcott Avenue
between Canfield Avenue and Devon Avenue, in Park
Ridge, This half-mile section ia onc of several locationa where the High ..... ay DepartmcntlalrYlng the ncw
materiaJ in its BRDual rellurfacing program.
O
renectance
When photographed. Talcott bad been given a new

bituminous binder course on all four lanes. The lanes
on the right had received a one-half inch application
of Colorpbalt.
Another Colorpbalt treatment partiy completed this
season is on CalumetKingery Expressway from 130th
Street to the Indiana atate line. This 8,8 mile strelch
is to be fuUy Illuminated and one reason Colorphalt
was considered was its re6ectant quality. which will
make it possible to design a lighting system of lower
candle power value, less costly to operate bul still
more efficienl than those previously installed on other
expressways,
The differ ence in riding quality between concrete

and Colorphalt Is readily noticeable at the Indiana line,
whue westbound traffic comes onto t.he new surface.
The running noise made by the tires on concrete is
suddenly gone, and a driver not aware that he is on a
dlJIerent kind of a road may wonder what has gone
wrong witb his car,
In fact. it nppenMl thut !lome truck drivens have re
acted to Ute loss of accustomed sound by hitting the
brakes. There are heavy skid marks on the Colorphalt
which Highway Department engineers can explain in
no olher ways.
Colorpbalt 8vplied ou Calumt:t-Kingery Is white on

the traffic lanes and red on the ramps, In addlUon lo
Ita color values, t.he material promises long wear and
protection of the base courses, elimination of was.hboard wrinklea and smooth riding.
Rumbler Strips Laid at 29 More Locations
T29
Thls year's program included interuections in all

parta of the suburban area.
HE Higbway Department's 1961 program of rumbler

installation bas been completed with 4.2 atrips placed
at
inte.raec::tlolls, bringing to 254. the total of strips
laid down since the first
applications in 1955,
The rumbler strip 88
originated m the Department is a pebbly surface
at f\ stop sign approach
that will produce an
audible rumble and
thereby bring drivers to
the alert. The strip extends back from the stop
line 300 !'eet and covCr&
the full width of the
traffic lane,
In Cook County the
aggregate used 1& air-cooled, washed blast furnace
alag, Crushed rock would serve 8S well in localities
where it is more economical than slag. The binder
is petroleum asphalt of 100-120 penetration. This
year, a total of 5,793 gallons of liquid and 462 tons of
treated aggregate were applied. including some !lIDall
amounts tor reconditioning existing strips,
Continued improvement in driver behavior at nun
bIered stop signs was noted throughout the year by
the Departmenl's Traffic Engineering Division, Besides
warning drivers lo prepare to stop, the rumbler surface
a lso aids stopping and starting under wintry conditiOQB.
North and Northwest

1\41.d
Plum Gro,'e Road
Plum Groft Road
ROlelle Road
9uenunl Koad
Schaumburg Road
Shoe Fa.elo ry Rond
84rtltetl Road
Buue Road
Buue Road
Hlnb Road
ML Prolpret Road
Ml, Proapect ROad
Mt. PrMpeet Road
Demplter Street
Dem~ter Strftt
....
South, West and Southwest
79th Street
79th Street
Wolf Road
Wolt Road
MI. PnHIpect Road

IlIlSt Street
Kedxle A,'e nue

Kedl'!le- ""venue
FIOQmoof Road
Ftoumoor Itoad
FIOlimoor Roacl
nOlimoor Road
Joe Orr Road
J~ Orr Road
Strl[er ROad
Mlilllnd "','enur
Creen~'OOd Av=ue
LoeJI11oOl
Welt Lane or Al!onquin Road
SOuth Lane wes or Meathem Road
Enlt Lane south of Al,onquln Ro .. d
Welt Lane north ot AlgonquIn Rood
80th Lanell lit RL M
Both lann al Itt, 5&
Both lanu It Irving Park Rd ,
Weatlane north or Colt Road
Eatl Illne ,oulh ot Central Road
North lane- eut or Arllnlton H,u. Road
Wf"Il lane- north or Oakton Str~1
Both lanH It DemP:ltl!f' Slrt't'l
all lane south of Golt ROad
South lane "'elt of Wolf Road
No rth lane e-Ul at RL 83
l_aUon
South lane "'-lIt ot WOlt Road
North 'Ine- e-ut Of wolr Road
East lane lIOuth of 79th Sll'f'et
",..t lane north of '7Dth Stree1
Both lanel at Franklin Ave-nue
North lane eut at Archer ""'enueWe-it lane- north or Goorgr Bre:nnan Hwy.
Ell.It lane south of lseth Stt'(!(!t
80th lane. at SterlIng Drive
Both lanel tlt Kedzl'l Ave-nue
Both len'll at crawtord Avenue
Both lanes at CIcero A"e-nuc
North Inne I!lUl or W'l1te-rn Avenur
SOuth tane Welt ot Ashland ",\'cnUIi
North lane- ran of We.tern A\'lInue
Writ lane north ot S~elfl!!r Uoad
Weat IIlDe nortb or l.li9th Street
Rallies
Mark
Safety Achievements
or outstanding ac.hlevement and gratit-y ing

AYBAR
recognition was observed this month by the Cook
County Traffic. Safety Commiuion (ltthe annual dinner
rallies (or suburban offi
cials and citizen groupe
acth'e In the highway

I18Iety movement. For
thl' in the south part
of the County. thl."; din
ncr wu gh'en OcL 16 In
the Martinique restau
ranl. In Everg-reen Park,
and tor the nonh end.
October 30 In the VUII,
Venice. in Northfield
TownShip.
A pnrticuls rly pleas
In recognition of lh(' Commlulon'. good works was tile
aword to County Board Pre81dent John J. Duffy. who
I. alllO Jlr'ellldl:nt of the CommlsaloD. of the HI61
8chlc \'cment c.ltallon or the 11110011 Associauon of
Police Chief.. 1t was the 8m time. anyone nOl a
member ot the association haa received the award,
old Charles F PetenI4!R, Weltl!m Spring,: police chief,
who" pl'8ld ot of the auoclaUon.
''Our aaodaUoo adopted a rMOlution at the 1961
(:()n\'ention endoraJng the NatlonaJ Police Dri\ing
School. lind we feet that because It \\."115 creatro under
Pret.ldent Dutry. he is deserving of our annual achievemenL award," &aid Chief Pt'terscn.
The IChool. which was Instituted lut ,pring for the
benefit of pollee officers in Cook County. has now ~
opened to pollr pt.rwonnel from any part of the United
Statn. It provides practiCftI Instruetion In pUl'lluit
dri\ing and control of tbe punul!Cl when overtaken.
Chica go Given Award

The CRy of Chicago and 70 suburbs received plaques
for Improvement of tl1elr highway aeeldent reconb In
1060 over 1069, Mayor Richard J, Daley waa present
nt the south end meellng to receive the city's award.
"Mayor DAley 18 Cully aware lhotthe extent and the
tl('rlou/inclJI of highway accldenu constitute one of our
major public problems," said President Duffy. "Chi
cago hlUl done a splendid job In reducing accidents.
pflrth:ulorly fatal acddenta. In fact, Chicago has led
tl1e dUet of more tban a million population in improv.
Ing the record trom year to )'e&r. and for this r tb.ank
Mayor Dale)' on behalf of all the citluns of Cook
County."
On hw part., the mayor pl"&iaed the Commi.salOD for
providing Itaderahlp in the eountywide mO"~ent for
safety.
"Under W. eompt.tent leackrshlp, tbe local offic1aIII
In lhe suburt have Cound the opportunity to eoopC!nlle, Ilnd thf" result baa bee.n Il wonderful prognun
or Mfely to the bene6t oC all the people," be said.
County Clerk Edward J. Barrdt, wbo 18 chairman of
the SAfety Comm18,lon. asked the gathering to stand
a minute In tribute to the memory oC the late Dan
Ryan, president of the County Board. and also took
the OCClLIlon to pay relpecls to Mrs. Ryan, a member
oC the board, who W8JI seated at the llpeakel'll' table.
"Under President Ryan and now under President
Pr. . ldent Dl,ltt)' (left) receive. Pollee Chle'.' CIUtion

From Ch.rle. F. Peteuen.
Duft'y, thl. . .fl'ly mo\'ement is maJdng notable .d

\'aJleH," uJd Mr, BarretL "RN:oe:nUy the Commtalon'8
exf'CuUve aeeretary, John J . McCleverty. attended a
meeUng ot jUlitieea of the peace who bear caaea of
traffic violaUon.. A t that meeUng It Willi decided that
minor otrenden should be directed to attend the new
achool or Instruction aet up by the oommlsalon. It
appea.rs wiler to tellch such people bow to avoid future
violaliona than to alap them \litb a ftne and tum them
100M" on lhe highways again.
"r am reminded of the three 'E'II' of traffic safetyengtn rinr, enfororment and education. and I feel
that the great need today Ia (or better driving edUta.
lion. We are finding out tbat the expressways and
tollways, where high speed 15 pennlUed. can create
the ItCUlng for accidents. There lire certain lhlngs
about expreuway driving the public must learn.
"Too mlllly times people come orr the expreaaways
Into elly streets ..... IUlout realizing thal a aharp reduc.
tlon ot s~cd III called Cor. There arc. Crequent viola.
lions by .10 ..... drivel'll wbo bog the cC!Jller lane and
rorce everyonc elae to paas them, Drivera need to
Il'am lhat spacing between cal"ll at expressway llpeed
111 Vitally ImportanL Cutting in and out is another
oO'e.nM' that is Npt'tlaUy dangeroua at higb Bpeed.
"And now t hOJ)@ that allot you on your W8)' borne
will drive .. If )"Our liff' dl!Pf!nded on IL Alter Ill. It
doe.,. ..
New Schools For Drivers

Two kinds o( driving inatruction have been initiated
by the Commlulon thl. year, said Mr. McCieve.rty.
One I. Cor high .choal studenlJl enrolled In their school
driving eOUMK'II. U conslsta or a written examination
In wety prinelplel and lraffic: laws and also a safety
lecture Illustrated witb lllides. Studenlll reeeiving thl.
lnnruetlon attend lhret' regular cillea periods.
Material otrered by the Safety Commi8llion is
plA-nned to aupplement the regular eoune. A trial run
Will made In the Lemont High School IIlII1. spring, FIve
other school. have received the CommiSSion course
Suburbs, Schools Receive Awards
At the Speake,,' Table-Left to Right, William J . MortImer, County HIghway SuperIntendent: County Clerk Ed.
wlIrd J . Barrett: Mayor Richard J. Daley: Pruldent John J . Duffy : Mr . Daniel Rya n ; John J, McCleverty.
thus far and the lecture learns are booked solid

through February, with the po8ll1bility that a11 35
suburban high schools will be visited by the end of the
current school year.

One gratifying result or Ule higb school drivmg
course. Mr. McCleverty said. is confirmation of the
theory that a chUd who learns to ride a bicycle safely
will be a belter automobile drlver.
" In our bicycle safety progTfLm we have always said.
'The chUd behind the handlebars will become the driver
behind the wheeL' Now we are finding out that students who learned bicyc.le safety are making better
grades in the aulo driving examination.
"Among the high school students who have taken
the auto test th us [ar were 1B7 who had received
bicycle lrainlng in grammlU' school. Not one failed to
pass."
The second a rea o[ Inslructlon is that referred to by
Secretary Barrelt-the refresher course for people
arrested for minor traffic violations. They are sent to
school by the judges and then returned to court for
disposition or their cuset!. A re(!ord of their attendance and pcrfornulnce Is submit.ted by the Commission
instructor.
Awards of three kinds were announced at the dinners-safety achievemenl awards to incorporated
suburbs wbose 1060 accldenl records were better than
1959, school bicycle wety -awards, and individual
safety awards to Buburba a nd citizen group.s for
speciaJ safety programs.
South Area W inners

Suburbs in the Bouth part or the County cited for
achievement were:
Bedlord ..... k, lJumham, Calu.mel 01), Calumet P ... k Chi
caRa Ridge, Dollon, Ean ctUclllIO lIel lI ht., EMt Haz~Crett,
F laumoor "Qn!lt View Glenwood, Hilul Crest. HodlklnK,
liom ewOOd lIumeWwn, jUIUre Lan.lnR, Lrmont, Markham,
;\IaHeIOn, ~terrlonNle Park, rotldlnthlBn, Oak Ll1wn, OlympIa
f'1eldt, Orlnna Pllrk PalO, Hellllht., Palot Hm~, PIllM Park,
Park Fol'9l. Phoonl x, Pollen, kobblnl. $auk village, SOuth
OUellll'o Hel,htl, SOuth HOlland, SUdmey, Tinley Park, Thom
ton, Wetllern Sprin,., nml Worth,
Achievement tJ.wllrds were. also presented to Sherilf's
Pollee districts 2 and S, Slate Pollee district 4 and the

lllinois Tollway police [orce,
Public schools In the south area receiving bicycle
sarety awards were:
Dillrlct 9!5>-Hl'UQk Park, Grog ('EtmentlLO' and Gross JunIor
hlah.
DinrlN IOI-F'1eEd Park, Fllreat Hill, FrankUn, Grlltld AV('nul', LatdElw, Ind Ml"Clunt Junior high.
Dlstrici 1000000000000ngu*, P ... k, O'lultt Ayenue, Forflt Ro.d,
Goodman AVt'nue, Oilk A\'t'nue. and OIrden Avenue..
District l03-CoIIlello, Edlton. Elm, Baley, Hom~ Unrein,
Ind WllJIhlngton.
Dlltrl('t l..OO-Currie ~n, Junior high, Hodgkins, Idcal. Sevcmth A..-enue, and Sprlna A\'cnue,
Dlnrlct l06-lUahlands,
Dlltrlel 107- PlelllnnldaJe
District I09-Brldaevlew, Juallce, a nd Raben$ park..
DI,trlrl lll- Durbank nnd TobIn,
Dlnrlct 113--Lemont Community CUnlolidaled.
Dlltrlet U1-Quln.
DlllrlcllZl-Harney, Md Lillb.
DI.trlct l%J-flrandl. Cook Avenue, COvington, Gnddl.!, Gallterer, Hometown, McDonald. /tnd SWllrd.
Dlnrlet 124-Norlhl'It~1, SIIutht'RlI and Southwu!.
OI.IItnct l:m---AtwOO<1 IIl'ights and Mead ow Lana.
Dhllrlcl ]26-SI(tn~' CrE-ek.
Dlltrh:-ll27- Worth nnd WnrlhwOOdIl
DIstrict U8--Crab Orehnrd and Palnl Hl'lghU.
DI.trirt lllS-Dowen.
District l'IS--Sllrlnll"neld A,enue.
DtllrlCI ] 'H-Canlerbury, Markham Junior hiGh, Markham
Park, McLaurhry, and PoUawlllomle.
Dillrlc:t H8-Wuhlnglon,
District ]Sl -F'.I~nhower 11011 MadllUn.
OIl1rlet ~tral, SUl-ndam, and W1110\\
DI'U1ct ~Llncoln.
DI.trlct 157-lIoover
Dlnriet l:l8-CooUdlP, crawl, ELJenhower. IndIana "'''enue,
Memorial Junior high, and Rt'avl .
Di.trlct ltn-Al'('ldlll, I1l1nol., .!'tIIUeIOn, and Rlchlon
Square.
Dinrici 168--Sauk T,.II.
Dlllrict J10---F'ranklln, Gartleld Grant. Greenbriar, l:Ughlandl, Jerrerson, Lineolll, McKliifey. ROOJC!\'VI, WaablnRton
Junior hllllh, ud WUaon
DI.trict In-Sunnybrwk,
Dlllrtci 172--Sandrldge.
OIlInet 114--Sauk Trail
District IM-Centnll JunlQr high, Eutvlcw, Hlckor)' Hili,
Pl1rk1.'lew, and SIIukvlt'w.
South
awards:
end
parochial
schools
receiving bicycle
81ul' 1llllnd_Flut Lutheran and St. r.ldol'f!.

COlumet 01)'-81. Vlclor.
COlumN Pnrk~ven HOi), Founder..
((n UnUl;ld on PIlle 6)
Sidney D. Deutsch
Citations For Safety

(Continued !rom paae 5)
H.UlI CrHl-8t. Ann.
HomewOOtl_"t, J(lRJlh.
La Gran!!:'!.....,.'; t . Cle"u . nd SI. Fr.ncls X.vler.
La Gr.mce Park-St. Louille de M.rlU.c.
Lanslna: .....Lan.lna: ChrIlU.n. St. Ann. St. John Lutheran, .nd
Trinity LUlh ...nn
J.Aomonl~L Matthew.
Mllrkh.m -.'il. ("'.cram
""ell.
lnclividual safely awards were presented to the following:

Drookneld
1t~rt'nlJon
Board.
Brookfield
SIlIC!t)
COuncU,
Brmoonh! Troop 280. lIomQ'~ood; LanJlns: JunlQr Women', Club.

\'111,,,1.' ot I3c!dtonl f'Qrk. \'111_111.' fir Brldge,'lew rn,I WIUo\\
SprlnRs Lions Club.
North End Awards

North suburbs receiving achievement awards were:
llarUl!tt Berkel.. y, Buff.IO Grovc. Dell Plojne.,
Elk Gro\'c, j:'ranklJn P!lrk, Golt, Clenvlew, Clencoe, IInno\'lI'r
Pnrk, 1IC1,,"ood H\!!llht .. IIl1bldc. Hottman ~dt/l'e K .. nllworth.
Llneoln\\uod. )Iorlun GNlv .... loll. Prollpert, Northbrook. NorthMe ld, Nnrlhlllkl!, Park Rhl ..... Itheu hle. Itlver !-'uren, Sch/lum
burg. Sl'hllier Pllrk. Stone Pllrk. St.rellmwQCM.I, We~tcheJIler,
Wh('t!lIn,. WlIml'ltli IInti Winnetka.
Dturln.um
Public schools In Lhe north area receiving blcyc.le

safety awards were:
IJh'lrkl I~rdlnnl Uri ..... ('.,,,,,,,1 Ih"at!. !lnd Kimball Hilt,
m.trlrt 2l~nllbul"l.
UJ..lricl 28--F('t!hanvUI..
Dlllrlel $4--Rl.t"k III1\\k
~.L/'YI~w, lI"mIlJln, W,k!:vlr" II.n,1

T ..'ln Brook
01"lrkl ti9--Gro~1' Junlur nlah, HWX"', and Ruplt')
O1~lri!'l tl2
AhrvnqulD Junior hlan. CeDt.-.l CUmbcrlhl1t!.
~'CJrt!:IIt. Mllp1.e. Nt/rth, On:nard PI.ao, SOuth, Thaucr Junlor-
high nd Wetl.
DIJlrlet ~olll!lc IIlIIlIntl Timber Rluge.
Dlltrlcl 67..... lIyneL
Sidney O. Deuach
Olliriel 88-Stllnlon,
Dlltrh:l 69--KenlOn.
Ol~rlrl 7:J"i---C!c\lI'land.
011Iri('17l-Llnl.'Oln. RuliNg ... , and Todd.
IDNEY D. DEUTSCH, a member of the Board of

County Comrrussloners and chairrman of ita finance
committee, died October 20 or a sudden heart attack.
He was also Democratic committeeman of the 24th
Olltrll:t 78-R05(!mont
Ol.trlcl 79--P.. nno) ... r.

01111'1('\ 8O-LeI,t\.
Dinrit'l 83-M/ll1nhelm. Roy, StOtt, and Wll'Jltdale,
Dhnrlrl86--Unlnn Rld,e.
Dlttrl ... t 87..... Fll'lti. Fr. nklln . J ... rr ...r.un. LOngfellow} RII ... y.
Sunnyside unit 1, Sunny.ld!!! unit 2, 'J'\\'atn. and WhittleI'.
DI.lrJct 88-Cmnl. Lloeoln, McKinley. ROOlen!l!, Roosevelt
Junior high. II.nd WliJ,(ln,
DJ.lrlel 89-AddlllJU. Erneraon, Cnrfleld. [rvlnll:. Uhl.'Oln. Melrose Park. Roo~\'elt, SI\!\'Cnlon. and WlUlhlngton.
Olnrlel 91_Fleld_Su! ... euon, Forest Park junior high. Cnr_
tleld, Cr.nt-Whlle, /lnd RoI.,
Ol.trict 92-LlndOp,
OI.lrlel 94-Komlll't'k East and Komarek WHL
Dilln ... , OO-Ames. Blythe rllork. Qontral, Central Junior Illlo:h,
ward.
Mr. Deutsch, who WRS 60 years of age, was born In

Chicago and lived in lhe city all of bis life. His public
service includad several clt~ and stale posts previous
to his appointment to lhe County Board in January.
1960.
and Hollywood.
Dlllrl ... t ~ner.l CUller, Jerr... rson. .nd H!l\U.......k .
OIJllriet 99-Durnham. Cll'Ilro. Columbus. Dru-e1, Goodwin.
Llnl.'Oln MeKlnlt')'. RooaI!vC!l!, Shu-lock, WU-an. and Woodbine,
OI.lrlet lOO-La veran,",
He was assIstanl city clerk (rom 1942 to 1948. In

1949 be W8.I appointed by Covernor Stevenson to be
chief factory Inspettor in the state department of
labor. [n 1953 he was elected alderman of the 24th
ward to IlIUccced the lale Louia London and W8..B re
elected to the council In 1955.
Parochial and privale schools cited for bicycle safelY
were:
Bn>ad ... I_ .....Wul suburban Seventh Day AdvtmU.t.
CIcero-Mary, Queen ot He ...."n, RlI'deunu Luther-an, St,
\'alenUn.!t and Timothy ChriltJan.
De. 1"1a1nu-lmmanuC!1 t.uthll'tan, SL Mary'.. and St.
St... ph ... rl'l.
Elk Orave VIII e---Queen or the Ron.ry.
When City Treasurer Morris B. Sachs died in 1957.

Mr. Deut&eh waa appointed to that post by Mayor
Daley. He wu elected to the office in 1959 and with
Mayor Daley WllB the leading recepienl of vote. on
the Democratic tic.ket.
Forell P.rk-8L John,

"lUllde-Imm.nuel Lutheran,
North Rlvenlde-).Ialer Chrini.

No,...',-ood Park_o;t. Paul Lulheran
O.k Park-ctlrlll O.k Park,
P.I.Une-lmmanuel l.utheran .nd St. Theresa.
Rlve ...lde-51 M.r)....

RONlIe-5L Peter', Luthu.n.
Skokle--St. Lambl!rtl.
On the County Board, Mr. Deut:acb succeeded the

late ArthUr X. Elrod, who also had been 24th ward
Democ.rnUc committeeman. The term expires next
year.
Wlnnll'lka .....North Short' COuntry Day,
Indlvidual awards were presented to Cub Scout Pack

3317. Cicero; Des PlaJnea Safety Council, Foresl
SqulU'e Home Owners' Asaoc.iation, Riverside PoUce
Department S"fet.y Council, and the Riverside Recrea
tlon Board.
Mr. Deutsch Is survived by his widow, Fay; a son,

Earl, a daughter, Mrs. Elaine M. Rubens, and six
grandchildren.
.........
Job of the Month
September Building Permits

ea~ted
ERMITS for buIldlng construction

to coat
P
$5,441,120 were issued In September by the
County Department o( Building, which
jurisdiction
Cook
has
in
the
unincorporaled
area.
The increasing trend
toward apartment living
In the countryside was
:: :: ,III ::
reflected in permita for
23 buildings. One permit covered clghl bulldlngs with a lota] of 40 unlta to
be buill in Elk Grove Township, on Elmhurtlt Road
north of Algonquin Road, at a cost of $1,016,000.
Thirteen buildings with a total of 26 units and costing
$443,800 were permitted in Maine Township, at Borne
Court-Home Avenue and Chureh Street. Four build
Inga with 0. total of eight unHs and costing $87,400,
will be built in Palatine Township, at Rohlwing Road
lind Emerson Avenue.
I I
Girder...... Ing Into plllcCI where the East Lell of Soulh

Route ExprellwlIY erolle, a Rock 1,Ii1nd freight Une
Pennits were Issued for three cburclt buildingsChurch ot the NlU.trene, at Berner and Golf Road,
Hanover Township, $100,000; Comm1mity Christian
Church of Richton Park, on Maple. west of Crawford
Avenue, Rich Township, $61,600, and First Baptist
Church of Glenview, 1236 Greenwood Road, Northfield
Township, '''9,000.
Also authorized were & pipe line pumping staUon on
Ben Road north of 131at Street. Lemont Township,
$130.000, and a 24-unlt molel at 2441 Mannheim Road.
Leyden Township, $;5,000.
Of Lbe 297 pcnnlta Issued, 123 were for single dwellings estimated to coal a total of $2..534,100. For other
types o( construction :
In the vicinity of Woodhlw" Avenue ilnd 100th Street.

The .pan In the foreground , which dl.plll)" a good job
of concre te work, I, piln of the atructure that will
carry southbound traffic. The twin Itructure, for northbound traffic, I, In the background. Contractor "
Thoma, McQueen Compilny.
Detours In Effect
Work in progress by the Cook County Highway Department requires detoura 8.8 tollows:
PALATINE ROAD bt>twH'n ~1IIw.ukee Avenue a nd Rohlwlng
Road. main dnln connrllcUnn. Opt'" to loc:al lraffiC: only. Wefl
bound trame dClDW' southcut on MU ...... ukee A venue

to Rh'cr Road, IOUth on
ResldenUa\ addltlonl lind alteraUons--47 pcrmlta, Sl83,240.

Ac:eenory bulldlngl-7,1 pennlt&. .tJ.n.u!O.
HI\'er Road t o Euclid A\'I!'-
nUClt.wQl on EuO::lld A",~nU(l
lJulldlnn-Flve permltl. $2&1.600.

addlUonl and alleraUont--14 pl!nnl"', J309.aoo.
Indul1l1al bulh.llnal -T\\"o permlll1. "3:11,000.
InduB!MIII aildltJonl and alteratlonl-Two permlu, ~200.
Dusincal
III lliorthwest HViY north

wen on Ngl'1.h...l!lIt Hwy. to
Dualnen
Rohlwlng Rmul and north

on Rohlwln&' Road to Pala
Unt> Road; Eastbound nt\'~rlll
Wl!l1a-Ten perml .... $10.000.

MI8C1!l!aneouf-Flve permltl, $20,.800.
order.
CHURCH STREET between Crouc Pt. Itoad nnd central PlU'k, widening to 44 teill
and reBurfadna. Open to local tratne only. WeUbound trame

detOur norlh on MI'Cormlek Blvd. 10 Slmpaon Stffet, well o n
SlrnJ)lOn Sirecol to Crolll! PL UORd and lOuth on Croue PL Road
to Church Street; t::.o.Blbound rever.. order.
10001 A\'E,NU}: (Orland Park) between 143n1 and 15111
Stteuta. ruurf.dn,. Open to loeal trattle only. SOuthbOund
tramc: detour ellit on 143ru to 96th Street., .oUl0 on 96th Street
10 ll'illt Street .nd "elt on ll'i1.lt Street to lOOth Avenue;
nI,Irthbound reverse onIer.
Northbound traft\c: delour Wet;1 o n 8&'d S~t to Lafa),ette
Avenue. North on Lafayette to 76th Stl'C!C!t and Eut on 76th
SlrHl to State Str'l!et. SOuthbound Nlver5e onler.
The distribution of permits by townships was as

foUowa:
Tl)wnlihlp
Barrtnglon
Bloom
Bremen
}!Ik Grove
Hano\er
Ll!mon~
Levden
STATE STRE1." between 95th S~t and 10lrd Sl.n!c!L

(South Route Exprellwilyl ClulM'd to trll1De. Southbound Ira!ftc: detour can on "th SlR'1!t \(I f.[lchl.lln Avenue. Muth on
MJehl,an A\'enue 10 103t'd Slrwot and welt on 103n1 10 State
Street; Northbound reverst! order"
STATE STREET lletween 69th and 7111 Street. (SOulb ROute
JcprHRWay. CloKd to tramc.. SOuthbound ll'a1JIe detour west
on 69lh Street 10 Ur.l"ene Avenue, M!ulh on Lafa~ette Avenue
10 rut Street and tan on 71.1t Stl'fft to State S~L Northbound re,"erse onter.
JOE ORR ROAD b4lt~'t"t'l\ Slatl! Street and t\lltage Crol;e
Avenue, railroad track relocation. Closed 10 tramc.. EaRlbound tramc: detour lOulh on Stale S~t to LIncoln IIwy ",
eut on Uncoln liwy. to COna" Crove Avenue and north on
COltalf! Cro"e Avenue to JIJe Orr Road: We.tbound nwene
Ll"onB
;\ alneTMer
~_
:><orthneld
Norwood Park
orland
Palatine
P"~
ProvllO
RIch
SCh.urnbu....
SUekne),
Thornton
Wheellnl
Worth
order
J'UJa,lta
.
."
,
7
V.luaUo ..
71.000
75.000
..82.700
1,453,700
1"5.000
ls".:xiO
10J.700
6l!I."'"
10.000
,.",
,
,
""''''8
45.700
&<&""
17:.l,0IXI
...,
1
11
"-""
",",00
,",-SOO
U.lOO
,.000
...,."'"
109,400
In the no-fee classification, whicb includes churches,

school.ll, larm buJldlngs, pubUc works, and fallout
shelters, 407 permits were l88ued for a total estimated
cost of $238,200. One was [or 8. fallout sbelter, for
which lhe coat was given 88 $1,000.
STATE STREET (SOuth Route Exprt'U"'.Y) belwf!en 76th

Sl.fl:el and saru Street, new COllltruction. CIoed to traltlt'.
FOREST PRESERVE DRIVE belwl!C'cn Irving Park Road and
MontrolC! Avenue, widening and relurtllel.ng.
EAST LAKE AVENUE extcnBlon-Cradp separation under
Lehlll'h A\'enuo and C-M. St. p " .. P. R.R,
A Major Project on the East Leg of South Rou te E lC pre ..way Includu Grade SeparatIon Structures at the E lght.Track Il l1 noll Central MaIn Line
ilnd Coltage Grove Avenue. The View, South~rd , Sh owi the Cottage Gro ve Bridge Completed ilnd Work Progrenlng Be neath t he Track ..
Vol. IX No. 6
November, 1961

Publlahed by the Cook County ( m .) Departznent ot Highway.
Under a Ulplce. of the Board ot County Commiaionen
JOHN J , DUFFY, Prldent
J , ro me Hl.lppert
Fran k Bobrytzke
Chilrlu F . Cha plin
E liubet h A.. Conke,
Jel'T)' Ooleul
Ch r llt A..
.I,",.,.
John A. MIckle r, Jr
Ruby Ryan
Seym our F, Simon
Joh n J . Dufly
W illi .. .,., N. Erlck,on
Fred A. F ull,
Clayto n F. Smith
Ed w" rd M. Sn ee d
Joh n J . Touhy
W illia m J. Mo rt imer
S10lperln tende nt of H l g h w ilY'
Published at 130 North W.JII; Street. Cb1cal'o 6.
FRanklin 276H
t:xten.lon 216
. . . .In
Boob 01 the Month

w~re
lXTEEN l)f'r80lU
killed In highway Lraffic aedS
den18 in suburban Cook Count}' ilUll month, three
more than In &pt.ember. bul 12 fewer Hum in OClobi!or
hut year.
Six of the October victlma w(O re pcdC!8trinnlt.
As the Cook CoUnty
Trame Surety Commlsalon haa rrequently

pointed DuL
~ple
run
down by cara arc more often than 1I0t elderly pt'.rsona

or children. unable l(. move quickly or unaware or the
danger of venturing onLO Lhe paveme.nL MoLoriata,
particularly in 8.r~a where foot traffic may be ex
pected. must shaI"C the responsibility.
Two of the six killed laat mont.h were womcn. onl'
73 and the other, 67. Two were mcn, (.ne 63 and one
60. One WAS a boy of 1'1 , nnd onc W88 a man of 23.
There Wftll a letup in the off'pavement tY I>e of acci
dent, whIch bRd been increaalng nllU'mingly over last
year. Only two deaths were so liated, on(' reBulting
!rom a car leaving lhe road and striking a poat and
the other caulK'd by n ear hitting an abutment.
Six deaths occurred when automobiles eollldf'd and
one when an Ruto W8S in collision with a truck. One
man was killed when his car was struck by a train.
Through October. trnffic deaths in lhe suburban
area totaled 172, which compared with 110 in the finl
10 monLhl of 1960.
The total of accidents reported in October-propeny
damage Rnd peJ"8onal Injnry as well 8S fatal-wall
slightly under September, 3.479 as Rgainst 3.'193. The
number of perHOns Injured also was lower 68 In
October and 914 In Septembc.r,
CUTHBERT tau detached [rom reality

CAREFREE
as a gntuhopper.
He lela tht! daY8 slip by with never a thought of
winter until the morning he linds his car frozen ,
That Is Cu~hbert's private problem, which can be
laken care of III any friendly 611ing station.
But If he falls to check the motor exhaust gaskets
nnd gimmicks he may become a public problem on the
higbway.
Carbon monoJdde gas leaking into cars with the
windows closed is, the expert.. Bunniae, the cause of
numeroua "unexplained" fataJltJes In winw.r time.
We Get Around
'fht: following letter received this month from an
Air Force bRse gave the editors of Cook County Hig h.
ways a fe('lIng or bei ng somewhat use(ul in the outside
world. It wall written by Ralph M. Riley, Chief,
Ground Safety Division. Air DefenS(' Company, Ent
Air Force aaae, Colorndo. and read:
"Thill office would greAtly appreciate receiving a
reprint of Article titled 'OffRoad Smaahu8 RaiR
Traffic Toll: which appeared in the July, 1961. issue
of your maglldnl". Thill information will bt' u.sed for
lntining of young men of this command In the Inlerest.

of traffic anfety,"
The article I)()inted out that In the first six months
of thia year the number o( fatal accidenta in 8uburban
Cook County caused by e&nIJea\rtng the pavement Rnd
81riklng tree., posts, bridge abutments and other way
side objects WflB twice that in the like lK'rlnd IR8t
yellr-39 M Agains1 19.
First Mile
of
Concrete Uncovered
THE VIEWPOLVf of the modern road

FROM
builder, the year ]913 belongs to the dark ages.
Country roads were din or at best gra\'e1, and (rom
the .mall hut growing band of autoists (the term then
in vogue) was beginning to rise the cry, "Get us out

of the mud!"
Thus the discovery of 8 long buried metal plaque

m"rklng a mile of concrete road laid in 1913 ranks as
an event of areh ological importance.
tCotLJ. (11t.1.. .. !ll.. UIll .t.L'IICIJ.

t1l1!t.' U :.1.!IJ.: Lt!1...lWJL C.'1!Wlt ll
The marker came to light last month in the course

of reconstruction of Church Street (rom Central Park
~LlI;J; ~'41','W" (.\UII
Avenue to Groaa Point Road. In Skokie. The discovery

started inquiry that seems to lead to the conclusion
that Church Street had th(' first full mJle of concrete
III the suburban Aren. Pl'rhnpa it was the first in all
of l h l:' County, for In thal period other materials were
l'(IL:!;U,
, l 1.I,I'LMl'I, - "l'lll'l, III ZCLIoI.I t'
.'l'la. L,lI.U:).l\
tlsed on sLrccts In Chicago and a quick sear ch of city
"ccard. doc. not revcal any concrete as early as 1913.

Cburcb Street, half 8 century ago, was regarded 8B
a ll Importnnt route by both the rellidents of Nile.
Townllhlp and th hualne&s men of Evanston, and the)'
promoted the paving job and, with equal partiCipation
by the County, carried it through.
The early road waa primitive by today's standards.
but no doubl wall rated as the wonder of the day by
autolalA who wore Unen dusters and goggles. It was
only 16 f@oCt in width, two 8-foot lanes.. By comparison. lanell on the new expressways are 12 feeL The
1913 road had. crushed rock base but DO Slee] reinforcement as In today's concrete aJabs.
was UI)llarent and Disc where sufficient money witS

r('lId}'. The County Board willingly cooperated to the
extent of providing one-Lhird of the cost, as recorded
In the proceedlngll AugUllt24. 1913. The same participation Willi voted by the Niles commissioners IUld by
the group of E\'an8ton business men that later was to
become the Evanston Chamber of Commerce.
Cost Figures Vary

The Nllell oommissioncn' minutes reveal that the
rood contract wu awarded September 15. The figure
statoo wall $1<1,942.10. at tb.. rate of 2.83 B lineal
Plaque Costs Extra
rooL
NevertheleN, the job Wfl..ll prized 50 highly that it

was det!med proper to .pend 25 for the plaque, which
('xpendlture I. duly recorded along with the cost of
the paving,
When tbe phHjUe Wl18 dug up it was still embedded
In lhl' original concrete, although covered by at least
one black top resurfnclng. After a tborough scouring.
Ihc following leLlerlng WIIS revealed;
CONSTRUCTED 1913 BY
TOWN OF l\'1 L ES H1 GHWA Y COMM1SSIONERS
George J. Proese:l
George Landeck
Edward Clark
TOwn Clerk
Robert F. Holfman
COUNTY ROAD A1\D
John J Gard
A M. Anderson John E.
Thl' contractor WAS M . Foley and Co. Some of his

family IItlll IIv~ In the Skokie area but the specifica
Llonll given him for the job have long since disappeared.
Foley', performance W8S exeellent as to time of con
strlletlon, and there Is some reason to believe it was
n180 e.xtrao rdi nary In respcct to payment. None of the
records now Ilvl\lIuble ahow the completion dutl', but
the. work must have been done in leas than two
months. for the Proceedings 0( the County &ard No
vember 17 contain a report by the Road and Bridge
Committ~ that notlte: of completion had been received
from the Niles commissioners. The &ard's committee
all50 had bad time to inspect the work. which was
found to be lIatisfactory.
In the same- report, the committee gave the cost of
the projt'(!t 0' 13.224.86. or $1.71i.54 less than the
figure in the Niles minutes_ Nothing in either set of
recordJt baa been found to explain the discrepancy.
slthough It appt"ars thl': County figure must ha~'e been
corr('Ct, for the Road and Bridge Committee in its
November 17 report recommended tha.t R warrant In
the 8um of 4.408.29 be drawn for "the County's 8ha.re
of the COllt of aald road. being one-third of the total
cost thereof." And 4.40S.29 is exactly (me-third of
$13,224.S7.
By way of conjecture, the $14.942.40 in the town
8hlp minutes moy have been only an estimate- of the
cost. Or could It have been that Contractor Foley,
awnrl': of his pillce in t he history of modern road bulld-
BRIDGE comflTTEE
Avery Coonley
Joseph Fitzgerald
Maloney
THE EVANSTON BUSINESS MEN'S CL UB

The bare facIA of the early road are to be found in
both th~ mlnutea of th~ Nllea commissioners IUld the
Proceedings of the Board of Cook County Commissioners. The County Highway Department did not
then exist. Authorized by the 1913 State Legislature.
the Department W8.lI organized in 1914.. P r evious to
then, highway mallers were ha.ndled by the board's
Road and Bridge Commluee.
T he early records Indicate that the idea of a concrete road was born In the Skokie-Evanston a rea,
which wall natural becnuse l hllt was where t he need
'(\)otlnueil on PlIlle 6)
Access to Airports From Expressways

Speaking be/ore tile 1961 ammal COtluelltion of
the Amoncan Society 01 Civil Engineers in New

York October 11, Ilnyo J. Stllrk, Chief EngilleeT
0/ tlte Cook COlmly fligh1f:ay DepaTtment, pre
sCllied the p/unnirty 0/ the ChicagoCook County
exprC.!8U:UY 4YRtcm as related to airport accestl.
COOK COUNTY there are now ten airports. Of

INthese
six ure- mOf(' or less local in nature and ade-
quate for small plones only. The Glenview Naval Air

Station is purely 8
military field owned
by the U. S. Navy.
Meigs Field on Chi
cago lake front just
south of the Loop
is an executive
plane field which is
used principally by
business men. Midway Airport. CGnlinuously in opera-
tion since 1927, has

meen the mainstay
airport for Chicago

and Cook County.
It is now only one
square mile in area
and is located in a
Hugo J. SUr\(
completely built uJ)
section of the city. Restrictions limiting the c.,,<pansion of Nidway made necessary the opening of a new
a nd larger field. The airport site of O'Hare Field was
acquired by Chicago late in 1945.
This location was chosen 18.6 miles northeast of the
Loop at the old Douglas aircl'Rft plant and adjacent.
runways. which had served as an aircraft proving
ground during World War U. Th(' site was largely
farm land at that lime. One of the principal reasons
for this choice was that it was adjacent to the line of
th(> proposed l\"orthwest Expressway.
Ai r Cross Roads of the World

The coming of the jct has made Chicago truly the
aviation cross roads of the world. All jet flights are
now from O'Hare Inte rnational Airport. although Midway Ctln handle the new Cal'Rvelle jets. Intercontinental jets arrive and leave (rom O'Hare, which now
has one 11,600 foot long runway. A large parking area
is under construction as a part of O'Hare Field and has
:'\ capacity to park 2,400 cars.
Midway was for several years the busiest airport in
the world. In 1959 there were 431,400 plane landings
and dopartures, with more than 10,000,000 passengers.
In 1960, with the transfer of the jets to O'Hare, this
has dropped to 375.368 plane movemcnts. with about
7,000,000 passengers. It has parking area for 1, 00
automobiles.
O'Hare Field will soon, if It has not already done so,
take over the distinction of being the world's busiest
airpc.rL In 1959 it handled 231.639 plane movemonts
with 2,156,155 passengers. In 1960 this had increased
to 249,281 plancs with a passenger figure: of 5,691,4.46,
a n increAse in passengers over the previous year of
164 per cent. O'Hara Is planned to take care of a
20,000,000 passengers per year load.
In 1960 Meigs Fjeld handled 109,510 planes, with

427,611 passengers. A helicopter shuttle service provides means whereby passengers may go by air from
Meigs to O'Hare or Midway,
Cook County's section of the Northwest Expressway
and the O'Hare Airport lead-in road were opened to
traffic late In 1960. Before this new route was opened
the travel time from the Loop to the airport was anywhere from 50 minutes to 2 hours, depending on the
time of day and traffic congestion. This has been reduced to 25 minutes by the new route 8.nd will Ix!
improved 8 little more by the elimination of lbe gradp
crossing Ilt Mannheim Road.
Before the opening or the Illinois Tollway it took
from one to one and a half hours to go [rom 8 south
Cook County suburb, such 8S Harvey or Chicago
Hcight.8. to Midway Airport, 1\ distance or 15 to 20
miles. Now the longer distance of 25 to 40 miles from
these same suburbs to O'Hare Field can be made in
45 minutes, and you can depend on getting there in
that time. Before. you might get in a traffic jam and
sit thcre with visions of your plane departing 'w ithout
you. A very frustrating experience!
Our first comprehensive expressway system included
the Northwcst Expressway and a River Expressway
before tbe Chicago luternationsl O'Hare Airport was
planned. The Illinois Tollway has supplanted the old
River Expressway, which In the early days had been
planned nlong the Des Plaines River a short distance
east of the present O'Hare Field. However, the Northwest Expressway has been constructed aJong the line
origina\ly planned with a very few variations.
The original Northwest and River Road Expressways provided access to O'Hare Field by way of Mannheim Road or Higgins Road. This was not too direct
a route, but still made the airport accessible to these
highways, After the toll road was completed the
Northwest Exprcssway ended at the toll road, with the
last free exit at the Cumberland A venue clover leaf,
which was three circuitous miles from the airport
entrance.
A change from the original plan was then made to
include a limited acccss expressway airport lead-in
road from the Northwest Expressway to the easterly
entrance to the airport, a distance of two miles. This
included a directional interchange with the expressway. n compUcated dual crOSSing of the Des Plaincs
River, a cloverleaf interchange with the Des Plaines
River Road, an intricate interchange w:ilb the loll road ,
and a grade separation with the Sao Line railroad.
Access to Midway Airport bas been planned for over
20 years by way of the I & M Cana.1 (or Southwest)
Expressway, The illinois and Michigan Canal was
conlltructed about 1840 for waLer traffic {rom Lake
Michigan to tbe Mississippi River. 1t has been abandoned for many years, but legal entanglemcnts have
prcvented using the right of way for highway purposes, The legal obstacles have now been overcome
and we are drawing contract plans for tbis route
which will be completed in aoother three or four years.
Meigs Field is located on Lake Afichigan near the
downtown business area of Crucago and has excellent
aeccss to all parts of the highway aystem due to its
location on Lnke Shore Drive.
(COn l lnull'd on Pll(le 6)
=='
Buying
"Spool of Thread"
Estimatlnll Enilineer
Cook County Highway Department
BOY is scnt to the store for a spool of thread.

ItheFheAgeneral
will probably bring one back because he knows
dimensions of a spool of Lhread. But it
would be phenomena l if he brought
bac k the exact

spool wanled from
the hundreds available unless he had
a description of the
kind of thread
wanted - the material. its color and
quantity takeoff and specification writing, they may

not always save money in the bids. An exception
might be made or "incidental to the contract" items.
These items might be summarized in a separate quantity takeoff, with a lump sum bid for "incidental items"
in lhe summary of quantities. Designers may be surprised to find that the combined "Incidental Items" are
not incidental, dollar-wise.
fineness. He would
know quantity but
not qualHy, and
would be in the position of the contractor with excellent quantity plans
but inferior quality
Remember The Inspector

Specifications should be written with the inspector
8S well as the bidder. Ordinarily, inspectors
on public works projects are experts in their field.
They work with many contractors and observe the
best methods of each in the interpretation of the plans
and specifications.
Construction and material inspection on public
works Is usually on a daily basis for the regularly ass igned inspector, with intennittent additional inspection by supervising agencies, such as County, State.
Bureau of Public Roads or railroads. This method of
inspection increases the Initial cost of the project but
it guarantees quality construction and lower maintenance costs. with a probable lower lotal cost.
The contractor who is accustomed to intermittent
inspection should acquaint himself with the degree of
inspection and the rigidity of specifications be.fore
bidding on public works projects.
If he is low biddcr he would nlso do weB to keep in
mind that t he resident engineer and inspector assigned
to the project are conversant with their responsibilities and the speCifications. They are usually willing
and able to belp him complete his contract to the salisfaction of everyone concerned.
ReSCinding of specifications for contradictory, in
definite or arbitrary reasons. during construction may
cause a laxness in further inspection so tha.t the quantity of the work is lowered. Such hasty specifications
may save the designer's lime. But they add to the
bid through contingency allowances, and t.hey possibly lower the value received in actual construction.
There is at present a fundamental diffcrence of
opin ion as to whether specifications should be based
on "approved method" or "end product," with no construction method specified. There is the possibility
that some method speCifications are over-restrictive
and that end product specifications would be better.
Public works engineers are not reluctant to change
their design or construction methods. as their work of
recent years has amply demonstrated. But unless the
constructor innovator is willing to stand the expense
of the innovation if it fails, the public works engineer
stands lIable to a charge of wasting public funds, due
to such failure. Probably the solution is to allow end
product specifications on smaller projects until the
methods are proven acceptable and then apply them to
larger projects.
in mind
specifications.
When conl!llruction costs are considered, (IUnlity is
Thomu J , Roche
as important as
q ua ntity. so that preparation of specifications is as important as preparation of plans. [f a dimension is left
out of a plan it may still be obtained by scaling, but
if a speCification is left unwritten there is no way to
supply it.
Specifications are part of a contracl- a meeting of
minds. It is difficult to have a meeting of minds if
speeifications are vague, incomplete or arbitrary.
The writer of specifications should have a good background in design, and also in the prevalent methods
of construction. 1t is presumed tbat he will know not
only the materials available, but the difliculties of
working with these materials in construction.
T he specification writer should emphasize the what
and not the how of an improvement operation. To do
this properly he must have an extensive vocabulary
to give an accurate word picture of the construction
required.
Keep The Boo k Handy
Easy
illr. Roche was recently elected. vice chairman

of the ChicagcrMidtCest 8ectioJI of the Americall
Association Of Co.'It Engineers. illember.$ of the
WIsociati01I are cast engine61'S for more than 200
corporatio'is and public wor1"" agenoie.,. They
represent 8IJery "tate and several foreigll COUlttries. The associatiOll will hold its J!ati~)lld convention in Ohicago next June.
By Thomas J. Roche
Isn't
A book of specifications is handler if it is made

pocket-size with a readily usable index. The first
pages should contain definitions of the more general
terms, 80 that all concerned are speaking a common
language. A standard fonn of specification covering
all payment terms helps to clarify construction requirements and promote Uniformity. The outline might
be as follows:
Description of Payment Item.
Material Requirements and Tests.
Construction Methods, Equipment and Tools.
Method of Measurement.
Basis of Payment.
Lump sum items within the contract are a frequent
source of indefiniteness. While lhey may save time in
Reprinted with Permission fl"Qm ROADS and STREETS.
Access to Airports
New Board Member
(Continued trom palj:e 4.)
EYMOUR F. SIMON became a member of the Board

S
of County Commissionertl October 30, filling the
\'acnncy left by thc death of Commissioner Sidney D.
The Northwest Expressway and Airport lead-in road

have been planned 80 that rapid lrnnsit tracks and
stations can be const.ructed in the median strip from
the Chicago downtown area to the airport. This was
done in our Congress Expressway, and we now have
rapid transit trains operating in- the median strip of
that expressway. Chicago bas adopted an ordinance
approving rapid transit in the median strip of the
Northwest Expressway, but funds have not been set
UI) for this canstmction.
De Leuw, Cather and Co., of Chicago. recently made
a report on "Circulation and Parking Facilities at San
Francisco International Airport" in which they made
the statement that experience in other citics indicates
that air passengers do not usually use public transit.
facilities.
R\mning time on the rapid transit system in Congress Street is about 25 minutes from the Loop to the
western terminal at Forest Park, a distance of about
10 miles. At this rate we could e.xpcct a running time
of J)(rhaps 40 minutes to O'Hare Field. The airport
limousines now make it in 20 to 25 minutes once they
are on the expressway and they also offer convenience
to the air traveler in that they transport luggage and
pick up passeogers at hotels.
William J. Morlimer, the Cook Couoty Superintendent of Highways, as well aa our Board of County Commissioners, headed by the Honorable John J. Duffy,
are on record in favor of rapid transit to reduce overloading of our expressway system. However. it does
not seem likely that the Rapid Transit system will be
extended to O'Hare Field.
The Airport lead-in Road from the Northwest Expressway has two lanes in each direction, with additional acceleration and transfer lanes at interchanges.
It. could easily carry three times its present Joad of
about 20.000 vehicles per 24 hours, SO it appears to
have sufficient capacity for the full development of
O'Hare Field. However, in peak hours the Northwest
Expressway in Chicago is now operating at fuJI capacity, in common with limited access highways in other
large metropolitan areas.
Rapid transit in the median to the Chicago city
limits at Canfield Road could relieve this situation,
thus leaving more highway capacity availilble for
airport bound traffic.
Seymour F . Simon
Deutsch. The new member also succ.eeded Mr.

Deutsch as chairman of
the board's finance committee.
Accepting the County
a Jll)ointment, Mr. Simon
resigned as alderman of
the 40th ward, to which
post he Wll5 elected in
1955 to fin n vacancy.
In the City Council he
served as assistant
c.hairman of the finance
committee. At 46, he is
the youngest mem ber of
the County Board.
He received his bachelor's degree from Northwestern

University in 1935 and his J. D. degree from Norlbwestern's law school in 1938. He is a member of Phi
Beta Kappa and the Order of Coif, honorary law
society.
From 1938 to 1942 he was e mployed in the federal
anti-trust division. He served in the Navy from
April, 1942, until October 1, 1945, virtunlly ali of the
time in t.he Pacific Area, and has the Legion of Merit
award.
After t.he war and until his election to the city
council, he practiced law in Chicago. He is a member
of the Chicago Bar Association, American Legion,
American Veterans' Committee and the Variety and
Standard Clubs. Be lives with his family, his wife,
Roslyn, and t.hrce children, at 5099 North Christiana
Avenue, Chicago.
should not be hasty in citing this comparison.
The design and construction of modern concrele
roads is so advanced beyond 1913 that it may be
hroadly stated that dollar value today is pretty close
to that of 48 years ago, especially whcn it. is considered that the dollar isn't what it used to be,
The 1913 road was, viewed from today, the simplest
possible construction and, of course. was too narrow
to be used at all by 1961 cars. The new Church Street
is vastly different.
When thc 1961 project was first studied, it was
thought. that. possibly the improvement could be done
by widening existing pavement to four lanes. However, furt.her study brought the conclusion that complete reconstruction was wiser.
The new road is four Janes in width, with concrete
curbs and gutters and other appurtenances of an upto-date highway. It has a new, firm base and the
contract. also includes shoulder grading a.nd sodding
as finishing touches.
When Contractor Foley put down his road, the vicinity was open country, Now Church is virtually a
city street, with new, attractive homes lining both
s ides west of Crawford Avenue and clusters of neighborhood type businesses at four places.
First Mile(COnti nued from JlUKe 3)
ing, rendered a bill based on time, matcria.ls and his

regular overhead?
At any rate, the first mile of concrete was down.
It not only provided a zippy ride for Niles shoppers to
Evanston stores, but it also served as the trail blazer
for the many miles of concrete highways throughout
Cook County: first. the two-lane pavements laid over
existing dirt roads, then the four-lane through routes
on new locations selected to serve traffic desircs, and
now the expr essways.
The Church Street r econstruction, which will be
ready for use ea.rly in December, was contracted for
at. $448,590.44. However, peoplc who are fond of comparing today's high prices with the good old days
October Building Permits
Job of the Month
building projects in the unincorpoAPARTMEt-.'T

rated nrea of the County reached high point for
EllS MONTH it is the reconstructed concrete pave

T
ment on Church Street between Central Park Avenue and Gross Point Road. in SkokJe. Although at
Issued permits for 39

buildings with a total of
14.4 living units and estimated to cost S1.818,ooo.
In the October report.
the Department also
listed six permits for
fallout shelters which have been issued since the
Count\' Board offered t.hem free of fee in August..
Included were one in Northfield Township. $4.500; ODC
in Lyons and one in Bremen. $2.000 each; two others
in Northfield. $1.600 each Rnd one in Palatine, $1.000.
All of the 39 apartments will be built in Ma.ine Township, wbere most. o[ the multiunit buildings permitted
this yenr have been located. lne1uding those lasued in
October, the 10 months' total of apartment permits
was 130. of whicb 86 werc in Maine.
One of the new projects is 36 duplex buildings with
scven-room units_ It will be at Home Avenue and
Lyons S~reel and the cstimated cost is $1,309,800.
Another project of thrce sections contain ing 120
rooms in 72 units wiII go lip at Gregory and Greenwood
and wiII cost an estimated $508,200.
Altogcther , the Department issued 561 permits in
October (or construction cstimated at $11,339,460_
Among the larger items were:
A mausoleum to be erected by the Catholic CemeLeries of Chicago at 14.00 South Wol( Road, Proviso
Township, $4 ,000,000; a 29-room school shop building,
Society of the Divine Word. at Techny, Northfield
Township, $365.000; restaurant, cocktail lounge, swimming pool, ba.th house, tennis court and golC course,
Sportsmen's Lake Club. at Sauk Trail and Burnham
Road, Bloom Township, S300,000; golf course. Chicago
Thoroughbred Enterprises, at Rohlwing Road and
Euclid, Palatine Townsoip, $100,000.
Permits for single dwellings totaled 186, the highest
for any month since June, when 201 were iS8Ued. ToW
costs reflected in the 186 permits was $3.660.500.
Besides those for single dWellings and apartment
houses, October permits were Issucd as follows:
press time it hnd not received the final touches to fit it

(or photographing, it had acquired a fine reputation.
both for- quality of the work and for a noteworthy
piece of public relations on the part o( the contractor,
Robert A. Black, me.
Aa the job was getting under way, ~1r-. Black sat
down and wrote a letter which he sent to all home
owners and business men along the way. He described
the work to be done. Some inconvenience waa unavoidable. he said, but he and William J . Mortimer,
County Highway superintendent. would do their best
to keep it to a minimum_ The improvement was
planned to serve the residents' safety. comfort and
convenience, Mr. Black wrote. and their patience would
help ex pedite the work
Because the job was 8 complete reconstruction, it
was necessary to break up existing pavement with
noisy pneumatic tools and it was also necessary for
people along the route to give up use of the street and
take a roundabout detour. But no one complained.
Instead, Mr. Black received complimentary lettcrs and
Richard Glennon, the Highway Department's resident
e.ngineer, heard commendations by word of mouth.
"That wa& unusual because when we have to break
lip concrete we generally hear plenty," said Glennon.
As a further courtesy to people in the neighborhood,
Glennon put down two temporary walks across the
torn.up street for the use of voters on registration
dllY.
the year in October. when the Department of Building
New Legion Officers

Edgar A. Lawrence Highway Poal Ame rien.n Legion,
whose members a re employees of the County Highway
Department., installed new officers last month as follows:
Commander, Bernard Riman; senior vice commander, Joseph A. Maul; junior vice commander,
Robert N. Lnnge; adjutant, Edward J. Brausch;
finance officer, Mrs. Helcn K. Kmiec; chaplain, Stanley
Ciesla; ser-vlce officer, Walter Treptow; judge advocate, James F. Kelly.
The post meets regularly the third Thursday of the
month in the Highway Depllrtment conference room_
All department employees who are veterans are
invited.
n61denUai lululUon, Itnll alkrlllun5---'l1 permlu, $166,250.

Acct's50r), buUdlnp-9S penni .... .$2Ol,:UO.
BualneU bulLtilnKs--Sen:n pf!rmltJI . .$7l7.",,00.
Bu.lne.u IlddllJuns IUld al1C'.raUon.-16 ~nnlt . 179,300.
IndulItrtal building_Two pennllJl. $111tOOO.
IndUltrlal addition ... nd a1terllllo n.-n,e pf!rmlu . .s-IB.2uO.
Weill-Four permiti'. $4.000.
lndh'ldulIllICpUc IYltem. Onl' liC.--m It. -"00.
MI.cellltnl'UUI- Threl' p('rmlt $1.300.
Distribution of October l>ennits by townships was
TO"'n~hlp
as follows:
T ........ ~hlp
a.rnnrton
Bloom
Bl"t"men
glk Oroy,",
H"nove r
Lemonl
Lo'!}'den
L~'onl
;\ al ne
S,,"" Tt'ler
Sorlhneld
Orland
PalaUnt
PaJ05
Pn'wlao
"<0"
St-hnumbur-g
Slltk~)'
1"l!.. It,II~
,
"'",,
'"",
",,
",,
Thonlton
Wheeling
Worth
'..,lu8U.. n
"'"';G.!>OO
113.51"10
1,3-I4.:lOO
l 'ern'\lJI
",.,
'"
In the nofee classification. which includes churches.

SChools, other pU'bUc buildings and farm buildings. 160
permits were wued for a total $4,530.700 va.luation.
In addition to the projects mentioned above, were a
church to be built by the Prospect Christian Church in
Wheeling TO\\'nship, 539.400; a fann house, In Orland
Township, 828.200. and 145 publiC works jobs in Lyons
TCiWnshil), for which no vRluation is required to be
ataled.
"",,,,,",
"""'"
108,000
155,-100
~"'>..'''''
.000
10-&.900
40.700
4:u.~'Ml
",,""
0,_
33.-400
27,400
Dedication December 12 Honors the Memory of the Late President of the Board of County Commissioners. In the Front Row (Left to Right)
Commissioner Edward M. Sneed, Ald . Robert H. Miller, Mayor Richard J. Daley, Mrs. Dan Ryan, Governor Otto Kerner, County Board President John J. Duffy, County Highway Superintendent William J. Mortimer, County Commissioner Seymour F. Simon, Chairman of the Board's
Finance Committee, and Count' Commissioner John J. Touhy. With Mrs. Ryan Are Her Two Grandchildren, Dan and Marcy Ryan.
Vol. IX No. 7
December, 1961

Published by the Cook County (Ill.) Department of Highways
~
!
JOHN J. DUFFY, President

Frank Bobrytzke
Charles F. Chaplin
Elizabeth A. Conkey
Jerry Dolezal
John J. Duffy
William N. Erickson
Fred A. Fulle
Jerome Huppert
Christ A. Jensen
Ruby Ryan
Seymour F. Simon
Clayton F. Smith
Edward M . Sneed
John J. Touhy
William J. Mortimer
FRanklin 2-7544
Extension 216
~365
November Traffic Deaths
Boob of the Month
IGHWAY TRAFFIC accidents in suburban :Cook

HCounty
took
lives in November, the highest toll
in any month this year
25
and two more than in

November of last year.
The November figure
brought the l1-month
total to 198, which compares with 195 for the same period of last year.
Seven deaths resulted from off-pavement accidents.
In three instances, cars left the road and struck wayside posts. One of these mishaps caused two deaths.
Two were killed when cars ran into trees and one when
a car hit a bUilding.
Three of the November dead were pedesitrians. All
were women, one 75, one 7'2 and one 54 years of age.
One person was killed in a crash involving four
cars and five in collisions between two automobiles.
Another multiple-vehicle accident, two cars and a truck,
caused two deaths, and two were killed in separate collisions between cars and trucks. Two motorists were
fatally injured by a train. Two were killed in separate
accidents involving cars and motorcycles, and one in a
collision between a car and a bus.
GIN'
SWIN
speeds.
SAM ADJUSTS nicely to expressway
He swings along right up to the posted m.p.h. limit.

But when he leaves an expressway his adjustor goes
haywire.
His idea of slowing down frequently means 45
m .p.h. on a street posted for 30.
It's a Good Idea Anyway

In Connecticut, legendary home of the wooden nutmeg, they know a good idea when they see one, even
if belatedly.
Officials of the Connecticut Turnpike are installing
rumbler strips, the same basic idea which originated
in the Cook County Highway Department in 1955, and
a December 6 press release implies that they were
first to recognize and solve the problem of the driver
who becomes "numb to visual warnings."
"Connecticut Turnpike officials set about to find a
remedy," the release states. With the aid of a manufacturing company, they worked out a series of strips
or ridges of suitable material which "awaken drowsy
drivers under the effect of 'highway hypnosis' and are
a step in the direction of greater safety on one of the
nation's super highways."
In Cook County, where the purpose and effect of a
rumbler pavement is the same as in Connecticut, the
application is a pebbly surface the full width of the
(Suggested by County Clerk Edward J. Barrett).
approach lane and extending back 300 feet from the

stop sign.
In the six years of the program, 254 strips have been
put down on County roads. Accident checks at the
same stop locations made before and after rumblering
showing a gratifying decrease.
Materials required-asphalt binder and blast furnace slag, as used in Cook County, or crushed rockare readily available everywhere and the cost is low.
Several articles on the Cook County rumbler have
been published by the Highway Research Board of
the National Academy of Sciences and inquiries have
come to the Department from highway agencies in all
parts of the U. S., Canada, Europe and Australia.
County's Highway Program For 1962

a matching basis. The County's share is $1 million.
Inside Chicago, the County's major project will be
the grade separation at Lake Shore Drive and Oak
Street, for which plans were drawn by the City. The
federal government will contribute. The County has
programmed $2,200,000.
Other important items are:
East Lake Avenue Extension--'Pavement from Waukegan Road to Landwehr Road, 3.30 miles, $1,380,000.
Contracts for other jobs on this improvement were
awarded this year and work is in progress.
Elmhurst Road-To be widened to four lanes, with
channels, and resurfaced from Foundry Road to Palatine Road, 2 miles, $720,000. The same type of improvement is programmed for Foundry Road from
Elmhurst Road to 2,000 feet east of Rand Road, 0.42
mile, $150,000.
Euclid Avenue-To be widened to four lanes, with
channels, and resurfaced between Rand Road and Wolf
Road, 1.92 miles, $700,000.
In addition to the above, the non-expressway program also lists the following, with estimated costs:
OOK COUNTY'S 1962 expressway and highway imC

provement program as submitted to the Board of
County Commissioners December 19 lists projects
estimated to cost a total of $51,685,000.
In the fiscal year ending November 30, the Highway
Department completed work amounting to $32,9'50,000.
In addition to finished projects, contracts still to be
completed brought the total amount of contracts still
to be completed brought the total amount of construction under way during the year to $4'3,635,000.
Of the 1962 programmed total, $35,975,000 is for expressways and $15,710 for 28 non-expressway projects.
Most of the expressway expenditure-$25,990,000-will
be on the Southwest Expressway. On the South
Route West Leg, $8,260,000 is allotted.
On Dan Ryan Expressway, which is scheduled for
completion in 1962, the only items still to be contracted
are lighting, signing and landscaping, amounting in
all to an estimated $925,000.
Projects programmed on South Route West Leg include grade separation structures at the C&WI tracks,
at Parnell A venue and at Halsted Street; grading and
paving from 96th Street to Halsted Street all(~ rightof-way acquisition and building demolition between
119th Street and Roll Avenue.
On Southwest Expressway it is planned to award
Contracts for a bridge over the Sanitary and Ship Canal
west of Harlem Avenue, a bridge over the South Fork
of the South Branch of the Chicago River in the
vicinity of Ashland A venue, grade separation structures at Throop Street, Lock Street and Central A venue, three main drain projects and right-of-way and
demolition from Halsted Street to east of Califomia
Avenue.
Fifteen Other Projects

GRAND AVENUE-To be widened to four lanes and resurfaced Mannheim Road to DuPage County Line, 2 miles, $590,.0.0.0.
SAUK TRAIL-Reconstruction or replacement of retaining
walls at 1. C. railroad, Richton Park, $25,.0.0.0.
BURNHAM A VENUE VIADUCT-Replacement of bridge a t
Grand Calumet River, $}6.o,.o.o.o.
BUCK ROAD-Relocation from approximately 6.00 feet northerly of Roosevelt Road to Harrison Street, .0.76 mile, $17.0,0.00.
183RD STREET-Reconstruction of two lanes and widening
to four lanes from Torrence Avenue to Wentworth Avenue,
$41.0,.0.0.0.
LAWRENCE AVENUE- Storm sewer from Harlem Avenue t o
Des Plaines River, 2.43 miles, $5C.o,.o.o.o.
47TH STREET-Construction of four lanes and resurfacing
County Line to Willow Springs Road, 1.50 miles, $350,.000.
STEGER ROAD- Reconstruction to four limes and resurfacing from Halsted Street to Union Street 0.35 mile, $110,.0.00.
UNION STREET-Reconstruction to four lanes and resurfacing from Steger Road to Sauk Trail, .0.8.0 mile, $31.0,.0.00.
OAKTON STREET-Main Drain from Central Avenue to
North Branch Chicago River, 1.18 miles, $285,0.00.
CUMBERLAND AVENUE-at Berteau Avenue and IRVING
PARK ROAD 6.0.0 feet w est of CUMBERLAND-Culverts and
ditch. $1.00. .0.0.0.
HARLEM A VENUE-Bridge demolition and reconstruction at
Calumet Sag Channel, $7.0,.0.00 County share of matching funds.
DUNDEE ROAD-to be widened to four lanes and resurfaced
betw een Shermer Road and Skokie Road, .0.8.0 mile, $18.0,.00.0.
HARLEM AVENUE from Milwaukee Avenue and Glenview
Road and GLENVIEW ROAD from Greenwood Avenue to Waukegan Road-Storm Sewer, $30.0,.00.0.
New Signs On Expressways

New, permanent signs are to be inS'talled on sections
of Calumet and Congress Expressways. They will replace temporary signs erected before the federal interstate sign manual was issued. The estimated cost
for Congress is $260,000 and for Calumet, $160,000.
The Northwest Expressway interchange with relocated Mannheim Road is to be lighted, and Mannheim
from Irving Park Road to Higgins Road is to be
lighted and landscaped.
On the non-expressway program, the largest project
is Palatine Road, which is being reconstructed to expressway standards. Items listed include a grade
separation structure at Milwaukee Avenue, a bridge
over the Des Plaines River, grade separation at Arlington Heights and Rand Roads, grade separation at the
Soo Line Railroad and Wolf Road, grade separation at
Elmhurst Road, pumping station and main drain between Wheeling Road and tl!te Des Plaines River, and
pavement construction from Rohlwing Road to west of
Elmhurst Road.
A bridge to carry Westem Avenue over the Calumet
Sag Channel and the Rock Island tracks, a project
long desired by residents of the Blue Island vicinity,
is on the 1962 program. The Highway Department has
had plans completed for some time, but it was only
t his year when f ederal f unds were made available on
Under a recent agreement with the CTA, the removal of elevated struc'ture columns on Western Avenue, which the County was prepared to do last year,
will be undertaken in 1962. The job is to place the
columns, now in the center of the roadway, at the
sides, thus clearing the street from curb to curb.
Total cost is estimated at $1 million.
The locations are 900 feet north of Cermak Road, at
Lake Street, 800 feet south of Lawrence A venue and
200 feet south of Milwaukee Avenue.
Congress Extension Open

The final section of Congress Expressway, a 3.25
mile link f rom Hillside to Elmhurst, was opened t o
travel December 18.
The extension, which was constructed by the State,
leaves Congress at about Butterfield Road and runs
2.3 miles in Cook County. This section includes a full
cloverleaf interchange at St. Charles Road.
In Elmhurst, DuPage County, the new sectlon connects with North Avenue, Lake Street and the TriState Tollway.
Dan Ryan Expressway - Is Dedicated

HE ON-PAVEMENT ceremony December 12
Tmarking
completion of the first section of express-
of business and population to the suburbs is being

reversed."
Pres ~dent Duffy noted that the Dan Ryan opening
was the thirty-fifth occasion on which an expressway
section has been placed in use. Under a policy of permitting traffic on usable sections as soon as completed,
he said, motorists have had early opportunity to become acquainted with the new type of highway and
also have benefitted from a reduction in accidents 80 to
90 per cent under surface streets.
With the three miles opened December 12, he said,
the expressway mileage was increased to 65.8 with
another 2.3 miles in Cook County added by opening of
the Lake Street extension of Congress Expressway,
December 18.
way through Chicago's south side was more than the

customary ribbon rite. It was also the first occasion
for display of the new name "Dan Ryan Expressway,"
bestowed in memory of the late President of the Board
of County Commissioners. Previously, this expressway was known as South Route.
Both the County Board and the City Council voted
unanimously for the name change before opening day.
The first completed section of Dan Ryan Expressway
extends from 71st Street to 95th Street. Traffic going south may also continue over a one-way ramp to
the new Wentworth Avenue bridge over the West Leg.
'T he ribbon cutting was staged under the 75th Street
overpass as a refuge from chilI weather. A high light
of the exercises there was the appearance of a platoon
of crossing patrol boys and a chorus of 60 from the
nearby Harvard elementary school. The boys presented the national colors and the chorus sang "The
Star Spangled Banner."
After brief remarks by Governor Otto Kerner,
Mayor Richard J. Daley, County Board President John
J. Duffy and County Highway Superintendent William
J. Mortimer, and the ribbon cutting, the official party
went to the Martinique Restaurant, 2500 West 94th
Place, for luncheon and conclusion of the programmed
talks in more favorable climate.
"About this time next year, possibly earlier, it is

anticipated that Dan Ryan Expressway will be in use
the full 17 miles from Congress Expressway to 130th
Street," he said. "This route will be over the East
Leg, connecting with Calumet Expressway.
West Leg Construction

"On the West Leg, which is a part of the federal
iRterstate route that eventually will run to New Orleans, Cook County has the construction of the 11.6
miles from 95h Street to beyond Cicero Avenue near
the Cook-Will County line. Our 196:2 program proposes an expenditure on the West Leg of more than
$8 million -in the -year. This total covers grade separation structures and some grading and paving as well
as purchases of right-of-way."
New Name_ Finds Javor

Introduced by Superintendent Mortimer, both the
governor and the mayor warmly endorsed the 'County's
choice of the expressway as a means of honoring the
memory of Dan Ryan. Their remarks on this point
were addressed to Mrs. Ryan, who sat at the speakers'
table.
She spoke briefly.
"This is a wonderful occasion," she said. "1 and my
whole family deeply appreciate the honor you have
given to my husband. Dan would have been pleased
very much."
Both Governor Kerner and Mayor Daley promised
that State and City sections of the 17-mile route, would
be completed next year, when the County also expects
to complete its share of the work.
"The project we dedicate today stands out as a tremendous tribute to the cooperative achievements of
the Cook County, City of Chicago and State of Illinois
highway agencies and the Bureau of Public Roads,"
said the ' Governor.
"Through the joint eff' rts of these four agencies,
motorists of the Chicago metropolitan area have been
provided with an expressway system that ranks with
the finest in the world.
"Dan Ryan Expressway is part of the federal interstate system that will bring all Illinois closer together
economically and socially."
Said Mayor Daley in pan:
"Our new expressways are bringing a rennaissance to
the central business district of 'Chicago. New skyscrapers are announced almost daily. The dispersal
President Duffy spoke of the human side of expressway construction.

"Planning an expressway is' one thing, and bringing
it to realization is another, particularly when it must
run in a certain line through a closely built-up part of
the city," he said.
"In the field of design, the engineers work with
mathematical precision. But when it comes to dealing
with the large number of people whose homes are in
the area to be cleared and the many business men
who have become established and would prefer not to
move, a very different approach is required.
"In my opinion, the good will and consideration for
the individual displayed by the 'State, County and City
in the expressway program is an outstanding example
of fine human relations.
"In just this relatively short section from 71st to
95th street, it was necessary for the County to acquire
648 separate parcels of land. Each owner was dealt
with on a basis of good will and each transaction was
concluded with a payment that was satisfactory to the
owner and at the same time a fair deal for the taxpayers.
"However, there is much more to clearing a rightof-way than buying property and taking down buildings. In this section, 2,661 persons had their homes701 families plus 138 single adults . In each instance
the County assumed responsibility for finding new
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New Church Street Wins Applause

YEARS and one day after the first
FORTY-EIGHT
mile of concrete road in Cook County was opened to
travel, a brand new four-lane pavement on the same
route-Church Street in Skokie-was dedicated with
a community celebration on December 2.
On December 1, 1913, residents of Niles Township,
all dressed up with derby hats and starched collars,
turned out to view the improvement, which was rated
as the wonder of the time. A photographer made
postcard pictures, one of which is reproduced below.
The 1913 concrete ran through an area largely farm

land. Today, Church Street is built up with attractive
homes and business centers are starting to grow at
four ~ain intersections. The two narrow lanes of
"cement", which were put down without reinforcement, are replaced by a reinforced pavement 44 feet
in width and complete with curbs, gutters and other
appurtenances of the modern city street.
"This was one of the most delightful jobs of planning in my 30 years in the Highway Department," said
Highway Superintendent William J. Mortimer at the
December 2 dedication. "Mr. Bernard Marsh, the
Skokie city manager, came to my office and asked if
it was possible to make the new pavement four lanes
instead of two as first planned.
"I said it could be done if the city of Skokie was
willing to participate in the expense. He asked what
two additional lanes would cost and I said about
$100,000. He was back in two days, all ready to go
ahead. That is real cooperation.
"You must have fine people in this area. Highway
construction at best is annoying to people living close
by, but on this job I did not receive one complaint."
At Church Street Opening-Left to Right State Representative Arthur E. Simmons, Sko'kie Mayor Myron
Greisdorf, County Highway Superintendent y-ti!liam
J. Mortimer, Edward Clark, County Commissioner
William N. Erickson, Don Kennedy, President Portland Cement Association. On the Platform Is the
Metal Plaque Placed in 1913 on the First Mile of
Concrete Pavement in Coo'k County.
land Cement Association, presented Superintendent

Mortimer with the metal plaque placed on the 1913
road and recovered in the course of reconstruction.
It bears the date and the names of the three agencies
that contributed equally to the 1913 constructionthe Town of Niles Highway Commissioners, the Road
and Bridge Committee of the Board of County Commissioners, and the Evanston Businessmen's Club.
The PC association had taken the plaque to its la:boratory for scouring and trimming, leaving a six-inch
sample of 1913 concrete clinging to the plate.
A Gift For County Board

A bronze reproduction of the plaque was presented
by Mr. Kennedy to the County Board at a luncheon
given by the Association following the ribbon cutting.
It was received by Commissioner William N. Erickson,
a former president of the board, who represented
President John J. Duffy.
Speaking at Crawford Avenue, Commissioner Erickson said that President Duffy was at that hour attending the funeral of former Mayor ~ennelly.
. "Except for that, he would have been here," said
Commissioner Erickson. "I know he regarded this new
street as one of the County's outstanding contributions to community development, and he had hoped
to be present."
"This plaque is a taken of nationwide significance,"
said Mr. Kennedy. "Forty-eight years ago the idea
Four Ribbons Cut

The speaking started at Gross Point Road, west
end of the improvement, where Skokie Mayor Myron
Griesdorf and Ronald Moore Jr., president of the
Skokie Chamber of Commerce, in brief remarks
thanked the County for the new pavement. A ribbon
was cut at that point and also at Sharp Corner, East
Prairie Road and at Crawford A venue, which was the
center of the ceremony.
Among those on the platform at Crawford was
Edward Clark, 85, who with George J. Proesel and
George Landeck, was a Niles Township highway commissioner in 1913. In the audience was Mrs. Clark,
whose birthplace was on Church Street.
At this point, Don Kennedy, president of the Port-
New Mannheim Clears Airport Entry

HE NEW MANNHEIM Road in the vicinity of
T
O'Hare International Airport was opened December
21-well ahead of schedule but without a ribbon cutting.
At the same hour, stop-and-go lights on Northwest
Expressway at Mannheim Road, which have interrupted traffic to and from the airport since the expressway was opened 15 months ago, were switched off for
good.
With the closing of old Mannheim, traffic on that
route moves over the expressway on a new structure
and expressway traffic to and from the airport flows
without interruption.
Relocation of Mannheim Road, including a full
cloverleaf interchange with the expressway, was done
by Cook County at a cost of approximately $3,300,000.
The stop-and-go lights that beamed their last beams
had become "probably the most irritating traffic controls to be found anywhere," said County Board President John J . Duffy. "Of course, as long as Mannheim
crossed the expressway at the same grade they were
necessary. But they were particularly bothersome because they blocked travelers right at the airport entrance."
As relocated, Mannheim Road swings eastward at
Irving Park Road and runs roughly parallel to the old
road a half mile east of it. It crosses over Northwest
Expressway and swings back to the old line near Devon
Avenue. The old road in this section will be permanently closed.
For the time being, the north end link with old
Mannheim will be temporary. Right-of-way for new
construction up to near Higgins Road has been granted
by the federal government but cannot be cleared of
an air force barrack until next summer.
"It appeared for a while that the new road, although
completed and ready to use, could not be opened for
several months," said President Duffy. "But at the
same time, congestion at the airport was growing
worse and I felt strongly that we should seek some
emergency solution of the problem.
"The temporary connection was figured out by the
county highway superintendent, William J. Mortimer. "He found an existing roadway through the air
force area that could be made usable. And by taking
advantage of this temporary route, it was possible at
once to eliminate the annoying intersection at the
airport."
Mortimer gave credit for expediting the Mannheim
relocation to CoI.Richard E. George of the Air Force;
John M, Malone, chief of the real estate division, Chicago District, U. S. Corps of Engineers; Mayor Daley
and Corporation Counsel John C. Melaniphy.
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of concrete roads was not only new but to some people

was outlandish. When it was decided to pave Church
Street in 1913, the commissioners were chided for
building cement sidewalks for horses. Some predicted that automobiles were on the way out and they
didn't believe the concrete would last. But soon
highway engineers from all of the country were
coming to see the road.
"Now we have moved a long way forward, and this

fine new street is evidence of progress. Here in
Skokie, the Portland Cement Association's laboratory
is the largest in the world for the purpose of research
in concrete construction of all types. And now, as in
1913, engineers from all parts of this country, from
all over the world, come to Skokie to Learn the latest
in concrete."
Job of the Month
1961 Building Permits
ONORABLE MENTION is awarded for resourceH

ful performance and completion ahead of schedule
although the job turned out to be double the specifica-
UILDING CONSTRUCTION estimated to cost $79,B

674,874 was authorized in the fiscal year ending
November 30 by the Cook County Department of Building, which has jurisdiction in the unincorporated area. The grand
total of permits was
4,770.
The trend toward
~
apartment living in the
countryside was marked with permits for 158 buildings
containing a total of 850 units and estimated to cost
a total of $12,100,800.
Nearly half of the total valuation was represented
by 1,907 permits for single dwellings estimated to cost
$38,900,344.
Maine led the townships in valuation with a total
of $12,322,550 in the 12 months. Nine other townships
were over a million-Elk Grove-$9,651,900; Stickney,
$8,7'5 4,420; Wheeling, $8,615,620; Northfield, $5,006,490; Palatine, $4,724,950; Worth, $4,4.<fO,350; Lyons,
1,728,884; Orland, $1,70.9,400; Leyden, $1,414,200.
In November, 374 permits were issued for construction estimated at $9,447,550. The largest project in
terms of dollars was a mother house and training center to be built by the Franciscan Sisters of Blessed
Kunegunda in Lemont Township, $2,600,000.
Nineteen apartment buildings with a total of 230
units and estimated at a total $'2,922,200 were permitted. Thirteen buildings with a total of 136 units
will be built in Northfield Township and six, with a total of 94 units, in Maine.
Of the November permits, 150 were for single dwellings estimated at a total $3,124,190. For types of construction other than apartments and s'i ngle residences,
November permits were issued as follows:
tions and the superintendent of labor was inexperienced.

The project got under way at 2 :55 a. m. December
11, when David Severns, an inspector rodman for the
County Highway Department, was awakened by his
wife with the cry, "Something is happening." He leaped
to the phone and called the doctor.
Just as he got Doc on the line, it happened. David
dropped the receiver and delivered a girl baby, 5
pounds, 4 ounces. He went back to the phone and then
it happened again, another daughter, this one 4 pounds,
13 ounces.
Mother and twins went to the hospital for a week
and then returned home, all doing fine. The Severns,
who live at 3834 North Sacremento Avenue, have two
other children Edward, 2, and Kathleen, 3, and a dog
named Taffy.
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Dan Ryan Expressway(Continued from Page 4)
living places for those in need of such help, as did

the State and City in their expressway sections."
Referring to the new name for the new route President Duffy said:
'
"I and my fellow commissioners felt strongly that
Dan Ryan had earned such recognition by his active
interest in the expressway program from the very beginning. As a member of the board, and later as its
president, he gave constant attention to plans and
construction.

Accessory buildings- 56 permits, $113,700,
Business Buildings-Four permits, $216,00{).
Business additions and alterations-l.O permits, $52,800.
Industrial Buildings-Two permits, $199,400.
Industrial additions and alterations-Two permits, $12,400.
Wells-Four permits, $4,000.
Individual septic systems-TWO permits, $1,000.
Miscellaneous-Four permits, $10,800'.
"At several stages he contributed directly to expediting the program when there was a possibility of
slowing down. One noteworthy instance was the $245
million bond issue for which he obtained authorization
from the State Legislature. Proceeds of this issue
were available to keep the work going at times when
federal money in sufficient amounts was not at hand.
"At another time, when unemployment in this area
was unusually high, he arranged to have contracts
awarded ahead of schedule, thus making joibs on the
site and also in the fabricating plants."
In closing, President Duffy reminded his audience
that "expressways are intended to benefit the public.
And not the least of these benefits is safety.
"This is a fine occasion for everyone to resolve that
he will observe the principles of safe driving, with
full consideration for other drivers, and will also do
his best to spread the message of safety wherever
possible."
At the speakers' table, in addition to those previoU'Sly named were Monsignor Pat Malloy, Douglas Anderson, representing Senator Paul Douglas; R. R. Bartelsmeyer, chief engineer, lllinois Division of Highways, and 1. J. Ulak, U. S. Bureau of Public Roads.
Distribution of November permits by townships:

Township
~f~g::;gton
Bremen
Ell( Grove
Hanover
Lemont
L eyden
Lyons
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Northfield
Orland
Palatine
~s
Rich
Schaumburg
Stickney
Thornton
Wheeling
Worth
Permits
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5
50
6
3
9
12
18
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2
3
51
3
28
26
Valuation
$
1,400
26,900
24,700
757,500
26,300
42,600
22,200
138,800
1,742,300
1,500
1,62~:ggg
641,700
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26,450
89,600
792,200
26~:~gg
535,800
In the no-fee classification, which includes churches

farm buildings, public works and fallout shelters 70
permits were issued. In addition to the religious ~en
te: and the f?ur fallout shelters listed above, 65 permlts for samtary sewers were taken out in Lyons
Township. No valuation was stated.
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For Poet. &nd Snap Shop Fiend . Snow C&n Be Beautiful Too.
Vol. IX No. 9
January, 1962

Publiahed by the Cook County (OL) Departmm.t of m.hwa y.
Under auspices of the Board of County Commiuionel'lll
JOHN J. DU F FY, Prelldllnt
J,roml Huppert
Frank BobryUke
Charlea F . Cha plin
ChriH A. Jen ..,
E IIJ:abeth A. . Conkey
John A. Mackl, r, Jr.
Jerry Dolezal
John J. Duffy
William N. Erlck,on
Fred A. Full.
Ruby Ry .. n
Seymour F. Simon
Cll1Iyton F . Sm i th
Edward M. Sneed
John J . Touhy
S uperintenden t of Highway.
Published at 130 North Well. Street. Chicago 6.
FRanklin 2-7544
Extension 216
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FOLLOWING comments on modem road

THE
building, particularly the Interstate system of
Boob of the Month
limited access highways, were lifted from the reeenUy

received book containing proceedings of the 1961 annual meeting or the Mississippi Valley Conference of
State Highway Departments:
"As Chief MacDonaJd (Thomas H. MacDonald,
former chief, U. S. Bureau of Publlc Roads) aptly said
many years ago. ' We pay for good roads whether we
have them or not.'
"Many people say we cannot afford a system of
modern highways. We cannot afford not to afford
them. The cost per miles of such improvement is indeed great, but the cost of service per vehicle miles
is less than any other type of highway.
"For instance, average figures indicate lhat the
modem freeway can be furnish ed for one-half the
cost of the conventional non-access-eontrolled primary
highway and one-third that of the secondary highway
for construction, operation and maintenance."- A. E.
John30ll. executive secretary, Americatl Association 0/
State H ighway Officials.
"Good highways save time, save money, and save
lives. Completion of the Interstate system will mean
[aster running time as well as the elimination of stops
and starts at traffic signals and of slowdowns on sharp
curves and at access points. It is estimated that the
completed Interstate system alone will save over
6,000 lives a year, and additional saving of lives will
result fro m having our entire highway system adequate for the traffic carried."- Ellis L. Anllstrotlg,
Presidellt, Bctter High-way hi/ormation Bl(reau.
"Down through the years we have come to think
of our Federal Aid ffighway Program as a FederalState partnership, with each partner having certain
parts to play. Whal we have failed to recognize has
been the existence of a silent-partner--one who has
played a very important role. I am speaking, of
course, of industry as represented by contractors,
materials producers. private engineering firms, equipment manufacturers, and bankers. Our highway officials have used the material and financial resourcC:8,
the talents, abilities, and ingenuity o[ its silent partners and used them effectively. So effectively have
they been employed thal loday we can point wilh
HIS IS THE season for emergence of Pekaboo Pete.

TThat's
Pekaboo, going it practically blind, with
a peek hole scraped on the frosted windshield and
the rear window covered over.
He doesn't know whal's behind bim or alongside,
and only guesses at what's ahead.
IT he survives until spring it will be because other
drivers keep clear.
pride to accompllshmenta unbelievable just a few
years ago--accomplishmenta measured in terms of
e ngineered safely, low unit costa, speed of construction, and utilization of t he recent advances in t he field
of electronics a nd radio-active materials."---C. D. CUTtiss, IJpccfal assi.1tont to the exemdive vice pre.1ldent.
America'i Road Builders Associotioll.
"This (lhe lnterstate system ) is a great program,
conducted by a great team, which includes not only
(COntinued on Pare 7 )
'61
9,869 More Accidents; 1 More Death
and eight that occurred before the end of the year as

results of earlier accidents.
As is always the case, the type of accident causing
most deaths was collision. Crashes between passenger
automobiles caused 69 deaths. Trucks were involved
in 23 deaths and a bus in one.
Fifty-eight persons were killed when car s left the
pavement and struck trees, posts, guard rails, bridge
abutments and, in one instance, a building. One was
fatally burt by a fall from a moving car .
Forty-three of the 1961 victims were pedestrians.
In the majority of cases, they were children or elderly
per.wns, unable to understand the risk of venturing
onto the pavement or unable to move quickly wben
danger loomed.
The December toll was 23, five under Decem ber of
1960. Nine were killed in aut o-auto collisions and five
in col1isions involving automobiles and trucks. Four
were pedestrians. Two were in cars that struck wayside objects and two werc killed when a train struck
their car.
Ninety-nine of the 1961 deaths and 6,361 of all accidents occurred on TOsds in rural areas. The largest
Y TRAFFIC fatalities in suburban Cook

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County slood at 221 at the end of December, onc
more than the year before.

The number of accidents in which people were injured, however, was markedly below 1960--6,960 as
against ll,258. There were more accidents of all types
~approximately 33 per cent more-but the difference
was accounted for by mishaps whic.h resulted only in
property damage, as shown in the following tabulation (TA-totaJ accidents, FA- fatal accidents, IAinjury accidents, PD-property damage) :
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The figures above also reveal thal while one more

death was recorded in 1961, there was in 1960 one
more accident resulting in death.
The toll as marked up at midnight December 31 includes those who were killed instanUy, or virtually so,
a nd also those who died of injuries within the year.
Some of the others injured will not recover. Last year
nine Iingcring deaths were added to the year end total
of 220.
The 1961 total of 221 includes 213 instant deaths
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Ramp Usage Data on Congress Expressway

Data obtained by the Oook Oounty H ighwrry
Dcpart1l1ctlt in a .rtluiy 0/ Congress EXJlressllXlY
traffic charactmstics were presetlted to the
allnual meeti'lg 0/ a.e Highway Research Board
in Washit.gt ot., D. C., this 1II0nth by Leo G.
Wilkie, tile Departmcllt's traffic engineer.
At the direct10tl 0/ S.tperintcndellt W.j/lialll J,
Mortimer, Mr, Wilkie and his sta/1 observed 'Vehicle spccd3, 'Volumes. traffic dtmsittes and trip
length-s with the view 0/ deter7llinillg the relationship 0/ theso elements to traffic flow.
The accomp(JIIying article presents the findings
on these poiJlls by 112 men .dationed on the 85
ramp.! 0/ the ezprc.,.,way. Next month, ill the re",ainder 0/ the rtlport, the discussion win exttmd to CO'lst;!8 0/ co ngestion on Congress.
By Leo G. Wilk ie
Tra ffic; Eng ineer
ONGRESS EXPRESSWAY is approximately par.

C
allel to and five blocks south of the easl-wesl
street number base line of Chicago. It is generally a
depressed section .l5.1

miles long and utillteS
four lanes in each dir!-
tion between the postoffice, the eastern lenni

nus, and Austin Avenue,
Il distance of 7.5 miles,
and three lanes in each

direcLion from Austin to
the 'I'riStatc Tollway, a
distance of 8.2 miles.
The fi eld portion of this study was held on March

15 and 16. 1961; westbound on the 15th and castbound
on the 16th. This study was designed around the distribution and collection of pre-punched mM cards distributed and collected at all 85 on- and off-ramps of
the Expressway.
Cnrd accumulation - nonnal card color for passenger cars and red for trucks-was in I5-minute increments. West and eastbound cards were distributed ond collected between 7 AM and 1 PM. Adverse
light conditions prevcnted a PM peak study.
There are 18 on-ramps
Md 24 olf-ramps westbound and 24. on-ramps
Leo G. Wilkie
and 19 off-ramps east
bound, a total of 85 mmps included in this study.
The maximum 24-hour totals reccnUy observed
were approximately 105,000 in the six-lane section

and 165,000 in the eight-lane scction.
Further, the maximum observed lane usage was
2,240 vehicles at Kedzie Avenue on the eastbound Inside lane In the morning peak hour.
Truck traffic in the AM peak eastbound was 7.2 per
cent. for all on-ramps, the range eXlC!llding to 32 per
cent. Westbound nlmp truck traffic averaged 7.1 per
cent for aU on-ramps, ranging up to 18 per cent.
The prevailing ramp design is commonly described
as diamond type, except that in the west. section both
25th Avenue and Mannheim Road are cloverleaf type.
The ramp width is 16 feet and the ramp exit portion Is 400 feel long, and where an additional weaving
lane is provided it is 400 fcet long and 12 feet wide.
95,000 Return Cards

Ninety-five thousand cards were collceted in the two
six-hour sections of trip study and this accumulation
of data resulted in 70 separate anaJyses, which will be
containt!d in a final report.
One hundred and twelve men were required to conduct this study on each of the two days.
Pouring into the expressway via 18 on-ramps du.ring
the first day of the survey, Wednesday. March 15, between 7 JU.{ and 1 PM, we re 44,000 vehicles westbound,
85 per cent of which were autos. The average was
7,300 vehicles per hour, with the peak rate (based on
the highest 15-minule period) of 11,000 vehicles per
hour. The ramps east of the postoffice, the east end
of the study section, supplied 30 per cent of the sixhour volume and 24 per cenl of the peak volume.
Entering trucks accounted for 7.1 per cent of the
west-bound A.'\f peak hour. The westbound volume of
44,000 vchicles produced 202,000 "ehicle miles in the 7
AM-I PM period.
During the same six-hour period on the foUowing
day, an east-bound volume 0'( 50.000 vehicles, 88 per
cent automohiles, produced 291,000 vehicle miles. For
this diredion of travel, 8,400 vehicles was the average
hourly rate, with a peak hourly rate, again based on
the maximum I5-minute fl ow. of 11,900 vehicles per
hour. Twenty.Cour entrance ramps produced the above
flows, with the weat terminal, Roosevelt Road, contributing 12 per cent of the six-hour total and 14 per
cent of the peak hour volume. The eastbound truck
flow during the AM peak was 7,2 per cent of the total
peak hour_
It was found that the eastbound traffic exceeded
that of the westbound during the six hours by 12 per
350,000 Person Trips Daily

The angles of inlerseetion of the ramp center lines
with the freeway lanes is on thc average of 5 degrees,
ranging from 4 degrees to 14 1! degrees. Ramp grades
vary from 2.25 per cent to 4 per cent.
With the exception of the Austin Avenue and Harlem Avenue interchanges, the ramp exits and entrances are located on the right hand Bide. The two
exceptions are on the left hand side.
A significRnt feature o[ Congress Expressway is the
presence of mass transit facilities In the median. This
service was opened In June, 195 .
It includes 14 stops which serve 22 cross-street loading points. In 1959, 35,000 passengers per day were
transported and in 1960, contrary to general trends,
40,000 passengers were transported. These are 24hour volumes.
Of significance is this fact: This cxpressway, assuming a 1,5 per vehicle car occupancy and including
mass transit usage, produces 350,000 person trips
per day,
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Ramp Uuge by Weltbound Traffic on ConQr"," ExprellWilY In the AM Peak Hour.
cent and during the peak hour by 7 per cent. A significant fact. however, is that the eastbound vehicle
miles oC travel e:l(ceeded the west bound by 45 per cent.
Normally highway volumes are stated as 24--hour,
two-way totals crossing a line. Traffic movement be
fore or after such a counting line is obviously not in
cluded. In this study all ramp volumes were totaled.
Based on this approacb, tbe "cx.pressway usage" vol
ume would be 240,000 vehicles in 24 bours for Con
grcss Ex.pressway.
This "expressway usage" total refleet8 all on and off
movemenls occurring over tbe entire expressway
rather than across one line.
The average vehicular trip le ngth during the period
of the study was 5.8 miles for eastbound traffic and 4.6
miles for westbound traffic.
The trip length for the AM peak period was almost
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Three Snow Storms Keep Plows Pushing

220 fidd and garage employes to plow snow, spread
salt and cinders and keep the equipment in operating
condition. The equipment in service included 50 r egular and extra patrol
trucks, three large
"snow fighter" plows,
three snow blowers, six
power graders and seven
salt and cinder loaders.
Each pa tro! truck was
equipped with a anow
Jllow, II hopper body to
carry salt a nd cinders
and a mechanical
spreader.
In the 25 days spanned
T homas J. McHugh
by the three stonns, the
crews spread 3,500 tons of salt and 9,100 cubic yards
of cinders.
After the roads had been plowed open and the snow
bad stopped falling, many higbways were closed by
drifting snow propelled by strong winds. Consequently, it became necessary to piow through these
drifts, an operation that in some scetions was repeated several times.
Working time was lengthened by such repeated
plowings and also by having to contend occasionally
with a stalled car. It took lime to spread salt and
cinders and to move plowed snow from the shoulders
to roadside ditches to provide storage area for subsequent snow falls.
Altogether, the time spent by the 220 men on snow
work in this period amounted to 14 regular eighthour work days plu!;! 12,000 man hours of overtime,
for a total cost of $185,000.
The Department was alerted for each stonn by
Murray and Trettel, certified consulting meteorologists, who furnish ed ice-snow storm warnings and
kept the maintenance personnel informed of ebanging
conditions throughout the 25-day period.
By Thom as J. McHugh
Ma Intenance Eng ineer
Cook County H ighway Department
metropolitan area was

Tsnow storms within
25 days, commencing Decem
HE CHICAGO
hit by three
bel' 22, 1961, and ending J anuary 15. The amounts

of snow and the dates of fall are shown in t.he table
below:
S l oml
NO.1
NO. 2
No. 3
Da ,.
FrIday
Saturday
Sunday
Saturday
Sundny
~lo ntla y
Sunday
Monday
ln llb e!l of
T otal
Dille
Dec, Zl
Dc~. 23
D<!oe. 24
Jan. 6
Jan. 7
S " "w
L5
ll.9
Jan. 14
Jan. 15
5.3
1.5
Jan.
~O. 2
0.2
6.3
2.0
0.4
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The amounts shown above were measurements at

Midway Airport. T he fall varied in diffe rent parts
of the area. In storm No.2, the official measurement
at Glenview wss17 inches.
During the present winter scason up to and including January 15, a total of 34.1 inches of snow has
fallen, according to official records, which equals the
normal amount for an entire winter in the metropoli
tan area.
Tem peratures following these storms were as much
a s 30 degrees below the nonnal daily average. These
low temperatures increased the amount of work and
time, salt and cinders required to remove packed snow
and ice from the public highways.
Various public agencies, including the Cook County
Highway Department. were engaged in the effort to
clear the Roads. This Department is responsible for
613.5 miles of roads, including 38.7 miles of service
drives on the expressway system outside of Chicago.
For the time being, until the Stale eventually assumes
maintenance, the County also is responsihle for the
main lanes of the recently completed three miles of
Dan Ryan Expressway south of 71st Street.
During the recent storms, this Department used
Ramp Usage-
The smaller average trip length of westbound vehicles produced a smaller accumulation withln the various sections a nd hence a more uniform flow.
There was a large variation in speeds observed in
t he various scctions of the expressway.
The lowest speeds recorded occurred between Des
Plaines and Austin Avenues and between H oman and
Western Avenues, which were the coincident areas of
largest vehicula r saturation.
The instantaneous usage of the expressway (total
vehicles in section) in the study zone amounted to
1825 vehicles in the inhound dir ection in the peak period, with a density range between 12 and 65 vehicles
per mile per hour. Tbe per cent saturation ranged
between 5 pel' cenl and 25 per cent, with the distance
between vehicles varying between three and 21 car
lcngths.
During the same period In the outbound direction.
the instantaneous usage was 1,009 vehicles. The density ranged between five and 27 vehicles per mile per
hour; the percent saturation varied between 2 a nd
11 per cent; and the distance between vehicles was a
minimum of 8 and a maximum of 46 car lengths.
(Continued rrom page 5)
identical to that for t he entire six hours. This was

true for both directions of travel.
Of the 5,997 eastbound vchicles which entered the
expressway at the west tenninus during the study,
1,299 traveled t he full length of the study zone. This
west terminal ramp recorded 14 per cent of t he total
vehicles in the peak period, and onc in six traveled the
full 15.7 miles of the expressway_
The east terminus location contributed 2,166 ve
hicles, or 29 per cent of the total westbound traffic,
during the study period, of which 379 traveled tbe full
length of study zone. Although 24 per cent of the
westbound vehicles entered the expressway at this
point during the AM peak period, only one in 35 traveled the full length of the study zone.
The average trip length of vehicles originating at the
study terminus was 10.2 miles fo r eastbound traffic
and 5.4 for westbound t raffic for both the six-hour and
AM peak periods.
December Building Permits
New Legion Officers
FALLOUT SHELTER designed to accommodate

A 2,000
persons was among 214 building construc-
tion projects authorized in December by the County

Department of Building,
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Total estimated value of
the December permits
was $2,957,870.
The shelter is to be
located in E lk Grove Township. The cost was estimated by the Algonquin Realty Company, which ob-tained the permit, at $125,000.
Other outstanding projects included a warehouse at
8311 North Avenue, Proviso TownShip, $490,000, and
four a partment builctings in Wheeling Township, estimated to cost $116,000 each. The apartment houses
will each contain eight five-room units.
Sixty-six permits were issued for single dwellings
estimated to cost a total of $1,537,380. For other
types of construction, permits were issued as follows:
: : I'f :
Newly In.talled Officer. of Edgar A. Lawr ence

H igh wa y POIt. Am erican Leg ion, Get T ogether for a
P icture. St.. "dlng , Left t o R ight, Are Anthony A.
Alt ier, Life Member i Robert O. Morrll, Palt F inance
Offieer; Jilimel F . Kelly , Jud ge Advocate; Robert J .
Muleahy, HI.tori."; Robert N. La nge, Jun io r Vice
Hesldc.nllai addlll oni and Illtc.rations--23 pcrmlU, $1.1.2.l()O.

Accellory bulldlnga---31 pc.rmUs, $S6,69().
Hu.lneu bulldlntr_Three permlU, $88,800.
flUllne .. add Ilion. and a1tc.raUons-~lne permlll, $19,300.
WeU.-<>ne permit, $.1.000,
lndlvlduallepUc IYltc.m_Two pennlts, $1,000.
Mllcellanf!()ul Three pennlu, nooo.
Commander; Seated, Left to Right ilIr. Helen M.

Km iec, Finance Officer: Bern;llrd B. Riman, Comman.
der; Harry A. Ohlinger, Put Commander; St .. "ley J,
Clula, Chaplain. AWOL at camera t ime wen: JOleph
A. Maul, Sen10r Vice Comman der ; Edward J. BraUlth,
AdJ utilnt, lind Walter H. Treptow, Serv ice Offic er.
T he P Olt', Member. Are Employes of the County

H ighway Oeputment, And All Ve teran. In the De.
The dist ribution of December permits by townships

was 8.8 follows:
partment are Inv hed to Jo in.
TOM'luhlp
Selected Views-
I'Ulnlu
Bloom
Bremen
Elk Grove
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Han over
~)den
the Bureau of Public Roads Bnd the state highway

departments but priva t e enterprise of all kinds. We
have made an Impressive sta r t on the far-reaching
program char ted by Congress In the Federal Aid
Highway Act of 1956. As of now, we have 10,440
miles of the Interslat e system in use and have completed work on 113,000 miles of primary and secondary highways and their urban extensions."-Rex M.
Whitton, /c(leral highway admitlutrutor, Bureau of
L)on.
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Northneld
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PlllaUne
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Rich
Schaumburg
Stick ney
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Worth
In the nofee classification, which includes churches,

farm and public buildings and fallout shelters, 68 per
mlts were issued for sanitary sewer connections In
Lyons, NorUifl.eld and Stickney Townships. No valua
lion is required for these permits.
Pltblio Roads.
"We often hear statements that the automobile is

destroying our cities and that building modern highways merely makes it easier for people to move out
of Lown- so tbe central city's tax base becomes
erodoo and the city becomes increasingly an empty
sbell.
"Whenever I hear such statements, I think back to
1961 Accidents(COnti nue<! (rom page 3)
an observation made some years ago by Herbert. S.

Fairbank. Many of you will recall that Herb Fairbank gave nearly 40 years of distinguished .8(!.rvice
to the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads as its director of
research and that he actually was the 'father' of the
Interstate highway system and of modern highway
planning techniques.
"He rb Fairbank used to say, ' Don't blame the automobile for the fa ct that lots of people are moving
out of our older city neighborhoods. They are running away from an environment they don't like to
an environment lhey do like. ' ''- KClrl M. Richards,
tntinugcr Field ScrviC6B Do-partmcmt, Automobile
number of accidents reported by any suburb, 2,561,

was recorded by Evanston, which hss a stricter system
than state law. Evanston requires semi-annual inspection of residents' vehicles and an accident involving a car with no safety sticker or one out of date is
reported even though no one is injured and property
damage Is less than the state's $100 minimum.
Four smsll suburbs reported no accidents at all.
They were Glenwood, Homewood Pa rk, Indian Head
Park, and Sag Bridge. Bartlett had one, which caused
property damage only. Another small village, Golf,
had only nine accidents in the year, but one of them
resulted in two deaths.
Mallufacturers Association.
Winter of the Big Snow AttrOllct. C;IImerill Fan' ,"d Tobog '"Mer. to Count)' ForUI . See POlI"e 2.
Vol. IX No. 10
February, 1962

Publiahed by the. Cook County (Ill.) Department of HighwaYI
Under aUl picu of the Board of County Commiaajonel'll
JOHN J. DUFFY, pruldont
Jerome Huppert
Chrlat A. Jen,on
Frank Bobrytzke
Charle. F . Chaplin
Ellnbeth A. Conkey
Jerry Do le.l:ill
John J , Duffy
William N. Eri ck,on
Fred A. Fullo
J ohn A. Mackler, Jr .
Rub)' Rya n
Seymour F. Simon
Clayton F . Smith
Ed wil rd M. Sneed
John J . T ou hy
Willi am J. Mortimer
Superintendent of HlghwlIY.
Published at 180 North Wella Street, ChlcaCQ G.
FRanklin 2-7644
Extension 216
January Traffic Toll
Il\'TRY conditions that slowed driving and kept

many cars off the road were re.flected in the
January toll of highway accidents. Ten persons were
killed, which compared
with 23 in the month before and 22 in J anuary,
1961.
Four of lhe victims

were pedestrians. One
was a boy of 9 and two
of the others, a man snd a woman, were both SO.
Three were kil led in crashes off the pavement, one
when a car left the road and struck a tree. one when
a car h.i t a wayside post and one wh.en a car ran into
a building. Three deaths resulted from collisions
between cars, two of them in one accident.
The number of persons injured was also lower than
in J anuary, 1961-648 as against 735-but the number of accidents that resulted in property damage only
was up shsrply- 5,lH as against 2,827.
.J
The Front Cover
HARDROCK
down.
Winter sport fans are having their biggest season

in the Cook County Forest Preserves. Starting with
the first heavy snow on December 22, toboggan
sliders. kids with Christmas sleds, skaters, hikers,
crosscountry skiers, sleigh ride parties and ice fishermen have had continuous use of the forest district's
extensive facilities for winter fun. And camera enthusiasts have found the stage s(>t for superb SIiOW
pictures.
At lhe middle of February, County Board President
J ohn J. Duffy, who is also presidenl of the board of
Forest Preserve Commissioners, estimated that well
over 250,000 persons had gone to the woods for recrealion since December 22. In round numbers, there
were 200,000 on the 1S tohoggan slides, 13,000 on
skis, 11,000 skaters, 11 ,000 enjoying horse-drawn
sleigh rides, 9,000 hikers and a numerous assortment
of children with sleds coasting wherever they round
a slick h1ll.
"It is quite a wonderful thing t hat city people can
enjoy such a variety of winter sports practically at
the city limits," said President Duffy. "In most other
places city dwellers have to travel considerable dis-
HIRAM doesn't let \\inter get him
He figures to get over the road as fast as the speed

signs allow.
Where there is passage for only one car in the frozen
ruts. Hiram is the one who rams through.
One Hardrock at a time is all the traffic can stand.
tances to use toboggans or s kis. The CommIssioners
are very pleased thst so many people appreciate the
forests in winter as well as in summer."
The District maintains six. toboggan slides at Swallow Cliff winter sports area in Palos Hills, four at
Christ A. J ensen Woods, two at Dan Ryan Woods and
one at Camp Bemis. Toboggans may be rented at $1
an hour at Swallow Cliff.
The district keeps the foreat roadways plowed
clear but depends on the wind to take snow off the
numerous skating ponds.
The pleasing snowscape reproduced on the front
cover was taken by Robert P . Cunningham, director
of puhlic relations for the Chicago Association of
Commerce, and presnted to President Duffy.
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To
In County
Stock Shelters
will supply 4.5 million pounds for $1,137,500, and the
fallout shelters slocked with food, water,

PUBLIC
first aid supplies and radiological instrt-L'D.ents will
it
Schulte and Birch Biscuit Company of Chicago, 2.4

mllion pounds, $627,760.
A water ration for each person is figured at three
and one-half gallons. It will be stored in fiber J;>oard
containers of 17Jh gallons capacity. The containers,
which are 18 Inches in diameter and 24 Inches in
height and are lined with a plastic bag, wil also be
usable for sanitary purposes.
Each shelter will have first aid supplies consisting
of kits and packages developed especially for the Pu!pose. First shipments from the federal agency w111
also include instruments for measuring radiation out
of doors so it can be ascertained when it is safe to
leave the shelter. Volunteers have already received
training from the county civil defense organization in
the use of these instruments and il is intended to
have at least onc radiological specialist in each shelter,
President Duffy said.
The county has designated two cottage type brick
buildings at Oak Forest for warehousing the shelter
supplies. These buildings are among five used for
tuberculosis patients at the time when the Oak Forest
Institutions Included a t. b, sanitarium. Edmund G.
Lawlor. Oak Porest superintendent. pointed out that
they arc no longer needed for patients and are in
sound repair. and President Du1l'y approved thcir use
for civil defense.
First shipments of supplies are expected in MaJlCh.
All of the material will be stored until the army engineers have reported on the shelter sites they have
found.
soon be set. up throughout 8uburbBn ~k County,
is announced by County Board President John J.

Duffy.
A survey by the U. S. Corps of Engineers to find
suitable space in existing buildings is virtually completed and President Duffy, acting on instructions
from Washington. has prepared a storage and distri
bution center for the various suppllcs to be allotted.
"The County Civil Defense organization will provide for residents of the unincorporated area and
local CO directors will carry out the same program
in lbe incorporated suburbs," President Duffy said.
"We have estimated that 250,000 persons live in
unincorporated parts of the County. II would, of
course, be imprac.tical and uneconomical to prepare
[or all of them, and the fedentl office of civil defense
has instructed that we requisition supplies for 10 per
cent. 1'\0 doubt it is anticipated that most people
would find shelter in their homes or places of work."
Food fo r those in the public shelters is to be in the
fonn of cereal wafers which are described aa resembling graham crackers and tasting much like animal crackers. The provision for each person for an
Ilnticipated H.doy stay in the shelter is 10,000
calories.
Federal government contracts for 12 million pounds
of shelter wafers were awarded this month to four
companies. Two are in the Chicago area, the United
Biscuit Company of America in Melrose Park, which
Realty Values Along Expressways

made and reported by The Life and given extensive
publicity by the Cook County Highway Department
publication in connection with expressways.
Opening up of distant areas in the northwest section of Cook County showed by actual figures provided by the Cook County assessor that valuations
were boosted by as much as S18 million in a single
year- this representing an actual value of about S60
million; while the sections such as the southwest
area, through which the Southwest Expressway is to
be built, showed gains of $2 million or less.
The Life's survey some two years ago is now
bulwarked by a guest ~itorial written by Rex M.
Whitton, federal highway administrator, in Midwest
Housing Markets, a statistical summary of 10 key
metrol>oUtan areas prepared by Advance Mortgage
Corporation for the third quarter of 1961.
Entitled '''I'he Effect of Modern Highways on Patterns of Urban Developmenl," the editorial cited some
of the fabulous Increases in residential values due to
expressways, citing one sectlon along a modern expressway near San Antonio wbere prices increased. by
500 per cent when the highway W88 opened to traffic.
The same was found truc of industrial development.
This more nearly refl ects the increasing real cstate
values as found from official figures of Cook County
and report~ by The Life. We agree that the first
superhighways brought some apprebension, That
period is gone and we now fecI that such new highways 88 the Southwest expressway, opening up areas
not previously very accessible, win tend to boost all
valuations of properties now made accessible.
(PI'OUI Th e Oicero Li/c)
RECENT report from the Chicago chapter of the

Socicty of Residential Appraisers indicated that
home values within two blocks or one section of Edens
Expressway bad dropped in value from 5 to 25 per
cent during the lO-)'ear period from 1950 to early
1961. as reflected In a three-year survey by the group.
This statement reputedly was based on a report of
600 residential property sales during the 10-year
period. The report is fine as far as it goes, though
by inference showing that these 6a.le price depreciations have been permanent
Before Congress Street Expressway was opened its
entire length, The Life undertook a similar survey of
the porlion west of First Avenue in Maywood and
found that property values, according to actual sales
rcports, had decreased as much as 40 per cent jUst
after the freeway was built.
But here wa.s the joker! Many owners, who felt
that their properties would be devalued by the ex
pressway, sold out for far less than their property
later was worth. In almost every case checked at the
time, the price bounced back within a year or two to
within 10 per cent of its appraised value. Some of
these properties are now seIlIng at higher prices than
before the expressway WSB opened. The price depression was a temporary thing at best.
What is the overaU effect of expressways on land
values? The appraisal group admits that much higher
prices were obtained for properties beyond this two
block limit This is borne out by a factual study
Trip Lengths on Congress Expressway

eastbound nnd 37,567 cars and 6,454 trucks westbound.
The eastbound vehicles ran a total of 291,011 miles
and the westbound, 201.682.
Saturation is the relationship of the actual number of vehicles recorded in a mile in a particular traffic lane to the number of vehicles that could be max
imally accommodated, expressed as a percentage_
For example, If the vehicles in a lane were oper
ating virtually bumper to bumper. saturation would
be 100 per cent. Put in other words. if there were
three vehicle length spaces between vehicles. satura
tion would be 25 per cent.
The spacing of vehicles related to speed would be
indlcalive of whether drivers were operating safely
or not. Dl'ivers al'c advised to maintain at leasl one
vehicle SI)aCe between vehicles for each 10 m.p.h. of
speed to permit safe braking distance.
Tn ealculatiolls of saturation percentages, the average vehicle length waa taken to be 20 feel and Lhe
vehicles per hour factor W88 figured as the number of
passenger cars plus l. 75 limes the truck volume to
aCCOunL for greater truck lengths. Saturation in the
peak hour eastbound was found to range from 5 per
cent at tbe Roosevelt Road entrance to 25 per cent at
the DetiPlaines Avenue olf ramp.
At the Roosevelt Road on-ramp. the peak volume
was ],698 vehicles an hour_ They ran at an average
speed of 49 m.p.h. and they were spaced 20.9 car
lengths apart.
By leo G. Wilkie
Traffic Engineer
Cook Coun t y
Hlghw.ay Oepiilrt mc n t
HE study of Congress Express....'Sy traffic characteristics that produced the ramp usage information
published in Cook County HighwaY3 in January also
yielded significant data on trip lengths and saturation.
The field work was done on two dayI'!, the fil'Bt on
westbound lanes and the second on eastbound. Drivel"!'!
of vehicles entering and leaving the expressway belween 7 a. m. and 1 p. m. cooperated in the use of a
simple card system. Pre-punched LB.M. cards were
handed to drivers at on.ramps and collected when they
lefll.he expressway. A field force of 112 men covered
all of the 85 on and off-ramps between the main P06toffice bulldJng and Roosevelt Road. On the two days.
94.233 cards wore collected. The RccumuJation of
data hRS been tabulated in 70 separate analyses.
The expressway mUcagc under study is 15.7 enstbound and 15.8 westbound. due to a slighUy longer
westbound connection at Roosevelt Road. Trip lengths
were found to range from the fuB mileage down to
one-haU mile. This was true for both passenger cars
and trucks In both peak and offpeak periods in both
directions.
F.M\stbound, the longest average trips, over the sixhour study period were made by vehicles entering at
Roosevclt Rood, The slxhour count at that entrance
was 5,613 cars and 384 trucks, amounting to 11.9 per
cent of the total eastbound traffic on the expressway.
Vehicles entering at Roosevelt R>ad left the expressway at all exits, beginning Ilt the cloverleaf grade
separation at Mannhelm Road, wbore 96 turned south
snd 182 north. Of those coming in at RooseveJt Road ,
1.299. or 21.7 per cent of the total count at thst ramp,
conlinut.'<i on to the post office and beyond. The average trip lengths by vehicles entering at the west
terminus was 10.3 miles In the l}Oak hour and 10.2 in
the full six houn.
Traffic From Tollway

The tollway system contributed traffic over its three
ramps leading into Congress. The average speed rate
changed at. these ramps--48 m.p.h. at the northbound.
51 at the eastbound and 56 at the southbound. The
spac.ing between cars dropped at 18.3 at Ule NB ramp.
16.3 at the EB and 14.5 at Lbe sa. Saturation. at
these rumps respectively, was 5. 6, and 7 per cent.
As tmfflc flowed eastward. with the volume increasing, average speed dropped from 51 m.p.h. at Mann
heim Road to 27 nt DesPlaines Avenue. Vehlcle.s per
hour increased from 4,704 at :\fannheim to 5,556 approaching DesPlaines Avenue and the spacing between
vchlcles decreased from 7.3 to 3.0 car lengths.
From Rooaevelt Road to Austin Avenue, Congress
is three lanes; rrom Austin eastward it Is four. At
the Austin Avenue olframp, vehicles per hour were
5,058. average speed was 30 m.p.h., space between cars
was 3.7 car lengths and saturation was 21 per cenL
East of Austin Avenue, where the expressway be
comes four lanes, vehicles per hour increased to 5,802,
average speed Increased to 45 and the space between
vehicles to 7.1 car lengths. Saturation dropped to 11
per cent.
Another area of relatively high saturation started
at Homan Avenue on-ramp, wher vehicles per hour
was 6,990. average speed 36 m.p.h. and space between
vehicles, 4.4. lengths. Saturation WWl 19 per cent. At
Campbell Avenue. the off-ramp for Western Avenue.
saturation was]7 per cent. From that point eastward,
l!Ialuration decreased to 7 per cent at the Nortllwest
Expressway otr-ramp. where 3.181 vehicles per hour
(Cotltitllted on paye 6)
Short Trips To Nort hwest

A t the farthest. east on-ramp, Racine Avenue, the
average lrip of entering vehicles in the study zone
was 0.6 in both peak alld olf.peak periods. However.
one-third of these vehicles used Congress to get onto
Northwest }o:;xpressway for longer trips on that route.
A few vehicles coming on at Racine turned off at
Canal Street and the rest of them, almost two-thirds
of the total. went on past. the east terminus of the
study zone Rt the post office to the Loop or olher
destinations.
The overall average lrip mileage eastbound in the
7 a. m. to 1 p. m. period was 5.9 for passenger CArs
and 4.7 for trucks.
Westbound in the six-hour period. trip lengths
ranged from 0.5 mile to 15.8 miles. Half-mile trips
were made by 1.726 vehicles. or 3.9 per cent of all
west ward traffic. The full length trip was made by
379. Average trip length in botb peak hour and sixhour period was 5.4 miles.
The 94,233 vehicles whose drivers cooperated in the
study included 44,028 passenger Cllrs and 6,184 truckll
Sign Moves to Keep Up With the Times

residential and industrial development
EXTENSIVE
In the suburban area of the County since World
War IT is reflected direcUy in travel over the roads
For the Highway Department, the new order oC things
mea ns frequent revision to accommodate la rger Bnd
different traffic flows.
In many instances, older two-Jane roads must be

widened to four. In olhers, a new choice of routes
by suburban residents going to work in new industrial
plants or shopping in the new shopping centers calls
for a reversal of long established stop sign control.
One such change was made last month at the intersection of Mt. Prospect Road and Thacker-Dempster
Street. Thacker is the off-line extension of Dempster
through DesPlaines. Weill of ?o.h. Prospect Road, the
DesPlaincs city lim it.. it again becomes Dempster.
For many years, Thacker-Dempster was the through
route and was protccted by Ii stop sign against M t.
Prospect traffic.
The steps leading up to the stop sign switch at this
location and the traffic engineering studies required
to justify it, point up t he fa ct that more is involved
in such a reviaion than merely pulling up one set of
signs and installing another.
Two letters to Hjghway Superintendent William J .
Mortimer described the change in tralfic pattern that
has taken place at the intersection. One. from E. R.
WUrnicke, DesPlaines city superintendent of public
works, cited "a haza rdous condition" and added:
New Stop Sign With an Extr. Word of Warn in; H aiti

Traffic on Thacker. Demplter at Mt . P rolpect Road.
day, with a minimum of 175 vehicles per hour entering from the minor strect.
"2. In rural a reas, the total vehicular volume entering the intersection from all approaches must
ex.ceed 4.00 vehicles per hour for any cight hourJ! of
an average week day. with a minimum of 140 vehicles
per hour entering from the minor highway.
"S. .4.ccillents ha.z.a rd wa.rrsnl. If none of the war
rants except the accident hazard warrant described
below is fuHl.lled . the initial presumption shall be
against installation. The InstaJlation of a [ou r-way
stop because of a spectscular or much-publicized acci
dcnt. or because of a small number of accidents, is
strongly condemned. The full accident record of lhe
location in question should be carefully investigated
before any installations are made unde r this warrant.
In general. a four-way stop may be installed under
this warrant only where :
"s. Adequate trial of less restrictive remedies with
satisfactory observance and enforcement bas failed
to reduce the accident frequ ency, and
"b. Three or more reported accidents ot types
susceptible o[ correction by a four-way stop have
occurred within a 1.2-month pc.riod, each accident involving personal injury or property damage to an
al>parc.nt extent of $100 or more. provided there exists
a volume of vehicular traffic nolless lhan 75 per cenl
of the volume warrants stated in the foregoing."
Four-W ay Stop Sought

"1 receive several complaints a week from motorists
who have narrow escapes and 1 can attest from personal obsenoation that the average motorist thinks
this is a (our-way Btop and acts accordingly. thereby
pulling out in front o[ can! that do not intend to
stop."
George Crescan. treasurer of Universal Oil Products
Company. located nMrby, wrote of "tremendous backups" on Mt. Prospect Road and told of several collisions thn t had occurred. "Because many of our
employes use Mt. Prospect Road and are subjected to
this hazard twice daily. I earnesLly solicit your favor
able consideration in making this a four-way stop
intersection," he said.
Mr. Mortimer replied to botb correspondents. thank
ing them for their Interest In highway safety and
informing them thal the Department's traffic engineering division bad been instructed to survey the
Intersection. "You may be assured." he ..... rote. ''That
proper action will be lakeD as indicated by this study
and Is permitted under existing state statutes."
The study was started wilh the view of determining
whelher a four-way stop W88 warranted in accorda.nce
with Sections 68, 69, and 10 of the Act Regulating
Traffic on ffighways. The ntinois Division of Highway's manual on four-way stop control states: "After
the erection of stop signs on a secondary street or
highway at an intersection, stop control may be instituted on the major thoroughfare when one or more
of the following warrants exists:
"I. Minimum ,-ehicular control wa rrant. In urban
areas the total vehicular volume entering the intersection from all approaches must exceed 500 vehiclcs
per hour for any eighl hours of an average weck
Eng ineers Count Traffic

County traffic engineers made 24-hour counts at
the Intersection which showed total volumes for that
period and also the types of vehicles-automobiles,
trucks, semi-trailers and buses-- and the turns made
by all vehicles, hour by hour.
On an average week day. the totals counted In both
directions were 2,936 on Thacker-Dempster and 5,597
(Cotltinued on page 6)
Forty Year Veteran
Snowdrift Samaritan
A~lES
ZIELINSKI, who came to work for the

JriodCounty
Highway Department May 25, 1922, in a pewhen roAd improvement [or the most part meant
NICE LETTER to the Highway Departmcnt

A
from Robert S_ Ruwiteh
Northbrook, who la
second vice president of thc Continental lilinols NaoC
cl'Uflhed rock on dirt, reo

tired on pension Februaty 2.
He started and fino.
i$hed his forly years'
service In the maintenance division. Tn that
time he saw road machinery develop from
the horse-drawn slip
l:Icraper to the modern

giant earth movers and
J.mu l i t h e County's road system expand from local section line routes to an integrated network with concrete arteries.
Mention of this season's heavy snow recalled the
H ighway Department's first snow plow. Mr. Zielinski
saw it built, with a heavy limber frame and a plank
face covered wth quarter-inch iron. It WWI pusbed by
a tractor ~d was quite the wonder ot the time.
l\lc. Zielinski conceded that this winter's snows have
been a challenge to the maintenance crews, but there
were othcr bad years too.
"There were. some deep snows in the 20's nnd 30's,"
he said. ''1 am not sure how they measured with this
year's, but they seemed worse because there was not
as much building out in the County to break the
wind. It's amazing to me how the suburban area bas
buJlt up. We still have drifts, ot course, but I don't
believe 8.8 bad as 30 years ago."
Sam Kurban
tional Bank and Trust

Company:
"On the occaaion oC
the snow storm on Saturday, January 6, mine
was among the many
automobiles stallcd on
the County Line Road
in Highlnnd Park. After
helping with others to
push a stranded automobile, I was returning
to my own car when I
slipped and fell and
broke my arm.
"There was one of your plo\\-"S near by and a memo
ber of its crew, Sam Kurban , helped me get into my
car and drove me to the Highland Park hospital. It
is hnrd to describe the cxteDl of pain 1 was sustaining
at the time and the extreme weather conditions
which prevailed just then. What I do want to stress
is that Mr. Kurban succeeded In getting me to the hospital and then had 10 \,jrtual1y carry me from the
parking lot to the emergency room. He did all this
wiUt good humor and a wonderful spirit of cooperation, all of which, of course, was well beyond his required dutics.
"I feel that this gesture and extraordinary service
should not go unnoticed, and accordingly I am bringing it to your aUenlion with 9 great deal of personal
pleasure in 80 doing."
New Stop Sign(Contilllwd from pag6 S)
Exp ressway Study-
on Mt. Prospect. There were several hours of heavy

travel, morning and evening, but around the clock
tbe survey did not find eight hOUTS of traffic sufficient
to satisfy the state's warranty requirements tor either
urban or rural areas.
The heaviest hour was 7.s a. m., when Mt. Prospect
had 1,003 vehicles and ThackerDempster, 353. Between 4 and 5 p. m., Mt. Prospect carried 967 And
Thacker-Dempster, 299.
Since the traffic counts did not warrant a rour-way
stop, the revision consisted of re-installing the stop
signs in Cavor of ML Prospect Road, and against
ThackerDempster.
In consideration of motorists accustomed over many
years to driving Thacker-Dempster without stopping
at Mt. Prospect, the new installation includes an
exlra alert at the "stop sign ahead" approach sign,
A rectangular board warns that cross traffic does not
stop at the intersection.
(OOlltilllCed front 'Page 1,)

were running at an average 45 m.p.h. and 13.5 car
lengths aparL
Westbound peak hour saturation ranged from 11 per
cent at Sacramento Avenuc, where 5,619 vehicles per
hour ran at an average 51 m.p.h. 8.5 lengths apart,
to 2 per-cent at the olf-ramp to the Tri-State tollway
!louthbound.
'nJormlltiorl ill this article, together with the
data 01'1
printed. in
Mr. Wilkie
ReM,arch
January.
CO'lgrcstJ ExpretJtJway ramp UtJage

the Janluzry isSlW, Ul48 pre"e"ted by
at the aIHlIltIl meetitlg of the Highl00Y
Board 111 Wa.shhlgtO", D. C., in
Watch It. Knute

Traffic accidents on the island o( Bjarkoey, Norway.
rose sharply in 1961 to an unprecedented rate equal
to 5,000 accidents per 10,000 registered vehicles, the
National Safety Council reports. The Arctic Island
has an area of live square miles, a population oC 730,
one road, one truck and one station wagon. The
truck and the wagon collided at a bend in the road.
Only One Road Test

Under a new law in New York state, only one road
test is allowed Cor each driver license examination.
Drivers are advised to takc road test only when they
have enough experience and sklll to be reasonably
cer tain of paasing.
Job of the Month

UILDING construction estimated to cost a total of
B
$3,234,200 was authorized by 133 permits issued
in January hy the Cook County Department of Buildings, which haa jurisdiction in the unincorporated area.
Nearly half of the total valuation was represented by three permits
in the no-fee claSl!ificalion, which includes churches, schools and other pub
lic buildings and farm buildings. They were an
addition to Reavis high school, at 77th Slreet and
Austin Avenue, Stickney Township, estimated to cost
$825,000: a cemetery chapel to be erected by lhe
Catholic Cemeteries of Chicago at 6001 West lllth
Street. Worth Township, $600.000. and an addition
and remodeling of the Prospect Heights Baptist
Church. at Camp McDonald and Wheeling Roads,
Wheeling Township, $113,800.
The Thoma, McQueen Company ha,n't permitted Ie.

vert winter weath er to .top work on the two i1djolnIng struetures that will earry the c)ltenllon of E;l.It
Lake Avenue under the Milwaukee Road tracks and
Lehigh Avenue In Gle nview. The railroad bridge will
be 48.25 feet In width a nd will lu pport two main line
tracke and a Ildlng. It will h;wc steel beam . The Lehigh Avenue brldge, of .trcued co ncrete beaml, will
be 64 feet In width, carry/JIg four tr.Hie lanea and two
sidewalk . McQueen', contract price wal $514,023, In
add it io n , the County campentated the rilltroad $94,632
for conatruction of the temporary Iteelbeam treetlc.
Two apartment buildings were pennltted for construction by the Exchange National Bank, lrustee, at
Boxwood near Dogwood. Wheeling Township. One,
of six five-room units, was estimated at. SS8.000 and
the other, eight-five room units, at S116,800.
Permits for 54 single dwellings estimated to cost a
total of $1.171,600 were issued in the month. For
other types of construction, pennlts were issued as
follows:
neslde ntlal II.ddlLl o n.ll and Illleratlonl;----13 permits. $$$.:)00.
A<.'Ces~l')' bulldlnlls -10 Il(!rmlu. $18,100.
BusIness bulldlng8-'I\I."o pennlu, $177.600.
Busjne~~ addltlt>ll$ lind altecutiun.......se' ... n j.H.'cmllll. $U7,~.
Wells--Two permits. $2.000.
Miscel1ronP.(lus-One pennlt, 51,SUII.
Bids Received
Bids on seven expressway construction jobs and
seven noncxpressway Improvements were received by
the Board of County Commissioners February 20.
By townships. the January fee permits were distributed as follows:
The expressway items, aU on South Route, included

three grade separation structures and [our demolition
of buildings. They were, with the apparent. low
hidders:
Gruue
~~p!lrallon
T ... "'n~hll'
Bloom
B~men
Elk
under C. &: WJ. R .R. -U ... rl1hy Mid-ConUn -
Leyden
Lyon,
cnl Co., ~,S32.29.

Grade separation under Parnell Ave. -W. J . Sheppard .I: CO.,
MaIne
$.'l07.029.34.
North.field
Grade fieparaUon under Halsted SL- --Krui' F.xcavatlni' CO.,
Orland
Palatine
$o1.'i:i.128.48.
Dl:!mollUon
Demolition
Dl:!molition
I)(!molltlon
GrO~'e
Hanover
l03rd st. lo lO7th St. -Bongl Cartaee CO~ S1.2,1().1.

l07lh 51. to lllth St.-Boni'l Cartage Co. , $21.96-:1.
1.1lth St. to 1J2th PI.-Bonrl Cartage Co~ 54.900.
1.12lh Pi. to 115th 5I.,- 801l&"1 Cartage Co., $8,MO.
Palo~
Pro\'illO
RIch
Schaumburg
Stlekney
Wheeling
The nonexpressway improvemcnts:
Wo rlh
47th St., tour lanet! p.c.c. hasc and lIHumlnous sur(uc ...
County Line to WIIIQW Sl'dngl ROlld. 1. !5 mlles--Amerlt ll.n
Asphalt Paving Co . $360,~20.
183rd St. four lane.!l V.c.",. pun.'ment Torrence Avenue II!
Wentworth Ave., 111 mlles_ P . J . c.rvwley, $304,3015.53LawMnce A\'e . mllin drain Desptalnes River t(l Harlem Ave ..
2.43 mlles--M. &. M. COnstructlo n CO . .$77"l.O'..n.llO.
Steger Road Wallace to Green S t. lind Unio n SI. Steger Roau
to Sauk Tral!r, rour lane CQnstruclion a.nd rcsurfadng_ J. P .
COnJltruction l.;O., $312.~.:a.
I'erml l~
, 'alilutiun
$ 4.200
3.900
10
4
191,200
147.000
4
1
19.100
24,200
5
3
16
1
:;I
1
16
12
48.000
118.600
24,200
323,400
4S,OOO
20,800
5.000
34.600
209.400
391.600
92,400
In the no-fee classi.fication, in addition to the projects mentioned above. 38 permits for sewer work were
issued in Lyons Township and one in Stickney. No
valuation was required to be stated.
Burnham Ave., suh.tru('lurc tor I"Cplal'C.m,,n1 ot vla(\uet over

LIttle Calumet R1ver--5 uperlor COn~truc Uon CO.. $.117.778.
IrvIng Park Road at Cumberland A,e.. culvert and dItchRock Road ConstrueUon CO .. $77,1136.30.
Sauk Trail. retalnl!!, wall I. C. R.ll. t o RIchton SquareLouis Scully & SOn" :$24.666.00.
l e gion Post Party

Edgar A. Lawrence Highway Post, American
Legion, whose membel'S are employes of the County
Highway Department, will have a dinner-Monte Carlo
night March 31 in the officers' club of the Naval
Armory. All veterans in the Department are invited.
The apparent low bids have been submitted to the

Ulinois Division of Highways for approval.
.!
Milln LIl'le DOe! the Big Shift to Acc o modilte Expre way. See P age 5.
Vol. IX No. 10
March, 1962

Published by the Cook County (Ill. ) Department of R ichwa,.1
Under auspice. of the Board of County Commiuionen
JOHN J . DUFFY, Preaid,nl
Jerome Huppert
Frank Bobrytzke
Charin F. Chaplin
Chri't A. Jenlen
John A. Ma ckler, Jr.
Ruby Ry. "
Seym our F. Simon
Cla yto n F. Sm ith
Edwar d M . Sneed
Ellubcth A. Conkey
Jerry Oo leu.1
John J. Duffy
Willi a m N. Erl c k.on
F r ed A. Fulle
J ohn J . T o uhy
W illiam J . Mort ime r

Superintendent of H igh wa y.
Published at ISO North Wella Street, Chicago 6.
FRa nldin 27644
Boob
February Accidents
Extension 216
0/ the Month
INTRY road conditions in February caused more

W
highway traffic accidents In suburban Cook
County than
the same month a year ago, but the
in
results were less serious.

Ten
persons
were
killed. the same number
as in January, but exReUy half of tbe February, 1961, death toll.
There was also a lower
list of injured- 565 as against 702.
Accidents in which only properly damage was in
fliclcd increased, bringing the total of accidents of all
types up to 3,677. This lotal conlpared with 3,027 in
February, 1961.
The Cook County Traffic Safety Commission, which
reports and studies accidents in the suburban area,
said that icy roads contribute to minor accidents but
compel drivers to travel at low speeds, thereby les
senlng accident severity.
or the February dead, two WCI'e pedestrians, olle a
girl of 9 and the oU,er a man of 57. Both were struck
by trucks.
Four were killed in collisions belween automobiles
and one in an auto truck crash, two when cars Jeft the
pavement and struck wayside posts and one when a
truck ran into an embankmenl.
With 20 fatalities in the first tv.'o months of the
year, which compared with 42 in t he same two months
of last year, the suburban area appeared to be off to a
favorable start for 1962. The Safety Commi88iOIl
warned , however, that in the months ahead weather
will not be a deterring factor and the matter of safety
will rest largely in the hands on the wheel.
the end
a long,
NEAR
McDroop is at his worst.
of
rough winter. Droopy
Othe r people make the best of it, but Droopy has

had all he can take.
He's mad at the weather man and everybody else .
on the road-and that's the way be drives,
The Air Pollution Control Association says a recent
study shows that elght cylinder engines give off twice
as much fumes as six'cylinder engines. The study
also shows that an untuned engine constitutes the
worst case of air pollution. -Traffic Safety.
From Here And There
The average distance driven between each accident

is 60,000 miles. Each accident fatality is separated
by about 18 million milcs of driving.-SAE JOltTtlal.
Maryland now provides state funds for driver educa

Uon in schools. Last summer learners' permits were
increased from $1 to 5 to produce an annual sum
estimated at $600,OOO. -TTaffic Safety.
A total of 87,400,000 motor vehicles operators' 11

censes were in force in lhe United States during 1960.
-California H ighu:ays aJUt P"bJic Work".
Temperaturea on the Alaskan Highway range from

about 90 F in the summer to 60 below 0 in the will,
ler. -World Highways,
School buses wer e 87 percent of 1960 bus saies,A A MV A BltUetin.
36
Dates
Expressway History
calls to the Highway Department for

FREQUENT
ex pressway completion dates have suggested that a
Dan Ryan Expressway
listing would be useful.
-'-'-,.
~"
In accordance wi.th resolutions adopted by the

Board of Cook County Commissioners and the
Chicago City Council placing the name of Dan
Ryan, late President of the County Board, on the
expressway fonnerly designated South Route, it
has 'been agreed with the State that the portion of
the expressway LO be known as Dan Ryan is that
extending from the interchange ....1th Congress
Expressway at Halsted Street to the division into
east and west lcgs. From that point over the east
leg. the name Calumet Expressway will be applied.
For the time being, the west leg will continue to
be designated West Leg, South Route Expressway.
The history of the five

completed expressways
and one partly in use
contains 36 dates on
which sections of varying length were opened
to traffic. Under a policy adopted by the participating agenciesState, County, City of
Chicago snd the U. S.
Bureau of Public Roads

- the motoring public
1
was admitted to the new
,-,)
facilities as soon liS
usable sections were fin!
ished.
Total mileage of the
~ ...f"''--t-+
completed expressways
-Edens, Calumet, King'.+-._- .
ery, Northwest and Congress--plus three miles
or Dan Ryan Expressway is 68.7. Edens is 14.7 miles, Calumet 13.3, Kingery 3, Northwest 16.7 and Congress 15.1 plus 2.3
miles of the Lake Street extension in Cook County and
.6 of a mile in DuPage County.
:'
L---,
SOBTHWEST
..'
ii
The opening dates on these routes, with the agency

constructing each section, were:
t: DENS E..URESS WA\'
Lake Cook Road

F'oster Ave.
Koatncr AI'c.
almoral Ave.
FOSler Ave.
lUll .,..
111:""
13.0
.8
1.4
O"t"
~!;l)!s1
l.!ZlO58
16- .l-~
" ,"" ney

COunty
County
COunty
CALUM..ET E..'LI'llESSWA V
L30th at.
Sauk TrnlJ
Klnguy Exw}'.
",.,
L'
,J
Clenwood-Dyer
Llnroln Hwy.
5auk Trail
L.lncoln I:1wy,
Klnger, Exwy.
Sibley
Ivd.
Steger lUI.
Glenwood-Dyer
Rd.
Rd.
Sib ley Blvl1.
11- I-50
:12-13-5 1
11).16:;,3
County
Stll.le
State
Counly
7-
2~
1.9
8-
l-~
Counl}'
U,
S-I().~
County
11- l-!'iO
County
KI NGERY E..'U' IIESS WAY
State Line Rd.
Cnlumel E:liwy_
3.0
(;OlS"U RY.ss EXP IU ;SS WA1'
!IInnnhelm Rd.
Ln.tlUllle Ave_
Sacramento
AlIhla nd BlwL
Halsted St.
Dellplllinel st.
Cnn"i St.
Howard Ave.
Modl80n St.
Central Ave.
F"lut Ave.
1)(>, Plaines A\'c.
AusUn AVI!.
Lake St. Ext.
First AVI!.
S"cramento Blvd.
AllIhland BLvd.
Halsted St.
DeijplalnCIl St_
Cflnal St.
COlumbus Dr.
Mannhelm Rd.
HlllsHlc Ave.
Laramie A\e.
De" Plalnu Ave.
Austin Ave.
Central Avl!..
Hillside Ave.
,.,
'.7
,.,
,....,
.,.9
.
.
>.7
'D
.12-21-54
O;Iunty
County
State
8-liJfjf, Slate
U-:l.~-~
1.2-1:\-i>~
8-:1.0-56
8-] 0-56
City
COunty
S-lo-56 CIty
u-n-58
U-21-5S
1-29-60
7-30-60
10-12-60
10-12-60
12-18-61
. ,.."
12
~-58
CHy
my
COUnlY
8-31-60 Counly
9_27.60 COu nt y
2.2 1.1- 3-60 COllnty
4.4 1.1-5-60 State
1.7 1.1- ~-60 Cit)'
1.1- 5-60 State
.~
.5 11- !'i-60 City
.6
51.261 County
12-15-~
9!'ilh 81.
3.0
12-12-61
COunlY
An improvement related to the expressway system

is the reconstruction of Mannheim Road f rom Irving
Park Road to a temporary connection with Higgins
Road. This project. which was done by the County,
includes 3.25 miles of new pavement with directional
separation and a full cloverleaf interchange with
Northwest Expressway.
PJaced in use December 21. 1961, the new roadway
eliminated a bothersome g rade intersection of Mannheim and Northwest Expressway.
On the map in the adjolning column, the expl'essways
located by block lines are, from top to bottom. Southwest, West Leg of Soulh Route, and Moline , which
will start at the T n-State Tollway in Hazelcrest and
run to Moline. lllinois.
Further acquisition of right-or-way for Southwest
Expressway and the beginning of construction are
programmed for this year by the State, County and
City. Altogether, land purchases and construction
contracts to be awarded are expected to total approximately $120 million.
On sections to be constructed by the Counly, it is
anticipated that contracts will be let for a bridge over
the Sanitary and Ship Canal west of Harlem Avenue,
a bridge over the South Fork of the South Branch of
lhe Chicago River in the vicinity of Ashland Avenue.
grade separation structures at Throop Street, Lock
Street and Cenlral Avenue. three main drain projects
and right-of-way purchases and demolition of buildings from Halsted Streetlo east of California Avenue.
Three contracts for construction and four for demolition on the West Leg were awarded by the Board of
Coun ty Commissioners on March 5_ They covered
grnde separation structures at the C. & W. I. Railroad,
Parnell Avenue and Halsted Street and demolition
from 103rd Streel to 115th Street.
The first. parl of West Leg to be completed, as
planned a.t present, extends to the Halsted St.reet
intercbange,
t ion In hiltchcd lines and progra mm ed cxprc as wa ys In

block lines.
To
BalmoraI Ave.
.5
.2
4.2
.6
1.3
!lA....... IU .-\,X EX I'llto..;;;~WA\
71J1t Sl.
01'1 the map above, eompleted expressw ays arc shown

in heavy bla ck, expressway acctl ons under construc-
....m
E..~I'RESS "' A\'
Wuhlnl;"ton Oh"d. Congreu Exwy_

Lnke st.
WIUhlngton Blvd.
N. W _ Tollway
Foster Ave.
DesPI. lUver Kd . NoW. Tollway
Mannhelm IW.
DesPI. River Rd.
~'osler Ave.
Kostner Ave.
KOSlner Ave.
;\nnltagl:' ;\\e.
Armitage Ave.
Qlden AYe.
Ogden Ave.
C&NW an
C&SW RR
Lake St.
Baillted SL
Orleans SL
Collnty
State
COu nty
Count)'
State
COunty
State
Accidents on Three Street Types

centers around the pedestrian."
Of the nine pedestrians killed on expressways, three.
including two young boys, ventured onto Lake Shore
Drive, where pedestrian control is less effective than
on the newer type expressways. On Congress, where
the right-of-way is fenced, there were no deaths in
ESULTS of an investigation of traffic accidents by

R
street types-local, arterial and expresswayhave been published by the Chicago Area Transportation Study. In the introduction to the bound report
it is stated:
"The relationship of traffic accidents to traffic volume by street types is one of the fields of investigation
which was considered important in the planning of
the transportation system. A study of traffic accidents is a related element to traffic planning, related
to street design, to capacity and to volume of traffic
speed, congestion and to aU other considerations which
initiate, regulate or stille a transportation system."
The study analyzed the 107,405 accidents reported
in Chicago in the year 1958. At that time, the mileage
of all streets was reekoned at 3,710. Expressway
mileage was 18.4, which included Congress from Central Avenue eastward, Edens [rom Devon Avenue to
Bryn Mawr Avenue and two sections of Lake Shore
Drive, Korth Avenue-Bryn Mawr and Cermak Road
- 51sl Street. Since then, Congress and Northwest
have been opened full length, Edens extended to its
junction with Nort hwest, and lbree miles of Dan Ryan
Expressway have been placed in use.
An Arterial Carrying Heavy T raffie
1958, either pedestrian or motorist.

The nine deaths gave the expressways a pedestrian
fatality rate of 0.5. On local streets, the pedestrian
rate was 2.7, on arterials 2.3, and cityv..'ide 2.2.
Forty of the pedestrian victims were children under
14 and 66 were over 65. More than half of fatal
pedestrian accidents occurred within two blocks of the
home of the victim. Most of the accidents affecting
children occurred on local streets. In the age group
65 and older, 82 per cent of pedestrian fatalities occurred on arterial streets.
In the study of non-fatal accidents, it was found
that 37 per cent occurred on local street!:!, 60.8 per cent
on arterials, and 2.2 per cent on expressways.
Fatality Ratio lower

The report noted that Chicago's reduction of traffic
fatalities in recent years has produced a more favorable ratio of accident severity than that caJculated by
the National Safety Council, which is an expectation
of 55 personal injury and 200 property damage acei-
Sudden Danger on a Local Street
The distribution of annual vehicle miles of travel in

Chicago in 1958 was found to be as follows:
St ~1
T l ile
Loelll
Arterial
F..xpreHw,,~'
llll~"
of S tTee t s
2,8"'18.6
813.0
111.4
..
\' ehlcle alll e"
l'et. o f TV!t
"
1.536,9~,790
5,408,540,210
72.1
H
553.180,2112
Pedestrian Toll High

The 1958 accident data are presented by severity
class-fatal, personal injury, property damage onlyand by the type of street on which the accidents occurred. The fatality and injury figures includes pedestrians as well as occupants of vehicles. The tabulation
according to severity and street type is as follows:
Se"er ilJ'
I ,OICH '
,,.
ArterlaJ
",,,tal
Injury
Oam"ce
9,,",,
30,770
17,887
'17.266
TOTAlS
39,(;32
GO,'"
"
t:3:p._".... y
..
9
no
"'
2,400
To t .. ,
.,.
At:clth"' l ~
F ast er and Safer on Expreuway
27.887
dents for each fatal accident.

In 1951, when there wer e 308 fatal accidents in the
city. t he Chicago ratio was 1:51:192. On this point,
the study is extended to 1960, when marked reduction
in fatalities, together with increases in both injury
and damage accidents, yielded a ratio of 1 :110j394.
"The increase in the total number of personal Injury
accidents from 20,270 in 1951 to 27,590 in 1960 Is
quite large at first glance," it is stated. "However,
79,2ZJ
107,400
The rate of fatal accidents on all Chicago streets in

1958 WB.s 3.9 for every 100 million miles of vehicle
traveL On local streets. the rate was 4.7, on arterials
4.0 and on expressways 1.6.
The 296 fatal accidents caused 3ll deaths, and the
report emphasizes that 177 of the victims, 56.9 per
cent of the total, were pedestrians. "As with mosl
large cit.ies," it is stated, "Cbicago's fatality problem
[Contillued 011 Page 6)
7,000 Pupils
Learn Safe Driving
driver education was offered to sub

A UTOMOBILE
urban hlgh schools this year by the Cook County
change in direction. This includes a change from one

lane to another on an expressway as well as turns at
intersections.
2. Drivers overtaking another car from the rear
must dim headlights 350 feet before passing.
3. Drag racing is illegal.
4. All drivers in both directions must stop for a
school bus when the bus lights are flashing.
5. A second violation for driving when under the
influence of alcohol or narcotica is punishable by loss
of driver's license.
At the start of the course, the pupils are tested for
their knowledge of traffic laws and safe driving principles. Each pupil is give.n a paper with 50 numbered
spaces for cbeCking "true or false" as the questions
are projected on a screen. A similar tesl, with questions reworded, is given at t he finish of instruction
and thus it is possible to measure the knowledge
Traffic Safety Commission and was readily accepted

by both school authorities and young people eager to
get at the wbeel. Ncar the end of March, more than
7,000 pupils had taken the course and 71 per cent had
made passing grades in exacting tests on the laws and
courtesies of driving.
The instruction is in a sense an exlension of lhe
Commission's bicycle safety training in grammar
schools. This project, which has reached 170,346
pupils and has won nationwide acclaim, is aimed nol
only at promoting safe bike riding but also at conditioning you n gsters in principles that will make them
good automobile drivers.
The Commission 's program is designed to supplement, not to displace, the regular drive r education
class in high schools. In general, it goes beyond the
fundamentals taught by the school instructor and
deals with the Illinois motor vehicle laws and driver
behavior in all highway traffic situations.
Only those enrolled in the school's driver course are
eligible for the supplementary course. Three class
sessions are held in each s chool during the reguiar
driver instruction period. Two members of the Commission's staff, or three if the class is large, present
the special material in the form of a narration illustroted with slides and a motion picture.
The story of safe driving is told with continuit y.
starting with the driver's pulling away from the curb
at his home-after making sure that it is safe to do
so. Successive slides emphasize proper and improper
behavior in various situations that arise as the driver
proceeds to his destination. On the colored slides, the
offending car is in red.
acquired.
Pa rents Get letter

Pupils who win a mark of 90 or higher are com
mended in a letter sent to the parents by County
Board President J ohn J. Duffy, who is president of
the Commission.
The closing paragraph of th. lclter sta'tes:
" All members of our Commission join with me in the
hope that you and yours will continue to promote
safety on our streets and highways."
When preliminary details have been arranged. the
high school course will be given by the Commission at
sessions for violsters arraigned before justice.! of the
peace. In some suburbs. magistrates fOr several years
have sent violalers to schools; presenUy the idea will
be in operation throughout the suburban area.
IL is contemplated that only drivers charged with
moving violations will be sent to school. This will be
done by court order, the form of which haa been
drafted by County Clerk Edwa rd J. Barrett, who is
general chainnan of the Commission. However, any
person or any civic group may attend these classes by
previous notification to the court clerk or the Com mission, said J ohn J . McCleverly, traffic safety di~
rector.
Safety a nd Courtesy
Throughout the narration, emphasis is placed on
consideration for pedestrians and other motorists. In
a situation where either driver may claim right of way,
as when a north-south driver and an east-west driver
enter an un-signed intersection simultaneously, the
advice is to be courteous and yield.
Special attention is given to five new illinois laws:
1. Direction signals must be displayed for any
The Front Cover Picture

structure, now completed. was first estimated to reo
quire three and a half years. By revising the order
of construction, which waa done with cooperation of
the illinois Central. the estimate was reduced to approximately two years. Work started October 10,
1960, and now is 66 per cent completed, giving assurance of being ready for the anticipated opening of the
entire expressway late this year.
COTTAGE GROVE A VENUE, the East Leg of

A TSouth
Route Expressway passes beneath the eight-
track main line of the Dlinois Central and also under

Cottage Grove, parallel and adjacent to the railroad on
the east. Four tracks have been take.n up during
erection of the east half of the struct ure and the rail
road. accommodatingly, has handled its trains on the
remaining tracks.
The structure, which extends over three expressway
lanes in each direction and the center strip for future
CTA tracks, is in three spans, the center 41 feet 3
inches and the two outer ones each 64 feet 8 inches.
Width between fascie plates is 137 feet.
The project, including the Cottage Grove Avenue
Construction contractor is E. J . Albrecht Company,

at $1,568,371, including the Cottage Grove Avenue
overpass. Steel was supplied by the Mt. Vernon Bridge
Company, at $618,500. In addition, the County recompensed the r. C. for work amounting to ~987 ,000.
Once There Were Four Bachelors

and lhere in suburban Cook County are roads
HERE
that. still bear quaint names of pioneer flavor and
serve as reminders or the way life went on a century
or more ago.
In the south end of the County, in Bremen Township,
is a mile-long remnant of road dubbed Bachelor Grove
In the early 1830's. It runs from 8 dead end at 135tb
Street to H3rd Street on the line of Oak Park Avenue. Originally It ran through lhe present Tinley
Park, five miles farther south.
Between H3rd and 14 7th Slreets and on a jog
slightly to the cast. is Juslamere Road-aU onc word.
South of 147th the route returns to the line of Bachelor Grove Road and is now called Oak Park Avenue.
Jl is also marked Illinois 42A because Barlem Avenue,
which bears that route number. curves in from the
northwest and runs on Oak Par k from 151st Street
sout hward.
T he area including Bachelor Grove and Juslamere

Roads Is within the Tinley Creek Division of the Cook
County Forest Preserve District. District historians
don't know just how Justamere Road got its name but
they do have Infonnation about Bachelor Grove.
his homestead in the grove, he spread his farming

operations out into adjacent prairie. Each of the
bachelors acquired five acres [rom the federal government at $1.2~ an acre.
It was a literal- if unromantic-label. The first

settlers along the road were four bachelors and they
lived in a grove. Like moat first comen; to this region.
they were Yankees from New England. It is remembered that one of them was Stephen Rexford, who
later was a founder of Blue lsland.
An early poatoffice was established and named

Bachelor Grove. In 1848 the name was changed to
Bremen, but four years later, when the Rock bland
railroad completed ita line to Chicago a town was
platted at the present site of Tinley Park and the name
Bremen was tranaferred to that settlement. By then
numbers of German immigrants had come into the
area and the new town blossomed with street names
such as Kirchen Strasse and Market Platz. but the
main north and south street was Bachelor Grove
Avenue.
Fo r the early setUer, a stand of timber, or woodlot.

was a prime necessity of everyday living. It provided
logs for building, fuel to keep the fireplace roaring
through a cold winter and shelter for his cabin. With
Detours
In
Effect
Traffic is pennitted while work proceeds on the following named locations:
Work in progress by the Cook County Highway Depar tment requir es detour s as follows :
HI NTZ ROAD between ElmttUTlI Roaa tlnd Wheeling main

lIra1n construction .
PALATINE ROAD betw~n Mllwllukee A\~nUe and Rohlw\na

Hoad, main dra in con"ructJon. Opcn to local tramc only. Weltbound trll1llc detour aoulh
eut on Milwaukee Avenue
10 River ROltd, .oulh on
Rlver Road ttl }:''uclld Avenuel.we~t on Euclid A\'enue
to 1'10rth..... est IIw),. north weat on :itlrthwt"11 Hw),. to
ltohlwlna Road and north
on Rohl ..... ln,i Road t o PalaUne Road ; Eastbound ~ _
\'erae order.
THACKER STREET between Wol! Road and Des Pl ai nes

mver. mnln dmln oonllrucllon.
LAWREl'\"CE A\'~:NUE between HArlem A\'enue anti
"\lIlnes River. main drilin conatnlcUon.
Dea
Accident Study-
STATE STREET between ~th Street and 1.03nI. Stn-eL

(South ROUte Expreuway) ClOled to U"afth:. Southbound tnLf
de Iletour .... t on Dtith Slreet to :'Uchlgan A\enue .IOuth o n
l'oUchl,aJI Avenu. to loard Street and west on l03rd to Stale
Street; Northbound l'C!\erse order.
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according to records of the Chicago Police Department,

increases in slight injuries account for virtually aU
the increase in total injuries. Severe injuries decreased from 14.2 per cent of total injuries in 1952 to
804 per cent of the total in 1959, a drop of 4.1 per cent.
rn the same period, slight injuries increased (rom 85.8
per cent of the 19~2 lotal to 91.6 per cent of the 1951
total.
CAST LAKE AVENUE extension - Grade aeparaUon under

Leh1,h. Avenue and C.M. St. P . .. P. R-R.
:l83RD STREET between Torrence Avenue and Went ..... orth
A\'enue, Lan.lna, reeonstruellon. Open to lOCal tra m e only.
Etlltbound IraOfe detour north on Torrence Avenue to RIdge
Itoad, eall on JUdge Road to Wentworth A\-enue and SOuth on
Wentworth AvenUe to 188n1 Street (marked l86th Street a l
Wentworth); ..... enbound f'C\ene order.
4ITH STREET CChteRao Avenue) between County Line Road
and Willow Surlngl ltoad. Hlndadale. reeonltrueUon to tour
lanes. curb, gutten and sewer,. Closed to tramc. Westbound
trAtnc detour IOU th. on Willow Spr1.ng. Road to ~lh Street
(loth Street). wen on M l h Street ( loth Street) 10 Count}' Line
Road tlnd n orth on County Line Road to 47th Street (ChluIO
Avenue); t:;IlIlbound reverse order.
"In olher words, the increase in the total number of

personal injury accldenls may be the result of more
complete r eporting of slight injury cases."
In-Training for Inspectors
personnel of the Highway Departme.nt

INSPECTOR
completed on March 14 a period of in-training that
apartment buildings of two units each.

EIGlITEEN
remodeling of race trac.k facilltics and an addition
to an Amcrican Legion cluhhouse accounted for almost
half the total valuation
reflected in permIts issued in February by the
County Departmcnt of
Building.
Unfavorable weather,
as in January, had its
c1Ject on construction plans. The total of permita was
120 and the total estimated valuation, $2,891,300,
which compared with 133 permiLS estimated at
$3,234.200 in January.
The large8t single items for whicb pennlts were
I~ued in Fcbruary were remodeling of the grandstand
and restaurant at Washington Park race traCk,
S613,Ooo; an addition to the building of American
Legion Posl No. 791, at Pfingsten and WaJters Roads.
Northfield TO....'Ilship. 880,000, and 18 apartment houses
in Maine Township. section 15. This project Includes
11 buildings, each of two seven-room units, $380.400.
and seven buildings, each of eightroom units, $292,600.
Sixty-five single dwellings. estimated at a total of
1.322,000. were pennitted in February. For other
types of bUilding, in addition to the projects mentioned above, permits were issued 88 follows :
started January 15. Wintry weather, which limited

work in the fre id, afforded opportunity for a program
of instruction that W8.S in most respects more comprehensive than similar sessions in previous year.
The men who received training arc the inspectors
of various grades who a rc assigned in construetion
season to County highway contmcts of all types. The
courses given were generally descriptive and deftnltive
of highway work and specifically covered materials,
equipment, construction methods, and the dutics of
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inspectors.
ClaM sessionB were held in the building at 130 North
Wells Street, Chicago, where the Department has U.s
main offices, and this arrangement proved to be better
suited than the outlying localions sct up in olber
years.
Seven classes were held daily Monday through F'riday, with tests foDowing each Course and a final
examination. Instructors were heads of departmental
divisions and members of their staffs. The University
of Illinois and three trade associations contributed
lecturers and instruction materials.
The Portland Cement Association, Asphalt Institute
and the Clay Pipe Association each sent a representa.
tive with motion picture films and slides. Similar
assistance was given by Arm co Drainage and Metal
Products, Inc. and additional films were provided by
the Department's photographers.
The main divlsions of in struction were road constructlon, bridge construction, surveying, portland
cement and bituminous materia-Is, soils, highway maintenance and traffic engineering. with numerous sub
topics under each major heading. Frequent attention
was given to the possibilities of promoting good relations with the puhlic by Department employcs.
Some items discussed were new since the previoua
in-training seSSion, notably a newly developed bituminous surfacing material which mixes readily with per_
mancnt coloring. The Dcpartment last year applied
one such product, known by the trade name "colorphalt,' on Calumet-Kingery Expressway and three
non..expresaway streets. On the expressway, the main
lines were made white and the ramps red. On one
surface street, as a pilot study. the application was in
various colors to channel traffic at intersections.
Two other materials recently tried by the Department are pozzolan and sulphite liquor. both of them
industrial waste products useful in construction of
highway base courses. The cementing action in pozzo
Ian results {rom activity between a small amount of
high calcium hydrated lime and a large proportion of
power plant slag and fly lU3h. Sulphite liquor, also
coming into use as a binder, is a chemical byproduct
of paper pulping by the sulphite process.
Both pozzolan and sulphite liquor are abundantly
available in this area. and the Department regards
them 88 important. particularly in the reconstruction
of secondary roads.
The following named department employes sen'cd
as instructors :
Road construction-R. Glennon, F. N. Harris, R.
Helld('ntllli lultlltlOIU e nd alteratlon_18 permltl .aso,600.

BtI.lness bulldlng5--Two permlUl. $1>'7.800.
Ilulln"u addition, and a lteration _ Four perml". $:.IO.!KlO.
Well!l---OnC! IlI!rmlt. $1.000.
Sevenleen of the 2'1 townships which include parts

of the County's unincorporated area were represented
in the February permits,
T,," ,,~ I.I I '
Bremen
Elk Oro,'!,
lI ulluver
l.eyllen
Lynnl
MaineNew Trier
Northfield
Orll\nd
PalaUne
PuIO.
Hlch
S<:huumburJ:"
~TI"kn('y
Thoml0n
Wheeling
Worlh
1',,",,110
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A
,,
Z
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,
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II
Va l u"d" ..
21.200
160.400
","000
,.00
7~
49,200
2,400
ili:~
49.!KlO
".800
74.000
,",000
613,000
<133,900
102,100
The only no-fee permil issued was that for the

American Legion building addition.
Jablonski, R. Kennicott, T. O'Shea, E. Riordan , and
F. Speidel.
Bridge construction- W. Kinnucan, W. Mayer , P . T.
Nelsen, and T. Van Gelder.
Field surveys-H. Albert and S. Balek.
Soils-D. Cooper and D. Lcttsome.
Traffic engineering-E. Whiston and E. Boyd.
Proportioning concrete-J. Fitzgerald. F . Maketak,
P. G. Nash, W. Odahowflkl, J . Sanders and W. Vosburgh.
Proportioning bituminous-J. McTigue.
Motion pictures of County construction projects
were shown by the department's chief photographer,
Elmer Majewski. and his assistant, Dan Shronskl.
Utelul Bulld lnll Is SOlved From Expre"wlIy Demolition . See Page 2.
Vol. IX No. 11
April, 1962

Published b, the Cook County ( m . ) Departmut of HlchwaYI
Under auapie611 of the Board of County Comrniulonen
J OHN J , DUFFY, P ree ldent
Jerome Hup pert
Ch r l.t A. Jenlen
John A . M ack ler, Jr.
Fra nk Bobrytzk e
Chariu F . C ha plin
Elizabeth A. Conke"
J e rr y Dolezal
John J . Duffy
W il lia m N. Erickso n
Fred A. Full,
Ruby Rya n
Seymour F. S imon
C layton F. S m ith
Ed w ar d M. Sneed
Joh n J. T ouhy
W Illia m J. Mortimer
S upe r inte ndent of HI\ilhw;tya
Published at 130 North Wella Street, ChiuKO 6.
}o~Ran lclin
27644
Extenlion 216
Boob of the Month
persons were killed last month on village

streets and rural roads in suburban Cook County.
FIF"'rEEI'l
The record was unusual in several respects.
Only four fatalities re-
sulted from collisions between moving vehicles

the kind of aceident
commonly regarded aB
typical of highway mis-
haps. Seven drivers or

passengers were killed wben cars left the pavement
nnd struck wayside objects. Also unusual, the suburban toU exceeded that withln the City of Chicago-15 as against 12. Ten of the Chicago victims were
pedestrians: four in the County.
One of the auto-auto fatalities occurred on an expressway, which was unusual and dismaying because
one main consideration in expressway design is to
eJjminste collisions. Traffic is separated by direction
to prevcnt head-on smashes and two or more lancs in
each direction afford a motorist traveling at posted
speed to pass a slower vehicle with ample safety.
The expressway death in March occurred on Calumet
near Glenwood-Oyer Road when one car ran into
another from the rear.
The high rate of off-pavement fatalities- nearly
half of thc month's total-brought a warning from the
Cook County Traffic Safety Commission, which is
headed by Cook County Board President John J. DuJfy.
"U drivers would exercise the same caution in dry,
clear weather that thcy do in inclement weather, accidents of this type would be avoided," said John J.
McCIeverty, director of the Commlsslon."
He said rcporta of March fatalities showed that nine
occurred in clear. dry weather and the remaining six
in bad weather.
He also pointed out thallhe more frequenUy motorists drive a particular road, the less attention they
pay to the posting and signs. Other accident factors
he cited are driving too fast for conditions and not
allowing the proper distance of one car length between
vehicles for each 10 m.p.h. of speed.
T he l\.farch death toll was an increase of 50 per cent
over that ot February and brought the suburban total
thus far this year to 35. Last year there were 14
DUDLEIGA has power steering, brakes,

DEADSPQT
windows and seal
Instead of having to open a window and stick out
his arm to signal a turn, he has sUttle lever to Hip.
But frequently Dudleigh just isn't up to tbis labor,
which makes it risky to follow him in traffic.
deaths in Marcb and the total for the first quarter of
the year was 56.
Six of the March fatalities occurred in the unincorporated area and onc each in Bridgeview, BroadvieW,
Countryside. Elk Grove. Glenwood, Lansing, Skokie,
Stickney, and Summit.
[n the month there were 47~ accidents In which 775
persons were Injured and 2.934 which resulted In
property damage only.
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In the way but too l:ood to demolish, this building
leaves Ita original site on the line of the South Route
West Leg and rolls away to a new location. Building.
that must be cleared from the right-ofway may be
removed and set up for further use if they meet build
ing code standards, and It Is the County's policy to
encoul1Lge such salvage.
The Automobile-Today and Tomorrow

Folloto1l1g
is, in part, the te:z;t of a paper elltitled
"The Automobile-----Today ami Tomorrow"
pre-
8tmted at the amlltl meetlng of t he Hi ghway

Re:tearch Board in Wa,yhlngton, D. C. ,in January
by George A. Hollman, the RAND Corporation.
gingerly into the future, a look at the tech

TonicalSTEPImprovements
available fo r the components
..
and properties is in order.

First, body design could be greatly improved either
'"
by the use of better materials, or by newer manufacturing techniques or by more efficient panel configurations. The materials commonly used in aircraft
and space vehicles could make a 'far lighter and equally
strong and stiff body, but at a. much higher cost. The
buyer of a car is seldom willing to spend more than $1
to eliminate a pound of overweight. With this criterion. there is little hope for the use of m ost flightvehicle materials. The best that might be achieved is
about 25 percent weight reduction by radical material
changes.
New manufacturing processes that could decidedly
reduce costs Or weight are not in sight Detroit is
close to the asymptote of the learning curve. The use
of corrugation and ribbing rather than the present
compound-curve unribbed 1'Jhell could result in only a
10 to 20 percent weight reduction , and that at a somewhat increased cost.
In sum, the best of engineering within the economic
constraints of the industry should result in the automotive body o[ the 19708 weighing as little as 65 to
75 percent of the equal size-and-function 1962 body,
and costing 10 to 20 percent more (in 1962 dollars)
due to its g reater intricacy and more adV8Jlced materials of construction.
Regarding weight and cost of lrim, the future wi1l
not differ substantially [rom the prescnt. The number
of functions that trim will perform-particularly added
safety requirements-should rise sharply, but will be
balanced by weight reductions from use of 'improved
materials, particularly plastiCS. The fraction of
weight assignable to plastics has been increasing exponentially during the past automotive decade and the
trend will continue into the next decade 8!l consumers
voice more demands for increased safety and seating
comfort. So, no change in trim weight per occupant is
cxpected.
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MilJor Weight Components of the Modern Auto.
rather drastic changes in the other components of the

car , and a compa.rnbly drastic change in the attitudes
of the motoring public.
A display of properties of engine types tells litlie
of the probability of future automotive acceptance; a
much better prediction is possible by com parison with

a conventional l00-hp engine, weighing a conventional
400 lbs.. installed in a conventional 2,400-lh. compact
car, which oonaumes 30,000 lbs. of gasoline (CQ1'Jting
$1,500) during the car 's lifetime...
Surprisingly. futuro piston engines still look the best
and cost the least all around, with the only close competitor being the rotating combustion engine. The
extensive analysis of electric motor cars all uded to
earlier shows at this point that battery-operated cars
are also very attnlctive for limited-range urban travel.
less Fuel, More Kick

Reliable industry sources have ventured predictions
to the efficicncy of distant-future engines, with
some of the least cautious of lhe Detroit prophets forecasting the utilization of 40 percent of the fuel energy
- almost double today's average-through a series of
technological improvements too lengthy to list here.
Combine this with an extrapolation of the historical
trends of specific power (H pf lb of vehicle weight), a nd
lhla picture is obtained:
8S
More Efficient Engines

The picture in automotive engines will probably
change substantially by the 1970's. Even a sim ple
consideration of the combustion 'engines now being
developed [or propelling future cars show great
changes just around the corner. . . . Those which
are being thought of as contenders for use in the
1970's automobile, are as follows: Internal combustion (conventional piston) engines, external combustion, rotating combustion, diesels, and gas turbines.
In the 1.970'5, engine weight will be down as much

as one-fifth, fuel consumption might decrease by onequarter to one-h'alf, and the unending horsepower race
wiU increase the specific power by one-fifth or more.
And there are indications that fuels will be more
energetic, with possibly one-tenth m'o re contained
energy per volume than today's gasoline.
The omission of electric molors should be noted. as a

complete system analysis of the e lectric motor ca.r--battery or fuel cell operated- shows that this is indeed an excellent possibility for future passenger cars,
but is not discU5Sed hcre because il requires some
Having covered the prospects in body, trim, and

engines (which add up to two-thirds of the vehicle)
for the next generation, only mention is made of two
(COntinued on Puge 6)
Nuclear Energy Speeds Soil Tests
By David R. Lettsome
Eng ineer, Soli, O]vl,lon
Cook County H ighway Department
beneficial offspring of atomic energy.

A PEACEFUL,
namely nuclea r compaction testing. is being used
by the Cook County Highway Department to provide
the public with better roads at the same cost, or even
lesser costa. This is one of the many new techniques
being adopted In order to utilize maximum e~ciency
from high-capacity equipment and to aceomphsh the
large amount of work made possible by federal road
building funds.
The nuclear method of compaction testing is carried
out with gauges which contain small amounts of
radioactivity and a portable electronic readout uniL
The non-destructive test is rapid, requiring about five
minutes or 80. n can be completed on the construelion sileo right where and when it is needed. Because
of its speed, more testJ; can be taken in the same
amount of lime. The targer number of tests means
that compaction on 8 stretch of base course or embankment can be known with greater accuracy. Thus,
a better job ot road building can be done.
Compaction testing by the nuclear method started
about five years ago with the U. S. Army Corps of
Engineers. They contracted a Chicago firm, Nuc:learChicago Corporation, to use their know how to design
a device in which density and moisture measurements
could be made quickly and accurately by field personnel.
The nuc:lcar testing equipment used by Cook County
is VCr)' similar to the original design suggested by the
Corps. Moisture measurements are made with neutrons, while density measurements are done with
gamma rays. The nuclear ga uges are simply layed
on t he s urface to be tested and the test answer can
be read direcUy from the instrument. No holes need
be dug. as in older methods.
In June 1960, Superintendent William J . Mortimer ,
Chief Engineer Hugo J. Stark, William A. Malloy,
head of the soils division, and Allen C. Lettsome, of
the soils division, agreed to initiate nuclear compaction testing using a single di M-Gauge from NuclesrCh icago.
LetU o me
the F ie ld
With
Inltrument.,
site of a homogeneous clay size soil was chosen. After

completion of a nuclear lest. directly beneath the
probes. a gallon size sand density test was perfonned.
Adjacent to this site an additional sand test was made,
After forty tests were taken the results were plotted
on a graph lO determine the density results obtained
by both methods.
Proved For Accuracy

The results were surprisingly similar, for the nuclear
lind the sand cone tests coincided. The new equipment had proved itself for accuracy.
Now, a time study was needed to determine juet
how much time could be saved in taking a test, and
how ma ny tests could be taken in a day. The follow
ing data. shows the results of the findin g.
The operation of the equipment proved to be relatively simplc, with necessary precautions taken regs.rding radioactive material. The training o r perBonnel to use the d / MGauge equipment has thu/5 far
created no problems. A carry-all equipped wi th snow
tires WRS purchssed to transport the equipment, and
heavy plywood boxes to store the probes were constructed, Report forms for recording each test were
fonnulated, keeping them a8 simple as possible to
minimize human e rror. This was done in part by
providing a table of ratio factors, which would eliml
nale two calculations. Further errors were eliminated
by the use of the County Highway Department's
Bendix digital computor which was used to calculate
the ratio factors,
The safe usage of radioactive isotopes requires a
necessary knowledge of radiation and its effects upon
the human body (healt.h physics). Nuclear-Chicago
provided the County with ample Uterature dealing
with the precautions to be taken.
All users of this equipment are provided with a
radiation monitoring service, in the fonn of a fi lm
Compared With Sand Cone

Soils Division personnel felt that some research was
needed to find out the limitations of the nuc:lear system and that it was necessary to produce a thorough
comparative study of this procedure against the
standard sand cone method.
Briefiy explained, a sand cone test is the determination of an unknown density by using sand (silica) of
a known density (weight per unit volume). The soil,
removed by digging a hole. Is weighed and compared
with the weight of sand used to fill the hole. Thus a
density mcasurement in pounds per cubi c feet is obtained. This accurate, but lengthy. cumbersome test.
was the recognized procedure that field personnel followed before the nuclear method was initiated.
Numerous comparison tests were made.
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(generaJly on his belt) , At the end of each month
the film is removed from the btldgc and sent to
Nuclear-Chicago for development and measurement.
Subsequently a radiation exposure report is sent back
to the operator. No appreciable radialion exposure
has been received by the operators to date.
Over an extended period of usage it W1l8 found lhal
versatility of the nuclear method far excelled other
density testing methods. A test may be taken in any
posiUon. even on a vertical plane. which was a common problem with the sand cone test. Certain soil
types. such as dry sand. due to their physicaJ characteristics could nOl be sampled. The deeper the sand
is dug, the larger the hole opening becomes. which
prevents the tester from obtaining a represenlativc
cross section of the layer of soil.
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Work De lays El iminated

The most singularly imporlanl feature of the
nuclear equJpment in quality control is immediale
density resuJts. With the sand cone method the control is a day behind. which is a hindrance because by
the following day the contractor has placed additional
layers of soil on the embankment.
The contractor must place no more tban six inches
of soil on the embankment at one time, and thoroughly prepare a lift with proper compaction equ.ipment until a minimum of 90 percent of Standard
Proctor Density is obtained. Upon achieving this
degree of compaction the contractor may place a nother
lift on the embankment. It is quite necessary to have
Immediate control, which is possible t.h.rough the
nuclear method, for in a matter of a few minutes the
test is completed.
Contractors have reacted quite favorably towards
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the nuclear testing. In fact, a procedure that at one

time was the reciprocant of standard jokes such 86
" Here comes the sandman" is now correded. Due to
the presence of scientific equipment.. workers, contractors, and resident engineers now h8ve a greater respect
[or 80il department in.pectore. In addition, morale
has greatly improved. which produces more efficien~
work and a more satisfied employee,
Car Of '70's Lighter, More Efficient

(COntinue(! from Page 3)
From this fine concrcte-andsteel creature that is being

shaped, tbe tail end seems to be missing; namely,
high-rise parking structures.
other components and what is in store for them as

follows:
SUSIHlIIsion.-Springa might be replaced by torquetubes, or even liquid springs, and suspensi'on system
weight could be lightened to one-half of present
weight, with shock absorbers discarded.
Rubber.- Tlre life and
reliability and
Basic Consumer Urge

The other observation has to do with the consumer
wanting and demanding from the a utomotive industries ever-increasing performance, economy, utility,
agility, and 80 on. This should be translated into a
basic consumer urge to minimize travel time (and thus
cost), and compared with the highway and ma&stransit designers' goal ol maximizing flow through a
restricted channel.
Are minimization of travel time and maximization
of channel analogous? Certainly not. These are two
contradictory criteria that can lead to radically differing travel systems, depending on which criterion is
adopted.
But it should be remembered that the consumer, in
all his choices, indicates his persistent desire only to
minimize total travcl time and cost whether on the
ground in the air, or through space.
highway
smoothness are eontinuously improving, leading
to the
eventual elimination of the spare tire. Add to this

improvements in steel cord design. fewer plies, less
hysteresis etc., and the future car may have only
two-thirdK of the rubber of lOOBY'S cars.
The previous predictions can now be summarized
and manipulated into the 18$1 step of composing an
image of the fulure automobile. It should be noted
that the weight reductions in each grouping produce a
compound (or snowball) effect by mutually int.c.racting

with other components, so tbat alJ these additional
beneficial effects sbould be calculated also. There are
indications that the car of the 1970's might be only 0.7
as beavy as the comparably dimensioned car in its
category in 1962. As for dimensions, all extrapola
tions of past trends sbow thst C8.T'8 10 or 20 yean;
hence should be almost. the same 8S cars of 1962 in
each comparable category as far as width and length,
with possibly only 8. alight (4 to 6 in .) reduction in
height.
To put this graphicaUy, compounding all the improvements in cars gives a picture of this future
vehicle as being 30 percent lighter and far more efficient in performance and in economy,
Detou rs
In
Effect
PALATINIO: ROAD belwet'rt Milwaukee Avenue lind RohlwlnK
Roarl, mnln drltl n construction. Open to IlX"al trulll<: only. West
YOU. il,~'i'f,
Auto Versus Rail Transit
THIS RESURFACING
The prospect just painted is not as exciting or

dramatic as the "Look Ahead in Highway Transporta
tion" presented at the Highway Research Board's 40th
Annual Meeting (1961), hut that is the way the numbers come out of our analysis. No revolutionary
changes are seen in automotive design. just a continuation of the sleep-gradient evolution witnessed so far
in passenger cars. This evolution per se, t hough, is
significant if it is compared with a similar moderate
evolution in design in mass transit vehicles. It seillIlS
to mean that the selective (.'onsumer preference for the
automobile, vis-a-vis the rail vehicle will continue un
diminished into the foreseeahle future.
What about initial and operating costs? All through
the description of future car components slight manufacturing cost increases were seen to be IJff'set by re
duced weight and increased efficiency. The conclusion
is that if present day costs are used and the usual
inftationary adjustments for the next 10 or 20 years
were applied, one would have s reasonable approximation for overaIl automotive costs in the 1970's.
In conclusion the author would like to draw from
this analysis two casual observations of possible relevance to the highway designer. The first stems from the
obvious increase to be witnes.sed in automotive travel.
Although a valiant attempt is being made to provide
the ways from origin almost to destination, there is
proportionately little effort to provide a terminal storage facility for these hordes of futuro automobiles.
bound LTlllDe detour south<!Ill!It on Mjlwtlukee Avenue

10 River Road
SOutb on
Rh'c:r Road to Euc:lld Ave
nue we~t on EUclid Avenue
to ."orlbwesl Hwy. northwest on Northwellt bwy. ttl
Ittlhh~lnlC Road and north
on Rohlwtng Road to PalnJlne Road: EaliltOOunll reVCrlll! Q1'der.
EAST LAKE AVEr-'1!E exlenslon--Crade lIICDltraUon unller

.Lehigh A' enue and C. Ill. ~t. P. &i: P.
lS3!tD ~T!t~:~:T be tween Torrence Avenue and Wentworth
A,,<'nue, Lansing, rt.'COnsLTucUon. Open to IIJt:1I1 1.Tumc only.
EastbOund traffic detour nOrth on Torreneil Avenue to Ridge
!toad, ea.n on Ridge Road to Wentworth An'nue and IIOUlh on
Wentworth A\'cnu(! to .1831'd Sreet (marked 186th Street at
Wentworth): westbQund R\'erlK! ordl'r.
47TH STRl:t.:T (Chletlgo Avenue) between County Line RORd
Rnd Willow Springs Road , Hlnsllate, reconstrucUon to tour
Innell, curb, gutlers and s@wen. CloUd to tramc. WestbOund
tramc detour south on WillOW SprlngH Road to 55th Street
(lOth Street), west on 65th Street (loth Street) 10 County Une
Road and north on County Line Road to 47th Street (Chicago
Avenue) : Enll00und reverBe Onler.
STF,;CF,;R ROAD (UNION STREET, STECERI between A5hland Avenue and St.te Street, bituminous re,urtaclng on concrete base: open to local tramc only. EastbOund tr-a.mc detour north tin Ashland A\'enue to Sauk Trail. eut on Sauk
Trail to ~tnte Street, south on State Street to Steger Road
(Union Stre-et): Westbound revene order.
Traffic is permitted while work proceeds on the following named locations :

HI1\7Z ROAD between Elmhurst Road and WheelinK main
drain comilructlon.
THACKl-:R STRET between Wolf noad tlnd De. Plaines
River, main drain con'truc110n.
L.\\VRIi:NCE AVENUE belwC('n Harl~m A\'c:nue and Des
Photnes River. mllin drllin construrllon.
PULASKI ROAD between 64th Street und S.all Place, '\lden
lilli', bltumlnou. re!ur[aclng on concrete Imlle.
Job of the Month

B
was authoriz.ed by the issuance
March of 19'1
permits by the County Department of Building, which
in

Tbe March figures
compared with 120 permits
and
$2,891,300
total valuation in February and 415 permits and
$6.404 ,800 valuation in March of last year.
More tha.n half of last month's valuation was represented by eight permits for apartment buildings, estimated to cost S3,477,900. Two, estimated at $2,823,500,
will be built in Elk Grove Township; five, estimated at
S438.800, in Wheeling Township, and one, $215,600, in
Worth Township.
Pennit.& for single dwellings totaled 113 and the total
estimated to cost was $2,497.000. Permits for other
types of construction were issued as follows::
Although H e ld Back By T hat Rough Winter, tht New
$460,000 Emerson Street ( Evil nlton ) Bridge Over the

North Shore Channel Was Pl ileed In Use Len Than a
Year After Construct ion Be gan. The Contractor,
ResidentIal addlUons and IllterIlUons-2'7 permlu. s.ll3.200.

A("re~.ury bulJ<lIng!l--20 I><'rmll>r~ .$'1',.~.
nutincsii buUdlngll---5 pennltll. ;Ilo.uuu.
Ru~l neKs addltrnn8 and aiteraUonl--7 IJerm1tl, $90 .... 00.
IndLlI~rhll bulldlngs-l pe rml~, $100,000.
Thom a. McQueen Comp any, Beg an Wor'\( L ast May 8.

Th e North Half of the Fo ur. Lane Ro adway Wal
Opened t o TraHic o n April 13. By June 1, It I, Plann ed,
Wells--:.l
th e Othe r Hal f Will Be Ready And tn e Pavi ng Job

to Revise the Emerso n-McCormick Boulevard Inter
sectio n to F it th e New Bridge Will Be Completed.
W o r k Ae mil ln lng After That Date, Including Rem ova l
pennl~
$'2.000.
By townships, the Ma.rch perm.its were dislributed

as follows:
1... ".n~ h ll'
of the Old Bridg e, II E xpec te d t o Be Done by Jul y 15.
\ ',,1",.1I00rI
.$
2.00Cl
Elk Gn;l\'e
17
3.067.100
LYOflll
1.'4
1(/
Z29 800
164;U)()
17
281.700
Burrington
The New Bridge I. 239 Feet In Length and 62 Feet

in Width. Caisson. Go Down to Bedrock. Th e Super_
structure Is P re.Stressed, Pre.Cast Concrete Girders.
~~m~n
t:;f.'d~"nl
Maim"
Northnehl
Justamere Road
~~\~il~c
P"lo~
Further inquiry about Justamere Road, whicb was

mentioned in t he March issue in connection with
Bachelor Grove Road, reveals that it was christened
some timo between 1857 and 1928.
Records of the Bremen Township highway commissioners in possession of the County Highway Department show the half-mile stretch was located March
4, 1857, but without giving it a name, as was done in
some early day instances of road location.
Mrs. Estelle De Wan J endrick, who was employed
by the Department in 1924, and now is secretary to
Chief Engineer Hugo J . Stark. believes the name was
entered on County maps about 1928. She recalled that
the late Frank Firestein, who was the first employee
undnr Maj. George A. Quinlan after the Department
was organized in 1914, viSited the area one day. He
came upon the short p'iece of' road. w'bich ran across
t he front of the farm of Roger Sullivan. leader of
Cook County Democracy in that era. The Sullivan
place was called J ust-A-Mere Farm, and when Firestein asked Mrs. Sullivan the name of the road, she
said, ''We C'all it J ust a Mere Road."
When Fireslein returned to Ule Department offices
he placed the name-all one word--on County highway maps, and there it has remained.
Rlt'h
S"hULlmuurj,:
SUc.kney
Th"rnt""
\Vlu:'ellng
W"rtti
I'ptmlt ..
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25,400
l3/lOO
ga;800
46!.600
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1 .198.800
66'2.600
In the no-fee classifica.tion, which includes churches,
public and fann buildings, one permit was Issued fo r

a residence in Northfield Township, $22,000, and ten
for public works projects, for which no valuation was
required to be stated.
the fann. "At least," she said, ''I have Dever seen
the name on any of the old maps and never heard It
used until Mr. Sullivan's time or later." He r letter
continued:
"You know, of course, that the village of Tinley
Park received its name from a Tinley family , who
owned most of' the land within the village. They were
fa.nners, and the tradition is tha.t title descended to
one Charles Tinley, who was not a farmer but a conductor on the Rock Island. ] used to ride his train.
All of the pa.ssengcrs seemed to know the story that
he subdivided his farm and the place was called Tinley
Park. and so the railroad named its station."
TIle old Sullivan farm Is now within the Cook
County Forest Preserve District. The residence is
gone but some other buildings remain and the area,
designated Camp Sullivan. is used by the District as a
summer haven for boys.
In a letter to Superintendent William J . Mortimer,

Alice Greenacre, attorney at 8 South Dearborn Street,
also expressed the belief that the road was named for
Looking Loopwilrd Along Oan Ry an Exprenwa)l From Above 95th Street.
Vol. IX No. 12
MAY, 1962

Publlahed by the Cook: County ( ID.) Df:partmenl of HipwaYI
Undft auapiees of the Board of County Commiulonen
JOHN J . DUFFY, pr. .ldent
Jero me Huppert
FMlnk Bobrytzko
Cha rtll F. Chlplln
Elizabeth A . Con key
Chr let A . J on .."

Ruby Ryan
Jerry Dolezal
Seymour F. Simon
John J . Dun),
Wil li.", N. Erlcklon
F red A. Full.
CIOIftO" F. Smith
Edward M. Sneed
John J . T ouhy
SuperIntendent of H ighway.
Published at 130 North WeIll Street, Chicaeo 6.
FRa.n1din 2-7544
Extension 216
. . . . su
Boob of the Month
T roads continued to improvefatalities,

in April. There were 15
the same as in
HE 1962 record of death on suburban streets a.nd
March but six fewer

than in April of last year .
At lhe end of April the
total for the yea r stood
at 50, which compared
with 73 In the first four
months of 1961.
Three of the April victims were in one car, which
left the road and crashed into a tree. Another was
killed in the same type of accident and a young
motorcyclist was fatally hurt when he ran into a
guard rail.
Three were pedestrians. Two of them were children,
one 4 and one 6, and the other a woman of 66.
Tv.'o motorists were killed by trains, three in autoauto collisions and two in a uto-truck coll isions.
In the month there were 3,147 accidents of all types
in the suburban Ilrca. Personal injuries were received by 686 persons involved In 439 accidl'nll!. In
the others. only property damage ,'eaulted.
Psychology for Drivers

Two recent studies s uggest that psychology could
be used to detect accident-prone drivers,
LONG AS the light is gr('en, Bufflehead Blimp

A sfollows
the bUmper ahead.
One series of tests, reported In the Journal of the

American Medical Association. was given to 331 members of a n amateur sports car racing club and Included
a psychological appraisal as well as physical checks.
It was found that dllTerences in driving ability, behavior in races and accident proneness could not be
related to differences In physical o r optical characteristics or in reaction time. The psychological test,
however, was found to have considerable value in
distinguishing between safe and unsafe drivers.
The J ournal reported verification of the hypothesis
that extremely high or extremely low trait scores are
predictive of potentiaJly unsafe driving. There were
indications that the drivers who commit most errors
reject social customs. are deficient In ethical awareness, like to take personal risks and are interested in
Frequently this causes him to s lop halfway through

an intersection, and oftcn hp is slill therp when the
IIghl changes.
Buftlehead's trouble is ell:'mcnt3.ry. and lhp solution
is simple.
Oont entcr an intersection when the Ia.nes on the
other side are filled.
abstract thinking.
From London, as reported in Highway Research
Abstracts. comes the estimate that about 90 per cent
of traffic accidents are due to human factors and the
recommendation that the principles of experimental
psychology be applied to the study of accidents.
Many Eyes on Transportation Problems

HE PROPOSITION tha t all forms of transportaT
lion in a metropolita n area should
in balance
and related to development of the community served
be
_._-------
was discussed at two meetings in Chicago last month.

The panicular needs of Lhe Chicago area were
considered at the 28th anDual meeling of the Metropolitan Housing and Planning Council, which rates
transportation of people as a major faclor in orderly
::='I!==:!!!'----_.._--- - _. -- -
growth of the city and suburbs.
"i'ii"'" ';1).____ _ ___ _
Four speakers participated in the Council's meeting,

held in the Pick-Congress Hotel- Walt!:'.r B. Blucher
of Detroit, nationally known planning consultant;
William J . Mortimer. Cook County superintendent of
highways; Virgil E. Gunlock. chairman of the Chicago
Transit Authority, and Ben W. He ineman, chairman
of the Chicago & North Western Railway. appearing
in that order.
On the same day, May 10, several hundred public
officials of Ulinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin , and
Kentucky met in the Sherman House for a two..(lay
conference sponsored by the American Association of
State Highway Officials, the National Association of
County Officials, and the American Municipal Association.
Al the Council meeting, the trend of discussion was
for immediate action on an overall deSign for transportation unification. Mr. Mortimer, in a prepared
talk, proposed immediate formation of a Tr8llBportation Committee for this area consisting of the Governor of Illinois, Mayor o[ Chicago, President of the
Cook County Board of Commissioners, one suburban
mayor Or vUlage prcsident a nd. possibly t he boRrd
president of one other county in the metropolitan area.
problem to any great degree.

"Neither expressways. toil roads nor mass transportation by themselves can do the job, but planned
to complement each other much can be accomplished
and at a substantial saving to Lhe public and the
transportation agencies,"
The Chicago area is in a favorable posiion for
developing a balanced system. said Mr. Mortimer. In
addition to having a1l necessary information proVided by CATS, he cited three assets:
"Metropolitan Chicago has t he best railroad commuter service potential in the United States.
" With availability of expressway median strips for
fixed rail mass transit, we have the potentiality to
develop the best mass transit system in the country.
"Our expressway system is the finest in tbe naLion
serving a central business district. When roules now
under construction are completed, we shall have all
the mileage needed in respect to the down town area.
Then. in the inte rest of unifying all our transportation
resources, we should be cautious about building expressways and thus putting highways out of balance
with the railroads and the CTA. Particularly. we
should avoid building new highways parallel to raila."
Railroad suburban service has improved in recent
yeare. with new cars and faster schedules, Mr. Mortimer said. He suggested Lhe roads could build business
for themselves by advertiSing speed and comfort.
Facts at Hand
All the fa ct finding necessary hus been completed In
the Chicago Area Transportation Study, the final report volume of which is expccted in July, he said.
After a act-to with lI.lr. Gunlock over who should
have the passenge r business in the northwest part
of Cnicsgo-the tax-paying C&NW or the publicoperated CTA- Mr. H eineman said:
"The problem is not insurmountable. It requires,
in my opinion. first of all, that Lhe legislature decide
it Is an immediate problem and then set up an agency
wiLh funda and power to act and directed by people
of such stature thaL they wiU command public respecL"
Mr. Blucher, acting as moderator. introduced the
panel with the remark that traffic congestion in large
cities is becoming an accepted way of Hfe and that
the nation has not become scrious about solving it.
The prol>osai to develop highways. local transit
and commuter railroad facilities in balance is not
new, said Mr. Mortimer. He read from a report he
made in 1954 to a citizens committee studying expressway financing. It is still, he said an a ccurate statemenL of the situation.
CTA-C&NW Conflict
The conflicl between Mr. Gunlock and Mr. Heineman
lics in the proposal to extend eTA rails in Northwest
Expressway. which runs alongside the C&.i..... W's Wisconsin division. The CTA, said its chairman, could
cxpect to gain 30.000 riders a day, at a possible loss
to the railrOad of 3.000 each way. Such a loss, said
Mr. Heineman, would impair the road's whole commuter opcrallon.
At the Sherman House conference, where the County
Highway Department was represented by James F.
Kelly, assistant superi ntendent. lhe main objective
"Transportation is our number one problem, and it

should be discussed only as a unit, for it is my opinion
tbat unless an integrated plan Is prepared covering
all lronsportation facilities, millions of dollars will
be spenL improving each (acility without solving our
\CtJnU!IUc.J un PitRe 7)
New
"M anagement
Tool" Controls Work

critical path. which allows the supervisor to ltssign
other tasks during periods when he has slack time
available from a higher priority job. In this he is
alJowed complete rreedom of work assignments based
on his knowledge of the work capability of bis people.
The computations of the method are comparatively
simple, but as the number of separate tasks increases,
the complexity of relationships and computations increases. n is in this type of computations t hat the
electronic computer excels.
The program developed for the Bendix G-15 is called
the " Project Planning Program" and it allows the
entry of 400 separate tasks which may occur !between
108 events. Larger projects may be processed piecemeallby computing the critical path time for separate
parts of the whole project, and allowing the resulting
critical path times to become part of one grand control criticaJ path diagram.
The information presented to the user of lhis program is shown in the tabulation on the opposite puge.
For each separate task (l,j) in the project they are :
Earliest Sta rting Time ( ES) , Latest Starting Time
(LS) , Ear liest Finishing Time (E .F ) , Latest Finishing
Time ( LF) and two separate columna of figures (TF)
(WF), which may be simply called the lag times existing in those jobs not on the critical path. Obviously
the jobs along the critical path would have no lag time
associated with them, and there would be no latitude
available in their times of start or finish. The completion time of the entire project is readily discernible
in the column entitled LF for the last listed task to be
completed.
By Georg e W . Guderly
Computer DIvision,
Cook County Highway Oepartment
T
engineering, construction and development projects seen in engineering offices for several
HE famillu bar clmrl for planning, scheduling and
~onlrolling
decades is gradually being r epiacedby a newly

developed management
tool called, "The Critical
Path Method of Project
Control",
The application of this

melhod to civil engineering projects was the Bubjed of two separate
talks in the month of
March , one by L. R.
Shurcman, chief electronics branch, division
of devciopmClll, Bureau
of Public Roads, at llIe
George W. Guderly
conference of the American Association of State Highway Officials Committee on Electronics in San Francisco, and the second
by A. W. Marziani, applications section, Bendix Computer division, the Bendix Corporation. at the Civil
Engineering Bendix C-15 Computer Users' Organization in Washington. D. C. The Cook County Highway
Department is an active participant in both of these
organizations.
The heart of the Critical Path Method lies in all
arrow diagram which simulates, In a network form,
every significanllask or job comprising a project. The
inter-relationships of these jobs with respect to duralion and sequence of aceomplishment a re established
by the arrows in depicting an orderly progression of
the work. Job progress Is continua1Jy monitored in
the same manner as when using the bar, or Gannt,
charts, with the added feature of showing what jobs
actually control the completion date of the project.
Through the use of an electronic digital computer,
programmed to perlonn the required calculations a
regular status of the progress of all jobs in the project
may be monitored with scheduling adjustments made,
according to an established priority system, as unexpected delays or speedups occur.
Many Other Uses

Historically this method of "critical path" evolved
from a technique known in operations research as
linear programming, This new technique has been
applied with g reat success recently to such diverse
problems in industry and government as shipping demands, chemical processes, ship scheduling through
international canals, weapons system development.
earth moving, skyscraper constrnction and air traffic
scheduling.
One of the most significant applications was in the
development of the Fleet Ballistic Missile Weapons
System, ''Polaris'', using a refined critical path technique, developed by B. Chicago management consultant
finn, known as "PERT", the latter being an acronym
for "Program Evaluation and Review Technique".
This system included a probability estimate whIch
enabled the projection of the most probable completion
date, most optimistic completion dale and mOilt pessimistic completion dale.
A computer program currelllly being considered fOI'
development by the Bendix Computer Applications
Section will allow the consideration of economic factors in conjunction with time or distance factors. In
his talk in Washington , D. C. last March, mentioned
before, Mr, Maniani envisioned an application of this
technique in selecting the shortest most economic
expresswsy route by entering values of distance and
letting them vary in conjunction with the economic
values of rights of way properties along seversl possible routes.
A sample problem showing the technique of arrow
Job is Accelerated
The Importance of this method of project control
lies in the fact that the early completion of all tasks
in a project does not allow the completion of the proj.
eel any sooner than the time allowed for completion
of jobs making up the "critical path". By expending
extra resources of lime and manpower on only the
"critical" tasks the project may be accelerated. These
tasks may comprise only 40 percent of all tasks in the
project and appreciable savings in overtime payment
and manpower c1forl may be realized while achieving
lhe earliest completion date: or eonversely the earliest
completion date may be achieved by concentrating
efforts on a minimum number of laska,
Also determined in this method is the amount of
lag time inherent to those jobs nol lying along the
I
I
County Adopts "Critical Path" Method

Swnpl e Problem
Critical Path Method ArroW' Diagram

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Crit i cal
P~t h
LS
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10.
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43 .
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13 .
44 .
50 .
45 .
46 .
58 .
51
57 .
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TF
LF
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Method Computer Tabulation

senled by the figures noted alongside the arrows.
Some dotted arrows with duration times of zero are
included as aids to maintain proper job sequencing by
indicating the interrelationship of onc job to another.
These are dummies. Examples of these may be seen
8S the arrows connecting events 6 snd 8, preceded by
arrows connecting events 4 to 5, 5 to 6 and 4 to 6.
diagramming is shown at the lop of this page, the cor

responding table computed by the Bendix 8-15 is in
eluded for reference. A brief inspection of the arrow
diagram will show t.hat there are 21 separate tasks in
the project, each represented by an arrow. with 15
events depicted by the numbered circles. The length
of each arrow representing a task need not be in scale
to its duration Ume; lhe duration times are repre-
(ConUnued on PIIge 6)
German Engineers Are County Guests

~-""""=""""I~
Krebs, Hundt. Mr . Mctger, Camm, Mortimer, Maldfeld, Cohnen, Stricker, Voegeli". Reichelt, Lelsch.
IGHT West Gennan engineers and highway adminE

istrators who came to the United States to study
expressways were guests of the County Highway
Critical Path Method(Continued rrom Page
~I
The beginning of each job is represented by the tail

of the arrow and its completion point at the head end.
The individual supervisors would have previously supplied reasonable estimates of job duration based on
available manpower resources, demands of other proj
ects and delays resulting in waiting lime expected in
securing approvals and agreements.
The resulting "critical ,)slh" is defined by lhe
heavier arrows. In this case only 8 of the 21 tasks
eft'ecl lhe completion time of the entire project. Reference to the tabular typeout will show lhallhese tasks
which lie along the critical path have no figure typed
out in the TF column. As was mentioned before, expediting all tasks in this project would not result in an
earlier completion date than if only the eight "critical"
tasks had been expedited, yielding an appreciable saving in time and effort.
The unit of time selected fOI" representation by the
a rrow diagrams may be the! one that is most convenicnt for the proje!ct. For civil engineering applications
the unit of " De!sign DIlYs" or "Construction Days"
would be most appropriate.
Department two days in April.
They spent one day
in the Department offices Ilnd the other out on the
expressways and at the end of the tour declared the

features of design and construction marvelous and the
rush hour traffic astounding.
Their trip was sponsored by the West German government and arrangements in this country were made
by thc Council for lnternational Progress in Management, which requested the Department to be their
hosts in this area,
Members of the party were:
Hans Gunter Krebs, ch.ief technical !:Iurvc,YOI', Roud
and Highway Planning and Administration. BerlinWilmersdorf; Willi Hund, manager Baden-Wurttemberg Road Authority, Stuttgart: K. August Damm,
managing director, State Administration of Roads and
Highways, Hanover; Konrad Maldfetd, team leader,
Department of Public Works, Hamburg; Hans Cohnen,
assistant engineer, Federal Ministry of Transports,
Bonn; Karlheinz W. Stricker, consulting engineer ,
lo.Iunich; Hans Vogelin, consulting engineer, Weisbaden: and Wolfgang Rcichelt, assistant engineer,
Federal Miniatry of Transports, Bonn. The CIPM sent
Mrs. Claire Metger with them 8S escort-interpreter.
[n the Department offices, the visitors were weICQmed by SUI>crintendent William J . Mortimer. They
were shown expressway ptans and models and their
questions were answered by Mr. Mortimer and members of his staff, including Hugo J. Stark, ehief engineer; Leo G. Wilkie, head of t he division of traffi c
engineering, and John T. Nagel, traffic engineer. Also
present were Marshall Suloway, district engineer,
lllinois Division of Highways, and J ack Leisch, a
Chicago consulting engineer.
It was recaUed that in 1939, the late Maj. George A.
QUinlan, then county superintendent of highways, sent
to Germany for information about that count.ry's autobahn to be used in planning the Chicago-Cook County
Expressway system. With t.he visit of the German
engineers, the exchange of ideas moves i.n the opposite
direction.
In Use By County
Supe!rintendent William J . Mortimer has directed
that the "Critical Path Method" be applied to design
and constructions projects currenUy under wsy In the
Cook County Hjghway Department. This will be a
coordinated management effort with the cooperation
of Federal, State and City highway construction and
design agencies. The planning, approval and construction scheduling will bc possible with a standard procedure, since all four agencies involved have the same
computer and the ''Project Planning Program". As a
matter of interest the AASHO presentation on the
subject was based on the same type of program. The
AASHO allJO is a member of the Civil Engineering
Bendix Computer Users' Organization. Thjs effort
will be another milestone in the progressive procedures
being adopted in highway construction.
Effect
Detours
IN PROGRESS by the Cook County HighWORK

way Department requires detours as (ollows:
ERMITS issued in April by the Cook County DeP

partment of Building for construction in the
unincorporated a rea added up to 362 and reflected a
1',\LATIN'" ROAD betwoon Milwaukee Avenue and Rohlwlng

Road, muln d~aln conllrut:Uo n . O~n to loeal lrllmC only. Wellt-
val uation of $5,160,000.

Of the total 332 of fee
permits, 159 were for
single dwellings estimated to cost a total of
$3,107,800, and three for
:I :I
apartments. One a partment of 10 units, estimatcd to cost $139,200 will be
built in Maine Township and two of a total of 16 units
and costing $233,600, are planned for Wheeling Township.
In the nofoo classification, which covcrs churches,
schools, public and farm buildings, the total cost indicated on five permits was $749,200. Included were a
retreat house in Northfield Township, S60,000; a
church addition in Stickney Township, $48,200, and
three school additions-one in Lyons Township, $215,
600; one in Elk Grove. 5244 ,600, and one in Wheeling,
$180,000. Twenty-five no-fee permits were for scwer
installations in Lyons Township, for which no val ua tion was required to be stated.
!)ountl traffic detour lIou th-
can on Milwaukee Avenue

to River Road, sou th on
River Road to Euclid Avenuc"wCSt on EuClid Avcnue
to Norlhw/:!st HWI - northwest on North"'!!! uwy. to
THIS RESURFACING
Une
you ... l,""'! '
Rohlwln2 Road and north

on ROhlwlng Road t o Pala Road;
verse order.
Ea5tbou n d
illl
re-
ARI....ll'\lGTON
HEIGHTS
ROAD 1l<!IWetm WllIo",
Roao
(Thomas S treet, Arlington Heights) and Rand Road. main
draln connructlon, part of Pah.lline nOad detour. CLu.iU!d to

trame.
NOrLhbou nd t ralne detour calli on WillOW ROlld
(Thomllll
Street)
to
Rand
Road.
n o r thwe~t
on
Hand
Road
to Arlington HelR'hl$ Rontl: $Quthbound re\'erze order.

JOE OHR ROAD between Collnge Grove Avenue and .!;tony
1.lnnd Avenue (Sanllary Dlltrlct). sewer COnnruclinn. Open
to local tram ... only. EllstbOund traffic detour north on Cottage
Gr()\"c A\'enue to Glenwood Oyer Road, sQuthcll$l <10 Glenwood Oyer HOlld to S tOny Island Avenue and lQ ulh on Stony
Islund Avenue to Joe 0..,. HOHd: Westbuund reverse order.
WIL~I.ETTE A VENUE between Skokie ROlld lind fUdgc Itulld
recon. trucUon to rour lanes, curb~. gutter lind $ewers. C lOse<!.
to l ra ml:. Eastbound tram " detnur north on SkokIe Road to
Hibbard Road, norlh on Hibbard Road to Lake Avenue, eRst
on Lake Avenue to lUdge Road Hod $(luth on mllge ltOM to
Wilmette Avenue: Westbound rl'\'e rsc order.
EAST LAKE AVENUE extenslon--Grade separatlon under
Lehigh Avenue and C.lII. St. P . .& P.
183RO STREET between Torrence Avenue lll1d Wentworth
Avenue, Lansing, rewnslructlnn. ODen to tocRI tratHe only.
I':astbound traffic d etour north on T'"orrence Avenue to Rldljle
noad, east on Ridge ROlld to 'Vent worth Avenue and 1I0ul h on
Wentworth Avenue to 183rd Sreel (marked 186lh Streel at
Wentworth): \\'l'stbOund reveue ordcr.
47TH STREb"'T (Ch icago Awnuc) between County Line Road
pnd WHiOw Sprin gs Road. Hinsdale, reeonltruelLon to rour
IllnU, curb, lI"uttel"ll and !lCW.:!I"lI. ClOSed to trpm e. Westbound
trame detour louth on Willow Syring. Road to 55th Street
(10tll Street), wut on 55tll Slre.:!l lOth Street) to COunty Line
Road and north on COunty Line Road to 47tll Slrc(!t (Chleago
Avenue): Eastbound reverse order.
STEGER ROAD IUNION STREET, STEGER) between AshIRnd A\'enul' and SllIte Sireet, bltumlnoufi resurrRelng on r:oncre te bllle; open to 10eRI u-ame onl~' . Eastbound tramc detour north on Ashland AW!llue La Sauk Trall lOut on Sauk
Tnlll to State Street, 1I0ulh on State Street l 0 Stl'lI"(!r lIolid
(Union StreeU ; Wutbound TeV(!l"Se ord(!r.
Fee permits for types of construction other than

single dwelling and apartments were issued as follows:
3:2.J7.400.
l~~ll!f.l:g~~i~: "iml,.,:;..l'n."'~ll~~~;""l
By townships. fee permits wcre issued as follows:
TII""o,, h! ,.
Bloom
Ilr(!men
Elk (;l"I)v;>
Ullno\"l!r
Lea'den
Lyon,
Traffic is permitted while work proceeds on the following nnmed locations :
,.,
I 'crmll ~
\ ' a ll",1Io"
$
7,600
3.300
711;.800
,
"'.""
'"
",
Northfield
N"orwood Pork
"
Orlan"
,!,,
Palatine
,..J:~
PainH
7.'"
,
,
SChauml>U!1r
13~:~
SUckney
,
Thornton
"
Wheeling
l'~fa:~
Worth
"
The April figures compared with 194 permits esli
1If1','TZ ROAD between ~:Imhurn Road and Wheellng maIn

drain cnn.trucUon_
THACKER STREET hetween WOlr Roall nnd De. Plaines
Lth'er, main drain I:(ln~trucU<ln .
LAWRE~CE AVENUE betw(!-('n Harlem Avt.onue lind De.
PlaInes River. maLn dratn construc tio n.
PliLASKl ROAD bel\\'(!en 64th Street /lnd 84th Pla~, \\ldenInl{. bltumlnnu, resurtllclnJ;:: on conerete basc.
FmST AVENUE (PUEBLO AVENUE) north or Irving Pllrk
Rnad. cUlverl Nln~ t ruetlon. U~I' bypau.
lRVL'lC PARK ROAD west of 1st A"enue (Puchto A\'enue)
rulvl'rt t"On~lrucUon: Ulll' hypau.
MA..'1NUEIM ROAD \)(!tw{'tOn 1IlII"I!:"1nK R"llIl IIn<l O'Hare ,\lrpOri, roao rt"lorlltlon.
~rlline
!i
122.'100
12
12.1,600
t96, HlU
207,400
46.400
IU"h
602,500
7:l
Transportation-
30,300
mated at It total of $6,758,]00 issued in Ma.rch. More

than half of the l\1arch valuation, however, was represented by apartment buildings. Residential permits
were 4.6 under April and total valuation was S610,8OO
less.
(Cn nllnued from Pogl' 31
was outlined by D. GI-ant Micklc, a deputy director

of the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads.
"Transportation is a major clement in reshaping
the futUre pattel'ns of our communities," he said.
" We must, therefore, make su re that lhe transportation facilities we plan not only provide continuous,
cffective transportation scrvice. but are also compatible with community goals."
"Experience has demonstratc(i that piecemeal
efforts cannot provide the answers to urban traffic congestion. A comprehcns ive approach is necessary if
all the basic elements of the urban transportation
Ilroblem are brought into focus and handled successf ully."
leg ion Thea ter Pa rty

Edgar A. Lawrence Highway Post, American LCgion,
whose members are employees of the County Highway
Department, will attend "The Sound of Music" at the
Schubert Theatre Thursday night. J une 14. The party
will have a buffet supper before going to the theatcr.
For reservations, see the post adjutant, Edward J.
Brausch.
. .
Nature , With Aid or undae;ilpe Eng ineer., Buutlfies Calumet Ellprellway at Tn.State Tollway Int erchange.
c.OO~
Vol. X No. 1
JUNE, 1962

Publilhed by the Cook County ( lll.) De partment of Highways
Under auspices of the Board of County Commissioner!
JOHN J . DUFFY, Pru ldent
Jerome Huppert
F r .. n k Bobryuke
Chil rlea F . Chaplin
E li zabeth A. Conkey
Jerry Dolezal
Chriat A. Jen l Cl1
John A. M,u: kler, Jr.

Ruby Ryan
Seym our F. Simon
J oh n J . Duffy
Clayton F . Smith
William N. Erlck. on
Fred A. Fulle
Edward M. S nee d
John J . Tauh )'
William J. Mortim er
Supe rinten d ent of Highwa ys
Published at 130 Nol"th Wells Street, Chic::ago 6.
FRanklin 2~7544
Extension 216
May Traffic Accidents
WENTY .TWO fatalities made M ay the worst month
of 1962 in highway trallic accidents in suburban

Cook County. The five-month tolal, however, remained
well below 1961. with 72
dea lhs against 94. The
May toll was seven
higher Ulan April's and
five higher than in May,
1961.
Five of the victims
were pedestrians. Included were a man of 73, a woman
of 61, and two boys, one 14 a nd one S.
Nine deaths resulted from auto-auto collisions. In
one, four perSons we re killed and in another, two.
Four were killed when cars left the pavement. In
two inatanc(!s, cal'S struck wayside posts. One hit an
abutment and one went into a ditch.
A man and 11 boy wel'e killed when the car in which
they were riding overturned. A truck driver was killed
in a similar accidC:!nl, and another driver W 3.S killed
when a t rain struck his truck.
it comes to highway etiquette, Litter
W HE.:"J
MeLitter is a standout in all degrees of boobery.
From Here and There
He chooses his own speed , neve r s ignals 8 turn and

011 expressways stops to watch a man fix a tire.
Lt also comes natural to him to throw trash out of
the car window wherever he may be.
California's proposC!d automobile anti-smog devices

may substitute one kind of air pollution rOf another,
in the opinion of Philip A. Leighton, chemistry professor at S tanford university. He foresees a rising
level of toxic nitrogen dioxide unless the new devices
are designed to reduce nitric acid as well as hydro
carbons from exhaust gascs.
T o prevent accidents caused by color blindness,

traffic engineers in Geneva, Switzerland, are testing
light signals of different geometric designs. The red
light is round, the amber triangular, and the green
oblong,
Married exservlcemen over 30 are the besl drivel'S,

it was fOUlld in a tcst of 20,000 drivers conducted at
the University of Southenl California, as reported in
TrafJic Digest and Review, Worst drivers are unmarried teen-agel's and men who change jobs frequently,

Thirtytive states and the District of Columbia require two license plates this year, the AAMV A Bulletin reports. Fifteen states issue only one plate, to
be mounted on the rear of the vehicle.
There are 3,261 miles of toll roads in the United

States, the Automobile Legal association reports.
T here a re 1,352 toll bootilg, 69 toll b ridges and 10 toll
tunnels and if you drove through alJ of them, the ALA
said, it would cost you $90.25,

Wisconsin is the first state to make seat belts in the
front seats of passenger cars mandatory.
Litter Drive Seeks Willing Hands

OOK COUNTY'S drive against roadside and picnic
(
ground litter is under way with an appeal to every
resident to make the smalJ effort needed to keep the
suburban outdoors tidy and sightly,
"Keep Cook County Clean and Green," remains the

slogan of the annual anti-litter program, and as an
added watchword, County Board President J ohn J.
Duffy suggests. "Just take care of your own litter,"
In a letter sent to all suburban mayors and village
preSidents, President Duffy requested cooperation in

the County's progrnm and advised that
heartier
response from the (mbUe could be bad by promoting
appreciation for cleanliness than by relying on laws
against strewing garbage.

The Cook County Civil Defense organization, which
conducts the annual clean-up campaign through its
countywide contacts, has reported a gratifying reaction to the President's letter.
" I am writing on behalf of the movement to 'Keep
Cook County Clean and Green,' in which I am sure,
you too have a lively interest," the letter read. "It
comes to mind especially in the spring of the year,
when nature is doing her part and people generally
are receptive to the idea Of 'spring cleanup,' and I
thought it well to tell you briefly what the County is
doing and to suggest the value of our joining forces to
seek better cooperation [rom the public.
"The only solution. as I see it. is to inspire the people to appreciate the beauty of our suburban area and
to do their part to keep it clean. We do have laws
against littering. but it is extremely difficult to detect
offenders. It will be more effective, J believe, to win
the people over as volunteers in the drive for cleanliness.
"In addition to the year-around trash remOval by
the Forest Preserve District and the Highway Department- costing altogether apprOximately $120.000the county will again this yeur conduct an intensive
campaign with use of the Civil Defense organization.
We shall provide placards featuring 'Frisky' the symbolic squirrel; attractive trash bags for use in automobiles and a float for community civic parades.
Whcrever possible, we shall participate in c.leanup
activities arranged by any of the suburbs.
" With all of us, county and suburbs, joIning hands,
I am confident we can sell the citizens the idea that a
beautiful outdoors is a rich reward for relatively small
effort. 'JUST TAKE CARE OF YOUR OWN LITTER'
could be tbe watchword."
F risky Float Joins L oop Cleanup Parade.
biles. In other places, the Welcome groups formed to

greet new l'esidents handed out the bags. In the first
month. more than 40,000 bags were distributed and
the people who got them were enlisted in the anti-litter
drive.
The attractive float featuring "Frisky," Lhe tidy
squirrel. appeared in Chicago's cleanup parade on
May 5 and won commendation [rom Mayor Daley_
Since then it has been in spring pageants in several
suburbs and, as President Duffy said, is always available for community shows_
A Woodl and Jingle

A leafilct issued by the Forest Preserve District of
Cook County under the heading "Outdoor Manners"
quotes the following jingle fr om a picnic area sign:
"Paper, garbage, brokcn glass,
"Scattered here upon the grass,
"Make a fellow scratch his dome
"And wonder what you do at home_"
The author of the leaflet describes three kinds of
visitors to the County forest tracta-vandals, "scatterwalkers" and well-mannered people.
Vandals lop oft' branches laden with blossoms or, in
autumn, with gaily colored leaves. He suggests they
should have heard what a teacher told her class on a
fie.Id trip:
"These forest preserves are YOU1'8. and mine, loo.
They belong to all of us. If I damage or litter them
I am hurting your property. If you do that you are
hurting mine. In the whole United States there is
noUling finer. Herc we have a place in the country
that the richest man could not buy. You should be
proud of them. protect them and use them wisely."
"Scatterwalkers" leave a trail of litter wherever
they go. cellophane, tinfoil, cans and bottles.
As an example of good outdoor manners, the leaflet
tells of a family that stopped for lunch beneath a big
white oak:
"After burning the paper bags, cups and cartons,
they carefully put out the fire and then, using a dead
branch, swept t.he place where the fire was and even
the grass where they sat, 80 that when they left there
was no trace of anyone being there."
Holiday To Be A Test
July 4, with holiday travel throughout the County
and picnic parties filling the forest preserves, is expected to bring the crucial test of the cleanliness program. As reminders, President Duffy plans to send
Mother letter to suburban officials, and County highway police and forest range rs and prepared for that
day to use loud speakers wherever the litter potential
runs high.
The first Jetter has had good results. In several
suburbs, the local governments took over door-to-door
distribution of plastic litter bags [or use in automo-
Accident Rates and Costs Studied

of highway traffic accident rates and
A NALYSIS
costs made for the Chicago Area Transportation
St.udy (sponsored by lhe State of llIinols, Cook Collnty,

Rnd City of Chicago in cooperation with the U. S.
Bureau of Public Roads) presents findings significant
in highway planning and interesting to motorisls.
As examples, based on reports for Lhe year under
study. 1958:
The cstimated 476,074. accidents in the CATS
area cost 181,462,307.
The average expectancy of some kind of traffic
mishap occurring to a vehicle in Lbe area- perhaps
a broken tail light, perhaps a fatality-is about
once in every 15,000 miles of travel, or once
every year and a balf.
The chance of involvement in an accident all a
local street is 20 times liml on an expressway.
On arlerial streets, the accident rate is five
limes that of expressways.
Direct costa of accidents on local streets, per
100.000 miles of travel, are ten times greater
than on expressways.
The rates and cost study was started in 1958 to obtain data essential in the CATS compl'ehensive survey
of highway and land use as the basis of forecasting
future highway needs. Accident reports were gathered
by the llIinois Division of Highways and this project
included contacting some 14,000 drivers, more than
half of them in Cook County, who had been involved
in accidents. The report now published is only preliminary, but appears to be accurate, said Dayton P.
.Jorgenson. who is doing the accident study.
"Three other states-Massachusetts, New Mexico,
and Utah- have made similar studies and our findings
are consistent with theirs:' Jorgenson said.
For purposes of the accident study, an area different
from that set up by CATS was selected. The CATS
area., which was intended to take in the Chicago commuter shed, Includes all Cook County, except a small
area near Elgin; more than half of DuPage, part of
Duke. and part of Will.
The accident study was restricted to Cook County
and all of DuPage. Adding thot part of DuPage outside the CATS COrdon line offset the elimination of
CATS territory in Lake and W11l.
The final report Is ex pected to show that about
13,000 of the 14,000 persons contacted for information
about their own accident experience cooperated in the
survey. It has been noted that a vcry high percentage of accidents related by these drivers were not
reported officially. For the most part, they were
minor', but in the aggregate, Jorgel1l!on commented,
dented fenders add up to a sizable cost figure.
OHicial Reports Added

"In addition to the accident cost study sample, a
lorge number of other 1958 reports were available
and were used in the analysis," the report stated.
"These included the Chicago Police Department file
of aceident records (on punched cards) for the City
of Chicago: a reproduced file of all accident records
for Cook and DuPage Counties (excluding Chicago)
provided by the minois Division of Highways, Chicago
Park District records and expressway accident reports."

From these various sourccs. a total of 476.074 accidents of all types was estimated for the CATS area in
1958. Included were 490 fatui accidents, 72.779 personal injury accidents 8.nd 402,805 from which only
property damage resulted.
The sample of accident costs made by means of the
14.000 letters was designed to include involvements in
accidents of reportable severily and also minor mishaps. which, the report stated, arc morc numeroug
than those officially reported. Data were tahulated
for traffic accidents only; that Is. those occurring on
public streets or roads. Accidents related to nonmoving vehicles or occurring on private property or
public non-roadway locations werc excluded.
Based on accepted statistical theory, procedures for
estimating the number of accIdents represented by
the sample of involvements were applied and the results were set forth in the two tabulations reproduced
on the opposite page. Pedestrian accidents are included In both tables.
In reference to the reports on expressways as recorded in the two tahles, the report. stated:
''The accident rate is one-fifth that of arterial
streets and twenty times less than that of local streets.
It will be noted, however, that costs of expressway
accidents do not refleet 8S favorably in contrast to
arterial and local streets as rate of occurrence.
"Expressway accidents per 100,000 VMT are about
one-thlrd the rate on arteriaJs and one-tenth the rate
on local streets. Accidents occurring on a high speed
facility would likely result in more extensive damage
per event on the average."
Expressway A Good Influence

The favorable effect of an expressway in redUCing
accident rntes on parallel arterials and local streets
Is revcaled in a study of the Congress Expressway
area by Frederick F. Frye. Pendln!;' the issuance of a
complete report, he said, the following statements can
be made at this time:
"1. Transferring trips (or portions of trips) from
the arterial system to the expressway bas enabled the
Congress ares to handle an incre!USC in traffic without
an accompanying increase in the number of traffic
accidents. The main reason for this improved accident
situation Is that an expressway carries a large number
of vehicles ot a much lower accident rate than nn
arterial.
"2. When trips are transferred from the artenal
system to the expressway, traffic congestion on arterials is relieved and the accident rate is reduced. The
number of VMT on the arterial system in the Congress
area dropped 4.2 per cent while the number or accidents dropped 12.1 per cent from 1959 to 1961.
"3. VehIcle miles of travel on local streets In the
area were also reduced from 1959 to 1961. It is rea
soned that this reduction in VMT was due to a transfer
of through trips from local to arterial streets. The
arterial system absorbed traffic from local streets in
1961 and still had a lower number of VMT than in
1959. Total VMT on the local street system was
reduced 6.3 per cent while accidcnts were reduced 8,4
per cent:'
Figures Point up Expressway Safety

Traffic Accident Costs by Street Type
Chicago Area Transportation Study Area 1958
.
Local Streets
Arter1al Street.
Total
bprea_aya
of Acc idents
per 100.000 Mil ot
Veh iel. Tr .... 1
Huab el"
fat.l .. . .. . ..
.007
.003
. Oell
.004
In J ur y
1 .l}Z
.454
. 091
S}l
Pr ope rt y O_age OU, .
9.069
1.968
.418
2.9'<0
2 .4,
. 510
}.4?5
To t. l .
10 . 21
Coo, of Acc id.ent.
per l oo ,ooo H11ea or

V.hiele '!ra" u
r.tal ...... '" .
}8
17
. ,0
19
Inj ur y_
1 ,, 19
669
I"
729
Property
l, 7n
}86
is}
576
,}08
11.'24
o...~e
Onl1
,
'fo t_l .....
11.012
".09<>
Traffic Accidents Rates and Costs

Per 100,000 Vehicle Miles of Travel
1.0081 S tre et.e
utert.. l
S~t.,
Vehicle Nilse of Tra l

(1. 1ri.1l1.o. . )
2.100
10.57'
'atal .. ... .. .
14'
,~
{Ilj ut l
.Z}.??l
c.-.. o.u.,
Tot. l
1.=
lih_b ... of Aec:1.tUoo.t8
Propert,
Coo, of Joc_luat.
r.tal. ..
t otal
:apt.......,..
l>.1G2
,.
'90
'+8,069
'1.l9
12.179
190.41+,
208.071
4,291
1t01,&O,
2l1t .)60
Z56.~72
',2"'2
'76,Jl74
?B8.911
1.15l.n9
100 ,112
2,640 , 14Z
InJarT
27 . 691,6'1
7o ,7l,5,l1 ll
1,.492,061
99 .928 .806
Prop.rty
56 t~6 . l2}
ItO.8}7 .?8'4
1.569,152
18 .8",lS'
1.64.966.735
nlJ ..'3Il,l,?
",161 , 18 5
D.~
-.
Only
Tot . ] ..
li81,it062 .307
Off-Street Parking
Suburbs
of parking generation studies made

A smU,IARY
in ChicagO suburbs has been published by the
Highway Research Board of the National Academy of
Sciences as outlining a problem
"typical of those found in suburban
and urban areas having limited

transit service and a high-density
car ownership,"
The survey was made by Paul C.

Box, Skokie director of engineering.
to determine offstreet parking requirements in N!sidcntial neighborhoods and at office buildings, jndustrials plants and hospitals.
Most of his observations, be rePaUl C. Bo)(
ported were made in Skokie and
other suburban communities within
the Chicago metropolitan area, which "as a general
rule art' connected with Chicago's loop by rapid transit
or rail facilities but 8rc poorly served by bus routes
within their own boundaries."
Conclusions and recommendations contained in his
report apply to the travel characteristics of the areas
studied, Box said, but he advised that they must be
qualified by characteristics of other areas and specific
Well-Filled Suburban Office Parkl"1I Lot ;

Standard Rate and Oatil Service 'n Skokie.
"The recommended speCifications for single off-street

parking in Skokie are one space plus one additional
space wherever the residence faces a designated major
traffic route or any street baving a paved width of less
than 32 feet.," he stated.
For office buildings and industrial plants of the
types erected In Skokie and other suburbs in recent
years, Mr. Box found the ratio of 0.6 parking space
per employee to be "amazingly consistent."
Among parking lots studied wcre those at Allstate
(nsurnnce Company's two buildings In Skokie, one
with 900 employees and the other with MO. He noted
that his finding of 0.6 agreed ....oi.th independent studies
made by Allstate and that It has been adopted by
that company as a standard.
use.
In Skokie he found need for more than one olf
slreet space per dwelling unit in boUl apartment build
ings and single family houscs. His recommendations
for future eonatruction were 1.2 spaces per apartment
unit, at least one for each single dwelling and two if
the residence [aces on a major traffic route or a street
narrower than 32 feet.
No Space For Some Tenants

Most of the multifamily buildings in Skokie. he noted.
have been constructed in the post-war boom. which
has increased the village's population from 15.000 to
63.000. Many of these buildings have no provision for
off-street parking, some have space for half the tenants and the newest ones hnvt> one space for each unit.
In three multifamily neighborhoods studied. Box
found car ownership rela ted to bus service and also to
the supply of off-street parking. The buildings varied
as to size in each area.
In one, with local bua service, "very low" off-street
parking supply and 770 dwelling units to the mile, the
ratio of car ownersbip to dwelling units was 1.04. In
another, with bua service through the area, some ot!street parking and 600 dwelling units to the mile, the
ratio was 1.08, and in the third, with buses along the
edge ot t.he area. some off-st.reet parking and 530 DU's
to the mile, it was 1.13.
"These multifamily studies indicate that a parking
requirement ot 1.2 spaces per dwelling unit can be
justified for future new construction," Box stated.
Single family car oYo'llership varied slightly accord
Ing to size of building lots. A sampling of 516 homes
with a frontage of 40 feet yielded 1.4 cars per family
and 505 homes on 55-foot lots. 1.5.
The basic problem, Box pointed out, Is to avoid street
parking to the extent that it results in traffic congestion, a nd in estimating the requirements in single
family neighborhoods he considered available curb
space along with the impracticality of a fractional
off-street spact,
Parking At A Hospital
Hospital requirements for visitors, doctors, nurses
and other employees were studied at the relatively
new Lutheran General Hospital on Dempster Street,
in Park Ridge. The hospital has 316 beds and a nursing school with 100 students. There is some bus
service.
In two months o[ observation. it was found that
visitor parking at the peak required 0.7 parking space
[or each occupied bed. Employee and doctor demand
averaged 0.4 space per occupied bed,
Nationwide, Mr. Box noted, hospital services and the
number of employees vary, typically increasing with
greater numbers of beds. Other fsctors also affect
the parking lot, such as available on-street parking,
public transportation and the schedule of visiting
hours.
Two suburban nursing homes were studied and the
demand there was found to be Icss than at hospllals,
largely because of Cewer employees per patient For
employees, doctors and visitors, the requirement was
placed at one parking space for each three beds.
For an estimate of parking requirements at a public
auditorium. Mr. Box: referred to a study of modes of
travel used by patrons of va.rious events at the Kiel
auditorium in St, Louis. For u basketball game and a
symphony concert. 0.4 parking space was needed for
each seat in the hall and for a jazz show, a pop concert
and a philharmonie concert, 0.3.
Job of the Month
construction estimated to cost $6,853,425,

BUILDING
the largest part of
single family homes, was
it
Authorized In May by the Cook County Dcparlment of

Building,
which
has
jurisdiction in the Ullin
corporated area.
The
number of permits issued

was 44 .
The month was ahead
of April in both the total
of permits and estimated costs but behind May of last
year. In April, there were 362 permits and a valua
tion of S5,160,000. In May, 1961, there were 456 per
mits and $7,554,560 tolal valuation.
In botb of the two previous months, however, apartment building construction was a large item. In reo
spect to single family residences, last month, wilh 227
residential permits estimated at a total 55,093,100,
was well ahead of both April and May. 1961. The
comparable figures were: April. 159 permits, 3,107.BOD; May, 1961, 205 permits, $3,091.300.
In the no fee classification, which includes churches
and public and farm buildings, a permit was issued for
a school addition in District 63, Maine Township, to
cost 8345,500.
In addition to residential, fee permits were issued
OS follows:
Two Ramp. to Corlnett DOlIn Ryan ExprulWily and

the Chleago Skyway In the Vicinity of 65th Street
Are Taking Form . Car. In the Picture Arc Going
North on State Street. The Ramp In the Foreground
Lead. From the ExpreSlw.y to the Skywily And the
Structure In the RUf, on
Oil
S ligh tl y Lowe r Level, I,
the Exit from the SkywOIIy. Contractor I, Kenny Con.

struellon Company.
Deto urs
In
Effect
,";~~i;;:
PI
Work in progress by the Cook County Highway

Department requires detours as follows:
,.
lCUCLID AVF.:-Il'J:.:
c<lnttrucUon Iv (uvr ,;;:~;.,,;~,,;'.;:
1'''900.
~.900.
at -SM.OOO.
By townships. the fee permits were distributed as

follows:
T"wn"hll'
r "rn.l1J1
UI-cmcn
Elk (iruVe
IillnO\'er
Lemnnl
43
Blonm
Leyden
LynnJ
Maine
(';111'5
Northflelt1
:-:urwood Park
Orlftnd
f'ulaUne
Pal....
Pro\'I~a
Itlch
SCh"umburg
Sllekne-y
Thornton
Whct'Ung
Wurlh
3
l2
..
...
16
20
52
l
35
I
12
29
"j'
'2
:>
!I
75
473
28
In addition to the District 63 school, 15 permits were

issued for minor public works, for which no valuations
were sta ted,
Wentworlh An"nUe to 183rt1 Sreet (market! 186th Streel al
Wt>utwarlh); we~lbound re\'en<e urt1er.
4~ STltli:l:."T {Chtca!:'tI Av"nuel belwe<>n County LIne Road
lind Will"" Spr1n~J ROlld, Hinsdale, I'fl:()nslructlon to taur
Lunes. eurh. !:,ullcr5 lInd Je\H'rI. Closed III trame. Well bound
trame' delour IOUlh o n WillOW Springs Ralld ta ~th Sired
{lOlh sm~'ell. we.t (In ~'ith SUeel (lOth Street) to County LIne
noad and n(ll ih on County Line Hond to 47th Sln.'C1 (Chlcaga
Avenue); Eftstoound !"e"erse Onler.
ST~:CER ROAD (t:::-.'lO~ STHIi:T. STEGER) bet ....oon Ash.
land Avenue and State Street. bituminous resurtaclng on con
crete blUe; open ta Ioc:al tramc ani)'. Elltbound Iralllc detour nm'lh on Ashlant1 A\'enue 10 $auk Trail. eRlI on Sauk
Tntll to Slate Streel. soulh an Slllle stree t 10 Steger Raad
(UnIon Slrcel); Weslbounu re\-I'''''' onlcr,
Traffic Is permitted while work proceeds on the following named locations:

LAWru-:."CE AVE:>,lU bclWef'n Harlem A'"enue- 4Jld Des
Plaines Rlveiir main dr"ln c<mslrueUon,
PUt.ASK! OAD behVl'Cn 64th Slref't and &Hh PEnce. widenIng, bLtumLnOuJ re5urfne!ng un l"Oncretc base,
Pav ing on the "Eut Lell," Which Will Con neet Dan Ryan Ex prCllwilY With the Northward Exten,lon of C;llumet.
,-00",
Vol. X No.2
JULY, 1962

Publilhed by the Cook CollDty (IlL) Department ot llia'hway.
Under au.pica of the Board of County Commissioners
SEYMOUR SIMON, Prulde nt
Fran k Bobr)'Uke
Jerome Huppert
Chrllt A. Jen l en
J oh n A. Mackler, Jr.
Chari., F . Cha plin

Ellubeth A. Conke)'
Jerry Dotenl
GeO'1le W. Dunne
Ruby RYOIn
WIIU"m N. Erlckeon
Fred A. Full,
Edward M . Sneed
John J. Touhy
Seym our Simon
Su perintenden t of Highway.
Published at 130 North Well, Street.
Chica~
6.
FRanklin 2-7544
Extenllon 216
~JII
Boob of the Month
From Here and There

HE 1962 National Safety Congress, annual meeting
T
Chicago October 29 through November 2. General
of lbe National Safety Council, will be held in
meetings will be in the Conrad Hilton Holel and spe

cial seSSions in six other hotels. An attendance of
about 12.000 is expected.

The 1963 Construction Equipment Exposition and
ROAd Show, to be held in Chicago February 23 to
March 1, hlUl attracted a number o f national and internaUonal construction a nd engineering organizations to
hold their conventions al the same lime. They include the American Road Builders Associalion,
Intenlationa l Road Federation, Aasociated Equipment
Distributors and National Bituminous Concrete Association.
Sightseers at the Canyon Dam project. 17 miles

northwest o f New Braumfele. Texas, have been warned
by the contractor not to get too close to construction
work. Sign carrying the warning, " Danger Beyond
This Point," adds: "SurvivOM! wi!! be prosecuted."Cot,structiOIl Digest_
NIBBLEPILL is poised for his vacation

NONSTOP
trip.
Whereve r he goes on his annual outing, no matter

how fa r , he always makes it in one stretch of driving.
Usually this means all day and Car into thc night.
While the rest of the family slumbers, he manages
to keep one eye half open with a miracle pill or two.
Well. good luck, Nonstop, and the same to all the
Calks you meet on the road.
Nearly 80 per cent of the Idaho licensed drivers

involved in 1961 fatal accidents had no record of ever
having been involved in an accident or having been
convicted of a moving traffic violation. Records of the
other 20 per cent showed that previous traffic court
actions against them were mainly for " minor" violaUons.- Traffia Safety.
Tires made oC polyester, the synthellc fiber being

used in clothing, will be placed on the mnrketlate this
year.- A utomotive Ind ustries.
Transportation studies in 12 U. S. cities showed that

Crom 75 to more than 98 per cent of travel is by
aulomobile.- R igh1oay Tr(t/Jic.
Families owning more than one car are inc res sing
at a greater rate than s ingle car owners . Households
having two or more cars increased 78 per cent Crom
1954. to 1961. an increase of from 4.1 million households to 7.4. million households. During the same
period, the growth rate of single car families rose only
10 per cent.-America n Road. Blcildt:r.
Whatever the posted speed, some characters are

always out to beat it. On the Kansas turnpike, a
maximum 80 is permitted, the highest in the nation.
Yet in one recent month, 165 drivers were caught
going beyond the limit.
Eight out of ten accidents occur at speeds below

40 mph. -AAMVA.
Ollnols Road Builders Association bolds its Roundup

at SL Andrews Golf and Country Club. West Chicago,
August.
Two Deaths Alter Board Membership
John J. Duffy
Clayton F. Smith
removed two members of the Board of Cook

DEATH
County Commissioners- one the president and the
Seymour Simon
President DuIfy. who lived at 9033 South Boyne

Avenue, was born in Chicago September 29, 189B. He
was graduated from Englewood High School and St.
Rita'S College. In World War T. he served 14 months
in France.
A widower, he is survived by two sons, John J. ill
and James: two daughters, Mrs. John McCarthy and
Margaret Joan Duffy, the latter a notice in the Sisters
of 51. J osepb; a brother. Timothy F .. who is director
of special services in the circulation department of
Tbe Chicago Tribune. and four sisters. They are
Sister Bernedetta. Sister Margaret Joan. Mrs. Mary
Frestal and Miss CaUlerine Duffy.
other a forme!" president-this month.

President John J. Duffy, 63, died July 3 and Clayton
F. Smith, 87, who was president from 1934 to 1946,
died July 20.
Commissioner Seymour Simon, 46, who had been
acting president during the ten weeks of President
Duffy's illness, was elected president by the Board and
installed on July 12. He was also selected by the
Democratic County organization to succeed Mr. Duffy
8.s the party's candidate Cor Board president at the
Novembel' eection.
The vacancy created by President Duffy's death was
filled by appointment of George W. Dunne, Democratic
Committeeman of the 42nd ward, a member of the
state legislature and the house majority leader at the
1961 session.
At the time this pUblication went to press, Mr.
Smith's seat on the board remained vacant. He had
announced he would not seek reelection in November.
The Dcmocratic candidate for his place is Alderman
Charles S. Bonk of the 21st ward.
Past President Smith

Mr. Smith was in public employment-both appointive and elective-for a continuous period of 63
years. At the age of 24. he became a civil service
sidewalk inspector. In the years between then a nd his
election to the County Board in 1934, he was warden
of the County Hospital. City Treasurer, alderman of
the 33rd ward, deputy commissioner of public works
and County recorder of deeds. He also served for a
period as Democratic committeeman of the 33rd ward.
Born in Chicago in 1815, he attended public scbools
and a busineas college. Throughout his political
career, he had the respect of hif; party and his numerous victories at the polls refiected his high standing
with the voters.
His last Illness extended nearly four montbs. For a
time he was in Columbus hospital. He left there on
July 9 and was placed under 24-hour nursing care in bls
home. at 2103 Logan Boulevard. Be married Mayme
Paschen, of an old Chicago family , in 1901. She died
In 1955. They bad no children.
President Duffy
The death of President Duffy ended a career of dis
tinguished public service to the County and the City
of Chicago. He was noted especially for his knowledge of government financing. In the City Council,
where he represented the 19th ward from 1935 to 1950,
he was chairman of the finance committee and under
Mayor Kennelly was administration leader. He was
elected to the County Board in 1950 and under the
late President Dan Ryan was finance chairman. He
was elected Board President following President Ryan's
death in April, 1961.
As preSident, he gave close attention to the County's
highway programs, as he did to all County departments. He insisted on time table progress on expressway construction but at the same time was mindful
of the impact on people whose homes stood on the
rights of way. On numerous occasions he went to
meetings of property owners and explained the expreasway projects with sympathctic understanding of
the people's problems.
President Simon
Although a member of the Board less than a year,
the new President has become recognized as an able
administrator of County business. Immediately after
his apPOintment last October 30. succeeding the late
Sidney Deutsch. he was named chairman of the finan ce
Traffic Deaths Down
T WEr.."TY
traffic fatalities on Cook County suburban streets and roads in June brought the total
..
~h
This increase, brought about by mishaps causing

property damage only, does not necessarily detm ct
from the improvement reflected in the lowered death
and injury columns, said J ohn J. McCleverty, Traffic
Safety Director of the Cook Count.y Tr'dffic Safety
Commission.
'00'l
"'000
Villi , ' .,.. r
IIIOnll,,;
"
"
of accidents resulting in
'"
220
115
"State law requires reports on all property damage

accidents in which the repllir bill rUlls $100 or more,"
he said. "One reason for the increased reports is
undoubtedly the expense of repairing the modern style
of ca r. It doesn't take much of a bump to do $100
damage.
The number
personal injury was reduced to an even greater extent than
fatalities. In the first half of this year, the total was
2,862 and in the same period last year, 4,740. The
total of persons injured in the 2,862 1962 accidents
was 4,327.
"Another factor contributing to total accidents is

the growing number of cars on the r oad. This is
especially noticeable in the suburban area , where a
While serious accidents-as ruled by death and

injury-were being sharply reduced, the number of
total accidents rose to a new high- 22,773, as against
(COnUnued nn j'l;ext Pagel
Forly.four of the 91 highway traffic deaths in sub

urban Cook County in the first half of 1962 occu rred
on roads in the unincorporated area and the remainder
in 32 suburbs. The record of total accidents (TA ),
injury accidents (IA), ond killed ( K ) for each suburb
follows:
TA
Subu.b
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"'"
",
'"
""
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>5
'"
'"
",
1Il1i.
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'"""
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ill
",..
"
""'"
'"
-W,
"
'0'
'",,
"
""
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",
."
".
1370
,."
171
17-t
0
M'
'"
'06
,,,
,1,
,
,
0
'"0
",,,
,
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,
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"",,
"
",,"
,
"'",
'"
.,'",
HI
"",,
,
"",,
"0,
.,"
"n,,
"
First Half-Year
18,836 in the first half of 1961 and 19,357 in 1960.
for the first six months of 1962 to 91, the lowest for
the period in three years. The figures . with the 12month totals in previous years, we re:
,",' ur
,
,"
,
,
,,
,"
0
S ubu.t.
T"
I.aGranRc Park
Lan,lng
~m(lnl
1.I'1(.'Oln",oo<1
L{.on .
~ arkham
MllIte80n
M~ood
M
ook
Meln,ae Park
MerrloneUe Park
Midlothian
Mltldlebury
Monon Grove
Mt. PrO&ped
Kllel
Nf)rrldl(e
Nonhh:-ook
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Five Schools Opened for Erring Drivers
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additional schools of instruction for drivers

FOUR
brought into court were opened late this month by
the Cook Caunty Traffic Safety Commission. County

Board President Seymour Simon. who Is president of
the Commission, said the new schools, making five in
operation. were needed to accommodate the l)eople sent
by the 105 police magistrates and 70 justices of the
peace in the County outside Chicago.
"The cooperation given by the magistrates and justices has been tremendous," the president said.
With the first school, opened in Oak Lawn June 28.
saJe driving education is now offered in five zones as
follows:
NORTHWEST-Barrington,
Hanover, Palatine,
Schaumburg, Wheeling, and Elk Grove Tov.'Ilships;
school held at 3245 Kirchoff Road, ROlling Meadows, at
i p. m. Mondays,
NORTH- Niles, New Trier, Northfield, and MaJne
Townships; ~hool at 8525 North Callie Avenue,
Morton Grove, at 7 p. m. Tuesdays.
WEST-Leyden, Proviso, Lyons. Norwood Park,
Riverside, River F orest, and Berwyn TO ....'Dshipa;
achool at 2716 St. Charles Road. Bellwood at 7 p. m.
Wednesdays.
SOlITHWEST-8uckney, Palos, Lemont. Worth, and
Orland Townships; school in the Oak Lawn village hall
at 7 p. m. Thursdays.
SOUTHEAST Calumet, Bremen, Thornton, Rich,
and 'Bloom T ownships ; school in the sheriff's highway
police courtroom, 1154 Ridge Road, Homewood, at 7
p. m. Fridays.
The schools are conducted for the benefit of erring
drivers, as in Chicago and a few of the suburbs. Ae-
Director MeCleverty and Cia .. at Oak L. awn.
eused violators are directed to attend two sessions

when, in the opinion of the court, there is hope of
helping them mend their ways.
A four-man team of traffic safety experts provided
by the Commission conducts each session. They present a lecture, with educational movies, and give written tests. Results of the tests are sent back to the
courts in wbich the pupils' cases are pending and thus
are at hand prior to disposition of the charges,
Since the sole objective of the school is to Improve
driver behavior, the classes arc open to any resident
who wishes to benefit from specialized education. At
one scssion in Oak Forest, there were 30 voluntecr
pupils in addition to 20 sent by the courts.
tricycles, one 5 and the other 7. F our were pedestrians, two men of 74, a boy 9 and a girl 2.
Traffic Deaths(OmUnued Cro:n }>/lge 4,
F ive were killed in collisions between automobiles

and five in auto-truck crashes. Two deaths r esu lted
when a car strUck a tree and one when 8. car ran into
a bridge rail. A motorcycle rider was killed whcu his
machine ran off the road.
car, or even two cars to a family. is a necessity of

daily Hving.
"I do not regard the increase in total accidents as
discouraging in view of greater traffic volumes and
the fact that reportable damage occurs almost every
time two cars bUmp. Instead 1 think there is much
satisfaction to be found in the reduction in serious
accidents, whcih means a saving of JIves.
"The fatalities recorded in the six-month report
were instant deaths. In addition, as is always the
caac, II considerable number of Injured persons wiII d ie
arter weeks or montha of suffering. So the reductions
in both the fatality a nd injury columns are great
gains In our drive for highway sa fety."
In large measurc, Mr. McCleverty said, the lowered
death snd injury tota ls may be attributed to the
expressways. which not only afford safer travel but
a lso remove traffic from more dangerous arterial and
local street!!. He cited a recent study which showed
the accident risk on a locs] street to be 20 times that
on an expressway, and on artcrial streets, five times as
great.
New Leg ion Officers

whose mcmbers are employes of the County Highway
Department. announces election of the following officers:
Commander. J oseph A. Maul; first senior vice-commander, Robert N. Lange ; senior vice-commander,
Stanley J . Ciesla; adjutant, Edward J. Brau8ch;
finance officer, Helen Kmiec; sergeant-at-arms.
Nicholas Lebensorger; chaplain, Stanley J. Ciesla;
service officer, Walter Treptow ; historian. Robert Mulcahy; public relations, Anthony Altier; judge advocate,
James F. Kelly.
A vote of appreCiation was extended to the retiring
com mander, Bernard Rimsn.
Two of the 20 fatalities in June were boys riding
Oldest Highways Among the Best
Between 1200 and 1500 A.D. the Incas completed

a lO,OOO-mile network of paved highways extending
from Chile and Bolivia to Colombia, and acrosa the
towering Andes to the headwaters of the Amazon.
They were roya l roads reserved for the use of the
Inca, a "divine" ruler, his couriers, emissaries, annies,
and caravans of llamas laden with gold, produce and
tribute from thc provinces and conquered Andean
tribes. No one travelled them without his permission
and common people had to pay tolls (in produce).
There is a fascinating nccount of them in William
H. Prescott's "Conquest of Peru", written in 1847,
when be was practically blind. In the July, 1952, issue
of Scientific American there is an article, illustrated
with a map and photographs, by Victor W. Von Hagen,
who explored this ancient system o'f highways.
There were two principal routes roughly paraliel,
running the length of the empire-almoat 2000 miles.
One. about 30 [eet wide, was near the ocean on the
level coastal plain. It crossed a desert where rain
almost never falls and for 800 miles was protected
from drifting sand on either side by a waist-high wall
of adobe clay. The other, from 15 to 20 feet wide, ran

along the mountains at an average altitude of aboul
13,000 feet. The two were connected at intervals by
laterals that knifed upward on terrifying grades.
Apparently the Inca engineers had one-track minds.
With a hundred. t.housand \'assals at their disposal,
they made a beeline for an objective and to heck with
the obstacles! Over marshes they built massive causeways; lakes were crossed by bridges floating on balsa
pontoons. On the mountain road, ravines were fill ed
with solid masonry ; rivers in deep chasms wero
crossed by suspension bridges; when a preci l)ice was
encountered they eit.her tunneled through it or went
over the top on a stairway hewn out of solid rock.
Steps were no hindrance to llamns and men on foot.
Those suspension bridges wcre reaJJy something.
Huge cables, some of them as truck as a man's body,
wcre woven of the tough fibers of mnguey- an agave
related to sisal and the century plant. Several cables,
anchored to masonry buttresses, supported a wooden
floor. Those bridges, sometimes more than 200 feet
long, sagged, swayed and undulated aplenty, but that
didn't bother a Peruvian.
In many places, and always near cities, ~e road
was paved with heavy blocks of stone, laid without
mortar but dressed and fitting so perfectly that a
knife blade cannot be inserted between them. Of
similar blocks used in fortress walls. P rcscott says
that some were 38 feet long, 18 feet wide, and 6 feet
thick. Those enormous masses of granite or other
rock were quarried, fashioned , and hauled as much as
40 miles although the Incans were "ignorant of the
lI SC of iron", also of wheeled vehicles.
Tn the end. these marvelous highways betrayed their
builders. The Spanish conquistadores, who came in
1537. used them as avenues tailor-made for an easy
conquest of the lncan empire.
William Daniels
Des Autels Retires
By Roberts Man n
?tERICA'S oldest highways were built by the

A
Incas in Peru. In many respects they were and
are more remarkable than the famous Roman roads.
The great explorer Baron Alexander

Von Humboldt (1769-1859 ) pronounced them "the most stupend-
ous and useful works ever executed

by ma n". They are unique in lbat
they we re built by a race of people
who had never heard of the wheel;
so lhat, actually, they were not
roads but footpaths, the greatest in
Roberts Man n
history.
William Daniels. 0, sign painter foremsn in the

County Highway Department shop in LaGrange Park,
died J unc 15, after an illness of several weeks.
Before his employ
ment by the County,
which started in 1935,
he had his own sign shop
in the Loop. He was
president of the sign
painters local of the
painters' union for 59
years and was president
of the Painters District
Council No. 14 for 41
years.
His home was at 2755
North Troy Street. H e
is survived by his widow,
WIllia m Da"lel.
two sons, Raymond W.
and Robert H. Daniels; a daughter, ~lr8. Leon Pretzel ;
five grandchildren and six great grandchildren .
Mr. Daniels has been succeeded as sign painter foreman by George Stuenkel, who has been employed in
the shop 11 years,
Leo A. Des Autels, an engineer wltb the County

Highway Department, retired June 30 and on J uly 15
left for Big Pine Key. Florida, where he will operate
a trailer camp.
In the Department, he handled agreements with
railroads having to do with grade crossings and separations and in such matters represented the Department before the Dlinols Commerce Commission.
He began his professional career as assistant engineer for the Illinois Division of Waterwsys, 1924 to
1929. He was road engineer for the Will County
Highway Department from May to November, 1929,
and then came to the Cook County Highway Department Cor three years. In 1932 he established his own
contracting business. He was an engineer for the
Dlinois Division of Highways from 1933 to l\1arch,
1938, when he returned to the Cook County Highway
Department_
In World War J he was in Navy submarine service
and in World War n was a civilian ~ ngineer employed
in defense work.
Detours
In
Effect
In progress by the Cook County Highway

W ORK
construction permitted in the unincorpoBUTLDL"l'G

rated area of the County in June was slightly
undes May in both the number of permits and the

total estimated valualion.
The total of June per
mils Issued by the Coun--ty Department of Building was 393 and the
I:
valuation, $6,062,300.
which compared with 4.48 permits and $6,853,425 in
Mar.
BunNIlAM AVE.-';UE, rt'-
YOU . .iii Ili'J ,
THIS RESURFACING
construction or viaduct Ol'er
Grand
Calumet
NOrthbound
tramc
Rh'e l"
d etour
f rom Bumhnm over SIIlLe}

l10uLevanl to TOlTence Ave-
nue, thenl north to 130Lh
Slft'4!l and from thllt pOLnt
!IOuthealt
,\Hmue
over
Brainard
bat'k 10 Humhum
southbOund trame tOIlOW
1'('-
v.,..,;c route. Local traffic up

to c:on.lrucUon area permUted at both end .
EUCLID AVENUE lK:>twt'en Hunt! Hoa d and wolr ROAd. n:.
c:onslrucLlon ttl four Lan(,l. turus, gutten, uruJ SmYerS. Ea,!bnuntl tramc tl etOl,lr lI()uthell~t un RlInd HOII(I to Central ROlld.
callt on Cenlrlll to wolt Hood aDtl north on Wolt to Eu cli d.

Weatbound, re~'t.'rs.e order.
JOE ORIt ROAD bel ..... et'n "'Uage Cro\'e An'nue and Stony
Island ""eoue, .ewer COnlll.MirLlon (Sanitary Dlltrict).
to loclll Ir.me o nl y.
Ealtbound lhrol,ll(h Iram ..
d~lour
:"1 =
Of lhe June permits, 182 were for single family

residences estimated at a total $4 ,410,200. Four permcits were issued for apartmcnt building, three in
Wheeling Township, of a total $349,600 estimated cost,
and one in Stickney, $33,000.
OtM'n
north
on Cottaae Grovc to Glenwood-Dyer Road , 10uthl'4~t on Glcn

wood-Dver t o St'my Ulan'" and "outn. on ~lony lIIland to Joe
Orr. w estbound, .-e,'ene order.
WILMETT~; AVENUE ~l"een Skokie Rllad Rnd RI(lgol Hoad.
reconstrutUon In (our lanes. turbs, aullen lind It',,'e!'. Eltslbound trattle d('tour north on Skokie to Hibbard Road, norttl
OJn Hlbbllrd to lAke A\enue. \!Ul on l.a.k .. In Kldg~ ana lMIuth
On Rldg~ to Wllmelte A\'enue, W~ltbol,lnd , f'C\c ...'" onll':r.
47TH STR~"l' (Chicago AH'nlK!) IH!t"een County LIne Roa d
and Wltlow Spring, Road, HlnlKlale. rt>cOnltrueton to (our
lanes. curbR. !tulter. IIml ,,,,w,,,r, \\ enbou nd trame deltour
lO uth on Willow Sprlng. to Mlh Slreel. we!1 on Sjth to COunty
Line an(1 north on COunty Line to 471h, Enttbound, rel'ene
{Jrd('r.
ST~'CER ROAD (lln tun Street. Stegcr), be tween A.htand
Avenue and Slate SO-to re,unaclna, open to toea.! trame
nnly. Ea.tbound Ihrouah lnIlUc defnur n{Jrt h on Ashlond
10 Sa uk TraJi, ('1111 on S'auk Trail 10 Stllte. lQulh on State to
Steger Road . Wes tbound. re"e~ order.

public and farm buildings. permits were issued for two
school buildings in Orland Township, 5296,800; a
school addition in Maine Township, $85,000, and a
pumping plant for the Metropolitan Sanitary District
of Greater Chicago in North fi cld Township, $200,000.
Fee permits wcre also issued for :
Residential additions and alt~Uonl--61 pennltl, $256.200.
Acte..ory bulltllng.f-97 pennltl, S18I,900.
ButlroC! bulldlnll1--2 permlU, $114.400.
Bualnen a ddilio n. Rnd al lera Uons-7 lJt!nnlls, $34.100.
lndu81rlltl bulldlngl--l permit, $21.000.
Ind Ultrlal addition. anll alteration
1 permit, 11 1,000.
Traffic is permitted while work proceeds at the

follOwing locations:
LAWRENCE AVENUE be tween lIarlem A\'enue IInll Oc!.
Plalne. Rt\er, main draIn conltructlon.
PULASKI nOAD bet .... een 64lh Sln'Ct and 8-llh Plaee, widenIng and r-esurraclnll'.
PALATINE ROAD betWH'n MII .....auklli! Avenut" lind Hohlwln.
Hoftd, mlin drain con struction.
W'-111---9 pennlU, $10,(100.

~11 ....:..118neou_:h) Pl'nnlla. $-19. 100.
By townships, the J une fee permits were distributed

as follows:
1'o".. ~ bI ...
Barrlnglon
Bloom
Bn>men
t:lk Grove
lIannver
Lt"monl
Leyden
Lyon,
lI-fAlne
Northneld
,,"orwood Park
Orland
Palallne
Pala.
County Board(Continued tram Pale 8)
committee, lhe first time in the history of the Board

this Important post has been given to a first-term
member.
At the time of his appointment to the Board , he was
serving his second term as 40th ward alderman. His
previous public service also includcd a period with the
anti -trust division of the U, S. Department of J ustice.
PrO\I-a
"Id>
So..-hau mburi:
Stick ney
Thornton
WhL't'llna
Worth
Be was graduated f rom Northwestern University in

1935 and from N. U, law school in 1938. He was
elected to Phi Beta Kappa , honorary scholastic fraternity, and in law school was first In scholarship for
three ycars, In his private law practice, he specialiZed
in a nti-lrusl cases. In World War 11 he served in the
Navy and was awarded the Legion of Merit medal.
Ceremonies installing the new President brought an
overflow crowd to the Board room. .M ayor Richard J.
Daley was I!. speaker and County Clerk Edwa rd J .
Barrett administered the oath. In attendance were
President Simon's mother, Mrs. Benjamin Simon; his
wife, Roslyn, and their three children.
The occasion was also in the nature of a sendoff for
the election campaign, in whihc President Simon will
be opposed by Commissioner William N. Erickson, a
former Board president.
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In addition to the no-fee projects listed above, a

permit was issued for an aviation communication
building in Maine Township, S20.000, and for five
sewer conversions in Stickncy, for which no vnluation
was requir'cd to be stated.
West Leg Paving Contract

Contract for paving 1.12 miles of the West Leg of
South Route Expressway was awarded to the Palumbo
Excavating Company by the County Board on July 17_
Palumbo's low bid for the job, which extends [rom
Halsted Street to 96th Street near State Street, was
51,569,~52.
It Tilku Big Girder. to Cllrry Train' Over Ellpre"wiI)' . See Page 2.
Vol. X No. 3
AUGU ST, 1962

Publilhed by the. Cook County (Ill.) Department of Ujpway.
Under auapieea of the Board of County Commiuionllnl
SEYMOU R SIMON, p,.uld,nt
Jerome Hupp,rt
Fran k Bobl")'Uke
Charlet S. Bon k
Charlt:. F . Chaplin
Ellubeth A. Conkey
Jerr)' Ool enl
Ge o rge W . DU"n'
John A. Ma ekler, J r .
Ruby RY.IIn
William N. Erickson
John J. Touhy
Chrl8t A. Jen,on
Seymour SImon
Edward M. Sneed
Fred A. Fulle
W illiam J. Mortimer
SuperIntendent of Highway.
Published at lao North Well. Street, Chicaco 6,
FRanklin 27544
Boob
of
E:rtenslon 216
th e Month
RAFFIC deaths on streets and roads in suburban

T
Cook
July were at the same level as in
June - 20 - but more than twice lhe nine deaths
County in
recorded in July of 196L

The accumulated total
for the year, however,
remained under that of
la.st year- 1ll in seven
months as against 124 in
the same period of 196!.
,
~lon tb
OOB OF the
is seven years old- not an adB
vanced age for boob or non-boob, but a sizeable
period when it is considered that In that lime he haa
Nearly ha lf of last month's fatalities resulted from

single ca r type of accidents. In seven instances. cars
lefL the pavcmcnl and struck trees, posta. or other
wayside objects. One passenger was killed by falling
out of a Car on Edens Expressway and another was
killed when a car overturned.
depicted 84 distinct foolish, irresponsible, and dangerous driving practices.

Boob was oom to personify lh~ bad (Inver as [be
foolish driver and thereby to cmphasize that good
drivers are the smart ones. The first boob to appea r
didn't believe highway Ilulhorities knew their business
when posting stop signs. No. 2 thought pavement
stripes were to be straddled and No.3 was delighted
to find bis new car could be steered with one finger.
Among other portrayals have been the reckless
weaver Crom lane to lane, the semi-boob wbo does well
on conventional streets but can't understand that
expressv.'1l}'s call for new driving skills. the indifferent
character who stops on the pavement whilc his kids
pick pussy willows, the boorish boob wbo shines his
high beams at approaching traffic, the jallop), driver
who won't be passed by any new car on the road.
Also the split-second sneaker on yellow lights and at
four-way stops, the holiday celebrant wbo takes that
"one for the road." the vacationeer wbo piles up miles
until thoroughly ratigued, the one who never reads
speed si(ns and the one who insists on going at posted
speed regardless of eonditions, the hairbreadth lug who
rides your r ear bumper, th{' simpleton who hangs
knickknacks over his rear view mirror. the fumbling
filbert who never sta rts anywhere on time and has to
catch up by speeding, the steady eddie who plods along
and piles up traffic behind hjm.
The monthly Boob Is supplied in matrice torm to all
newspapers in the County who wish the service. and in
that way haa become fa miliar to a large audience and
perhaps has had some good effect on people who aspire
to be good. smart drivers. Any newspaper editor not
now receiving boob mats may have the service free of
charge on request.
Three of the dead were pedestrians. two of them

children of 3 and 4 years. Tbree were killed in collisions hetwren automobiles. two in aulo-truck collisions,
one in an nccident involving two cars and a truck, one
in an auto-motorcycle cmsh and one by a train.
Ten fatalities occurrcd on roads in the unincorporated arca and one each in Burnham. Dea Plaines,
Evanston. Hickory HiJls. Lyons, Melrose Park. ML
PrOspect, Niles. Norridge and Northbrook.
In 541 nccidents, 89B persons were Injured. Prope rty damage only rcsulted from 2.683 accidcnts.
The Front Cover

Girders placed this month on the structu re cal'rying
eight Il linois Ct!ntral tracks over Calumet Expressway
at Cottage Grove Avenue and 100th Street were
among the largcst handled on County expressway construction. The two fabricated members in the picture.
which were placed on a roadway span, are 7 feet in
depth. Face girders are 9 feet. The structure consists of two spans ovcr expressway lanes, each 64 feet
and B inches. and a center span. 41 Ceet and 3 inches,
over the median.. The widtb is 137 Ceet. All construction has been carried on while the I. C. continued
main line operations.
Traffic Safety Programs Reach All Ages
laws and courtesies of the road are given in class rOom

lectures supplemented with slides and movies. Testing is then done outdoors in lanes seL up to simulate
streets and the traffic situations that may be met with.
This phase of the program is changed each year. Some
pupils will be in the Jane for the first time, but others
have been through two or three times before and a
change of setting Is deemed necessary for their benefit.
The school safety movement, starting with the
grammar school bike riders, will be ca rried again into
the high schools, to young people about to drive automobiles. This is the step projected in the program's
slogan: "The child behind the handlebars will be the
adult behind the wheel."
Good results of bike training as prepara tion for
driving a. car were noticeaable last year. the first year
of high school instruction. John J. McCleverty. director of the Safety Commission reported that 29 per cent
of all pupils who took the final tests failed to pass,
but not one of them W8.8 a bicycle trainee. In fact , 8.11
tbose who bad had the grammar school course passed
the auto tests by scores of 80 or better.
In recent weeks. the Safety Commission's campaign
to indoctrinate all age groups with the principlcs of
smiles--and with good reason.

EVERYBODY
Posing for a picture to promote the county-wide
bicycle safety program, County Board Pres ident Seymour Simon is pleased with the enrollment of 200,000
youngsters in the Bicycle Safety Club, Cheryl Gelder,
9304 Lockwood Avenue, Skokie, Is delighted to receive
her club membership card, and Kenneth B. Chamberlain, Skokie police chief, like other suburban police
officers, applauds the idea of bringing up a generation
pledged to safety on streets and highways.
The picture will appear in a new edition of the
booklet "Safeguards for Safety," pubHsbed by the
Cook County Traffic Safety Commission, of which
President Simon is the president. As in previous
issues, the new edition wi!! conlain illustrations of
traffic signs of all types, the 12 rules of bicycle safety,
and 19 line drawings suitable for finishing with colored
crayons. The books are given to grammar school
pupils of bicycle age. In some schools it has become
the custom to award pri1..eS for good coloring jobs.
Starting early in September, the Commi$sion will
send teams of instructors on the rounds of suburban
schools. The program, as in past years, will cover all
public, parochial and private grammar schools.
Instructions in principles of bicycle safety, traJlic
(C(jnllllu~'11
u n lIlIg\! 6)
Old Roads Made New From Ground Up

By Andrew V. Plummer
..... l.ta nt to t he Superintendent
Cooi( County Hlghwil)' Depillrtment
roads from the ground up are replacing roads

N EW
that are behind the times in suburban Cook
County,
The old roads programmed for reconstruction a re
those generally designated as secondary. Originally
they were laid out AS fann-la-markel routes and up
until the post-war period of countryside development
were adequate for local travel demands. Now, with
t he g rowing suburban population, the need for standard roadways has become urgent.
The primitive roads have not only failed to 8crVe
travel demands, bul they have also reached the point
where they Ilre completely worn out. A typical old
road is one that consisted of grnvel or crushed stone
in the beginning and latcr was given a bituminous
surface. Under increasingly heavy traffic, the "black
to" cracked and rcquired frequent repair. Finally,
patching was no longer practical.
Much of the damage was done by "frost boils" in
winter. Water seeped through the base course, froze
and pushed the surface up in bumps. causing extra
maintenance cosLs as well as inconvenience and even
danger to motorisls.
The polley of reconstruction of permanent type instead of yearly repairing was announced two years
ago by William J. Mortlmcr, County Superintendent of
Bjghways.
The old black top jobs. he pointed out, were dOlle
25 to 30 years ago, with the expectation that they
would wear for 20 years. World War II interrupted
highway work and aft.er the war the attention of the
Department was concentrated on expressways.
"The time has come," he said, "when we must bring
the secondary roads up to modern standards. We
have done all t.he patching we can do; in fact, we have
been putting patches on patches. It il> impractical to
put. down new s urface because the base courses are
too light to carry the traffic, espeCially the heavy
trucks and ready. mixed concrete machines going to
building construction aites. From now on, the sec
ondary road program will be reconstruction."
The decision to atop patching and start rebuilding
was linked in time with the availability of an ancient
material recently revived fOr use in bighways or
wherever elee a substanUal base Is needed. It W88
originated in [taly, where it was cal led "pozzuolana"
because it W88 obtained from deposits of volcanic
tuft, or ash, In the vicinity of the town of Pozzuoll.
In the times of the Caesars it was used to bond stone
blocks on the main roads. M.i chelangelo and other
artists of his era used it to surface waUs for their
paintings. As "roman cement," it was used until the
development of portland cement in the early 1800's.
In modem usage, the term is "pozzolan" and instead
of volcanic matter, the agent mixed with lime, water
and aggregate is fly ash Irom a power plant burning
pulverized coa1. l!~ly ash is abundant in the Chicago
area; indeed, at one time It was a disposal problem.
A pozzolan Is defined 88 "8 ailiceous malerial which
I
Road building eqUipment was different in 1695,
but the "pozzuolana" used to repair the Piazza
del Popolo in Rome that year was virtually the
lIame material used by Cook County in a current
Ilrogram of secondary road reconstruction.
The illustration, originally in a 1695 book now
in the archives ot the Munich fGermany) Museum,
W88 reproduced in the 1962 edition of Elsner's
year book of road conslruction. A copy was reo
ceived this month from Karlheinz W. Stricker, one
of a party of German engineers who we re guests
of the County Highway Department in April.
A lranslaUon of the German lines under the pic.
ture identifying the va rious workers (letters A. J,
X, M and N, not used) follows:
"B. A worker opening the damaged place with
a pickaxe; C, the carts for lime and pozzuo!ana;
D, the lime mixed by 8. worker with water; E , a
worker mixing the lime and pozzuolana; F . the
twowheel carta for sand and gravel; G, a worker
cruahlng the big 8tones; H, a worker repairing
lhe damaged places; I, a worker carrying the sand
and lime; L, a worker tamping the sand and lime
with lath; 0 , a worker covering the repaired area
wilh straw or rubbish."
will react with calcium hydroxide (hydrated lime) to
fonn cementiUous compounda."

Pozzolan Is used by Cook County as a base 8 inches
in thickness, which mayor may nol be surfaced with
asphalt. Under standard testing, it. has ahown a
strength up to 3.000 pounds per square inch, which is
four Urnes the minimum required in contracts.
The new base Is ul down after the roadbed has
been graded. The pozzolan is delivered from a central
J
)
Rebuilding Done on Pozzolanic Base
From right to teft, top to bottom_Truc;k from Central P la nt Dump. Ponol.n Into Spreader Box Mounted on
Tractor. 2. Pneumatic-Tired CompOIetor. 3. Prime and Seal COl\lt and Ch ip Stone Surface . 4. Bltumlnoua Surfaee.
pieces of road were simila rly rebuilt the following

year. including 15 miles done this year on a schedule
completed in July. approximately 50 miles of old roads
ha \Ie been reconstructed.
mixing plant. distributed vd.th a Jersey spreader. compacted with a pneumatic ti red roller and finished with
a steel roller.
On some new roa ds, where good appearance is in
keeping with the charact er of the locality. a bituminous
surface is put down when t he base has cured. In
other instances. the base is given a prime coat and a
stone chip surface, whIch Is as durable as black top
a nd as satisfactory in rural areas.
The first pozzolanic reconstruction by the Department was done in 1958 o n Boward Street between
Edens Expressway snd Gross Point Road, It went
througb a severe winter so well that seven other
The modernization program goes beyond reconstruction of the roadway in two r espects. The old roads
were too narrow. Designed Cor automobiles of the
'20's, the lanes were only 9, or even 8, feet in width.
The new lanes are 10 feet, standar d for roads of this
type. Another s hortcoming was the lessened sight
distance where the old roads went over hills. In the
course or reconstnlction, high spots have been bullU; QnUnu\'11 on P8.i:O 6)
O-D Da~ Fundamen~1

PAPER supporting the origin-destination survey
A
sented by Leo G. Wilkie, chief of the Traffic EngIneer-
New Commissioner
HE County Board vacancy created by the death of
TClayton
F, Smith on July 20 was filled August 14.
as fundamental ill highway planning was pre-
with the election of Charles S. Bonk, 21st ward alderman the last nine years
and previously a state
representative. His election by the Board is for
the remainder of Commissioner Smith's term.
He is the November candidate for the seat held
by ?l.lr. Smith, who had
announced he would not
seck reelection.
Mr. Bonk is the third
to succeed decessed
Board members in less
than a year. All of the
ncw commissioners are
in their '40's- President
eymour Simon, 47,
George
W. Dunne, and
Ch,vlu S. Bonk
Mr. Bonk, 42.
Commissioner Bonk was given the oath by Circuit
Judge Thomas C. Donovan and his public service was
praised by Mayor Richard J. Daley. Attending the
ceremonies were his mother, Mrs. Mary Bonk ; his wife,
Harriet, and their daughter, Susan, who is a student
at LoyolA University.
ing Division of the Cook County Highway Department

at the annual meeting of the Tl"affic Engineering
[nstiLule in Denver August 15.
He said that a license plate count made by the
County in 1941 and updated in 1947 became the basis
of planning snd design of the Chicago-Cook County
expressway system. Tn that survey, more than 2 million vehicle movements through 320 stations were
recorded and published at 8 cost of $100,000, he sAid,
and the findings have proved to be accurate.
Wben the more elaborate Chicago Area Transporta
tion Study was launched, by the State, County and
City of Chicago, traffic engineers of the three agencics
were disappointed to find that it was intended to produce information for broad planning rather than "desk
top" data useful In traffic engineering, he said.
To meet the specific needa of the traffic enginccrs.
a series of research projects was undertaken through
the CATS organjzation to give "definite information
and to develop sound and quick techniques for evaluating such information."
A subcommittee on traffic was organized and more
than 40 reports on expressway traJnc r(!Quircments
have been produced.
Safety MessagePozzolan-
(C'lI nUnueti [rum JlUlo/ll SI
highway safety has been extended by ~elling U II

schools fo r motorisLs b rought into court. Cooperation
on the part of magistratcs and justices sitllng III
traffic courts has been complete and enthusiastic.
Offenders are sent by the court to one of the five
schools, which are held at night In convenient locations. Court acllon is suspended during school sttendance, and disposition of the case is made in the light
of the student's conduct and showing in a written
examination.
The traffic schools may prove to be a testing ground
for the instruction given in grammar and high schools,
said Director McCieverty.
" T he traffic schools were set up because it appeared
that a great many violations resulted from ignorance
of traffic laws o r safe driving principles rather than
from wilful bad behavior ," he sa.id. "Thus, there Is a
good chance to reform these people a nd make them
safe drivers, which is better than flning them and
turning them loose to make more trouble.
"Several hundred people have gone through the
traffic schools already, but we hsve not detected a
single grammar or high school trainee among them .
It would be very gratifying, as time goes on, if none: of
them ever showed up."
(Continued frum I,U$(" III
dozed down to bring the grttd~ nearel" level aud thus

to enhlillce safety.
In the four yea rs of l.lOuolanic rcconl:.truction, the
performance observed by the Departmenl has been
highly sstisfactory. Being Impervious to water, the
new base has eliminated frost bolls. While the original cost is slightly higher than the convenllonal gravel
or crushed stone base, it is believed that it will save
maintenance costs and be economical in the long run.
On County jobs, the aggregate in pozzolanle bue
mixtures rna)' be power house slag, grade 7 gravel or
grade crushed limestone.
When slag Is used, the prescribed composition, dry
weight. is: Lime. 4 to 6 per cent ; fly ash, 26 to 36
per cent; slag, 60 to 70 per cent.
Wi th gravel or cr ushed stone; lime, 4 to 5 per cent;
fly ash, 12 to 20 per cent; aggregate, 75 to 84 per cent.
The water content in all mixtures Is 8 to 10 per cent.
Actual proportions are set before "'ork begins by
the Department's engineer on the job Bnd are based
on tests of mixtures composed of BS.mples furnished
by the contractor. Tests are conducted for strength,
with a minimum requirement of 750 pounds per square
inch, and for freeze-thaw properties.
The material is spread in two six-inch lifts each of
which is compacted to four inches. After 'the first
lift is finished , it is raked to a depth of one inch and
dampened to knit the two courses together.
It is required that all pozzotanic mixture be placed
and compacted the same day it is mixed and that the
entire ba8C course within s given area be compleled
within 24. hQurs.
Guess Aga in, Madam

The woman applying for a driver's license was uneasy despite the simple questions.
"And what is the white line in the middle of the
road for , madam?" queried the license clerk.
The woman ponder ed a moment and then blurted
out, "Bicyelclt!"-W<lll Street Journal.
Detours
In
Effect
in progress by the Cook Count.y H ighway

W ORK
BURNHAM
AVENUE,
Crand
rl'-
or viaduct Over
Clll\lmet River.
/:,l)n~tru"lIon
NQrthtMiund
tralll e
dt'lUar
from Burnham o\'er SIbley
fIoulevllrd 1tI 'rOt"N,!nce A ve-
nue, thence north t o 130th

Str!l and trom th o t IJOl nl
1I0uthell~t
Avo:o n uc back
SOuthbound
Olll'r BroJnanl
to Burnham.
revene roultl.
up to C"lnsuurtlon arell IM'rmilted lit both end ....
lru.ffic
tollow
Local lrlltlk
EUCLID AVENUE between Rand Halltl and Wolr Road. 1""In structIon IQ fnur Ilina. rurbll, gutten. lind se ..... ers. Eas tbound trame detour flOuthl!Wl t un nand Road to CentrlLl Road,
"aU on Central t o Wolf HODd nn(l nor t h on Wolt t o Pouelld.
Wes l ool.md, n:ver!iC,' onl"r.
CRAWFORD AVEl'o'tJ:E between Ridge Road and Wilmette

Avenue, new c(ln~lrurtlun two lllne~, curb". guU"rs lind ~lwer$ .
Northbound lrnm l.' delo ur nOrth on Rldg,, Road t o Wilmette
AVenue and west On Wlimelt" Avenue to Crawtord Avenue.
Sou th bound "-,ver!;e order.
LAW~CE
AVE::'\UE between CUml)erlAnd Avenue lind
~.:aJit Klv"r Koud, mnln drllin rtl n"lruc:lIon.
Weslbuuntl t rWlle
detour louth on Cuml)er lunti A\"ellu" to Ellill River ROlld and
west lind nurth nn F..IIIIt. ttL " er ttoad tu l..awre n." A,""nu".
Ea.!ltbou nd rev"r"" order.
.17M{ ~"""Tln:~:r (Chicago AVenue) betw~n Count)' LIne
ROIUi lind Wllluw SlH' lnRB llOltd, IoIInst.llll", <.'OnstrucUon to four
lane$, cu r bs gu tters lind !lewer. We~ tbound t rafflc det uur
~Iluth on Willow Springs to 5-5th Street, welt un 55th tn COunt)'
Line An'" n orth Oil Cou nty Lin" to 4ilh. EIlstbQunt.l , revel"M'
order.
STECER ROAD tUnlon S treel., Steger). biltween Ashlllntl
Avenue lind Sla tl) Street. rcsurfaelnll:. Op('n to local Irame
nnl y.
~;uKtbllund through traf!tr d efnur north nn Ashl1l.nd
to Sauk Trull, "UH on sauk Tra il to Stute. ~u th on SltHe to
Steger Road . Westbound. rever'iC or der.
Traffic is permilted while work proceeds at the

following locations:
WlL:'>I:E'T'TE AVENUE belween $ko kl(' Road .. nd RJdlle Road.
reronJitrurtion to fvur Inn e .... ('urt)~. gutten And seweTl.

LAW RENCE A\'ENUE beh'een Hurlem AVenue and CUmber lnnd Avenue al~ East River Roatl I1nd River Road. main
drllin I"On$lrurlion.
PULASKI ROAD bel .... e;ln f>"lth ~t~t lind 84lh PIB~, .... Iden
Ing IInll resurrll('lng
PALATINE HOAD betwe<!n MHwllukee A"enue and Rllhlwlng
I<lIl1d . main drllln .::onnrucUon.
s. O .
S. on Expressway
The American Association of State Hig hway Officials

has issu!d a statement of policy on Unif orm Distress
Signals for Motorists on Freeways. A summary fol lows:
[n a n emergency on freeways, whenever possible.
drivers should stop their cars on the right-hand
shoulders well a way from the through traffic lanes.
At night the tail lights and the interior lights of
the stopped vehicle should be turned on. If the
vehicle is equipped with a turn-signaling indicator
having an "emergency" switch, this should be turned
on so that both t he I'ight and left turn signal lights
will fla sh s imul taneously.
Where a disabled veh icle is stopped in such a l>osition tha t part or all of a traffic lane is occupied. portable warning devices s hould be placed to the rear of
the stopped vehicle to notify on-coming drivers of the
lI'affi c hazard.
Whenever help Is needed a white cloth or handkerch.ief should be displayed from the stopped vehicle so
that it readily can be seen from other vehicles on the
highway. For example, the while cloth may be hung
from the window next to the driver's seat so that it is
conspicuous to passing motorists. In addition, when
practicable, the hood of the car should be raised.
While waiting for help, motorists ahould remain
within their cars or nearby in a safe position off the
UILDING construction in the unincorporated area.

B
marked by permits issued
of Cook County,
t.he Cook County Department of Building, fell off in
by
88
July to a fi ve monlhs'
low. The 273 permits rcflected a total estimated

COSl of $3,601 ,300, which
compared with the preceding four months as
follo ws;
June. 393 permits, $6,062,300 ; May, 448 permits,
56,853,425; April. 362 permits, $5.160.900; March, 194
permits, 56,758,100. In July last rear , 379 permits
were issued for a total of 86,496,200.
Of last month's fce permits, 105 were for single
family dwellings totaling $2.422,000 in estimated costs.
In June there were 182 residential permits tolaling
S4,409,2OO and in May, 227 permits for a total of
$5,093,100. Permits for other types of construction
were issued in July as follows:
ResidentiAl Il.ddilluna Rnd II.Iter .. U" nB---'1l Ill'rmJU, $l55,:'iO/I.
Apnrtm"nl buJld lnlllJ-Nu permits.
Accessory buHdlngs-76 permHs. $147.800.
BUSiness bul1dlng~-4 l~rmLt~, $209,500.
Business additions nnd lllterlltJons---8 ~rm !l s , $]7,800.
In(lUYlrlll1 bullt.lings---3 permits. $344,000.
WelJ~-S permiU $ -10.000.
MlscellwleQull-U permlls, $29,aoo.
By townships the Jul y permits were distributed aa

follows:
T ",," II ~ h lp
Barrington
Hloom
8remen
Elk Grove
Hanover
i.t>mont
Ll'yden
~('a~~:
!\'ew TTI"r
NOrthn<>ld
Orhl nd
Palatine
PA!O.~
PrQvJ!l()
RI('h
SC'huumburg
Stickney
Thornton
Wh('<!lIng
Worth
,
,,.,,
,,
"n,
,.",
",,,
,
'",
""
permits representing
I'"rnli b
V>4lu .. lhm
, 1&"'"
200.200
n.'"
310.600
23,:100
".".
]87,500
,,"00
'.000
l!l6,700
31'il.SOO
53.000
U6.BOO
32,600
,.",.
"'.ROO
~:~
5.400
"".800
258.500
Seventeen
an estimated total
of $235,400 were issued in the no-fee classification,
which includes churches, public and farm buildings.
Included were chu r ch buildings in Wheeling and Rich
Townships, a school in Wheeling, a farm residence and
13 public works projccts-ll changes to sanitary
sewers and two water extensions- for which no valuation waa required to be stated.
traveled way. They shOUld not stand or walk in or
near t ra tfic lanes, or leave thei r cars unattended.
After observing a distress s ignal. passing motorists
should notify the nearest police, highway, or automo
live service officials a t the first convenient opportunity, giving the location of the motorist in need of
assistance.
Legio n Post Party

Edgar A. Lawrence Hig hway Post, American Legion,
whose members a re employees of the County Highway
Department, will have an installation party October
20, in the Kungsholm restaurant. The post adjutant
is taking reservations for dinner and a puppet opera,
" Madame Butterfly," at $4 a person.
T he Nur North Side and Much Of the Loo p u Viewed from
Vol. X No. 4
on Northwest
SEPTEMBER, 1962

Publiahed by the Cook County (Ill) Departmet ot Wah",a,.
Under auspiee.t of the Board oC County Commiulonen
SE YM OUR SIMON , Presi dent
Jerome Hu ppert
Fra n k Bobrytzke
Cha r lee S. Bo n k
Chafin F . Chaplin
Chrllt A. Jen,en
John A. Mackle r, J r.
EIIZlboth A . Conkey
Ruby Ry an
Sey mour SI mon
J erry Oolcu l
Ed ward M. Sneed
George W. Dun ne
W il li,", N. E rh:kl o n
F red A. Full.
Joh n J . T ouhy
Willi a m J . Mort imer

Su peri ntendent of Highwayl
Published at 130 North Wells Street, ChiealfO 6.
FRanklin 27644
Extension 216
Boob of the Month
August Traffic Accidents

A UGUST death toll on streeUs and roads in
THEsuburban
Cook County was well under lhe pre-
TI-t~ PUBLIC
I
EDUCATING ,
ceding two months and also under August of last year.

:\. \\)iJII: 'Nr"
T he 15 falalitiea compared with
'"
20 in both July and J une and with
I i)t~
. ..
~ '\ 19 in August 1961. At lhe end of
..'
eight months, the accumulated to;\
",~.M
tal WIUI 132, which compared with
~
~~ ~
143 in the same period last year.
J)-"nr un~.
Improvement as indicated by the
figures has been achieved white traffic deaths naLionwide havc been on the increase. At the end of August, the NaLional Safety Council reported that this
year through July 21, 960 persons were klJled, an in
Crease of 9 per cent over last year.
August deaths in Chicago we re also unde r 1961- 17
as compared to 22. The good showing in Chicago !lnd
the suburbs helped to plsce TIiinois among 15 states
wiUt better records thus far this year. The statewide
decrease in fatalilles was 3 per cent.
~I
Five of the August dead in Cook County outside

Chicago were pedestrians, and once again it was emphasized that children and eJderly persons-too young
to understand hazards of the street or too infirm to
move quickly-nrc the most likely victims of incautious drivers. Three were boys, 6, 10, and 11 years
old; one was a woman of 76 and the other, a man
of 69.
Three fatalities resulted [rom single car accidents.
A man of ]9 and a girl of]6 were killed when the car
in which they were riding left the road and struck a
tree. Another ]9-year-old man was killed when his
car turned over.
PENDLETON POD nods approval of every word
J uttered in the cause of highway safety.
He believes aincerely in driver education for the

general publIc.
As for himself, Pod nods.
Two men and a woman were killed in one accident

in which tWO cars and a truck were involved. Three
dealhs resulted (rom separate aula-auto collisions
snd one from an auto-truck smash.
The Front Cover

Flying his way to a southside picture assignment
on a fine, clear day recently, the HJghway Department's chief photographer, Elmer Majewski. noted this
striking panorama and clicked bis everready camera.
The interchange pictured provldcs four-way eonneclion between Northwcst Expressway and North Michigan Avenue over Ohio and Ontario Streets,
Seven of the month's fatalities occurred on roads

in the unincorporated area, three in Summit and one
each in Evanston , Harvey, Matteson. Melrose Park.
and Skokie.
In addition to the 15 dead, 877 persons were injured
in 654 accidents. There were 3,162 accidents from
which only property damage resulted.
Rumblers Installed at 56 Stop Signs

HE 1962 rumbler pavement program baa been comT
IJlc1ed
56 strips installed at stop sign locations on County roads.
District No. 2
with
n oad
t..ehlah
Sunllet Rld.-e
Sunset RIdge
Willow
Willow
DemJmter St.
This is the eighth year in which rumbler surface

has been applied AS a means of alerting drivers to a
stop sign ahead .. Results
as observed over the
years have been good.
and it is planned to CODtinue the program until
a ll intersections of County roads where conditions justify rumblering
have been treated.
The rumbler idea was
born following 8 1953
survey of driver behavIor at 65 intersections
with bad accident records. Among the 58,732 vehicles cheeked , disobedie nce on the average was 20 pe r cent and at some
points as high as 62 per cent.
District No. 3
SOUlh IMe west or Wolf Rd.
!::nIt lane .auth ot I(oolevelt Hd.
Ridgeland Ave.
l:roth 51.
171tt St,
Ul'ith SI.
IllIlh Ht,
Ul'ith St.
11~th St,
ROth Ave.
Welt
Norlh and south of 115th St.

EMt IInri WE'51 01 Rexford Rd.
.\t Oak Park Ave.
Al Ilarlern A,'e.
South IanI'" wett or Oak Park Ave.
Nort h Illne eut ot O .. k Park Ave.
At RldJOOlana .... 'e.
1\\ M('(;arthy I(IE.
At 148rd St.
District No. 4
District No . 5
South lano west ot .... shlllnd Ave.
North lane east ot Weltern A,'e.
West lane north or St"ger Rd,
Ealt lane aoulh ot Sauk TraJI.
WI"St Illne north of SIluk Trail.
SOuth Iline wut of DI:de Hwy.
North lane elUt ot Westffn A\"t',
SOulh lane welt or We"tern A'e.
North lane eut o f Kcd.zt(! Ave.
SOuth lanE' ..... elt or Kedzle Ave.
North lane ellSt of Co,ernor's HWy.
South lIme .....elt of Go"ernor't Hwy.
North lane ea.1l of crawford A,'e.
$r)uth lane ..... est of crawford AVe.
North Illne eall of Cicero Ave.
Soulh lIlne we!! o f Ctcero Ave.
Welt lane north ot Vollmer Rd .
West lane north of Governor's " .... Y.
West lane north or $auk TnaU.
Rumble Strikes The Ear
The Maintenance Division of the Department also is

carr ying out a season program of seal coat treatment
on portions of 46 roads, us ing a total of 9,463 tons ot
treated aggregate and 177,735 gallons of liquid asphalt .
A rumbler strip is buill up with a pebble-like aggre-
gate lhat produces an audible rumble when a vehicle

rolls over it. The s trip extcnds over the fulI widt h of
the approach lane and 300 feel from the stop line,
which has proved to be ample for speed reduction.
Plea for Life
The materials llSed by the County Highway Department have achieved the results desired at economic
cost. The binder liquid is petroleum asphalt of 100-120
penetration, which is spread with a self-propelled
pressur e distributor. The aggregate Is aircooled,
washed blast furnace slag, T his goes down immediately after the binder and is then compacted with a
roUer.
"Marvin Ma rker," like "Smoky" the bear, bas a

please be careful message for the puhllc.
Created recently by the U. S. Const and Geodetic
Survey, "Marvin" a sks
people generally, and

particularly construction
crews, to watch out for
the bronze bench marks
that carry elevation date.
" Our biggest enemy is
the maD behind the bulldozer or grader," Marvin
says
in 8 C&GS leaflet.
~-- ~ .
"On more than one occa- -1 sion 1 have had to do
+L.~:-:: j some fast praying for
fear that I would follow some of my relatives to the
grave-an unfortunate victim of a crus hed date,
Almost a thousand markers are installed in Cook
County, including Chicago. More than 90 per cent of
them have been placed and are maintained by the
Highway Department, the remainder by the C&GS or
the U, S. Geological Survey. Each year t he Department Issues a letter to all its engineers in the fi eld reminding lhem to protect the marke rs in cons truction
areas,
Quantities required per square yard are: Petroleum

asphalt, 0.35 gallon ; aggregate, 54 pounds.
Locations rumblered this year were in a]J five of the
Department's maintenance districts, as follows:
District No. 1
Bartlett
Bartlett
!;eh aumburg
SC:hllumburg
Klrchoff
Rohraon
Wilk e
Wilke
wilko
Wilke
Qulnt!!nt
West BarlleU
Nl'"rge
Devon
RosI!lle
Rd.,
t.:n5l Inne .auth of Plalnlleld Rd.

We.t IIlDe north of Plalnneld Rd.
North lane east ot WoU Rd.
Wolt
WoU
Malnnetd
Pllllnllehl
9th Ave.
Experimental slrips were put down in 1954 at three

selected locations in widely separated parts of the
suburban a r ea. Stop sign obedience improved, and it
was noled also that the pebbled surface was an aid to
stopping a nd starting under wintry conditions. Since
then, some 50 lactions have been rumhlered each year.
!toad
Rumb ler Lo<:It.tiOD

EUl lane IIOUlh o f Willow Rd.
F.&It lane louth of Winnetka Rd.
WI"I lane .auth or WIIIO'oOo Rd.
North lane eaU 01 ArllnKton H gbtl.
SOuth lane west or Hamf Rd.
SOuth lane west or Rt. 83.
Humb ler l.oeaUon

Wett lane north of Lake SL
ealt lane south of Elgin Rd .
South lane ..... e-t or Meacham Rd.
North lane ean of Roselle Rd.
North lanE' east o r Plum GnlVe Rri .
Ealt lane ",uth of Golt Rd,
r.ast Inne lIOuth or Dundee Rd.
WI'"It lane north of Ra nd Rd.
Eallt lane lIOuth or Rand Rd.
We,! lane north of Alsro nQuln Rd.
En.tlane south or old K W. Hw)'.
SOuth lane WI'"Il o f Sutton Rd.
SOuth lane we't of Rl. ~.
North Illne llut 01 Rt. 53Ea.t line tou th 01 Algonq uin Rd.
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CATS Reports to State, County and City

A
TRAI"JSPORTATION plan to serve the travel

needs of people living 30 miles outward from the
ChIcago Loop is presented in the final r eport of the
Chicago Area Transportation Study. which was made
public On September 6.
With this volUme, which follows two report sections
previously published, CATS completes its survey of
!Kisling facilities and its estimates of what additional
highway and rails will be required two decades bence.
The volume or recommendations was submitted by
the CATS director, Dr. J. Douglas Carroll, Jr., to the
Imliey committee, which represcnls the agencies sponsoring lhe study- R. R. Bnrtelsmeycr, chief highway
engineer, Illinois Department of Public Works and
Buildings, committee chairman; William J. Mortimer,
superintendent of highways, Cook County; George
DeMent, commissioner of Public Works, City of Chicago, and Fred B. Farrell, regional engineers, U. S.
Bureau of Public Roads.
Members o f the committee agreed that the recommcndations provided the nceded basis for detailed
study, particularly those ca.!ling for cooperation and
expenditures on the part of commuter railroads and
the Chicago Transit Authority. Thus, completion of
the six-year study marks the beginning of a period in
which the great mass of collected data can be applied
to practical planning for fulfillment in the next 20
years. Basic Infonnalion will be kept up to date by
continuing lhe CATS operation with a staff smaller
than that required for the study.
trains would run non-stop, leaving local service to

the CTA.
Express bus runs on expressways on an experimental basis.
An extensive arterial street improvement program,
Separated walkways in the Loop. possibly with
moving belts,
Costs of the plan are estimated at $2,200 million ,
including $1,700 million for expressways, $315 million
for construction and improvement of arteria.! streets,
nnd $185 million for mass transit facilities. Over two
decades, the report states, the average yearly expenditure would be about equal to the current annual capital
investment in highways and transit.
The proposed expressways, added to those in the
region which already are completed or committed, plus
rIlinois tollways, would provide the area with a. 520mile network of limited access highways designed to
ca.rry through traffic, with safety, at high speed. All
of the new routes would connect with established
routes and thus the complcted network would be fully
integrated throughout the area.
The CATS plan proposes placing the additional expressways outside the Loop. Thus, they wou1d relieve
congestion on expressways entering the Central Business District and at the same time benefit outlying
nc ighborhoods. both in the city and suburban area.
In these locations. they would not seriously compete
with CTA Iincs.
On the basis of CATS findings , it is estimated that
the expressway network, as developed In the 1980 era,
would carry half of all vehicle miles of travel. About
40 JX'r cent would run on arterial streets and 10 per
cent on local streets.
More People, More Travel

The transportation challenge of Ule area in 1980 is
outlined with these highlights:
PopUlation in the ) ,236 square miles centered on the
Chicago LooI) willincrensc from the present 5.5 million
to 8 million.
People on the whole will be better off, whlch will
increase the percentagc of families owning cars. As
of now, 60 per cent of famlUes in Chicago and 90 per
cent in the suburbs have ca.rs. In 1980 it will be 75
per cent in Ule city and 95 per cent out in the country,
and more families will have several cars.
The number of daily trips by all persons will increase at n rate greater than population growth. At
present, 10.2 million trips are made on an average
weekday. The 1980 forecast is for 18 million.
A greater proportion of trips will be made by highway. The lncrea.sed rate of highway usage, it is forecast, will increase from the present 75 per cent of all
trips to 85 per cent. Travel by public transit will also
increase, but at a rate only slighUy above the present.
The objective of transportation planning in fullillment of the report was stated by Dr. Carroll, J r. as
not only expanding and improving existing facilities
but also coordiDflting the various forms of transportation so that each will render the best possible service
in the Ilght of the whole area's requirements.
In brief, the final report r ecommends:
New expressways-230 miles.
Extension of the elevated-subway system north,
northwest and south.
Commuter railroad expresa zones within which
Proposed New Expressways

A map contained in the final repor t shows t he proposed expressways in the form of "corridors," or approx.imnte locations in the vicin.ity of which demand
has been determined. In all instances e.xact locations
would be d ecided only after consultation with communities aJfected and public hearings.
On this map, ma de by t he ~.lal)

Dh'ls lon of t he County lUghwa.y
Dellsrtmen t. the recomme nded
expresswa ys a re shown as bands
to aid vls oallzlng the "corridor "
~
proposals . "
It is recommended that after the completion of the
currently committed roadways (stage 1) the new
routes be constructed In two stages of priority, the
second stage to include:
A north-toulh I'OlIle from the Northwellt-Eden. Expressway
Junction to about 96th St... c:onnN:ll nSl: there with an eutwelt
l'Oute from Dan Ryan Exprellway to TTlState Toll ..... y.
A north'louth rou te from Northwet:1 Expressway, alo ng the
line ot the Dell Plalou River, to about 63nl St., there turning
l'Il.t 10 the Chltalt"O Skyway.
Ex ten.lon o f Eden. E:JcPf'i!uwlly northward
Northward extenllon or the Route ~ al1gnment from about
th(' LAke-COOk OoUnly line.
A northsouth rOllte cnnnectlng Intentale 90 near the CookDII Paae Unl! with the A1lWesl Tollway and Southwnl
~;.xpre"wAY.
An IlAst-weal rolltl! alonK thl! LIlke-Cook County line eon

nl!etlng TrlSlatl! Tollway anc! the Route :sa IlUgnmenL
An east-w('l! route trom the present north termlnull of Lake
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Highways and Rails Joined
1980 Plan
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Calumet Sag Bridge
Retirement Parties
MONG seven highway projects for which bids will

A
be received by the County Board October 2 is n
new Western Avenue Bridge over the Calumet Sag
WO long time employes of the County Highway

TDepartment
, both in materials testing, were guests
of honor at dinner parties given this month to
mark their retirement
from service,
John J. Fitzgerald, engineer in charge of concrete testing, whose retirement at the end of
September ended more
than 36 years in the Department, was honored
with a dinner attended
by some 300 at the Marunique restaurant on
September 22.
President Seymour Si
man of LIle County
J. J. Fitzgerald
Board com mended Mr.
Fitzgerald on his long service and bis contributions
to the Countl"s highway programs. Superintendent
William J. ~Iortimer extended his best wishes to a
"fine gentleman" and presented him with a set of
luggage Rnd a camera and Mrs. Fitzgerald with a
leather hatbox. Aasistant Superintendent James F .
KelJy also spoke.
A humorous touch was the menu, which was phrased
In terms of the concrete engineer-" High Slump
Soup," "Chef Salad by Redi Mix: dressings. French
Mortal', Thousand Pound Brcak, Garlic Fly Ash, Oil
and Vinegar Content": "Vegetable from the Maintenance Department": "Fillet a In Base Course with
Central Mix Boked Polato": "Cloverleaf Yeast Rolls
with Traffic Jnm": and for dCS8('rt "Survey Parfait,
Chocolate Girders with Retarder Sauce, Bridge Tort.
Meringue Slump Cones, and Tllpioca Tickels," winding
IIJl with "CoJI'c{' Break or Ten Pl'estressed."
Groce was &lid by Mr. Fitzgerald's brother. the Very
Bcverend MonSignor JOSCI)h Fitzgerald of the Chicago
Chancery. Also present, in addition to Mrs. Fitzgcrald,
were his mother, Mrs. Mary Fitzgerald: his brother,
Dr. William Fitzgerald, and his daughter, Mrs. J oan
Morgan of Minneapolis.
The dinner was arranged by a committee that included Frank Markctak, William Odacbowski. Robert
Gorski and James Sanders.
J ohn Slawenski, retiring after 25 years service, was
surprised by fellow employees in concrete testing with
a. dinner party in the HeighlB restaurant in Harwood
Heights on September 13.
Mr. Fitzgerald was toastmaster at the affair, which
was attended by James Sanders. Ted Koziol, Roy
Stewart, Bill Vossburg, Al Cohen, Larry Oppenheimer,
Max ]{irsch, Bill Kindig, Joe Szczepanski, Howie Bach,
Duke Marquis, Nick Fiorito, Leon Sleffans. Ray Hennahan, Jack Harris&on, J ohn Stelmasek, Bob Wente,
Frank Markctak, Jule Paradise, and Stanley Bachewicz.
Slawcncki's retirement date is September 30. He
plans to move to Miami, Florida.
channel. to he buill as part of the Cedernl government's

program of improving the navigable wnterway.
Western Avenue is one of eight locations at which
the County will replace or improve bridges. Similar
work at other ]oealions is to be done by the Sta.Le and
City of Chicago along the length of the deepened and
widened channeL
The site selected tor the new bridge requires partial

relocation of Western Avenue, wbich is a principal
thoroughfare in Blue Island. Western now benrs to
the west from about two blocks north of the channel.
Tbe new alignment will be only a slight deviation from
the due north and south line snd will meet the existing
street at 135th Place.
The project will be done in three sequenccs. The
contract to be bid October 2 win cover the structure
over the channel and the CRI&P tracks. The second
will be for street improvements at the south approach
and also for a bifurcation of Western at about Grove
Street providing a connection with Gregory Street.
Vermont Street also is to be improved east of Western. This arrangement will alford a new route tor
through traffic.
The third contract will be for removal of the present
bridge. When that is done, the present sections of
Western Avcnue up to the channel will be maintained
for the convenicnce ot local residents.
The County plans to let contracts next year for
channel bridges at 104th Avenue, Barlem Avenue and
Kedzle Avenue a nd in 1964 at Ridgeland Avenue, Crawford Avenue, 127th Street and Francisco Avenue.
The Western Avenue bridge will be a fixed span
with a minimum clearance of 38 feet, which LIle Corps
of Engineers bas set as the maximum requirement on
Calumet Sag channel. Tbe other bridges, also fi.."<Cd.
will be built with 25-foot clearance, wbich is sufficient
for the present barge traffic, but will be designed for
conversion to moveable vertical lift spans to provide
38-toot clearance in the event of a national emergency.
The federal government will participate in the total
cost of the bridges, and the local governments---State,
County and City- wiU provide the balance of costs and
perform the construction. The extent of federal participation will vary, depending on several factors. As
an example, if a two-lane bridge is to be replaced with
a rour-Iane, 8S is planned in several Instsnces, the
local government bears the added cosL
The six other jobs on which bids are to be opened
October 2 are:
OiL.... RYAN E-XPRESSWAY past lpg_Lighting from eut of
Cottaa;e Gnwe An'nup 10 10!lth SIf'fl't and Daly Avenue, 1 M
rnlltl; bids 1.0 be rt'CCI,'f!<I tor both aluminum and M ncrell'
pol".
E\:CLID AVE~E--Four lane (It'(' pa\emenl WIth median
from Rnhi,,1na: Road 10 Wilke Road. 112 miles.
DUNDEE ROAD-Widen I"! 10 rour Illnl'1 and l'1!.urfadng
between Lced Road "nil Skok c Road. 0.9 mUe.
OAKTON STREXT-Maln drain between North Branch, Chi.
ellgo River, and central Avenue. 1.In mUM.
l03RD STRF..F.T~Mlll n drain bet ..... een Cl'ntral and Ctawford
A,'enutl. 0.88 mill'.
CE.~TRAL A\,E-~UF,; and 98th Slrecl--Culvt'rt.
The first construction contract on the Southwest

Expressway was awarded by the County Board on
September 41 covering excavating and grading between
Harlem and Cicero Avenues. The low figure, $2,014.613.

was a jOint bid made by Lindahl Brothers and Thomas
M. Madd~l\ 8: Co,
Detours
Effect
In
apartment bouse projects helped bring the total

FIVE
of construction pennilled by the Cook County Dc
in progress by the Cook County Highway

W ORK
partment of Building in August to nearly twice the

valuation of the July permits. August's total of
Cl!timated
costs
was
$6,428,540 and July's,
$3,601,300.
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for single dwellings and
business buildings were above July. In addition to fee
permits totaling S6,075,540, five permits in the no-fee
classification, which includes churches, public and farm
buildings, re8ected S353,000 valuation.
Two apartment buUdings with a total of 44 units
and a. total valuation of 54.31,000 are to be built in
Palatine Township, two of a total of 12 units. 5175,200,
In Wheeling Township, and one, 12 units, $159,000, in
Maine.
The month's permits included 163 for single dwellings estimated at a total of $3,569.400. For types of
construction other than apartments and singl~ bouscs,
fee permits were issued as follows:
EUCLID A VE"'''UE between Rand Rond and W oll Roa~ reoonllrucU on to t Ollr lanea, c:urb8, ill/lIeu/ and sew~. LILlIl:iUund usmc det.our south-
lORRY TO INCONVENIENCE
YOU .. jIl;,i'j,
THIS RESURFACING
call on Rand Roa.d to central Hond, eut on Central to

Wulf H;ntld and north on
WOl t to Euclid. WeltbOund.
reverse order.
CRAWFORD AVENUE between rudge Road a nd Wilmette AYenue, nev." construetJan 11'.0 lane9. curb guU(!n
and I_el'lll. Northbound
trat
nc detour north on RlIlK!' Itoad to Wilmette A\'cnue and WHI

on Wllmene A\'.mue to CraWford Avenue. SOuthbound, reverae
order.
47TH STHEET (Ch1ca,O A\enut') between County Une Road

IUnld.le. ~ n.tructQn to tour
and Willow Spring. Road.
'anea, curb.. ItUlten and sewer. Westbound trame detour

I()uth on Willow Sprlngs to ~th Su'eet. well on ~th to (unty
Line and n orth on COunty Line tG 47lh.

orner,
Eastbound, reverse
Traffic is pennitted while WOrk proceeds at the

tolJowing locations:
WIL).IE'TI'E AVENUE between Skokie Rand and Ridge RGnd ,
rocon'lI'ucUun to Caul' lanc., curb gulters a nd BC ..... Crs.
LAWRENCE AVENUE bctwet.!n IIl1rlem Avenue e nd CUmbCrland Avenue allO Eut Itl\'er Road anll RIver Road, main
drain coutructlon.
PALATINE ROAD between Mllwnukee Avenue and ROhlwlni'
Road, main dratn COnstruction.
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nelldenUai addlUon. and .lteraUo"......:;g permits. $249,s.lO.

,\C('l'uory bulldlnK __l83 Pl'rml~L.~,
Du.lneu bUlldlngs-14 roermlll, .,. .. ,........
Indultrla, bullding~ IN!rmIU. 32l2.400.
Well __ l ... permltl, $~200.
MIIct'lIllnl'D~ permttl, 'lS,300,
New High Pol ice Score
By townships. the August permits were distributed

as foJlows:
The highcst score in the two years of the National

Police Driving School was made in 8 three-day eourse
early this month by Lt. Lowell G, Ridenour of the
Ohio State 8jghway Patrol. In second place was
Chief Charles W. Klsren of Westmont, Illinois. Others
in the first live were Patrolman Russell A. Kasnick,
Bensenville; Patrolman Robert E:. Slahlecker, Skokie,
and Patrolman John W. Magaw, Ohio State Patrol.
The school, established by the Cook County Traffic
Safety CommiSSion, is supported by private industry,
To,,..,,.hl,,
"".n,lla
Eliu rln!:"t,,"
Rloom
DM!lTIi!n
Elk CnI \'e
IIllnover
l..emont
I~yden
Lyons
Mlllne
Ne\.Oo'Trl .. r
NOMllnelo.l
Nor"wood P"rk
Orlllnd
Pa laUn!!
Palo.
Rlt-h
Srhllumburg
120 Miss $100
SUrkney
Whct'llng
The prize was $100; lhe lest, to stop a car running

at 35 mph within 50 feet. None of Ule 120 competitors
made It, the best effort being a l!top in 68 teet 7
ptember 9 under
inches. Thc contest was beld
sponsorship of the Brookfield Moose Lodge and was
supervised by the Cook County Traffic Safety Commissioo. County Board President Seymour Simon,
who Is also president of the Commission, attended
and compUmcnted the sponsors for promoting highway safety.
Worth
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25.000
111.300
lG3.I!IO
374.200
99 400
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1.261.400
1:1,;00
380.100
~O.100
34.900
721,600
151,:100
21.800
501.400
7118.800
1.:'132.Il00
879.300
The no-fee permits included a church addition in

Stickney Townsb.ip, $170,000, a church addition in
Northfield Township, $134,000, and a school addition
in Elk Grove, S47,ooo. The Department of Buildlog
has jurisdiction in the unincorporated area of the
County.
goals, Dr. Carroll said: Improved access to the Loop
and better coordination of different scrviccs. These
Improvements, he said, are urgent to preserve the
transit riding habit and to pl'oteet public and priVate
Invcstments in Loop property.
It is recommended that subway tracks be placed in
Northwcst and Dan RyanCalumet Expressways.
Rights-of-way already have been reserved. Two elevated extensions are proposed. one from Howard SL to
Skokie and one from the present Englewood terminal
to the Clearing District, near Cicero Ave.
The proposed division of service areas between the
suburban railroads and the CTA contemplates setting
up transfe r points approximately 10 miles out from
the Loop. From these points, commuter uains would
run express and the CTA would handle all local riders.
CATS Reports(Continued rram
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Shore Dr. 10 Northwest EKpruawllY.
For tho third stage, the following are proposed:

A roule along the gcnc",1 /lllanment or NGrth A,'e., rrom
Lllke Shore Dr. we$twai'd.
A northsouth route trom the Wl"St Jcl!' o r Doln Ryan Expreuw ay In the vIcinity Gr WI"Slt':m Ao;e ~ lind, rarther nOrth. alon8
th@ North Shore Channel, tumlnf!: wCAlward In Evanston .nd
thcn northwclt, a1onf!: Ule wlIYllntersecllng Eden .. ~::Xpreu",.y.
TI'I-SI"tr Tollway and the Rou e ~1 ait,lnmenl.
A northloUth mule rrom thc Tr\Stalc Tollway-SOuthwelt
EKprel!lWa)' Junction to the Moline .::Xprl'nwa)'.
Plu. olhel' conntXtlng link. neccullry to <:(Implele the pro'
pate<! pilln.
The transit recommenda tions emphasize two major
Loop BuildIng. Form eoackground for Hal.ted Street Expre .. way Intlll"Change. Sce Page 2 .
Vol. X No. 5
OCTOBER, 1962

Publiahed by the Cook County ( Ill. ) Department of EliJ"hwaya
Under auspices of the Board of County CommiasioneJ'll
SE YM OU R SI M ON, Pr .. lde nt
Fr-ank Bobrytzke
Jerome Huppert
Charlea S. Bo n k
Ch ar le. F . Chaplin
E lizabeth A. Conkey
J e r ~ Dol ezal
Chrl at A. Jenlen

Rub y Rya n
S e ymo u r Si m o n
Edwa rd M. S need
Geor ge W, D un ne
William N. Erle k l on
Fred A. Fulle
Joh n J . T ou h y
W ill ia m J . Mort ime r

Su pe r inte n de n t of H ig h way.
Published at 130 No rth Wells Street, Chicago 6.
F Ranklin 2-7644
Extension 216
Bo ob of the Mo nt h
September Accidents
ITH 24 highway traffic deaths, September was
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the high month of the year thus far in the
Cook County suburban area. The total of deaths was
nine higher than in August and 11

higher than in Septem ber of JasL
year. The prc\-!ous high month of
1962 was May, with 22 deaths.
The sharp rise last month ended
an eight-month period in which
traffic fatalities in the area were.
lower than last year. At t he end
of August, the 1962 accumulated
total was 132, which compared with 143 last year.
For nine months, the totals are the same for both
years-1S6.
Even with loss of t he lead over 1961. the suburban
area shows a better record than the country as a
whole. In the first eight months, it is reported by the
National Safety Council. fatalities nationwide were 9
per cenl higher than in the same period last year.
Four of the September victims were children, 2. 10,
13, and 13 years old, who bad ventured into the street.
Two other pedestrians were killed, a woman of 68 and
a man, 48. A boy of 13 riding his bicycle and a 17year-old motorcyclist were struck by cars.
Eight persons were killed in collil3ions between a utomobiles and one in an auto-truck crash. A 19-yearold
driver and his passenger. slso 19, were killed when
their car ran into a culvert. Five deaths resulted from
cars leaving the pavement and striking wayside objects.
Eight fatalities occurred on roads in the unincorporated area, three in Schiller Park and one each in
Chicago Heights, Cicero, Des Plaines, Franklin Park .
Harvey. Harwood Heights . Hometown, Lyons, Northbrook, Oak Lawn, River Foresl, Summit. and Winnetka.
In addition to the 24 deaths. tbere were 702 per
sonal injuries received in 567 accidents. In 2,794 other
accidents. there was property damage only.
MARVIN' likes the middle lane of expresswsys.

MOutUODLL'\"G
in the middle he isn't bothered by traffic using
the ramps.
He also feels more comfortable driving at 15 mph
under posted sp:'ed.
That deplorable mess of cars weaving in and out
comes from Marvin muddling in the middle.
this point. east-west Congress Expressway intersects
Northwest Expressway (on the left) and Dan Ryan
Expressway ( right)' whicb run continuously north
and south. The picture was taken by lhe Highway
Department's photographer, Elmer Majewski, who slso
made the fine aerial photo above Erie Street interchange that appeared on the front cover of the Sep
tember issue.
The Front Cover
The average auto repair bill has risen from $20.52

to $21.67 in the last year. Of this, Sil.61 is for labor
and $10.06 for parts.
For Otis striking picture of the loop, the 8ying

camera was pointed northeastward across the newly
completed Halsted Street expressway interchange. At
Fiftysevcn per cent of lhe cars on the road have

automatic transmissions.-AAMV A.
Suburbs
Rally for Highway Safety
T he Speakers' Table at the South Side MeeUno-Left to right: Frank Da vi n, Executive Secretary of Governor
Kerner. Traffic: Safety Commission: Chairman Barrett , President Simon, County Commlliioner Ruby RYilin ilnd
John J. McClevcrty. Director of the Cook County Traffic Safety Commiulon.
HE Cook County Traffic Safety Commission, which
The County provides the program and you people on

the local level take hold and give it life."
A placque expressing Governor Kerner's high regard
for accomplishments of the Cook County Commission
wa s presented by Mr. Davin. At President Simon's
suggestion. it WI\S immediately turned over to Park
Forest in recognition of that suburb's record of five
years without a traffic falality. Later, he said, it can
be sent to other suburbs for exhibition and then
brought to the County building.
Chairman Barrett spoke briefly. He requested all
to stand in silence as a tribute to the memory of the
late Dan Ryan and the late John J. Duffy. both of
whom scrved as president of the County Board and
lent leadership to the Safety Commission.
Education has been set up as the main factor in the
County's safety campaign, said Mr. McCleverty, who
reported some results of the five schools established
this year for adull traffic vlolalers.
"We have just compiled some statistics and we have
found that out of some 3.000 violaters sent to these
schools by the courts, not one had received driver
training in high school," he said. "Neither have there
been any repeaters at the schools.
"People don't commit traffic violations because they
want to. Violations result from lack of knowledge.
For example, how many of you here tonight know that
there are five new traffic laws in lllinois, effective this
year? The high school students taking driving training know and understand the purpose of the new laws.
In fact. they know far more about the rules of the
road than the average adult driver."
(Safety Awards ot. page 6)
Tunites the safety programs of suburban villages and

school officials, is Us perfect example" of 8 local \evel
operation without dictation from above, County Board

President Seymour Simon said at the annual safety
dinner for the south part of the County.
The meeting. attended by 600 persons, was held
Odober 15 in the Martinique restaurant, 95th Street
and Western Avenue. The north ares meeting was
scheduled for October 29 in the Villa Venice.
President Simon, who is also president of the safety
commission. shared the speakers' table with County
Clerk Edward J . Barrett, who is commission chairman;
County Commissioner Ruby Ryan, Frank Davin, secretary of Governor Kerner's traffic safety commission,
and John J. McCleverty, director of the Cook County
Commission. Mayor Daley sent a message of regret
that he could not attend.
"1 wondar what Cook County ia like on a Monday
night in October," said President Simon. " I think I
know. I believe our people on this Monday night are
concerned for other people, for children. how to make
t heir own communities happier and safer places in
which to live. Through community organizations they
make Cook County, the Middle West and America
strong.
"The thing that impresses me most is that we accomplish all these things as free men, without dictation
from higher government. There are just aa much
brains and ability in the village halls BB in the county
seats.
"The Cook County Traffic Safety Commission is a
perfect example of strong local government in action.
Vi "ages Celebrate New County Roads

this
pletion of highway improvements done by
C
County
the suburban area.
OMMUNITY celebrations
Street. The project we are celebrating today was

proposed by the Village Board in the form of a request
to the County. This lime there was no apparent
protest.
month marked com-
the
in
m Wilmette
on October 16, County Board President

Seymour Simon jOined with Village President Howard
Decker in exercises opening New Glenview Road and
In Western Springs on October 26. the board president
Slid L. Orville Edlund, village prcgident cut the ribbon
acrosa newly reconslJ"ucted 4ith Street. Steger business men staged a three-day jubilee o n completion of
new four-lane pavement in Steger Road and Union
Street.
Another sizeable project virtually completed. is the
reconstruction of 183rd Street to four lanes between
Torrence and Wentworth Avenues, one and one-half
milcs. A t the same time, const ruction proceeded on
West Lake Avenue and Palatine Road, both of which
projects require more than one year of work.
The County's program of widening and rcsurfacing
ml:1in routes, in some instances reconstruction and even
relocation, reflects the growing demands of the motor
sge, President Simon said in Wilmette.
County Heeds loca l Wishes

" I believe t hat this history demonstrates how things
should be done. Whenever possible local choice a nd desire should be recognized by the County government.
''The function of' the County government should be
In so far 88 possible to a85ist and cooperate with local
government and carry out the will local government
expresses, "
"The j ob presented some difficulties. The sidewalk
on one side was higher than on the other. and there
was also the problem of widening and cutting down
the slope of private drivcways to meet the new pavement.
"Nevertheless, the County decided to go 'aH out',
providing not only a new s urface on a new concrete
base. but also landscaping the sides of the street and
generally leaving the area better looking than it was
before."
New Roads For Old

" Most of our County rond system was Luilt mnny
years ago. when the area was largely rural. and it was
a good systcm tor that day and age," he !:laid. "Now
we are in the era of the automobile and we have to
meet the challenge. II is no longer sufficient just to
maIntain the old roads. They must be brought up to
date, with widcr traftlc lancs, more lanes snd smooth
su rface."
Ncw Glenview Road, he said, is an example of com
pletcly new construction on a !lew location, A shortline connection between Wilmette a nd Glenview, it
replaces a narrow, winding road and benefits a large,
rapidly developing area.
The story of 47th Street in Western Springs, once
a country type road, illustrates, President Simon said,
"the changing way of life in America In the automobile
age."
" It is rather astonishing how rapidly the automobile
has become a daily necessity and in what a relatively
short lime the demands of the public for more and better roads have taken form ," he said.
When the County proposed in 1939 to widen 47th
to four nine-root lanes. he r ecalled , the Village Board
declined on t he ground that the improvement would
attract unwanted traffic [rom outsidc, and numerouA
residentfl wrote letters of protest. A similar proposal
was made in 1946. The village administration con
ducted a postal card poll a nd residents voted two to
one against a widened roadway.
"However, times change, an so do people's ideas."
said President Simon. " In the post-war period, since
19-i6, the tremendous incre85C in motor vehicle registration has greatly increased the need for r oads- not
only [or more roads but for roads of greater capacity.
"In this period we have built the expressways. People have become accustomed to using them, and those
who once resented having expressways in their communities now accept them a8 desirable improvements.
"Changing times are reflccted in the story of 47th
County Shares " L" Project

President Simon represented the County at the exercises held October 27 on the occasion of placing the
relocated Lake Street elevated line in service.
By pledging $1 million of its motor fu el tax allotment, the County was the largest single contributor
among six agencies participating in financing the approximately S4 mIllion project. The State pledged
$803,440 of gas tax money; the Village of Oak Park,
$800,000: Chicago Tran sit Authority and Chicago &
North Western RaUway. $600,000 each, and the federal government, $196,560.
In his remarks, President Simon aaJd that the
County viewed its share of the work 88 a highway
improvement because three streets for which grade
separation construction WS8 necesssry are under
County jurisdiction and control. These are Oak Park
Avenue, Ridgeland Avenue and Central Avcnue.
10 its memorandum of agreement, he said, the
County Boa rd expressed the belief that the Improvement would greatly benefit motorists as weU as CTA
patrons.
Village Project Started

Shovels were wielded by P resident Seymour Simon
of the County Boord and President Fred Dumke of
Oak Lawn on October 27 to start two drainage jobs
in the suburb.
The improvemen t includes two items-a main drain
in 103rd Street between Centrol Avenue and Cicero
Avenue and a cul vert under Central 200 feet south of
(Continued on paae
7)
Improvements
Fulfill Local Desires
Ribbon Cuttinll at New Glenview Road-Left to right: County CommIssioner William N. Erlcklon, County
Commlrosloner Fra nk Bobryu:ke, Mr., WI1I1am Mor r ison, Glenview T rultee; Erwin Melerhoft, Glenview Police
Chid; Prealdent Simon; Howard Decker, Wilmette Village Pruldent ; William J , MortImer, County H ighway
Superintendent: W ill iam Wolff, Wilmette Village Manager.
At 47th Street-Left to Right : William J. Mortimer, County H ighway Superintendent: Howard G. Knowlton , Former President of Wutern Springs; President Simon, Mr. E. W. Shelby, P resident, Field Park Anoc iatloni L .
Orville Edlund, Village President; Mrt. EIl Iundi Fred Cornellunen and JOlcph W. Dennis, VlIlaqc Trulteel,
and Police Chief Charles Peterlon.
Safety Achievement Winners
Dlltrict 3O--Muple WestCOtt .

D is trict 5-4--Bln~kha ... k, Campanelli. F airv iew. BlIterest,
HOrTm an. l .akevlew, l'wl n urook.
Dbl.rict 59 Clearmont. Jien;og, IDgh Ridge Knolil. Ridge.
Rupley.
OIstrltt ra----CI!1Hru.! Cheppewu. Cumberland, FOrf'Bt, ~lapl e,
Korlh, Orchard Place. South. W"sl. Algonquin Junior High,
Thacker J u nior High .
"llt rlct G3--;\lclzer, :Sellon,
D s l rlel m--college Hili. T imber Ridge, Walker, Skiles
Junior H igh,
Dlstrlrl 61- llyncs.
Di s trict 68------Stenson.
District 69_Modllo n .
Db l riet 73 -4t~Cievelll ",l .
Dlltrlct 74----l.InOOln. Rutlc(!ge, Torlrl.
District 78----ROlemOnt.
Dis t rict 79--Pennoyer.
Olstrlct ~C:;mtt. WcstdlllC.
Dlnrl e! 81-Flelrl. }o'rankll!l, Jl'rr(>r~on . L ongfello...... Riley.
Sunnnide Unit 1. Sunnyside unit 2. Twain, Wh itti er.
Dls'trlet 89--------A<lamll, F;met$(ln, Carnel". Irving. LlntOln. Melro~e Pa r k. Koo~e\,,,It, Stevenso n. wlIBhlngton.
DllItrlrl 91_Fleld_Ste"en$On, (,;arfleld.CrantWhl t e, ROll!!.
Dhltrlct 92-l.Indo p.
CHIEVElrfEl\TTS in highway traffic safety pro

grams over the past year were recognized at the
annual dinner meetings of the Cook County Traffic

Safety Commission with citations presented to the
City of Chicago and 88 s uburbs, 237 schools, 24 local

community groups and four pollce units.
South and southwest County suburbs cited were:

Alsip. i1<'rwyn. B lue /Bland, I3rooktleld, calumet Park. Chi.
CIi J:O UClg ht!l. Chicago Rldgl!, Cicero. COuntry Club HUb,
Dlxmoor, Dullon. Easl Chicago Height., Eas l 1I11Z1'1CI'el'It, Evergreen Park Forest View, Glenwood, HaTvey . Hazel Cres t ,
Hl ekory Hl'll~, IIlnlldllle. Ilodgkl ns. HomelO\\ n, Homewood,
JlIlstlce, LI1Crunge. LaGrange Park, Lnn!!lng, Lemont. I.yon",
MattellOn. Ml'Cuok., M"rTlnnelle Park, Midlothian. auk Lawn.

Olympia Ple ld8, t"liloB Hel ghtll Palos Purk. Purk Fore~t,
Phoontx. POllen. Rlchtnn Park. iUvero all'. Rlver5lde. Ro bblnll.

Snuk Village. South Chlcnllo HelghU. Steger, Stickney. Summit.
Thornton. T inley Park. a mi Willow Springs.
I n the north and northwest areas of the CoWlty:
Private schools in t he south and southwest that received bicycle plaques were:
Arllngton 1I1'1ghts, Ban1 ngt on, HarrlnJ:; t on HlIb. Bartlett,

BellwOOd. Berkeley Broadvil.>w. OurTalo CroVI', Elk Grove.
Evanllton. }'''1"elI1 Park, Glenooe. Hanover Park. Hotrm.an
Estates, Ke nilworth, LinCOlnwood. Mllywood. ~fladlebury. Mort" n Gro ve. Niles, Norrid ge. Norlhbroulc. Korthneld , Oak Park.
P alaUne, Hh'l!r Forest- RI\'er Grove" Holli ng Meadow.. ROllI!mont, Schiller Park. StonE' Park. ::.lrt.'lmwOOd. Weltchester.
Wh~lIng. Wilmette. and Wlnn(!lka.
Flnt Lutheran. Blue lslan"; St. Paul Lutheran and Weill

Suburban Ch rl~Ulln Day Broot<n"h,l ; St. J ose ph, Iiomewood;
Sl. JOhn Lutheran. La (} r angE': T,anslnll' Christia n, St. Ann'lI.
St. John Lutheran. a nfl Trlnlly LUlh~ran. l .a nllnR; 5t. Matthe ....
Lemont; Zion Lulhl!t'lI!1, Lyon.; Mater ChriBU. No rlh R h'erBtde:
St. L1m.I~. Oak Lawn; 51. Mary. IH\'erslde. and St. John or tho
ero.s, Wes~m Springs.
The schools cited, which included both public and

private, were presented with ornamental plaques signif ying excellence in thc Commission's bicycle training
program. Public schools south and southwest were:
North and northwest private Schools cited were :

St. Mnry'~. Buflulo Cro\'e; I mmanue l Luth!!ran, St.
and St. Stephe D PrO t omart yr, Des PlaInes; 5 1. H ube.rt'
man e.tll. tt'~; St. Pa ul L uthera n, Norwood PlLrk; Chrln
era n . Oa k Po.:rk; St. Paul Of Ihe Crokll. Park Rulge; St.
Lutheran. Roselle ; S I . J Olleph the Workcr. Wheeling, and
Shore OJun t ry Pny, W in netka.
District 94-KomlLrek East. Komarek Weal.

District 96--Ame:l, Bly l be P nrk. Central. Centr al JunIor High.
Hollywood.
DllItrlcl S8--Cen eral Cutter. Hnvlleek, JcfIenon. Lincoln.
Di strict 99--Burnham. CI /'ero. ColumbuB, Drexel. Goodwin .
Llneoln. MtKlnley. Roosevelt. Sherlock, Wilson, Woodbine .
DI!trlct 1 00-l:."merBon. In'lng. Komenllky. La Vergne, Penlhing, P iper.
DI~ lrlet 101~Fornn Hill, Franklin, Grand Avenue, Laldillw.
MCClure JunJor High.
DlUrki l02~CQngress Park, Conltl A\'~nuC, ~-urC8t Road.
Goodman Avenue, Oak A\'enuc. Ogfl en Avenue.
D lnrlcl 10.1 O;;tstello. Dlbon. El m . Haley. Home, Lincoln.
Wa:<hlngton .
Dlslrlet l(H~Argo, Grave!. Walker. Welsh . GrllVes Junior
Hi gh.
District lC6--HOOgkl ns. Spr lnl;l' Avenue. Gurrle OmU'al Junior
Hig h
DIstrict l 06---I-Ug h land.,
District l07_ l"lcas(lntd aJ ....
District lOS-Willow S prings,
Distric t 111-Rurbank, Tobin.
nls l ri!:t 111-Glen Ollks,
Dis t rict 118-----C~ntral, E llSt, west.
District lZJ.---ColumbuB Manor, Denrborn Oelght Unmew,
Lleb. Slmmonli.
District l23----G llddlll Hom~tOwn.
District 124---CenlriiJ, Northeast. Southwes t , Southellllt.
Dlitrlct 125-AtlVood 1l('I!:hts, Luwn Manor. Me8 .low Lane,
Olstrlrl 1 2f....-t.llne. Ston y Creek.
Dlltrlet 121_Maln. Worthwood.l,
District l'28--Crab Orct\lI.rd, Indlnn HlIII, PalnB Hell:hts.
District 130---Hale. Lincoln. Mann, Revere, Sanden;, WhitHer.
DIBtriCt 132-----Burr Oak. Calume t.
District ] fI3--(',.e n . George S. Patton.
Dllulct 135-----0rland Park.
DlItrlct ll'lll--Orhlnd Center.
D lltrict 131_Docl or,
DI.tricl I40-Femway Bran ch , Kirby.
Dlltrlct 143----5pr lnlfleld.
District 148-.Wa,h nRton .
DlsU1cl 149--Oergcr. "'BerrE'rVandenberll. Sibley. Waterm an
Dllitrlct 1!'12'~- I.lncoln,
DIBtrlcl l~entral. Standard. Willow .
District tl'17_ Honver.Sl:hrum.
DIstrict l:18-----COolldge. Crawl. Ei~nhower, Indiana Avenu!.
Rea~'I!i. Memorial Junior Hllilh.
Dlnrlct 162_ANladla. Dllnols, Indiana.
DI Hrld lr>3--;\10hawk.
Dlnrlct n O-Franklin, Garfield , Grlln t , Greenbrlar ,TMler~on
1.lnf'(lln. ROilSi.'velt. Washington. WI1SO)n.
.. ,
District 11 1-Sunnl' hrook
m strl ct 172----Sandrldge,
Dlnrltt UII-F:a~tvlew. lUC:kory lilliS, Pnrt<vlew. Saukvle.....
Central .Junior High .
Public schools north and northwest:

nlstrlct 15----Pnddook. Winston Park.
DlstMct 2l_AlCO It . Sandburg. Twain, Whitman.
Junior Hig h .
District 23----Xorth. SOuth, West.
Dls !"ct 25--Wea t a:ate,
Mur."
Uo .
Luth Peter
Nort h
Awa rds for special safety achievements were presented to the Brookfield Recreation Board, Cub Scout
Troop 331, Lansing Junior Women's Club, Village of
Bedford Park. ViJlage of Bridgeview, Willow Springs
Lions Club. Des P laines Safety Council, Girl Scout
Troop 55, Maywood Recreation Board, Melrose Park
Recreation Board. Memor ial Park District. Niles Safely
Council, Oak Park Recreation Board, Rogers Pa rk
Kiwanis Club, a nd Village of Barrington.
The police units cited were the Illinois State Tollway
Police, nlinois Slate Police Dist rict 2 and District 2A,
and the Cook County Sheriff's Highway Police District 1,
Ernst A. ten Eicken

Ernst A, ten Eicken, 65. 8 civil engineer employed
by the County Highway Department since 1958. died
October 4, A native of Germany and a German soldier
in World War J, be was prominent in several GermanAmerican groups, and served 8a president of the German Day Association and also of the German War
Veterans of Chicago. He came to the United States
in 1928 and previous to his employment by the County
was an engineering consultant for several steel companies.
Stewart Turner
Stewart Turner. 11, an operating engineer in the
County Highway Department for 20 years, died in
Hines veterans' hospital October 4, He was one of the
incorporators of the village of Crestwood and served
as its fi rst police chief. He was a former president of
the a re-mel1 Township Regular Democratic organization.
LOnd on
Building Permits
Civil Defense Active

"'-.J
after President Kennedy disclosed

IMMEDLATELY
that Cuba bas been armed with missiles capable of
reaching the Chicago area, telephone calls began to

come to Cook County Civil Defense from citizens
anxious fOr information about family protection.
By direction of County Board Presiden t Seymour
Simon, telephones to Civil Defense quarters were put
on an all night schedule to be continued indefinitely.
Most of the inquiries, said J osepb A. Downey, County
C-D director, were of a nature that could be answered
with booklets published by the Office of Defense in
the U. S. Depa rtment of Defense. The following titles.
he said, are in supply for distribution to citizens who
phone or write for them:
Family Fallout Shelter.
Home Protection Exercises.
Emergency Sanitation at Home.
Facts About Fallout Protection.
Civil Defense Warning Signals.
Individual and Family Preparedness.
First Aid- Emergency Action to Save Lives.
The County C-D organization functions within the
Highway Department nnd [or emergency use has the
Department's short wave radio system, trucks and
other equipment. There is a C-D executive office in
the Department's quartcrs at 130 North Wells Street.
The telephone there is FRanklin 2-7544. A control
center is maintained at the Department's garage and
warehouse in La Grange Park ; telephone, Bishop
2-2675.
Local Civil Defense cadres exist in Cook County
suburbs, townships and fire protection districts and
cooperate with the County organization.
Citizens who wish to volunteer for Civil Defense
w~rk may contact their local CD director, Downey
...d.
UILDING CONSTRUCTION estimated to cost

B
$5,222,939 was authorized by permits issued
September by the Cook Counly Department of Buildin
ing, which has jurisdIction in the unincorporated area of the County"

308, of which 12
==I.I ~ =
were in the no-fee classification, including chm'ch, farm and public buildings.
Of the 296 fce permits, 142 were for single dwellings
estimated at a total of $2,855,000.
The largest single project of the month was a
chapel to be erected by t he Catholic Cemeteries of
Chicago at 1400 SOUUI Wolf Road, Proviso Township,
at an estimated cost of $1,450,000.
In addllion to the residential permits, the month's
fee permits were issued as follows:
was
ResIdential additions and alteraUO!a----45 permit!!, $212,800.

AceeslI()r} bulldlngs-7S pennllll, $145,700.
Bulnl!JI.S bullc1lnlil~ permIts, $172,129.
Duslncu nddlUon$ lind IIltctBtlons--10 permltll, $144,940.
fndunrlal bu lld lngs-l pennll, 546.600.
Indus t ra\ addItions lind alleration~ permit., $179,000,
WeJIs-14 .... nnlts. $18.000.
MI~eellaneol1B---8 permIts, $19,:\00.
By townships, the fee permits were distributed as

follows:
Ttlw... "111
Darrlnl:ton
Bloom
Hremfn
~':Ik Grove
HanO\'er
Lemnnt
Leyden
Lyons
Malne
New Trll't
Northlleld
Norwootl Park
Orland
PlIlaUnc
Palol
Pro\'fso
Rleh
Contracts Awarded
Contracts for a Dan Ryan Expressway lighting installation and five non-expressway improvement projects were awarded by the County Board on October 16.
Bids were received by the Boo.rd on October 2. The
projects and low bidders were :
DAN RYAN EXP1U-::s.sWAY- Lightlna from Coltag~ Grove
A~enue to l09th SlN.'Il t e.nd Doly Avenue, aluminum poles Con t racll ng &: Matenal co. 5121.973.
'
WESTERN AVJ,:NU&'-:Brtdf(e over Calumet Sag Channel
Kennv Con5trUc.U"n CO. $1,372,817.
'
OAkTON S1'RE~.:r-J'.laln DraIn from Wen Bre.nch ChicagO
Ri ver to Omlral Avenue, Kenn y ConstruCtlon 0). , $309,552.
W3RD STREET- Main drain [rom Central Avenue to Cicero
Avenue and culyert al C&>nlrai Avenue 200 feel louth of
WabBlIh R . R., B rl2htlln COnltrue lion CO., $~ 883
DUNDE.E ROAD--Wldenl ng Ilnd resurfaci ng Lee Road to
Skokie ROlUI, HOiM!rt A. BlaCk, 13-10016.
EUCLID AVt::'VUE---PCC pllvemenl nnhlwlna" Road to Wilke
Road, W. J. Sheppard, $519,223.
Village Project(Cont1nued !rom page 4)
the Wabash Railroad. One contract, awarded by the

County Board on October 16, covers both. Total contract figure is $225,883, toward which the village will
contribute $100,000 and the County, the remainder.
The storm sewer is to be placed in an open ditch
Schaumburg
SUckncy
Thornton
Wheeling
Worth
rem' II.
2
5
9
20
5
2
12
13
16
2
24
1
1
19
!5
3
9
!'i
57
3
",67
ValuaUon
$ 14,800
J.OS.;600
65 400
21:;~200
;rn,,,,,,"""
'''''
l5O,600
80,000
287,500
6.800
~'.'OOOO
...
2,000
269,800
17,800
30,000
79,200
32,400
602,699
4,800
1-173,340
l8O,800
In addition to the cemetery chapel, permits were

issued for three other church buildings-a chapel of
the Redemptorist Falhers at 1111 Milwaukee Avenue, Northfield Township, $60,000; AIl Saints Lutheran Church, 135th Slreet and La Grange Road, Palos
Township, $50,000, and Calvary Baptist Church of
Orland, 175th Street and 94th Avenue, Orland Township, $38,400.
alongside lhe roadway, thus eliminating a hazard to
children at play. The pipe will range in diameter from
48 to 72 inches. When it is laid, the ditch will be
levelled over. The elliptical, twinbarreled culvert will
drain a marshy area into a new ditch along the railroad tracks.
At the shovel ceremony, held at 103rd Street and
Central Avenue, President Simon said:
"This is an example of what a local government and
the County can do for their common good when they
work together. Congratulations, President Dumke and
residents of Oak Lawn. for maintaining good government in your community."
DJin Ryan Exprellway. See Page 7.
Vol. X No. 6
NOVEMBER, 1962

Publilhed by the Cook County (rn. ) Department of Hirhwa,..
Under auspices of the Board of County Comm..iuJonen
SE Y MOUR SIMON , Pr u ldent
Frink Bobrytzke
J,romo Hupput
Char lu S. Bonk
Charlu F . ChlpUn
Chr lat A. JenlNl
EII:ulboth A. Conkey
Ruby Rya n
J e rry Dolezal
Seymour Si mon
Georg. W. Dunne
Edwa rd M. Sn eed
Joh n J. T ouhy
Joh n A. Mic kler, Jr.
W Illiam N. E r leklO l1
Fred A. F u ll,
Willi a m J . Mo rt ime r
S up eri nt e nd ent of H ig hway.
Published at 130 North Weill Street, Chicago 6.
FRanklin 2-7644
t:xle!lsion 216
Boob of the Month
October Accidents
IGHTEEN persons were killed in highway traffic
E
accidents in suburban Cook County in October,
one more than
October of last year but six fewer
in
than in September.
The October toll brought the
total Cor 10 months of 1962 to 175.
Last year the comparable figure
was 173. Earlier this year the

month by month record of deaths
was tmder last year and thcre was
promise that 1962 would finish with
a better rccord than 1961. Last
month, in fact. W8S the first in which this year's accumulation exceeded that of last year.
The Cook County Traffic Safety Commission pointed
out thaL this time of year, with early darkness and
possibly bad driving conditions, is likely to be the most
hllZSrdous on the highways.
"But there is still a possibility of bettering last
year's record." said John J. McCleverty. commission
director. "It should be a roaller of pride with every
motorist that thus far we have done much better than
the nationwide retord of fatalities, which the National
Safety Council has found to be up 9 per cent in the
first nine months of the ycar, In consideration of this
increase, it would be a fine accomplishment for Cook
County to show a decrease. Careful driving by everyone can do it."
Ten of the October deaths resulted from collisions
between vehicles. 1'\\'0 were multiple accidents, one
of them involving [our cars and the other, three. Two
persons were killed in each accident. Trucks were
involved in three collisions that caused three deaths.
Two of them occurred on Kingery Expressway.
rn five instances C8l"S left the pavement and struck
trees or othcr wayside objects. Two were killed in
one accident. One driver was killed on Tri-State Tollway when his car ran into a guard rail.
Only one pedestrian death was recorded, a 15-yearold girl, who was struck by a car. One death resulted
from an accident involving Il trailer car.
Eight deaths occurred on roads in the unincorporated area, two in Markham and one each in Barrington, Burnham, Calumet City, Des Plaines, Evergreen
Park, Harvey, LaGrange and Oak Forest.
In addition to the 18 dead, 1,004 persons were in-
HO HOMER Is in a holiday humor.

HEIGH
Moat of the year he practices--even preaches"don't mix alcohol with gasoline."
But in the holiday season, a drink is "a libation on
lhe altar of friendship" and "one for the road" is in
the spirit of fcstivity.
In the coroner's book, a drinking driver is still a
boob, no matter what.
jured, a sharp increase over the 702 injuries reported
in September. The number of accidents in whicb
injuries were incurred was 627, which compared with
567 In the previous month.
The total of accidents ot all typea, fatalities, per
80nai inj ury and property damage-also increased over
September-3,798 a8 against 3,395.
Kelly Is Speaker at ASCE Session

FolZowblg
i8~
ill part, tk6 text 0/ a paper titled
"Effect 0/ Congre/J8 Expressway on Travel PattenlS 'ill the Chicago ATea" which was pTesetlted
by Jamea F. Kelly , Assistant H igh'way Sl,perintende"t 0/ Cook COlmty, at tJlt~ annual meeting
alia trcmsporlation engilloering con/eTonoe 0/ the
America'l Society 0/ Civ il Engineers in October.
ONGRESS Exprcssway. as well as any expressway

C
for that matteI", profi ts both the users a nd the nonusers, as was established in a study and report made by
James F . Kelly
the Cook County Highway Department in July.

1955, on "Expressway
Influence on Psrallel
Routes in a Study of the
Edens Expressway for
Traffic Diversion and
General Trends." This
study found that users
of the parallel or adjacent local s treets receive both tangible a nd
intangible benefi ts.
In a study of ramp usage on Congress Expressway,

our Traffic Engineering Division discovered many interesting facts. In this study, all ramp volumes were
totaled. Normally highway volumes are stated as
24-hour, two-way totals crossing a line. Traffic movement before or after such a counting line Is obviously
not included. Based on this approach, the "expr essway usage" volume would be 240.000 vehicles in 24.
hours for Congress Expressway. The average vehicular trip length during t he period of the study was 5.8
miles for eastbound traffic and 4.6 miles for westbound
traffic.
The details of the sampling technique used for the
assembly of fleld data, the analysis, evaluation and
the conclusions therefrom, s hould be the subject of
review for your professional information and use. It
will revesl to you the need to check a combination of
present use based on past calculations in the event
your past calculations have been based on meager
data.
Wise To Admit Errors

With these studies and our experience, we find it Is
wise to be ready to admit errors in interchange or
ramp or intersection design. If chsnge is necessary
to a ccommodate a change in the fun ction or the capacity of an intersection with relation to traffic volume,
now is not too soon to make the necessary corrections.
modifications or adjustments. Our Superintendent of
Highways, several years ago, directed that all interchanges under the jurisdiction of the County on our
Calumet Expressway and all other expressways for
that matier, be studied and up-dated to serve new or
anticipated traffic volumes within the scope of our
available finances.
Let's look at the situation in terms of traffic on

these parallel routes and also the cross streets feeding
traffic to Congress Expressway. Our design policy
requires that we consider lane capacities and ramps

on expressways as 1500 vehicles per lane per hour.
Consider for a moment the vehicle entering an 011movement area or ramp. Speed must be reduced from
55 or 65 miles per hour down to 30 aa the vehicle
enters an area where a atop and go light cycle and the
old street capacity dictate future moves. In present
day Highwa y Traffic Engineer terminology, it is peak
hour design capacity and peak hour volume. each an
important function of the other. sometimes resulting
in an adverse relationship to each other with the consequent adverse result to the motorist, . . . both in
time and money.
In short., the congestion problem has been removed
(rom the parallel routes east and west of the expressway and transferred to the north and south streets,
where exit and ent rance facilities are located.
Speed, Spacing , Saturation

We in the Cook County Highway Department made
several studies of this problem. There have becn
significant conclus ions drawn concerning the rela tionship of speed and car spacing on Congress. Expressway. It is expressed in terms of saturation. I like
to associate it with our first expressions on this subject. the three 'E's'-Engineering, Education and Enforcement. Now I use the expression, three 'S's',
Saturation, Speed and Spacing. Each is a function of
the other.
Il is Simple. Saturation increases when speed increases and the spacing between ears decreases. The
efficiency of the expressway decreases and accident
possibilitics increase. We creste the old bug-aboo,
congestion. and congestion causes accidents a nd affects
alI types of traffic arteries.
On the s ubject of accidents, two interesting studies
were recently released. They werc made by stall
members of the Chicago Area Transportation Study.
Several interesting conclusions were set forth on the
effect of a n expressway on the distribution of traffic
and accidents in a I6-square mile area adjacent to
Congress Expressway.
The area se1ected for study is described as a high
traffic volume area, in a high population density area
in the su burbs immediately adjacent to the City of
Chicago city limits, in fact, in Oak Park. This study
was based on an examination of traffic volume and
repor ted motor vehicle accidents before and after
Congress Expressway was constructed and opened to
traffic. Concurrently, with this study, three control
areas without expressways were also studied. Several
interesting statements made in these reports are
significant:
(a) The chance of involvement in an accident
on a local street is 20 times that aD an expressway.
(b) Direct costs of accidents on local streets
per 100,000 miles of travel , are ten times greater
than on ex presswaya.
(COntlnuL'tl on page 6 )
1962 Highway Program Is Reviewed

Oi\"TRACTS under supervision of the County Highway Department in fiscal 1962 totaled approximately $28,703,000 and construction completed
amounted to approximately $13,100,000.
Included were the County's section of Dan Ryan
Expressway, which wss ready in ample time to join
with the State and City of Chicago in opening the
route fun length, and numerous non-expressway road
and bridge improvements.
Twenty-sIx separate contracts amounting to $7,303.000 covered road construction on expressways and
primary routes. Twenty-two bridge contracts were in
progress, including, in addition to expressway structures, s ix projects on primary routes.
Three miles of Dan Ryan Expressway built by the
County-Hst to 95th Streets~were opened in December, )961. DUring this year, thc County completed
slructures and pavement on its entire assignment,
which extends fr om 63rd Street to 107th Street, leaving only some lighting, landscaping and other finishing
touches still to be done.
Progress was made on three other expresswsysSouth Route ( West Leg), Southwest (1. & M. Cansl),
and Stony Island.
Grade separations were completed on South Route
at State Street, :Michigan Avenue, Rock Island, Chi~
csgo & Western Indiana, and Bdt Railroad tracks.
Wentworth Avenue and at four points in the 100th
Street interchange. Still under construction were
grade separations st Halsted Street and Parnell Avenue on the West Leg.
Plans were completed for West Leg s tructures at
103rd Street and Genoa Avenue a.n d plans were substantially completed for crossstreet paving at llUh.
112th, 115th, and 119th Streets and for frontage roads
and ramp connections between 105th and l23rd Streets.
Also 8ubstantiaHy completed were final plans for
grading and paving between Halsted Street and 105th
Street. This is the first section which will depart from
the conventional 10-inch pavement to a new design of
8inch continuously reinforeed concrete pavement.
This design will eliminate all preformed transverse
jOints which are an integral part of conventional pavement design.
(
A Key Project o.n the Ent Leg Completed on T ime

Was the Expressway Underpass a t the ElghtTrack
illinois Central Main LIne at About l00th Street.
cost of $3,363,163. On South Route (West Leg), 228

parcels were acquired for $2,028,364; on Southwest
Expressway, 12 parcels, $1,038,935, and for primary
roads. 104 parcels, $296,4.63.
Most of the purchases were negotiated, which indicated that the opinions of value rendered by the Department's appraisers re8ected fair market value.
While it was necessary to rue a number of condemnation petitions, all but a few of such actions were
settled. with assistance of the court. at pre trial
conferences.
Primary Road Work

On primary road.!!, the County reconstructed 10.36
miles of concrete pavement at a cost of S4,100.000.
laid 6.11 miles of new concrete pavement. $2,381,000.
and widened to four lanes and resurfaced 7.94 miles of
concrete, $2,593,000.
Noteworthy among these projects were New Glenvicw Road in Wilmette, 47th Street in Western Springs.
183rd Street between T orrence and Wentworth Avenues, and Steger Road and Main Street in Steger.
Construction and planning were advanced on P ala
tine Road and East Lake Avenue, both of which were
started previous to this year and still require consid-
Fi rst Southwest Contract let

In the year, the County awarded the first contract to
be let on Southwest Expressway-grading and main
drain between Cicero Avenue and Harlem Avenue.

Contract plans were completed for approaches to the
Central Avenue-G. M. & O. R. R. grade separation,
north and aouth frontage roads between Bonfield and
Green Streets. and grade separations at Lock Street,
T hroop Street, Central Avenue and Damen Avenue.
Final plans were in preparation for the Southwest
Expressway structure over the Chicago River.
On Stony Island Expressway, plans were developed
for the section between 109t11 Street and the C. & W. 1.
R. R .. including the 103rd Street interchange and frontage road and the cross-connection with Cottage Grove
A venue.
The Department's Land Procurement Division a cquired 344 parcels of land for rights of way at a total
New Pavement on Palatine Road. Eventually Th is

Pavement Will Be the Center Lanes of a Four.Lane
Roadway of "Junior" E xpreuway Standard .
$28 Million of Work
Progress
over Weller's ditch, reconstruction of the Burnham

Avenue viaduct and a new retaining waU on Sauk Trail
in Richton Park.
The Maintenance Division, which is responsible for
the upkeep of 613 miles of road, performed its regular
chores of snow removal. weed spraying and the like,
lind in addition carried on with the Department's recently adopted policy of reconstructing roads that haw'
deteriora ted beyond economic repair. Roads justifying
reconstruction arc routes on which there Is both a
traffic demand and a reasonable prcSUm l)tion that they
will remain in use indefinitely.
As a pennanent method of reconstruction, the Department has adopted a modern type of pozzolan, in
which fly ash from power plant$ replaces the volcanic
ash IISed by the ancient Romans. Reconstruction is
from the ground up, with a pozzolanic-bound base
course 8 inches in thickness. The compacted base provides a suitable driving surface, but where the road
becomes a street in an incorporated suburb. a bituminous surface may be added for sightliness. During the
year. pozzolanic reconstruction amounted to 14.34
miles.
The Division also put down 40.6 miles of bituminous
surface. As the resurfaCing program has advanced
over the year. the old-time gravel road has nearly disappeared from the County system. Only five miles of
gravel are left.
Ealt and West Legs of Dan R yan ExprcSIlway Viewed

F rom Above the West Leg, With the Wentworth Ave.
nue OvcrpaSli in the Foreground.
cmble work.
The improvement of Palatine Road to "junior" expressway standards, possibly the first unit in a countywide four-mile grid pattern of limilt!d access roads. is
attracting wide attention. Work completed this year
included a "land bridge" over a peat bog east of Wheel ing road and paving of main lanes and frontage road
intersections between Rohlwing and Wheeling Roads.
Plans for the grade separation at Elmhurst Road have
been subm.itted to the Stale for approval and contract
plans fOf structures al the Soo Line Railroad and Wolf
Road are substantially complete.
The extension of East Lake Avenue through Glenview was advanced by ctlmpletion of the bridge over
the North Branch of the Chicago River and the underpass at the C.. M. St. P. & p _ tracks and Lehigh
Avenue.
Other projects completed under supervision of the
Bridge Construction Division were a new Emerson
Street bridge, on a new street alignment, over the
North Shore Channel in Evanston ; Wolf Road bridge
More Rumbler W arning s

The program of installing rumbler pavement as an
audible warning at stop sign approaches. originatcd
by the Department eight years ago, was continued.
with applications at 56 locations, including both twoway and four-way stops. The rumbler idea has gained
nationwide. even international. attention, and during
the year the Department supplied numerous highway
agencies with speCifications and other information.
The Advance Planning and Programming Bureau
initiated a management control technique known as the
Critical Path Method for the planning, right-of-way
acquisition, deSign and construction of Southwest Expressway.
CPM is based on the theory that if all activities
which must be accomplished to complete a project are
known, and if the estimated times for these accomplishm~ts are known , diagrams can be prepared from
which the duration of the project and the specific
activities controlJing its completion within the allotted
time period can be determined. The Department's
Bendix G-15 electronic digital computer is essential to
this new technique and enhances its usefulness.
The Traffic Engineering Division made 2,630 machine
counts. 110 manual counts, 30 pedestrian counts, 287
speed limit. studies, 35 stop sign conformance studies,
16 t.ime-distance studies and 310 railroad delsy studies.
Other studies were conducted re1ative to expressway
performance and ramp capaCity, sidewalk justification,
geometric design and highway sign inVentory. The
sign shop made and hung 6,500 s igns of various types
(ConUnUl"l,\ on page 1)
Rumbler Str ip at Stop Sign Approa.ch.
New State Engineer
Kelly Speaks-
E. STAFP of Chicago was appointed by

VIRDEN
Governor Olto Kerner this month to be chief engi-
(Continue<! from pagc 3)
(c) The expressway accident rate is one-fifth

that of arterial streets. It Is noted, however,
that cosls of expressway accidents do not reflect
as favorab ly in contrast to arterial and local
streets as rate of occurrence. Accidents occur.
ring on a high speed facility would likely result
In more extensive damage per event on the average.
neer of the lllinois Division of Highways, succeeding

Ralph R. Bat1elsmeyer,
who had resigned.
Mr. Staff, a native of
lIlinois and a graduate of
the University of lIIinols,
hus been engaged In profe$8ional engineering activities throughout the
United States and in
Canada and South America for 33 years. Projects
under his administration
have
included
high
wnys and expressways,
bridges. transit subways,
municipal and industrial
VIrden E. Stolff
plants, ordnance plants,
steam and electric plants snd power distribution systems. substations, alarm and communication systems.
At the present, he is in charge of engineering for
Chicago Industrial District, Inc. in the development of
the huge war-time plant of the Ford Motor Company
at 79th Street and Cicero Avenue into a manufacturing
complex and a modem shopping center.
For 20 years, beginning in 1942, Mr. Staff was associated with DeLeuw. Cather & Company ot Chicago.
nationally known consulting engineering finn , serving
as chief engineer and vice president. On his graduation from the university he entered the employ ot the
Federal Service Corporation of Chicago and from 1935
to 1942 conducted his own engineering service.
In the state post. Mr, Stafl' will work closely with
the County Highway Department, especially in the
development of the expreasway system.
William J . Mortimer. County Superintendent of
Highways, said he was pleased with the appointment.
" During Mr. Bartelsmeyer's lenure all chief engineer
our relations with the State Division of Highways
were very pleasant and productive," Mr. Mortimer
said. " I am sure they will continue so under Mr. Staff.
I have knoVt'tl him for many years. He is a thoroughly
competent engineer and administrator."
Referring to the title of my paper "The Effect of

Congress Expressway on Travel Patterns in the Chicago Area," I should like to add these words ... "it
has been excellent. ..
Congress Expressway is an expression in concrete,
stee] and bituminous materials of an efficient and 811.fe
combination of traffic movements. It is a n expression

of a successful effort in tcnna of an integrated plan
for high speed fixed rail rapid t ransit facilities combined with a multiple lane motor vehicle carner.
The Superintendent of Highways for Cook County
stated in a report in 1954 to a citizens committee
sutdying expressway financing which , incidentaHy, we
believe is still an accurate statement of the situation,
"that neither expressways, toll roads nor mass transportation by themselves can do the job, but planned
to complement each other much can be accomplished
and at a substantial saving to the public and the
transportation agencies."
Last May, at a meeting in Chicago, of the American
Association of State Highway Officials, National Association of County Officials nnd the American Municipal
ASSOCiation at an 'Action Program' the subject of
urban transportation planning was considered quite
intensively. I bring this to your attention at this
time, for I note in HR-12135, the Federal Highway
Act of 1962 now under consideration in the Congress.
the requirement that after J uly 1. 1965. the Secretary
of Commerce will not approve ... 'any project in any
urban area. of more than 50,000 population unless he
finds that such projects nre based on a continuing
comprehensive transportation planning process .. :.
I mentioned a moment ago the Chicago Area Transportation Study for the Chicago Metropolitan Area.
It is an excellent report and contains a wealth of data
for use in the development of plans for the futUre. It
may be that not all agenclea will agree with all the
conclusions set forth therein. It Is gratifying, how.
ever, to nole that this report is a continuation of the
atudies and conclusions we made for our original
reports in 1939 and 1940 on the Comprehensive Expressway Program.
moderniza tlon of our exi.sting street system as a

complement to the general trsffic pattern will be the
answer for the future. What engineer, In his right
mind, would design the same type sewer or water main
to serve each household or what electrical engineer
would have the same size transmission wire trom the
power house to the consumer. Tn short, what highway
engineer would recommend a H20 S-16 loading tor all
bridges and with no r egard to the width or number of
Janes each highway must have in order to carry the
volumes of traffic that will seek its usc.
] add three more letters to the keynotes of highway
engineers' thinking-the three "C's", representing congestion, crashes and casualties. Reduce congcstion
and you will avoid crash increases and, in the end,
reduce the casuwties which could come to you me
and ours,
'
I emphasize the need to review the details of the

r eports made by the Cook County HJghway Department and other agencies; the data assembled, evaJuated, analyzed a nd the conclusions drawn therefrom.
These. ~re t.he tools for future planning. More people
and n SlDg mcomes will cause shifts in the pattern ot
living and traveling.
A combination of one or more of the several modes
of transportation based on the conclUsions of much
review and evaluation together with an up-dating and
The Slowpoke Driver
N OPINION long he.l d by this Department that the

A
slowpoke driver as well
the speeder is a traffic
menace is emphasized
a new book "Vehicle Traffic
construction estimated to cost $8,017,850

BUILDING
was permitted
October by the Cook County
in
8S
Department of Building, which has jurisdiction in the

unincorporated area of
the County.
~
An unusually hlgh fig.
V'
ure in the no-fee classi---fication, which includes
churches, public: and
: : I I~
fann buildings, brought
the total of valuation to the highest of any month this
year.
Of the 370 permits issued, 28, representing a total
of $2,540,200, were no-fee. Among these projects
were a school, $1,750,000, to be built in Stic.kney
Township by the Dominican Sisters; n. sc:bool addition
in district No. 59, Elk Grove Township, $206,800, and
a residence and service building at St. Ann's Home,
Northfield Township, $87,600.
The 342 fee permits included six for apartment
buildings in Maine Township, $1,177,000 total cost, and
one apartment building in Wheeling Township, $58,600.
Permits fOr single dwellings totaled 115 and repre
sented $2,553,100 of estimated costs. For other types
of construction, fee permits were issued as follows:
in
Law" published by Northwestern University's Traffic

[nstitute.
The author, Edward C. Fisher, who is associate
counsel for the Traffic Institute, says ill part:
"The speed problem is too often considered solely
8S a problem of high speed, overlooking the obvious
fact that driving too slowly msy create traffic hazards
on the highways. In fact. the combination of the
sl ow poke and the speed merchant who persists in
passing sets up one of the worst perils encountered

while driving.
"The principal objective of speed control is to
achieve as much uniform movement of cars on the
roadway as possible and. of course. this means speeding up the slow driver as well as slowing the fast one."
Opposition to posted minimum speeds comes from
people who feel it is a constitutional right to select
their own rates of speed. Mr. Fisher said. But he
pointed out that neither minimum nor maximum rates
should rule when driving conditions are hazardous.
The overall rule of the road is that. no one shall
drive in a manner that imperils life, limb, or property.
Reside ntial additio n. and IllteratlOn........s1 permits. $273,800.

AccesfWry bulldlngll--1l6 permits. $233.700.
Busi ness bulldlnll~ permll$, $566,400.
BUlltnes8 additions and alteratlons---23 permlLll. $290.300.
IndUMtrlal buHdlng ........2 permits oP08,600.
Industrial a ddltlon.l nnd alteraUonJ.-.....4 permJts, 1175,600.
Wo.llS--S permIts, $8 000.
lndlvldunf I<t!llUe sy.ltems--1 permit, $SOC.
MIlIet'llllneoulI--10 permIts. $10,000.
Ransom Kennicott
Ransom Kennlcott, 66, a highway Department engineer with 36 years of service, died November 14. He
had been on sick leave and had applied to retire on
pension as of November 7.
He started with the Department in July. 1926. as
chief of a survey party. His latest assignment was 8S
resident engineer on road construction. Befo re coming to the Department he was employed by the Cook
County Forest. Prese.rve District as a surveyor. 1915
to 1917, and served in the army overseas, 1917 to 1919.
His home was at 2323 Sumac Circle, Glenview.
The distribution of permits by townships was as

follows:
Tow_h lp
Barrington
Bloom
Permit.
2
5
8
Bremen
Elk Grov..
Hanover
Lemont
u>ydl!n
Lyons
Mnlne
New Trier
};'orthtleld
<\
7
24
14
21
3
24
~~~:~f:te
:tg1
PalO!!
Provtao
Rleh
Sehaumburg
Sliekney
James Sawye r Retires
261:000
1IO,!lOO
87,500
336..'>00
242,000
1.200,000
UO,~
228,900
~~
6
7
2:i,ooo
57.200
26,000
32.700
"'.600
76
31
1.247,600
38,
Thornton
\VhecHng
Worth
James H. Sawyer, 10330 South Seeley Avenue, Chicago who entered the employ of the Highway Department in September, 1929, retired on pension this
month. From 1906 until the day he came to the
County he was employed by the City of Chicago in
designing bridges and water works. In recent years,
his duties in the Highway Department were in the
Land Procurement Division.
VahlD.tllln
$ 32,600
24,!IOO
3(1 SOO
B.'l.SOO
785~
The no-fee penn..its also included 14 in Lyons Town

ship and 2 in Elk Grove for public sewer work, for
which no valuation was required to be stated.
1962 Reviewed(COnlinued trom page 5)
and striped 64.0 miles of pavement.

The Map Bureau processed 1,155 recorded plats and
posted a total of 779 that affected Highway Department maps. The mileage of public highways was
altered by 478 plats and 301 plats changed the area,
mostly by expanSion, of the 125 Cook County municipalities, including Chicago.
The Department's program of recording section corners and other important survey base points continued,
with 150 new revised corners placed in the book. Although primarily for use of the Department, th.is record
is available to private surveyors and the general public.
The Front Cover

This new aerial view is northward over the three
miles of Dan Ryan Expressway between 95th and 71st
Streets, whlch was constructed by Cook County and
opened to travel on December 12 last year. It wil.l be
joined with other sections built by the County, State
and City when the expressway is opened on December
15 over its full length from the Halsted Street interchange with Congress and Northwest Expressways to
Calumet Expressway at 130th Street.
Oil" Ry.n ElCpre .. wily In the North Are" of the County'. Section. See Page 7.
Vol. X No. 7
DECEMBER, 1962

Publlahed by the Cook County (Ill.) Department ot ru..hwaYI
Under aU8p icfl.! of the Board of County Commiulonera
SEYMOU R SI M ON, Pruldent
Fran k eobrytzk ,
Char les S, Bonk
C h ilrl~ F . Chaplin
E tlubeth A . Con key
Jerry Dolnal
Geor ge W. Dun ne
Ja roml Huppert
Chrl,t A. J en,en
Joh n A. Mackler, J r.
Ru by Ryl n
Seym our Simon
Edward M. Sneed
John J. T outly
W illiam N. E rl c k'o n
F re d A, Fu rl.
Willia m J. Mo rt ime r
Superint endent of H ighway.
Published at 130 North Well. Street, Chleago 6.
FRanklin 2-7544
Extenlion 216
. . . . sn
Bo ob of t he Mont h
November Accidents
Tin November
HE toU of traffic accidents in suburban Cook County
WBS slightly lower lhan the previous

month in deathll. injuries and in total of accidents of
a ll types.
,\)I1lC fIJ~
:\
II>.;
The November fig ures were 17
~~
.
",
'"
fatalities , 970 personal injuries and
I
... : ~ '\ 2,923 instances of property damage
-=
. -.;",
only. They compared with 18
~
~.r.
deaths, 1 ,004 personal injuries and
~ ~ ..'
3,107 property damage accidents in
III
October.
While the death total was only one under the previous month, it was well below November of last year,
which had 25 fatalities. The reduction also broughl
the ll-monlh total of deaths in 1962 under the same
period last year-193 as against 195.
Seven of the November deaths resulted Crom cars
leaving the roadway and striking trees , posts or other
wayside objects. One such accident occurred on North
west Expressway at the Tri-StAte Tollway and onc on
Tri-State Tollway at Ogden Avenue.
A 10-year-old girl riding a bic)'cle and three pedestrians were killed by automobiles. FOllr persona were
killed in colliaions between automobiles and two In
auto-truck crashes.
Eight fatalities oecured. on roads in the unincorporated area and one each in Aislip, Cicero, Harvey,
Hoifman Estates, Markham, Niles, Oak Park, Skokie,
and Wilmette.
ORVILLE is that way because he doesn't

O NE-EYE
get around to do what he ought to.
Sometimes It's a headlight Lhat doesn't work.
Sometimes a turn signa1light is out.
Orville doesn't know until somebody tells him_
He hasn't learned that it's a good idea to check all
car lights regularly.
O n Historic Ground
own, for M . M. Quaife, in his book "Chicago Highways

Old and New" sa.ys that aa many as 160 wagons were
parked at a time on their camping g round along the
river between Stale Street and the lake. The prairie
schooner business was ended by t he railroads, One
Chicago resident of that era re<:orded his sense of loss
88 the Hoosiers no longer came to Chicago.
Part of the Dan Ryan Expressway, designed to carry

a quarter of a mUllan motor vehicles daily, runs along
a line of travel that in the previous century was used
by covered wagons drawn by oxen or horses with bells
on their coUars.
North of 95th Street, State Street, which has become
an expressway frontage road, W83 originally part of
the Chicago Road built by the state in 1834 to relieve
the Vincennes Trace of wagon traffic bringing farm
produce from Indiana to Chicago. Part of the trace
still exists in Vincennes Avenue, which now ends at
the expressway at 69th Street.
Perhaps the wagoners had traffic problems of their
"Their large covered wagons, curved at each end

like a Roman galley. are -seen in our streets no more,"
he wrote. . . . "The fires where they bivouacked on
Michigan Avenue have gone out foreve r. The scent of
their fried be.con and corn dodgers is lost in the evil
odors of a mighty city."
Busiest of Courts
Multi-Car Families
A new book entitled "Traffic Court Procedure

and Administration" by James P. ECOIIOf/I(M 0/
Chicago, contain" 1natter 0/ interellt to every
motorist CUt well all to judge" hearing violation
cases. The book review which /o1low6 was written
by hldge James lV. 8od.!on 0/ the Superior COllrt
APfD increase in the number of families owning

R
more than one automobile and its relation to
highway planning are discussed
the current issue of
of Seattle, lVa.shillgton_
S book, by the nation's foremost BUthOrity on the

TH-'subject,
Is must reading for every judgc, every
prosecutor, and every defense counsel who has occasion to deal with traffic
cases. It is the most
comprehensive work of
its kind.
Every conceivable as
pect of the subject Is
discussed from the me
chanical m eans by which
a traftlc complaint is
processed to the physical
facilities in the courtroom.
Even such things
as atmosphere and the

attitudes of court attaches receive the author's attention.
Thoughtful students of
judicial administration
have long realized that
Jamu p, Economo.
in many respects the
traffic courts are the
most imporLant in the entire judicial 'Structure, [or it
is In the traffic courts that most people receive their
only exposure to law In action. More people pass
through the traffic courts than through all other courts
combined. The impressions which are made upon them
create their impressions of the entire judicial system.
Whether they are going to respect the law will frequenUy be determined by lheir traffic court expe.ri(?nces.
Traffic laws are not made to be enforced-they are

made to be observed. Their purpose is not to punish
violations after the event- their purpose is to prevent
violations. Theoretically, if everyone observed all of
the traffic laws aU of the time, there would be no accidents. Tt foUows that in the last analysis traffic law3
exist for the purpose of preventing accidents. The
traffic judge should so conduct his court that everyone
About the Author

James P. Economos has served as director of
the Traffic Court Program of the American Bar
Association since 1943, and is also a mem ber of
numerous committees dealing with traffic problems, including the Committee on Enforcement
Courts of the President's Committee for Traffic
Safety. In the early days of the Cook County
Traffic Safety Commission he was a. member and
helped organi..zo the Commission's program.
in
CATS Research News, published by the Chicago Area

Transportation Study.
The author, John D. Orzeske, cites the American
Road Builder for the statement that ''Between 1954
and 1961 multi-car households, with the number of
families owning two or more cars increasing from 4.1
million to 7A million."
On the authority of the 1961 edition of Automobile
Facts and Figures, published by the Automobile Manufacturers Association, the article states that 40 per
cent of the multi-car households are concentrated in
metropolitan areas such as the Chicago suburban territory, "which already are recognized as the areas
which require major emphasis in future highway
programs."
The CATS operation, which is sponsored joinUy by
the State of Illinois, Cook County and the City of
Chicago in cooperation with the Bureau of Public
Roads, had available the findings of a 1958 study 01'
motor vehicle usage made by the Jllinois Division at
Highways. In this study, 6,076 lllinois passenger car
operators w ere interviewed and among them 937
multi-car tamllles were represented. From these Interviews it was found that each car in a multi-car family
travels on the average as many or slightly more miles
than the one car in a singl~ar [amily. In each class,
mileage varies sccordlng to the age of tbe car, older
models being driven considerably less than newer.
"Over all. there was only a very slight difference in
tbe average annual mileage per vehicle in one and
two-car households (9,855 miles v. 9,849 miles), while,
somewhat surprisingly, cars in households with three
or more cars had an even higher average (10,852 miles
per year)," the arlicJe states.
It was found also that average annual mileage differs
according to size of place of residence. In Chicago,
the figure for one-car families was 8,921 and for families with three or more cars, 11,173 for each vehicle.
The highest figures were found in "open country"
residential area.s-ll,003 [or one-car ownership and
12,544 for each car in families owning three or more.
Another factor re6ected in average annual mHeage
is the number of drivers in 11 famiJy. and a tabulation
of interview data shows, as might be expected, that the
more drivers the more mileage.
"What is surprising, however, is that the data indicate that average mileage per driver also increases 8a
car ownership risC8; that is, drivers in one-car, onedriver households averaged 8,000 miles per year while
each driver in a three-car. three-driver household
drove about 11,000 miles, it is stated.
While the discussion is based on only 937 multi-c:ar
households in one ataLe, Mr. Orzeske says that the
finding that cars in multi-car families average as many
or more miles than those in single-car households is
consistent with results of similar surveys, including a
sampling by the U. S. Bureau of the Census.
In conclusion, he writes:
These preUminary studies indicate that estimates of
(ConUnued on page 6)
Dan Ryan Expressway Is Opened

EXPRESSWAY, hailed by speakers at
DANthe RYAN
opening ceremony as the world's most modern
highway. W88 put in service at 11:30 8. m. Saturday,
December 15. FoUowing a brief program of speaking
on the pavement at 18th Street, barricades were removed, a procession of cars bearing those who attended
the exercises moved into the southbound lAnes and,
close behind, citizens eager for a first-day ride over
the new facility came on in a steady stream.
Sightseer traffic was heavy on Sunday, up to 200,000
vehicles, and for a time a jam resulted where two
expressway lanes were blocked while sign hangers
wo rked. However, on Monday, t he !ir.n day of travel
to business, traffic moved smoothly although somewhat
under the anticipated volume,
A sampling by the Count.y Highway Department at
66th Street in the hour 7:30 to 8:30 a. m. Indicated a
volume about half that of Northwest Expressway at
Damen Avenue. ""here Edens Expressway traffic is also
using NorthwesL A daily increase of about 10 per
cent was noted on Dan Ryan during the rest of the
first week.
Engineer estimatea are that Dan Ryan traffic ne.."(t
year will reaeh the following 24-hour totala: Congress
Expressway to 28th Street. 118.000; 28th Street to
67th Street (the express lane seelion). 180.000: 67th
Street to 87th Street. 130.000 ; 87th Street to {17th
Street. 100,000.
Originally designated as South Route. the new expressway was given the name Dan Ryan. honoring the
late president of the County Board, in resolutions
adopted by the County Board and the Chicago City
Council last year. This designation applies between
Congress Expressway and 95th Street. From that
point on south over the east leg the new route is
posted AS Calumet Expressway. The uncompleted
branch running westward and l50uthwestward from
95th Street Is called, for the time being. South Route
West Leg.
Dan Ryan is not only the newest and most advanced
in design of the Chicago-Cook County expressways.
but Is also hailed as the most modern highway in the
country. And the Halsted Street interchange. where
Dan Ryan, Northwest and Congress Expressways are
linked with a system of circular ramps, is expeeted to
become the world's busiest traffic hub.
The Interchilnge ilt Halsted Street
The magnitude of the project is represented by the

cost, more than $200 million. and by such sizeable
figures as 3,249 parccls of property acquired for rightof-way, 11,500,000 cubic yards of earth moved. 750,000
cubic yards of concrete poured. 53,600 tons of steel
placed in bridges and grade separation stnlctures_
Construction posed numerous problems. A bridge
over the Chicago River, in the City's section, was the
lIubject of much investigation and economic study.
The final decision, approved by federal and state authorities. was for a three-span fixed type with a vertical clearance of 63 feet.
Big Jo b Don e Ahead of Time

A major job in the County's section was the expreSSway underpass at the eight-track main line of the
Illinois Central at about 100th StreeL Work went on
without interrupting train operation and the struct.ure
was completed wcll ahead of schedule. The County
also constructed the connection between the expressway and the Chicago Skyway. which leads to the
[ndia.n a toU road.
The new expressway from Congress Expressway to
130th Street. fonnerly the north terminus of Calumet
Expressway. is 17 miles in length. The part bearing
the name of Dan Ryan Is 11 miles. Three miles of this
section. from 71st Street to {15th Street, were com
pleted by the County and opened to travel in December
of 188t year. Tbe 14 miles opened on December 15
bring the total mileage of expressways in use to 82.1,
as follows:
Express and lo cal l anes

A notable departure from previous expressway design is the arrangement of collector-distributor lanes
between 28th Street and 67th Street. In this area,
inner lanes are for through traffic, with only infrequent
inlets and outlets. Outer lanes are for local traffic and
arc served by more frequent entrance and exit ramps.
Between 28th and 47th Streets, there is 8 total of 14
lanes and between 47th and 67th, 10 lanes. The express lanes are separated from eaeh other by the
mcdian strip, which is rcserved for possible futUre use
by the Chicago Transit AuthOrity.
Express and local roadways were separated with the
nim of affording better aceommodation of boUl through
traffic and local traffic and also of eliminating weaving
in the express lanes. The fewer aceess points, the less
movement of caN; from lane to lane.
Edens Expressway, 14.7 miles: Northwest Expressway. 16.7 miles: Congress Expressway, 14.5 miles, plus
Lake Street extension, 2.9 miles; Calumet Expressway
(south of 130th Street). 13.3 miles; Kingery Exprcssway. 3 miles.
The Southwest (I. & M. Canal) Expressway. 011
which construction will be expedited in 1963, will add
21.1 miles. and the South Route West Leg, 17.3 miles.
.----
Throng Attends Ribbon Ceremony

~:::
Spnkerli "t Opening Cerem~"y-Left to Right, Rex M. Whitton, Fede r.. 1 H ighway Adm lnlltrator; Governor
Otto Kerner, County Commillioner Ruby Ryan , widow of Oil" Ryan ; Mayor Ric hard J . Dilley, County Board
P resident Seymour Simon.
Heilds of the Governments That J oined in Con.truetlng the ExprellwiIIY Are App lauded by 01 Malt of Other Pub.
lie Offic ial, and Civic Le aders at the E)(erci'eI Hel d on t he Pa veme nt at 18th Street.
Busiest
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Dan Ryan Expressway

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(Continued from page 3)

leaving it will know that he has been treated fairly
and has had his day in court.
The traffic judge who runs through his calendar in an
obvious attempt to get it over with as soon as possible,
who does not attentively watch the witnesses as they
testify, who monotonously mumbles his fines, does
nothing to increase respect for traffic laws and traffic
courts.
Wherever possible every moving violation should be
required to go to court, Parking violations only
should be allowed to be disposed of in a violations
bureau . This is because the defendant who is required
to go to court wili have the opportunity to hear many
cases be3ides his own, Obviously he will increase his
understanding of the gravity of the traffic problem, he
will compare his own case with the others which he
hears, and many times, having come to court with the
intention of pleading not guilty, he will change his
plea after hearing the court deal with other defend
ants. It is this educational aspect of the traffic court
with which Mr. E conomos deals most effectively.
The book stresses the importance of a degree of
formality. It is suggested that the traffic judge wear
a robe, that there be a formal opening of the court
with the bailiff rapping fOr order and everyone rising
as the judge takes his place on the bench. Because
so many defendants come to tra.ffic court without
counsel. It is suggested that the court explain to those
present their constitutional rights, that he ascertain
in every case whether the defendant fully understands
the charge against bim and the consequences of a
guilty plea or finding of guilt, that he be asked if he
desires the services of a lawyer. and that even if the
defendant pleads guilty the court should hear the
evidence in order to determine an appropriate penalty,
It is also suggested that the court should not know
whether the defendant has a previous record until he
has determined his guilt or innocence of the preaent
charge.
The Warren Report, which for twenty years has
been the Bible of the traffic court improvement program, was an excellent reference work for its time.
The present volume is the result of vastly increased
knowledge and experience. Mr. Economos has been
the devoted director of the Traffic Court Program of
the American Bar Association s ince Its inception
twenty years ago. H is book should be read by everyone concerned with the administration of justice at
every level.
Points of entrance and exit on Dan Ryan Expressway and on Calumet and Kingery Expressways, with
which Dan Ryan connects, are 8<1 follows:
Soutl.l>o untl
of
Olr
Olr
Multi-Car Famil ies-
Motorists deslrlng to enter the center express lanes

either at 28th Street or 67th Street, where the special
lanes begin, need only to get into left-hand lancs and
proceed straight &head. There Is another entrance in
the vicinity of 49th Street and outlets near 45th Street
and 59th Street. To go by way of the Chicago Skyway,
leave express lanes at 59th Street and get in the
right-hand local lane.

future travel, user revenues, etc. can continue to use
registration trends as an important ingredient. H owever, these initial investigations have shown that differences exist In the characteristics of vehicle use in
single and multi-car households..
" As the era of 'two cara in every garage' seems to
be approaching rapidly, It is apparent thst continued
study and considemtion will have to be given to the
multi-car household in the planning of futUre highway
needa,"
Drivers intending to leave the expressway at any

point between express lane outlets will get into local
lanes by bearing to the right at the point where local
and express lanes separate.
,.
Back
In
the Days
The aret' of the abandoned Illinois d; Michigan

Ganal, which win becom6, in part, the right of 1(JOY
0/ the Southwest EzprcS8tiJ ay, i" rich in history,
(I"
may be seen in the Jol/qwing article by Roberts
Mann, COMervation editor
lor
the FOTest Preserve
Di3trict of Cook County.

N 1827, David and Bernardus (Barney) Laughton
built & tavern in what is now Riverside. It was
located north of the present bridge between the vil
lage and Lyons, on the Barry Point trail from Chicago.

A short distance downstream Is a limestone ledge and
shallow ford where that trail, and two important
.........,J
Potawatomi trails, crossed the Des Plaines River.

The Laughtons were far'sighted business men. They
had been Indian traders at Hardscrabble, or Lee's
Placc. on the South Branch of the Chicago River nl:!sr
Darnen Avenue. That was the head of navigation on
t he river and the eastern end of the Chicago Portage
route. Later it became the eastern terminus of the
lllinois and Michigan Canal. and eventually the Sanitary and Ship Canal.
But the Polaw-atomi trade at Hardscrabble was
dwindling; it would be better at Riverside. The proposed canal from there to Ottawa would end the travel
in canoes or boats by fur traders, explorers. missionaries. or anyone using the Chicago Portage route to
the TIlinois and 1tiississippi valleys. Further, with the
growth of white settlcmcnts along the Illinois River
and westward from Chicago, overland travel was increasing rapidly.
So the Laughtons moved to Riverside a nd. in 1830,
purchased the quarter section upon which their tavern
stood. Barry Point trail became part of the first
country road built in Cook county and Laughton
Tavern, in 1834. was a stop-ovcr on the first stage
coach line wesho.ard from Chicago.
Meanwhile they had established a trading post on
another much-travelled overland route: the old Portage
Trail which began at Hardscrabble and paralleled the
waler r oute through Mud Lake on high ground north
of it. Laughton's trading post was just east of where
that trail crossed the Dcs Plaines and then angled
southwesterly to join what is now U. S. 66. an old
Indian trnil and overland route to Joliet, Ottawa. and
the Illinois vaney. The ford was about a half-mile
north of where P ortage Creek entered the river and a
mile south of Riverside.
In those days the Des Plaines curved easterly until ,
near Harlem A venue, it made a hairpin turn and fl owed
southwest down the valley. There was also a cut-off
channel through what is now Catherine Mitchell
Lagoon, and a. large island between it and the main
channel. The Portage Trail or Laughton Ford was
just north of that island. The old channel. the ford ,
and the island were obliterated when, in order to construct the Sanitary Canal, the rive r was straightened
and a levee built to prevent it from overflowing eastward.
Mud Lake was a long swamp with two shallow

channels emptying easterly into the South Branch and
westerly, on the other side. of a low continental divide,
into the Des Plaines. Sometimes, when it became
nearly dry, a. portage of seven miles, from Hardacrabble to Portage Creek, wal; necessary. During long
Month's Building Permits

un..DING construction estimated to cost $4,752,450
Bwas authorized in November by the Cook County

Department of Building, which has jurisdiction in the
\ ~
was 275, of which seven
?"
were in the nofee
classification, including
--churches, public and
::I.I~=
farm buildings. Ninetyseven permits, with a total valuation of $2,398,100,
were for single dwellings.
Permits were issued for two multi-unit residential
projects----one in Elk Grove Township consisting of
two buildings with a total of 52 units. estimated at
S'100,000, Rnd aIle in Wheeling Township consisting of
four townhouses with a total of 24 units, $349,200.
For other classes of construction permits were is&ued
as follows:
Residential uddlUo n $ and Illteratlonll---46 permits, ~23O,SOO.

Accl'uor) bulld lnll l-8O permlt!'~ $147.000.
Bu~lnt!S1I bulldlngs-7 permll.ll, ~71.200.

n u,IOI.'$Ii additions and alteraUons--13 permits, $42,550.
bul\tllngll--2 ~rmlh $335.000.

addilions and allerallon s-2 permits. $109.000.
permt!, $11,000.
!feptlc gy$lem.~2 permit ... $.1.000.
MI~<::elhl nl'Ou .--3 permits., $11.200.
Indu,tMal
Indu~trlal
Wt!III1--11
In di vidual
By townShips, the permits were distributcd as follows:

T u"",ujhlp
Barri ngton
Bloom
Bremen
Permit..
2
;;
;;
~'bm~~e
213
Leyden
3
12
13
Ha nover
Lemont
I.yo n.
Maine
Kew TrIer
Xorlhn~ l(j
Xi
2
21
Orland
Pal a Uno
15
Schaumburg
Stickney
Thornton
Wheeling
W o rth
1
31
;;
63
19
kf~g'
" Rlu "tlon
1'1
Among the no-fee pennits were a $124,000 school

addition in District 145. Bremen Township, and a
S10,000 addition to St. John Lutheran Church in Elk
Grove Township.
drouths the Des Plaines became so shallow between a
succession of pools that portages of 25 miles to Cache
Island at Romeo, or 50 to the mouth of the Kankakee,
or almost 100 miles to Starved Rock. had to be made.
ConsequenUy, the Portage Trail was intensively travelled but eventually-after the I&M Canal was com
pleted. Archer Avenue was built, and the Southwest
Plank Road laid on Ogden Avenue---it disappeared.
The Front Cover

This view of Dan Ryan ExpreB3way is southward,
with the elevated ramp leading to the Chicago Skyway
in the background. In this section, which was constructed by Cook County, northbound traffic finds the
expressway separated into express and local roadways.
From this point southward, there is one roadway in
each direction. The median strip is reserved for pos.
sible future use by the CTA.
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The Symbol (or Wlntu In the High ...... )' DeplrtmtnL See Page 2.
Vol. X No. 8
JANUARY, 1963

Publilhed by the Cook County (Ill. ) Department of BipwaYI
Under aUlpleea of the Board of County Commiallionen
SEYMOU R SIMON , Pruldlnt
F ... nk Bobryuke
Chari" S. Bo nk
J,ro me Huppert
Chrl.t A. Jenl.,.
Chlrl" F . Chaplin
EHubeth A . Conkey
John A. Mack ler, J r.

Ruby Ryan
Sey m our SImon
Ed ..... ;IIr'CI M. Sneed
John J . T ouhy
Jerry Dolezar
George W . Dunne
W illia m N. E rlck. on
F red A. Full,
William J. Mort ime r
Superintendent of H ighw ay ,
Published at 130 North Wells Street, Cbiuro 6.
FRanklin 27644
ExlenBlon 216
...,.,su
Detours
In
Boob of the Month
Effect
ORK in pr ogress by the Cook County Highway

Department requires detolll"8 as follows:
CE:\"1'RAL
A\'~UE
between 95th Stl"t't't and lD3td SlrHl.

main
YOU . /"" " '/,
THIS RESURFACING
drain
alnltnlcUon.
Southbound trante: detour

('lUll ot 9:>lh SlJ11(>t to Clcenl
A',mue. lQuth on CIct'1'O
A\'tnup to .103rd Slre(!l and
l03rd to Q>ntnl
Anmut,
Sorthbound,
.-e-
wnt on
q!rle order
Trnffic Is permitted while work proceeds at. the

following locations:
WII .~n:rTE A\'~UE between SkOkie Road anti Ridge Rtlnd,
rI!'CUn5trUI'tJon to tour lanes, curb., (lutter. IInti N'wer
1,,\WRl':....cr
A\'E.~UE
belwa>n lIarlem A,'cnue and CUmber
IlIml Avenue, milin drain .,.,l\IIlr\IcUon.
From Here and There

Families owning more than one ear are increasing
at a. greater rate than single car owners. Households
having two or more cars increased 78 per cent from
10M to 1961. During the same period, t.he growth
rate of s ingle car families roae only 10 per cenlAmerican Road Builder.
BE~"NIE
BIRDBRAIN
ears gel cold.
Accepting driver license renewal applications by

mail remain.B a general pracUce, a llbough it is described by ODe administrator as "the biggest loopbole
knows it's winter because his
But he doellD 't change his driving habits to lit the

season.
Some day he may wish be had learned to see how
Lhe brakes bold before entering traffic 011 slippery
pavement.
in driver oontrol."-AAMV A.
Tranapor1.ation surveys in 12 U. S. cities showed

that from 75 to more than 98 per cent of travel is by
nulomobile.- Highway T raffi c.
The Front Cover
The machine pictured is one of Lho Highway Department'a big, fast-mov ing "snow fi ghters." Altogether,
Lhe Department has 76 vehicles fitted with plowing
blndea and cinder spreaders ready to move out on
short notice, and crews to man them around the clock
If necessary. Up to late in January, no County road
had been closed by snow this winter. The eight to ten
inches that Cell this month was powdery, and except
for a Cew places where drifts fonned the wind hlew
the roads clear.
White ants in some parts of Africa find paved road

surfaces quite to their taste-they eat them.- World
Highways.
The fitst parking melers were in,taUed on the streets

of Oklahoma City in 1935. Today there are more than
2 million meters in more than 4,000 communities in
the U. S. aJone and an uncounted number abroad.Traffic Salety.
Winter's Tale
of Early Cook County
THE YEAR 1834, the County of Cook had two

I Nhighwaysbut no anow plows.
One of the two road. established by the Counly
Board in 1831 ran by way of modern Madison Street
and Ogden Avenue to Barney Ulwtoo'S Indian trading
post on the Dca Plaines At the ptegenl site of Riverside.
There It eroMCd the river and continued on to James
WaJker's settlement on the DuPage. now the 10\\"11 of
Plainfield and then within the borders of Cook County.
The first sl&ge coach ever to run west from Chicago
started on this road on January 1. 1834.. but historians
have been unable t.o learn how Car it. got, even though
the honorary driver ",lUI a rising young lawyer, John
D. Caton. who later was 8 noted chief justlee of the 1111
noll Supreme Court.
One wlnlry ndventure on Lhla road, however. wns
chronicled by fl LraycJer. Charll!S FlUUlo HoffmAn, who
selout lrom Chicago tor SL Louis two weeks sIler lhr
nl'll coach. HIs expcrience II related by !U1o M.
Quuite in the book "Chicago's Highways-Old tUld
New" lUI followa:
"On 8 bright winter mOming he rHoffman ) set out
(rom Cbicago In a 'handsome four-horse coach;' but
the weather was cold and the snow abundant, and a
few miles ot travel sun1ced to demODslmte the unsu\t,..
extreme3 such
the sub-zero cold
W ATHER
this month call (or tompariaons with previous
8JI
ye8",. One early day record 143 years back-is at

hand. nnd Illaccd alongside this SCWlOn's frigidity, It
suggeaul that the 160 people living within the log walls
of Fort Dearborn 10 January. 1 20, and the 60 or so
civilians outside the post had it rather easy_
The weather 110les that year were kept by a volunteer observer, Dr. Alexander Wolcott, who turned out
to be one of early Chicago'. mOSt iIIustriou& reeidc.nta.
A Ya.l~ graduat~, then 30 years old. he later became
IndlBn agent and married a daughter of Chicago'S lirat
settler, John Kinzie, A Jlre~nt day Chic.ago street
ben,... the name of WolcotL
The doctor's notes are found In Henry R. Sc.hool
craft's "Narrative Journal of Travels Through the
Northwcst Regions of the United States." Since only
avcrnge reading. over lhe whole month Rre given,
there is no Indication 8JI to whether the Wolcott
thennomei.er got below zero. But the averages suggeat a moderate spell, being 14 above at both 9 B. m.
and 9 p . m. Rnd 18 above nt 2 p. m.
It was noted that 19 daYi were clear. There WRS
snow on alx daya and six days were cloudy,
Rbleness of the post-eoRch RS a conveyance under such

conditions. At Lawton's, where WI'UI the first !'Jtagestation on the route, the driver was I~rsuadoo by the
pa88ellgers to abandon the coac.h tor a rude but sub
stantlal sled, In the bottom of which a plentitul bed of
hay W!l.8 plRCCd. RecUnlng all this. and wrapped in
buffalo robes, the travclera continuoo the journey in
comllarativc cornIort.
"'The v.<llIdom of exchanging \'abides Wlls made
manifest "' hen drifts were encountered In which the
hOrael plunged to their cruppers, and through which
the heavywbec!led vehicle could not have been pulled
at all.
"Night brought them to Walker's Grove, where now
15 the town of Plalnfield, but which then con&isted of
two or three log huta 'sheltered from the north wind
under an island of tall timber.' In one of these the
party round she.iter, th(' evcmlng being pa.eged betOI'('
It huge open fire, whose Hames shot up the enormous
wooden chimney,
"In the morning, alter a fruitless attempt by the
driver to proceed with one team of horses a second
8pun W8S attac.hed, Rnd the vehicle launched out upon
the boundlesa expansc of prairie. The passengers,
whose number was now reduced to two, beguiled the
monotony of the long ride through the snow-covered
waate by playing 'prairie 100.' TWa game coosisted

merely In betting upon the number of wild anlmala
whlc:h either passenger should ace on his side of the
sleigh, a wolt or deer eouotIng tM, a prairle chicken
one. The one who tint counted one hundred won
the game, and enough wild animals were seen to permit
the playing of aeveral gamel before noon.
" An all day'. Journey, In the course of which tre,mendous drirta or snow we re encountered, through
which the horses Houndercd wilh utmost difficulty,
brought the party at sunsel to Ottawa. On the following day, on stopping for dinner and a change of
honea at a log bOll8e on the pralne. it was found
tlmt no arrangements hlld as yet been made for the
public conveyance going further. Accordingly Hotl'lIlW1, who was traveling tor pleasure, devoted a day
to nn excursion to Starved Rock.
"MeAnwhilo the mail contractor. arriving oppor-
Doth plc lur,,- on thll pille fl!proclucci.l from prlntl In tho

t't.llit'('ll(l n or lhl! Ct\1t'nllo "'Ilurlcal SOCiety.
(conUnu(.'I1 un paltt! 7 )
Highway Death Toll Lower
M ORE
highway traffic accidents occu.rred in suburban Cook County Isst year than in 1961 but
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comparc<i with 222

in 1961. Acei.denls
causing personal in.
jury were reduced
from 6,960 to 6.559.
Mishaps res ulling

in prope.rty damage
only increased by
5,011 and brought
the total of al1 accidents to 4.5,406.
In 1962, 1961 and
1960, the numbers
of persons killed
(K), fatal acci-
~.- ~~
-.;:;::
T HIRTEEN pel"9ons were killed in highway traffic

accidents in suburban Cook County in December ,
U fewer than in December of 1961Nearly half of the victims were pedestrians. Five
were struck hy automobiles and one by a truck. They
included a girl of 2. R. boy of 14 and four men of the
agcs 69, 67, 61 and 45,
Three we.re killed in coJiLBions, one of them a threecar crash, A woman of 73 was killed wben s car wss
struck by a lrnIn. The three other [atalfties resulled
when cars lefl the road and. in 's eparate accidents, ran
into an a.butment. n viaduct and fl post.
Four deaths occurr ed on highways in the unincorporated area and one each in Bellwood, Berwyn, Calumet Park, Dlxmoor, LaGrange, McCook, Oak Lawn,
Oak Park, and Stickney.
The toll of pel"9onal Injuries was 932, whieh resulted
from 648 accidents. The total of accidents that caused
property damage only was 3.796.
brought the 1962

total to 20 , which
.....
dents (FA), Injury
accidents (lA), property damage accidents (PDA).

and total accidents (TA) were as follows:
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FA
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'FA
1962
1961
11160
2(11
'222
188
200
206
6,1!i59
6,960
ll.ZB
38,G:f7
3S.646
19,678
411,404
40,811
31,1M2
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1962
December Accidents
the toll in te.nns of death and personal injury was less.

Thirteen deaths
in December
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accidents, with 4,010 victims. and 4,214 property

damage accidents.
Evanston reported 2,642 accidents and Skokie, 2,573.
In both suburbs, however. It is the practice to record
accidenta or less severity than the minimum $100 property damage or personal injury required by the state.
Six other suburbs-Berwyn, Chicago Heights, Cicero,
Des Plaines, Harvey, and Melrose Park-each reported
more thnn 1,000.
Numerous Items or Information about the victim! of
1962 falal accidents. the times of occurrence in hours,
days and months, weather and road conditions, holiday
accidenL records, and types of accidents are contained
in an ll-page bound summary report, which was issued
in addition to the routine sheet of 12-month accumulated slatlat!c8. Comparison between 1962 and 1961
is made throughout the summary.
Fewer drivers and fewer passengers were killed114 drivers and 47 passengers in 1962 and 123 drivers
and 54 paascngers in 1961. There were 47 pedestrian
victims laat year and 45 in 1961.
As between male and female drivers, ther e was Uttle
difference between the two years-102 males and 12
females in 1962 and 108 and 15 in 1961.
The Cook County Traffic Safety Commission, of

wblch County Board President Seymour Simon is
president and John J. McCleverty is director, pointed
out that. improvement In Lhe fatality record was accomplished while highway deaths nationwide increased.
Through November, the latest monlh to be tabulated,
the National Safety Council reported an 8 per cent
increase over 1961. The 37.140 lives lost the country
over was a reeord high for 11 months.
Dam age Costs Rise

fncrease In Lhe PDA column reflects the high cost
of automobile repalfIJ rather than driver errors, the
Commission believes. Late model cars are vulnerable.
In many instances mlnor scrapes cost $100 or more to
repair and thus are required by the state to be
reported.
Tbe territory In which the Commission collects and
aDalyzea accident data includea all of Cook County
outelde of Chicago. Records are kept separately for
the incorporated 8uburbs and for the unincorporated
area, and they reveal a dIfference in accident patterns.
Drivers By Ages
The age of drivers ranged in both years from under
18 to over 65, but last year there were increases in
both Lhe younger and older brackets, The record WBS:
On rural roads. where speeds are higher, the proportion of fatal and Injury accidents Is greater. Within municipalities, where traffic Is heavier and slower
moving, the proportion of property damage is higher.
Laat year, nearly one half of all fatal accidents and
two-fiftba of all injury accidents occurred in the unincorporated area, but only one-ninth of property
damage.
Itli
Under
18 yean
18 10 2-1 yeotl
2!i III as )'C!&tI
36 (0) >I!1 yean
46 10 M yean
!WI 10 6I'i yean
66 yell'" I nti over
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10
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27
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22
16
11
15
As in every year, most pedestrians struck on the

highways were young or old, unaware of the dangers
of traffic or unable to makc their way to safety.
Twenty-two were grouped in the summary 8S under
The year's record on rural roads was: 82 fatal aecldents in which 91 persons were killed, 2,605 injUry
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Saturday continued to be the most deadly day of

the week and 4 to 10 p. m. the worat time of day. with
the .Ix boUJ'W aCte.r midnight running a close second.
The breakdown by houn In wbleh fatalltiea occurred
followa :
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a.m.
-.m. to II a.m.
II a.m. 10 9 m.
8 m. 10 In a.m.
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age 18, but the Commiselon's monthly files Identify

them for the most part. as toddlers and children of
JP"8lIUllar school age. At the olher end of the age
range were four in the bracket 56 to 65 yeant and U
over 66.
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HE tollowlng table give. each suburb's record for

the year In tOUlI aec.ldenll (TA), number of persons
killed (K). and number or injured (I):
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Four of the suburbs listed n.bove- Elgln , Hinsdale.
MlddJebury. and Steger- lie partly in Cook County and

partly in adjoining counties. and the figures given are
for the Cook County parts only.
,. p.m. to
" p.m. 10
9 p.m. to
10 p.m to
11 pm. 10
1981
II p.m
8 p.m
10 p.m.
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By far the greater pan of fatalities occurred in clear

weather and on dry roads. Clear skies were noted 8..Il
prevalling at the lime of 163 deaths and dry pavement
In 161 Instances. Twenty dealb& occ:urred on cloudy
daya, 19 when it wu ralrung, tbree in fog, one in IInow.
one In milt. and one in icy weather.
Weatber conditions were reBetted In the breakdown
by months. January, when the going W8A slow, had
the lowest death toll and summer months the highest.
The monthly recon:I ...all:
1anuary, 8; February, 10 ; Marcb.IS; April, 10; May,
21; June. 23: July. 21; August, 18; September. 24;
October. 18: November, 18: December. 13.
As to type Or accldent. the 208 fatalities ranged
(rom collisions between vehicles to (ailing from a movIng car, Collisions. involving both cars and trucks,
were the most rN!quenl cause, accounting for 83 deaths.
(conUnu~1
on pare 6)
Road Builders Heading for Chicago
..
When the First Show of ROld Building Equipment Wu Held, In 1\109, the Moat Efficient Dirt Movi ng Operation
Wu ;II Puffing S tum Shovel A"d ., Lineup of Two-Yilrd Dump Wagonl, a Far Cry From the Ma ..lve Machinery
That wm Be on Exhibit In ChlCilgo Next Mo nth In T wo Sep,arate Highway Co nstructlon Indultry Exhibits.
Tthree hlgbway construction industry conventions are

scheduled to be held in Chicago next month.
WO expositions of road building equipment and
Amphitheater February 23 to March 1, and the First

International Construction Equipment Exposition will
be held on Navy Pier on the same dates.
The National Bituminous Concrete Anociation will

hold its eighth annual convention in the Edgewater
8cllCh Hotel February 17 to 22.
The Associated Equipment Distributors "1:iII have its
44th annuaJ meeting in t he Conrad Hilton Holel February 20 to 23.
The Construction Equipment Exposition and Road
Show, sponsored by the Const.ruction Industry Manuraclurers ASSOCiation, ....,.11 be held In the lntemationai
The County Highway Department wilJ have n display at the Navy Pier shOW, consisting of color enlargements of photographs of expressways.
The American Road Builders Association will bold
it.s 618t annual convention In the Palmer House February 24 to 27.
The Dllnoh; Highway Engineering Conference will
have ita 49th meeting at the University of Dlinois in
Urbana February 5 to 7.
1962 Accidents(Continued fro m paRe
Auto-building
Auto-bridge
Auto-object
Motorcycle-guard rail
Motorcycle ran off road
Auto-bicycle
Auto-motorcycle
Auto-tricycle
Truck-bicycle
Auto overturned
Fell from moving auto
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Sixty-four were killed orr the pavement, in vehicles

that left the road and struck trees , poata, guard raila,
abutments and other wayside objects, even, in one
insmnc.e, a building.
Tbe year's record by accident types follows:
Auto-auto-auto-auto
Auto-auto-auto
Auto-auto
Auto-aulo-truck
Auto-truck
Truck-truck
Auto-pedestrian
Truck-pedestrian
School bus-pedestrian
Auto-train
Truck-train
Auto-abutment
Auto-tree
Aulo-post
Auto-guard rail
Auto-ditch
,Auto-viaduct
5
51
1
2
7
1
1
3
2
1
1
2
1
The bazards of hoHday traffic took 11 lives, one

(ewer than in 1961. The taW of days counted 88 holiday periods were, however, more in 1961-27 a8 against
18 l88t year. On the various holidays o( 1962. fatalities occurred as (oHows:
20
1
40
5
Memorial Day, I; Independence Day. 0; Labor Day,

5; Thanksgiving, 2; Christmas, 3: New Year's O.
Last year alao saw a sharp reduction in traffic fatali ties wilhin tbe City of Chicago-from 297 In 1961 to
248-and this month the National Safety Council announced that Chlcago, among cities of more than a
million population, continued in first place with the
lowest vehicular death rate (or the eleventh straight
month.
3
2
8
17
1.
4
5
2
$62,022,374
'62 Building Permits
CODJItrucUon in the unincorporated area

BUD.lNG
of the County estimated to cost $2,243,996
WB.8
p'rmltted In December.
Along with the monUl'. figurea, the County Depart...

ment of Building lBsued
ft LahulaLion (or the flaca]
Among the n(tofce permits were two (or falloul

in Wheeling Township estimated at
2,000 and ono in Elk Grove, designed, as part of an
office building, for 2.000 persons and estimated to coat
$]25.000.
year ending November 30

which showed 3,508 per...
mlts
tor projects totaling
I .
$62.022,374 in valuation.
Residential conatructlon accounted for nearly 80 per
--,., '1
sbelte~ne
Fifty of 1ut month'. 14.2 fee permits were for single

dwellings estimated at a tota.l of $1 ,050,6'15. One permit was tor an apartment building. $60.500, and the
others were a.a: followl:
cent of the $53,644.11" total or 1962 lee permits.

There were 1,475 permits lasued tor single dwellings,
totaling $33,167.MIO In estimated costa, and 56 permits
for apartment buJldlnp, $8,387,300. There were also
502 permits, totAling $2.340,6615, for ndditiona and
alterations to single dwellings.
In the no-fee classification. which includes c.burches,
public and farm buildings. there were 266 permits,
which reflected a total valuation of $8,378,200.
For types or buUdlng other t.ha.n reaidenUaJ, fee
permits were iSllued in the year a.a tollows:
pl!nTliu. S-139.MO
I!t!:nnlt . 162.076.
By townships, the Oeeember fee permits were distributed as tollows:
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.&:184,000_
Wheeling led the 24 townships into which the Department of Bulldlng's jurisdiction extends with 633
lee permhs for. total valuation of $12.i72,020 and
U no-fee penults totaHng Sl ,069.200. Eight other
townships exceeded 1 million in valuaUon. With the
lotals oC pe.nnila and valuation, both lee and no-fee,
tbey were:
II
3
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The nine no-tee pennHs Is.sued reflected a total

valuaUon of S363,245.
Winter's Tale-
New Chief Tester
(COntinued from paae 8)
Appointment ot WilJJam Odachowskl to be head ot

the Highway Department's concrete testing bureau
WRJl,
announced this month by
County Board President Seymour
Simon. He succeeds J . J. Fitzgerald.
who reUred last September after
36 years in the Departmenl
Mr. Odac.howski, 34. has been in
the Department slnee 1953. Be is a
graduate of lllinois Institute of
Technology, It registered proCeaalonal engineer and La rated an eA
pert 1n pre--atreued concrete oonOdilc,how.kl
slrucUon.
Hla ataft" In the testing bureau
includes the following:
tunel)' at the cabin, learned the pUght of the pasaengen nnd at once made arrangements to aend them
forn'ard the next morning. They accordingly proceeded in a four-bone wagon witb a good driver.
"Cn crossing a deep frozen brook later in the day
Lbe hind wheels brokt> through the ice, and the borses
gllvl! such. [ranUe leap. In the elforl to free themselves, that tlle double-tree bolt was: broken. A SUDstitute was tinkered up, but In Ctossmg anOUler sueam
one of the horses broke t.brougb the lee and the driver,
Attempting to jump, was immersed to bis Imei!S In the
icy water.
"The nearest house wu several miles away, ana

a1thougb the hones were driven furiously. before It
could be reAched the poor man's teet were almost
frotcn. Forlunate1y tt. physician chanced to be at thia
place, Rnd with his intelligent care not only were the
driver's feet saved. but he was able the next day to
begin his return journey."
Frank Markelak, chier Held engineer: Philip Nash,

material and research engineer ; William Vosburgh,
88818tant to the bureau head: Robe.rt. Gorski, testing
bureau coordinator, Rnd Jim Sanders. fl88istant coordinator.
Ill i no is & Michigan Canal , Unused More Than a Hundred Y ears, Starts New Li f e as
Vol. X No.9
Expressway.
FEBRUARY, 1963
See Page 3.

SEYMOUR SIMON, President
Charles J. Grupp, Jr.
Jerome Huppert
Christ A. Jensen
Ruby Ryan
Seymour Simon
Edward M. Sneed
John J . Touhy
Frank Bobrytzke
Charles S. Bonk
Charles F. Chaplin
Elizabeth A. Conkey
Jerry Dolezal
George W. Dunne
William N. Erickson
Fred A. Fulle
William J. Mortimer
Published
at
130
North
Wells
Street,
Chicago
6.
FRanklin
2-7544
Extension
216
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Boob of the Month
January Traffic Accidents

persons were killed in January in traffic
ELEVEN
accidents on suburban Cook County streets and
roads.
The total was two under December but three

more than in January, 1962.
The total of personal injuries
also was lower than Deeember and
higher than January of last year826 as against 932 in December
and 648 a year ago. Last month's
total of accidents of all typesfatal, injury and property damage
-was, however, higher than December and lower than January, 1962, the figures
Being: " Decemoe'r; ' 3~796; - January, 1963', 5 , 28'9 ~ and
January, 1962, 5,603.
Three of last month's victims were pedestrians, four
were killed in auto-auto collisions, two when cars left
the road and hit trees, one in an auto-truck collision
and one in a accident involving two cars and a truck.
Two women and a man were killed in one auto-auto
accident, which occurred in Worth. Three deaths occurred on roads in the unincorporated area and one
each in Des Plaines, Flossmoor, LaGrange Park, Maywood, and Melrose Park.
URRYUP HANK has no patience with all those

HWhether
other peo'p le on the expressway.
traffic moves fast or whether it slows down,'
he rides the bumper ahead.
Thus he contributes to the record that "following
too close" has become the leading cause of expressway
accidents.
The Roads of Rome
was nagged into making a speech in the Senate and the

women had their licenses restored.
"The Romans not only issued licenses, but the fees
were based on axle loads, just as with trucks today.
Important people really did get special licenses, which
entitled them to special treatment along the roads
because they were on official business. Cicero chided a
magistrate for favoring friends with these special
passes or licenses."
As any school boy studying ancient history knows,

the roads of Rome were marvels of construction. But
few besides Congressman Robert E. Jones of Alabama,
a ranking member of the House Public Works Committe, which deals with federal highways, have gone
into the matter of traffic regulation and travel by
ch ariot.
For one thing, the Romans had driver licenses and
thereby had trouble with women and seekers of special
privilege. In a recent newspaper interview, Rep. Jones
said:
"Even though insurance statistiC's do not agree, the
average American believes women are terrible drivers.
He is equally sure that his belief is modern, but it's
very old stuff.
"The Romans believed the same thing, and revoked
drivers' licenses for women. The girls lobbied furiously for 20 years. Cicero, who lived from 106-43 B. C.
Highway Meetings
The forty-ninth annual Illinois Highway Engineering Conference will be held at the University of illinois, Urbana, on March 5-7 and on the following two
days the fifteenth annual Illinois Traffic Engineering
Conference will meet at the same place. The Mississippi VaHey Conference of State Highway Officials meets
in the Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago, March 14-16.
Roads
Newest Signs
Road and Healy Road, in the northwest corPENNY
ner of . Cook County, have been on the County
highway map since 'b efore the Civil War. They still
run on the same winding course f'o llowed by early settlers driving from farms to trading center. Until
recent years, when they were surfaced with black top,
they were about as typical of 18th century roads as
any in the County.
Now these bucolic byways are in a new era. They
are, in fact, village streets, being in part within the
corporate limits of the new suburb 'o f Barrington Hills.
Traffic has increased along with residential development and also as a result of people finding Penny and
Healy to be convenient feeder routes to the tollways.
With a traffic volume doubled in the last two years,
Penny and Healy began to compile an accident record.
This was due largely to the unusual pattern of intersection. PennY,coming from the east, and Healy, from
the south, join and run together northwesterly for a
quarter of a .mile and then divide at an angle so flat
that there is a blind end to the straightaway. It was
easy for motorists, especially at night and especially
for strangers in the area, to miss the sharp turn and
continue on into a row of trees close to the shoulder.
One of the New Signs on Penny Road at the Approach

to Healy Road. The Marker Indicates the Angle of In. tersection and Also Advises That the Broad Stripe
. Road (Penny) is Superior Trafficwise to the Nar. row Strip (Healy). Standing by the Sign are Chief
Smith oln the Right, and Officer Robert Hengl.
Thus far there have been no fatal accidents, although in some instances cars were too damaged to
drive and were abandoned for the police to tow away.
And the possibility of something serious happening at
this point, or at the junction to the south, continued
to loom.
Both dead ends receive double protection-an appropriate sign board 36 inches square mounted in diamond
position and a row of r eflective white disks at the outer
edge of the shoulder. The delineator disks also outline
both sides of the roads approaching the junction and
through the area where they run together. When
weather permits, the pavement edges will be striped in
white.
R. E. Smith, chief of police in Barrington Hills, took

his problem to the County Highway Department. In
the Department, the Penny-Healy problem was recognized as unusual, and the traffic engineer, Leo G.
Wilkie, was directed to give it full treatment.
The Department is presently doing a countywide
revision of highway signs in accordance with the new
The six signs indicating intersections ahead are of

_new design. They not only show the angle of intersecUon but also indicate by broad and narrow stripes
the superior road trafficwise (Penny) and the inferior
(Healy). The boards, mounted as diamonds, are 30
inches square and, like all other advisory signs specified in the new manual, are black on yellow in reflective
material.
The Front Cover

The abandoned Illinois & Michigan canal today little
resembles the busy waterway of the early 1850's, when
it was a link in the all-water route from the Atlantic
Ocean to the Gulf 'o f Mexico. The view in the picture
is eastward in the vicinity of Oak Park A venue, where
the first contract awarded for Southwest Expressway
is in progress. The contract, let by the County, is for
excavating and grading between Cicero Avenue and
Harlem A venue. On the west end of this section, the
contractors, Lindahl Brothers and Thomas M. Madden
and Company, are removing a hundred-year accumulation of silt some three feet in depth. On the east end,
the canal bed has been filled with stable material.
sign manual of the U. S. Bureau of Public Road,s and

the engineer followed these specifications on Penny and
Healy. The result is the most uptodate sign protection
at any Iocation in the suburban area.
Computer Us.e In Highway Design

spans of grade separations, the types of on and off
ramps and where they should be located. .
This assembly of thinking likewise dIctates the
amount of private property that must be acquired for
public use. We must always re~ember the. Fi~th
amendment in this respect; that is III the ConstItutIOn
of the United States and also the Constitution of the
State of Illinois.
Both state that private property must never be taken
for public use without just compensation. This is . a
time consuming phase, yet so necessary. Perhaps III
your moments of meditation you can think up some
new processes to speed up this activity.
However, let us continue. After the major items of
construction are completed, that is, traffic lanes, structures drainage and so on, it is necessary to think
about how the motorist will drive the highway. It
must be signed, lighted and landscaped-lighting to
make the expressway efficient 24 hours a day, 365 days
a year, and landscaping to beautify and erase the scars
of construction. Computer service in this respect has
helped immeasurably in giving the answers to insure
the greatest return to the motorist.
Following is) in part) the text of a talk give~ by

James F. Kelly assistant superintendent of h~gh
ways) Cook Co;/,nty) at the computer users) conference heZd in Chicago February 4 and 5.
HE Cook County Highway Department is one of the

T
largest highway building agencies in the '50 states.
In fact we build more highways in the Chicago metro,
politan area, in terms of

costs, than 40 of these
states.
My talk will relate
computer service to the
highway field, dwelling
on a few major points of
how our computer service aids in our work. Our
principal concern is to
make certain that we employ the most economiJames F. Kelly
cal means, and with
immediate dispatch , in the completion of contract
plans, specifications and estimates for expressway and
primary highways under the jurisdiction of Cook
County. This involves intricate and time-consuming
calculations for drainage, pavement lanes, structures,
lighting, landscaping and, very important, for alignment and right of way.
I should like to point out that the Cook County
Highway Department used electronic devices and data
processing service back in 1939. At that time we
associated this servic~ _ wjth traffic data, which,j s so
;'ece~~~y in - support and justification of a new style
of thinking in highway work.
The data fed into the processing machinery, complex
as it was at that time, assisted us in what we might
term the load diagram for our present expressway
system. In those days we called it 'the superhighway
system.' It is now known as the 'comprehensive expressway system.' In short, it is a five-prong system
of high speed expressways radiating from the Chicago
central business district.
"The system is '95 per cent complete and is the result of many man-hours of planning, computations,
design and construction. Aiding us materially in making dead line dates is the use of computer service.
We use it in location survey, soils exploration, drainage, road design, structure design, structural research,
construction, lighting and landscaping. We use it also
in applying the latest procedure in the determination
of critical path movements in both design and construction phases. In this respect, we know ahead of
time where we might bog down. In our administration
area computer service is used for determination of
co~t~ associated with highway building and maintenance.
Some Typical Problems

r should like to dwell briefly on typical problems
associated with the several phases of activity in our
highway department. One important area is the determination of the several components and elements
of vertical alignment, or profile, of an expressway, or
primary road for that matter. I talked with Harold
Pollock, our road design engineer, and Allen Hamilton,
our location engineer, about these problems and how
computer service aids in the solutions.
The station and elevation of points of intersection,
the grades and lengths of the vertical curves are assembled and given to the programmer for introduction
into the computer. The computer provides in tabular
form the station, tangent elevation, tangent offset, if
any, to the vertical curve at any point along the
roadway.
The estimated hours to make these calculations
manually is made by the engineer setting up the data
for conclusions. Our records show that for a typical
problem involving 85 stations it was estimated it would
require three hours and 30 minutes to make the calculations manually. The computer time was 35 minutes.
In a typical parallel exit problem, where distances
and elevations must be determined with great accuracy,
the data on various known lengths are given, together
with the degree of curvature and the station of either
the_point of curvature or the nose of the intersection.
Manually, these calculations would take three and onehalf hours. The computer time is 20 minutes.
Another significant problem, which arises both in
design and in the field, concerns the computations of
distances between two non-parallel curves at intervals
along one of the curves. With our computer service,
the repetitive calculations are reduced to a minimum.
A typical problem requiring 50 calculations would demand the services of an engineer a full eight hours.
The required data fed into the computer, with the possibility of error reduced to zero, lets the engineer have
his answer in less than 30 minutes.
The data about which I have spoken is par t of a
Traffic Analysis Is Basic

Let us dwell for a moment on the several phases
involved in getting a highway built. Traffic anal:ysis
is vitally important. It represents the load diagram,
as we would term it in bridge design. The conclusions
derived from traffic analysis set up the thinking in
terms of how many lanes of traffic should be provided,
widths of median strips, which together dictate the
Slashes Time
PROBLEM'
on Variety
Distance between two non-parallel curves at

intervals along one of the curves .
ILLUSTRATES'
Calculation Time
Ability of the computer to do repetitive

calculations with incremental data change.
(50 Calculations)
Manual:
8 hours
Computer:
30 minutes
library we are building so that a repeat process is not

necessary and we thus avoid wasting an engineer's
time, or, shall I put it differently, not using too much
of his time in arithmetical processes. Never forget for
a moment, however, that we still need and must utilize
the art of draftsmanship, which in my book constitutes
almost 90 per cent of any plan preparation associated
with a major engineering project.
While thinking about time, I asked Milton Page, our
bridge design engineer, about the computer service
with relation to structures and maintaining his design
schedule.
Bridges and grade separations and expressways
wholly on structures for our present day requirements
are a far cry from the old days, when we attempted
to put all structures on tangent. Our new alignments,
both horizontal and vertical, call for more complicated
:s tructures. They are skewed, on spiralled horizontal
alignments, on vertical curves, transitions and super
elevations, and create complicated design and location
problems.
Key To" Tight Scheduling

The high speed electronic computer is the key to
maintaining our tight structure design schedule. It is
in use continuously, at present on the West Leg of
South Route Expressway and the Southwest Expressway, both 'o f which are almost wholly on structure.
Time and tempers are saved in the solution of problems associated with pavement surfaces as they relate
to the structure elements, such as beams, girders and
of Jobs
bridge seats, coupled with the wide variety of alignment possibilities.

It is , interesting to note in a resume of our computer time for geometric types versus design, that is,
moment, shear, beams and so on, the record shows that
of 213 hours of computer time. 170 hours, or 80 per
cent, were spent on geometrics. Quite a difference
from the time when most of our bridges were only on
tangents.
It is interesting to note further that in problems of
various types in our structural division, the engineer
estimated it would take 13.677 hours for computations
which the electronic computer did in 1,185 hours.
I should like to point out the tremendous accomplishments in our drainage division. Drainage, as you
know, is an essential element of good highway design.
In our library we have a computer program for storm
sewer data that can be utilized to design a complete
storm water sewer system.
.
I note also that George Guderly, one of our highway
engineers and a great advocate of computer capabilities, in April, 1960, set up a program for trapezoidal
drainage channel design. He also presented a paper a
short while ago on a study of rainfall frequencyintensity design criteria. The constants and coefficients used in the formula, as applied to computer use,
are of great importance in highway planning.
. I should like to point out that the computer is of
much assistance in setting up in tabular form the volttage drop on the expressway lighting systems. Typical
is the problem associated with the voltage drop at the
end- of each main circuit. The manual calculation for
this task was eight hours; computer time was two
hours. Indeed important, even though the motorist
may not care about the time spent in making things a
bit better for him.
Computer Users Meet

Representatives of 28 civil engineering firms, colleges, research organizations and governmental bodies
met at the Sheraton-Chicago Hotel on February 4 and
5 to exchange information on new computer program
developments and to hear papers presented by the
members on advancements in the use of the Bendix
G-11JD for obtaining solutions to advanced Civil Engineering problems.
The range of subjects went from the data analysis
of the AASFJiO "Road Test" through the analysis of
beams and columns of highway bridges to the computation of backwater profiles and the cantilever analysis
of high arch dams. In separate sessions for the highway and structural engineers additional programs in
geometries, earthwork, project planning and mathematical analysis were presented.
James F. Kelly, assistant superintendent of highways, Cook County, was the keynote speaker, setting
the theme for the conference. Two members of the
County Highway Department's computer staff are active in the Users' Exchange-John K. Crane as a
member of the steering committee, and George W.
Guderley as chairman of the Jiighway Sub Committee,
Accidents on Expressways Studied

OW, when and where accidents occur on Chicago
H
area expressways are revealed in a study of 1,582
mishaps reported in the first four months of 1962.
Congress Expressway, 16.8 miles from Columbus
Drive to Lake Street, had 744 accidents; Northwest,
16.1 miles, 543 accidents; Edens, 14.7 miles, 200 accidents; Calumet, 13.3 miles, 74 accidents, and Kingery,
3 miles, 21 accidents.
Analyzing reports by State and Chicago police, the
Urban Research Unit of the Illinois Division of Highways found that more than half of the total----'52.9 per
cent-were rear end collisions. Other collision types
of accident occurred as follows: side swipe, 26.1 per
cent; striking fixed object, 10.7 per cent; ran off roadway, 5.5 per cent; striking other objects, 1.5 per cent.
All other types amounted to 3.3 per cent.
FIGURE I - PERCENT OF ACCIDENTS ON EXPRESSWAYS BY HOUR OF DAY. JANUARY-APRIL, 1962.
The most frequent offense of drivers was following too close to the vehicle ahead, which accounted for
27.2 per cent of the accidents studied. Illegal speed
caused 25.6 per cent; cutting in, 11.3 per cent; loss of
control, 10 per cent, and negligent driving, 9.1 per cent.
Other causes, lumped together, amounted to 10 per
cent. In 6.8 per cent, the improper driver action was
not known.
Peril Peaks In Rush Hours

The highest percentage of accidents occurred, as
would be expected, in morning and evening rush hours,
and the lowest in early morning. F-or the study of
time ef a ccidents-both hours of the day and days of
the week----'the expressways were lumped together, and
the figures represent the entire system except Dan
Ryan Expressway, which was not opened until after
the reports were gathered.
FIGURE Z - PERCENT OF ACCIDENTS ON EXPRESSWAYS PER DAY OF WEEK. JANUARY - APRIL. 1962
55, 56 and 59. In the next five miles, the totals ranged
from 29 to 38. Between 1st and 17th Avenues the
total rose to 45 and then dropped to 31 in the 'next
mile, 31 in the second and 34 in the third. Beyond
that point to Roosevelt Road, only 3 accidents were
recorded.
Nine and two-tenths per cent of all accidents occurred between 4 and 6 p. m. The morning rush hour
peak-7.4 per cent-was reached between 7 and 8 and
the low point-l.4 per cent-between 5 and 6 a. m .
Friday was the worst day 'Of the week, with 17.4 per
cent, and Monday had the lowest percentage-l1.7. On
other days , the percentages were: Sunday, 16.4; Tuesday, 13.9; Wednesday, 14.8; Thursday, 12.3; Saturday,
13.5.
The study of accident locations was made separately
on each expressway. For this purpose, the routes
were divided into sections of approximately one mile.
The highest number of accidents in one section in
the four-month period-130-was found on Congress
Expressway between Columbus Drive and Franklin
Street. The lowest was 1 which was found in three
sections- Calumet south of Thornton-Lansing Road,
Calumet between the Michigan Central Railroad structure and~ Sauk Trail, and Edens in the second mile
north of Willow Road.
On Edens, the highest number was 29, in the section
south of Peterson Road. Other sections with numerous
accidents were south of Jarvis Avenue, 22; south of
Dempster Street, 17; south of Willow Road 16, and
south 'Of Clavey Road, 19.
In the five one-mile sections of Congress west of
Frap]{:l!n I?treet, the figures wer e, respectively: 67,60,
High And Low On Northwest

The worst section on the Northwest Expressway
was the mile north of Cornelia Street, where 82 accidents were reported. In the next mile northwest
which includes the Northwest-Edens junction, the total
was 65. In each of the one-mile sections north of
Congress Street, the total was 70. The lowest count
on Northwest was 3, in the mile west of Harlem
Avenue.
The highest count on Calumet was 14, in the mile
north of 147th Street. On the three miles of Kingery,
the count was 9 in the mile east of Calumet Expressway and 5 and 7, respectively, in the 'Other sections.
The study is continuing, said ,D ayton F. Jorgenson
of the Urban Research unit and in addition to monthly
summaries will include analysis of accidents occurring
on ramps and accidents involving encroachment on the
median strips.
High and Low In County
ERMITS for .building construction in the unincorporated area of the County estimated to cost
$2,886,050 were issued in January by the County Department of Building.
The 113 permits and
the total valuation compared with 151 permits
and $2,243,996 in the
month before and 133
~
permits and $3,234,200
in January, 1962. A year ago, however, $1,538,600
represented projects in the no-fee classification, which
includes churches, farm and public buildings.
No-fee permits issued in January included a $600,000
remodeling project at St. Ann's Home, Missionary
Sisters Servants 'o f the Holy Spirit, at Techny, and a
$33,600 church to be built by Seventh Day Adventists
Sixty-seven January permits were for single dwellings, which compared with 50 in December. No permits were issued for apartment or industrial bUildings.
in Palatine Township.
recorded benchmarks established by the

NEWLY
Highway Department's precision level crew reveal
a difference of 320 feet between highest and lowest
points on County roads.
The level crew is engaged in a countywide operation
on county-maintained roads, which eventually will provide a benchmark every half mile north and south and
east and west. While intended primarily for setting
highway grades, the marks may be used by anyone
requiring sea level data.
Marks established in 1962 are now being entered in
the benchmark book. Since they are all placed on
highways, they do not, of course represent the highest
hills or lowest depressions in the County.
The high point thus far recorded is 907.411 feet
above sea level, which is in Barrington Township at the
intersection of Dundee, Algonquin and Bartlett Roads.
The lowest is 587.526 feet, at 130th Street and the
South Shore Line Railroad.
II
Computer-
Other types of construction were authorized as follows:
I mentioned that we used electronic devices back in

1939 and at other times. I recall that in 1941 we had
the first origin-destination traffic study analyzed semiannually. We could see the need for the then nonexistent computers, or shall I say the need for refinement in data 'p rocessing equipment.
In 1955, our traffic engineer, Leo Wilkie, directed a
study of Edens. Expressway influences on parallel
routes, and 300,000 cards had to be processed. In 1956
we made a report on the moving vehicle method of estimating traffic volumes and speeds. Again we emphasized the need for more competent methods of evaluating traffic data. In 1958, I am happy to relate, we
made the break-through.
You have heard me mention from our records the
time-saving capabilities of computers. Time is always
thought of first in connection with their use. While it
must always be considered, time is not necessarily the
factor of greatest importance.
Most engineering calculations are not of the sort
where masses of data are fed into the computer for
processing to arrive at a single answer. Rather, the
'Objective is to determine from a multiplicity of solutions, from the same set of data, the best answer for
the problem at hand.
The computer provides the engineer with the means
, to analyze and select the best soluUon. This allows
the engineer to do real engineering thinking, creative
thinking, explorative thinking. He is relieved of the
laborious arithmetic manipulations, whether they be
done with a slide rule. desk calculator. or pencil and
paper.
Finally, the answer from the computer is more re11able due to the elimination of human error resulting
from boredom in repetitive calculations. Think for a
moment in terms of the new mathematical methods in
the use of matrix algebra, a system devised for computers.
I mentioned 'human error.' Associate the letters H
and E and always think of them with relation to the
Residential additions and alterations-17 permits, $74,800..

Business buildings-5 permits, $587,50.0.
Business additions and alterations-5 permits, $42,450.
Industrial additions a,nd alterations- 2 permits, $28,60.0..
Wells-5 permits, $5,000..
JanlJa.ry permits. were distributed by townships as

follows:
Township
Bloom
Bremen
Elk Grove
Lemont
Leyden
k?a~g~
New Trier
Northfield
Palatine
Proviso
Stickney
Thornton
Wheeling
Worth
Permits
2
1
4
1
4
2
6
1
10
11
1
23
2
26
12
Valuation
$ 27,800
279,00.0
62,000
4,400
16,000
33,000
370,200
84,400
63,200
213,500
31,150
383,000
6,UOO
499,600
180.,900
Three permits for public sewer work, for which no

valuation was stated, were issued for Stickney Township.
'human element.' Place them in the back of your mind
and remember them when setting up your equations.
The human element is so important.
You have been associated with several breakthroughs in your experience. Isolate yourself for a
moment and meditate in terms of transportation, and
how it affects you, me and ours. Think in terms of the
four major components of transportation as we know
them and will know them in the future-air, water, rail
and motor vehicle.
Think of the necessary correlation, coordination and
cooperation relating to each and of the new horizons
which are yours for the asking and doing. They are
unlimited. It will be through the use of your brains
and training that the H E I mentioned a moment ago
will benefit.
C Tl Of (001
Expre .. way Story 1& Illustrated for C(lnvt:ntlo n VI,ltorl.
Vol. X No. 10
See Page 2.
March, 1963

Publl.hed by the. Cook COllnty ( II I.) De partment of Highway.
Under au.plco, of the BOlrd or Cou nty Comml"lon,,..
SEVMOUR SIMON, Pruldent
Ch.rlu J. Grupp. Jr.
Frank BobryUke
Chatln 8 . B o nk
Charlu F. Cha plin
Elizabeth A.. Conke y
Jerry Dolenl
Oeol'ie W . Dunn.
William N. Erickao n
Fred A.. Fulle
Jerome Huppert
Chrllt A. Jenle"
Ruby R ya n
Seymour Simon
Ed ward M. Snled
John J . Touh y
Publt, h,d
at
130
North
W illia m J . Mort imer

8upenntendent of Highwa y.
Well. Street, ChlclI go e.
FRanklin
February Traffic Accidents
Bo ob
2-7544
E xten .lon
21.
0/ the Month
lPTEEEN persona were killed

highway traffic
F
accidents in suburban Cook County in Fcbruary(our more lhan in January and Ih'e more lhan
in
in
February of laill year,

T he total of accidents In the
short month, however, was well

under that in January. the figures
being 3,757 in February and
15.289 In J a nuary. The number of
per80IHI injured also was lower664 in February as against 826 In
J anuary,
February's deaUI toll brought the two-month total
to 26, which waa six above that of the same period In
1002.
Ph'p of the February victims were killed in collisloml between automobile.. and two In auto-truck
crashes. Trains kiIJcd t.hree in three separate grade
erosslng accident.. 1\0.'0 dealha resulted when ears
Il'ft the road and atruck wayside objects. One of the
dend was 8 pedestrian struck by a n automobile and
one Wa.8 a man who fell from a rescue truck.
Six deaths occurred on highways in the unincorponlted area, two In Northbrook and one each In BlUe
lahllld. Cicero, Des Plaines. Franklin Park. SMOyer
Park, Sarvey and kokie.
T HE WEAVER feels strongly that trucka

W ILBUR
should stay in one lane on expreaswB}'I.
1962 Travel Figures
Of course. that gives him more room to ni.1h in

and out (rom lane to lane.
But aU Wilbur thinks about is that he is a clfue:n
with rights that need protection.
The 1962 road usage analysis by the U. S. Bureau

oC Public Roada shows a tOlal of 767 billion miles or
tM\vel by motor vehicles. a 4 per cent increase over
1Q61and 6.6 per cent over 1000.
Pa.sscnger eal"'B accounted for 82 per cent of the total
travel, or 737.5 billion miles. Pnaaenger: CRt'S consUtuted 84 per cenl of aU motor vehicle regtatraUons.
Trucks and truck combinations accounted lor almost
16 per cent of registrationlJ and 17 per cent of lotal
travel. Slmilar ligures lor buses were both less than
1 per cent.
Average motor vehicle travel WB8 9,648. Paaaenger
can averaged 14.38 miles on a gallon of fuel and paid
t.axcs on 658 gallons. The average t ruek consumption
waa 7.82 gallons a mile and 1,338 gaJJOll3 In lhe year.
Key features oC the Chicago-Cook County express-.

way ayslem were illustrated tor visitol"'B to the Fil"'Bt
Cnlemational Con8lrucUon Equipment Exposition, held
on Navy Pie r February 23Marcb 1, In 11 display presented by the County Sighway Department.
In addition to photo enlarge.ments in color 8JI well
88 black and white., there was a map of the syatem
that visitors operated with a panel of push buttons.
The exhibit was aVOll8Ored by lhe Board of County
Comm.issionel'll. and their names appeared on tho cen.
tel' panel at the left. As the camera was snapped.
however, a tricky sunbeam caused a re8ecllon that
eLiminaled the lette.ring.
The Front Cover
New Director of County Civil Defense

M. O' SLOCK assumed the post of Civil
PATRICK
Defense director for Cook County this month and
immc<iifltely laid pinna (or Informing the people of
whAt they can do to prepare against 8 possible nuclear
bomb aU.ttclt.
"Th(>re Is Ii great deal thal everyone can do for
hlmselr a nd his family a nd the Civil Defense orga nl
zation Clln help in mnny way.," be said. "Most of all.
r want to promote the Idea that there is hope for
survival. There Is no nefit to surrender to fear.
Mr. O'BJock W AS &eleeled by County Board Presiden t
Seymour Simon to 8UC~ Joseph A. Downey. rt'signed. He 18 mayor of Hazel Crest and thus 8 rel:iident of the area under his dJrecUon. Since his office
8.8 mayor requires only part time attention, moslly at
night, he will continue to aerve his home town. He
has, however, relinquished his employment as a salcs
man for the Diamond Match Company to give f-ull
daytime attention to Civil Defense.
All County director, Mr. O'Block will coordinate the
functi ons of local directors in the incorporated suburbtl
and the fire proteetion di..8tricla, all of which have keyman CD organizations. He also will serve as liaJ80n
officer between the suburbR and the State Civil Defense
director.
One of the fl113t moves. he said. will be to meet with
auhurbnn directors and ealabUsh good. working relationship.
"l want to get acquainted with these men 80 we
can have efficient team work , nnd 1 olao want to know
whnt emergency equipment they have and how well
prepared they are for action," he said. "In recent
ycars virtually all thE> suburh3 ha\'e acquired equipment with federal aid. including 8re e ngines, trucks.
toola. a nd various other Itcmll. I want to make certain
that these things are on hand and ready for usc.
"[ Inend fJOOn to villit the lIuburbs and I also plan to
have two meetinga with the local dIrectors. one in the
north area of the County and one in the south."
Since Civil Defense Is orgnnited within the Highway
DepArtment it also has available the Department's
short WAve radio system nnd n Ileet of trucks and
other equipment useful in an emergency--either an
enemy bomb attack or a nalural disaster. Civil Defense has ita administrative office in the Department'a
quarters at 130 North Wells Slreet. Chicago, and also
malntalnB a control center at the Department's La
Grange Pa rk garage and warehouse.
Purlek M. O' Bloc:k
piles, wl\ter containers, sanitation kHs and radiation

detection Instnlmenta. including Geiger counters, sur_
vey meters and dOBimeters.
"This supply program largely anticipates a daytime
emergency, when children are in 3Chool and when
peopie away from home would have to take shelter In
some public place," said Mr. O'Block. ''There Is also
the matters of protecting families in their homes at
aU limes.
"In thia Bn'8, I advocate the conatrnction of ahelten
In the basement or underground ou13ide the house a nd
ndequate provision tor food. , other needed supplies and
toola required for repairs or for fire fighting ."
Oiredor Plans Home Shelter

One of the first to heed his advice about home
shellers will be Director O'Block himself. Be said he
Intends to construct 9. faUout-proof chamber In the
bnacment of hla home, 16900 Cra.ne, Hazel Crest, large
enough to accommodate hia family of nine in reasonable comfort for the antlelpated three weeks of outs ide radiation danger.
"Any family may do the aame at a fairly 10 ..... coat,
conaldering the po68lble benefl.t.a." he said "The Office
of Civil Defense Mobilization has prepared plana ranging from a simple arrangement of planks against a
basement wa.ll to a somewhat elaborate underground
2000 Shelte .. To Se Stocked

Another early activity planned by the new director is
to place slocka of food and other emergency items In
designated fallout shellers In the suburban area.
Shelters already appro\'ed Include 540 schools and
some 1,500 other bulldings found suitable in a survey
by the U. S. Corps of Engineers.
Fallout rations in the form of biscuits the size and
color of graham crackel'll have been supplied by the
Office of Civil and Defense MobiHzation. Perhapa not
as tasty as graham crackers, they sWI contain concentrated nouriailment sulficient to maintain health
during a falloul period.
Alao to be stocked in the ahelters arc medical BUp-
room.
"It fa also po8slble Lo protect against outaide radiation by blocking up basement windows with books,
bricks and other opaque material. A basement corner
prepared in this way wiU have very much leaa radiation than outdoora or even upstairs in the bouse."
Pamphlets containing plans and instructions for
home shellers are available and will be sent to anyone
writIng to Cook County Civil Defense, 130 North Wells
Street, Chicago 6, or telephoning- FRanklin 2-154'1,
extension 221 , M.r. O'Slock aaJd.
(ConUnued on pRse 6)
County Highway Program for 1963
E861000 and primary

construction estimated to
road Improvements estimated
XPRESSWA Y
although It I. antlelpntNJ that somf' may be delayed

while agreement. are negotiated with raJiroads
aJl'eded In order from eaat to Wf>JSt, the Prol)()S('d
job., with etllImated cOita. are:
C08l $23,-
at 23.m.OOO "tt' IlI:lcd in the Hlgh\ft'1l)' Department',

1963 pmsrram. which WIllI .pproved by the Board of
County Comml5.donl-r'S on Marth 1~.
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The program 818(') Includea proposals (or 1964 and

1~ con.t.ntction fUll follows:
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Thl' mn lor Jmrt of VUlrt'Mwny exnendilurp8 Rched1111'<1 h\' the Count, (or this "eRr- 19.264 OOO-and nil
of that pro).lo!K'i.l rnt nrxl vcnr AN' (or the SoulhWellt
lo-:XnreMWllY. It I, anliripated thltt Southwest. which.
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EI('\lHeti "Xpte.."'II)' anti rlH'T britt"
From ....., bank (It
~Ulh Dranrh oU \11. C"h1l"JrI) Ulvcr It) ('HI uf A.hlllnil AH'nll('
.t,tOO.IIt)!).
CratUn, From L~IU (....1 "..-1 IIr ('allfurnla A'~nu ..
('.u.
tllmill. JI~~I.IVlO
~.~' adJU'ImM'" 1I1I1.tM SIrft"l to caJlComla A\enue.
'I')
like other expl"CMwny pro.iC'ClI. 1.5 shared b, lhr

County. Fitote nnd City. will be completed in 1965.
On 50uthwclI1. which extenus 17.3 miles from Lnkl'
Short Drive nCRr McCormick Plnce to the Cook-
Rll1htot.",ay lind bulldlnlt demolilion Hal.11!d StrM!1 III Callroml;' AH'nu .., f7,1142,()()1)
Clrn lll' ' l'IHlrIlTIOO .c.'nlrlll _\\'I'nut' (\vet SOu th",,", E)(p~ ...
way /tnd IT ;\1 .. O. R JC~ "',31.6,0(1)
HI.htf)/,wII)' and bulltUnll! lI .. mnlltl(!n-La~~ AVt'nu. In

"'"lor Harll1m AVf'nu(', lllOl,lill/).
DuPogc COllnt\" line 81 nbout 7181 SLr('('t, Ule County

will constnlet 5. mile. In two 8C(!lIons.
Onl' runs 2.3 milt'S west of Halsted Street and in
dudt'8 all c.ievntl'd road"'lw nnd bridge over the South
Bmnch or th ... Chlcngo River nenr Aahland Avenue.
Thl' other, 3.5 miletl, runa (rom A point just weat of
O~ro Avenuf' to beYond Harlem Avenue. Two siu>Ablf' IItructuru-Ofle at Central Avenue and one at
Harh,m -.~ Includt'd In this area..
Work progrnmmNi for lhlll year on the Weat Leg.
Snuth Routf' ExpreRlway. la estimated at $3,69 .000,
of which S2,592.000 I. for right-ofwav and building
demolition bttwren Roll Awnu' and l19th Street and
893,000 (or rlght.or"'"BY and demolition betw.'n
1I0lh Slreet nnd MorWln Slref't At 99lh Street. Roll
A "enue Ill! in Thornton Towrulhlp just south or tbf"
Littl(' Ca.iumf'l River. Al80 li.lltPd on Wetll Leg an"
iandaCl'lping, lighting and algn installation between
lIa iail'Cl nnd 96th J;;~L
Dnn RyfU1 Exprt'flllwny i8 to be londscnJl(!d between
63l'd lind 69th Strf'eLS, estimaled at 10 ,000 nnd
fll\gnf"d between 63rd and 96th Streets, $ 155,000.
CRlunlet Exprt>SlIwny between 96tb Street and l09Lh
Stret't nt Doty A"l'nu(l 18 to be landscaped, $201,000,
and Ilgned, 272,000. Sign Installation eaUmated at
160,000 la listed fnr Kingery Expressway,
Lake Shore Job Expedited

One Import8nt prlmnry road project the Lakf'
Shore Drive grade Aepnration at Ollk Sl.reet-waa ~.
pedited by the Count)" Boord'. approval and approprill.
lion of (uncb on January 7. in ad'..nc=e of aetlon on
the rest o( the- program.
Othcr alzettble primary road Improvemenla Include
cOTnlllelion or Eaal Lake A\'enue extension In Glen.
view. rh'e ronlraclJl ('In the Palatine Road "jUnior ex.
rreaaway." widerung and ebannelizalion of
ton\'
IAland Avenue.': and four bridges oW:r the Calumet Sa~
Channel n"Qulred by the Federal government'.11 p~
gram or wlde-nlng the waterwRY.
On tht!' Lake Sh('lt'" Drive atrueture the CaI.Sag
bridges. Stony Island Awnue Improv~ent. and two
Alnlelur~ on Pall'lln!!' Road, the County will bf: reim
bul"lk.'d in part by Lhe Federal go\'ernmenL Qlle other
job, the relocation or Buck Road. will be paid ror by
~H, Cnrmel Cemetery, whoI\{' pro))erty is separated by
existing Buck Road.
Two key structures on Enst Lake Avenue wert' com.
pleled laat year. They were the bridge over the
North Brunch or the ableRgo River and the underpasa
nlthe Milwaukee Rallrood tracks and Lehigh Avenue.
Paving to be done thll year between Waukegan ROfld
and Landwehr Road, 3.30 mlJes, wU1 complete the
extension.
The Palatine Rood improvement, which will imme.
dlately ben('fil a rapidly growing area and 81.110 wUI
&en!!' .. the pilot Itudy in a proposed rounl>-w\de
"grid" lyatem of Umltl acceaa roads, has been under
eonslruetlon two yeart.. Work listed for this year
Include.:
County Starts Work

The 81'111 contract to be awarded by any agency on
Soulhwt'al ExpreuWR}' wa.ll Ict by the County lRa1
ycar for cxcnvl\ling. grading and main dmin between
Cicero Avenue and "'....t or Harle-m Avenu~ The oonlrnetor began "'ork IlUIt October and baa progressed
18 I)(!r cent nn {'-xenvaUng, 20 per cent on the drajn
job, and "5 per ce-nt on misce.':Uaneous work. tree remo\'a1 and the like,
Throughout thla seelion, and also east of Ocero,
the ('xpree...5'A'ay will occupy the bed of the abandoned
lllinoia &: Michigan enn.1. A prt':lIminary to preparing
tbe cxlU't'uway grade i.II lhf' removal of somc th~
reel or unRtnble aedlment rrom the old WAterway and
filling It with sullllble mnterial. Some of the new soil
needed will be taken from thr unalghUy spoil banks
nlong th aanltaryennal.
Eleven contmctt arc IIsled ror starling tbj& yenr,
TWo I"' o-Iant I*vt'rMnu rrom \"ll1lam. Road 10 Sthoc!n'-'k

Road le,rlu.h-e Of Arlin_ton lIe1lbtJ Road lDte"l!balI~) 1.81
ml)et.. f7M.t11O
.
mS~~-rl:oraUon at Elmhunlt JWad and appm.c-ha. L29
&.,
erad .,. .. raUun .t

Unr Railroad Ud WOU fwad anti
IlIIvln_ UIO mlll-'a. J9l;.t,OtttJ
Crado UIUlrltUun at Mllw.ukl!(! AWIIUt', brld#tI O\er De_
Plain.,. 11I.".. r a nd pA.vlnlt one mite, S6OO,OOt)
Gralle M'JNlTDLlon I" .. r ,\rllnaton JI ... lllhU RNid and Hand
1I0lltl anti .1I11rU11 .. h .... 11'6 mll".. '1.2O(I.I~lO.
Work lirogmmme<l (or Stony Island Avenue conaiata

o( ehlllllieibalion between 67th and 95th Streets, 3.4.5
$46 Million of Work Is Scheduled

,,
County will s upervise construction.
", SOi!U.R, S'I.
Contract for construction or a new Western Avenue

bridge over the Cal-Sag channel was awarded by the
County 18at October at $1.372,817. W o rk to be COiltmcted lhla year cotlll.ts or approaches, ineluding
street improvements at both ends or the bridge. Estimated COIIt Is $1.463.000. A thi rd contract, for demolition of the old bridge, Is expected to be let next year.
Altogetht'r. the County win replac(' or imprm'c eight
CaISag brldgee and the State and City will also ahare
In the chtlllnel improvl'menL In addition to work
under way nt Western Avenue, the County plans to
start this }'(I8r on brldgt'flll.l Harlem Avenue. 900.000:
104lh Avenue. 5'120,000, and Kedde Avenue, 650,000.
Drive To Be W idened
Be:sldetl the l..nke Shore Drive and Stony Island
projeeUt, four other improvemenLa are programmed In
Chicago, They are:
NORTH 1.Ax' SHOln: DRI\'"F. Wldenln. lind ~urra('l nc
Gllt'th .. SIrft"t nnll N.orth iJ()ulc,'lIfJl. 0.010 mH", .$200,000,
C'I}MDf;IU.ANO AVENlll". -To be mnd" four I lln~ with meIIII,n Itrlp, "'thrr b)' wllll'nlnlt the Iln'l'f'nt roadway or b)'
n!C'Qnltrurll.on. between I I"\I.I!I 'I-"ark RGid and NorUlwen P-lo;.
IlretlllwlI)'. :L..1O mil", 1IM1..000.
l"CLASKl ROAD-To be wldconed 10 rour lanc!:ll, wilh medl.n
_Irlll lind I...n-Ium ~hllnnC'II, kt"'el'n twlh and ~Ih SUft!J,
138 mill!" In ChII"IIP, IInll"K"lOW"n. Oak 1""'11 n..ntl E\'!tf"lTftl!
IJt:tw~n
'''rk. $7OO.tIOO
K~'T.IIER AVENUE- To be ~nllruNI!"I' to rour Iltnea I.ol'.
Iw~n rltlmtr Drh'C' and Oc!ln'IOnt A\'(' nul'. 1.21 mUn:, &290.1100.
Projects lilted for the suburbsn 1U"'t!A, in addition to
lhose mentioned above, Include:
Fint 8Ulge or construction or tb~ North Lake Short

Drive grade sC!lmrnllon will be a temporary bypaSli
around the structure site. Bid. for this work were
received by lbe County Board on Mnrch 15. Low bidder wq J . M. Corbell Co. at ],587,703.
OAKTOS STJtEET-Maln dratn bt-Iw~n Ok~o A'".nuC' and

!hl' :-.:... n.h Uranch or lhc.' O:IU-IIa:ol Rh'C'r, In 1"\11'"'1 unlnrorpol",11'd 1i!1TllfJr)' nnd M.orton Grn"C', $-1<)0.000
OAKTO~ STnt:t:r_To ~ rl'f'On~ l ruf't ...1 1.0 rour Iltnl'. "lth
m.dilln .Irlp 1Ko1",,,,,n Mllwt\Uk('C! lind Cl'nlrlll A,cnUl'l. 2.lO
milts, In M('MOIt CrovC'. Un'"Nlrp(Irall!d Iterr1tory. ~I". lind
Skokie. IM!'o,OOO.
OAKTON STREET-TO M ~n!l"lrll rll1!d \II (our Iinel with
mediAn 11I1p llt'11.\t'(!n on Maim'. mv","r RMd IIml MJ\WIIUkec!'
A"l'TIUe 3,~ milt... In Dr. riltlnctl. unlnmrpOnllC"d lC'rrllory,
l'llrk R ldill! nnd Nild'. $700,0(10.
MU.INGTON IIE IClI1"S ROAD-TO Ilt' I't'ln.tru(' led 10 fo ur
Illnell w ith m('f!lnn Ilrlp bclw~ n 1I111:1t1n. RGeld IInU Ct'nlnaJ
The detour. which will be 0.75 mUe in length will

provide two 9foot InneR and OIlC of 11 t eel in each
direcUon, IIcpnrsted by n "foot median. It will be in
use d uring construction of the pennancnt underpass.
Hond. 2,11' mlil.'lI, 'n unln('(lrpnrllll'li U'rritor), \rllnglon HetlhU

.IIml Elk (onlve, '1.100.000
HUCK !lOAD Tn bC' relflt'lItl'd 'r"fIm "'l\'lro:dmalCly 60A f~1
northerl)' or IIO"'''C!II Itollil 10 Hllrr\5l)n Sln.oet Ind Duck lload
The temporary roadway will be laid on a fill retained by sheet 1)l1ing on the Inke side. The contract
also calla (or n new area of ftn e sand to compenanle
ror Joq of bathing bench lake n IIway by the detour.
Two pedestrian overpasacs will be built. The contraclor is required to ftnl.hl.Jlg work by June 22. in time
(or thf' beach season.
0.70 mill'. '17o.noo.
OItANO AVE,.'IIe&--T(t IM\ wlden~ 10 rour Inne. lind re.ur(n!'('it tK'h\l'l'n MAnnhl!lm ItlllHt nnd the COOk,DuPlljle COun t y
~~~~ mil!:!. , In Unlnl'(1rfM.Irll l lld tC!rrllory a nd Northl.llkl!,
1,,\\\'NO"I.& AVF'_'''l;E-To t.. n!C'Onllructt'd to four Illna

lind re!\urrll't'd bC!lweorn Jnll .., ROIId lind Olden Avenue Il.96
mU",. In I.yonl and McCook. nu,OOO,
T(lI'IIY AVENUE-LEE In'Uf:E:ET-Tu ~ \\ldCfWll 10 rour

IlIn"l .. llh m~llln lind Inl""''lIoo I:MnnrllzatJon Elmhurst
nond Itl Touhy A\'"null In 11I ln. RrNl(i nll(l ~ ~1rN't 2.80
mU" .. In unlnmrpornll.'d tl"ml ory lind Pel Plaln", 1<'00,000,
Tola l conatruetlon cost or the project is estimated

at about $4 million. IlOd lhnt Bum has been appropriated by the County Board. The County will be
reimbursed 50 per cent by the Federal gO\'emmenL
Planning C0818 are borne by the City of Chicago.
Principal feature or the project will be a tunnel to
ellnUnate the present light-controlled grade intersection. l'\orthbound trAftic [rom Michigan Avenue will
pass beneath Lake Shon! Drh'e north of Oak Street
and N!e.nter the drh'e beyond Dlvlalon St:reeL
ICOIIUnul!d no pa~ 6)
Bids Received
Bids on rour primary road improvement projects
were received by the County Board on March 15. Low
bidden wCre!.a t allows:
EAST 1.AKE A\',-':UF.-rllvl nll Iw:>IW'CI'n Wllukegan ROftd . nd
1..II.ndwehr 1t000d, W, J. ShcllIlIlnl &: co~ &1.221.871.
PALATt.... E ItOAD--Plwln. bct",'l'tm \VlIllllnu ROIld .nO
SChOt'nb('(ok KURd, W. J Sh"pj)lU'd & Cb~ 1477,629.
PALA1'JNJo: UOAO-(;rtldlt IK'PRnaUon at \VotI Road and Ih"
mUes. It is proposed to place the job under tWO con

tracts -one north of 79th Street and the other south
o r 79th. EstimAted cost of the two aectlons is
$1,310,000. The Clly will draw the plans Illld the
SOO Lint' JUt. Thoma. McQul'I:n Ch. $l.7.U.ooo..
DUCK ROA.D--ItC'loatlon, Chlll.tlllfrl l'a\'lnr Co.. W2,703,
New CD Director
Shelter For Family
(Olntlnued (rOm page 3)
His office also has a supply of booklets on other
means of home protection. In addition to the publica.

lions entitled Family Shelter Designs and Family
fo~alJoul Shelter, the list Includes the following titles:
Guide for Architects
and Engineers. Individual and Family Preparedness, Emergency Sani
18lion at Home, Home
DISASTER
Protection Exercist!B.
National Plan, Between
~ t~
You and Disaster Facts
aboul fo~ltllout. Firat Ald
#
Training for Everyone,
Fallout
Protection .
Emergency Health Care,

Medical Self Help (for
----
..
doctors), Dnd one on the
The Fallout Shelter Planned for H I. Hom e by PatrIck

M. O' Sloek, New Direetor of Co.ok Co.unty Clvll De_
fenle. Will Accomodate Nine-Mr. and Mra. O' Slock
( rear ), Denny. Peggy, Patty and Kenny ( m iddle row ),
Nancy, Mickey ... nd Kath y.
conelrad warning system.

The offi ce also bas a library of motion picture fi lms
for Civil Defcn.se meetings. The titles and Jenglha of
showing are:
23 min.
Civil Defense in School
13 min.
Crisis
13 min
New Family in Town
28 min.
Radiological Defense
13 min.
Rehearsal for Disaster
30 min.
The Invisible Enemy
13 min.
Your Civil Defense
10 min.
Time for Disaster
28 min Operation Ivy
16 min.
Trapped
30 min.
First Aid in Prevention of Shock
30 min.
You Never Can Tell
30 min.
Military Police Town Patrolling
24 min.
Pattern for survival
In color.
"These films have been shown at a greal many
meetings or civic and neighborhood groups. and we
are ready at all times to send them out. with a lee
lurer , to any meeting of cititens wishing to know more
about Civil Defense," the director B8.ld.
In addition to his primary responsibility in Civil
Defense, Mr. O'Block w11 a lso head up President
Simon's drive to "Keep Cook County Clean and Green."
The suburban CD organization operates effectively to
spread the anti-litter message countywide.
New Flag Creek Bridges

The County Highway Department, cooperating with
the minois Division of Waterways, will build three
bridges over Flag Creek in southwest Lyons Towll8hip
this year. They will be at Germo,n ChUrch Road, Wolf
Road and 79th Street. replacing existing bridges.
Flag Crook, which flows southward from Hinsdale
and empties into the DesPlaincs River in DuPage
County. ia tinder impro\'emenl by the State. From
Hinsdale to 71.st Street il runs close to the Tn-State
Toliway and lhat part of the stream was improved
during tollway construction. The eurrent project of
widen,i ng and deepening extends from the tollway to
lhe DesPlaJnes_
Under agreement with the County. the Division of
Waterways, with an appropriation by lhe Slate Legislature, provides funda for the bridges and for right-ofway required for widening the creek. The county has
deaigned the structures and appurtenances and will
s upervise construction. When completed, the bridges
will be under County maintenance.
State participation Included prnparation of contract
documents and contract lelting. Bids were rnceived
for consrllction of the three bridges under one contract. Low bidder was Krug Exeavating Company. at
Highway Program{COn Unued trom
paae :n
$209.551.
NARRAGAt-"SE'IT AVENUE-Culvel'1. reconllrlu::UO D at Idcl-
vine. dlleh e.pproxlmately 2.~ teet noM.h or 87th SU'eet, unIncorporlHeti. $1!\.OOO.
ROSELLE ROAD--To be widened to adequate two lanes with
Intersection c:.hannc!tll:aUon Sc!haumburs Itoad 10 Bode Road.
L07 miles In Schaumburg OJ ntC.'r lind Hortman ~tatel. S81.000.
nos~5.U..E IU)AD--To be widened to lour Innu with mcdlnn
nnd Intel'K'Cllon c:.hanneUtaUlm Bodo Rand to Evanlllon-Elgin
Road 0.4" mUe, R o aman ~;'tflW'. Sl3.'S,QOO.
COTTAGE GROVE AVENUE-To be widened to tour lanell
wit h medlon .trip and Inle~eUon chonnel. bet ween Sauk
Trllli and I.Incoln Highway, vt:s mile.. uninCOrpOra ted and
Eall Chleaso HelghU. $625.000EUCLID A Vt:NUE-ConllMlctea to tour lane. wllh mediAn
.trlp Olld interJection channel. betwe.::n Plum Gro,'e Road a nd
f'fIlocated mlnilis Roule !IS, O.so mile. unIncorporated, ~.OOO.
Stn~ t.hI. proJce.t depend. on Pf'Oarell by the Slate liD ROUle
M. It moy not be .tarted Ihll year.
traffic control devices and $50.000 for railroad grade

crosaing protection at various locations still to be
detennlned.
It al80 provides for "Sludies of five improvements
under consideration, Including 87th Street between
Damcn Avenue and Cicero Avenue, the intersection of
Devon, Lincoln and Kimball Avenues, a through lane
overpass on Ashland Avenue at 22nd Slreet and Blue
Island Avenue, and CTA column adjustments: at Ohio
and ,"'ranklin Streets and at Irving Park Road and
Ravenswood Avenue.
The primary road program also lists $50,000 for
Department Gets Citation

coniltructlon estimated to cost $2,332,000
BUlLDING
authorized In February by the Cook County
W8.A
()cpartment of Bulld1ng, whlcb has jurisdicUon in

The total of pennia
issued was 95.
The largest single item
permitted WB.B an apart.ment house projecl in
Elk Grove TOWDShlp esU
mated at $633,200. It will conals! of five buildings ot
100 dWelling unlla totaling 360 room s.
FortY' elght permits totaUng $1,144,800 were issued
for single dwc.lIi ngs. For other types of construction,
permits we.re luued as follows:
HuLllenlLllL addition. and aLtern.UonlJ-19 pennlu, .$.132,800.
ACl'l'uory hulldi nli-& pcnnLts, UD,3O().
llu, Ln!''' huUd lnll~ L)(!rml l l, $340.600.
Oushw nddLUon. amL I\LteraUon.l-.!l pl!nnlu, $18,300.
LndUstrla l IIodtiltLon, and allern.1I0nf.--.-1. permit, $10,000.
Wellt-8 permlla,
MIJIi..-Ullnt.'(lu.s-4 permLU. ~200.
I!l.ooo.
The County Highway Department was cited this
month as It pioneer In the use of nuclear soil testing

in.slrumenls. A frnmf,.'(1 certificate was presented to
Andrew V. Plummer , asalstanl to the superintendent
of highways (At center In the picture) by Arthur S.
Oobiah (right), rCllresenling the Nuclear-Chicago Corporation, manufacturer of the instruments. P resent
also WIUl David R. Lett80me, engineer in the soils division, who uses the Instruments in the field.
Tbe distribution of permits by toWD3hips wa.a as

(oHows:
Tt..... "hlp
RlOOm
Hl1!:rIlen
f"Jk C:ro\'"
Hano,'er
....,..,~
~on.
, a.lnp
New TrW ..
Northft .. ld
on ....
PalllUne
Rlrh
Sc-haumbur.
Stickn.. )"
Safety Poster Helpful

Three researcher! al tbe Northwestern Univer'Bity
Traffic Institute aet nut to learn the e1f"ect of traffic
safety advertising on drivers leaving a parking lot at
n.n exit requiring either Ii right or left tum.
A Inrge IIIUalrated poster carrying the message, " A
Good Driver Is Courteous-Ae Signals" was erected
at direction of t he re8carche ra-George W. Blomgren,
'nItImltln
1 ~ rn'IUI
,
1
,
,
7
"
..
\'llhIlHlon
.46,000
""....
""".000
,..."'"
.63,600
191,400
'1,600
' ...000
""'"
89,100
J:~
,,.,000
".000
'"
...""
In the no-tee claaslftcation. which includes Churches,
Wht'elln,
Worth
-IS1.PM
public a nd f(lrm buildings. one permit was issued for

remodeling nn American Legion hall in Lyons Town.
ship, $],000.
Jr., Thomns W. Scheuneman, fi nd James L. Wilkins.
Both before nnd with t he posler , more women slg.

nailed tbnll mcn und more left turns were s ignaHed
than right, Thc sign induccd apprOXimately 6 per cent
more at the t otal drlvc", In each ca tegory to signal
turns. Alter the algn was removed for ten days,
signalling did not return to it. pre-poster level.
1n addition. the (requency of signalling by drivers
exposed to tile sign ace.med to increase at a nearby
intersection aa meaJlured by Lhoae who had left the
pnrktng lot and turned at that intersection. For this
reason and alAO because Signalling remained above itll
base level even nfter the sign had been removed, it waa
tentatively concluded that the poster had produced
somo learning; that is, 8 relatively permanent modifi
cation in behavior.
How Palos Was Named

A .!Iidellght on lhe 80urce ot the name Palos Is con.
tained in a cu rre.nt bulletin on t he Palos forest preserves prepared by Roberts M ann, conservation editor
of the lo"oreat Preserve District of Cook County.
" In 1850, when Cook County "''as organized into 27
townahipa-now there are 38--0ne of them was called
Trenton," the bulletin states. "Alter the .lirsl clee.
tion Ita township board changed the name to Palos.
"Reputedly, th.Rl was suggested by Melanchon A.
Powell, one of the earliCSl settlers and first postmaster
of Palos because at a tradition that ODe of his anceslol"1l had been a member of the crew on one of the
shlpe commanded. by Christopher Columbus when they
aalled from PalOl de Frontera In 1492."
School bu.sea lransport nearly 13,000,000 children, or

36 per cent of t he nation 's total, to and from claS8e3.
- AAMVA.
For every 3.! to 4 squa re feet of selling area, Sears
Roebuck has found there should be: one square fool of
parking space.- National Parking A58ociation,
Undisciplined Drivers
It ia a thought.provoking fact thallack of discipline
on the highways deslroY8 more lives than wa r doesPope J o hn xxm.
It'. T r illium T ime In Cook County Fo rest P reserve..
Vol. X No. 11
See Page 2.
APRIL, 1963

pl,oIbn,hed by the Cook County (III.) Department of HlghWllya
Under a"lph::u of the Board of County Comml.,lon.,.
SEYMOUR SIMON, Pruld'fli
Charles J. Grupp. Jr.
Jerome H"ppert
Christ A. Jan .. "
Rub)' Ryan
Seymour Simon
EdWilrd M. Snud
John J . T ouh)'
FnI"k BobryUke
Chari", S. Bonk
Chart .. F. Chaplin
Ellqbeth A.. Conk.,.
Jerry Dohlll:l'
w.
George
DU"n,
William N. Erltkeo"
Fr.d A. Full.
William J. Mortimer
PubUahed
It
130
North
Weill
Street ,
Chicago
I.
FRanklin
2.7544
Extension
216
Boob of the Month

H1RTEEN lH"rllOns were killed In tralfic aeclde.nlS
T
on Cook County 8uburban alref'tJI; and highways in
March, bringing the area'. total tor the first quarter
\\II",w.
~
"j~
,~I
of 1963 to 39. In the snme period

lut year. It waa 43.
The 13 denths compared with 15
in F'ebruary IUld 15 in March , 1962.
The total acddenla-pe.r1IOuaJ in

jury and property damage only. . .
well .. [ataUtlea-elso waa lower
than in the previous month, lh('
~J.ut1'
6gurel being 3,757 in February and
3,609 In Wa.rclt.
Two of thl! Marth victims were pedf!&trians, one a
mM of 74 and the other, n boy of l5. Seven deaths
reAultt'd {rom collision. between automobiles, one of
them on Northwest Tollway, Three were killed when
enna left the road and struck WRy_Ide objects and one
when a car Wid bit by tJ"&in lit grade c:rosaing.
Two of the (olal accidents occurred on ronds In the
unlncorpol'ulcd area, t.wo In Forest Park and one each
In Alsip. Blue Island, Bridgeview, Elmwood Park,
Clem'lew. LaCmnge, LIlOrnnge Park, Morton Grove,
and Nllea
~.,. ~.'
50,OOO-Mile Daily Hike

by John J. Howe
tCATS tt_.rch Jl.;C'wll
Tht. I.a a Ahort story about. lot of feet- (ee.t ..

part of the human body and feet as uni13 o[ measurement.
The I)lot of the slOry is based 00 the 92,270 (eet
(more or lea) belongioG to 46,135 suburban railroad
pu.togen arriving althe principal terminals to downtown CIllcago between 7:00 A. M and 10 :00 A. M. All
thHe [eel move a tow of 128,25-1,825 feet to gel their
owneMJ to dl'8t.inatiolll In tbe Loop.
Changing the meaaurement from feet into miles, It
is nther amazing to ftnd that the daily commuters
pound tbe Loop pavement a LOLaI of roughly 25,000
mllCi each morning ! A. they preswnablyall go home
at night. It mcans that about 50,000 miles a day are
marched In the Loop b)' this one group of people.
On the Ilvernge, each hardy soul walka one mile a
0lt the final word on engin~ring, go to J. Milton

Mumble.
The dny he manoged to gel his car off the road on
an CXlll'eUWOy bridge, leap the curb, cross the aidewnlk, cllmb the conerete ballu.IIlrade and crash through
tho bandrnU, Mumble declared:
"Poor engineering. That rail waan't properly computed (or Btreu."
day (rom and lo a downtown railroad station. With

.U thl. wear and tear, It I.a bard to figure out bow the
aide .....alka Btny about B inches higher than tbe atnelS.
Or t. ...cldculu traffic wearlDS;- tbe streets out at an
equal rate! Somebod)' ought to cbeck-ma,y be we're
wearing a big hole In the Loop.
The Front Cover

One of the eilrli~l blooming and moat abundant of
natl\'e Ro .....ering herbs IB the trilliwn. In parts ot the
Cook County FOl'Ht Preserves. the while blooms ca.rpet the ground during the laUer hal! of April and
the s llCctacl<> In worth n Lrip to the woods to behold..
Moat of Lhe trilliUm 8p~8d i.e In the northero area of
the IU'clICrvca, lOme In the south. The forest preeerve
district malntnllll the beda with annual trnnsplnntlnga,
Study Finds Accidents Costly

HE high cost of motor vehicle accidents is preTsented
dramatiealJy
an analysis of onc year's
in
mishaps in Illinois. The study. just completed with a

published report. was carried out by the Illinois Division of Highways starting in 1959 and covering accident data of the previous year.
Information. in addition to official records, was

obtained from morc than 16.000 lllinois residents, including persons who had accident experience in 1958,
doctors, lawyers and others familiar with the various
forms of cost.
Since the study considered only illinois registered
passenger cars and trucks, e.xciuding out-of-state
registrations. public vehicles of all types, buses, molorcycles, motorized scoaters and bicycles, and in view
of the increased traffiC volume since 1958. it may be
reasonably assumed that Loday's costs are above those
calculated in the study.
Highl ights of the 1958 findings include:
Direct costs to Illinois motorisls and non-motorists involved in passenger car and truck accidents,
8276.851.000.
However. when mishaps c1al)5ed as "incidents"
were added, the total rose to $338.853,000, or
8928.000 a day.
The higher total amounted to approximately
8104 for each vehicle in u!e. 835 per capita and
$84 for each person with a driver's license.
It also was equivalent to three-fifths of the
total outlay of funds by state. federal and local
govenlments for' the construction lUld m::lintenance
of Illinois roads and streets in 1958.
or the 8276.851,000 total. a ccidents resulting in
death accounted for 3.3 pcr cent; non-fatal injury
accidents, 52.5 per cent, and prOI}Crty damage
only accidents, 4.4.2 per cent.
On a vchicle-mile basis, passenger car accidents
cost nearly a cent a mile. The cost per mile for
U'ucks, which generally carry fewer passengers
and are better able to withst:r.nd impact, was .36
of a cent.
Accidents And Incidents

The distinction bctween an "accident" and an "incident" is based on tbe clement of motion. "In an
accident," it is stated, "the motor vehicle Is in motion;
In an incident. there is no motion on the part of the
motor vebicle," and as examples there sre listed:
Vandalism, riots, fires, natural disasters, collisions
of conveyances other tban motor vehicles with parked
cars, fal ls when boarding or alighting from standing
motor vehicles, flying or falling objects set in motion
by some other force tban another motor vehicle, accidents dnring r epair, such as a car .!lipping from a
jack.
The basic theory of accident costs on which the
study was conducted are stated briefly as "those costs
represented by the money value of damages and losses
to persons and property. plus expcnditures in connection with the accident potential. Costs must, therefore, be divided into two categories whicb define tbe
tangible or intangible character of the loss or damage,

The terms 'direct cost' Ilnd 'indirect cost' have been
adopted for these two categories."
Direct costs are defined as lhose resulting directly
from accidents and "which migbt have been saved for
the vehicle owner had these accidents not occurred."
Direct costs include "the money value of damage to
property. hospitalization. doctors. dentists and nursing
service: ambnlance usc, medicine, work time lost, damages a warded in excess of the direct cost, attorney's
services, court fces , and other miscellaneous small
items."
Beyond the bills for doctors. lawyers and repair
work is an area of expense which the study recognized
but did not include in its calculations.
"The complex character of a motor vehicle accident
is perhaps best understood by those wbo bave experienC!!d the effects of such an event," the report states.
"No attempt has been made to measure the magnitude
of the extensive and subtle social effects of such accidents. Only direct economic mea ..mres curr ently are
estimated.
"Indirect costs, such as loss of fnture earnings,
overbead coat 0[ accident insurance, traffic prevention
activities. trnffic police, t rnffic courts and otber items
of consequence are not included."
Most Accidents Not Reported

For purp0f.ef' of the study, accident repo r ts were obtsined from the state and from Chicago police. Since
lliinoig law requires motorists involved to report all
accidents resulting in death, personal injury or property damage of fit least $100 ($50 by Chicago or dinance), official records reflect the more severe and
cosUy accidents, it was sUtted.
It was found, however, that many legally reportable
accidcnts. usually of a minor nature, are not repor ted
to Ule authorities, Indeed. the study staff asserted,
these are "far more numerous" than reported accident!. In the aggregate, unrcl)Qrted accidents add to
the total of costs and had to be considered in the
estimates.
The statewide collection of data from individuals
was done by trained interviewers following an organized program.
"Interviewers ranging over the 102 counties in lllinois made nearly 23,000 personal and 4,000 telephone
calls," the report states. "To ferret ou t and verify
costs, they completed interviews with 16,635 owners
and drivers of vehicles, injured persona and relatives
of fatally injured victims of accidents, with doctors,
dentists, insurance agents and brokers, attorneys,
police officials and others."
The project, which was described as "a large scale,
comprehensive and oomplex undertaking," was carried
out in cooperation with the U. S. Bureau of P ublic
Roads and the procedures employed were essentially
those recommended by the bureau. illinois was the
fourtb state having such a study, the first in the
middle west.
lConlinuro on
Plig~
7)
Two Bicycles to One Automobile

to"" A('('n.
PIn4AlNLY
luburblu.
the mOlor age is in CuU bloom

Also. lht"1"(" an> bicycles. Indeed. the
bike, although leu prominent In lbt' t:ranBporlation
tK'hc:me, ouLnumbe.1"I the luto about two to one in lhf'
C()('Ik County .uhurban
area.
The.- lWl>wh~ler count l'l'Sulted from a survey by

the Cook County Trame Salety Commission at the
start of Ita IIprlng oour..e of bleyclf' training In BUb-
urlmn school..
Il mea.ure. the growing problem on
IJtrorhl and highway. wblch bieyc:lefl must Mart' with
motor vehicle., nnd re-t'mphnsizea the need of special

educftUon (or Yt)ung eyeJlalJl.
tn 1111 wnl:l yCA r of Ihe' aehool saCClY program. the
CommllPllon will I"(!Jtch 27,000 children in 174 sc.hool.
by the end of thro lem In June. Next autumn, thf"
COUl"IIC will be I'('slImrd And conLlnucd as long all
wMther 18 fRvornble .
Al. lil(' beginning of the 1963 school schedule. more
IhAn 213.000 children bnd received training and had
fN\SIH'd the l8[& for enrollment in the Bicycle Safety
Club. The high value of organized lnstructlon In Btlfe
operation of n bicycle nod In traffic law obsc.rvance
haa be<>n reflecled In the perlonnance of c:lub memben,
said County 8cMI.rd Presld{'nt Seymour Simon. who i.s
prealde.ot. of the Traffic SaJety Commission.
" When the County started bicyc:ll' training In 195.. ,
14 children riding blc)'c:lea were kUJed in traffic in one
year." he uJd. "Last )'ftlr In the auburban art'1l then'
wcrc only thrH such deuUu.
"Bul what ls Important trom our viewpoint Is that
no cluh member hu lx>en In,'olved in a traffic
(atallty."
Many Groups Cooperate

The Cook County blc)clc Ilrognun haa won nnllonwide acclaim na the iargt'll I\nd mOIL successful effort
of Its kind, nnd alao has been given the active support
of Buburooll police officers, school officials, parentwuchcr associations, service clubs 8.I1d community
groupt.
"All of us nuoclat.ed with the program owe thanks
to tho many people who have cooperated," aald President Simon, "We also appreciate the enthusiasm of
the children and their unde rstanding of the purpose
of the project."
Under supervision ot John J . MeC1everty, commLulon director, blcyc:le training ha. been given in au
grammar IC-hoola In the auburban area, paroch1al u
well .. public.. As a pJ'ctical matter, instrudlon
starts in tht' fourth Krsdt'.
In da. room !lessions, the pupils learn the proper
wa\' to handle a bike on the street and the rtaks in
vol~ed in talling chances. They an! taught to recog.
nbc slgM and are imp~ with the fact that tramc
laws apply to blcyc.lell III we)) as to motor vehicles.
The), also arc lndoelrlnated \\1th the principles of
eourtCAlcs of th(' road tha.t will !len' them we)) wben
Top-Swarm of Blku at One School Indlc.uu SIze
of S.fely Problem. Middle-I" CI... Roo m. Pupil.
Liar" S.fety Rul .. , Principle. of Court",., "nd Tnf.
fI~ l.,wI, Bottom-Art YO .. All Set, 6ultor Then Go l
School
Safety
Training Resumed
they grow up to driving a car. From the beginning,
the siogan of the project has been:
The child behind the h(lndlcba1"~ will btJ the1ll"n
bchi"d tile IChccl.
In the last two years, the Comrn.iasion has con-
ducted an automobile driving course in high schools,

nnd this also goes on this year. In some schools, It
fiLR in with established training, in other3, it Is the
only driver course offered the students.
ThQ value of bicycle training is reflected in the high
school Automobile classes.

"The lessons leArned when the pupil W81!J in the
bicycle age prepare him to sLep up to the automobile,"
McCleverty said. " He is not only better prepared to
handle a more compLicated machine, hut he also has
been conditioned to a righ t state of mind . He has
been comm itted to 8ntety,"

Thus Cor, no student with bicycle training has
scored under 0 In the high achool automobile class
and none has appeared as R violator in any suburban
court.
Bicycle training at the start was given by one Instructor and was somewhat of an experiment. Now
the Commission has tour teams of four men each.
They go to schools mornings and afternoons. School
is recessed for the lime required, which in large
schools may be all of the half-day.
Through The Maze

Pupils tU"l' given a class room lecture and then are
laken. with their bicycles, into the school yard or
other suilahl!' art'a near by and put through their
paecs. A layout of Innes, with signs. simulates con
ditions of street tramc. P8.'Isage through the maze
without error entilies the pupil to membership In the
Bicycle Sarety Club, which also exacts a pledge to
conform to safety principles and regUlations from
then on.
About 85 per cent pass the fi eld test the first time
around. Thirteen per cent faU ahort of fuU perfonnanee, and their bike riding, for tile time being, la reo
stricted to their home area. However, they and the
2 per cent of failures are given another chance the
following year, Parents are notified of the status of
all pupils testE:d.
For the reason that the program is continuous, as
well as for Ita succeasful method of training, it has
been cndoriJ~ hy the Bicycle Institute of America.
The Commission also haa received an Award of Merit
from the NaUonal Council on Films for Safety for the
excellence of a motion picture presenting the program
under the title "Bicycle Safety SkUls."
Each year's accomplishments are summed up at the
annual meeting of the Traffic Safety ConunislJion,
which is held in sections. one in the north area of lbc
County and onc in the soutil. A high point of these
meetings Is the awarding of plaques to 5Choola with
outstanding participa tlon In the program and to groups
of varloWi kinds that lin ve assisted in lbe program,
Top - Watch That Stop Sign I Middle _ Coming
Though in Winning Style. BOUom-Chel')'l Gelder of
of Skokie GiVen Club Cilrd by President Simon In
Presence of Skokie POllqe t;1I1~r K I B, Chotmbcrlaln,
Detours
41-Year Vet Retires
Effect
In
IGHW A Y work in progress by the County requires

detours as follows:
AYMOND J . SM1TH, an employe of the County

Highway Department for 4.l years, retired on
pension the first of this month. Be ranked fourth in
length of service among 1.300 in
the department and with eight
years' previous C!mpioyment at the
Oak Forcat Infirmary- making a
total of 49 years and two weekshe ranked high in seniority among
nit Call1lly workers.
Smith, who is 69, came to the
Highway Department Marcb 16,
1922. A lawyer. he was assigned
to right-ofway acquisition and reR. J. Smith
mliined in tbat division unLl! retirement.
When he jOined the Department it had been organ
i7.cd only eight years and had fewe r than 50 employes.
The "hard road" program tben getting under way,
required much property for new routes and for widenIng existing rightsofway, The County WAS buying
land for highways to be improved by the state as weD
M for County projects and Smith was sent into the
f\e](\ to deal with the owners,
Colleagues credit him with having saved the County
n lArge sum by persuading farmers that the new roads
through their propf'rLies would benefit them beyond
the value of the land. In virtualIy every instance, he
rer:nlled, he found the farmers agreeable to donating
property and downright happy when they found corner
lots saleable as sitea for filling stations or other commercial UseR.
That era ended. Expressways and modern primary
roads are such sizeable projeet.3 thEll owners ellnnot be
eXllCcted to donate prope rty, Ail property acquired
by the County, and other highway agencies as welt,
is paid for at full VAlue.
During the eight year& he worked at Oak Forest
os (l clerk, Smith altendoo Kent College of Law at
night and earned his degree. Be was in the anny in
World War I for 20 months and served overi\e8B in
bolh infantry and engineers.
His departure from the Depa rtment WRS marked by
fellow employes wiLh n buffet luncheon and the gift
of a watch, the pl'ellClltntion being made by Superintendent William J. Mortimer.
Smith and his wife, Sadie, Ii\'e at 24.54 Greenleaf
Avenue. rn retirement, he plans to stay in Chicago,
' 'where my friencb are."
WOLF ROAD-Bridge et:;InUrucUon 01 Fl Creek. LocOI

ITame o Dl y between 79th SlJ't'et IUId German Chun:h Road.
ThroUkh tram" southbound
on Wolf 1I000d deLOur I'ul
u n 79th Street to WillOW
Sprlnl" R'lIId, south 10 Ct-rman
Chu~h
Road
and
YOU . ./;J~J;'J,
THIS RESURFACING
We"t1)(lund
Ihroulh
Wi'lit to Wolt.
through trllmr
der.
Northbound
re~'er.se
or-
CEIU1AN CHURCH ROM)
-Brldae
ron~ lrtlrUon
III
Fllljt D~k. 1.0><:01 lrume
only OOIWL'i!n Wolt Rnlld
and
Counly
LIne
Rood.
tt'lIm(' dewur IO\Ith on WoU to 91'"
SlJ'cel, ""t'-lI1 ')n 9111l to County Une. n.. rlh to German Cbu.n:h.
leo A Des Autels

Leo A. Des Auteis, highway engineer TV, who re
ti red May 31 , 1962, siler 28 years service with the
Highway Department, died April 10 In Florida.
He began his professional career as a58U!tant engineer in the Illinois Division of Waterways, 1924--1929He was road engineer for the Will County Highway
Department from May to November, 1929, and then
was employed by the Cook County Highway Depart.
ment for three years. In 1932 he established his own
contracting business. He was an engineer for the
minoia Division of Highways 1933-1938, when he returned to the County Highway Department. His last
assignment was to handle ag-reements with railroads
on grade crossings and separations and in such matters represented the Department before the Illinois
Commerce CommiS8ion.
Tn World War 1 he was in the Navy submarine serv
ice and in World War II was a civilion engineer
employed in defense work.
How Violators Think

Interesting insights into the minds of motorists in
valved in accidents are coming out oC a study under
wa.y at the New York University Center for Safety
Education, Among 200 violators questioned it has
been found that:
More than four out of five believed that their violatiODS did not endanger themselves or anyone else.
The same proportion thought it W88 impossible to
observe all traffic regulations at all times.
Most offenders, although they contended that they
always could recognize unsafe driving conditions,
failed to recogni~e certain types of driving hazards
when shown and did not know how to avoid such
hazards.
The majority thought that traffic law enforeement
WR& unfair,
dry chemi cal lype, says the National Safety Council.

This type can be used on any kind of fire and does not
create toxic gases as do vaporizing liquid types. It
should have lit least 2h pounds capacity.
Two kinds of sucb extinguishers arc available. One
uses a throwc.way re6U cylinder. The other muat be
taken to an extinguisher service shop for recharging.
Either is suitable.
The extinguisher should be reserved for emergency
use only. If you inlend to use an extinguisher for
other p\lrpoil<Cti. 8uch tiS putting out a campfire, carry
spareS,
A W ise Precaution
The wise motorist carries a fully-charged fire extinguisher IR his car at aU limes. While your auto
may never catch fire, there is always the possibility of
needing one to aid another motorist.
The pref~rre9. extinguisher is the stored pressure
How a Road Was Named
FOUowi)lg is the jirat of (I 867'iea 0/ sketches on

the origins of 1Iam6S of roads in Cook COltnty.
coll!,tnlction estimated to oost $3,682,300

BUILDING
was permitted in March by the Cook County
De-
partment of Buildings, which bas jurisdiction in the

the County.
Of t he 181 fee permits iS5ued , 93 were for
single dwellings of a
total estimated value of
$2,389,800. Residential
consLruction also included two apa rtment house projects. One, in Elk Grove Township, will have 105
rooms in 40 units and will cost an estimated $254,000.
The other, in Maine To ....nahip, will have eight fourroom units, costing $89,000.
Wheeling, with 49 single dwelling pcnnits, plus nine
permits for 8ccessOl'Y buildings and alterations, bad
the hig hest val ua tion-S1.233,100---a mong the townships. No perm.its were iS$ued for Barrington, Calumet, New Trier, and Niles Townships.
In addition to single dwellings and apa rtment houses ,
permits were issued for other types of conatruction
as follows:
ROAD, in Niles, New Trier and Northfield

H ARMS
Townships, bears the name of Henry Harms,
who is credited with having builllhe first house in the

village lhen known as Niles Centre. That was in
1854. Four years later he set up a store, selling
hardware and provisions, and when Ule village post
oflice was established he beea.me postmaster and served
until 1874.
Harms also held the office of township supervisor

from 1863 to 1870, and he seems to have been generaUy looked to as a leader of the community. An out
standing service was his part in the tickli.sh matter
o r lhe Civil W a r bounty tax.
In 1864., draft notices went to 26 men, a high ratio
for the township's small population. Some attributed
the excessive d raft to the whim of the enrolling offi cer,
who was English-born a nd was believed to ha.ve
neglected to become an AmeriCall citizen.
At s ny rate, some of the draftees faced hardship if
required to go into t he arm y, so the people of the
towns.hip, as in many other com munities, undertook
to raise a fund by pu blic subscription with which to
hire substitutes. When the war ended, it appeared
Utat some wealthier residents had failed to pay up aa
faithfully as lhe poorer people. Several mass meet
ings were held and it was decided to seek a law to
levy a bounty tax.
Harms was the man sent to Springleld. The law
was passed l"ebruary 12, 1867, permitting a 3 per cent
levy againdt all taxable properly, to be collected with
general taxes. It was approved at a town meeting,
159 to 114, but was held up fo r a time by a lawsuit
bl'ought against tbe township and also naming Ha rms
and the town collector.
Finally, all the bounty fund was collected under the
tax law except about 15 per cent. That amount W RS
still outstanding when the records were lost in the
Chicago fire of 1871.
Resldenlbil alWIUon~ and nltl!rut!on_22 pennl13, '1.16.700.

ALt....,uury bulldlngll-2(; l>\IrmlU, $50,800.
nu"lneu bulldln":I1-2 pcrmlu, $-18,400.
8ullllnelil additions and allera llonB--6 permits, $~6,700.
Indulitrhll bulld lngll-l permit, S2OO,OOO.
rn<Ju~lrlnl IIddllions Il nd nlLeru.UQnll--l permit, $25.600.
WI:'II11-12 permits. $l2.000.
Mllllceilaneo uB--7 permltlll, $260.700.
In the no-fee claSSification, which includes churches,

public and farm buildings, nine permits were issued
for a tolal valUation of $218,400. Included were one
for a building a ddit ion issued to t he Sisters of St.
Francis of Christ the King. Lemont Township, $64,000,
and one to School District 59, Elk Grove Township,
for an addition. $91,200.
The March fee perm its were distributed by townships as follows:

T" ... n s hip
Uloom
Breml>n
Accident Costs-
f:lk Crove
Ilanovl'r
l.eyden
l.yonlll
Maine
N(lrlhlleld
(Contin ued [rom page 3)
The study was des igned for use in highway planning

as well as to afford a measure "witb which costs of
accident prev6.ntion efforts cn.n be weighed against
benefits." Witlli n Illinois, it is sta ted, the resclts
can ge put to direct and practical usc.
The projeet was aime<! "to provide compl'ehenaive
data on accidents of all degrees of severity, ranging
from incidents involying only a few dollars damage to
the most severe and costly accidents.
"T he data a re cr osS tabulated to relate the costs of
accidents to the c.ha,racterisLics of the street or highway, the driver and the vehicle. Thus, it makes possible the interpreta tion of accident data for ,'uious
purposes of highway design. F acts are available for
use in the economic analysis of route improvement
a nd location studics. for improving -suffi ciency rating
of highways, and other studies.
"Enforcement and safety educa tion programs can
benefit from facLS that make it possible t o put money
NorwOOd Ptlrk
Orland
Vailltlne
PnlOI
ProvlllO
RIch
Schnurnburg
SUck ney
Thor n t on
WhM'llnsc
Worth
,
,
l'crmU.
4
,
"",,
,,,
,
,,
",
'"
13
Va ' uu llon
$
3.000
10,900
311,700
~~
~~=
127,800
".000
24,~oo
:;i1~
"'.000
4.600
4~,400
<137,600
"'.000
1,23.1,lOO
1~,700
Nofee pennHs also included a $4,000 addition to

t he buildings of the Society of the Divine Word,
Northfield Townahip; four farm buildings and two
public sewers in Stickney Township.
and manpOWEZ whe re they can do the most good."
The report is published in a ring binder of 157 pages.
There are 31 page$ of text, 138 tables presenting
types and severity of accidents, involVements and costs,
ten charl illustrations and two maps of interview
districts.
Vol.
x No.
12
MAY, 1963

Publilhed by th e Cook County (III.) Oep;lrtment of H illhway.
Under au.plcel of the BO;llrd of County Comml"'oner.
SEYM OUR SIMON, P re.lde"t
Charlea J . Grupp, Jr.

Jerome Huppert
Chrllt A. Jen l en
Frank Bobry uke

Charles S. Bo nk
Charita F. Chaplin
Elizabeth A. Conkey
Ruby Rya n
Jerry Dolezal
Seymour S lmo"
George W , Dunne
Edward M. Sneed
John J. Touhy
Will Iam N. Erickson

F red A. Fulle
WilHam J. Mortimer
Superintendent of H lghwlIIYI
Publilhed
at
130
North
Well,
Street,
Chlc01l10
6.
FR;IInkHn
2..7544
Exten,lon 216
Boob of the Month

persons were
T
acc.ldents in suburban Cook County in April. seven
more than in the preceding month and onc more than
WENTY
killed In highway lraffic
in April of last yenr.
At the end
of four months, the death toLaI in
Lbe area stood nl 59, which compared, with 62 in the same period of
1962.
Six other deaths connected .....ith
motor \'l!hicle operations were listed
by the Cook County Traffic Safety
Commission but were not classed
fiS traffic accidcnts. Three occurred
on private property and in three instances the cause
of death wns certified by physicians na heart failure.
The 20 killed in traffic included six pedestrians and
two boys riding bicycles. Five victims were in cans
that left the road and struck wayside objeclS. Five
were killed in collisions between automobiles and two
in collisions involving trucks.
Three fatalities occurrcd on Edens Expresswa}'_
One wns killed in a collision invohting two automobiles
and a truck, one when a car struck All abutment and
one was a pedestrian.
In addition to the 20 fatui accidents, there were 456
accidents resulting in Injurics to 673 persons and
2.805 accidents that caused property damage only.
The total of accidents. 3.275. compared with 3,609 in
March.
Shelters Given Priority

Fnllout shclters are not only an c38C:ntial complement of an anti-Intercontinentfll Ballistics Missile program but shelter construction should tllke pre<:edence,
in the opinion of Robert S. McNamara, S(>cretnry of
Defense.
His testimon y before Ule Houilc Committee on ApprolU'iations iM presented in a bulletin issued by the
Of!lce of Civil Defense, which Is In the Dcpartment o(
Defense, In reply to questions, be swd, in part:
"[ would Bay the quickesL '" ,ay to provide for a sav
ing In lives is to advance the Civil Defense program
at an ex.penditure which is just. a amall fraction of
thls (anti-ICBM cost). As a matter of fact, anyone
F_ FUSTLAN FUZZ flivvcrs in his own fairyland.
He doesn't believe it humanly posiiible to observe

all tra11ic regulations.
And , anyway, he doesn't think an occasional violat 'on endangers himself or anyone e lse,
F'u.rtilermore, he feels that strict trn.ffic law enforcement is unfair.
of these programs demands It complementary Civil
Defense program because there will be such a huge
amount of fallout generated by our own anti-ICBM
system and the incoming warbeads of the strike that
it would be foolhardy to spend funds of this magnitude
without accompanying it with a Civil Defense program ...
"A fallout shelter program by it.se.lf, however, for a
far lesser Amount of money, ..... i11 provide absolute certainty of 8..'lvzng tellS of milliolls of lives; how many
depending upon Lhe character of the nttack ....
"Thcse arc not ,;ubslitutes, one for the other, of
course. The fallout shelter program can savc a limited
number of livC8, but the anti lCBM program , if it is
developed effe<:tively, can save mOl'e on top of Lbe
number savl'u by the shelter program . , _
"1 belie\'e tbat e\'cn if we do not have an anti-ICBM
program, we nonetheless should proeccd with the faHout. shelter program."
County Takes "L" Pillars Out of Street

OLUMNS of the C.T.A. elevated railway lines that
C
hampered and endnngert'd trnffic at four points on
Weslern Avenue hnve been relocated by the County
in
400,000 projc:l just nearing completion.

When the elevated structures wuc built. in the
period 1S93J902, the roadway was narrower and the
columns stood In wc:o clear. Widening projects in the
1920'8 added lrnllic lanes but left the eolumns out in
the street. The current Unllro\'cment h33 removed
the columna back of the curb line, leaving Chicago'.
longe8t IIlreet free of roudway obstacles.
The plnns, which were dJtrerenl for each location,
were prepared by the bridge des.lgn division of the
Ilighway Departmcnt. The County Board awarded
the controcl and lhe Department provided supervision.
The contractor, Herlihy-Mid Continent Company,
sLarled laMI July lind carly In It'lny had completed
work ut Rnvenilwood nnd Lake Street and had only
the platform brnckel8 to place fit Logan Square, The
Douglas Park span 18 ex-peeted to b<' finished Inte this
month.
A
New Girders 139 Feet

At Logan Square. whcf'l!" tht' e1~\'alo:d cro~ Weslem IUkew, the dimension8 of the ncw girders are
notable, being 139 feel in length and 9 feet 6 1 :! incbes
in depth and wi'lghlng 62 tons each, They were brought
[rom the fabrit'ator to the aite on trailer trUcks a nd
were A.mong the longest girders ever trundled througb
Chicago sLreelB.
At Lake Strel't, wher{' Western is 70 feel from curb
to curb, the girder. nre 105 feet . This length was
dictated by the dl'Cision to place new columns far
enough back of the Lnkc Street curb line to avoid
setting UJlU hazard to vehicles making a turn. Girders
at bolh Rn venswoocl and Douglas Park are 76 feet.
Clearance above pavement WnB, of course, a major
consideration. At Ravenswood, Logan Square and
Lake Street It WRS necessRl'Y, to R considerable extent.
to rebuild the exJsling structures in order to maintain
Lhe stnlldUJ'd minimum of 14 feeL. At Douglas Park,
where clearance WAS 26 feet , the old structure WfiS
I('Cl Intact find new girders Installed below it.
EssenliaUy, a new frame was erected around and
beneath the exblLlng Douglaa Park atructure. This
lrame conlllsted of the new longitudinal girders placed
on new columna back of the curb lines, two pairs of
cross girders and the cross bracing. When COmpleted, it will support the upper length of the old
columns. which will conLinue to support the track
girdera and the plalfonnll.
CrQ85 girdCT1l wC're placed at the columns, one member of each pair on each aide of a column.. A saddle
labricated on the CI'088 girder affords anchorage for
the length of column to remain in place. The final
step wUI be to dJsconnecL the old columns at tbc base,
jack Lhem uJ) sumcienL Lo compensaLe for deflection in
the new longitudinal girdcT1l and anchor them 10 the
suddJelJ. As much of the columns as remaJn below
tho girders will Lhen be cut orr.
The new colu mns u1 all four 10caLions are of low
alloy steel, 400 pounda to the foot, superior in strength
Top--Wutcrn Avenue at Logan Square Elev.ued

Cro .. lng Before Column, Were Re mov ed. MlddleSame View After Removal. Bottom_ New Gird er , 139
Feet Long, Hol.ted on Sp;ln ;It Log;ln Squllre.
to the lattice columna placed 60 years ago. Caiuona

were sunk to load bearing of nine tons per square
fool. Average depth was 50 feet. At the column

base, a horizontal pin bearing permits adjuatment to
temperature and slre8lll.
Traffic Kept Moving

During construction, el{'\'ated trains operated with
out interruption and Western Avenue was kept open
10 traffiC except for short periods when girden were
hOisted, find this work was done on Sunday mOrnings.
Work done by Ule contractor previous to J anuary ]
waa oft" the street, principaHy the placing of new col.
umns. Work 011 the allans. which required partiaJ
blocking of the strcel, Started at Ravenswood Jallu.
sry 2 and WOII com Illetcd on March 2;; at Logan
Square, from J allu!lI"Y 30 to May 7, and at Lake Streel.
fro m Morch 21lO April 25,
Suburban Civil Defense Directors Meet

CO~'TY'S
OOK
role In the masaive new phase of
C
Civil De-fen!M! was presented to suburban CO
direttors at two mt'eUngs In late April. one in the
lOulh part. of the County and ODe in the north.
Arranged bl' the newly appointed County direttor.
Patrick M. O'Slock, as a means of getting acquainted
with the 12 local directors. the meetings were at
tpnded also by officers of national and state agencies.
Among them, they outlined the naUon ....-ide Callout
ilhelter prognam now In progress and the participation
expected of each com munit y,
Briefly, the project Is aimed eventually to provide
shelter space for every resident of the United States.
Immedlotcly- by July 1 shelters with room for "
million persona more lha.ll ]00,000 in Chicago and
Cook County-are to be stocked with emergency Slip
plics.
The n('('d for SI>ced III the program was stresacd by
two spcllkel"8 Cen. Paul K. MncOonllld, deputy djrcc
tor. region 4, or the Illl.tional office of Civil Defense, at
Bnttle Crt!ek, Mlchlgun, and ColO. PoL Vance, ruinois
slate director.
"I a.88ure you that you will be very unhappy If the
eamc qucllions are asked tomorrow that were aaked
last October," aald Gen. MacDonald. "We shall have
no excuse if the Cuban eriais rises again and finds us
with nolhlng done to protect our people."
"I am concerned about the timing," mid Col. Vance,
"We hear awul t .....oyear plans and three-year plan.e
and so on. but there '- no certainty that we shall have
that mueh time. You l)tOple bave the potentiality to
do the job before you."
Director O'Block laid he considered him8l'.if more a
coordinator than a director.
"Many of you ha\'e been in Civil Dclense much
longer thn.n I," he told th(' suburban directors. "and
I expect to benefit from your experience. We have 0
good County organizotion. There are some matters
thut can be tmproved. ond J Intend to work closely
with the stato and through that agency "'lith the fed
eral Civil Deten3C office. When you have problems,
bring them tfl me."
The functiona ot the County Dlrector in the shelter
program 88 well as in emergency operations were.
given Importance by other speakers.
2,000 Shelters Listed

Surveys conducted for the federal agency have resulted. In th~ declgnaUon of 540 school houses and
IIOm~ 1.600 otber building. in the suburban area as
suitable shelters. Federal standards called for a minimum oC rso oceupanUJ and one and one-half cubic feet
of saIe 8torage space per person.
Requisitions (or supplies-medical kits, emergency
food. water ronwnera, and fallout detection instru
menu,-wilJ be hftndled by the County office Cor the
locnl directors. The suburban officers, however, must
slglI for ull stores drawn for buildings in their areas
and muaL aJ'IIIume responsibility for them, said Gen.
MacDonald.
"Find out when }'our buildings are ready to receive
SUI)pllcs," he snld. "Sec to it thaL lift trucks or band
truck. are avnllnble for handling, and find out whether

the building owner Ia prepared to fill the water drums.
"You will get 8upplies at the government warehouse
on Penhing Road and once you have signed for thl"m
you will be I"CIJpon!ible. So make sure that the ator
age 8pace hAS all the nonnal safeguards, particularly
locked clO8f!lI for medical supplies and detection in
strumenl&."
FIUJL communication from top to bottom of the CO
IIlructure is (!8Se1ltilll to forewarn the populauon of
nn impending emergt>ncy-either an enemy attack or
n natural disaster IUld to get the CO workers on the
job. 81lld Chauncey E. Carvelh, executive director of
the lIlinoie stnte agency.
"IL Is thp "tllte's rE'spollsibilily to give nn alert meso
sage to the counties, but just broadclUJting is not
enough." he lAid. "!!:nch community must be prCI)Ared
to receive It Ilnd alRO to know how to act on It.
"The time and effort required for propare<ine88 pays
off. Ll18t week I vlalted localities in Southern TIIinois
struck by tornud08, Ilnd I heard officials of the towns
prllise Civil Defenle workers for saving lives and
property."
Radio Improvement Planned

Mr. O'Block aald that one of hb; first objectives
would be lmprovement of short wave radio communi
cation throughout the County. Hi3 office already has
the use of the County Highway Department'. network
linking the five maintenance districts. State and
County police radio 8ystems also are available, but
they art" aomewhat limited geographically. What is
needed, Lhe director said. is one countywide frequen cy
balld connecting all agencies concerned with Civil
Defense.
Cal)l. Willinm Sandgren, who is asaigned to radio
Dnd Civil Defense for the the County Highway PoUce,
said the sherlf"s office Is endeavoring to develop such
a system.
"We plRn tr.. ofTer a communication schedule thn.t

will provide 24-hour service seven days a week," he
suJd.
Dr. C. B. Hostetler, repreaenting the County Department of Public Health, told of 8 project unde.r way
to give Instruction in the \laC of the new medical &eU
help Itlt, to be placed in Ihelters. A course requiring
one-hal! day a week. 16 bours in all, Is being given at
nve health departtnent diAtricl offices to prepare volun
teer'll to teach othera In use of kiUl.
" We b8ve just lent out letters to h08pitala and
three of them already have set up instruction prognuns," said Dr. H08tetler. "The next. step is to send
letter'll to all of you luburba.n directors offering the
killl on loan."
10 addition to those mentioned as speake.~, official
representath'cs at the meetings included Matthew
Pump. director of first aid for Lbe Chicago Chapter,
Red Crossi Gen. Frank ~tyers, in cbarge of the shelter
progrnm at the Battle Creek regionlll office; Henry C.
Zedd, field officer, and Glen Curry, accreditation ofiicer,
both of the I11lnola stnte agency.
New Fallout Shelter Program
Explained
IS
Left to Rlght--ChauM:ey E. Carveth, Col. D. M. V .. "c:e, Gen. Paul K. MacDonald, Purick M. O'Block, Gen. F . Myer.o
T PRESENT, 108 cities and villages and 20 8re

protection districts in Cook County outside of
Chlcogo ha.ve local C-D directors. The list of directors or suburbs follows:
ALS'"
ARUNCro:s liEIGH'rS
8ARRINGTOS
BAKJUNGTO!>l IllLt.S
UARTLE"TT
DEOf'ORD I'AlO.
IJ.u.LWOOD
BERKELEY
R~!RWY.s
I;IIX [sLAND
KltllXa:\'IL"'W
Clark Altonl,. l.26l1 S. LaPm1e St.
_
_
WaUat-e o.U&btry, ns W Elm.

Jcl"l"Y J. Jo~ldt. 3DD E. Main 51.
112
WUllam Taylnr, ZZO TaUe A~e.

Perth T. iIIltc:kviell. 7706 W.
66lh PI.
_ lIal"1")' Kuhn, :1039 Dellwood A\e.
Frank M Sherldun. 1.122 lJft"bert.
.'rlll1k J. Umuook. ruB Ea!;l Aye.
_ Robrrl N. Itoeanet', .l2lO3 S.
G~nwood Aye.
_ Edw..-d
N.
Nagle, 7208 S.
BUFFALO WIQVt;
U U ll.... UAl'ot
CICERO
_
_
_
CO\WTRY CLUI:I 1IIw..s
COw-." TRYSlDE
CRESTWOOD
Dt3 PLALXE3
CHICAGO UEJ(;IITS
Stn'aen-Reutn-,
HARWOOD 1If:ICHTS
IIAZEL CREST
Hlo.;:ORY lULU,
CALUM:&T PAIU{
P.
IUNSOALE
UODGKlNS
IIOF'FMAN ESTATfS
IIOldt..10"'N
8t1nkl!l' ltd.
BItOADVIEW
BTlOCHCnELD
CALUr.u:r CITY
Alfn!'d
GL01WOOD
rtARVEY
1I0:\lEWOOD
lNl)L\N IIEAO l'AItK
JUSTICE
KEr\'TLWOftTlI
I.A CRANG":
Rol.M:!rtJI.
M E. Brllga, :usa S. 14th A\'I!.
John A. Snyder, 8641 Park view
La GItA...... CF.: PARK
LANSL"iG
Michael F. lIu"pel. 186 HaUPIl.

Ell It. Pupome, 18802 ChIPlIOWII.
John M. Stanko, l366 Arthur.
Le.t~ M. Lelkel, 17724 S. LaJlln.
Walter H . Lu~er, "04 \Y. 10th 5t.
JOhn
w ltalelr;h. XJ07 S.
LaramLe AVe.
Thoma. J. Behrle, l8251 S. All'
thony Ave.
John w.. Han'at, 1211 Kllraln.-ton Ave.
Ward Eo Hudln. l3:lOO Foretl
View t..ne
~lf"I... Eu,enle Tarbert. Tn CoLt
U~IONT
LlNCOLNWOOI)
LYOl'o'S
MAIUOIAM
Stanley lwlrak) 800 Wdlwond.

Edward fo' Alorlivek. 1!I6OO CenItt Ave
JOHph D. Zino. 7:K1:i w. Slron.-.
rrank G. Ryan, W3 Lexington.
Rudolph J . Ifb'ac:. 9136 S. I13rd
Ave.
RaY"!.Ond E. Nenui. 471:1 Butl..tr
fteliJ Rd.
Emanuel FrIed, 2:1 . lst St.
John P. Mo~U. 67th and Wens
Donald O. Noah, 114 Ducke)'e Or
Ronll.ld J LaurenCClIl, 873-1 S.
Knlmar Ave.
MelVin K MIIl')er, ]9159 lUegel.
WilliAm W StephAn, 6420 l'unUlle Dr.
Rllymond "Un,ke. Onk Gran Rd.
Roberl M. Oale)". 41.9 Rlehmnn(l.
R,>bI'11 I:!. !.(e)~. 53 S
LaGran . . Rd.
Ollnlel D. O'COnnell. G3S N
SprLn.- AVe.
John Hrllaehler. 3ol()ol LlIke Sl
EUil ... ne J\ Mukelke, 2 LoJey Ct.
Albert P . Greenberg, G.'m2 Chrl,llIan" Avo.
~mold W. Ntemun. 8021
2nd
MORTON GnOVF
)IT PROSPECT
1""LI:S
NORJllD(;E
FOREST l'AitK
John S. Brown 181.1 Cambrldle

""rank
So.
!'IehnUrJteln,
1106
NORTJlDItOOK
NORTHl..AK.:
SORl1rn.:I.D
NonTI! RlVErISIDE
OAK FOREST
OAK LAW~
OAK PAliK
DI.YMPIA .I"~I.~
OIu..A.ND PAliK
t"ORffil' \flEW
lIannah A\e.
Jame- Kofron. 4f>2-1 S. Wenonah.
!'A!.ATINE
Roland Oberk, 1623:1 Plymouth.

Ll. Richard Eo Oykura, 3929 W
'2l41h PI
Elmer CoIs, 1423 S. rut Alit.
Gerard C. Couldent, 1718 N. 19th.
JOhn O. Lucln, U72T Albany Or.
J..,oonard F . lAwrence, 1U19 Turner Ave.
Edward 1.. Wllander. 9039 Park.Idt
lIal'(lld C. Appleby, 112 . Nonh.
"''IIIItllwy.
Col G. RUHfiI Prichard, 83J4
OIt'eola Ave.
I~ro)' J. Randall. "llSl N. Onrhili Aile.
DR\ld Levlnton, 624 8eI"lIUM PI.
HlI1'Old C. Alden, 36 S. IIQwtll"d
John 1.. Aman. Village li ull
Elme!' O. PlUmer, 234s Wt'ltOver.
Bl'.m.,.d J. Kell),. 161.20 ~Ut Ct.
Albert E. Dult, 9730 So Mlnnldc.
1Ia.n1. $11"'en" 1140 OA",n",
J..tooftard Windmiller, 1007 rUWL),n .
WUIIAm E. ~"tson, J01M l1untIn,ton Ct.
Georae 0. DlekJon, 709 DennelL
Dr. " C. (..archer, .l2542 S. 73nt
l'ALOS PAliK
ooL1'O="
_
_
_
Kennelh Stelnhall!!l, 142nd and

Wood st.
DOIlald E. Cle,~ 14600 Unl
~lIy Ave.
J~ Kelly. 1400 . -eth 5t
JameJI AdamlJOn. 1006 ..... 1~1h.
ArUlur J. Boyot', 400 :Yaple Lane
Lt. o..le HJellum. 7UG
~:AST ClflC\CO IITS

EAST IIA7.ELClU::sT
ELK ORO\'
EI.MWOOD PARK
EVA.r-'STON
~LE."'V1EW
AvC!.
J~ph
"-
Hud~r
JiRANKLI.N PARK
GI.ENCOF.
lerton
Hlcha"1
Pllu'4l
I~AHK
n.oss!tlOOIt
~lA\'WOOD
MELROSE I'ARK
)tERRlOl'o'ETT PARK
)llDLOTlllAN
Rd.
DIXMoon
EVf;IIC'tEt::....
~ IA'ITESO~
I~
w. Ful-
nOle. Munlelpftl BuUd

Siul.,
2736
W,
96th
I'ALOS
Wm. nammlll. 9:1111 Bel-
mnnl A'e.
nOb<!rt U Morril, Village flail
fo'red E. W<!ldon , UU Pl(!DUnt
Luno
H~:ICIJTS
Co.
WilliAm n. Rlngwlllil SIlt?

129lh St.
'
(Continued on paiO 7)
37-Year Veteran Retires
How Early Roads Got Their Names
EAL E. GIUNTOlJ, who has been in charge of

township roads In recent years, will retire June
1 arter more Ihltn 3i years service in the Highway
Department.
When he was fi.nt employed. in
October, 1925, the Department was
housed In the County Building and
there were about 20 office employea,
plus 1\ small field force. In his
period of service, be has lived in
hlgllway history from graveled
The /ol1cnct.lY i8 011(10/ a series 0/ sketches tracing the origin" of names 0/ roaQlJ in Cook County.
ARTLE'M' Road, like the village of Bartlett, in

B
Hanover Township, bears
name of Luther
B.arUru,
platted the town nnd gave it.
by
the
who
start
building 8 factory to
make patented
neck
yokes.
Bartlett owned 40
ncres along the line of
the Milwaukee railroad
and wben Ute tracks
werc laid in 1873 he gave
his acreage to the com
pany in a deal to pluce a
station there. The following year he established the Bartlett Manufacturing Company to produce neck yokes.
Business wns good at first, and he added to his 24
by <lO-[oot plant from time to time until it was 100
feeL in length, Thc company folded In 1878, long
before its dcmis(' could be blamed on the motor vehicle. Bartlett wn.s the hamlet's first postmaster, appointed in ]873. and was a partner in a lumber yard.
His son, Edwin, also was 11 founder. The railroad
builL through his farm east of Bartlett and be developed the part around the station as OntarioviUe. He
was the first posbnnster of his town, and also had a
conI, lumber nnd grain elevator business.
OntariovUle, never incorporated, now lies generally
within Lhe limits of Hanover Park. There is still a
!!Chool with tl.c name Ontarioville.
rond to expressway and haa seen
Un) Department. grow to 1,300 ernploy-es.

A t one time he headed the design
division for roads and expressways
n.nd drafted plnns fnr Edens E.xpressway and parts
of Calumet and Congress Expl'csswaYIJ. As the Department's liaison man with the townships he was
concerned with maiutenance Rnd improvement of some
600 miles of road. Costs oC this work are paid for by
lhe lowns from their motor fuel tax allotmenta and
contracting And construction supervision is provided
by the County.
ACter retirement, GiuJltoli and his wife will move to
711 Country Club Drive, McBenry. close to the golf
course.
Ann Patterson Retires

Mrs. Ann Pallerson, an employe of the Highway
Department more than 34 years. haJI retired on pension. She came to the Depart.ment August 18, 1928.
on II temporary 30-day appointment as a junior typist
and remained in continuous service. During the lUst
21 years she was secrclary to Peter M. Callan, adminIstrative service division supervisor.
Bids Received
Blda were received by the Board of County Commissioners May 21 on two Southwest Expressway items
and (our non-expressway improvemc.nt projects. Thc
joba, with the low bidders, were:
S/;lulhwl!ll I:::'I"PnlU\\uy-MBln dTldn oolw<->en the SOuth
Branch or !.hI! ClIlcllao Uhe.r nnd MAr')' St~t, Orr COII.true
The Front Cover
lion Comptln)! 1236,611.

SiJu l hwl!MI Expn.uwlty-Brhlge. over the SOu th FOrk of the
SOuth BrlUlt'h o f the Chleltilu Rh'cr, Thomu M. l\IlIlIdl.!n Com
IlItn), ".0011:161.09.
PalAUne ROAd-Cro.dl!~raL41n at Elmhul'lIl RO'ltl, TITomlU
~I~u~n Company $667,
.26.
Arlln,ton HelghLi kOll -Recon'ITUctlon to tour lanes wIth
median,
ROAd to Central Road, 2.71) mBel. r.mbum
Brothl'~
,7lI9.49.
Oakton trNI-Harlem A\'enue--l\Ialn draln on oakton trom
Okl'la A"..nul! to r>orlh Branch of the ChICllIO RI"er and on
Harlem A,enue trom OtLklon Sllftl to LlIl Stteet, Rock Rnad
COnll"rueUon Company, $23:l.:229.4!1.
LaramIe Avenue-Gayhelll' Road-l7UI Sl1ftI-~aJ,.. Avenue,
Brtinl'n TownJhln--Bltumlnou, rc.urfAeln~ CIlrlllOn Con.truetlOh Company, $8.858.ls'
The view Is northward along the expressway. past

the huge gratn elevators and other buildings of the
Port of Chicago. The rallrosd crosaings are the
South Shore electric railway, south of the cloverleaf,
and the Rock Island spur to the port, north of the
interchange. The parallel street west of the expreasway is Cottage Grove Avenue, which 130th Street
Ct08S(!8 on on overpass.
BriM
The last listed job, like all townsh.ip road work, is

contracted by the County and paid for by the tnWDship
superviaora from their motor fuel tax funds.
Interstate System Grows
Five Cars To W atch
Slightly more than 35 per cent of the projected

41,OOO-mile-long Interstate highway system was open
to traffic March 31, It WAS reported this month by the
U. S. Bureau of PubUc Road.ll. The bureau suld that
as of March 31, 14,543 miles of the system were in
use, up [rom 12,387 a yeur before. Of the mjJl'!agl'!
in usc, 9,136 mUes were completed to 6landards adequate tor ..u-alfiC anticipated in 1975,
AL least five cars besides your own concern you

while driving, says the National Safety Council. They
are the one ahead, the one behind, tbe one approaching In Ule opposing lane, the one ready to enter [rom
a sidc street. and the one parked at the curb. Be
prepared Cor any of them to do anything without
warning.
Detours
Effect
In
IGHWAY work in progress by lhe County requires
construction of
total valuation more
BUILDING
than twice that of lhe pce\'ious month was nuthor-
",rOLF ftOAD--Hrldlt~ l:onstructlon ilL ""011 cr k.

l.ol'al
'rnm.:: only bet\\een 19th ~Ireet anti C('rman f..'h un:h Roa(l.
ThrOlJlh tramc lIIJulhbound
i7.ed in April by the Cook County Department of
H detours as Collows:
on WuLt
SORRY TO INCONV.ENIENC[
YOU ... j'tJ'W'fo
THIS RESURFACING
mlln
Church
Welt to \Voir.
through
der.
trnmc
ltolld
Mu nlh
l\Ilu~h
.\prll
al\d
Northbound
between
wolf
Road
IUItI
COunty
Unl!
aolld.
l",l1'\(' (leIOIl( $Ou th on wolr 10 91st
Uirou~h
SU"t'eI. Weill (Ill aUI to OJun!y Unt'. DOrlh to German Chun:h.

CE:'TltAL A\ E...... UE bet\\rt'n 9l5th Street a nd 10ln) Street.
chanal!
in
grade
lembllnkm... nt
COlUtTU.::tlun).
Clolled
to
(Mme. SOuthbQund trllmc tlclOlU' cut on 95th St reet to Cleero

A\'"nuc, aoulh un CIcero A,'enue to lO3rd 51rHl and we.l on
103rt! Street to Central AVl!nue. Northbounll rever." order.
Traffic is permitted while work proceeds on lhe following named locations:

CON(;lU:SS sr. EXPRESSWAY between Sacramento noulc\'aNl Ilnd i.ar4mle Av;>nu!!! Ilgn Installllliun.
COl'CHSS ST. ~.:xPltESSWAY bl!t.... een.llt A\"I'DUe li nd Woll
noud ,lgn IruIl.lIl.IaUon.
PALATINE ROAD lM!tween Wilkie Road and SchOCDbcek

Roud. O\'crhl!ad brltl&e c:ontltructlQ:n.
PALATI.:"OE ROAD bl'l\\'ccn 1t'.II.lte 21 (Mlll'oaukcc Avenue,
and Wheeling Road (Sllite and

re:newal.
COunl~'
conltrul'tion);
pII\'em~t
lle.lldcnUnl addltlonl and alteraUonl-40 pt!nnU .. $191, 100.

Aeec.lOty bulldlnp-84 penni, .. 115O,800.
nddltlon. and al'erllllon~ permiu. 119.800.
lluJullrIaJ bulldln/i:1-2 llennlu, S88.4oo.
Induttrlal llddlUon. and IIlteratJ on:"'---2 pcrmlU, J21,OOO.
Wellll-9 penn!tll. $9.000.
MI~l:el1oneou.-1 4 pcrmili. '163.600.
By townships, the distribution of fee pennils was:
(COntlnucd r rom page til
rOSE.~
IUClITOS PARK
KI\t:HD.\LE
KlVI:::K F'ORE:,'T
IUVF.I( (;ROVE
IUVF IIS IOE
nOBBINS
ROLLINC "tI:::ADOWS
IIOSE:'IIOr-."T
Shl!K VII.LACE
SCHAC;\1BURC
:;(UII.I.I::R rAIIK
SKOKIE
so.
BATlRL~GTON
ST~:(:":R
~'TICKNEY
ST ONE P ARK
STRE,\;\ IWOOO
SUMMIT
TIIOItNTO:><"
T INLEY PARK
WF;STCHJ,STER
WltEELffiC
wn.l.ow
SPIU.~GS
W I L<.\tE'n"rc
\\'fNN'ITKA
WORTU
5
2
11
14
52
24
l"orthfleld
Notllood Par;c
Orlknd
Edward A. !ltllrk.. Sr.. 13725

Lawndllie Avc.
Thomll!i 0 Unrnnlkl. S9O'i' wren
1
"
l'alnUnl'
Pttlol
Pf'(wllo
RI('h
SChnumburg
Sltckne)'
ThomlOn
Wheelln",
Worth
Lno,
ErIc t.nndRlrom. 6UlII N. Ruby.

_ Robert F, B.u.rroll'. 1000 E. 2191h
Po.
Rll'bard K. Dahlem. 36 Waban
Lao,
Frank J. :-Oovoln)". 4!H2 Fore-slt'r.
2'J
3
"
6
M
1
74
3:i
In lho nofee classification. which incl udes churches,

public a nd farm buildings, eight permits were isaued,
reflecting an estimated $456,200 valuation. I ncluded
were n building of the Redeemer Methodist Church.
Worth Township, $57,600; a. residence at St. Emily's
Church, Wheeling Township. S39,8OO, a school building
In District 209, Proviso Township, 350,000; a farm
building in 8anover TOWlUibip, $8,800, and permits for
public sewer work in Wheeling. Stickne)' and Lyons
Townahips, for which no valuation was stated.
_ Don R. Dernl n R \'lIInl<' HIIII

O(l\'ld Zuidema, 72201 Wen U2th.
~ULI.ER
PAI.Q!i
Fire Protection Districts
lIaymonti C. Mn rthaler. 22940

Sht'rma n IW .. Chlcilgo HeightI'
Wllllltm It. Rln gwllhl. 8 137 Wes l
129U\ S t.
1I0wlird F . Ludwllr. Rl. 1, ]31$1
WOODS
I~AnK
U:''IONT
Directors of fire protection districts a re as follows:

Ct::''TRAL STICKSEY
33
l\IlIlll('
Jnm!!. B. Mntkcy. 180 Gllge Rd .
_
_
2
7
10
Le)-den
Lyon.
John ~. Nimrod. 9'.116 KlIdlln'

William H. ROJt'. II. R. 2
Malcolm [I . Noble,. Vll1nKe HIlII
Ruuell C. Rloek, ~r.. 421S JUdgeand A,e.
_ Mllrtln G. Mc-ndc IR"". Jr.. ]616 N.
"~rd Avc.
_ II nl"l)l(1 A Hcl!rleh. Jr . 118 Fair
view LIlne
_ IInIT)" SklenAr. 761J9-...62nd SL
_ Arthur J. Wym . 21ri Maple Lanc.
Eldon W. lllller. ~IS Pnrk.lldf'.
- Jolin H. O'Urk-n. 11029 l1!1r1lndale Dr.
_ ROben IL BU('r,er, 312 E. Dun1If'(' Rd.
_ Wall('r 0. BUl"kl, 90-1 cedar SL
-. Edwin }-' WhlTf'.ldt'. 825 Green
bn}' RIl.
_
_
Pe rmit.
" "wru;bl ll
Barringto n
Rloom
Bremen
Elk Grove
Hanover
l,emont
Ol.llt Sol"(!llson 'lOO Wlkewood.

_ RlI)'mond Holil.l,.'i' ;IS So Aldlnc SI.
Jlun('$: OlhC'r. 1.00'11 611\ Avc.
_ Robert A. Ka.mlnlkl. 1-1513 Clcveillnd A,'e.
_ JO'eph C;>bul.lkl 22-107 Lawndlllf'.
_ RQbCrt A Henrl"kl. 39 ..:.. Lqgth.
Thorn. . A.. ("uIlU::k. Jr~ 847 Kf')'Stone St.
_ .lame, T. Kilroy. 2-144 Budd St.
_
\ 'n l" IIII . ..

$.1.682,000
7.439.100
!Jullnt'Q
C-D Directors
P,\RK FOltF.ST
PARK RllXOE
PriOES!:'(
l'e mllU
100
57!1
Most of Ule April inc rease was in single dwellings,

multiple dwellings nnd business buildings. Of the 367
fee pcrmits, 178 were for single dwellings estimated
nt a total of $4 .072.900. which compared with 93 pel"mits and $2,389,800 valuation in March.
Among tho April projects was one or 29 duplex
homes in Maine To..... ns hip estimated to CORt $1,154.400.
In March two apartment buildings were listed, one of
40 units in Elk Grove Township, $254,000, and one of
eight units in Maine, $89,000.
Pe rmits were issued in April for six business buildings cstimated at It total S1.111,9OO, wh icb compared
.....ith two permits and $44,800 in Ma.rch.
For other types of construction, pe rmits were issued
in April as follows:
rcveMIC or-
GERMAN CHURC H ROAD

- Brlll&!!
oonllruc:Uo n
III
F'IIlM O'eek.
Loeal t ramc
only
WettlX>und
Building. Figures for the two months were:
Itoad (tctour elUl
on 7911'1 StNel to WlIlow

Spring. Jwud , JOulh to (;er-
NOIIWOOI) PARK
John C. wolowltt. 4808 S. lAChlcaCO

York B. C:Utlr. 104 Wrst Mc-
~kpOrl
St..
Df'~
I.uden E. Bond, !lH3 N. Mnnl

erey Dr ~ Norrlll"t'
A. J. Hardie. 7029 W. 7tU PI..
Chicago
Robert Schmualer. l0Ui5 Dick
..n.. A"f'~ M... lnlIIe PIlrk
t~rll' Landilltlm. 6108 N. Rub)'
:o.;OTTII"(;HA:\I
U"Obe A\"I'_
St..
PROSPECT IlEfGfI'l'S
('OI'NTRY Cl.UD 1111.1-'"
NOItT!! LEYOF.....
CHICACO RIDGE
_ "'rand.l W. Dnnll'll, 18033 S.

ThomM Lun~. T1nle), Park
- JOlin J. Wel.brod l, 101)~ S. Onk
COI.UMBUS MA.'I;OIl
John Walker, 9957 S. MerrimaC
ROLUNC; MAOOWS
Thomall "oanrt y. 2600 F reemonl
GRANDVIEW PARK
ROBERTS PAHh.
110FF~lAN
Roberl Poh lmll n. ~ W. 89th

Place Oak Lnwn
Carl selke, 109 CUm~rlnnd .\ve.,
RO$l!lle
T. J. ('onlln. 10130 Wdl Medlll
Ave .. ;\11!lM)M! ".rk
C harieR W. Rupr~h'. 700'J w est

S2nd PI. Ollk Lawn
~ HOml'r KTumrlc. 3625 192nd S1.,
Homewood
- William l'l'rroll, Plalntlrld Rd.
and Frnn.lr.lln A\'e~ La Oran ce
L.E'lDEN
t::STAT<;;
:-OORTI-I I.AKE
Donald Rd.
f"ALOS 11I1.1"s
Park An.
A\le~
Oak Lnwn
SU/';'N .... CTIEST
PI..E.ASANT\"lE\V
Hober!
A\'c.
!iit.
Plaine.
S lJI nton.
102-18
S. Slit
. ... -,.........
"
"- .. --
Tn l. Excava tion on Pal"t'"!: Road Will Take the Expru.way Lane. UndlH" Wolf ROild. The Vie .... I. WCltward From the Surface of Wolf
Road. On th Right I, the Completed Wen_Bound Frontage Ro .. d, Whieh Accornodatu Two-Way Trllffic: During Con.tructlon. See Page 4.
Vol. XI No. I
JUNE, 1963

fl'ubll,tted by the Cook County (III.) Oe~rtm'M of Hlgh'Wlly.
Under au.pice. of the BOlrd of Counly Com"" .. lo"....
SEYMOUR SIMON, Pruld,nt
FrInk Bob!"fuk,
Ch.rt .. 8. Bonk
Chatlu J. Gl'\lpP. Jr.

Jer"C!me Huppert
Chrf,t A. Jenl.n
Ruby Ryan
8.),mollr SI",o"
Edwud M. Sneed
John J. Touhy
Ctulrlu F. Cn.-plln
EII.. btth A. Conkey

Jerry Dol....
George W . Dunn.
WIIII.m N. Erlckaon
F,..d A. Full.
Andrew V. Plum me,

Adlng Superln tend'nt of HlghwIY'
Publl,hed
.t
130
North
Welle
Street,
Chlc.go'.
June Traffic Accidents
FRlnklin
2-7544
Boob
of the Month
Ellteneion
21.
one-third ot the 19 highway traffic dealbs

NEARLY
In 8uburban Cook CQunly In May occurred on
exprt!UWDya Bnd tollway..
" ,"""lin,
I~\
ThreE' were killed on
Edens Expreuway. one on CongrtU. one on Calumet and ODe on

"ri-SLH~ Tolhn&y.
The month.' loll in the area was

un dnder Arril and two under M'U'
or laal year.
For the first five
montha. lbf' total slood at 7 ,whicb
compared with 83 in the same IICriod of 1962.
Ele\'ton of the 19 vlCllmJl wert' killed in collliiions
iovolvlIIR lIulnrnobilf'B IUld one in an auto-truck crd8h.
Three w~re pedcatriane. One wu in an automobile
atruck by 11 train. Thre-' (awilli'S l'CJIulled when
vehlclt.... In 011(' In.lAnce a truck. left the roadway and
.truek way.lde obJC'eU.
r.:lt-v(n deaths atturl"1!d in unincorporated tprritory.
two In River "~o~ and one each in Calumel City.
lIanley, McCook, Mell"'OlK' Park. Oak Lawn and Willow
Siltingl.
In addition to the dl'alhll, 876 j>el"8Ons received n ODfulul Injuries III 559 ncc.ldellla. There nlso wen! 2.925
occldenlM reBulting In Ilrupert)' damage only.
\~I
.,.,.-'
Detours
In
Effect
HIghway ~'ork in progreq by the Count)' require:l

delou,.. .. toUow.:
tr
\VlLBUR wonder'll why everyone doesn't.

W rS1'FUL
drive na careCully as he does.
Wilbur hasn't. learned t.bat an importanL part or
care.rul driving III ~ing prepared for the worsL
A, the ,It.>ntJr in hlll [enders leaUfy. Wilbur it: [requellll.\ in Ii lmp.
wtU..Y H()AP-Rnd~ (>. "'l~ at f"lq 0"ec1 J..Oea1

"unl, .... _
,~b SU"WI and ~ ChulTb RQad
IOOIN TO INCONVENIENCE
YOU
/";"'1,
THIS RESURFACING
n,..ouab lr.ftk ... utbbWnd

"8 " ... If Rn-.d deLOIU" ~l
fln 79th Sln!I!l 10 WlIkN~prln. . Road. IUUtb to Ger
hUln
ChlilTh
Road
.... d
W"I 10 Wolf. :-';onhlKlurnS
C'4'tIU'at ROIId ....... urfa.r'-hc.
la:It)tA..'1 CJIl' RCH HOAn

""
- lJrldLe
mnl1rur'1Jon
al
..,al cn.",k. l.,t)cal lr.lmr
Trame iM I)('rmltt~-d whil.' work proc:f'f'da On lhr rol

IQWlng named IMalions:
throu.h lraft\('
"":r
!leIWt'e"
tt\t!ta
WI)ll
or-
Roart
an
('nunl), LI"I' R_i1
WutbCIund lhroulh lrame II wur .mIlh on Walt to IUtll
tHreat. .......1 nn 9bl 10 COunl), Utif'. n,orlft 10 Gl'nTl1lJl Chun:h.
CENTRAL AVF..'1UE tN;ol"t't'n 96th StrI'ri anil 103l'd Sl.n!t:t.
thanp In .ra_ lembanknw-nl rnn.t.rurtloru. CI05ed In
U"
lrattfc. Suuthl,lo.und Iramr Ild"ur "IIU

9l\lh Street to C1c:'t':"'
IkJUlh un ("Il-ero AvtnuC! to lO:Jrd Sll'ftIt _"II _Ion
IU3rtl alrtft 10 C"ntral A\t:nue. NnrthbOund ",,'I!ta ordn-
A,.,n~
AIlLINUTQN llElCIiTS !tOAD tlt'lwftn m'1l11lJl Road anll
~ I .. t:!mhlU".'
:-;',rtllbound ''If'tuur ""I tm HIII"

H"adh"ortft I., ('"rnlraJ RMd. _ I I" Al'llnll"
I..... 11.. 11(11\. K'>II.d . ..-ut hound. no\_
IUIII A\
... rla,ln.
b'."I .. ~n H3n:I !U,..' and l.53rd S~I

C 1.....' 10 I...,m.- ...... k.I .. ,. .. II 00 a m 4':.1'
.
.:''''\.~
CO:'W;II.~'\jiI
..,...
Xf'It~W"'Y
RT .
1.IC.'1"een !WtTtImt'nto ""ull',,"I "nli loIIra",lt,\'I'n,,('. Ilan Inolll.naUnn
ro:-'''R.~
n" ..d. "m
s S1' F:XPH.S,.'W\y "'lwPe-n III ",.. n\lf' and Wnlr
1".1.#11.11<>"
EA!lT '''''KP. AVESt .. belv,ClI,"n .... nll ... hl.'r Road lInd Green
r Ollll COOIU"Ul'tlun
I'ALATISY. HIIAIl- &Apr_w.) \'u1lJltruI:Uun In pm,,"", In
UrluUI .... 1I"n. ; Ihr.. u,h lr&\"el a(''nI",moolalt'd IWlrlly (i0
'Nlnl .... ",,,II ami INlrUy on C':"p~a)'
....0 ... 1I ... ti, II.....
"'!Ie"
Plummer Succeeds Mortimer
In
Top Post
County BOillrd Prtlldel'lt Seymour Simon ( Center ) Met with WHllilim J. Mortimer ( Left ) and Andrew V. Plum.
me r on the Day the Prelldlmt Announced Appointment 0' Mr. Plummer .. Acting SuperIntendent of H igh.
way. to Succeed Superlntllndent Monimer, Ru ili ned After 35 Yea" Service In the Highway Department
PPOINTJ,U:;NT or Andrew V. Plummer to be act

A
ing County Superintendent of Highways was announced May 27 by County Board Presldet Seymour
J, MORTrMER. who has resigned 88

W ILLTAM
County Superintendent of Highways after 35
yean or service In the Department, will be remembered

by hJs lUUIociateB u more than a professionally com
retent road builder. While bis attention necessarily
WAil centered on eoncrete and steel, he also kept in
mind Lhe people who use h1ghwaYB and their inereas
Ing need (or economlca] and aafe transportation.
Simon. Mr. Plummer, a civil engineer, bas been in

the Department 28 yCIlI1J and since 1954 has been
BJIIlatant to Superintendent WIlliam J . Mortimer,
whose realgnatlon will become effective July 1.
The appointment was approved immediately by the
Counly Board. The State also pa.ssea on the qualifications of county highway 8upe.rintendenl3 and final
approval of the board's Ilppolntee comes from the
Department of PubUe Works.
Through long and elORe RMOciation with Superln
tendenl Mortimer, Mr. Plummer is weUinformed about
Department operations flnd work under way and
planned. He hag been familiar with the expressway
program from Ita beginning and with a1l other types
of County road projccUi as well. As superintendent
he will direct County participation on the SouthweBL
and South Route West Leg Expressways, now under
construction. and t114,~ IllMnIng of other roules under
conBlderation.
He will allW l-elll'Clf(:lIt lhu CounlY ill joint projecl.:i
With him, tnlnsporbttion was a key word. Back In

the early daYII of expresB"..ay den-Iopm(!nt. when man)"
thought expreawlIYII wouJd be the complete answer.
be wu among the first to promote a COOrdinated sys
t(!m o( lmnBportallon~an orderly arrangement of
hlgh"'''''YII of aU types, lIuburban railroads and local
maQ tranllit In which eacb would be developed to ita
bt>8t public use. One IItep already taken in this dlree.
tion Is the CTA line In Congrt'53 Expn:!Ssway. Further
ste6 III dt'ftnltc fonn \\,('1'(' suggested in the final report
ot the Chicago Area Transportation Study for fulfJlI
mentln the (!nrly future.
High on the list of RC(!omplishments to his credit III

the origln-destlnnton traffic survey of 19U, which
U':UI1I1I1UIIU UI1 Im"c 1)
l('"I\!lnucu UII "UK\! v)
New Type of Road for Fast-Growing Area

T
ffE proplem of meeting lrnffic demands of a [ast

growing 8uburban area la being dellil with by Cook
COl/nlY wi th the idea that the solution is a type of
highways enlirely new in conception.
The project. which will be well along towBrd complf'tlon at thf' end of this construction lCason. is the
con\'emon of Palatine Rood from two lane3 with
nUme-rou!! cl'Olulings to muIUlan.... limited acees8
facility with gradt> separations Rnd other design feaLuree of expressway !ltandlU"ds.
When the idea WAl! fLnIl proposed, the press tagged
It 8. "junior" expressway. Perhaps a more accurate

Lcnn is "compact," for the r'enaon thllt eight fuJI width
lrofllc lanes, together with the necessary space between outer Cllrb and property line. are contalned In
120 feel of rlght-oC-way instend of the 300 and 100foot width of standard exprc88wnYB,
In addition to SDvlngs of rlghtot.way coaLS, UIC
comp.flct dCllign also a1forda othcr economies. For
cx.nmple. con nections at grade aepnrntions instead of
being wide spread coverleafs will be ramps o( the
IltLrtlllel type, whieb need liLLIe extra room and still
meet requirements of convenience and safety.
Two Construction Sta ges

Anolhi!r advantage I~ that the compact ea.n be con
structed In two stages. The first. which Is expected
to be adcqunte for present tmffic and for some time to
come. provides two through lallea Rnd a one-way, two
Inne frontage road on cach side, The second stage,
whleh Cltn be done in a short time wben traffic warmn .... will add two through Ian 8. one on each side of
the center slnb. and a (ourfoot rumble median.

$c\'eml considerutions entered Into thc choice of
Pnilitine Rond as the first compact expressway. For
onl' thing. It had become Inadequate to carry traffic
genemtl!d by residential developments In the loco.lit)'
and 80 much in need of improvement that It would soon
have netded reeonstruction anyway. Furthennore. lUi
lnention &.8 a poumUaI key line usable by resldc.nlB of
It Inrge 1Irt'8 to reAch tollways and expreuv,'ays made
it n prime 1,N!Clmen on whieb to demonstrate lhp
f('fttdbllity of the proposed countywide fourmile grid
sYltcm.
An Expressway Close To Everyone

Tlut plall, presented by Superintendent Willinm J.
Mortimer lleven yenrs ago. envisions A limited acc~
I'ond eve ry four miles north and Bouth Ilnd every four
mllers oost llnd west. both in Chlcngo Rnd the Buburbnn
1In!Il, Suc.h n pnllem would place nn expressway type
mild nol more than two mllca from Any spot in the
cou nty. It .....ould also relieve local streets of all but
nplghborhood tntffic and thereby make l)Q8Sible new
fonns of community developmenL
Thl!' Palatine: Road impl"(wement includes Willow
Rood (rom the Des Plaines River C88t to Sanders Road
IIlIt( 8 mill!' I!'ftst. of Sander!. WiUow cl'Qfl.8eS o\'er tht,
TriStale Tollway. Ramps to connect lhe two are now
under construction by the Sltlte Toll Highway Com
mlulon.
Westwa rd from the rivcr, lhe expressway extends;
along PalRline Rood to Rennjeoll Roud, fIIpproximalely
(I!:ht miles from Sanden; Road, Eventually. probably
Motorists Willing To Pay For Time Saving

o MOST motorists. time Is more Important than
T
money. They select the hlgheBt speeds permitted,
even though car opernting costs rise, and also patron
lze toll highways.
These findings are presented in a reccntly published

rt'port by Ole Chicago Area Transportation Study, It
III enli tled. "Economic Anaiysis of Roadway Improvements" and In respect LO "consumer prclerence," Its
purpoee is slAled by the allthor, George Haikalls ~
"The &sBe8JIment of perfonnance of an urban trans
portation system requires a de&lgnation and quantlfi
caUon of those travel c.hara.cterIBlies that pet1lOns
value. Probably the moat IIlgnilieant of these is the
Ume Ilpe.t1tln travel
operating COfft 1$ minimum at a constanl 20 miles per

hour trovel speed, U n higher speed i.s chosen. addl
tlonal (uel consumption and tire w{'ar occur. which the
motorlats cxchange for reduced travel lime,"
A table Ilresents operating costs at various speeds,
,50
Average Automobile
Operatlng Cost
(Cents per
vehicle mile)
2.52
2.61
2.i4
3.28
60
3.90
(m.p.h.)
20
30
40
"With the exception of a IImnll amount ot pleasure

travel, mosl persons are quite anxious to complete
their trips 811 expeditiously a.a p08Bible. They will
generally c.hoose the quickest path from origin to
dl!'lJtinatlon, and will pay an extra tare or toll to use
this pnth It required."
Although (ast travel costA more In operating ex.

penses. the time saved yields: a proal. On th1s point,
lhc st.udy found "greater certainty" with respect to
commcrcial \'chlcles because of wnges pa.ld drivers
And th(t nature of 8 truck fleet operation, The figure
fM!t for "the worth of saving an hOur ot commerclaJ
\'ehlclr tmvel time" is 4.
Indirectly, he said. "motorilu. do express their

cenLlminutea tra.deoff by their choice of speed on un
cong(!IJted limited access ronds, Typical automobile
FOr the whole stream of traffic flow, with automobiles nnd Inlcks in prol)()rtion. the figure was cali.
mated. at $1.50 per vehicle-equlvalent hour,
Expressway Design Contained
In
120
The Pill.tlne ROild "Compaet" Elllprulw.)' FI,.. In <II 120-Foot Rlght-of.WliIY. First Construction Stallt Proyldes
Two 14-Foot Th!"1:lu;h L,lillu llInd Fl'clI1tlllge ROildl of Two 11. F oot LInes. In the Second SUllie, 1I 12-Foot Li1ne Will
Be: La id on Each Side of the Center Slab liInd a 4.Foot Rumble: MedIan I ntta lied, Reducing the Orlglno1l Lanes
From 14 to 12 Feel. Spilce Between Through Lane and Fron t age Road Curb. Will Permit Erection of a Fl!mce.
Center Line of the Pavem~nt P ic tured Coincides With the Cente r Line of the Plan Abovt. The Photo WiU Made
West of Wilke Road, Where Palatine Road PoUlt. Through a New Resident!ill Development. Here the Flrlt
St;agl! I, Well Along. W ith 14.FoOl Thro Ulih Lilnts In PI,lce and Construction of Frontillgc Road. Under Way.
next year. the compact will connect with the [ull expreasway unde r construction by the State [rom lILinoiB
Rt. 120. in Lake County, passing through Palatine on
the line of relocated lllinois Rt. 53 and continuing
southward to connect with the Lake Street extension
of Congress Expressway.
A further improvement related to Palatine Road and
t he Sbate-huiil expressway iB on lhe County'a 19631965 highway program. This project is the extension
of Euclid Avenue, westward to Barrington Road, to be
constructed In [our lanes, with median .separation.
channelization at. intersections a nd a traffic interehange
with tht'! expressway on RL 53.
Thus, Palatine Road. with these new links. will be
conve rted from a rur-al type high\\'ay to an important
through line connecting s large area with the new
north nnd south expressway, the Tn-State Tollway
snd. by \\'ay of Willow Roa d. with Edens Expressway.
No Cross Traffic
The Palatine expresswny lanClJ will be entirely free
of cross traffie. Tbere wUl be grade separations at
MJlwRukee Avenue, Elmhurst Road, Wolf Road, the
Soo Line Railroad . sud onc structure cSM'ying Palatine
over both Arlington Heights Rood and Rand Road.
Other north and south roads will end at entrances to
the frontage roads.
All grade separations except lhe Arlington HeighlA-
RAnd Road job are expected to be under contract this

year, as is a bridge o\'er lhe Des Plaines.
Work is now in progress in the Wolf Road-Soo Line
section, where the Thomas McQueen Company has the
contract (or both structures and lheir approaches.
McQueen also 'WB8 low bidde r on t he Elmhurst Rood
structure.
Build Now for Four lanes

All overpasses a nd underpasses will be built 8ufficiently wide (or four lanes. In the Wolf Road section
the four lanes will be put down In t he first stage. This
wiil pennit [rontage road lrsflic to go under the milroad by using the two o ute r expI'C!Ulway lanes. At
Wolf Road, Lhe through la nes will pR88 under a nd the
frontage road, sUpported by retaining walls, will cross
Wolf at grade.
On each side of the mJlroad thero n1.so will be 8
bridge across the depressed through lanes (rom one
frontage road to the other. These a re intended to
serve the convenience of motorists making local movements.
At lhe beginning of thla construction season, a new
22-foot pavement, with curb and gutter, had been completed [rom Milwaukee Avenue to Wheeling Road.
This will become the west-bound frontage road. During construction it will accommodate two-way traffic
except in lhe areaa ..... here the firs t-atage center lanes
have been laid.
Mortimer's Term a Record of Progress

(COntinued from IWlge 3)
ways"-P alatine Road-wi\[ be virtually completed in

iLK first phase this year and so will serve as a pilot
specimen for the rest of the proposed system.
In addition to ex pressways and arterial highways.
Mr. Mortimer's supervision included 625 miles of 80caUed secondary roads. Three years ago he made the
decision thal many miles of lhese roads must be
reconstructed. They hnd been improved soon after
World War I and (rom time to time had been repaired
until the process was literally ';palch on patcb."
Seeking a new base material that would be economical and long wearing. he found POZZOilUl. a
ccmentitious binder used by the ancient Romans. Instead of volcanic tuff employed by the Caesars, the
modern mixture uses fly ash from power plants. It
is easily and quickly handled and forms a base superior
to lhe old stan dard type. In rural arelUl. the bu.se
alone may serve as the road. I.n built-up localities.
where sighlliness is It consideration, the base is surfaced with bituminous.
The idea of "rumbler" pavement was propcscd by
Mr. 1I1orlimer in 1953. His theory was that disobedience at stop signs is nol always intentional and that
well-meaning drivers deserve fair warning.
A rumbler strip of pebbled surface is laid [rom the
sign 300 (eet back. When a car runs over it a noticeable rumble is produccd, alerting the driver. In Cook
County a before and after check at stop signs has
demonstrated the high safety value of rumbler. Inquiries about rumbler application and the Department'fI experience hAve come from every state Rnd
several foreign countries.
Mr. Mortimer was only t he second superintendenl
uf highways of Cook County_ He succeeded Maj.
Gool'ge A. Quinlan, who had held the post since the
Department was organized in 1914. In the last several
years of Jl.laj. Quinlan's tenure. Mr. Mortimer was
assistant superintendent. When Ma j. Quillian retired
in December. 1952. Mr_ Mortimer was made acting
SUl)erintc.ndent and was confirmed as superintendent
in August, 1953.
T hroughout his ten years as superintendent, Mr.
Mortimer represented the Department with ability In
his contacts with the County Board, the various other
highway agencies and numerous groups of citizens.
He was at all times thor oughly informed on highway
matters and also willing to listen.
In the Department, his insistence on qUality work
done on time, his progressive policies and his consideration of the personnel, beamed inspiration throughout the organization.
determined the locations of Chicago-Cook County

exprC'!k>-ways.
Th.is study, which he proposed Bnd designed, was
the first large scnle effort in any part of the country

to learn the travel route desire!; o[ the public, and it
proved so valuable as a planning tool that the Bureau
of Public Roads soon aflen':a rd set up requirement for
a similar surve.y in all allotments of federal highway
funds.
The count of vehjclcs. together with origin and

destination of their trips and other pertinent data, was
taken at 380 stations in the area 50 miles outward
[rom the Chicago central business district.
A feature
of t he project was the usc of 10,000 Boy Scoul volunteers. In the period 7 a. m. to 7 p. m. of Septemher
9------selected as a typicul day-the Scouts tallied approximately six million vehicle movements.
Mr. Mortimer was one of the pioneer advocates-if
not the first--of electronic control of expr essway
traffic. Early in 1956, when the idea was developed
to t he point that warranted testing, he conducted two
eXI>crimcnts with television that demonstrated the
feasibili ty of surveillance from a control center. In
December. 1958. he presented his propoaal to the an~
nual mt'!eting of the American Association of State
Highway Officials and as a resull. the AASRO assigned a special committee to make a study.
In his talk at this meeting he urged that the cost of
ETC would be insignificant in view of the billions of
dollars invested in e.xpressways. aIld he said that if
traffic congestion increases for lack of control, "Wf"
shal! develop a nation of emotionally disturbed individuals unable to enjoy Ule way of life we are ()reserving for them."
A study to develop a system of ETC for ChicagoCook County expre3Sways is now in progress under
sponsorship of the State, CounLY, City of Chicago and
Bureau of Public Roads, the agencies that joined in
building the expressway system.
Under Superintendent Mortimer's policy of progressive practices in the Department, two other types of
electronic devices have been installed in daily operation. A computer saves many hundred of hours
fonne.rly consumed in pencil calculations. especially in
the detennioation of critical path movements both in
design and construction. More recently, the Department has equipped its soil testing division with nuclear
instruments for gauging moisture and density. These
instruments have proved to be more accurate than the
methods formerly used and, also highly important,
time saving on expressway jobs where large scnle
operations are keyed lo soil testing.
With a hundred million dollars of expressway work
under way in a year, Mr. Mortimer still gave his at
tentioo to other types of roads, down to the back
country farm areas. For one thing, he perceived that
the major expressways could not directly serve all
localities, and out of t his thinking came rua idea for
a four-mile grid system of limited access roads, one
every four miles north and south and one every four
miles east and weal Thus, no resident would be
more than two miles from a modern highway designed
for through travel. The first of these "junior express-
James V. Marquis
James V. Man:luis, 64. engineer r, employed in the
concreLe testing laboratory, died May 28. He came to
the Highway Department March I , 1947. and previously had worked for the Sanitary Dh.trict and tlle
city of Chicago. ill subway construction. He attended
Lewis Institute, the University of Color ado and the
Montana School of Mines. He is s urvived by his widow,
Bertha, a daughter and a son.
How Early Roads Got Their Names
To~.
UCK ROAD. In lhe western part oC Pro\'OO

B
ship, pAsses tIOlithweaterly through land on
Snlomon Bur,k Sf,tl led in 1848 and now is largely
pied by Mt .
Ccmtlery.
ERlIlTS (or building cODllt ruction estimated to COlt

$6,602.560 were IBsued in May by the Cook County
Departmrnt of Building. which bAg jurisdiction In
The
total
compared
with 7,439,100 in Allrll
nnd $6,853,"25 III May
IllSt year.
Of the 3i fee pennits
Inst month. 17'1 were for
single family dwelllnp estimated altogether at $3,.
996.600. Eight pennllJl: were l8ken out {or apartment
house projects..
One I)(!nnil covered three buildings with a loW of
14 unils to be built in Maine Township at an esti
mated $200,000. Three pennJta were for three bu1ld
ings totaling 50 units in Northfield, 375,000, Md (our
for n 56-unit projecl in Wheeling. $408,000.
F'or other types or con.atrucUon, pennl18 we~ Issued
Wi follows:
which
OCtu
Carmf'l
Since construction of
the Tn-Slate Tollway,
Blick hns been n problem
because it isolates a triangular part of the cemet.ery between Harrison

Str'cel on the north nnd
the Tollway on the weal
This situation La to be
corrected this year by
relocnting Buck Rond.

The c:emf'lery will pay the cost and the County will
8uperviae the work.
Provl&o. like olher Cook County lo"mshlps. was
organized under 8b1te Inw enncted In 1849. The name
chosen n.-fers to the Wilmot Proviso, which wns Intended to bar .Iavery (rom territory acquired (rom
Mexico after the Mexican war,
Townahip officers were elected April 1, 1951. Buck
t.,.....,"_...
. 1U),700.
Dlst,;buUoll by townships was:
was ont> of Utrcc commissioners of highway" approved
T" .. "~IoII'
by the 51 vote,...
81.-.nm
S"'~"
1 '#'~nllt _
Ilw'rln8llln
Il
28
~:I)c Grove
LC!m<lnl
Ilunu\'er
Plummer-
!'i
I,.oro~'df'"
21
lrlltnt'
:\:".. """"'r
Sorthndll
Orlnml
1."1
1
11'1
I'A h&t In..
36,
~khllumliu....
~ltrkrll')'
/loS
Wh_tt".
WOrih
77
17
I.)'f'n~
(C',lntlnuI;'I1 from '*.~ l)
with Slale, City or ChiCAgo nnd U, S. Bureau of Public

Roada, such as the expreaswny program. CWeago An:a
TransporlnUon Study Rnd a currenl study or elec::lrOnu~
traflic eonlrOJ OD expressways.
The Department he will hend Is one of thE' major
hlghwny ngencles in the country. With some 1.300
employes Rnd a yearly "olume of construction that
has run AS high Aa 100 million. It is larger thRn most
atate highwny Departmenta. The nature of the area
served - the City of Chlca.go 8S well as the suburbs
Rnd uninoorporntcd territory-requires highway work
of every type. from rural I'ORWJ to expressways. and
ra.nging (rom reaur(ucing jobs to IRrge coDslnlction.
"fr. Plummer ellme to the H.igbway Depnrtment. in
1936 (ollowing gradUation. with n degrre in civil eogineering, (rom the Unh'erally of Illnoia. HIs flrat ad
mlnistrative post. to which he wua promoted In 1939,
was rut an engineer in cha.--gc of one of the Department's five mainlenAnce districts.
Be lervcd from HH 3 to IIH5 as a lieutenant in the
D:l\'y, assigned to n com'erted mine 8w{'epcr that surveyed and marked channels ror amphibious Illudings.
For A year aller his tt'lurn rrom nnvy service he
WIUl I'mployed in road design. and then WAil npl)()inled
head of the dminnge and UUliti6 dlvudon. In 11)5()
h(' wns made assistant engineer of design aud in 1954
Superintendent Mortimer Installed him as his imm~
date ru;siaLAnL In this post be acted for the supe';n.
ll'ndc.nL In mallers of deuall throughout the Dep8.rl.
m.. C
Mr. and Mrs. Plumme r live at 225 North Rose. Park
rudge. Tbey have 8 daughter. Candy. 16. wbo is a
studen\. ot Mn.ine Townshlll High School. Rnd two BOilS,
HI
9
f>IIl".
Hid.
Ttlnmtun
10
In the no-r claasiflcallon, which Ineludes churches,

public and farm building'll. then- were (our 1~l t8 and
u lotftl vnluRtion of $200,600. Included we re 8 school
addition in District 63, MaJne Township, $146.000. and
a building (or the Elln Christian School, Worlh Town.
ship, $38.600.
both engineers. Andrew V. Plummer m, who 18 24, II
a Miehlgan Slate graduate in city and urban planning
and is employl."(( by lhe City or Chicago 88 a. traffic
engineer. DaYld Scott PlUmmer, 22. B civil engineering grnduate of the University of AriXOU8, II employed
by the Caliromla Slftte Highway Department.
Peter
J. Marino
Pete r J . Marlno, 60, of 6212 North Knrlov Avenue,

Chicago. an (>mploye or the Kighway Department
since Mny 2, mu. died May 22. Hia rating was engln(1<'.r Ill , and In the last eight yenrs 11(' had bi>(>n in
dlarge o( the precision 1(1"'el erew.
Mo.rino serv(.>d in World Wor IT In lhe Europelln
theatre and WItS wounded twice. He W8S A past commande r of Am(>rlean Legion poIlt 1056.
He attended Annour Jnsti tnte and DePaul Unlver.
sity. He ls survived by his widow. Mary; a daughter
Marla; four s isters n.nd t hree brothers.
Mld,ummer View o f Co"gre .. Eltpre.. wa), Looking Tow.1 rd the Loop from Above Pula.kt Road ,
Vol. XI No. 2
JULY, 1963

Published by the Cook County ( 111.) Oepartment of H ighway.
Under aU'plces of the BOOlrd of County Commlilionen
SEYMOUR SIM ON, Pruldent
Frank Bobrytzke
Chllrlu S. Bonk
Char-lei F. Chaplin
Chute. J . Grupp. Jr.

Jero me Huppe rt
Christ A. Jenlen
Ellubeth A. Conkey
Jerry Dolcul
George W. Du"ne
William N. Erickson
Seym our Simon

Edward M. Sneed
John J . Touhy
Ru by Ryan
Fred A. Fulls
Andrew V. Plummer
Superint endent of Highway.
PubUlhed
at
190
North
Weill
Street,
Chicago
6.
F Ranklin
2.7544
Eden,lon
216
~IU
Bo ob of the Month
Census Counts Commuters
h~lpfu1
LWAYlS on Lhe lookout (or information

in
A
plMnlng highways and other lravel facilities, the
Chicago Area Transportation Study (sponsored jointly
by Cook County. City of Chicago, State of IJllnois,

and U. S. Burenu of Public Roads) has found some
fresh material on commuter movements in n Census
Buret!u report.
(n the current Issue or C.A.T.S. Rcsc.arch News. IUl
article by Alan Black poinla out that the 1960 censU3
was the first in which persona were quericd as to their
place or work. While the 25 per cent sampling did
not yield results dl!lniled cnough to substitute for a
comprehensive origin-destination survey. it does give
a "gross picture of ovcrnll jounley-to-work patterns,"
Mr. Bl nck comments.
The figures studied were contrunt'd in lhe census
lracL report ror the Chicugo Standard Metropolitan
StnUslicru Area, which includes Cook, Ou Pag~. Kane,
Lake, McHenry, and Will counties. In this report.
Chicago n.nd suburban Cook County are treated a3
though Lhey were two separate counlies.
"As is already known, Chicago is the major work
place In the SMSA." the a rticle slatell. "Suburban
Cook County and Du Page County nre largely dorml
tory arens. Knne County Is qu ite self-contained, 1\.9
are the other three countlcs to a slightly las.:>er degree.
" IL Is perhaps surprising to find that Chicago is sO
self-contained. More Lhan 93 per cent of the employed
persons who live in Ch.icago work there. a nd only 7
per cent go Lo lh~ suburbs to work.
"Furthcrmore. more lhnn 79 per eenl of those em
ployed in Chicago also live there, and only 21 per cenL
come from the suburbs. Of the 328.395 pcrsons who
commute to Chicago from elsewbere in the SMSA,
81 per cent. come from suburban Cook County and
12 per cent. from Ou P ag~ County."
Although these data have only limited utility, Mr.
Black is pleased that the census has devoted some
attention to transportation for the first time. He
points out that the 1960 census also Included questions
on means of transportation to work and the number of
automobiles available, and expressed the hope that
"pl!rhaps some. day a full-fledged origin-destination
survey will be conducted In conjunction with the regular census."
an expressway pleasant
J WILBUR
place to relax.
drives hllbllually with one hand on the wheel
PLUM'PH finds
He
and the other dangling.

He has heen secn glimpaing newspaper headlines
at 60 mph and once using an electrie shaver.
How to Use Turn Signal

A warning signal should be used only for the purpose it was designed. Turn s ignals on an automobile
should be used only to il.how the driver's intention to
turn from one street into another. from on~ lane t(l
a.nolher, or from n parking space inlo the strceL

Il should not be used La signal a following driver
to pass, or to warn of a vehicle stopped on the shoulder
or in the rondway. according to the National Safety
Coullcl\.
This restriction was added to the Unifonn Ve hicle
Code in Its latest revlsion- lhe flril.t aince 1956. Unde r
the Codc, ll8C of front and rear lights flashing in unJaon,
as wcll as red flares and lIags, are proper warning
devices ror disabled vehicles.
County Safer than Nation

Y traffic accidents in suburban Cook County
HIGHWA
in tbe first half of the year were slightly less
There were six more ratal acci

dents, although the number of victims re mai ned the same, and more
accidenla in which people were
hurL, with a higher number of
injured.
Figures for the two yea rs (TAtolnJ accidcnla; FA- fatal accidents; lA- injury accidcnta; PDA-property damage
only; K-numbcr of pc.rsons killed; I-number injured) were:
, ' ""..
TA
Zl,sm
23,773
The number of
FA
87
81
1, \
3.122
2Ii62
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19,<166
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19,830
-1789
91
4327
klUed 88 shown above f or
(COntlnu(!(J on page 1)

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40
400
1
g
0
2.1
0
3!i
0
1
I)
I)
II
3
:;
1~
11
Four of the subu rbs lisled abov~- EIJ:'ln. Hinsdale.

Middlebury. and Steger- lie partly In Cook County
and partly in adjOining counties. Rnd the figures given
are for the Cook County areaa only.
It s hould be notf'd that while the state requires
report.s of accidents resulting in penonaJ injury or
property damage of 5loo or more, Evanston and
Skokio'l; report all accidents regardleBJI or the amount
of damage.
3
to
1<.
'68
.sprlng~
Wlnnt'lkll
4020
1
III
U
116
1
58
0,
171
S2
0
!SO
0
334:1
Stone Park
Stftamwood
23
6
29
L'"
36
Nil.....
Norrlda;<l
.Nurthbrook
Norlhlh.ld
Northlake
Nurth HI\"crslt.l~
Phoenix
Ptlllcn
rUehlOn Pnrk
Rivl!ruale
"I\'er Fol'6t.
Rh'e<'" Ol"(we
HhNslt.le
Robhln.
Roiling Mendows
Ro.emont
SlJ,uk VLllIIIl('
S(:hnUml>un;:'
Srhtlh.'r Pork
Skoklf!
S. ChIC'n~n Hclllhll
South Hollund
SIeler
'86
..,.
PMit HLdgf!
1~
YA
0
338
PollHlllel1:hl.ll
73
'rA
Mltldlebury
MorlOnt.:I"tI"e
l'alOllllllls
PolOI Park
Park Fol't!Ifl
to
13'
19
86
S uburb
0 .....-orul
Suburban Area
Oak La" n
Oak Pn rk
"'rmP11i .-If!ldS
Or IlndI'nrk
PalaUne
18"
g~
In
Mt. ProIIpect
12
II
153
80
I'U,,"
Half Year
each year is the number of instant deaths. Some of

i.he Injured will die latcr and th(' figures will be rcvised. In the yenr since the 1962 six-month accoun ting the death tolal has rised to 96 by addition of
delaYi!d deaths.
As measured by fatalities, lhe suburban area's record this year Is better than the country as a whole,
the Cook County Traffic Safely Commission pointed
out. in its latest report. covering the first five months,
the NaUonal Safety Council said that highway deaths
nationwide were up 6 per ccnt ov.:!r last year.
President Seymour Simon of the Board of County
Commissioners. who is president of the Safety Commission, attribuled the compariUvely good record in
this area to efforts o[ the Commission and cooperation
of suburban pollee and school officials and cilizen
groups,
"There is good reason lo believe that the Commission's multiple program has been dl'eeUve in IRving
frequent than in the sume months of 1962. The reduction, however, Wag in mishapa
resulting in properly damage only.
11.>63
l!m
Department Surveys Concrete Mix Plants

By Will iam O dahowski
, ... _ . fI
mlXlng
.. _ _ Ud
Concrete
Burea~ ~as
HE
Proportioning and Tesling
T
just completed
survey of a\[ concret.e
piants in the County. The objcet was to gather in-
Engineer, Cone rete Testini Bureau

Cook Cour'lty Highway Department
formative technh..'lll data and to slandnrdlze this data

Ii composite (ann to be used by proportioning engineers in their work in developing quality concrete
proportioning mixes,
Initially. the problem was to gel a complete plant
ill
layout which included all of the natural topography.

ready mix and dry batch plants. shipping office.=>, and
Olh~r
buildings on the grounds of the plant in question.

to check Lhe laboraLory facilities at the material ynrds to determine that proper
(acilities were at. hand to be used by the proportioning
engineers. The size of the area allowed and the utililiell necessary in running daily tests were also checked.
General plant equipment of r eady mix and dry batch
planLs was given Il thorough inspection and survey.
The type o( central mixer in use, capacity. year and
make, plus the conditions of the hins and material
moving facilities, were given necessary consideration.
Close acrutiny was also given the w.:lighing equipment
to determine if the scales are properly callbrated and
if proper weights of materials are being distributed.
The material Itself, including fine and course aggregates, sand, cement delivery and storage of same, was
alll(l noted in Ute review of the plants. It III the intent
of the plant survey that only first class materials shaH
be used throughout the work and that they shall be
incorporated in such a manner to produce completed
construction which is workmanlike n.nd acceptable in
eve ry detail. Only mnterillis which conform to the
requirements of the atBndard specifications will be
incorporated in Cook County work.
The Testing Bureau laboratory, which is working In
conjunction with the survey crews and the proporitonIng engineers on the job, hilS been testing all of these
materials for specific gravity, voids, and grndation
used in developing cOllcrete, and will continue a round
robin testing procedure of all plant'!l throughout the
year so tbat curri!nt and immediate evaluation of any
materials can be made.
On all new work, the Testing Bureau Is working up
prototype concrete mixes snd making the necesoary
tesLs to determine whether these mixes wili conform
to the specifications necessary for compresalve
strengths, tensil.! strengths, and workability. The
reason for this is that a minimum of experimentation
nnd a minimum of proportioning changes will be made
when the projects begin.
n. was also necessary
It will al50 afford the Testing Bureau all pertinent

information needed to readily approve or disapprove
any proportioned concrete being shipped to county
projects so as to cut down any delay and thereby save
time and money in job completion.
The process of adding air entraining agents at the
individual plants, which is so important to modem
quality concrete, W8S closely surveyed to determine
whether the ne<!CiS88ry dispensers were in precise
$ ... '
ou",.
Map of a Co nerete Mhdng P la nt a, Preplired hy

T e,t1ng Bureau S t a ff Mlin in Countywide Survey.
working condition 8.l1d whether the new specifications

of from 4 to 6 per cent air entrainment was being met.
Source o( water was also being validated for salinity
and cleanliness.
Summaries of the plants have been made to determine whether the suppliers were conforming to the
speCifications needed, inCluding drawn pints of the
plant layou13, Any changes needoo to speed or develop
quality concrete are being considered.
Bids Received
Bids on one expressway project and two townilhip
resurfacing jobs were received by the Board of County
Commissioners on July 23. The items, with low
bidders, wcre:
SOuth.... eal ExpreuwllY bridge o'er the so uth ro rm or Ihe
SO Ulh b raDe h o C the ChIr'.11 1f(1 River, Eo J . Alb tt'ehl CO~

$1.125.222.36.
Barrln~on TOWO Shl p--lteJiurr, cl ng \' ,Ie Avenue from 1l0ul;h.
KOlid to Dlv\5lon Streelt...Dlvl. 'o n Street trom YllI le ,\\'... nut'

to Onr n('11 A~en ue, li nd rrlnr>e too Avt-nue rrom HOuRn n Olld
t o Olvl,lon Street, Skokie \'.11l1ey Asphmll Co .. t9.ll)I.33.
Northfteld
TOwnRhlp.-Resurt.elns:
Mnlile
Avenue
f rom
Snnd(,r8 !toad 10 We. tern " '"('.111.11.', Oak A'enue. same IImltl,
I!ml, pnn2 ~ leo Kood tl"f'lm Clen' ew RUlid to !lugen U(llld,
Sencell Pelrolr'um CO ., s:J.3,-U:n.60.
Towllship road work is paid for by townships with

molar fuel tax allotments. The County dQe.ij the
contracting,
Roads Listed for Rumbler and Seal Coat

HE Highway Department's annual program of layTing
rumbler surface at approaches LO slOP .signs
D istri c t,
167lh Stn'et--Sou th lane wes t of Cll"i!l1) AVl'nul' .

12:k1 StrL-e l_ North Inne east or ('"Irem Avenue_
!lIth j\vf!nue \\'1'.1 lane north of t07!h St".'et.
!).Ith A, .. nul' - EIO.t lane !IOUlh of 1iY.llh Stnoel.
tl)8th A"'enu~Westl"ne north of l59th Sireoel.
lotIlh ,\vl'nul'-- Hoth Illne. appronch lnR IM.I S i ree l.
loath Avenue .:u..1 lane lIGuth ()( 141"1 Sireoet..
!Hth An"fluc Eall\ Iune .outh or 1430.1 S ireel.
nl.t Slr~ 1 South IanI.' "en or Hnrll'm A,'cnUI!.
lists 61 strips to be placed this 8o!RSOIl. The contract

awa rded for rumbler work also lists porUons of 41
roads to Ix> improved with a seal coaling.
This year's rumbler project will bring to approxi.
mately 400 the number of warning strips put down
since lhc idea WAS o riginated in lhe Department in

1955 8S the a.nswer to widespread disobedience at slop
signs. A survey that checked the performance of
Dis t ric.! ii
COttage Gm\1' A~'en ue---We5t lane north or Stl'/i:er Road.
O1tt"l:o Gro\'e A'enu.,~Uotb lane, approl:u:htllil GII''''''OOU
D)er
Joe Vrr I(ood ~orth lane ea.t ut Siale Street.
Joe Orr Remd-Hoth Innn appfOllchlnl CoUaie Cra"e
I\\'cnue.
26th SI~I_North lane cast of Foalt ~;nd ,henut'.
26th Stl1!et-South lane WClt 01 Sta te Stl'\."et.
"'Iunmoor it(lad-Uoth Ian.::!. a lll,roach lnr Sterllnjl: Dn",...
Slegllr Rond _ Both l .. ne~ a pJ)f'(fflChl n, Ca lumet t .:preuway.
Torl't'lIC4! AH'nul...... WcHt la nc north 0 S leKcr HOII~I.
TOlTi!nC4! Avenut...... EalIt lane lOuth uf Snulc Trllil.
Joe Orr Hood--South lane welIl or S t ony IlIlflnd Avenue.
Joe Orr nOlul-Nurth Inne cUt o r Torrenrf' A"'cnue.
167 th Street -North Illnc east or ChkujfO S t r('t!i.
Il17lh $tn.oel---80uth Innl' "e,t or Torrence ""'I'OUC.
Kellale ),"('I\lIe ~-:on I.. nl'! IIOUlh or Governor'1 H lghwIIY.
sauk "fraU Nunh lane ('fl.t ot Harlem Avenul'!.
58,132 drivera had revealed an avemge violation of
It""".
20 per cent and at some locations as high as 62 per
cent.
It was supposed that a considerable number of
roUing slops or 110 slops at all were unintentional. and
lhe solullon seemed to be some meana oC alerLing
driveN! to the sign ahead. Following this line of
thought. the rumbler strip was designed 89 il warning
thnt could not be ignored.
The central idea is nn irregular surface that produces nn audible rumble when R vchlcla passes over iL
The npplication consists of 0.35 gaUon or petroleum
asphalt and 54 pounds or aggregate per square yard.
The strip is applied to the full width of the approach
Inne and extends 300 feel back rrom the stop sign.
The aggregate specified by the Department is air
cooled, washed blast furnace slag, which is plentiful in
this locality. Crushed rock would do as weH.
A random check has found obedience at rumbler
stops greatly improVed over performance at the same
locations before rumbler. Now that the strips are
numerous Lhroughout the County. a countywide surv~y
if made wou ld no doubt confirm the sampling and
definitcly rate the rumbler 8S an important means of
accident prevenLion.
The idea born m Cook County hRS caught attention
elsewhere. Inquiries about the materials used. method
of application and the benefits observed have come to
Ute Department from many states and some foreign
countries.
Both the rumbler and seal coat jobs will be done in
nil five maintenance. district.s of the Highway Department. These arc; District 1, northwest; District 2,
north ; District 3, west ; District 4. southwest; District
5. south.
The rumbler locations am:
The roads to be seal coated, which inClude some

Chicago streets as weU as suburban routes, are:
Dis trict 1
SrhaumbuTK Road_Meacham Road 10. noute 53.
Mea~harn ROlld- Ner&e Road to HIssln. !load.
Distr ict 2
l.andmcll1r ROlad - Tonne Rond 10 HI"ght. Road.
IIl1rml Road-(:olf Rond to Lake! Avenue.
Te.!hny !to/HI_S hermer Hosd to Waukelan Hond.
Dis tri c t ;$
Fort'lt PI't'ICTVI) Drh'e- :'Ilontrolle Avenue 10 Nagel Avenuc.
Wolr nond Roul .. 66 to (".erman Churl"h 1Ioml
!lnlwr'lI U')IId if7lh Strt.-el to Ardter An'nUe.
Cook-Duf>nge rtoad-63d Sireet 10 ~t h SI.-.el.
7tJlt Street IIMrlem A'-eIIue to RtlbertJ: !lnnd
,",ontmM' _henul' ("umbcrlantl A\coue to IInrll'!m A\enul'!.
Erult A\('nuc--67th Stn:oet to ROUle 66.
67th Street !otannhelm Road to ~;ast AveouC'.
107lh Slr.... t Unhcrt s 11000110 7Gth A\enUl!.
"rllirle Aumue--47th Street to Shk!ld.. Avenue.
Dist ri ct ,I
[IIutr Road-Cou nty line t o Stephen. Street.
~"o"1 1I0ad-WIU-Cook Road t" WOll HuM.
Ilnl"hclor lOr!)v .. Ro"d_143d S tree l lu 13.'Hh Street.
1R.1rd SI~t-3Oth A\'enuc to. 76th AvenUIl.
J~ Stree t
WoU Road to l 00lh Av.'.,uc.
l00th Avcnul'--t~ Streello 151111 Street.
IUdj((' lnntl A"enuc-1R3d Street tl) O/:lk Pftrk A\'e oue.
Oak ~nrl"1I A"enue--Harlem A\'enue I" Oftk Pllrk Avenue.
WIII-Cook lload-:'>ft'Carth;V Rl'laJ 10 POrlt Road,
127lh Stl'Ht-Smlth It,,,,d to Slnte Strl)l1 l.
~2nd AI'l'nuC!-HllIt Slret't to 14.11:1 SlrftOt.
!Mlh A'"llue---\7Dth S t~t to 17Ut Stl'l!l!l.
179th Stret't-l08lh A,-'e nue to County line.
District l
Beverly Road_West lane north o t Shoe Faetor-y Road.
He~C'fly Road_EIlst IMe .oUth 01 IU"lnl Road.
Stapl" Avenue--West lane nOMh or Bald"ln Road.
Staples A"enue--J::ut lane wutb o r Dundee Road .
PLum Onn-e Itoad-Soulh lane wellt of Meaeha m ROIId.
I'lum (;fO\"e Road_West lane nortb or AlaonquLn Road.
1ltld4! Road 80th lanet appn:mchln. Barrlnlton Road.
Bode Road Unth lanel approachln! Barl/eU Road .
Iiode Koad-Nortb lanl' eut o r Rou e MI.
"'rt!4!man lIoad_West lane north or Centrul Rout!'
F~mnn Road_BOth lanes appmul'hlnJr AIJrOTlquln Road .
IIlLI,II.1e Avenue ~nrth lane 1'11111 of Nflrln"-e~t Wgh"'IIY.
IUlllLde Avenue-..o:;;.,ulh lane we.t o r ,.;In 1I01ld.
rtohrlon Hoad_ W(!1Il lane nonh or ItnUtl' 19.
lIohrll>n !lOUd_eas t Inne lIOu th IIf !:lode 1I0ad.
Wilke RQad-Bolh lanes appmarhinR "Intlne ROhd .
Distrid :}
~lt'1t:f'r H"ad
Stute Slrft't to calumet F..lfp!"l!JlJWII}
Stt'Jter Rnlld-Ca\umet Ex'prt'll~wIlY 10 Torrl'nre Avenue.
Tl)r1'l'ntt' Avenue Sieger Road 10 Snuk Tmll
17~lh Street
Kedzl .. A,-C'nue tn Clecm A"coUe.
13!!lh SIret!'t Llnroln A,'enue t o COli ARe Om\'e A\en ut'.
("OIlAIIC Crove A\'enue 13Slh ~I""",I tl'l 1.lnMln AVI'OU('
JO(' Orr !tOAI! ("ottogl' Grove A,'c nue to T(.r1'l'm"f' ,\,enull.
1r:71h Slr~1 I'"I\lrnlto S\~t to Torrenre Avcnue .
MIlOl-e Ru",! Wl!1ltern Avenue to Witt C"unl y line.
" " In !iilrt't!t-8nuk TrA il to 2161h S t rl.'tlt.
KCd1:le! A\'('nu(>-2(1:1.(1 Street It) G,,,ernor'. IItllh wu)".
A,hlnnfl A\.. nul'--.!H"\l"cr RoAd tn Sn uk Trnll
"., lhrn,,1! nond-Olxle 1-lIghway til Chicago lIelJ;hts
ClcnwOOtI Road
Distr ict 2
Arllnilton Helghu Roml-West lan(' north or Colmlln Road.
Demtlllll'r SII"f'I!I_Both lanel apllI"Ulu:hlne Mt, Prolpeet Road.
1.lln.lwehr Road-Wl'lt Illnl' nnrth fit Willow ROlld.
WlIl:ncr Road-Kath IAlle, approaehlnl l.akc Avenue.
Waf/ner Rond - West lane north or Wlnnelkll Road
The Department's Ma'ntenance Division will do tb[!

plltchlng Ilnd other work necessary to prepare l he
roads for selll cos.ling. Liquid Asphalt mixed wilh
slone chins will be 3nread by the cootractor. alfordmg
a &igbtly. smooth-rj~lns f!ur(ace,
Dis t rict S
PUll n!"!I.! IWud _ ;'Io:orth lane e/lJlt fit Olt.lk-Dul'u!:c ttoad .
Cuok-OuP"8e ROild-BoJth JanCI "PPNllchln, rlalnnt"ld Ruad .
C-D Drill Realistic
Police Go To School
\VENTY'-FIVE members of the Cook County

Tsheriff's
police force we re pupils 011 July 16. 17. and
18, at t he National Police Driving SchOOl, which is

conducted by the Cook County Trltffic Safety Commis.!ion at l\Ieadowdal.a a uto race track.
One lesson given them was how to approach a
stopped car containing two or morc suspected criminals, probahly armed, as pictured above.
Thcy were also instructed in how to p.arCorm special
maneuvers required in police work with safety to
themselves and othcr motorists on the road.
Children Pl ay Dllalte r Victims With Re;llIlm That

Win. Approval of ( Lett to R ight ) Patrick M. O'Block,
Cook County Civil Defense Director; A. Dorstewltl,
LaGrange Pa r k Village Preside nt: Carl Freeberg, As.
slltant County Direct or; Arthur Stewart, LaGrange
Park Vill age Trustee, and Oan O'Connell, LaGrange

Park Civil Defense Director.
F BROOK PARK school in LaGrange Park had COIlIexploded

tained radiological material and if the boiler had
on J une 20. the village's policemen. firemen
and Civil Defense units would, it is hoped. have acted

83 well as they did in the simulated disaster.
The carefully pislUled exercise was Carried out in
realistic detail, eVen to attracting a crowd of some
1.500 citi7.CllS, who weren't certain that the six minutes
of screeching by the fire house siren was not the real
thing.
T he Cook County Civil Defense director, Patrick M.
O'B1ock, and his aSi>istant, Cnrl Freeberg, were in
vited to act as observers. LaGrange Park, like other
County s uburbs and fire pr ott!ction districts, is coordinated fo r Civil Defense with the County organir..alion,
and eight g r ou ps of 0 0 speCialists took part in the
practice run.
Detours
In
Highway work in progress

detours as follows:
WOLF ROAD-Brldge
Effect
by the County requircs
COllltl"UCUOn
at
Flag
Crt~k.
Local
trlllftc only bl1twecn 19lh Str<'et and German Church ROad .
Through lrnmr: 1I0ulhbound

nn Wolf Rond dclour cast
on 19th Street to WI1I(lw
Springs ROll", !loulh to Gel"man
Chu .... h
Rand
lin "
West to Wol!. !'o:urthbound
through tralne re\'erse ord er.
GERMA." CHUnCH RO,\O
- Bl"ldgC!
construC!tJon
IH
Flllg Crt'llk, Local tralllc
o nl y betwt't!n Wolf Ruad
and County Line Road.
Walbound lhrough tramC! delOur south on WOlt to 91$t
Strl)et, west on 91st to Cou nty Une. nor th to German Church.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ROAD betwl"/!n HIgl{l!l$ RGIld and
Central Rond, resurfacing. Northbound, {letour call on Higgins to Elmhur. t Rond. n orth to Central Ruld, west lO ArUng{on Helght l ROAd : southbound, reverie.
OAKTOI' STREET, :'Ulwaukee A,'cnue to Caldwell Avenue,
maln drBln conltruellon. Open to IOClll trayel. Through tratne dMour on Mllwllukee Ayenue and Howard. Street.
86th AVENUE, McCarthy ROlld to 1311t Street bridge repaIr.
Detour over McCarthy ROlld, 80th Avenue llnd 1311t Street.
lORRY TO INCONVENIENCE
YOU .. )""'1,
THIS RESURFACING
Only the official partiCipants and the parents of

children who played the part of victims knew of the
excrcise in advance. And the CD people did not know
when the alert signal would sound except that it would
00 after 6 p. m.
All of the special groups- Fire and rescue. emerg.ancy transportation, r adiological detection, welfare,
communications, medical, engineering, and block
warden units-performed as thcy would in an enemy
air attack or disaster emer gency of any kind. Children supposed to be injured we re carried from the
building, tagged and bandaged by the medical team
and then taken eitht!r to n si mulatcd hospital or first
aid station.
Traffic is permitted wbile work proceeds on the following named locations!

CONGRESS ST. EXPRESSWAY between Sacrame ntO Boule\'ard and Laramie Avenue, Ilgn Im.lallnUon.
CONGRESS ST, t-;XPBESSWA 'I betwe~ Ht Ayenue nnd Wol f
Rond, Ilg" Insltltlatlon.
t~AST LAKE A VENUE betwli<ln l.nndwher Rond find G~n .
wood ROII<l, new rOlld construellon.
PALATfNE ROAD--ExllreSSWRJI cunllructlon In progress In
"Arlous se<;ti()ns: through trRvel accommodaled partly on
frontage rGBd and pnrtlJl on exprelKway lanes.
The exercise took four hours, from the radioactive

metering of the building, the first step, to the inspection of the bllildings used to make sure nothing had
been damaged. All the participa.llts then gathered for
a r eview SC8sioli. It appeared t hat while some things
might have been done better, the exercise on the whole
wa!j sucr.cssful and, as Director O'Block put it, "a fine
domonstration of interest in the whole matter of Civil

Defense."
Following the review, the grownups got coffee and
rolls a nd the bandaged Children, hot dogs and pop.
How A Road Was Named
A VENUE WRS named for Col. Wllllnm B.

A RCHER
Archer, 8 member of the slale board appointed in
ULLOlNG construction estimated to cost $5,557,000

was authorized by 283 pcnniL;s issutd In June by
the- Cook County o.pnrtment oC Building. whlch haa
jurisdiction In the uninrorporated area.
~
Included were three
'\I'
apartment hoWle projects totaling 149 units
Illld \nlued nt 1,766,000,
=1 ,'", :
three church buildings
and JOI single dwellings estimated to cost (I total ol
1836 to build th t' IIIlnola &- Michigan Canal.

"Archer's Road" as it
was first. ealJed, was In
fact part of the canal
project, running along
the hank as & means of
moving workmen, equipment and supplies during
the constntc.tion of the
waterway. On the Rees
map of 1852 It is shown
2.<l9t.000.
One apartment permll CO\'ered 24 buUdings with a
lotal of 96 units In t.cyden TO...."Dsbip. The valuation
Blnted was 8725,800. Sepnrnte permits were issued
fnr 23 duplexes. estimated at. $937.800, in Maine Townshi l). One seven-unit buildIng in Wheeling Towllship
WI18 valued at $102.400,
The lhree permits (or church buildings were nmong
o!lght ilt the no-ree c1nB8lfieation, whicb Includes
church , fann and public buildings. The c.hurches nre
to be built by Pellct' Reformed Church, Elk Grove
To..... nshil).
22,400: Cumberland Baptist Church.
Wheeling Township. $47.'100. and \Veale}'an 3ot ethodist
Church. Worth TownJlhlp. $108.400, Also permitteil
was a SOO.OOO addition to WlUlhJngton School, Dislrict.
03. Mnine Towns hip,
as following the bend of

the canal to Lockport.
T he prescnt. ncarly
slrnighl line of Arche r Avenue from Sag Bridge to
l...ock port WBS dcalgnnll'd "Chicago Road" by Roes.
The SAO.OOO needed to build the rond was appro-
riated from eanal funda and, according to the hialorian A. T. Andreo.a, there was Borne comment be
caU8e Col. Archer owned eonaiderable property in
Lockport. NcvcrthelHII. the road WlUI named for him
Rlld he was aiao h lIored by being given the principal
roll! at ceremonies marking the start of work on the
CA DIlI.
The celebration WIUI held on July 4, 1836, u grent

dAY In the village. At II a. m., the steamer "Chicago".
her deck crowdcd with notable.!, lert the river dock at
llearbom Sln.'eL In her ",Ilke rollowed the schooners
"Sea Serpenl" and Llewellyn. towed by horaes. and
numerous smAller cralt. Along lbe river bank, ft
procession or citizens In carriages, horseback IlUd on
Coot mo ...ed to the "ene of the restivitles, wbich
Andreas located AR the "New House" on Cnnal.,ort.
'l'he Declaration of Jndependence was read, rollowed
by t ....,o "eloquent utldresaes," Col. Archer. spade in
hllnd, nlso made a s,>eech and then turned a bit or
carth. Three more a ddresses wouod up the day.
Two other highWAYS In the weat part of the Count,y
-Ogden Avenue Imd Butterfield Road- alao bear the
names of men prominent in the canal project,
William B. Ogd(m Willi the firilt mayor of 'Chicago.
elected when tile city WOJ! Incorl>Of'8ted in 1837, He wsa
also J>r08ident of Chicago's tint railroad, the Galena &
Chicago Union. a founder of the O1lcngo Historical
Society. and Active and Influential In numerous other
business and civic atrain.
In addition to the Ilrojects me ntiooo!d abovt'. lee

permlia were i88Ued na follow4:
l16JdenU.' ...lIlItll",. aN! .Ul'rallfl.M---.Q pennll . IZHlllO,
,,~,. bulld'n..
ponnllS. n1O,200.
U.ulne
bulliJln&_ .. I,,nnlu. 1166.2lO.
DUlin... ad,lItlonl IInol 1II11I:notl,,_lO pennlu., ,.;2.2M.

IntiullMaI bulhllnp 1 permIt, $02.600,
Im'u~lrll" Athlll ion. /tnt! .. 1If'rAtlons-.'1 j)t'rmlt.. '2911.800.
W,'II. 9 ,1O!TI1l11l .$9.000
"'~ ... lIltnt.'<)u,
l'l 5W'rmlu. ~3OU.
By tuwnahlpa. Ulf' June fee pennilll were distributed

lUI
follows:
" f'rlh ll _
,.
,
"
~
",,,
,
"w
"
1ft
1
Justin BUllerfield WRA onc of a group of bUSine3S

men , including Ogdf>n . who rallied to sa ....e the L & M.
Canal from flna nclol dlslUIler in 1843, Tht.'y de ....ised
n plan that nvolded repudiation or cunnJ bonds and
eJTeetl'd a loon jlu'\'ublf> from canal Inll!! Rnd lhl' sail'
uf canallnnds.
Two permits. ror which no \'nluaUon ..... as atated.

wert' Issued for public sewer work in SlIck-nev Townshill,
Accidents-
was leu lhan half Lhat of the 6Ilmc monlh Jut yt'ar11 as compared to 23, Three or the victims Were
pedcsLrlRn-a WOman or 83, a man, 67, and a fiveyenr-old boy, Three were killed in collisions belween
automobiles, two when tara atruck waYllldt! objects,
one when 8 car .....8S struck by a train, one In an autotruck c.rash and onc whe nR car bit 8 motorcycle.
lOtnUnued trom INtle 3)
1I ....('s ... he said, "And this has been tione In spite of

the fllct that more cnra and more I)collle are. ualng the
hlgh .....ays each year,"
In the suburban tU't'a, the ratnJity record In June
North Lake Shore Drive In the Area of Grilde Se parilltlon Project.
Vol. XI No. 3
See Page 6.
AUGUST, 1963

Publilhed by the Cook Count y ( III.) Department of MlghwaYI
Under au. plcn of the Board of Co unty Comm r.. lo ne rl

SEYMOUR SIMON, Prul dent
Cha rlill J . GMiPP. Jr.

J erome Huppert
Chrlat A. Jon l on
Fra nk Bobr-yuke
Ch,u "lel S. Bonk
Charlu F. Chaplin
E li ubeth A. Co nkey
Ruby Ry an
Seymour Simon
George W . Dunne
Willi a m N. Erl ck. on
Edward M. Sneed
John J . T ouhy
Fred A. F ulle
An dre w V. Plummer
Superint en d ent of H Ighway.
PubU.hed
It
130
N o rth
W e ll e
S t ree t,
Ch icago
6.
FRanklin
2.7&44
En tln .lo n
21 6
~sn
Boob of the Month

EN persons were kmed
traffic accidents on
T
streets and highways in the County outside or Chicago in J uly.
was t he lowest monthly toll since
in
It
:\\\IolOCUtil;
February, 1962, which also saw 10

deaths. In July last year, t here
itf.~
we~:12i;wo
wm killed in ool1L,ions
.
,:
betwee n vehicles, the type of accil..' .~.J I dent commonly regarded as '.'lost
freq uenL Two were pedc5trrnns.
"'
~.; ,
Ji-0t Jim'.
one oC them a man of 80, a'ld two

were boys riding bicycles. The
four others were killed when cars left the pavement
a nd struck wayside objects.
The July deaths brought t he seven-month total to
102, which compar ed with 117 in the same months
last year. This good showing was accomplished while
traffic deaths nationwide, as reported by the National
Safety Council, were rising at a 6 per cent rate, it
was pointed out by the Cook County Traffic Safety
Commission.
In addition to the 10 fatal accidents. there were
585 accidents in which 915 persons were injured and
2.971 which resulted in property damage only.
Six fatalities occurred on roads in the unincorporated area, two in Morton Grove and onc each in
Lyons and Malteson.
STREWBALL and family leave

JPopSYLVESTER
their mark wherever they go.
bottio!s, toilet tissues. clgaret packages, sandwich bags, candy wrappers, 'banana peels.
The sight of a littered roadside doesn't bother the
Strewballs. and it has never entered their minda that
their tax money pays for picking up.
--
Thanks to the Press
pebble-coated surface.
;'Wc commented favorably on the plan when it Wd.8
first introduced eight years ago a nd we're pleased to
s~e that it bas proved to be of real value.
"Entirely aside from lhe warning aspect of the Idea.
we have found from personal experience that it has
also another year-round safety feature. While most
intersections tend to becom., extra smooth due to
cxtra heavy wear from vehicles stopping !lnd starling, the pebble-coated approaches are mor., resismnt
to this wear.
"The extra rough surface not only makes it ea.si~
to stop on rainy daYB, particularly when streets are
coated with leaves. but also during the winter, when
anow and ice glaze other intersections, making it difficult to stop or start."
The 1963 program of rumbler stripping 59 stop sign

approaches was announced to the newspapers of the
County this month by President Seymour Simon of
the County Board, and the press responded in gratifying fashion. Virtually all of t he weekly papers. 8S
well as the loop dailies. printed the item, frequently
with prominent display.
In the Chicago Heights Star. the rumbl.,r story was
not only given news columns space but was also
treated in an editorial. Following a paragraph defining rumbler, the editor said in part:
"The object, of course. is to alert mot orists to the
n~d for caution.
And studies indicate the sudden
noise does cause motorists to slow down immediately
and obey the stop sign at the end of tbe 3OU-foot
No-Passing Zones for Maximum Safety

~---,.~
HE 600
roada under County main tenance
T
are being measured for no-passing zones that are
planned to aJJord maximum safety.
miles of
Hilla, sharp curves and dangerous IntersectioDs will

be slriped and signed. and at virtually a ll locations
the barrier line will exceed the minimums specified
in the 1963 edition of tho slate's Manual of Uniform
Traffic Control Devices.
This manual. which is official for counties and other
local governments Il8 well 810 the state, follows recommendations adopted join tly by the Amcrican Asso
ciation of tate Highway Officia.la, the Institute of
Traffic Engineers, the National Commit~ on Oni
Conn Traffic Laws and Ordinances, the N abonal A88Qciation of County Officials, and the American Munlc.!pal Association. The Cook County program of
no-passing tOiling, and other signing and pavement
marking 88 weU, Is therefore, part of a movement
toward nationwide unifoMnity of lra.ffic control.
The length of a no-pa8slng zone on 8. hill Is related
to the distance at which a driver can see an approach.
ing car beyond the crest. Speed of travel is also a
factor in det ermining length of the barrier stripe;
the higher tbe speed, the earlier the driver must be
warned.
The manual apecill.es minimum sighl distances at
various speeds, ranging from 500 feet at 30 m. p. h. to
1,000 feel at 60. The speeds listed a r e for 85 per
cenlile of otrpeak traffic. whlch is the Cormula on
which County roads have been speed posted under the
1951 state speed law. The manual states:
"U al any location on lhe approach to, or on a
vertical curve (bill). the sight distanCe is equal to or
less than the above warrant (speedsight distance
table) between two pointa four feel above the pave
ment, a no-paasing zone shall be marked for the passin g &ight distance warranted."
.No. P .... lng Zo ne on & Horh:ortUI Curve. T he Stilte

Manual Perm ltl a Brokert Barrier Line ( Top). Cook
Co unt)' ( Botto m ) M.. ku It Co rt tl n \Joul Fo r S .. t ety.
posted speed on that section of road. For example,

if tbo hill is on a 60 mph road, the cars will be 1,200
feet apart-the 1,000 feel minimum stated in lhe
manual, plus the extra 200 feet optioned by the
County for maximum safety.
Moving at the same low speed, and keeping thi;!ir
distance, the cars elimb the bill. At the Instant the
lead car disappears over the crest, the driver of the
second car gives the word by radio. Both cars sLop
and each driver's mate marks the psvement for begin
ning and end of the zone in that lane.
Both cars then continue in the same direction to
detennine the zone in the opposing lane. This time,
the lead car crew watches (or the following car to
appear.
At certain intersections, such aa a "T" where one
road ends at the entrance to another and at locations
of limited s ig ht dlatanoo, it has been deemed advisable
to establish no-passing zones to prevent dangerous
fouling of troffic. It Is expected that the yeBow lincs
will also serve to alert drivcrs to stop signs.
Barrier lines in all directions will be placed according to the manua l- three inches to the rig ht of the
center Une. It is specified that the lines shall be solid
of refl.ectorized materisl and either four or five inches
In width. Tbe County's lines will be five inches.
Suited to New Model Cars

Adoption of s ight levels four feet above the pave
ment Is in recognition of the low look of current mode
cara. Sitting lower lhan in older models, the driver's
line of vision becomes 1l consideration in determining
the length of the new zones.
For maximum B&fety, the Counly will extend Its
yellow barrier linea beyond the minimums atated In
the manual: For example, 1,200 feet where 1,000 is
New. larSler Signs
.tated.
The County will also go beyond the minimums speci
fied for stripping horizontal curves. The manual calls
for a yellow zone line on both approaches to the curve
and a break equal to the lines of sight as they open
up on the curve itself. The County, instead , will
continue the stripes throughout the curve for extra
Two types of signs of larger dimetUlion.s and durer

ent lettering than fonner standards wil) be erecb!d.
At the beginning of the zone, the sign will read " Do
Not Pass" In!!lead of "No Passing" as fonnerly. The
legend at the zone's end will be " Pass With Care"
instead of "End No Passing."
The old signs were 24. inches square. The new
boards will be 2'1 by 36 Inches, with the longe r dimen
&ion In vertical poSition.
safety.
The first step In zoning hilla, now in progress, is
done by two two-man teams, each using a late model
car, in which the driver's eye height above pavement
Is four feet , a walkie talkie radio and a measuring
wheel.
The two cars, both fat:i ng uphill, are placed one
behind the other at the distance specified for the
Moet of the hills on which nopaasing zones are

warranted are in the Palos Park and Barrington areas
of the County. Curves and intersections wbere mark.
ings are deemed necessary a r e located throughout the
suburban area.
Nuclear Soil Testing Is Fast and Accurate

By W illiam A. Malloy
Soils Engineer
Cook County Highway Depa rtm ent
HE nuclear equipment used in our embankment

T
control testing consists of a model P 22 A surface
density gauge. a Model P 21 Burface moisture gauge
and a Model 2800 A $CRier manuIaclur~d by lhe
Nuclear-Chicago Corporation.
After sufficient. investigation warranted the purchnse of the equipment, we continued our embankment control testing with the sand cone method until
we established the accuracy and reliability of the
nucl~ar devices.
Our first altempts at comparisons were made at
embankment siles on cohesive materials, since th E:'
clay type 80:13 represent the major classifications
encountered in this area. \Vhil~ the results were not
disheart.ening. they were not as accurate as we had
aDtici jJat~d. Since the cone of infiu!nce of the gaugcs,
or probes as they are more commonly ca.lled, does not
coincide exactly with the volume of soil removed in
the sand density test. we realized that slight differences in the density or moisture in the volum~ being
tested might indicate discrepancies between test
methods which did not, in fact, exist.
Teste d In Labo ratory

Our next step was to take the problem to the laboratory. We conducted a series of tests on cohesive soils
in a specially constructed steel container 36 inches
square nnd 16 inches deep. After prolonged effort,
we still were not satisfied with the r esults of our work.
Within tho} limits of accuracy we hnd hoped to
achieve, we were unable to produce homogeneity in
both density and mosture values through a sufficient
range of variation.
W e then realized that the best place to find a soil
uniform in moisture and density ' ....ithin the cone of
influence of either type of testing equipment was in
situ. Readily available throughout the area were
existing excavation operations with great variety in
depth of cut. Where a speCific cut was not of immediate origin, it was a simple matter to have a bulldozer operator deepen the excavation to eliminate
that layer of soil which may have becom~ slighUy
desiccated.
All testing operations and calculations were done
by two qualified engineers to eliminate human error
in any phase of weighing, material handling, or readings. Even the density calibration of the standard
ottawa sand was made by two engineers in unison.
Below is a table showing some test results through
a range of density and moistUre values.
m tl'
Sand
lIf ethod
rut 1
99.'
104.0
114.5
119.5
",,.
124.0
=.3
D ~NS IT\'
Sand
:M elhod
T<!lil!
lOO~
IM.O
115.0
121.5
m~
122.0
123.0
.Nuclear
T~'
.,... lIIOlSTUm ;
S und
lU et l",,1
'".,
103.0
'1'0..1 I
ll9.7
115.15
114.3
12U
=.,
124.8
Sund
.!l eth od
Te.o~
Nuclear
T ... I
ZLO
"'.0
Z2~
""15"8.6
1..'>.8
20.0
,.,
12.0
13.0
20.'
l3.0
13.3
)9.'1
18.0
,.,
12.6
13.'1
The moisture percentages shown under the sand

cone test columns were each the result of the averag-
Using Nuclear Instruments, David Lethome Checks

F ill Material as It I, Spread In Six_Inch Llfh on
the Southwest Expressway Grade ilt Harlem Avenue.
ing two salve cans per test. A more exact moisture

test could have been determined by oven drying all
of the soil removed from the hole, but L1lis is :lOt
standard procedure and we wished a comparison of
the two test methods.
Test 1 in the table was made in the center of t he
area tested previously by the nuclear methods and
test 2 was made as near as was physically possible.
We feel that these sample tabulations show that the
standard sand COlle density tests, performed under
ideal conditions, are not in themselves as coincident as
some critics of the nuclear method expect of a comparison between the two methods.
Checked For Malfunction

Often the question of a malfunction of the nuclear
equipment is raised. By the simple expedient of a
"standardization" o r output test, made at the beginning and end of a series of compaction tests, the
proper functioning of the equipment before and after
use is readily asc~rtained. The standardizalion tests
may indicate a slight falling off of the output, due to
a minor deterioration of some electronic component,
but this flu ctuation is COmpensated for by the use of
a ratio between tbe count obtained du ring a compaction test and the daily standard.iza.tion test, rather
than a direct reading. to enter a calibration graph.
Thcse calibration graphs are plotted with "ratios"
and either wet density or pounds of wat~r per cubic
(ConUnued on page S)
First Job Almost Done on New Expressway
At the End of the County'. H arlem.Cleero Avenue Section, t he Big DIn. Mover, Work In the Old I. &, M.
Canal Bed Ellcilvatln9 and Grllldlng fOr the Southwest E xpre ..way. At Th l. Point, the Expre .. way Will
Swing to ihe Northwest and the Canal Beyond Cut Will Rema in AI It Hal For More Than Oil Century.
ICerNO oul. filling in and levelling off the long

D
abandoned Illinois & M.ichigan Canal to make the
Southwest Expressway is clo.se to completion in the
County's three-mile section between Harlem and

Cicero Avenuca.
A contract covering excavating. grading and main
drain, the first to be let by any of the three agencies
participating in the expressway program, was award
ed by the County Board 1ll8t September 4.. The COlltract. was taken as a joint venture by Lindahl
Brol/1crs, excavators, and Thomas M. Madden Co.,
to do the main drain.
The contractors started work Octobcr 19. As of
the end of this month. the dirt. mOving--l .960.000
cubic yards in all- was more than 75 per cent completed and the storm sewer. 90 per ccnt. Completion
date stated in the contract is October 13. this year.
fi'irsl step in preparing the canal to be an expressway was to clear the bed of silt and slime accumulated
In the 110 years or so since the 1. & M., once a link in a
water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi
River , went out ot busln~$J!I. The muck, which was
taken out by drag line buckets, was found In depths

ut> to four feet.
Stable material to fill the canal and raise the ditch
and Its bank to expressy:ay grade was obtained on
the west end of the section from stock piles of surplus
brought in previous years from other expressway
e.'Ccavations. At the Cicero Avenue end it was necessary to bring fill from outside the area.
One stock pile. east of Harlem. was I,BOO feet in
lengUl IUld one beyond Harlem was 2,300. The Highway Department's resident engineer, Ernest Presto,
called them "mountains."
MOving the mountains was done In an orderly sequence planned by the Department. When the drag
lines. working westwfird, had cleaned the canal up lo
the first pile. a Heet of motor serapers moved in and
distributed the mountain over the cleared area. The
stretch of canal that this pile had occupied wss then
cleaned and fill was brought from the second pile.
Excavating now in progress extends to the end of
the County's section, which is 2,000 feet. beyond
Detours
In
Effect
New Cal-Sag Bridge
Y work in progress by the County requires

HlGaWA
detours as follows:
W01.F ROAD-BridIe c;onllTUctlon at FIllS creek. LOcAl
tram e o nly l!etween 70th Street and German Church ROlld .
Through tra m c southbound
on woU Road detour call
SORRYTO INCONVENIENCE
YOU.
THIS RESURFACING
/'f'''''! ,
o n 79th Street to Willow

Sprtn&:. ROIId. south to Ger.
man
Church
West to Wolt.
Road
and
Northbound
throuah tramc n!\'cl"IIe or-
d~'ERlo1AN
-Bridge
Flag
only
CHURCH ROAD
con.trucUon
-creek.
betw~'en
at
Local trllffic
Wolt Road
and COunty Line Rood.

Westbound through ttafllc det our loulh On WoU tn 9181
Street, wctt o n SUt t o Ccunty Line, north to Genna n Church.
ARLINGTON UEIGRTS ROAD between HLlfllln. Road and
(;enU-a] R oad, retlurfaclng. N o rthbound, detour ran on H II Vft$ to E l mhunt Koa dhnOrth to Qntral ROOd, wett to Arlln&,ron Height. Roed : lIQ ut bound, re\' l!rse.
OAKTON STREET. Milwaukee An~nue 10 cald .... e ll Avenue.
main (lraln conl trucUon . Open 10 local tra1ltll, Through ITRtnc dHour on MIl""aukec Avenue nod Howard St~t,
86lh AVENUE. McCarthy Road to 11Ust S trlHll~ bridge repair.
Detour oyer McCarthy Road, SOUl Avenutl ana 13J.jt Slrt'et.
Traffic is pennitted while work proceeds on the following named locations:
new Wutern Avenue bridge over the Calumet.

Sag Channel Is 80 per cent complete after ten months
of work. The structure, with a center span clUrolince
of 38 f eet. II part of the project of the channel and
t he federa l govern m ent .hare. the cost wi t h t he
County. Co n tractor Is Kenny Conlt ru ctlo n Co m pil n y.
CONGRESS ST. EXPRESSWAY between sacramento BOule,'anl lind Laramie Avenut!, sign Installallon.
COl':GRESS ST, EXPRESSWAY betwef!'n 111 A\'eDUe lind wolr
Road . sign InltallaU on.
EAST LAKE A VEr-'UE between Lnndwhtlr Road and Greenwood Road.. new road eonJlruClion.
Nuclear Testing(COntinued trc::n Page
PALATINE ROAO--E;(preslway cvnstrucUon In progreu In

various seetlons; t,hroulth tra\'el accommodat~ partly on
fronl4l1! road IUld partly on eXDrt'UWD.Y lane
'I )
foot as coordinates. To eliminate one slide rule

calculation, a short run of our Highway Department's
electronic computer tsbulated Rli possible ratios between compaction test readings, tabulated all possible
ratios between compaction test reacUngs, both for
density and moisture, and all possible daily standard
ization readings 'within the realm of proper output
functioning.
After the raUo graphs wcre plotted, the information was shown in tabular form to help eliminate a
graph reading error under trying field conditions.
We [eel that we now have an accurate. rapid and
reliable aolution to the once tedious problem o[ soil
compaction control.
New Expressway(Continued from Pa ge :n
Harlem Avenue. From that point on to the end o[

the Southwest route, at the Cook-DuPage County line,
construction will be by the state.
The end of the County's section is also the end of
the canal as an expressway location. From there. the
route swings northwest and crosses the Sanitary and
Ship Canal. Beyond the second end, the old canal,
partly filled with water and with the old tow paths
still visible here and there, will remain undisturbed.
The County also haa construction of Southwest
Expressway between Halsted Street and California
Avenue, including the bridge over the south fork of
the 80uth branch of the Chicago River. Contract Cor
the bridge waa awarded by the County Board this
month to E. J. AJbrecht & Co, at $1,125,221. Bids
for grading between Ca1itomia Avenue and Rockwell
Street w\ll be received by the Board on September n .
In this area also the expressway will be built on the
old canal.
Commissioner Dolezal
County Commissioner Jerry Dolezal died July 30.
First eleeted to the County Board in 1954. he waa
returned (or his third term last year. He was Republican committeeman for Cicero TO'A'Il.!lhip and was
rated among the party's leaders In the County. His
successor will be nominated by the four Republican
members of the board and submitted to the full board
for approval.
J. J. Sullivan Retires
Jeremiah J . Sullivan, 72, a 35-year employe of the
Highway Department. retired on pension August 1.
He started aa R junior engineer in design and ad\'anced to highway engineer m. His last assignment
was as assistant to William Bonn, in charge of surveying. Mr. SuJljvan was a civil engineer graduate
of McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Before coming to the Highway Department.. he worked for a
n umber of railroads. He served in the U. S. Army in
World War 1.
The Front Cover

This view northward along Lake Shore Drive shows
the first stage of construction of the grade separation on Ute Drive at Oak Street. Sheet piling will
contain a sand fiJI on which a six-lane detour route
0.75 mile in length wUl be aid. The bYPIl8& wiU be
in use during construction of a tunnel under the Drive
tor northbound Michigan A venue traffic,
6
J
The /oUoU1htg i8 OM" of (I .teric.s o/6ketcllu troci"9 till! origh... 0/ "ome. o/1'OO<if ill Cook COU7tty.
conatructlon estimated to cost $7,249,300

BUILDING
was pennltted in July by the Cook County Department of Building, which haa juriBdiction in
lhe unincorporated area.
The total compared with
S5,557,OOO in the ~vi
ous month and $3,601,300 in July of Inat year.
Twelve permltB were
: :I '.1
laslled Cor apartment
buildings. Eleven of them, with a total of 422 units.
will be built lnMaine Townahlp at a total estimated
COtIt of $2,626,400. A tourunit building, estimated
at 35,000, III projected for Elk Grove.
or tbe 359 fee peruti18, 157 were for single family
dwellings valued at $3.538,400. FiIty-six oC the
houscs, catlmatcd to cost $1.336,800. will be bullt In
Wheeling TowllshlJl nnd 47, eslimated al $82<1.000. In
Stlekney.
For other types ot buildings. pennllB were ll58ued
as tollows :
RORl\'TON.Lanalng Road and Thornton-Blue uland

Road, like the tOWllJlhlp and village, bear the name
of Col. W. F. Thornton, a promoter of the IDinols &:
MJchigan
Canal and
president of the stale
~~
board of canal commis-
sioners.
The finl settler in the
Thornton a.rea, William
Woodbridge, came in
1834. The village was
platted the foUowing
year by John Kinzie,
who had purchased the
land thereabouts [rom

the IndJans.
Lunsing was named (or Jobn Lansing, who came
(rom New York state and laid out. the town site In
186~. Three brotheMl, Benry, George, and Peter Lansing were also early ruldenbl.
Dolton Av(!nuc.. a traffic interchange on Calumet
Expreasway in Thornton Township. was named lor a
familY of early seltiers. Andrew B. wna the first resident of Dolton, nod Its first postmaster. With his
brothers, George, Charlel, and Henry, he platted the
village. which at flrIt Included preaent Riverdale as
well IUld was known as Dolton Junction_ Riverdale
separated in LS73. wh~ it was given Ita own postoffic.e.
George Dolton And J . C. Matthews established the
first ferry ac.rou the Uttle Calumet River in 1836.
in 1842 the Cerry was succeeded by a bridge, bullt by
George Dollon and U,'i Osterhoudt. Known as tile
Dolton bridge. It wsa s toll deal until the County
bought It In 1856 and made It free.
Glenwood-Lansing Road was named for the towns
It ICrved. Glenwood-Dyer Road, which runa !rom
Glenwood to Lincoln Bighway and thereby connect&
with Oyer, lndlana. preserves the name of Thomas
Dyer, an early IleLtier In the area ot Glenwood. In
lhat period. Ute 1840's, Glenwood WIUI known as Hickory Bend.
Both of theae roada run in Bloom Township, which
was part of Thornton precinct until organized as a
township in 1850. The name was derived !rom that
of Robert Bluhm, an A \I.trinn patriot executed in .L848.
It waa first applied In 1849 to a hamlet 00 the alte of
present-day Blue bland and later to the township.
R~ld"nUal
addlUon. and
.Ilfratl"~
ptnnlu, f.23.1..!1-w.
.Mc:enol")' bulhHnl-s-J pt!rmll,s. 1174.600.

IluJllrlt'u buUdlnl.. -4 lll"rmlu-, 1133.000.
Indu_trlat bulldln,. ~o po:nnlli.
Wl'l!
19 permltt. '111.000,
MI_lInnl'OuI-l'1 JM!'rmlll. 1380.000.
By townahips, the July Cee pc.rmilll werc distributed

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tallows:
T ... "~hlp
Ramneton
8'_
Elk
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Grv\'~
H.nO\~
1Am/lnt
!A)' d",
1.),(IrI1
!lfnlnf'
'fw Trier
N le~
NorlhPl"hJ
Norwood rark
Orland
, .. laUne
Pal~
PI'CI\'IIIO
IUcb
~thliumlJura
81h:k1M'Y
Thorntun
\Vhtc':Hnl'
1' .......11 ..
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,.,
,
,,
",,
:i
In the no-fee elB8I!Ificntlon, which includes ehurehes.

publJc a.nd farm buildings, eight pcnnilB were issued
for a total $69,400 valua.tion. One was for I) meeting
hall In Stickney Township, 564.000, one for a garage
In Lyone. and tour for public sewer work, for which
no eoat estimates were required.
West Leg Bids Due

Bida on two West Leg Expressway grade separation
structUJ'Cs-al 103rd Street and Genoa Street-will
be received by the County Board on Seplernboi!.r U .
Pol ice School Grads

Nioet.een membel'B of Sheriff Richard B. Ogilvie'S
pollee (0I"CC who took the COUrrte8 at the National
Police Driving SchOOl in Juh~ were awarded thdr
diplomas by Count}' Board Pre.sid~t Seymour Simon
on August S. The &ehool Is conducted by the Cook
County Tramc Safety Commisaion. of which President
Imon is the head , at the Meadowdale illto!malional
Raceway, at Cnrl>cnter8vllle.
In the sheri1f's graduating clasa we re :
Lieutenant Richard D. Lowthorp, Sergeanta Marvin
A. Grube, William O. Quinn. Michael W. O'Mara, and

Martin L. DuCharme.
Patrolmen Jerome M. Brown. Joseph J. Carbona,
MJchael O. Coconato, Donnld DeVriendt, Ra)'mond
Doncakl, Frank R. Gol"I, Robert R. Hacker. Arthur
Jackson. Neal 1. Kirschenbaum, David S. Myers.
Jamea D. Nlkodem , Wolfram A. Oll. and Robert
Slcl'"Uga; Detective Allan P. Taylor.
Autumn Be;luty In Cook County Forn! Pruc,"",--.Skokie Lagoon' Along Ed,n, ExprellwlI)'.
Vol XI No. 4
SEPTEMBER, 1963

P ublllhed by t he Cook County ( tn.) Oepartment of Highway.
Under aUlp lte. of the Boa r d of County Comml ..lo ner.
SEYMOUR SIMON. Pruldent
Ch.rl .. J . GrupP. Jr.

Jero me Huppert
Frank Bolt ryUke

Charle. S. Bonk
Ch,rln F. Chaplin
EII~abeth A.. Conkey
Chrl,l A. JllnJen
Ruby Ryan
Seymou r Simon
George W . Dunne
Edward M. Sneed
John J . T ouh)'
WIlliam N. Erlck.on
Fred A. Fullo
An d rew V. Plummer
Superintendent of HlghwilYI
P ubU.hed
It
130
North
Wel l,
Street,
Chicago
6.
FRanklin
2.7544
Exten sion
2115
Bo ob of the Month
August Accidents
LEVEK
killed
high\\--ay traffic acciE
dents in suburban Cook County in August. The toll
was one higher !.hnn in July but eight under that of
persons were
in
August last year.

At the end of August, deaths in
' the year stood at 113, which com I iP.!:~ \ \. pared with 136 in t.he first eight.
~
.~ .
months of 1002. This 17 per cent
1..' ~~
reduction was accomplished while
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traflic fataliti es nationwide were
~um1"
rising to a new record high.
The latest report by the National
Safety Council covered seven montltB. Through July,
the Council announced, there were 22,930 auto fatalities. an increased of 5 per cent over the same months
of 1962 and B new record for the period.
Three of the August victims were killed in collisions
between automobilE's and two in accldenLH involving
automobiles and trucks. Two boys were riding
bicycles, one 7 rrnd o ne 9 years old. One was a pedE'Strian struck by an automobile, one WDS kiUed in a
collision between a cr A bus and a truck in Skokie,
a motorcyclist was killed when he struck a guard mil
and one was killed when a car ran into an abuunent.
Five deaths occur red on roads In unincorporated
territory and one each in Berwyn, Bille Island, E lk
Grove, Lyons. Rl verdl~le, a nd Skokie.
in addition to the 11 fatal accidents, there were 639
in which 1.045 persons were injured and 2,937 result
ing in propeny damage only.
On t.he record thus far, the suburban area has a
favorable opportunity to make a good score for the
year. However , It waa pointed out by the Cook
County Traffic Safety Commission that the most dangerous months arc still to come--a season of early
twilight, fallen leaves that cause skidding when wet,
school children cr088ing streeta and the &rst touches
of winter.
..,VlrUUtf,
~I
HAT's Hairbrelldth Homer riding your bUmpe r.

T
decade ago, following too
to
ahead
sixteenth among causes of highway
A
County
High .....ay
against dutch elm disease

with
Spl"dy
Department's
the vehicle
Today on Chicago-Cook County expressways. it is

Lhc leading cause. accounting for more thllD 25 per
cent of IlII accidents.
The solution is simple drop back n anfe interval,
Ilorner.
then the trees will be da nnant, when spraying is most
e ffective. Another consideration is birdHre. By spray
ing time, the migrants ",.-Iii have gone south and away
from the hazards of chemicals.
Spray to Save Elm Trees

The
ciO!!e
ranked
accidenl1f.
campaign
The elm program Is d irected by Morrie Cherner, the

Department's landscape engineer. In preparation for
this year's work, his staff counted the trees, Hving
a nd dead, on the rlghts-ofway of roads maintained by
tbe County and a lso at Oak Forest Hospital.
will be rCBumed in October
t r eatment of 7.946 live trees and removal
of 408 that are beyond saving.

Spraying will stArt after the first killing frost. By
Pump House Fits Setting
Expressway Is Expedited
LL work 8SIligned to Cook County on Southwest
A
ExpreSliWay Is planned to be under contract this
year. thus jOining with the State and City of Chicago
U.eful and Allo Good Looking.
PUMPING station on an expressway Is, ftrsl. of aU.

A
a necessity, but
also can be as pleasing to the
eye as the flowing Janes of pavement. the good proporit
tions of grade separation structures and the landSC1lped embankments.
An especially favorable opportunity to make a pump

house B thing of beauty arises when it is placed in an
attractive setting, as in the County Forest Preserve
area along the Des Pluines River at Palatine Road.
Ncccsaily dictated location of the pumps, which will
receive storm water drainage [rom the Palatine Road
expreSBway. now under construction. and discharge i t
inlo the rive r , but the County Highway Department
readily agreed wiLh the Forest Preserve District tha t
a pump house in lhe woods should be in keeping with
the beauty of its surroundings.
The building, which was designed in lhe Highway
Department, is faced with lannon stone laid in a pattern to reflec.l light and shadow. Lettering a bove the
doors is caat aluminum placed on glazed We olympic
blue in color. Additional touchcs of the same color
are tHe squa.res inserted at inlervals in the stone
walls. Doors, cornice and rails are also of aluminum.
The station stands 100 feet back from the expressway line against a background of naturaJ trees and
has its own foundation shrubbery and service ground
landscaping. Tbe building is 22 feet 8 inches in width
and 48 feet 6 inches in length.
The greatest dimension, a8 in all pumping stations,
is In depth. inside, from ceiling to floor, It Is 10 feet
8 inches and (rom the floor to the sump, 51 feet. A
set of circular stairs leads to the lowest level.
The slatlon contains six pumps for storm watcr and
one sump pump. All are electric and operate 8utomatically. The roof is a steel deck, with ventila.tors
and plexlglass domes for light. Over eo.ch pump is a
halch to permit removal with a crane.
The main drain into the sta Uon starts at Wheeling
Road. nearly two miles west of the river. From that
point to the station. the storm sewer consists of 10,296
[eel of .semie.lliptical liIe 48 by 54 inches.
Contractor was the Kenny Construction Company
of 'Illinois, with offices at Skokie.
In an accelerated program aimed at completing the

expressway next year.
The County is responsible ror acquiring right of
way. clearing it of buildings and constructing the
expressway on two sections. One extends from west
of HRlsted Street to California Avenue. 2.3 miles; the
other, from LaPorte Avenue to 74th Avenue, 3.5 miles.
Six contracts totaling n,6H.S03 hsve been awarded
by the Board of County Commissioners and bids have
been received on another project. Low bid on this job,
grading between Rockwell and California A venues,
was $399,289. made by W. J. Sheppard & Co.
The County's program on Southwest as presently
drawn HsUl <10 projects. Included a re a bridge over
the Chicago River and one over the Sanitary Canal,
seven grade separation structures, one with retaining
walls and one linked with an elevated section of expressway. There are three other elevated sections,
one of them at t.he river bridge.
Ollier contracts will cover right of way acquiSition
in two areas, building demolition, grading. paving.
main drain construction. adjustment of underground
utilities. lighting, signing and landscaping.
The first contract on Southwest awarded by any or
the participating agencies was let by the County on
September 4, last year. This was for excavating.
grading and main drain between LaPorte Avenue nnd
74th Avenue. The contractors. Lindahl Brothers and
Thomas M- Madden Co.. who took the job as a joint
venture at S2,014,613. started work last Oetober 19.
The contract caUs for completion this October 13.
Other contracts aW8.rded by the County include:
Elevated e.xpl'essway and river bridge from east of
Ashland to the east bank of the Souilh Branch of the
Chicago River, E. J . Albrecht Co., $1,125.221.
Main drain from South Branch to ~ary Street, 0.72
mile, Orr Construction Co.. S256.61L
Demolition of buildings between Throop Street and
Ashland Avenue, involving 66 buildings.. Cleveland
Wrecking Co., S97,890.
Demolition between Halflted and Throop Streets, 55
buildings, Rossi Contracting Co.. 5129,918.
DemoUtion between Bonfield and Fan-cll Streets, six
buildings, Russell Brothers, $23,250.
In virtually all of the County's two sections the
expressway will be constructed over the bed of the
abandoned Dlinols & Michigan canal, which must be
de-mucked and filled to grade with stable material.
West Leg Bids Taken

Bids on two grade separation 8tructures on South
Expressway West Leg were rece.lved by the Board of
County Commissioners on September 11. The jobs
and low bidders :
l03rd Streel structure-W. J. Sheppard & Co.,
$387,360.42.
Genoa A venue slructure-Arcole Midwest Corpora
tion, $449,724..76.
Ramp Metering Tested on Congress

using Congrc88 Street. Expressway
M OTORISTS
have been given fln active part in the program
B.imed at thinning out and speeding up the peak hour
ovprflow of traffic.
Much useful infonnatlon h8JJ been gained in recent
months about how. where, and when knots of congcs-
tion (onn on lb@ expressway, Every driver, of course.

knows from ex,lt"ricnce that difficulties arise when
Inne capBclUt'tI are overtaxed, bul the observations of
exasl>ctated larmen are nOl 8uitable [or planning
corrective mea.8urctt.
Wha l was needed Wf\a " collection of data scientifi
cully orgnn'%Cd for prncticai application. and this has
now been done by the Congress Street ExpreS8wSY
Survcillllncc Projcc~, sponaored by the U. S. Bureau of
Public Roads, Stflte of illinois. County of Cook and
City of Chicago.
Information gathered In 18 montha has Identified
bottlenecks nnd hilS led to experimentation witb tmffic
control. As n ftrat stell, the project is testing the
metering at veblcles entering lhe expressway by way
of ramps, This is a "live" show. with motorists taklng part as they come to the ramp.
The project', laboratory ls the 10 square miles
bounded by Cicero A venue on the eB3l and First Avenile on the west, Chicago A venue on the north and
Roosevelt Road an tbe BOUth. This area was selected
(or study beeauae the five miles of Congl'CSS Street
included haa wide variet}' of expressway features
three-lane and four-lane pavements. Olltslde and inaide
ramps, curvetl and changes in grade. By extending
the lim ita north Md south of CongrcB5. the study a.Jso
takes In paraPel surface streets that contribute traffic
to tht" expreasway Md drain traffic from it.
(lIItomntlc con1rol at that point, operation walj starled

011 September 16.
Th e method Is similar to cont.rols at tollway gllles.
Red and green lights stop and start vehicles at the
ramp enlmnce, spacing them at Inten--als suited to
the volume of main lA1le traffic. The interval may be
changed aa trnfflc changes and the ramp may be closed
for periods of time If the- situation requires.
In addition to the light signals advance signs with
changeable poneis, 300 feet distant in each direction.
advise motorista appl"Oftching the ramp on First A\'enue o( whetber the ramp is open or closed at the
momenL Wben the ramp is closed. it is presumed
that motoriBLIJ will either go to another ramp ar will
lenn~ the expreMW&y and UIW" a pamJlelsurface fl:tr~L
H the F'inl Avenue test is rated successful it h~
planned to Install metering at other ramps. U It
d<X'slI't accomplish ita purpose-which probably could
be charged to disobedience of motorisl.&----SOme more
drnslic meuur(>. perhaps cloaing ramps throughout
the I'ush hour, wlll be tried.
Two Bottlenecks Found

The project is confined to west bound lanes. 1\\'0
bottlenceks have been found-<lne at the point where
the number ot lanes Is reduced fr om four to LItree,
without a correapondlng rooueLion In traffic demand,
and one 01 the Des Plaines A venue entrance ramp.
tt is phyaicully possible for a disobedient driv{'r to

puss the red light, there being no barrier gute, but
one who doca so will find himse.lf the center of aLtentlon. His cnr wheels will set off a clanging bell and a
Hashing light. Such a violation, with or without
BOund elfec18, III punlshablc under state law.
It was found that motorists coming from parallel

stree18 and the CTA parking lot and desiring to enter
at Des Plo.1nes exceeded the allowable ramp volume
and boiled down to a problem of how to divert some
iOO vehJclee. Metering woa not considered appropriate
becs.uae demand was conlliderably greater than ramp
capacity. eo t.hJlt plan Willi set aside and a schedule
of partial ramp cloaurc during the afternoon rush
hours. v.!{th advanced displaya on surface streets. Wl1S
giveo consideration for later t.his year.
Aims of the Project

The Immediate objective of the surveillance project
all alated by the director. Dr. Adolf D. May, Jr., is
to "develop. to operate and to e\'81uate a pilot net.....ork
Infonnation and control system to reduce travel time
and to Increase traIIlc flow SUCCCS8ful progress could
lead e\'{'Jlluaily to a ntrallzed Information and con
trol center for the entire Chicago Metropolitan ex
pressway and major street network systems."
On Congretl8 treet. Dr. May and his staff are dealing with lraffic \'Olumes tbat rise to peaks .....ell abo\'(:
design capru:ity. rAth lane, 88 on other expressways,
"'8a planned lO carry 1,500 \'ehicles an bour at 60 mph.
At time., Congress has handled up to 2.300 nn hour
but not at 00.
OCCUPMCY snd 8peed are key (aeLOrs in detennining
tile efficlenc), of an expressway. One hundred ller
In lbe CQUJ"IC of .tudying this problem. it was cal

culated that about 300 of the iOO diverted vehicles
would go to a ramp "upstream" (to the east). about
the aame number would go to an entrance farther
do ....'Ostream. and the others would abandon the expreu.....ay beeau.ae their trips were too short to justify
going out of their way.
A trial of the metering method Was run at First

Avenue manually. with a police olncer signaling stops
and goes. It worked well enough to warnutt installing
I
I
Traffic Study Aimed to Smooth Flow

,
Shinall Splice Carl a t Fint Avenue Ramp.
at the rate of 84 impulses a minute and recorded on

tape. Some of the tape is being processed by the
computer dh'jsion of the Cook County Highway
Departmcnt.
The Advisory Committee
Computer Panel In Surveillance Center
cent occupancy on a highway is not the Ideal prized

by a loop hotel. It Is, in fact, bumper to bumper,
without motion. It is useful only Ils the base from
which to compute the mosL desirable percenlRge of
occupancy.
The chart. reproduced here iIIU8 ~rntes the relationship between occupancy and speed. As the percentage
oC occupancy increases, speed rate decreases, nnd 80
docs the number of cal'S using 8 lnne in an hour. Top
speed Is posslb!e at 15 per cent occupancy. Peak
volume is sustained up to 25 per cent occupancy.
Beyond these points. efficiency of the expressway as
measured in numbers of vehicles per hour moving
with safety and at rClUlonable speed, drops sharply.
The vast amount of daln gathered by lhe project
was taken directly from the expressway by means of
electronic dettors, airplane photography and observnlion, and an "independence veh icle" loaded with special. instruments traveling on the pavement.
Twenty-three detectors are mounted on seven overpasses and eleven at entrance and exit ramps. There
is ruso a unit to indJc:nte weather conditions, The
overhead detectors, one for each traffic lane , are
placed on the far side of the bridges, out of sight of
motorists and thereby having no effect on driving
behavior.
Leased t ele phone wires connect the detectors to 25
computers in the project's headquartcrs, at 221 West
Lake Street, Oak Park , Information can be received
A project sdvisory committee represents the participating agencics:

State-George Hagenauer. district rcsearch and
planning engineer. and Lawrence Gassman, expressway tmffic engineer. llIinois Division of Highwnys.
Cook Counly Leo C. Wilkie. traftic engineer, and
John T . Nagel. 8ssistanttrnffic enginrer, County Highway Department.
City of Chicago-Ralph Michel, administraU\'e engineer. Department of StreelS and Sanitation.
Bureau of Public Roads-C. Robert Wright. assistant planning and research engineer, mld 1. James Ulak,
assistanl division engineer.
Dr. May's staff Includes Patrick J . Athol. assistant
director; William L. Parker. instrumentation; J oseph
WatUev.orth, traffic flow studies; E. Chrapla, P.
Cooley, G. C. Hoff, Stephcn Kolenko, and D. McDer
mott, engineers; J. Albergo, J . Fowler, R. Lewis,
J. McCormick. R. Shermnn and D. Wall, technlclans;
Lillian Catching and Inna Wolf. sccrel.aries.
Paradox In Space
(M"m ph hl COmmercial APJlCflU
In Chicago the.re is n Congress e:qlTCSSway with

eight la nes of tramc. This expressway also has a line
of rails.
Eight lines of automobiles. bumper to bumper, move
fewer people into and out of Chica.go's Loop t.htU1 the
rails.. And the mil line has space for four times as
many passengers as It enrries.
Bere is a paradox in space....
We have scientists who are confident of moon travel.
We have experts in molding public opinion who can
make a tyrant look like a friendly neighbor. Surely
we have talent$ tha.t could solve this one,
Detours
Effect
In
35-Year Man Retires

ICHAEL S)'WCZYNSKl, Administration Service
M
Division Supervisor I, of the Cook County Highway Department, retired September
after
years
work in progress by the County requires

HIGHWAY
detours as follows:
23
35
of service with the County. A native Chicagoan.
Michael and his wife,
Victoria, reside at 2844
Throop Street, where
they have lived for
many years.
He joined the Highway Department in 1928
as a clerk. In July 1935
he \Vas granted a leave
of absence to accept the
post of Chief Factory
Insl>cctor fOr the State,
appointed by Governor
Henry Homer, He remained in that post one
year. He also served as
c.lerk
in the Municipal
Michael Smuclynskl
Court.
On his last day in the office, fellow employes gathered far a farewcl1 luncheon and presented him with
a watch .
Eight grandc:hildren are sufficient to fill his spare
time. His son JeITY has three children, Robert has
two, and his daughter, Mrs, Edward Ziemba, has three.
In addition, M.ic.hael serves as a member of the board
of directors and the Treasurer of the Pulaski Savings
& Loan Association at 3156 Morgan. He has been active in t he lith Ward Democratic organization since
1915.
WOLF ROAD-Bridge con& lrUCUOn III Flllg Creek. Loclll

traffi c only betwel1n 'l9th Street !lnd Germnn Church Road.
ThrouJ:h tramc southbound
on woH Road detour can
YOU .. Jt'~/J'j,
THIS RESURFACING
on 79th Slreet to Willow

Spring! Road, louth tu Gcrmlln
Churd!
NOlld
and
\\lui t o wou. Northbound
through trll.1nc reverse or-
dC "ERMAo.'1 CUUHCH HOAD

_ BrIdge
construction
lit
FIng "Creek. Locnl traffic
only between Wolt Bond

and County Line nond.
westbound through trallle detour south on Wolt to gut
Street. wen o n 9]5t to COunty Line, north to German Church.
ARLINGTON HEIGRTS ROAD between HIggins Road and
Central Rond. r('surt4clng. Northbound, detour east on Hlggin. to Elmhurst Roadhnorth to Centrol Road, west to ArUng{on flelghu Rood ; sout bound, ['(!vene.
OAKTON STREET. ;\U1wnukce Avenue to Harlem A,'enue,
main drain con5truction, Open to loclil travel. Through tralne d~tour on MI\",auk~ Avenue and Howard Street,
HARI.EM A VENUF. betw~n Oakton Street and Dempster
Sln'et, mllln drllln COlutrUl'tIOn ' lOCal tram e permllted; through
tratJic detour by way or 6 akton, WaukeKan R{)!Id a nd
Dempster.
l-:::LMlIURS"l' ROAD irade ~eparll!lon construction al Paill'
line Road; IOCIlI traffic permitted betwe!n Euclid A,'enue IUld
Dundee Road; lhrouih IralIle detour by way or b'ucltd, Wall
ROlld lind Dundee.
86th AVENUE, MCCarth y ROlld to 131111 Street\ bridge repair.
Detour over McCarthy Road, 80th Avenue ana lSUI StreeL
Traffic is permitted while work proceeds on the following named locations:

CONGRESS ST. EXPRESSWAY between Sacnunento Boulevard and t..aramle Ave n ue, sign Installation,
CONGRESS ST. EXPRESSWAY tK!tWI!en lit A,'enue and WOlt
Road, algn InstllUation.
EAST LAKE AVENUE betwet'n Landwehr Road and Grcen
wood Road. new road COn5!.nJCUOn.
PALATINE ROAD-Elcpreuwny ClJnltruclion In progreu In
variOus lWClions; throu g h trnvl!! lIC(:ommodatC(l parlly on
rrontage road and partly on expreBsway Ifll'el.
Auto Makers Draw Highway Picture as of 1976

Challging l'equiremc'lls in highlDay transp01'totion all v i ewed by the Automobile M anufacturers ASSOciation, Itl(;., were discu.-~sed by the
association's managing director, Harry A. WiLliams, at the 54th annual meeting of tlul M1ssi.~
sippi Valley Conference of Staie High1DaY Department., held in Chicago tki.s year, with thtl Cook
C01Wtij Highway D8partment coop01'ating in arrangements.
Excerpts from his talk follow:
densities of people per square mile. Employment and

retailing also is growing in the suburbs at a much
faster rate than in central cities of metropolitan
regions.
y 1976. only 13 years from now, population fore

B
casts indicate we will have 230 million people the
United
one-quarter more than today.
3, In a few large metropolitan regions, rapidtransit systems should be devel'opcd or retained in

order to help preserve and strengthen downtown ....
2. As metropolitan areas increase in popu lation, a

steadily smaller share of total motor trips are to and
from downtown. In our largest urban areas, only 4
to 10 per cent of future motor trips will Involve downtown destinations.
in
Stat~near1y
Motor vehicle registrations, according to the U. S.

Bureau of Public Roads, will reach 114 million- almost
half again the present total. And yearly highway
travel will be almost 60 per cent above today's total,
up to 1.2 trillion veh icle-miles yearly. according to
BPR forecasts ....
These three key findings have convinced the automobile industry that current controversies over urban
freeways versus public transit are based whoUy on
misinformation.
Finally. the automated higbway and automated
motor vehicle nrc under serious research in the automobile industry. It certainly is much too early to
essay a prediction that motorists some day will s,""itch
to automatic controls u,-pon entering certain urban and
rural freeways, Yet one would be foolish to say that
such a system is not a strong possibility within the
next 10 to 20 years.
Over the last four years, our association has sponsored a series of urban transportation studies by
university and private r esearch speciaHsts. From this
research, some key conclusions stand out:
1. Virtually all metropolitan population g rowth is
taking place in suburban regions, at unifonnly low
The followin!1 is on6 0/ u "eriu of "ketche3 trac

ing 11'6 origin" 0/ rolJmc,f 0/
ill Cook Oounty.
UILDING construction estimated

cost $4,515,100
B
was authorized in August by
Cook County
Department o[ Building, which has jurisdiction in
to
the
1"00"
AVENUE, formerly known as MilM lLWAUh.'"EE

waukee Road, haa borne the name since it was
the unincorporated area

of Ute County.
issued ~ 314 - and the
total \"8.luation compared
with 365 pennits and
$1.249.300 in July and
421 l>ermlts and S6,428.510 In August o[ last year.
Of the 309 fcc permits issued in August, 86 were
for single dwellings estimated at a tota l 52,101,000.
These figures compared with 157 permits and $3,538,
400 in July and 163 pennits and 53,569,400 in AugulJi:,
1962.
Twenty.nine permits were issued for duplexes esti
mated at a Lolul $1,268,800. All of them will be built
in 1tiaine Township, which has had a large proportion
of apartment building in recenl months. This project
placed lIIalne highest among the townahips, with a
toW $1,431.100 permit valuation. Whecling, with 33
single dwelling per-mits, WR8 second. S905,8OO.
In additioil to those for single dwellings and apartments. August permits were Issued for other types of
(.'Onstruction as follows:
legally established along the general line of an

Indian trail. It was sur\'eyed in the 1830's, with
the starting point on the
west bank of the river
at its forks. All account
of the survey party's
merry adventures was
gi ..en by George C.
Klchm, a Cook County
commissioner some 80
years ago, to A. T. Andreas, who put it in his
County history. publlsbed in 1884. Mr. Klehm related:
"Thero WIUJ a crooked wagon track leading from
Kinzie Street through Jefferson, the western part or

Niles and through Northfield toward Deerfield. Every
&elt.lcr in making his WDr across the prairie was accustomed to take a course to suit himself in order to
avoid sloughs, holes. and wagon ruts, a nd 8S a consequence it sometimes happened that a dozen or more
tracks ran Ilarnllel to each other.
"When roads were good, the time to get to Chicago
Ilnd back from r\orthfield was four days; when the
roads were muddy, nearly double t.hat time was reCluired, and in the SI)ring oC the year there were several
months when they were for the most part impassab!e.
"Silas W. Sherman, a prominent setller of North
field. made a petition to the legislature to have the
road established and surveyed. The petition was
granted nnd Asa F. Bmdley WBS entrusled with the
surveying.
He.ldcntlal adtllllon. and altenlUora----60 p('rmlu. $lI83.l-00.

A~rl bulltilniCl--96 perml .... IU0#lOBtI'tne~ butldlnp.-3 pt!l'mU., $6'7,800fluslneu ptltlllloni lind aHeratlon_7 permlUl, 1107,91)0.
Intlulitrlal bulldtngs---N"o pt!rmIUl.
Industrial "ddmon. /lnll nUerntton-a permltl, $101,000.
Wells -15 pemllu. $3.000.
IlIdl\'ldu"l ..eptic .YI:ems-l permit. $2.SOO.
MI~1IIlnMus-19 pennl~
$59.000.
By townshiPH. the August permits were distributed
as
[0110\\"5:
,
,"
"
Maine
""
~
it
,,
o
'" whic:b includes churches,
tn the no-fee cia..ssification.
1'awn!ihll'
HRrrlngtol'l
" er n' II.
Rl't'men
"~Ik Grove
IIllnovo!l'
Lemont
l.eyden
I.yon.
2
1
lIloom
"The starting point was at Kinzie Street. George

N. Powell. wbo had a hotel (in the present Logan
Square neighborhood), fcaring that the road might
not. be located near his place of business, raised a Hag
and infonned the surveying party that if they could
I:Itrike the flag with the IIno of Uleir road a good
dinner, with the best wine and whisky, would be ready
for them as soon as they arrived.
Xortl'lHeld
Orl(tl'ld
!'alMlne
1'"lt~
JUeh
Schaumburg
SU~cy
Thornton
Wheeling
''There was never better or quicker work done in

the history of engineering than that between Kinzie
Street and the Hag. ~1r. Powell made good on his
promise.
" His whisky \\"88 straight, and a supply sufficient
to last to Chester Dickinson's house was taken in and
this, we I)r-esume, accounts [or the straight line of
Milwaukee Avenue to that poinL Here some scoundrel
must have got some crooked whisky into the survey
ing party, for the TOad runs zig zag from there to the
northern line o[ Northfield and into La ke County."
In 1849.1851, at the height of the plunk road boom,
Milwaukee Avenue "-as planked out to three miles
bc,Y"Ond Dutchman's Point (mode.rn Niles) . The plank
roads lasted on ly a decade. Planks wore out or Boated
away in Limes of high waleI' and the public objected
to paying toJls for a [acility that was none too good
at its best.
33
Worth
farm and public buildings, permits were issued for a

convent to be built at 100 NorOl River Roa.d. Maine
Township, by SisterS of Holy Family, 8316,000; a
fann building in Bloom Township. $16.600, and lhree
public works joba, no valuation slated, in Sllckney.
Township Jobs
The County Board on Seplember 1] received bids
on resurfacing Scott Street, Leyden Township. and
construction of a culvert in connection with t.hat im
provemenL Low bidder WR8 Connan Paving Division
of Best Built Co.. 15,89-1.80. A resurfacing project in
Orland Township was ordered readvertisoo, the low
bid being above estimated c08L
~~
Open ing Dit. I. Announced for WUt Leg of Din R),.n ElIpreSlwiIIY. See Page 4.
Vol. XI No. 5
OCTOBER, 1963

Publilhed by the Cook County (III.) Department of Highway.
Under ausplcea of the Board of Co!.mty Comml ioners
SEYMOUR SIMON, Pruldent
Ch,rl" J. Gl"\lpP. Jr.

Jerome Huppert
ehrlat A. Jenlen
Ruby Ryan
Seymour Simon
Edward M. Sneed
John J , Tauhy
Frank Bobrytzke
Charln S. Bonk
eh.rlu F. Chaplin
Ellubeth A. Conkey
Gerald Dolezal
George W . Dunne
William N. Erlck.on
Fred A. Fulle
Andrew V. Plummer
Published
at
130
Nonh
Weill
Street,
Chlelgo
6.
FRanklin
Boob
September Accidents
2-7544
Exton,lon
216
the Month
traffic fatalities In suburban Cook

HICHWAY
County in September were cxnclly twice the
August death tol.I-22 in September, 11 in Augus t.
Ncvcrthcleas, the accumulated total

for nine months was under the
same period of lost year------135 as
against 160.
Three or the victims were pedestrians, one n boy at 3. The others
were men. onc 64 nnd one 69.
Six dealhs resulted from colli
sions bctween automobiles and five
from collisions involving truc.ks.
Fivc wcre killed when cars in which lhey were rid
ing left the mild and struck wayside objects. Trees
figured In two accidenls. posts in two and a bridge
abutmenl in the other.
One mon was killed when a train struck a car al a

grnde crossing. One victim was riding a motorcycle
and one a bicycle when struck by cars.
In addition to the 22 fatalities, 859 persons were
injured in 528 accidents. ln 2,695 other mishaps,
I)rope.rty damage only resulted.
Twelve deaths occurred on roods in unincorporated
arens and one each in Barrington Hills. Bedford Park ,
Blue Island. Brookfield. Country Club Hills, Dolton,
Lansing, Morton Crove. PalnUnc. and Summit.
THE \VOSSLER lhinks slow but decides

W lLSUR
rasL
WiUl IitLle or no thought lit ull, he decides at the
lusllnslant to turn from the wrong lane.
This, of course, compcls other driven to think fast.

The Wobbler is worth watching as a matter of life
and limb.
Accident Disability
For each 100 oC population, aC:eldcnts of this type
caused 49.1. days of restricted acUvity and 14.6 days
of bed disability. For each currently employed 100
persons, 25.3 days wesc lost from work.
A study of disability experienced by pel'9Ons injured in motor vehicle accidents haa been conducted
by the U. S. Departmenf of Hea lth , Education and
Welfare and the findings have just been published.
Approximately 1.1 persons per 100 of population

wcre injured in nonmoving vehicle accidents per year
in the period studied. Of these persons. 35.4 per cent
were hurt in accidents classified B8 "caught in. pinched,
or crushed," and 15.3 per cent were hurt in falls. The
home, or home promises. was the scene of 41.6 J)er
cenl of nonmoving accidents. Only 27.5 per cent
occurred on streets or higbways.
An estimated 4.770,000 persons were injured in each

year of the period under study, July. 1959JUIlC, 1961 .
Of the total injured in each of the two years, 2,890,000
were hurt in moving vehicle accidents and 1,881,000 in
accidents classified as nonmoving motor vehicle.
Mishaps involving vehicles in motion resulted in

injury to 1.6 persons per 100 of population in a ,year.
Relief Workers Do Well on County Jobs
One Picture Tell, the Story I7f Cluttered Streams a nd the Project t o Rutore Them to Natural Beauty. A Crew of
Relief Re cipients Work, o n a Jam of Fallen Tree, And a Me.. of Man.MadeLltter.ln the Upper Left, ill Dr....
carded Bathtub, In the Center, a Broken P ic n ic Table and Beneath t he Log. an Asaortment of Bottles, Cana.
Ord Tires and Kitchen Garbllge. The Stream I, Salt Creek .u t he Rear of the County Fornt P reserve Nuraery.
HE employment of men on public reliet to clean

T
streamll lhroughout the County this summer and
autumn baa worked out 80 well that they will be kept
at work in the Count}' forests the year around. it is
announced by County Board P resident Seymour Simon,
who Is also president of the Cook County Forest Preserve District.
The job of remOving dead tree.s and the large and
various accumulations of human litt~r was undertaken
jointly by the Forest Preserve District, the County
Highway Depnrtment and the Metropolitan Sanitary
District early in the summer. It waa the first large
scale effort to restore the streams to their natural
sightliness.
Each agency took care of 118 own area. The foresters, using about a hundred relicfers in four crews,
worked on streams within the forest preserves. The
Sanitary District, which bas problems of pollution
fr om industrial and municipal wlUItes as well as debris
in general. took responsibility for streams outside the

forests.
The Highway Department's share was cleaning
under highway bridges. This Is a routine chore perfanned by the Department's regular maintenance
crews each year. Dead trees. brush and any litter
that floats collect at the piers. an unattractive mess
that may divert the channel flow to undercut the
banks. Although the Department did not employ
relieters on strealD8, it did use a crcw to cut weeds on
the right-of-way of the Dan Ryan 'Exprcssway West
Leg and found this class of labor us satisfsctory as it
WR8 on the stream job.
President Simon, who sponsored the employment of
relief recipients on County work, said the men had not
only proved to be willing workers but nlso eager to
improve their capabilities.
"They have learned to use power toola and some of
(Conunuecl on pap e)
West Leg Extension Useful to Many
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Welt Leg of Dan Ryan Expre ..way and 95th Street Interchange A, In Uae After Opening New Pavement From
Wentworth Avenue to Hal,ted Street November 6. AIIO T o Be Opened Are PrcYloualy Conltructed Connectol"S Af
fording Motorlats Entering at Hal.u~d Direct Route to Lo,p .nd Calumet E xpre"wlIIy and Permitting N onhbound
C.:.lumct Tl"3 ffiCi to E xit at H al'ted.
participating in the expresaway program

Mayor
Richard J . Daley for the City of Chicago; President
Seymour Simon of the Board of County Commissioners; Francis S. Lorenz. director of the state I)e.
partment of Public Works and Buildings In the absence of Governor Otto Kerner from the country, W1d
an official of the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads.
While there is an invitation list of public officials,
bOlh city nnd suburban, and officers soC business IUld
eivie groups in the area. lhe general public Is also
invited to attend the exe.rcises and take the first ride
over the new pavement, said President Simon.
The Wentworth-Halsted secUon is eomplete except
for landscaping, lighting, and permanent signing. Bids
on these installations were taken by the County Board
on Oe1ober 9.
Teml>orary signs will be in place by opening date
to direct traffic Into proper lanes for all movements.
These will include signa nt the point oC entrlU1ee and
nlso ndvance signs directing traffic into right or left
lanes In preparation for the movement.
A barricade 1,500 feet in length will channel all
westbound lraffic into lhe exit ramp. There also will
be a shorter barrier along the. entranee ramp and
barriers closing ofT the main lanes beyond the ramp
noses.
Leaving the expressway by way oC the of( ramp,
NEW section of expressway short in length but

A
useful to many motorisLs has been completed by
the County and scheduled for opening on November 6.
The new construction extends the West Leg of Dan

Ryan Expressway from Wentworth Avenue to Halsted
Street. At the same time this section is placed in use,
three previously constructed connector lanes lhrougb
the 95th Slreet interchange will also be opened.
Two connectors will serve traRie entering al Halsted
Slre<!L, one leading into northbound Dan Ryan and lhe
other into southbound Calumet Expressway_ The
third connector will permit traffic northbound in Calumet to move directly to the Halsted Street exit ramp_
Also to be opened are the West Leg main lanes, which
have been blocked off at about 97th Street to divert
trafflc Into the Wentworth Avenue exit.
The new arrfLngement will benefit residents In the
southwest part of Chicago nnd In suhu~bs along the
Dixie and Governor's highways. Since Dan Ryan was
opened two years ago, people from those areas have
Itad to go to Stale street or Michigan Avenue to enter
the expressway for a trip to the loop. There 18 no
entrance ramp at Wentworth Avenue.
The opening will be marked with Ii hrief program
of speaking and ribbon CUlling on the pavement at
Wentworth Avenue at 11 a. m. All barriers will then
be liCted and tra.ffie admitted.
Speakers will r epresent the governmental agencies
tCu nllnu,,-"" on next lillie )
Northwest Area Gets Fine New Road

TRUCTJON of Arlington HelgbLS Road, beRECON
tween Arlington HcighlB and Elk Grove Village,
~
One o[ the major nonClqln!SSway projects on the

County'. 1963 highway program, will be completed in
November. Residt.ntl; of R fast growfng area wilt then
have an entirely nf'W concrete four-lane highway. with
slllhe trimmings, in place of a two-lane blacktop that
had aerved its lime.
The improvement extenda from CenlmJ Road in
Arlington Heights to 1,015 feel BOuth of Higgins Road
in Elk Grove Village. 2.83 miles. F"rom Central Road
to AJgonquln Road. there is one pavement 42 feel in
width. smped in Cour lanes. South of Algonquin.
there are two 24'((M')t pavements separated by fl concrete median. The projMll also Ineludea Blann sewers,
curbs and gutlers aud landscaping.
Completion la well nhead of time De set In the conlracl-270 working dnya, The contract, wllh Milburn
OrothCnl of Mt. P1'OIIJ)ect, was algned blSL June 10.
Following the customnry prc-eonslructIon conference
with the County RJghway Department, the contractor
started work on July 1. The contract price was
$875,759.49.
The new hlghway fa II. lightly atretch of white coo
crete in aD attracth'e countryside IetLing. WhUe It ia
primarily a link between two siuable villages, it Is
o.llo a convenience tor residents ot lIurrounding areas.
(Conn.) regiment and wu in the fighting at Ticonderoga. The other wall Aaron Miner, who was credited
with live separate enlistments for period. of seven
wceks to &even montbt between May, 1775, and Man=h ,
1786_
Much of the early hiatory of Elk Grove Township-and a touch of naLlonal interest as well-lingen along
Arlington Helghll Road.
Atlhe south edge of the Tri-State Tollway the road
passea a cemetery In which LWO veterans of the Re\'QIUlionary War art' burled_ Infonnatlon about them
haa been collected by Mn_ Milton Dani la, curator of
the Arlington Heights HiIIlorical Society_
One was Ell Skinner, who played the fife in Captain
Agrippa Well.' company of the Hampton County
Both were elderly when. with their families, they

came to Ulinois in the rush of setUers following the
Bark R.,,'k War or .1832. Elk Grove, a natural woodland. \\'811 a favorab'e location for pioneer living because Umber was handy for building and ftrcv.ood_
In Andreas' History of Cook County ( published In
(884). MIner is listed wnong the first to take up
governm~lll land, AquatUng on a piece through wblch
Arlington Hc.igh18 road runa between the Tri-Slate
Tollway and Riggins Road,
traffic will enter 98t.h Street, which is the north frontnRC road or thc expreuway and In thnt area Is oneW8)'_
At the interecctlon of 98th and Halsled, light
signal. wHl control all movemcnts.
The expreuway enU't\nce ramp takes oft' (rom 99th
Street, the south frontage- road. Light algn.a.ls at
99th snd Halated wUJ govern traffic movements, permitting turns Into the ramp (rom boLh south and
norlb ilU1e.B of Hellted StreeL
The West Leg III the northemmOllt section of Interslate route 57. which eventually will run from Chiea~o
to N~w Orlean.. For the time being, the Halsted
Street scc:tion wUl be signed as Dlinois 5-1, which is
the Governor's FUghway, r eached by way of Halsted
lreeL Governor's Highway, Halated Street and the
DIxie Highway, all of them heavily traveled. will become feeders to Lhe Halsted Street expressway
entrance.
Dan Ryan and Calumet Expresswaya are also In the
Reeonttrueted Arlington He lgh~ Road, Nurlng Com_

pletion, Runa Pilat Cemelery Where Two Revolution_
ary War Vete~n. Art Burled,
interstate system. Tnlent.n.te 90. an east-west route,

cnten Cook County from the eaat on Kingery Expresswuy, nlns north on Calumet and Dan Ryan and west
on Congress Ex"preuway. Until eompleUon or the
Intenltate ay.tern. local drivers will find the guide line
"Chicago Loop" on the 90 Weat SigM and " Indiana"
on the 90 Eaat mort! meaningful than the interstate
dellignationa.
The West Leg cun'CfII from 95th Street, as does the
East Leg Into Calumet Expressway. (Wyond Wentworth Avenue, the Wcst Leg runs due east and west
between 9 th Street and 99th Street_ Future constructIon .....i11 take It to the Rock lsland Railroad. thence
south and 80uthwcat to the Cook-Will Un~ at about
Lnnunle Avenu~,
Contracts ror two Wesl Leg grade separation struc
tures were awarded by the Cou nty Board on October L
The jobs lIlld low bldd(,MI were: l03rd Street structure, W_ J . Sheppard & COo, $387,360.42; Genoa Avenue
alructurc, Arcole MIdwest Corporation, S449,724.76.
Detours
In
Effect
New Commissioner
G EJRALD
DOLEZAL was swom in as a County
Commissioner on October 1. taking the seat on
wOrk in progress by the County requires

HrGHWAY
detours as follows:
WOLF ROAD-BrIdIe connrueUon al FIIlK O'eek.
trallle on1)' between
the Boord made vocal\t by the death of his fathe.r,

Jerry Dolezal.
The new commissioner.
who is 38, Is a real estale dealer in Cicero. a
Relmblican precinct eaplain and a trustee of
the Ca.lva ry Methodist
Church of Cicero. He is
married and has a sixyear old daughter. 10
World War IT he served
in the navy from ]942
to 1945 and pnrlicipated
ill six landings in the
European theater.
He WRII chosen as his
Geriiltd DoteZiiI
father's successor by Lhe
four Re publican members of the 15-member Bonrd.
The oath of office was given by County Clerk Edwa.rd
J. Barrett at a meeting of the Board, which was followed by a reception fOr the new member.
I.OcIl.!
9th Street and Cerman ChuN!h Roau.

Thraullh tramc .outhbuuntl
on \Vo ir Road detour cuI
YOU ... .!!""'!'
THIS RESURFACING
on 79th Street to Willow

Sprln,. Road. louth to Ger.
mD.n
Chun:h
We.t to Wolr.
Road
anti
Northbound
Ih roulh trame rt'\'crse or-
der.
GEft."dAN CHURCH ROAD

_Bridal!
eonlliruction
Ilt
narCTeek. Local tralnc

only between WoU Hoad
and COunty lJne Rood.
We.tbound throuln ll'lltnc detour lOuth on Wolt tn SlSt
Street., wellt on 91at to Qlunty LIne, north to Gl'rmll.n Cllun:::h.
ARLINGTON HEIGUTS ROAD between Hltlln, Road and
Cenlral Hoad, rt'lurraelng_
Northbound, detour ell.t on HIg-
Rln. to Elmhurat ROlad, north to central Road, west to) Arlinl'-
ron lIelR'htJ Road: lOutnbound, reverse.
OAJo."TON STRF.~"'. ~lUw8ukee Avenuo 10 Hllrlem Av('nue,

mllin drllin ('(Instruction. Opc!n to loclil lrll\'el. Through lrdnc dNour on Milwaukee Avenue ami Howard Street,
HARLE.\J AVENUE between Onkton Street lind Dempster
Strcct, mill" drilin conatructIO"6 11)('81 Irllme permitted; through
trame detour by willy o f
oklun, W.ult:e~an nOlld IlInd
Ot!mp"ter.
ELMHI,lR.'>T nOAD.
~r.de
lepMation mnllrucUon Ilt Palll-
tine Road; local trame pennltlC'd bcllwl!t!n Euclid A\-enue und

Dundee Road; thT(lugh tnunc detour by way ot Euclid. WoII
Road !U1d Dundee_

86th AVENUE. McCarthy ROlid to 13111 S~t bridge repair.
Detour o,er Mccarthy ROad. 80th Avenue and ]3111 Street.
PALATLNE ROAD betwl't'.n 1a Road and RQlIC'lIe Road. N"mn. tru ~tlon.
OJ)ll'n to local t,..vC,'l. EIIrtbound d('lOur nurth
on Ia RGlld to Bald.vln Road, eMt on Baldwin It!.d to ROS('lIe
Kolld and atluth on ROJelle ltoad 10 PalaUne ROIId. We.UlOund
re,'erae nru('r.
warned that there are penalties provided by law.

There will be stricter policing of these arons from now
on and it is to be hoped that. some of these strewballs
can be brought into court."
Towards the end of October, more than 50 mUes of
rivers and creeks had been cleaned.
The Sanitary District has completed work on
BuIraJo Creek, Wheeling Drainage Creek. Poplar Creek.
Middle Fork of the North Branch of the Chicago River
from WllIow Road to Voltz Road, Salt Creek through
the village of Palatine. Union Drainage Ditch, Summit
Ditch. Spring Creek, Deer Creek. and Addison Creek.
The District is continuing work on Stony Creek, Mill
Creek. Little Calumet River, Weller Creek snd Willow
Creek.
Forest Preserve crews have worked on Salt Creek,
Midlothian Creek, Thorn Creek a nd the North Branch
of the Chicago River.
The Midlothian crew, having completed its stream
work, has been put on a reforestation -planting project
for a few weeks. They will be returned to Mill Creek
to clean the stream until winter inte.rferes. when they
,,':III be instructed in the techniques of dutch elm
disease control.
Work on Thorn Creek wss interrupted by high
....>nter conditions at times in the summer and the men
were transferred to tree pruning in Clay Hole Woods
and North Creek Meadows and to cleaning up the
shorelines of forest district lakes.
While the use of relief workers has highlighted the
work done this year, the overall program continues
to have the volunteer support of numerous citizens'
groups functioning through Cook County Clean
Streams Commlttee_ Also active in this committee
are the Forest Preserve District. Sanitary District,
U. S. Public Health Service. the Army Corps of Engineers, State Sanitary Waler Board, and the Cook
County Department of Public Health.
Traffio is permitted while work proceeds on the following named locations:

CONCRESS ST. EXPRESSWAY between Sacramento Boule-
vllrd and Laramie Avenue. Ill'n
Inslallation.
CONGRESS ST. EXPRESSWAY between lit Avenue and Walt

noad, all'n In.tallatlon.
AST LAKE AVE..WE between Land"'vhr Road lind Creenwood 1I000d. new road ('(lJUtruCllon
PALATINE ROAD--Elcpreqway construction In prol'l"I!.fI tn
various Retlonl: through I,..vel acrommodated partly on
frontlee road lind partly on expreuwly lanel.
Streams(COntin ued from page 8)

them have proved to be capable of taking on tasks
usually assigned to trained foresters," he s/l.id.
In preparation for working through the winter, the
[orest district haa equipped four vehicles to carry the
workcn. to the job in comfort. They will continue to
work on the streams when weather pennits and the
rest of the time wiU be ghen other tasks.
One conclusion reached by all the stream project
agencies Is that human heinp strew far more litter
than nature does, said President Simon.
"Trees along the banks fall Into the streams when
the banks are washed away, and nlJ that can be done
is to keep up the job of removing them ," he said. "Bu t
the big problem is people, and it should be possible to
put an end to thoughtless littering.
''Tho cleanup crews have found sJI manner of junk,
from beer cans to old tires. di8Carded furniture and
dead animrus. The litter piles are especially notice"ble along highways that border or cross streams_
"Most people by far will appreciate the pleasing
nppearance of a clean stream. he few who continue
to make dumps of slreamlJ and roadlJidelJ should be
September Building
TM /oUowiltg ia on6 01 G ..mea 0/ "ketche8 tmcing tllfJ origin" 0/ tlomu 0/ f'CXJd8 in Cook Coun~y.
public high school in Bloom Townshjp, estiA !\'EW

mated to COSt 2,700.000, accounted for mo re lhnn
half of the total valuation reflected in permits for
building construction lasued in September by
the Cook Count) Deparlment of Buildings. The
school is to be built at
the southeast corner of
Cottage Grove Avenue
nnd Sauk Trall.
The tolal of permits issued by the Department,
which hlU jllri5diction In the unincorporated area
of the County, waa 242, and the lotal valuation,
$5,170.800.
Residential projects were the lowest in valuation
since February. For single dwellings. 81 permit.B wer e
isslled. Estimated costs totaled $1,800,800. There
were no permits for apnrtment buildings.
ILLOW SPRINCS ROAD, In Lyons Township,

was named naturally enough [or a setllement
that. gre~' UI) around" willow tree and a spring. described by A.. T. AndreAS
In bJs History of Cook
County as "a mngnificent
flowing
spring
whose
81)A-rkllng waters bubbled

up from beneath the
roots of n large willow."
The village: was born

in the palmy days of
the Utinois & Michigan
Canal, wben hOAts

8tOI)I)OO at the spring to
fill their drinking wutcr
barrels. SoOIl it was made n canal slation with the

nnme Willow Springs.
Like many oth('(' Cook CounLy localities, it bad n
spurt of growth immediately following the Biack
Hawk war. The place also gained population when
work st.a.rted on lhe canal. Tbe first house. 8 log
cabin, waa built in 1842 br George W. Beebe. a canru
conLructor, who al80 ran n lavern Ilnd boarding hou.se
for hiB emllloYei.
Witlow Sprlnl;B Road extends north from G{"rmnn
Church Road to Hth StreeL F'rom there it continuea
one mile aa GUbert Avenue and forms the boundary
between Western Springs and LaGrange.
The canal, after a sbort. busy lire, was abandoned
in the middle 1950's, when travelers took to the newly
buill rnJlronds. East of Willow Springs. from Harlem
Avenue to Ashland Avenue, the old canw bed will
become rlght.otwny for the Southwest Expressway.
Pf'rmita for other types of constructioD were issued

6S (allows:
IU!Jh.lcnU" a ddlll,,~ -.nd alll!:raUon.-53 Pl!:rmlb, 'l99.400.
At>.... 'r) bulh.llnp.-73 pumlUl, f174,5OO.
BUlfltlt
bulldlllll'''- -!..:u pt'I'Inltl.
aUJlne... addlUOIlll and allt-raUon-8 permits, 1136,600.
Indu.lr.1l1 hulldln..__"'~o permllt.
tmlullirial "ddlthl!ll and alteraUonS-2 JM!rmlts, $8,800.
W"U. - -h IlC'rmlUl, 18.000
IndiVidual IN'pllc: J),lleml-.1 pl!rmlt, 1500.

MIKt'UANf.U.
12 ptmu!.S. au.ooo.
By lownshlps, pennJta were distributed as

l'l!cmtlh
Ultrrln,tun
"""'m
Urefllt'n
g
"
);;lkGN\'1.'
IillnIW(!r
l,(omnnt
I.t')d"n
Lyon.
Maine
Snrthnf!ltl
."o;Ol'\\(lhoJ
OrlllJltl
Pllrk
Pull,Un"
l'IllOll
Rleb
S('hnumlturll
Htkkne)'
Thornton
Walter Mayer , 65, highway ('ngineer m. retired on

pension on October 10. Hc entered the Department
May 21 , ]931 , as a junior civil engineer. Ria last
aasignment was in the division of bridge conatructlon.
He was a graduale of the Colorado School of Mines
and before coming to the County was employed in
mining In Honduras, by the City of Chicago and the
minois Division of Highways, He served in both
world WRI"B, In the second as a captain in the corps ot
engineel"B.
J06eph B. Sadil{'k. 60, higbway engineer m. retired
October 1 afler 34 years service in the Department.
lie started as a draItsman and his hurt aasignment was
in design or prestressed concrete structures. Be was
Ii graduate or Armour lnatitute or Technology.
He
lives in Western Springs.
George H. Haag, highway engineer n, a.ssigned to
the SoUs Dlvillon, has retired after 25 yean service.
Be(ore coming to the Depart.ment In 1938 he worked
as a designer tor several corporations, including
BethlehC!m Steel, the H. Koppers Co., and UnJversai
011 Products Co. His home Is at 432 Belmont Avenue,
Chicago.
\yh~lIn.
Worth
.."
Yro'lJO
Retirements
(0110\\-"1:
T .. ..-n~hlp
...1"
~
"
III the norte clnasif!.catlon, ..... hich includes chur'Chcs,

public and (arm buUdings, three pc.rm.i18 were lasucdfor the Bloom Township hlgb school. an operation
de)Xlt of lhe South Cook County Mosquito Abatement
District, $32.800, and one for 8 public sewer project
in Stickney Township for which no \'a1uatlon wns
Slated.
Litter Bill $100 Million

Roadside litter, or which Cook County baa Its share,
costs the tllXpayen;: or lhe United States $100 million
II. year.
Federni Highway Administrator Rex M. Whitton,
who estimated the cost for Keep America Beautiful,
Inc., Mid:
"The motoring public seems to cODsider the country
side its own private dumping ground."
",COOK COUNTY HIGHWAYS
New Plc:ture of Conllren- Dan Ryan Expru"'",ay Interch.n;e Taken at 4 :30 P. M.

(COOk COIIIII., HllIAtCGJI
Vol. XI No. 6
Dt"portm"' P IIOIG).
NOVEMBER, 1963

P ubll.hed by the Cook Co ... nty (III,) Dep.rtm,nt of Hlghwaya
Under .u.plc:u of the Bo.rd of Co ... nt), Comml .. lon.r.
SEYMOUR SIMON , Pruldenl
Frank BobryUke
Charles S . Bonk
Ch.rles F. Chaplin
Elizabeth A. Conk.y
Ge ... ld Oolual
George W, Dunne
WIIII .. m N, Erlck.on
Fred A. Full ..
Charln J. Gnlpp, Jr.

Jerome H ... p~rt
Chrl.t A.
R... by Rya"
Seymour Simon
EdWJIrd M. Snlltd
John J . Touhy
JII"'."
An drew V, Plummer
Pub llshld
.. t
130
North
W.II.
Street, Chicago
6,
FRlnk"n
2.7&44
Boob
0/
Extllnllon
216
the Month
RAFFIC rataJltics in suburban Cook County con

T
Unued to run lower than lnst year through October,
Oct.oWith 17 deaths last month, Lbree rewer than
in
ber, 1962, the len month toll was

152. \\'hieh comparcci wilh 180 In
the same period lnat year,
The Improved showing was made
while high ...... y deaths naUonwlde
were increasing, It was pointed out
by the Cook County Traffic Safety
Commission,
In the first ninc
months or Lhl! year, the National
Safety Council n.>ported 31.170 deathll in the country,
1\ 6 per cent Incrt'IIIK! Over last year.
Six of the October fatalities in the county outalde
of ChiCltgo resuitt'd (rom oolliJdona between automobiles and one from an accident involving an automobile
IUld a truck. Pour were killed in nuto-motorcycle col
Ii.-ions, an unusunJly high number for t.his type of
aecidenL
Four victims were pedestrinns nnd, as in moat such
Instances, wt:re children or elderly persons, una ..... are
of the danger o( \'enturing on a highway and unable
to move qulekly. They were u boy o( 3, a girl 4 and
tv.'o men, one 69 and one 84 years old,
Two were killed in SCI)arntc Qt(!ldenls when car'll
left the road and hit trees.
Eight deaUa occurred on roads In the ullincorpcr
rated area, two In Bridgeview and one each in Berwyn,
McCook, Melrose Park. Riverside, Skokic, Stickney,
and Westchester.
lnjurica were roceh'ed by J,030 ppraons in 626 acc;'
den18. Property damage only .....u caused by 2,9ll
millhaps.
ITU All the drelSy namell given newautomolllics.

W
J. Wilbur WOO%ie was not surprised to obaen..e
one marked "Interval" just ahead of him on an eXpreaswny.
Now be lie them c\'erywhere, and he is confURd
becausc there nre so many dlft'erent ''Interval'' models.
He is trying to figurp it out b.l' driving up closer
than ever
or drivcrs and pedestrians- rna)' be more (requent

than is recognized was d.isewwed in a raper PrtMnted
at the third International Congrus of Legal Medicine.
rn. parl, the paper stated:
Suicide By Motor Vehicle
"Conclusionll reached iodiCtlte thll.t suicide by motor

vehicle occurs among drivers and pedestrians: recog.
nition o( trlllllc suicide and sulcldnJ altcmpLB depends
on the finding of notes, survivai statements, exam.ina.
lion of the acene and anamnestic data: pedestrianll
making sUic.ide attempts arc IndlJTerent to the effect
on the driver nnd no pllJLSeflger lIuicides bave yet been
recogni7.ed."
One molor vehicle dealh ill suburban Cook County

IRlll month was nol listed with accJdenta! highway
fatalities because a coroner's jury rendered a verdJcl
of suicide. The \'Ictlm was alone in It. car that ran off
lhe road and bjt a tree.
The probability that suicide by automobile-both
Suburbs Receive Bomb Shelter Supplies
Helpln; to Unload Truok BringinG Survl".1 Suppllu t o Harve)' are IllIft to rl"ht ) Edward Mor;avek, H.rYIIY
Civil Dcfenat: Olrector: Pltric:k M. O'Block, Cook County Civil Oefenlltl Director: Carl Freeberg, De pu ty County
CD Director: Mayor Elmu Turn;r!!" and Robert King , Harvey Comml.. loner of Public HeJilth ilnd S.fety.
receh'ed It. first cons.lgnmenl of bomb

HARVEY
sheller 8unjvnl 8upplies with a turnout of ehy
CD Ready and Able
officials and nigh school \'olunleers.
Shelter atocking in ahelte... &e:lected by the Anny

Engineer Corps is proceeding throughout the County,
aaid Director O'Block. About 16 per cent have ~
ceived 8upplies, he aaJd, and more than a third have
completed requiSition (onna.
The readiness and ability of Civil Defense forees to

Knoe in Wsaatt"MJ of any kind were demonstnHed at
the Santa Fe rnllroad wreck nenr Willow Springs on
October 26.
State police flashed word of the wreck to the
sheriff's office, which relayed It to CD dJrectors in
suburbs near Ule scene, tlsing the radio setup ncwly
ealablishcd Cor Civil Dclcnae communications. The
first volunteers arrived at the seene 26 minutes after
the wrede...
Joining with Chicago fl.nme.o were Civil Defense
workers Crom 10 suburbs- Willow Springs, Bedford
Park. LaGrange, Hodgk in., Ju.Uce, Oak Lawn, Chi
cago Ridge, Evergreen Purk, Summit, and Bridgeview
-and three ftre protecUon dlstriets-Columbus Manor.
Nottingham, and Roberts Park.
Twenty-Cour ambulances responded and they took
1(1 injured persons to Christ Community i108pltal. 15
to LitUe Company ot Mary Hospital Rnd 14 to
LaGrange MemorinJ Hospital.
A Cew days aftcr the wreck. an officinJ of the Santa
l"e, A. G. Holper, superlnl.e.ndent of specloJ senicc.
with offices at Topeka. Kanaaa, visited the offiee oC
Cook County CD Director Patrick M. O'Block and
expressed the rallroad'8 thanks fOr a job welJ done.
Suburbl aOuth or Roosevelt Road draw suppllea at

the Army Quartermaalcr depot on Pershing Road and
those in the north go to the anny's aupply depot in

the old Douglaa alrcra!t plant n ar O'Hare Airport.
The truck load or erner geney biscuits, medical kUs,

waler drums, aanitary barrel. IUld radiological inslru'
menta was wclrumcd by Mayor Elmer Tumgren,
Robert King. commissiollt.'r' or public hpo.llh and aafety,
and Edwnrd Moravek, HIlr-vcy Civil Defense Director.
Also present were Patrick M. O'Block, County CD
Director. lUld bis d\!PUlY. Carl Freeberg, Forty
sLudent.e Crom Thornton Township Hlgb Scbool and
lire department personnel helped handle the cargo.
The Ant shipment, \'aluOO at 6.000. will stock eight
ot Harvey's 18 deslgna.ted ahe.lters and will assure
temporary survival tor 3,000 persolUl.
Now tbat the linlt sheltcra huve been stocked,
Harvey plans to expand Its Civil Defense program
wltb apedal training and exercises. Two courses will
be given CD workera-ilne In shelter management and
one in the use of radiological detl!Ction Instnunenta,
Later on, supervisory personnel will go to tbe shelte...
Cor 24-bour living under simulated bomb attack cooditions.
Ribbons Snipped on West Leg Expressway

wo Cook County highway projects important to
T
large numbers of motorists in widely separated
areas were opened to t.raffic Lhis month.
Two ceremonies were held on Arlington Heights

Road, the first at Higgins Road, Elk Grove Village,
and haH an hour later at Central Road, Arlington
Heights. In the gatherings at both places were offi cials of suburbs and townsh'ps in that part o[ the
county and representatives of business and civic
groups.
On November 6 the extension of the West Leg of
Dan Ryan Expressway from Wentworth Avenue to

Halsted Street was plaCed in use and two days later
reconst.ructed Arlington Heights Road belween Arlington Heights and Elk Grove Village was opened,
Although the Wesl Leg e.xlension was constructed
entirely by the County, it represents the joint en
deavor of the fOUf agencies participating in the
Chicago-Cook County expressway program-Slate,
County, City of Chicago and U. S. Bureau of Public
Heads-and all were represented on the speakers'
platform and in the ribbon cuLting.
Speakers included Mayor Richard J. Daley, County
Board President Seymour Simon, Virden E. Staff,
chief highway engineer. m'nois Division of Highways,
and F. L. Anthony, assistant regional engineer, Bureau
of Public Roads.
Road's History Recalled

Local color of historical interest was added by the
presence of long time residents of the area, among
them Carl Klehm, whose great grandCather dedicated
right-oC-way for the road 130 years ago. and George
Busse, whose father, as township commissioner, placed
a gravel surface on the dirt r oud in 1888. Mrs. 1Wton
Daniela, curalor of the Arlington Heights Historical
Society, wielded a pair of shears.
The new road, 2.83 miles in length, is porUllDd
cement concrete four lanes in width, with curb and
gutter, storm sewcr and landscaping. Between Higgins and Algonquin Roads there is a four-foot median.
Between Algonquin and Central Roads, the directional
separation is a double stripe.
Pres idcnt Simon. President James R. Gibson of Elk
Grove Village, snd President J ohn G. Woods of Arlington Heights hailed the improvement as a benefit to
residents of a fast-growing countryside as weU as of
the two connected suburbs.
Commissioner Huppert pointed out thst the contractor, M.i1bum Brothers of Mt. Prospect, had completed the $875,000 job in 135 days, exaetly half of the
working time stated in the contract.
Mrs. Rya n Present

Among the county commissioners present was Ruby
Ryan, widow of the late County Board president for
whom the expressway was named. Mrs. Ryan and the
speakers were introduced by Commissioner J erome
Huppert, chairman of the County Board roads and
bridges comntittee.
As the West Leg ribbon was snapped, harriers were
lifted from three connector lanes in the 95th Street
interchange, thereby affording traffic entering at the
new Halsted Street ramp direct routing to the Loop
and also to Calumet Expressway.
Lake Shore Drive Project Advan ced

use either this winter or next. The reason it was put
down at this time was to get the concrete cured before
freezing weather.
The project is a joint participation by the City of
Chicago, which did the planning; Cook County, construction, and the federal government, which shares
construction costs equally with the County.
The date for receiving bids on the Lake Shore Drive

grade separation stnlcture at Oak Street was advanced this month to December 27. Work on this
second stage of the $4 million project is expected to
start in March , weather permitting, and completion is
anticipated next autumn, probably in October.
The principal features of the first stage a.re near
completion. Included are a sheet piling seawall, a
sand fill and a six-lane bypass laid on the ftll. The
detour, 0.75 miles in length, will be used during work
on the tunnel-like structure that will carry northbound Michigan Avenue traffic under Lake Shore
Drive.
The first stage contractor also has the job of placing 101,000 cubic yards o[ fine sand to form B new
bathing beach outside the seawall. The contract requires this to be done in time for the 1964 beach
season. Two temporary overpasses [or pedestrians
also are in the contract and work on them is under
way.
Bids Received
Bids on s~ Southwest Expressway jobs were received by the Board o( County Commissioners November 13. Low bidders were:
Crade llepllTaUon al Loek Slreel-M. J. McO!!rmolt '"
11,U2LO!n.&I.
co ..
erode sepamtlon at Throop Strl.lf!t-WllIlam A. Randolph Co ..

$449,S89.90.
MaIn drain Wood Street to W(!slern Boulevard-A1)IHIU Contrli\:ton, S218.S94..92.
DemoUUon [rom ean OC Cllilfornla Avenue to DameD Avenue-HBr\-ey Wr~klng Co .. to pa) the County $3.100.
Somp citizens have expressed anxiety that the

bypass pavement would be splashed by high waves
and covered with ice in the w;nler. Under the construction schedule in effect, the detour will not be in
Dc:omolllion Crom Damen Avenue to Aahiand A\'enue--Bongl

Cartage Co .. $23.780.
DemolltloD ~rom Quarry Avenue to Unisted Street-Bonll
Cartage Co~ 3'J3,6S5.
And on Rebuilt Arlington Heights Road
W e st Leg Ope ning

Poliee Cllptaln Fred Steinhau.er,
Com m lilioner Jerome Huppert.
MO\yor Richard J . Dil ley, CammlllIioner Will ia m N. Erickso n (ab.
,cured), Co mmill ione r Charles J.
Grupp. Jr., H igh way Superlnttndent Andrew V. Plumme r, Camml ..
lioner
Ruby Ayan, President
Seymour Simon, F. L Anthon y,
A.. I,tant Re gio nal Engineer, U.
S . Bu reau of P ublic Road ,.
Arlington Heights Road

in
Elk Grove Village
Commlulo ncr
Liury
Bcrel'l'.
Gerald
Doleza l.
Resident
Eng i.
neer; Comml ..loncr Friln k Bo.

bryUke, Comml .. loncr Charita S .
Bonk, Mr, . Mllton F. Oil"let,.
Chler Martin Conro)", Schaum.
burg; S tu a rt Paddock Sr., P vb.
t I, her , Paddock Publication.;
Highway Superintendent An d rew
V. P lu mmer; P rnidc nt B. At che r,
Schaumburg; Commlnioner J,
H 1.1 P per t : President Seymour
Simon: Puide nt J. R. Glb,on.
Elk GnlVe Village; Commi ..ioner
Wil liam N. Erick,on ; Mayor H
H , Behrel , De. Plaines.
Arlington Heights Road

In Arlington Heights
f
I
Ch ief Martin Conroy, Schaum.

burv; L inda Glblo n ; President
J a mes R. G ibson , E lk Grove VII.
lag e : Highway Supe ri ntendent
Andrew V. Plu mmer; Preslde,lt
Seymour Simoni Co mm l"lo ner
Willi a m N. Eri c kson; President
J , G, Woods, Arlingto n Heights :
Mayor Herbert H . Beh re l, Del 1~~~~~L ,~i
Pla ines; Commlnlone r Jerome
Huppert.
President's "Cabinet" Goes On the Road
first of &eYN'nl mCt'ting1l planned by

throughout the County.
CCO)'lPANIED by the hew of Ih'e major County

A
departmenta, Board President Seymour Simon
"cnb'net level" to
presented County government
III
The president and bis department heads dlscusacd

with the local officials problf'ms of interest to &uburban
communities. Including higbway conalrUction, building

and zoning regulntion. foreat pl't.'8erve land acquls;tlon.
public health, flood control, clean streams, air poilulion. tavern licensing. civil defense and molters rclalPd
to the County and Oak Forest hoapiln.!a. It. was the
In
Simon
IJI LIle picture above are (Irrt to right standing):

Mayor Elmcr C. Turngren. Harvey; President Simon,
Patrick M. O'Block. president or Raul erellt and
County dl~tor of civil defcnu; DUmar Bec.ker.
Country Club Hills eomm'salonE't of public works;
President Joseph J. Smaron. Poscn; PreaJdent fo~rod
erick D. Harper. Phoenix, and President Rtw;ell J .
Gardner. MarkhAm; seated. RnJph J. Berg, Dolton,
\;l1age lruatee; President Edward J . Klpley . Riverdale: President Joseph !.lancuflO. Dixmoor. and Pres?
dent Ralph E. Parkes. East Hazel CreaL
representaUvCfl of len cities and 'tillages at a public

meeting October 2 in the Han'ey City hall.
Detours
Prt;8 'd~t
Effect
Senior Employe Dies
Higbway work in progreq by the County requires
The senior employe of the Count.y Highway Depart.

ment In ienglh of se:-vlee Ilarry Clarke. 6D djed
November H . lie was also DemoemUc eOmmlllN'man
for Bremen TO ....'rl.hip, with hUt residence in Midlothian.
When Clarke ala rtcd to work , April 1. HUG. LIle
Department bad been est.abU..hed only two yelll1l.
T here wa. less than one mIle or concrete pavement In
the Count)' outside of Chicago and the main eoneem
of Superintendent George A. Qulnlan and hie emall
force W(l.ll the upkeep of c.rusbed stone and gravel
road>.
Clarke WIUI hired 8JI operator of 8 steam roller. For
a time thla '''ork W88 llCa80nnl. the opemLDrs being
laid off in the winter. Lau-r they were kept on to do
repnlr work nnd the job became yenr around. Slnee
1956. Clarke had been an equipment supervisor.
Following Clarke ill the Department rctordB are
John B. Howard. who started October 1. 1917. IU an
inspector engineer. nnd now Is highway e.nglneer IV.
and Paul E. Fran.k . employed na a draftsmnn November 1i. 1917. and now hlgbwl'ly engineer IlL
detours
fl8 follows:
WOLF ROAD-Brld,e eon.truC:Uon at Fla, ~k. Local
ll'altic: only betwec:n 70th SUftt and German Church ltoad
Throuall .rame: lOuthbOUnd
on WOn lIoad detour t!al'
on 79th Sttftt to Wilanw
Spnnp Road. tOuth to Ger
irian Churth
Road
and
Weill to WOII. :-OorlhbOt.mtl
throulh Lrilt!lc:: rtI"o,.. ordC::b:ERloIAN CHURCU ROAD
-Bl1dn
c::on.struC::Uon
at
n~cr"k. l.o<llli trami
only betWe4/1 Wolt Itoal
and COunty une !tnad.
Wutbound thrau.h tramc: detour ,tOulh on Wolt 10 1'1_'
StrOl!l. ..'ttIl on 911t to COunly LIM. north to Cermlln CtluJ'\lI.
ELlIJ IURST ROAD. ,rade HparaUOn c:outrutUon al Palll11M P.cad: Ioc:at trarDc permlned bet_II Euclid AU.nue alld
Dundee !toad: tlmtulh tra.me detour bJ' way ot Euclid. WoU
Itoad and Dundee.
86lh AVESl1& McCarthy Road LO l8UI Street. bridle reflllir.
[)etllUr over McCarthy R~ BOlt! Avenue and 13J.t Slf'efL.
PALATlNE ROAD between Da RoId lind ROllen. Road, noc:onlltrutUon. onen to lceal Ira,tl. Eulbo1,1nd drtour norll'l
o n Ela f(olld tn Bltldwlo Road, eall on Baldwin Road to ROI(!l Ie
Road and .0Ulh on Rotelle ROAd 10 Pilla Uno !toad. W"nbuund
nlvene order.
YOU . Jl/~/''J'
THIS RESURFACING
Trame Is pennitted whlle work proceeds on the following named lo<:atlons:

cosaRESS ST. EXPRESSWAY belwt:!en SIIl!TIIJnrnlO Ogult'vard and Laram:e A\ll!nur. 1I'ln Inll1l1l1,lI"n
COxailESS ST. F.XPItESSWAY betWeM 1.1 Avt!lIul and W(lIr
Road lip Inllnlllltinn
illT LAKE A\'E..'JIJE belw~ Lat1dwellr Road and Cr.n
wood Road, ON road con.trutUon.
PALATINE ROAD--F..JIpr""wIlY c-unatruction In Proln!U In

varlt'u roec-uOM Ihroulh travel atannmodllled partly on
trolllllil road and partly on oXPIl!'..way tanu.
Ho\' A Road Was Named
The farrowing i8 one of " 86rie.! of &kctchu tracing ;110 origins oj ,..arne" 0/ TOOth in Cook County.
ERMITS for building conslruction estimated to cost

P
were issued in October
the Cook
County Department of BuUdlng, which has jurisdic
$4.568.350
RLINGTON HEIGHTS ROAD, which wna recon-
by
tion in the unincorpo.

rated area.
The total of permits.
332, was higher than
lhe 24.2 issued in SePtember, but the valuation wss leSI!. However.
the September valuation, $5,170.800, was lifted by
one large item, a public high school huilding in Bloom
Township estimated at $2,700.000.
A structed by the County between Arlington

Heights and Elk Grove Village this year, began as a
wagon track across government land taken up
in 1834 by J oseph A.
Barnes at $1.25 an acre.
Previously, it was an
Indian trail,
Barnes was in the van
of migration into Northern TIlinois foliowing the
Black Hawk war. In
that period lhe name
Elk Grove was applied
to a natural woodland
of some 1.300 acres and as a source oC timber for
building and firewood for warmth and cooking was
attractive to early arrivRls.
Residential permits were up in October, with 104

pennits for single dwellings estimated at a total
$2,569,600. as compared with 81 pcrmits for $1,800,800
In September. Two apartment huilding permits were
taken out in October and none in the month before.
One apartment project of six buildings with a lotal
o[ 2i units will be built in Elk Grove Township at an
estimated cost of $470,600. The other permit was for
a duplex, $38,600, in Maine Township.
The Barnes homestead WRS bounded on the southwest by heavy timber Ilod a swamp, now within fI
County (orest preserve. On the Northwest was n
small lake and a marsh. Bolh the Indians and Barnes'
oxen detoured around these nalural obstacles and thus
made the bends that still exist in Arlington Heights
Road.
Records in the County Highway Department indicnte the road was extended northward to Dunlon Vil
lage, the present Arlington Heights. some fmc before
1846. rn that year. WiUiam H. Dunton. Wheeling
Township highway commis.aioner and owner of the
fArm on which the village grew up. had t.he road sur
veyed and dcdicated to public use.
The Department's records have it as Dunlon Road
at thal lime, but Mrs. ~l.Ilton F. Daniels, curator of
the Arlington Heights Historical Society. believes it
was also known in the locality as the State Road,
which is the name it carries on street signs through
Arlington Heights today,
In 1852, Dunton persuaded the Illinois & Wisconsin
Railroad to extend its line out his way and in 1854
he platted his farm in town lots. The village retained
the name Dunton until 1874.
[n the no-fee clasaification, which includes churches,

farm and public buildings, seven permits were issued
for church buildings or additions. They wcre: St.
Peter Neighborhood Evangelical Church, Northfield
Township, $222,000; Trinity United Presbyterian
Church, Leyden. $55,800; Orland Park Bible Church,
Orland, $48,000; Congregation ot Peace Evallgelical
Lutheran Church. BrC!mCD, 35,600; addition to F orest
River Church. Wheeling. $10,200; addition to Fint
Reformed Church, Thornton. $3,600, and a permit
is.aued to the Catholic Bishop of Chicago for an addition in Hanover Township, $1,800.
Besides rcsidential, pel'mil.B wcre issued for other

types of construction as folJows:
Rultlenll.1 addItio n. nnd a1terlillon.......s2 permits, m!!.,200.
ACCI:I&lIory buJldlna:l -lOl'! pamlt.. $198,SOO.
Bullncu bulhlTna:~ permits. tl60.000.
BU51ncn addilion. lind a.Iterli tlon~ permit., llOl,900.
Industr"llli bulhUnal-l permit, $4:\,800.
Industrial IIddlUon, JUld 1l11l!rlllionJ...-4 pl'rmlts, $2.10,200.
Wtlll-ll permits, $11.000.
Indh' ldual n 'plle lyllems-2 permll" ll.ooo.
~U~lI l1neo_ lS uermlt., $88.~
October fee permits were distributed by lownsit.ips

as follows:
Some oC lhe villagers desired a more elegant name,

according to Mrs. Daniels. and after some pondering
setlled on Arlington. Then it was learned there al
ready was an Arlington in Illinois. in Bureau County,
so they made it Arlington Heights and changed the
name of the road about the same time.
T(I'n.. ~l,II'
Uloom
Ureml'n
Elk Grml!
lIano\'er
Lemont
lAyden
Lyon'
:'ofaln!!
:-'orth.nt'ld
Orlnnd
PUII1t1ne
J>IIJO~
Pr-ovillO
Drinkers Might Work It Out
Ri ch.
Scha umburg
Stlc.kney
1'liomlon
When a judge in OWo heard a case involving a

collision between two drivers "under the lnHuence,"
he said, " 1 wish to commend you for running into
each other Instead of some innocent person. If this
sort of thing can be encouragcd, I think we may have
hit upon the solution to a seriOUB problem."
\\' hft<llng
Worth
I'tor-mlt...
7
I.
"g
17
10
l!J
~
1
.'i
'""
"
The no-fee permits also included, besidC!s the church

projects, one Cor a farm house ill Hanover Township,
$19,800.
",
Winter Set, the Scene In Cook COlmty Forut Pr,.. ...vu.
Vol. XI No. 7
DECEMBER, 1963

Publlihed by the Cook County ( III.) Department of HlghWIIYI
Under IUlplces of the BOilrd of County Comml .. lonera
SEYMOUR SIMON, Prell"'"t

Charle. J. Gl"IJp,. Jr.
Jeroml Huppeft
Chrl.t A. JIlM.'"
Ruby Ry-.n
Frank 80bryUke
Charles 8 . Bonk
Charle. F. Chaplin
Ellubeth A. Conkey
Gerald Doleul
George W. Dunne
Seymour Simon
Edward M. Sn...d
William N. Erlck,o n
John J, TOl,lhy
Fred A. Fulle
Andrew V. Plumme,.
SuperiMende"l of Hig hWAY,
Pub ll.hed
at
1:10
North
Well,
Street,
Chlc,SlC
II.
Boob of the Month
November Accidents
'DEATH loll on suburban streets and hig hways

THEcontinued
low through November with the promIse t hat the year's totAl will be well under 1962 and
al80 1961.
There were 10 deatbs in i"\ovember, which compared with 19
in November II year ago. The 11
monLh total lhis year stood at 162,
which compa,red w:lh 199 in the
same period l8..8t year. The final
12mont.h count in 1962 W8..8 20 .
wbleb W8..8 14 fewer than in 19tH.
The varlety of Catal accidents
last month was unusual. Collisions between auto
mobiles, generally the most frequent type. accounted
for only one death. Four victims were pedestrians
and one was a mM in a truck struck by a train.
Four were killed when cars left the road and atruck
wayside objects. In one Instance a house.
rn addition to the 10 falal accidents, there were
579 in which 912 persons were injured and 3.279
whleh resulted 10 property dsmage only.
Two of the 10 deaths occurred on roads in the un
incorporated area and one each in Cicero, Evanston.
Mc.lroso Park, Morlon Grove, Palos Hills, Park Ridge,
Posen, and Skokie.
, NTERSECTIONS of city streets or country roads are

no problems ror M.P.H. Mania.
He goes through without slowing or glancing right
or left.
1t hasn't occurred to him that there may be a law

regUlating priority at intersections or that it would
be smnrt to look for cross traffic even if there isn't
a law.
Deliberate Offenders
sixth or the Incidents were caused by carelessness;

nearly ,"a1f of the incidents occurred during daylight,
including dawn and dusk; only one in len occurred
in bad weatbe~rain, snow or fog; visibility was good
in 84. per cent of the mcidenta: t.ra1Iic volume was light
when 44 .3 per eent occurred; heavy for 7.8 per cent:
and Uliteracy, or the inability to understand signs. was
responsible for only 2 per cent of the incidents.
One out of five wrongway driven on freeways and

expressways Is knowingly and deliberately driving
against oncoming traffic, and 60 per cent of the wrong
way drvlng incidents result from entering the freeway
via an ofIramp .
These are conclusions Crom a study by the California
DivilJion of Highways of 500 wrongway drivers cited
by the state blghway patrol in the IirBt !line months
of 1962. Other findings revealed were:
Almost one.Utird of these drivers had been drink
ing; an equal number of vlolaters pleaded "honest con
fusion", a greater percentage of men past 49 and
women past 39 were involved than their proportion
of the state's registered drivers would indicate: one
The study classified drivers in each incident as either

under the influence of alcohol (in four su bdassiflca
tlOIUJ); confused; careless: deliberately violating the
law; o r illiterate; although it was recognized that in
many incidents a combinaUon of factors was possible.
____
~J
1963 Safety Awards
EIGHTYNTh"E
Cook County suburbs weI"C cited this
month by Seymour Simon , County Board President,
for good traffic safety records in 1962.
The commendations were based on the improved
traffic fatality record In the suburban area, which
was 14 lower In 1962 than in 1961, the totals being
208 and 222. Tbe t'itics and villages qualifying for
the award were those that kept their 1962 death toll
even wi!:.h or below the year before.
The AlUDe recognition was earned by the Sheriff'a
police and the detachments oC slate pollee and tollway
police Assigned to Cook County.
Awards in Ule form of wall placques were distributed to chiefs of police in the honored suburbs
by lh~ Cook Counly Traffic Safety Commission, of
which Mr. Simon is president. In previous years,
awards were presented at dinners held in two locations, a practice discontinued by President Simon
this y~ar as a measure of economy.
The award winning suburbs and their police chiefs
are:
Drive For Clean Air

against air pollution in the suburban area
TofHEthedriveCounty
will slart early ne..... t year with 15
monitoring stations in operation. Approval of the sites
by the U, S. Weather Bureau was announced this
month by President Seymour Simon of the County
Board.
All of the locaUons are al school hou8(!8 selected to
form an area-w:dc network. Equipment for the higb
volume air samplers is now being assembled, snid
President Simon, and operaUon is e.-.;pccled to start

about February 15.
The schools to be used in the program are:
l'alaUne Towru;hlp HIKh School. 1000 Quentin Road. PalaUne.
Maine Junlur Hlilh School. 89155 GreenwOOtJ AYenue,
Ea~t
NIII!~.
Central Elementary School 9th Stree t a nd Central AYllnUe,

Wilmette.
F..alt Le)"d~n O::lmmunny I1lgh School. MOO North Rose
Street, Frllnkltn Park.
River 1-'orelt JunlIJr HIgh sehool, Lnthrnp and Oak Avenues,
nt"er Forell.
Pmyi.., Welt Hllh Sl:hool. Wol! Ro.d a nd Ifarrllan Stnel.
HlLI.lde.
ROOIe\'e1t Elementary SChool. HUh Stn!et and eoth Avenue.
O~ro.
Alalp-Stallley Thomal.
Arllnilton Hcl&'h"-I- W. Calderwood.
Bamnglon nlll_Reynold 1':. SmIth.
BartleU_KCIlneth E. Lloyd.
Bedford Park-Rlehanl P. Lloyd.
acrkcle)'-~ymond 1'01. Chipman.
Blut' ISlond-Edward W . Boyd.
Br1d,evlew-Anthony J. Ulrich.
BroadvIew_Arthur A. BC!ltz.
Buttalo GT"I)ye--Arthur J. DeKnee.t.
Burnham-Edward C. Lnwhead.
Calumel City--Ca.tmlr Eo Unldewla...
Chleaao lIelghU-Mllrk A. Orlick.
Chleag!,) JUdge-- Elmer L. lIane"an.
Ol)(!m-Erwln Kono\.ky.
Counlr)lhle---.lOhn R.a~' Mlnl.rd.
err.t...."OOd-ZCnon
Doneckl.
Dee Plnlllcs..-Amll,a Kl:nnlcotL

Dolton--GT"I)\'er L. COg...ell.
EIlIIt Hazel Crelt-.Joseph :\L HIlDUI.
E1g1n_ HerlHort W. Lange
~;!mwOOd Park-Pete r RllJe.
Eyanston-Bert Gi ddens.
EY(!l1;run Park __ Albert L. Breitzman.

FOre:!lt Park-JOIt'Ph L. CtlrUno.
~"Ore!lt View-LaddIe Puk}'l.
Franklin Pnrk_WIIIIIlm F . Koerber.
C!~coe--Arlhur fL PanUe.
Glenview_Erwin Melerhotr.
Gol[-LnWl"(!nce H. lo1ac.)((!y.
lIonoYer Park-5llm G Polatto.
Harwood JIel&"hU_WlIhur J . Blal"llnl.
ElAuI Crest-William 11. Abram.
l:IJekory RIU.....cene Bock.
Hllllide-Robert L. Hutl'man
Botrman EIIUHet-John J . O'O::lnneU.
Homewood-MelYln K. Me)"er.
lndlana H~ad Park-Edward Ma.l ek.
JUUIce--Mlrko Glllpnru.
Kenilworth-Robert M. Onley.
I..nGrnnge Pvk-Edwln P. Pnl...er.
Le.mont-JOS('ph N8.$e1.
LlneolnWOOd-M. U!,ter FloweTl,
Markham_Vernon Stutxrll'.m.
Maywood-Elm~r Golz.
Melrose ~rk_Anlhony F . 10....0 S r.
Merrtonelle Park-Wilbur ,I. Coffey.
Midlalhllln-John A. Word.
Morton Grov~Mllton Scftnlon.
MI. ProIpret-Geora:e E. \Vhltlt'nbera-.
NIlI!S-Clcn JohlllOn.
Northneld -JOhn L. Aman.
Northlnke--LeQ F. Gehrke.
North RI"'ecTilde-Raymond I\fartlnel\.
OU; Forut-Emut F. Perry.
ArKo Commun ity HIKh School. G3rd Street and 74lh A>'enue,
ArlO.
Carl Sandberg COn.oJldated High School. ]Mrd Stnet. and
1.& Grange Road, Orland Park.
DwtKht D. EllcllhOW(!r Communtty 1II1h SChool. :12700 SIIc:ramenlO. Blue Illnnd.
H~mcn Towntlhlp IIIKh School, 111205 Crawford A>'enue,
~Udlolhl.n.
1.o"'''ell Eh.'menlary School. lliilh lind Lexington Stree.u,
narvey.
Thornton F raetlonll l Townlhlp Hlilh Sl:hool. ilSS Pulukl

Road. Calumet CIty.
Uomewood-Floumoor Community Hl,h School, !)99 Kedzlec
A>'e nl.le nnd 189lh Slreet. ~'loumoor.
Bloom TownlhlP IIIgh School. Dixie 81ilhwllY lind 10th
Street, Ch1Clll(l IIcighli.
The monitoring program was authori7.ed by an air

pollution control ordinance adopted by the County
Board last April 30. It deSignates the County Building
Commissiiner. Erwin Horv.'iU, director of the pollution
control bureau and provides fines up to $500 and jail
sentences up to six months for each day of violation.
Fte.ldS--<;ernld R. Ste... enson .
The citation of the sheriff's highway pOlice was presented t.o Sheriff Ric.nard B. Ogilvie; state police, to
Chief WilllR.?l Morris. and state tollway police, to
Captain Wilham H. Thompson.
Work Load Heading for Peak In 1964

projects under supervision of the
CONSTRUCTION
Highway Depart.menl in 1963 included II bridge
contracta totaling $10,520.000. five pavinft conlracts.

$3.207.000: three sewer contracts. $2.503.000. and varioua landscaping, signing and rigbloOr-way clearance
jobs amounting to approximately $1 million.
The Department also acquired property for rightsof-way, both expresswa>, and primary roads. amounting to $8,400.000. Also, approximately 4 million of
work WIUI done on upkeep and lmprovement of the 603mile secondary road system.
In the laller part of the year, the Department's work
load, especially In the Bureau of Design, was increased
by t he decialon to complete Southwest ExpreS8Wsy
next. October ioslcRd of in 1965. as first planned. As
measured by dollnr volume, 8S well DS by demands for
maximum elfort. 196<1 w!1l Ilrohably be the busiest year
in the Department's history.
Oui:8tanding projects completed this year included :
Extension of the West Leg of Dan Ryan Expres8way
to Halsted Stroot, 1.5 miles, affording direct connection
to the expreSlway aystcm for residents of a populous
WClt Le g of Dan Ryan Expreuway was Extended

From 95th St. Interchange to Hal.ted St.Overpus.
area.
Extension ot East Lake A\'enue through Glenview, a
$2,355.000 project under conslruction two years.
ReconatrucUon of Arlington Heights Road between
Arlington Height. and Elk Grove Village at a cost of
$875.000. Thl. Improvement, like the East Lake Ave
nUe extension, wlll llerve countryside residents as an
expreMWay connectiOIl.
Improvement ot Western Avenue. Chicago. by mov.
Ing pillars ot the elevated railroad structure from the
street to back of the curb at four points.
The $4 million Laqc Shore Drive grade separation
at Oak Street, designed by the City o[ Ch.icago and
eonstnlcted by the County, was slarted this year and
virtually completed through the first stage. Tbe entire
project, which Includes B tunnelllke structure to carry
northbound Michigan Avenue traffle beneath Lnke
Shore drive and a new bathing bench, is scheduled for
completion ncxt autumn,
The Wcstcrn Avenue bridge ovcr the Calumet Sag
Channel was started and at year's end the $1.372,000
project was 95 per cent cGmpleled. This is one of
eig ht locations at which the County is to replace or
improve bridgcs as part ot lhe federal government's
project of widening and deepening the channel. Simi
lar projects will be done by the Slate.
Construction of SOuth ..... ut Expressway, with Its
earlier complelion date, will be the Department'a prin
cipal eft'orl next year. Aa on other expressway roules,
SOuth.....est is .bared by the Stale of mlnois, County of
Cook and City of Chicago, participating equally in
reapect to coats.
In County Section of Southwest E lC pre"wa y, Aban.

doned I. &. M. Canal I. Converted to the Motor Age.
grading and main drain Installation bel;v.cen Cicero

Avenue and Harlem Avenue. Thejoh involved clearing
the bed ot the abandoned I.1Iinoia & Michigan Canal
of a hundred years of accumulated muck and brin&ing
in slable material. Altogether, the movement of earth
amounted to approxImately 2 million cubic yards..
At the wd of the year, 11 projeCts .....ere under way
in the County's section between Halsted Street and
CaJi(ornla Avenue. Contraets for eight structures.
t.hree grading and paving projects, three Ligbting con.
tracts, together y;ilh land8caplng, lighting and signing,
will be awarded early next year to complete the
County's share of the expressway.
Contract. In progTC88 in tbe ElalstedCa1ifomis sec.
tion Include thc bridge over the South Branch of the
Chicago River, grade separations at Lock Street and
Throop Street, two main drain projects, one grading
n.nd Il8vlng contract, and five jobs of demolition or
building removal to clear the right-ofway.
The enUre route, from Lake Shore Drive to the

CookWill County line at about 73rd Street, is 17.3
miles. The Slate haa two secliol18 totaling 9.5 miJes:
the County, two llections, 5.8 miles. and the City. one
section of 2 mllcs. That part of City section between
Lake Shore Drive and Dan Ryan Expressway is not
scheduled for completion this year.
m the year, the County completed the first South
wcsl contract awarded by any agency. This waa the
(ConUnuc<l on Pllae 7)
Highway Department
RILE carrying out its 1963 programs of construcW
tion, improvement. and maintenance, the Highway Department underwent exten.&ive reorganization
IS
Reorganized
give close attention to the Department and advise on

matters requiring Rction by the County Board.
The new organization table dh>ides below the level
or superintendent into t wo functional areas. each
under an ;lasiala.nt superintendent. Previously, the
superintendent had one assistant and one aide designated Ilasistant to the superintenden t.
One assistant is directly in charge of administrative
and legal malters and tile other, on the same level , is
responsible for operatiolls and planning. In the broad
scnsc, one supervises office work and the other, work
in the field.
Two new bureaus were created. both in the administrative area. Transportation Reaearch WIl8 established
to conduct a continuing study of transportation of all
kinds-msss transit and comnluter railroads 118 well as
automobiles--with the objective of developing each to
its best usc. Documents and Agreements g roups land
procurement and agreements made by the County with
railroads and other private interests, and links them
with the assistant slate's attorney assigned to the
Department.
Also under the administrative assistant are supervision or Department personnel, contracts. administrative services. mapa and townships, technical photography, planning programs and financial control.
Operations and Planning is organized in three bureaus designated Construction, Design, and Secondary
Roads and Material , each under a chief engineer-.
Construction, which has an office engineer in addition to the chief, haa supervision over all construction
projeda in the field , proportioning of materials, and
adjusLments of public utllitles required by highway
work.
Design includes design of structures and pavements,
preliminary location surveying and right-of.way engi
neerlng, cost estimating, drainage, utilities and U6'bt
ing design, architecture and landscaping. and traffic
engineering and signals.
A new division of highway equipment W88 established and placed under Secondary Roads and Materials. This bureau also is responsible for- upkeep of
roads under County maintenance, repair shops, the
materials laboratory and operation of the sign shop.
aimed to increase emciency In coping with a growing

work load. Regrouping of related func tions under
new Unes of supervision is expected to result in better
team effort in all IU'cas-secondary and primary roads
DS well 8S expressways.
Although changes have been made from time to
time to keep up with highway reqUirements and engineering progress, this was the first major revision in
many years. Made ellecUve late in the year. the ncw
lineup is ready to meet demands imposed by advancing
the completion date of Southwest Expressway to next
October.
As part of tbe new order, an office for the chairman
at the County Board's Roads and Bridges Committee
wss established in lhe Highway Department's qUllrters
adjacent to the superintendent's office. In this location, the chairman, Commissioner Jerome Huppert . can
De tour Ro ... dw ... y LlIld on FlU Wilt Carry Lake Shore

Drive Tr... ffic Around Oak Street Conatructlon Sit e.
Bids and Contracts

Bida on three Sout.hwest Expressway projects were
received by the Board of County Commissioners
December 11. Low bidders were:
Gt'{ld(t seDaration III Fuller ajld 1t::m18 Street.....W. E.
O'Neil constru~on~o. $1.536 PH,. .
rA.df) I!en~a Ion
~UA.tJl' ~tree and Archer A venu
E . . Albrec
..
.G86.
.411.
rontn~
oads
onfie
to Creen Streets-C hatham
Pavlnl!" CO.. I ss.eM.

Six Southwest Expressway contracts, on wbich bids
were received November 13, have been awarded by
the Board as follows:
Grade: 1le1)llrs,tion at lAck Street- M. J . McDermott &:
co~ 51-221.097.80.
VU I
Ran
do ~Co ~sWS~I.jhWggat Throo!) St.reet-\ I am A .

aln d'raln VHef.trect to \\'e!tern Boulevard Abbott
Com:::gWron
s, iom.~ei&1' ot ~allfornla ~VeIlU(! to Dam_ell
Avenue-:."ilarVev wreckln2' 0.. to cav e.collntv 53.100.
DemQ.lltion from
0111:918
~m~fm:rfef~m '~~lI;r.rV
Log ... n Square "L" Structure a t Wettern Avenue Wa.

Reconatruded with P illar, Removed from the Street.
Bonlri C&rtaa CO.. $25.68:),
venue to shland AvenueStreet to Halsted Street-
Mortenson Retires
Farewell
O. MORTENSON. 69, who was lhe engineer

ROVAL
of bridge construction ror the Highway Depart
\:I
ment, since the start of

the expressway building
program. ret.:red on pension on December 6. In
addition to the numeroWi
grade separation struc
tures on expresswaya, be
supervised COn.lltrUction
and
repair- of br'dges
mainlained by the County on primary roads.

A graduate of Northwestern University. he
ataTled wllh the Depart.
ment as lI. junior civil engineer August 8, 1932. He
had been cmliloyed prt:lvioully fro m August. 1924, Lo
Jonuary, 1932, in the burcuLt of dea1b'TI of the Chicago
801U'd of Local (mprovemenl.s.
Mr. and Mrs. Mortenson live In Westchester. They
have II. son and daughter and four gntndchildren.
Ell"" Burke (LldtJ lI"d "SI," FI,mi"Q,
Day by Day the Higbway Department ia get.ling

used ta the new centrex dlnling system and preparing
for tho!; big break, which will come when Agnes (Sis)
Fleming and Eileen Burke pull the plugs in the I)e...
parlment', switchboard (or the last time.
Since the changeover Deetmber 2, we two grand.
mothers have remained at t.heir posts to assist in
cases of bewilderment over the direct dialing method.
They will remain until lhe tint of the year and then
Wlil be> placed el86where In the County employ.
Michael Smuczynski
MJehaet Smuczynaki. 70, who retired September 23
t.b1a l 'eu oIter 35 ye8l1l of aervlcc in the ffighway
Department died December 16. He entered the Department as a clerk in 192 and at reUrement was an
administrative service dlvislon supervisor.
[n July, 1955, he took 8 letwe of absence to accepl
appolntmenl by Governor Henry Horner as stale fae
tory inspector and held that post for one year. He
a1.eo aerved U 8 clerk In the Chicago Municipal Court.
A native Chicagoan, he and his wife lived for many
years at 2844 Throop treel. He is Burvived also by
son, Jerry, a daughter, MD. Edward Ziemba, and
elgbt grandchildren.
He was director and treuurer or the Pulaski Savings
& l..oan Asaoc.llltion. He had been ncU,c in the 11th
Wnrd Democratic organization since 1915.
For Ml'I. Fleming, departure will be 8. milestone

)Ears of service with the County, which began
November 18, 1928, on a temporary basis supposed
to be for two weekJ. Her 6"'t o.salgnment was to the
County H08pltal. the only operator on the midnight
shlfl . Intl:'l'nea and nurses who were aupposed to be
wokened enrly, or nol wakened, still remember ber
Oral nJghL
Afle!' 11 years on the maIn board. in the County
Building, ahe was transferred to the Higbway Department, then at 160 North LaSalle Street. on De-cember 1, 19015. Tbe Department then had only one
operntor JlO.lllion. She Is not only a grandmother of
nye, but. n great grandmother of fOUT.
Mf'8. Burke, wbo had worked (or the telephone
tornpan)' nine years Dod in the County Hospital six
months, came to the Depa.rt::ment January 16, 1950.
eight months before the officea were moved to the
pl'HCnt location atl30 North Wells SlreeL She bas
aIx grandehlldren.
Centrex may be progress, but It wfll take a while
to get Ul!ed to doing without Sis and Eileen.
In 35
Peter Salamone
Peter Salamone, 58. cmployed by lhc ffigbway De-partmenl since April. 1940, died Deeomber 16. He
started as a tracer and attained the grade of highway
engineer U. In recent years he was assigned to the
drainage division. ffiB borne W88 at 5619 Roscoe
SlrMt.
Eileen Blake
M1sa Eileen Blake, a stenographer In the Highway
Department aince December, 1925, died December 12
(ollowing a long illnl!'8l. ReI' final aa.sJgnment in the
Department was in the Division of Utilities Field
Supervisions. She lived Ilt 2 South Mayfield Avenue,
ChICAgO.
~IOllr
(11111'.
over McCarthy Ro.d, 80th .hf!'nlle .nd Wit
.""L
l03RO STREEt' at LJubelh., tlllI around detour tor brIdge
conJtrucllOn: no !lel.y.
ll&TII S1'RE;~"', cl~ trom Rld~land AVeDue to OCl!f'O
A"enlllll, Sanll.ry Olltric:t ProJed. Weltbound detour, north
on Ocero to lUlh Street. Welt on Ulth to Rldldand, lOulh
on Rld,l'land to U!!th: e tbound. " " ' _ order
CENTRAL AV1'!Nt1E, cIO:Wd from Wlh Sltlel 10 U31l1
SIrt'tlI. S.nUlary DI.U1ct proJert SOuthbound detour Wf!IIl on
Illth Strfft 10 lUdlP'lalld Avenue .auth on Rldxel.nit to lll5th
Slrtft. e..t on l~th, around the barrlade, to antral AVl!fllle
WlLKtE ROAD. dOled from Cent.,.1 Ro.d UI Klreholf
RNd. S.nltu Ol.trict , proJIl't. Northbound del/,)ur .ut on
Q!lIlr.1 Kolld
K1R.hoI'l: Road, wut on KI~hDtr to "'Ukle.
Detours in Effect
Work In progress by the Highway Depllriment IUld
other ag~ncies requires deloul'l aa follo .....a:
86TH AVENUE, McCarthy Road to laUt Sl.reet. brtdae re-
November Building Permits
Thtl /ollolcin9 i.! on8 oj aeriu 0/ akdchu tTacillg tlte origina 0/ fiGme3 0/ roads in Cook County.
UTIAlL"lG construction estimated to cost $4 ,142,900

B
was authorized in November by the Cook County
Department of BuUding, which has jurisdiction in the
ROAD, the north nnd Bouth separation

W ILL-COOK
between the two counties, follows the line of an
early road la id out by
unincorporated arca of
the County.
Of tbe 203 fee pennits
issued, 87 were Cor single
dwellings of a total $2,081,400 valuation and
nine were fo r apartment
buildings with a total 112 units. All of the apart
ments, estimated to cost a total of $985,200 will be
built In Maine Township.
In addition to new residential building, permita were
issued for varous types of construction as follows:
PaJ08 and Lemont Townships.
When Cook County

was organized by town
ships in 1850, an immediate concern was roada to
link the settlers' farms
with trading centers. At
the Drat Palos tow n
meeting, in addition to
electing road commisslonefS and other officers, a program to finance road building Wa& sel up.
It was decreed that 8 fence "well bu;lt and five feet
in height" should be doomed lawful, and appropriate
penalties we re enacted to be inflicted on owners of livestock lrespassing on properLy thus enclosed. A further
enactment provided that all fines collected in this manner should go into a fund for road building.
The first road surveyed and built was a joint project
of Palos and Lemont Townships. It ran from the south
line of Cook County due north on the line between the
townships. the route now designated as WIIICook
Road,
At the time of organization, Paloa Townsh 1p was
called Trenton. The name was changed carll' in 1950
to Palos. after the Spanish port from which Columbus
sailed in 1492, at the suggestion oC a resident who
claimed desce.Jll from a member of the crew of one of
ChrisLophers ships.
Previous to 1950, Lemont was kno"'n 88 Palmyra.
Early settlers, in addil!on to homesteaders. were many
who came to work on the Illinois & Mlchlgan canal.
Long abandoned, the canal will, in part, become right.
oC.way for Southwest Expressway.
Work Peak
In
.-.ec:elSO!"y bUlldlna.....-4!l pennlUl, 1116,600.

BUlilnen buUdlna.-.l pennlu, $:100.200.
BU81nl.'u additions and allerallon.-...8 pennlt., $95,700.
Re..ldl'1\lIal addItIons and .ltc... U~ ,lennltt, $143,900.
tnduJlf"lal bulldlnll-l pennlt, ~.800.
IndunMII\ IIddllions and IIlterations--3 permits, Sl29.IIOO.
\\'1.'11_3 11I~.. mIl5. $3.000.
IndivIdual septic 5)'.tcmfl--l permit. ~.
l'Il1J:ulllUll!lOus--6 pc.rmlU, ~9,t!OO.
By townships, the fee pe.rmits were distributed as

follows:
Town"hlp
Barrlniton
Bloom
""'-
I~rml l .
i6
Elk Grove
Hanover
Lemont
Leyden
,.
1\ alne
21
1
Lr.~
New TTler
NortMeld
Nor"1Yood PArk
Orland
PalaUne
P"'~
Rich
SChaumbur&
SUcll:n.y
Thornton
WheeHnR
Worth
"
,,
16
",,,
2'
...
Ii!
\ 'lIl u., lon

,~
"'....
...
aM:~
"',
l~lOO
,,000
:m.600
....
~800
3.20,400
~=
~
987.000
"",000
In the no-fee clasaification, whlch includes churches,

farm and public buildings, there were 10 permits for
a total va.luation of $21,200. One was for an addition
to the Community Church of LaGra.nge Highlands.
$6,600; one for a cattle barn in Orland Park. $13,600. and eight for public works. for which no valuation
was required to be stated.
1964-
(OJnUnued from Pa,l!! 4)
Designing was completed for the following projects

in that section:
Paving, grading and frontage roads from Halsted
Street to the river; structures at Quarry Street and
Loomis Steet: elevated roadway from Ashland Avenue
to Wolcott Street; elevated roadway from Wolcott
Street to Hoyne Avenue, Including reconstruction of
Darnen Avenue; elevated roadway from Hoyne Avenue
to Western Avenue ; elevated roadway from Western
Avenue to 1,000 feet east of California Avenue ; grad
ing and paving from 1.000 feet east of California Ave.
nue to California Avenue.
T he Bureau of Design. which during the year com
plcted plans for construction estimated aJtogether at
$58,628,000. also designed the paving between Cicero
Avenue and Harlem Avenue and two structures In that
section-at Cenlral Avenue and Harlem Avenue.
On the West Leg of Dan Ryan Expresaway, in addi
tion to thc extension to Halsted Street, contracts were

awarded for grade separation structures at Genoa Avenue and 103rd StreeL Demolition was continued in
sections beyond Halsted Street.
Bituminous surface course was laid on 47.1 miles of
secondary road a.nd seaJ coat on 50.6 miles.
On 11.9 miles. new bases were constructed with
pozzolanic material. This is virtually the Bame mate
rial used by the ancient Romans except that Oy ash,
a by. product of local power plants is used instead of
volcanic ash.
Among other routine chores, the bureau of Second,
ary Roads recorded 13,625 miles traveled by snow
removal and ice control equipment, 175 miles of patch.
ing and crack filling, and 13,900 feet of metal plate
guard raU installed.
Itruetlolre AIM. to C.rry Southwe.at Exprll"""'." O... t,. South B,.,,"ch of the
Rlwn and Aahllnd Avenue . View I, Eastward fro", A,hl.nIL ( a .. Pav_ S).
Vol. XI No. 8
JANUARY, 1964
COO K COUNTY HIGHWAY S

Pub Hlhed by the Cook Co unt y (I II .) Dcp;J. rtment of Hlghwil.YI
Und e r aU lpl-=cl of t he Boar d of Cou nt y Comm l"lo nerl
SE Y MOUR SI MON , Prell dent
Charl e. J. Gl"\lpP. Jr,
J erome Huppert
Ruby Ryan
F~nk Bobrytzke
Charles S. Bonk
Cha r les F. Chaplin
Gera ld Do le nl
Geo rge W . Dunne
William N. Erlck.on
Sey m our Si m o n
E d wa rd M. Sneed
J ohn J . T ouhy
An drew V . P lum m er
S upe r in t endent of Hi gh way.
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Bo ob of the Month
Traffic Accidents
FAT ALITY record 29 under 1962 was achieved
last year on streets and highway in suburban
Cook County. T he final figure was
Ull1Csu.
184, which compared wilh 213 in the
f\l~ previous year. It aJao was the low1P.t.
est 12-month toll since 1959. when
~
it was 171.
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The good showing was made as
'\.,
.~ Q traffic volumes increased in the
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area and also as death rates rose
~nf{rt
nationwide. it was pointed out by
tbe Cook County Trallic Safety
Commiss!on. Three l'cssons for safer performance
by more drivers were advanced by John J. McClever ty, executive director of the Commission:
1. Increased use of e."pressways and loll ways, WitJl
their b..tiJt-in safety featu res
2. Stricter enforcement of lraffic laws by suburban
police, County highway police a nd State police on
duty in the County. McCleverty pointed out that 89
subu rban cruefs, and County and State commanders as
well. hsve been cited by County Board President Seymou r Simon, who is president of the Commission. for
holding 163 fataIitie3 below or even with 1962.
3. Safer driving generally, which may have resulted [rom good effort (In the part of the motoring public as well M from better law enforcement.
The good record fo r the year was attained even
th ough the 18 deaths in December wel'e four more
than in the same mOllth last year. There we re fewer
pedcstrilm deaths last month, bu t more collis ions and
more deaths resultin; from can; leaving the road and
striking wayside objccls.
Fiv~ perso ns were killed in December collisions between automobiles, onc in a c.rash involving two cars
and a truck, a nd one in an uute-truc.k collision.
Fou!' deaths resuiled from four separate instances
of C&r-J off the pavement running into posts. Two
oth er deaths were rcorded as caused by off road
acciden ts.
T hree victims were pedestrians struck by automobiles. Two were kiJ1f-d in separate accidents when
their ca"'S were struck by trains.
In addition to the 18 dead. 974 persons r cceived reportable inj ur ies in G30 accidents. There also were
5,304 accidents that resulted in proper ty damage only.
A
l
RS. LEO G. ANONYMOUS is nominated by bel'
husband, weH-known highwar safety authority.

She scans tbe TV commercials to make sure sbe
has seiect ed the mos~ scientific cigaret filter.
But pars no allelllion to his advice that a driver
should have both hands on the wheel at all times.
Six fatalities occ.urred on highways in the unincorporated area; two in Franklin Park ; two in ffickory
Hills, two in Oak Lawn, and one cach in Alsip, Des
Plaines, Harvey, Melrose Park, Olmypia F'lelds, and
River F'orcst.
Checkup on Hitchhickers
When the New Jersey State Police beglU1 investigating hitchhik ers on 120 miles of state highway, the
results were astonishing. They took ill 1962 ru naways,
98 servicemen who had overstayed their leaves, seven
patients of mental hospitals, lve escapees from priaon
and 50 who were unable (or unwilling) to reply to
queries.
5 New Contracts on Southwest Expressway

WAPDrNG OF
Southwest. Expressway con
A
:-.ract:s by the Counly Board on January 17 mainra.ined the expedited sc.hedule t.'lliing for opening the
liv('
,"oute to traffic in October of this year.

Also nwarded .....~ f. contnlct {or the second construction phr.ae of the Lake Shore Drive grade sepal'8.tion at. Oak Street. \;hic.h hl'ought. Lh(' day's letting
to S28.238.100, the IJJccst amount of road work contracted m R single !tay in the County's history,
The Southwest pro.:'ec ~8 awarded were:
Elevated roadway (rom Ashland Avenue to WoOd
Street- R. R. Ande~n Co., 6.032,945.
Elevated roadway from Wood Street to Darnen
Avenue, including re<:f'nslrUction of Darnen-Arcole
Mid .....est Corporation, S7,4P7,32 .
Elevated roadway (rom Western AVl:'nue to California Avc.nue--Pa3chcn Contractors loc, and Peter
Kiewit Sons Co., joint Bidders, $5,029,800,
Grad ! separation ~tructure at Central Avenue-Kenny Construction Co., $5,251.352.
Grade separation 8tructUI'e Rt Harlem Avenue-Superior Coll8truction Co., $1.027,391.
The Lake Shore Drive job was awarded to J . M.
Corbett Co" at $3,3~9,884
[ncludlng lhe January 17 awards, the County has
contracted 15 construclion projects amounting to
$34.324 on its two sections of Southwc8L In addi
tion, five contracts h:..ve been let for demolition of
buildings to clear the right of way. Four of these
total $277,241. The fifth wrecker, who foresees a sal
vage profit, will pay tiu: County sa,lOO.
Majur contracts still to be let on Southwest are for
an el~'fnted roadway between Western Avenue and
Hoyne Avenue, paving between Cicero Avenue and
Harlen} Avenue, and paving between Halsted Street
and the south branch of Ule river. Bids on the fil'8t
two pr:>jccts are to be receh'ed February 11 and on
the third Febmary 26.
Also to be contmctE'd. probably later this year, Is
further work at both Central and Harlcm Avenues.
However, t.hese. jobs, although related to the Express
way are not essential to it in use..
The Central Avenue contract already let provides
an elenlted roadway rising from 39th Street and
crossing tracks of the C. & L W. railroad, the Sani
tary canal, Santa Fe main line and the expressway.
A laler contract will carry Centra] Avenue from the
Expressway Dollar Day

A &trip of prop"'rty needed for widening Cen
tral Avenue at Southwest Expressway has been
pur.:hllSed by the County from Transameriean
Propel ties Inc. fot" $1. The piece, amounting to
60.839 square feet, hnd been appraised nt $176.
270. A deal was about to be closed when the
ownel' expressed '1 desire to assist in the express
way project and cut the price by $176.269, taking
the dollar as II mat ter of legal form. A cheek for
One Dollar and No Cents was presented by
County Board P rosidcnt Seymour Simon to the
company's ChicagO') lawyer, Samuel M. Kane,
earty this month.
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Pr-e.ConJtructlon Ch .. rt o r Lake Shore Drive Grilde

Separation Project. Detour Road wil.Y Will Be In Ute
During Work on Tunnel For MIchIgan Avenue Traffic.
expressway Slructur:! over the G. M. & O. rail road

to 47th Street.
Addit.ional work to be done at Harlem Avenue in
cludes a second bascule bridge over the canal and
approaches to the structure over the expressway.
Harlem is designed tor traffic interchange In four
directioOls, hut until completed there will be no COD
nection with the expressway.
Also to be award~ on Southwest are contracts
for lighting and signing.
ContrJcts under way in the County's section be
tween Halsted. Street and Californ.ia Avenue include
the bridge over the s.)uth braneh of the river, four
grnde separation sl.!-uctures. three sections of e1e
vated roedway, two at.'CLions of main drain, one front
nge road section a nd five demolition contracts.
In th ~ other area under County construction- from
Cicero Avenue to Barlcm- a $2,014,613 contract for
grading and runin dmin has been completed, and
work is proceeding on two IItroctures.
The uke Shore D.t'I\"e coDlract covers construction
of a tuTJ.nei to carry northbound Michigan Avenue
I raffic ix-neath the drive. The first phase of the
project mc!udcd R detour lilid on " sand fin supported
by a sea. .....an . This temporary route will be placed in
uS(' wh~n work begino on th(. tunnel, about April 1.
Also included in the project Is a new bathing beach
to be buUt up with lllQ.OOO cubic yards of sand placed
beyond the seawall, and finished in time for the 1964
bathing season. Two pedestrian overpasses across
the detour rond hav~ ~een constructe{! for bathers to
reach the beach.
Highway Department at Work Fifty Years
--
IDS 1S the golden anniversary year of the County

Highway Department.
As becomcs an agency organized for work, the Department will celebrate by performing a record sched
ule ot construclion. For the most part, the year's
work will be on Southwest Expressway, which marks
dramatically the pr<)gress III highway building from
the primitive roads of half a century ago.
Like other counties in I1l1nol8, Cook County organized its highway department In 1914 under an act
of the ~913 legislature. The same session also set up
statc did tor county roads 011 a 5050 basis and thus
initiaterl the "hard" road program demanded by the
growing number of S!:s buggies.
Previous to this Icgi~lalion-since 185O-road building and mailltcno.ne~ were done by the townships. Limited fun ds and limiter!. viewpoints had Jed to n jumble
o[ purely local roads, e ithe r plain dirt or. at best.
s ur[aced with grav.!1 or crushed rock. Concrete pavement wn ... not only tao costly for townsh.ip treasuries,
but als'J was uneconomical [or unconnccted routes.
At t.he end of the department's first decade, the
highway superintendent, George A. Quinlan cited the
County's accomplishments as proof of the value of the
countywide program. The County by tben had paved
297 miles, at a cost of 6,500.000.
"Our County system of paved roads hll!! donc wbat
no local community could possibly do," he said. "It
has opened up trunk roada, through routes, from the
most oUllying seetlons of Cook County.
Maj. GeorQI! A. Quinlan
had been his as8istant, was appointed SUIM!rintendent

by the County &ard.
Maj. Quinlan (he heJd that I'ank in the army corpS
of engmeers in World War 1 nnd In the Department
was always spoken of as "the major") was 33 when
he became superintendent. He was a graduate of
Georgetown Unlveraity, with postgraduate work at
Massachmetts Insthute of Technology, and had a
varied (:-xperlence in civil engineering.
"If, however, our paved road systcm depended en

Urely upon the paving o[ ronds hy the local community units, which in tbe case of Cook County is the
township, we woulrt not accomplish the results desired, for eVery community wauld pave the roads most
Important to itself wilhout reference to tbe nelgbboring communitlea.
From Dirt Road to Expressway

From the beginning, the Department reHecled his
idcals of public aervice-as well as his profcsaJonal
abUity. Over the years-from dirt road to expressway- numerous accon::plishments stand to his credit.
"That is why in our County road program we are

providing for truck lint' roads. These through routes
are then hooked up wllh thE> local community roads
nnd in that way every rural community in Cook County is given direct :mnnecllon with every other community ond with Chicago Il!! well."
In 1914 , there was only one mile of concrete pavemenl out in the eounty-Church Street cast of Gross
Point Road, in Niles Township. A large scale paving
program was a brand new Idea, not only in Cook County but elsewhere in the country. No one had at that
Ume de\"eloped standard specifications. So Maj. Quin
Ian wrote his own Bnd did so well that they were
adopter! widely by other highway agencies.
Quinlan First Sup e rinte nde nt

Following the 1913 legislature's action, the Board
of County Comm.is':lloI!crs acted promptly to form a
highway departmc!Dt. Firat step was to appoint a
superintendent. Fh'e applicants took the state examination. On December 31, 1913, the TIlinols Highway Commlsaion, 83 the state agency W08 lhen styled,
notified t he Board that )'1r. QulnJan and William Marr
llfld pa!!!lCd. Mr. Marr withdrew and on March 4,
Mr. Quinlan was appointed.
Most highway engineers were then planning paved

roods 16 feet in width. Maj. Quinlan led in advocatIng 18 feet. The 9-toot lanes seem narrow when compared with the 12(oot 10Dl.>!!' on expressways. but
wcre lL"Tlple for cars of that day, running boards and
all.
He &180 devised the concrete beam lesl, now stand
ard. to assure the lItr'ngth of pavement. He instituted the materials testing laboratories, which have
continl!OO to be important in the Department's operations.
Another first was lhe countrywide origin-destination
traffic survey, which he carried out with cooperation
The first 8uperint(>ndenl held the office just short

of 39 years. On his resignation in December, 1952,
William J. Mortimer, who had been 88.!Iistant 8uperintendent. succeeded to the post. Mr. Quinla n remained
with the Department I\S a consultant until Ws death.
which occurred April 8, 1961. Mr. Mortimer resigned
effectiv~ July 1, 1963, and Andrew V. Plummer, who
History Stretches From

of the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads to establish a ba
sis [or highway plau:!.:ng. Traffic experts insisted it
could not be done, but it Will!. and it proved useful to
guide the location of expressways as well 8S primary
roads.
When expressway planning was new there was DO
provision {or landsi::!lping the embankments. Maj.
Quinlar. was first to realize that without beauty treat
ment, on expressway would br: an offensive gash across
tho countryside, nod he inail?ted on the plantings of
graB!:!, gilrubs and tree!: that make the Chicago-Cook
County expressways pkssing to the eye.
First Stat. Aid 5122,320

Five days after .aprolnting the superintendent. the
County Board received word that it bad been allotted
S122.320 of stoLe ntd money fOr the 1913-1915 bi
ennium. The Boar'I immediately listed sections of
seven roads, 20 miles in nil, for paving. These first
county projects were designated by letter, section "A"
being the half mile of HAlsted Street south of Riverdale. The contract awarded later, was for 7,061.
Supermtende nt Quinlan had no office until early in
April, when the Board directed that he be given "a
room or rooms" in the County building and also that
he submit requisitions for supplies. He made Beven
requests.
1. A petty cash fund o( 500.
2. Twelve transit books, 12 level books, one roll
of traCing cloth, one roll of profile paper, one bottle
of black writing Ink, one hotUe of drawing ink, 12
drawing pencils, 12 soft lead pencils, six penholders,
one gross of pcn points, three ink stands, t!vee desk
blotting pads, 1,000 lettu headB~ stamps.
3. EnginC<!r's transit and level.
4. Three 50-foot steel topes, two l00foot steel
tapes, two I'anging poles, one level rod, one set of
marking pin", one eightpound maul and handle, aile
axe.
5. One five-p9S3enger automobile not to exceed
$490.
6. One stenogra~her'8 deu, two office tables, one

dra.fting table, one Craftsman's stool.
7. One roll top depk, one desk chair, one chest of
drawers, one typewriter.
Whether the superintendent was allowed one room
A Bridge of His Own

Wben townships were responsible for building
roads and bridge3, before the County Highway
Deparlment was organized In 1914, it was the
custom to name bridges for prominent citizens,
usually township highwny commissioners. it is
rccall<'d by early employes in the Depllrtmcnt
that Superintendent George A. Quinlan, in a
ligh t-hearted moment, named one of the first
bridg!!5 built by lit#' County for a (rlend. The
honored man was so pleliSed that be used virtually all hia spare time to drive friends out to
see "my" bridge,
Mud to Concrete
or more is not recorded in the proeeedings 01 the

County Board, but It appears that he was BOmCwhat
cramp...'<i for he aSked permission to ~ the Boerd
room when the Board was nol meeting. At any rate,
once he settled In rus quarters with his one employe,
(l secretary, highway business moved abead.
But before improv('ments could be designed, it bad
to be decided whether to pave with \'itrified brick or
concrete. The Uiinois Highway Commission in 8 let
ter received May 19 asked the County's preCerenee
and prcl:lentcd estimtltcd costs as S24,300 a mile for
brick and $16,200 for COllcrete. The Roads: and
Bridge:; Committee recommcnded brick. The other
commissioners rejected the committee report and it
WUg not until several meetings later when the question was settled-fa!"" concrete.
Tn the meantime, the superintendent was busy
looking around the County to see what needed lmme(liate nttenlion, Bridges and culverts !l(!em to have
been n large problem . for at the cnd of lite year he
l'eportcd 191 Inspected, 162 designed, 16 under controct and five completed. He also reported 56 road
contracts completed at a total cost of S1]7,678.83, 18
miles of road surveyed and 5,76 miles repaired wilh
the "County outfit."
This outfit WIlS a mechanized unit consisting of a
motor roller, a grader. a scarifier, a sweeper, and a
steel road plow. WhEn, on June lB, Superintendent
Quinlan asked tbe Board to buy the equjpment, he
snld it already was in usc In DuPage County and bad
run up R record of 20 miles of road repaired in one
month e.t a cost of S6U.
There WWl need for the outfit in every township, but
no township alone c:)uJd afford the cosL The Board
thougilt so well at the idea Ulat it authorized the purchase 'Jf three outfits, whieh was done at a cost of
$9,000. In the following year, six more outfits were
acquired.
County Gets Extra Funds

The County Board's l'('admeaa to take full advan
tnge of state nid was indicated in September. when
a letter [rom the Illinois Highway Commission stated
that '!lomE: counties had failed to appropriate amounts
equal to their allotments and therefore would not
receive their (ull grants. CounUes that bad put up
their full share could have the forfeited funM if they
mode 11 additional appropriation equal to 15 per
cent of their allotments. Whereupon the Board
promptl:1 voted to transfer Sl ,000 from the rnads
IUld bridges fund to , he slate aid fund.
The onrush of th~ motor age W88 rt'flecLed in two
items in the Board pmceedings for September 17. Ti::e
Chicago Motor Club wrote a letter pointing out that
thcre were no directionaJ signs at cross roads out in
the County. The Board agreed that the situation
should be remedied and ordered 500 signs.
One c.[ the earliest, if not the first, appearanCe of
motorized crime in public records occurred when 8
eltizen wrote a claim for
for helping a consLlble
pursue two automobile bandit!. The claimant was
Informed that he 'I1ight enjoy the satisfaction of
having done his duty as tl ~it~en. but not the
sa,
How Early Roads Helped Build Chicago

By ROBERTS MANN
Conlel"Vatlol'l Edi t or
Cook County Forest Presel'"Ve District
CHlCAGO was incorporated

8 village
W HEN
in 1833 it
only
squalid hamlet of about
lUI
WDS
0.
350 inhabltnnts and appeared to be

80 poorly situated that it was hoveless - "crude cabins and flimsy
shacks in a cbaos of mud, rubbish
and confusion." Only a few feet

above lhe level of Lake Michigan,
Lhe place Willi almost surrounded
by swamps and miles and miles of
prairies that became neariy impassable after spring thaws and
Roberta Mann
during periods of heavy rainfall.
There wer e only two important routes that nC
fm'dcd access at all times. One was the Green Bny
Trail, nr..ce.stor of 'Jarth Clnrk Street in Chicago,
Ridge A venue in Evanston, and Green Bay Road
north of that. Th" other. lrs\'clled by the soldiers
coming from Detroit to build For l Dearborn in 1803,
used the Great Sauk Trail to LaPorte, Indiana, then
a. trnil northwesterly to what is now Michigan City,
and the finn sanda of the lake beach the rest of the
way.
Chicago had n trenlcndous potential in its strategic
location at the foot of Lnke Michiga.n , deep in the
hcart of the Middle Wesl and at the gateway of U1C
best route to the Mississippi valley. Lake vessels
could discharge cargOl.'s of commodities and people
here, nnd take llway produds of this rcgion, if available.
Unfortunately, few were available. The growth of
early Chicago and its commerce was stymied by lack
o[ trantportation. It was dependent largely upon a
lew dirt roads so ooltomless and hv.oroous milch of
the time that on~ of them-marked by broken
wheels, wrecks of w3gons. and the bones of dead
horses- was called the Slough of Despond.
So, at its second meeting after Cook County had
been ereded by fln act of the 1I1inois l{'gi8iatur{' on
January 15, 1831. the board of Cook County commis
sloner8 selected two hesvily traveled country roads for
improv('ment towar:l the fertile west and southwl!8t.
One was "[rom the town of Chicago to the house of
B. Lawton, thence to the house of James Walker,
on the Du Page River, and SCI on to tbe west line of
the COUhty." The other was from Chicago "by near
est and best way to the house of Widow Brown on
Hickory Creek." At that time, Cook County included all of wbat are DOW OU Page and Lake countica and most. o( Will county.
The first road. I:rossing the "di8mal Nine-mile
Swamp". went west on Madison Street to Whiskey
Point (Western Avenue), thence southwesterly on the
Barry Point Trail to Laughton's Tavern (Riverside)
where it forded the Des Plnines River and went
southwest to Walker's Grove, now Plainfield. Portions o[ it
eXist as Fifth Avenue in Chicago.
Riveraio( Drive and tongcommon Road in Berv.'yn
Rod Hiverside, Barry Point Road in Lyons. and Plainfield Road from Ogden A venue to Plainfield.
There is a di!lputc about the route taken from Chi
s:ago to Widow Brown's house In the woods on the
F ifth Avenue, the Diagonal Street Cut Off By EI.enhower ( Congreaa ) E.pre ..way , Runa on the Line of
Barl')' Point Road Laid Out By Cook County In 1831.
north brunch of Hickory Creek (east o[ Mokena).

One hil:ltorian aBscrw that it WCllt southwc8t. ( on
Archer Ave nue to Justice Park). thence southerly
through the Palos (",rests and across the Sag valley
to about 151st Street, and thence southwest on what
laler became the Bloomington State Road. Others
ussert that it went ROuthward on State Str t and
Vincennes Avenue 011 the road to Blue Island, and
thence snuthwesterly on what is now the Southwest
Highway.
Detours In Effect
Work in progress by the Highway Department and
other agencies requires detours as follows:
86TH AVE.''UE. ;\tecarthy Road to 131,t Street, bridge repair. Detour o,er Mecarthy Road. 8OI.h Avenue And 131lt
Street.
103M fTREET At Ellubelh, run around detour tor bridge
c:onstruf'lIon; DO delll.Y
CL''TIIAL A\'NUE. t'l0M'd trom Ulth Slrt'C!t to l\.!ioth
Street. Sanitary D1.trld Dro~ . Southbound dp.lnur, wen on
lUll! Stftt'l to Rldgelancl Avenue. aoUlh on RldaeJanu 10 U.5th
Slftt't. eaat on U.5th. around the barr1eade, to central A,enue
WfLKrE ROAD .:10111'(\ from Ct'nlnll Road to Klrehotr
Rond, SIInltllry District IlroJert. t<>orlhbound detour. I'IUII on
Central "oad to KirChOIl'" Rond. Wl"lt on Klreholl" to Wilkie.
Peters in Florida
Clar<>ncc D. Pete rs. who retired from the Highway
Deparbnc.nt last Decf'mher ILfter 35 yelll'8' service,
writes from 18801 SW 264th Street, Homestead Florida. Route 1. that he is pleasanUy situated among the
fruit and flowers anti has plans to build a houlJe. He
came to the Deparancnt June 22. 1928, as a junior
civil cn$"ineer and rl)8E:; tQ Highway Engineer IV.
sun
Three of Board Die
CONSTRUCT[QN estimated in permit

BUILDING
allpiicaliolls to coat $56,389,346 was a uthorized
has removed three members of the Board of

DEATH
County Commissioners wi.thin a month-Christ
A. Jensen, and Mrs. Elizabeth Conkey, Democrats, and
Fred A. Fulle, Republican.
Mr. Jensen, who at 81 was t.he Board's oldest member, di(>d December SO in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where
he had gone with Mrs. J ensen to watch the Bears
play lhe Giants on TV. He had been a Commissioner
sincc 1946. He was a1dennan of the old 27th ward
Ilnd was Democratic committeeman of the present
40th "Nard f rom 1930 to 1959, when be was succeeded by 8eymour Simon, now president of the
Board.
Prc!:Iioent Simon, who attributed his political career to Mr. J ensen':: friendly inte rest, delivered the
eulogy :.t the funeral. Mr. J ensen, he said, "was a
good and s incere public servant."
Mrs. Conkey, 80, died the day after Mr. Jensen's
death. She was first elected lo the Board in 1934
and reelected thereafter. She had been a member of
the Democratic National Committee since 1928 and
five times was hostess to party conventions held in
Chicago. She was the County's first woman jury
commissioner , appointed in 1931, and also served as
city commissioner ~f welfare.
Mr. Fulle. 71, died J anuary 22. Be bad been a
Board member since 1954 a nd Republican committeeman of Maine Township since 1936. His home and
business interests were in Des Plaines. where his
father settled a century ago. He owned the Des Plaines
P ublishing Company. which publishes three newspapers. He was a director of the Des Plaines National
Bank and vice president of the Des Plaines Sa\tings
and Loan Association.
in fiscal 1963 by the

Cook County Departmenl of Building, which
unincorpol-nted area.
The total compa red with
862,022,374 in the previ
~?"
\ ~
year.
Fewer permits and lower valuations were recorded
for residential (sing!.! dwe1ling) and industria l build
ings. Apurtment. bUilding was more active and valuation for businel:l8 building was only slightly under
1962.
O llS
In the no-fee classification, which includes ehut'ches,

scbools a nd other public buildings and farm buildings. 75 permits we!'!! ,ssued as against 226 in 1962.
The tola! no-iee valuation was $5,691 ,6<15, which compared with S8,378,2011 in 1962.
Fee permits issued in the two years compared as

follows:
I''O .. ,,,U.!!
ltt'sidc ntl lLl

Apnnmenls
Uu~lneu
Industrial..
HIllS
19112
123-1
118
56
9
1 ' 17~
56
5.~
16
\ ' a l unlh.. "

HUIS
$28,148.145
10,3G5 ..'WO
3.:;86.200
1.155.600
lOB '!
$38,l G7,MQ
8.~'rr.SOO
S. 786.~
2,001,600
Wheeling led the townships in t he year with a tota l

\'al uati;:m ( bOLh fc'! and no-fce permits) of $12,105,520, of which l ll),603,870 was for single dwcllin~. til second plac:! was ~raine, where the S9,849.3oo
lotal included S7,36f},700 for 105 apartmen L buildings
containing 725 living units.
The H63 fee permits wel'e distributed by LOwnshil)S
as follows:
T .. wn~ " lp
Hllrringt',n
"",.mH...
Bremen
Elk Cro\"c
nan over
"""
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Lemont
Leyden
138
llIoom
LYOIl'
160
776.600
763,700
3.15.1.210
594.800
&.r7,l'ni
1,924,3010
2,082,880
Maine
!.!S3
9,S03.900
1
219
10
56
9,800
4.224.250
24'1,200
536.700
22-1
4,228.lIOO
549.400
Kcw
Trle'
Nllc8
Northncld
Norwoo.l Park
Orland
PlIill.lI ne
p,!,lOl
ProviSO
IUdl
Schaumburg
Sllckney
Thornton
Wh(!{!lIng
Worth
33
43
9
2!l
ft(i
448
41i
6Z7
200
half of t he valuatio!1 was accounted for by seven

permit'} for apart ment buildings wiLh a total of 171
units i:: nd valued at Sl ,90i,OOO. One apartment, 156
units, to be b uilt ill Elk Grove Town.s.h.ip, was estimated at $1.621,400.
For other types, fee permits were issued as follows:
Val" ... I""

340.900
303,800
Sevcn townships-Barrington. Calumet, New Trier,

Niles, Orland, Proviso, a nd Scbaumburg-were not on
the lilt. of December fee permits. The others were
listed as follows:
acrl,G,'>O
ZZ3.400
737,300
4,864,800
470,776
12.002.320
2.462.800
TO"'IllIhlll
Bloom
Bremcn
fo:lk Grovc
!I"nover
L('mont
No-fee pennits included 20 for churches and church

additions valued altogether at $1,733,824: eight permits for school buildmgs and additions, $3,513,721 :
n ine for farm buildings, $123, 00; seven for public
buildingR. $232,500, nnd 29 fol' public works, for
which no valuation slalement Wag required.
Leyden
Lyon,
Maine
Nor\.hneJ<\
Norwood Park
PalaUne
Palos
Rlc:h
Stickney
Thornton
In December, the first mont h of the 1964 fiscal

year, the Building Department issued 102 permits reflectin g u total valuation of S3,258.100. More than
Wheeling
Worth
PO!rm iL!'
2
:l
9
:2
4.
:l
12
9
1
9
3
1
].2
1
21
4.
V .. ll1I'Ition
5,400
3,700
l ,~=
<2.000
10.400
<9,800
saS.200
118,OOO
"'-""'
177,000
82.100
6,,,",
79,400
11.200
42.';,:;00
43,400
There were no Dofee permits issued in December.
'n
of
;J
;Ii
Mood t o Ap preel ate U lt r a Mo de rn Art F orm., t he H ighway Dep;r .rtm en t ', F' hotogr,.pher Snilpped TnT, Shot
Stul Fa brlu Ung Pla nt BeIn g Removed from t he SOlit hWeil E lC prulwo\ y Rlg hl.a f.W.y Wett at A.hland AYenlolll.
Vol. XI No. 9
FEBRUARY, 1964
COO K COUN TY HIG HWAYS

Pubilihed by the Cook County ( III .) Dep ... rtment of H Ighw;J,)'1
Under au,plcel of the Board of County Commllilo ner.
SEYMOUR SIMO N , Pruldent
CNiriu J. Grupp, Jr.
Jerome Huppert
L IlUAft P 'Ctl'O~'
Rub)' Ryu.
SeymoVl' SImon
Edward M.. Sftet:d
FrO\nk Bobr-ytzke
Charlel S. Bonk
CharLet F. Chapli n
Gera ld DoLezal
George W. Dunne
William N. E rick.o n
J ohn J. Tcohy
Kenneth E.. W
F loyd T . Fu lll!
.I:lOl'\
A ndrew V. P lum me r
Publi,hed
at
130
North
WeIll Street,
Ch lcilgO
6.
Telephone 321 .n14
Boob of t he Mo nth
New Comm issioners

HREE
the Board of Counly Commissioners were sworn in with ceremonies on FebT
ruary
to
vacancies created by recent deaths.
new members of
fill
They are:
Miss Li11ian Piatrowski and Kenneth E. Wilson,
Democrats, who succeed Mrs. Elizabeth A. Conkey and
Christ A. J ensen, and Floyd T. Fullc, Republican, who
will fill out the term of his father, Fred A. FulIe.
BoUt Miss Piatrowski a nd Mr. Wilson were members of the state legialature and appointment to the
board required them to give up their seats in the assembly. She was 3. school truant officer before being
elected to the legislatu re in 1950. Mr. Wilson served
in the legislature 10 years. He also was an assistant
state's attorney.
Mr. l~ulle, whose h{lme is in Des Plaines, is ~n execuUn in his family's s uburban newspaper pubhsbjng
business.
Red Fa ber Honored
Pulp finds Winter a bit too mucb to

J PEEKABOO
with.
COPe
A.t the same meeling the Board adopted a set of

resolutions complimenting Urban (Red) Faber, Whi le
Sox pitcber 1914-1933 a nd now a survcyor employcd
by the County H ighway Department. on his election
to baseball's Hall of Fame.
The resolutions cited him for conduct in "the highest
ideals of honor" as weU as for his skill in the mound
and also for his work with Litlie League boys in recent years in which he has "exemplified clear sportsmanship for the youth of the communit.y."
On trosty mornings he manages to scrape a peep

hole ill the windshield, but leaves the rear window to
Nature.
Thar l!Uts it up to drivers following Peekaboo, wh ich
doesn't bother him at all.
litter Bill $ 500 Million

Strcwbugs cost the nation $500 million n yenr,
$100 million jusl to pick up along the highways, it is
Estimated by Keep America Beautiful Inc.
"Many Americans fecl no personal responsibility
for the appearance of public property and bave no
sense of guilt when dropping litter on st.reets, highways, beaches, parks or any other spot," said KA.B in
8. recent bulletin.
"They thoughtlessly toss trasb as
they go snd have no idea of the staggering amount of
litter tbat accumulatea or the cost and effort required
to remc.vc it."
Everyone can help, the bulletin said. Suggestions
range from keeping a litter bag in t he family car to
organizing litter prevention programs in the home
community.
People and Cars in 1976

The Bureau of Public Roads recently released new
figures on expected popUlation, motor car use and
ownership and associated data in the year 1976.
The forecast for 19'{6 fOr 48 states (Alaska and
Hawaii did not participate) is for 230 million people,
of whum 154 will be of driving age. They will own
114- million motor vehicles, will drive them 1.2 billion
mlles that year and consume 97 billion gallons of fu el.
Traffic Death Toll Lowest

Traffic accidents in suburban Cook
H lGHWAY
County in 1963 killed 107 drivers. 42 pa.ssengers,
T ea r
1963
1962
1961
1960
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"8,458
170
4f1.401
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100
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220
Improvement in the fatality column WDS acoomplished while traffic tIealh!! nationwide. as r eported by
(Continued 01'1 page 7)
January Accidents
and 41 pedestrians and injured 10,504. persona.
It WdS the lowest death toll in four years, the 190

total comparing with 208 In 1962, 222 in 1961 and 220
In 1960. The 1959 hgure was 170 a nd 1958, 176.
The puttern o[ accident severity r ecorded in recent
years-more accidents of all kinds but fewer fata l
nnd injury 8ccidents-c:ontinued lhorugh 1963. In
each of the last fo ur years, the increase in total nccidenLB has been in those resulting in property damage
only. cIS the following tabulation shows ( TA . total accidenta, FA, fatal accidents; lA , injury accidents; K,
number killed ) :
Years
AIRweather and clear roads in January were the

setting for t raffic fatalities mor e tban twice the
toll of J anuary, 1963. when weather condl t-ioDS were
unuBually severe. Last month's total of deaths was
28; and in the same month a year ago, 12.
Twel v~ persons were killed in collisions between
aulomobiles and two in autotTuck colJlsions. Six were
pedeslrinns. Six deaths resulted when cars left the
pavement. and struck wayside objects. One victim was
a l.4-y'sr old boy riding his bicycle and one was in
a car slnlck by a train.
Tn addition to the fatal accidents, there were 550
in which 878 per sons were Injured and 3,566 caused
property damage only.
tn January last year, 826 persons were injured in
573 acddents and there were 4,691 property damage
accidents.
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count was ]84, aU nf which occurred the day or the
accident Since then six bave died of injuries received
in 1963, bringing the total to 190 sa of the end of
February.
1914 Bonds Started County Road System

THE first year of the County Highway Depart
I Nment-1914--lhe
only source of ncw money for
vastly benefitted by Dle ease of neighborly intercourse

du dng all seasons of the year.
" A wise and judicious expenditure of the proceeds
of the ho nd issue will bring benefits to the people of
Cook County and not only aid in the material pros
l)Crity a nd civic life 01 t.he community but redound to
lite la~ling credit of t he County Board."
roads c nd bridges WRS t he Statc of llllnois, which of

fcred 50-50 assistance to cou nties under the state aid
act paes:d by the 1913 legislature along wit h lhe a ct
Retting up county highway department.s.
Cook County's a llotment for the 19131915 biennium
was $122,230, as related in the J anuary issue in the
first at' a series of a rticles m.3rking Lbe Department's
fiItieUl enniversary. The County Board promptly appropriatt::d funds to match the state grant and designated sections of half a dozen main roads to be paved
with concretc. then costing about 516,000 a mile of
18foot width.
Alm o~ t immediately, however. the commissioners
realizcJ that paving a mile ber e and a mile there
would not amount t., much in terms of countrywide
travel. Also they sensed a growing demand by more
and roO!'I' motorists ror "hard roads" that went somewhere.
The smell of gasoline was in the air; public attention was centeri ng on highways. Roads that for a
century had served wr::l\ to connect farms with trading
eenlers \Vere fast going out of da le as the motor age
dawned.
The newly formed Associated Good Roads Organizations appeared frequently at board meetings wit h
suggestions for spending highway money. a nd one day
s ponsOIe.-{ an a uto tour all the way from the County
Building to Blue Island_ The Chicago Motor Club
was in ('xistence and out in Ule suburbs gas buggy
owners clad in gogg12s and lincn dusters wer e raising
lhe theme song of the era. "Get us out of the mud."
Bonds Attacked In Court

The new Board, however ran into a hard road block_
The bo~d issue was attacked in court on the ground
t hat it had not received a majority of all votes cust
at the election, only a majority of votes on the prop(\
sitioll. The Illinois Supreme Court upheld the contention and r uled the bonds invalid.
The 1915 legislature, holding that it was the general
custom if! illinois to require only a majority on the
Ilroposltion, passed 11 special act validating the hal'd
road bonds. Again the court ruled adversely.
The ~oard turned a gain to Springfield. A special
)!e8$ion was to be held in January, 1916. On November 29, the Board adopted a resolution stating that
" public sentiment of Cook County apparently is to tile
effect that lhe approval given the $2 million rond
bonds on November 3, 1914., s hould stand and that
t he County should not be subjected to the delay, in
convenicmce a nd expense of s ubmitting this qUec:tion
again to the electorate and that any additional expense to t he public which may be entailed by necessary p:-occdure of the legislature to validate said
bonds will be more tha n offset by a saving to the tnxpayers by the letting of contracls under present favorable conditions."
The special session acted to validate the bonds.
t his time in a form that was not questioned, and the
Board proceeded immediately to print and sell the
bonds and to select roads for improvement.
The:r\! being no motor fuel tax at that time, the
bonds were backed by a levy against all taxable proper ty in the County. I nterest was fixed at 4 per cent.
The firl!t issue was in the amount of $1,800,000 !:f) be
redeemeo $200.000 a year 1917 to 1925.
Voters Approve $2 Million Bonds

While the first bighway superintendent Ma ;. George
A. Qujnlan, roamed the County in his $490 official
a utomobile inspecting roads s nd bridges and scheduling work to be done, t he Board gave attention to
getting more highway money. Late in the summer of
1914 it was decided to s ubmit a $2 million "hard road"
bond issue at t he November 3 election, The proposit ion r('ceivcd 274 ,404 a ffirmative votes a nd 162.250
n!'gatlve.
In his annual message, Board President A. A. McCormick thanked the voters and cited bene.fl.ts of the
bond iflSue in poeti c language expressive of the spirit
of tbe t imes.
"The gratifying vote on the good roads bond issue
indicatcR t hat t he p~pl e of Cook County are anxious
to have thc County highways improved," he said.
" With the lare-e amount of money so generously
placed a: its disposal, the new board may at once
proceed to mM!' t hi)! County's roads the best in the
country.
"Other cilies havi! outstripped Chicago in the improvement of their country r oads and are now enjoying the prosperity brought to thcir outlying territory.
Bonds Sold at Premium

The first block , SBoo.OOO. was sold on June 30 to the
Pirst Trust and Savings Bank, which bid $586 over
pa r. The remaining 81 million went to the Merchants
Loan & Trust Co. nt !l pr emium of $7,383 on J a nuary
11 , 1917.
Wh ile the bonds were being printed and advertised,
the Board a nd Superintendent Quinlan we re busy selecting r oads for paving, and even calling for bids
so contmcis could he let as soon as tlte moncy was
a vailabl(!.
Abont that time, t he Illinois Highway Commission
furnished counties with coat estimates for various
types of paving in 10 and 15-foot widths. Some of
these na rrow pavements which required one o r the
othcr of meeting vehicles to run off onto the shouldcr, wen~ laid downslate, For Cook Coun ty. Quinlan
(>ersuaded the board to adopt 18 feet.
Two s urface materials were selected- porUand cement concr ete and asphalt concrete. The pcc standard.
" The dweller in the city has shared with the farmer
a nd the gardener the benefits of being brought inlo
closer touch and freer communication with each other.
The re~ i dent of the country has found his social life
Highway Department Marks Its 50th Year
Although the Job I , Not Identi fie d , the Picture: Illustrates R Oold Work Before World War
of that. day was a concrete slab without reinforcement

laid on graded earth. Asphalt concrete was placed on
a macadl!.m base.
The superintendent was so well prepared for the

bond program that the Board was able to award two
contracts the day the first bonds were sold. These
were:
ARCHER ROAD
tor three mlJes norlhean
of S&g bridge:,
ILlIphai t concre te, to JOhn A. Mc(;arry " Co., $52.517.

Wt;ST~:RN AVE,"UE from the south Ilmll.l or HomewOOd to
the norlh llmllll or Chicago Heights, to Jam .... A. Sackley Co .
$69J)9L
Other bond contracts awarded that year were:

RO.\D, from the weSl limits ot Chlrll.go
H1GG1NS
to
Mllnnheln RoUd, Illlphll.lt. awarded July 17 to COmmonwealth
Lmpron,menl CO . $120,63(;.
BALLARD ROAD trom MJlwaukee Avenue to Rand Road,
thencc along Ra nd Road to RI\'(lcr R oad, tbence o n IUver Road
10 p8\'emenl In De.s Pl a lnee, pee, awnnled Augu~t S to Jllmel
C, ShleJd.s, $.'>6,209.
FORT MADISON HOAD (Linco ln HlgJTway) !rom Wellt line
ot )lItb Townsblp to Main
Str~"i'l.
lime. Rasmus P. V. Marquardsen was acting superintendent, lhen B. D. Barker.

Another who went to war was a young inspectorengineer. who lost his life In France. His memol')' is
honored in Edgar A. Lawrence POSt, American Legion, whose members are employes of the Highway Department.
Matteson, pt.'e, nwarded
August IS to John Mackler, $84,641.

HITS STREET from We$tetrl Ave nue to Cicero Avenue,
a s phlllt, awa rded scptem ber ]8 to John A. Mc.'Cnrry &. Co.,
$89,185,
RAND ROAD,
from River Hoad to ClIunty line, uphalt .

.worded Oetober 2 In two 5Cl'110n5 EctlpSe Construction C(l.,
$.177,!lIB, IIml Q)mmonwealth Improvement CO" $57,012.
SCflAUMBURG ROAD from .south !Lnc of SCha um l.lUrc Townshi p to Hlgle"lns ROlld. ILSphnlt. awanled October 2 to EcliptIC
Construcllon Co~ $63,8:\6.
To mr.et the increased load placed on the Highway

Department by the bond roads program, the Board authorized the superintendent to hire one junior civil
enginet'r and nine engineer-inspectors for five months
sL.'lrting July 1. These were in addition to seven regular and 39 seasonal {:mployes provided in the 1916
budget at a total payroll figure of $39,375.
In his 1916 annual message, Board President Peter
Reinh'.!rgo said that road and bridge work done by the
County with state did. bond (unds and township participauC'n totaled almost one and a half million dollars,
"an amount a.lmost five times as much as has been
previously spent in a ny other year for road improvemenL"
111 HU7. l he effects or World War I began to be
felL !-"it:pe.rintendenl Quinlan. a captain in the army
engineer corps, Ie.ft (or active duty June 4 and soon
afterward rose to t he grade of major. For a short
U. S. Boosts Waukegan Road

The Cl.'deral government, concerned ....ith emergency
t.ransportation, proposed an improved highway northward from Chicago Dnd offered financial assistance.
The Count.y Board IJledgcd cooperation in a resolut ion referring to th~ proposed route as the Chicago,
Waukej'tan and Milwaukee road and stating that it
was needed to move food and manufactured goods reo
quired by the war effort.
As ft. mea.ns of financing its share of the highway,
now known as Waukegan Road, and four other proj
ects. the County Board submitted a Sl million bond
proposition at Ule November 6, 1917, election and the
voters approved it. As was the case with other bond
issues In that period. there were separate ballots for
men and women. Men voted on two questions-the
bonds and the tax levy to back them. Women were
I)ermittcd to vote only on the bonds.
Th'! Boa.rd's resolution setting up the bond proposal
listed the following roads for construction. all to he of
portland cement concrete 18 feet in width_
Wauk('~'an Road----Sc:>nm mile.. n orth""'5tward from the vIIlllae Of Niles. SJ.60.000.
,\rchpr R<'lad- 12 mllffll southwe!lIWllni f rom Harlem A\'enul' at 55lh Street. $264,000.
LIncoln lIIabwav_Xlne mlle$ eut.....rd tram tbe I!!I!nter
of Rich TownShip, $198.000
Hom~oodLalllllng R""d--Seven mllet e .... l.-at"d trom. DiXie
1I1~b""'llv.
$140.000.
DI!. Plaines RI ....er Road -l~ mile. southw ard from :'oWwa uket"
Aven ue e.'I"""JlI lIPf'tiOJll! prev,">u,ly pa\.~ In ~.. PI.lIte. . . nd
May .....ood. $238,000.
Another war time restriction, however. prevented

immedintE" use of the full bond issue. Word was received by the Board that the Gapitallssues Committee.
a federal agency, was inclined to disapprove. The
1914 Highway Bonds

TRAIL, which crosses the far south part of
SAUK
the County east and west, was a main line of
(COntinued from page 5)
Board, expressing the opinion that the moncy was

" necc;1ssry for the construction of military and other
main highways," sent a delegation to Washington and
obtained permisSion to sell $150,000 of the issue. The
block wa~ awarded to the Ha rris Trust and Savings
Bank, lowest of three bidders, for $147,805.
This sale was authorized. on August 13, 1918. How
ever, th~ only construction contract awarded that year
in the 81 million program was for part of the H omewood-Lansing Road, $71,097, on September 16. On
the Waukegan Road project, "n small piece of land"
at Shermer Avenue and Glem'iew Road was purchased for $200 on November 29,
The State also took account of emergency conditions iE 1917 and the Department of Public Works,
travel for the Sauk (or Sac) Indians from the ?-.fississippi to the area of De
troit long before the
white man came. In
Rich Township it has
been largely relocated on
a section line, but in
Bloom Township it still
winds the same course
that was followed by
the Indians.
In one of his periodic
bullelins on loeal history and nature study,
Roberts Mann , conservalion editor of the Cook
County Forest Preso&ve District, tells the story of
Sauk Trail. In part, he relates:
into wbjch the Illinois Highway Commission has been
moved, issued a statement that read in part as follows:

"In response to numerous inquiries received from
many count ies of the State, the Department of Public
Works and Buildings, with the approval of Governor
Lowden and the Board of H ighway advisors, is suthorized to make the following statement relative to the
sttitude of the administration on the question of road
construction in 1lI1nois during the present year.
''In view of the serious shortage of labor, transpor'
tation and materials that prevails throughout the
country and the increaSing demands of the Government for a11 commodities in the prosecution of the war,
and in accordance with the recommendation of federal
authorities, we believe it our patriotic duty to limit
our activities in road construction this year."
Work permitted under this policy included only the
completion of construction contracts in progress and
necessary maintenance. " We further urge," the statement said, "that the present emergency calls for an
unusual effort on the part of all township highway officials Lo maintain existing earth roads by a thorough
system at dragging and draining."
The County Board asked special permission to build
two and one-half mUes of Depmster Street, two and
one-haIf miles of State Road linking Dixie Highway
and Lincoln H ighway, one mile of Winnctka Avenue
!lnd four miles of road from Arlington Heights to the
improved part of R1lnd Road.
These routes. the Board said, were key links in a
system of "substantial and permanent" roads needed
to bring daily food supplies to Chicago. It was also
urged lhat complelion of the four projects would reo
Iieve congestion on the railroads. The State replied,
however, that it was not deemed advisable to deviate
from UIC policy adopted.
"For centu rIes bands of red men traveled it in

single file on missions of l>eace or war until they had
beaten a narrow pathway in the sail. The Indian
traveling overland picked the shortest, safest route
for easy trOlting, often following paths worn by deer
or buffalo. He was partial to low ridges that ran
around hills, lakes, I:\wamps and places thick wIth
thorny underbrush. That is why Sauk Trail is so
crooked.
" When the white men came they followed itLaSalle and other explorers, fur traders, missionaries, and parties of soldiars. The early setUers
traveled it on horseback. Eventually It became a
road used by stage coaches. buggies, farm wagons
;lnd now, finally, by automobiles.
"Some historians believe that LaSalle made at

least one trip over the Sauk Trail to Fort Minmi.
which 'Ie and Tonty had built in 1678 near the mouth
of the St. Josepb RIvet in Micrugan. It undoubtedly
was used by lhe French after 1697, when they built
Fort St. Joseph at Niies.
"The Sauk and Fox Indians, like the Iroquois, hated
the French and sided with the British. That alliance
continued during the Revolutionary War and the War
of 1812. The British made them an annual payment
of good..'> at Fort Malden, near Detroit. Later the
United States government, in exchange for lands,
annually paid $600 to the Sauk and $400 to the Fox
in good" delivered at Fort Detroit.
"In 1781, an expedition of Spanish soldiers came
up the TIiinois River, east on Sauk Trail, seized Fort
St. J oseph, flew their flag over it for 24 hours, and
hastily retreated to 8t. Louis. In 1803, a company of
American soldiers marched over it to LaPorte, indiana, and thence to Chicago, where they built Fort
Dearborn. About 1838, the Potawatomi in Michigan. Indiana, and illinois sadly traveled it to Mississ ippi and their new homes farther west.
Presently the contractors on jobs previously awarded began to feel the pinch. Several asked for extension of time and for extra payment on account of
higher freight bllls for materials.
Accomplishments of the Highway Department in
1917 were summed up by Board President Peter Reinberg in bis annual message as 47 miles of paved road
completed, 230 miles of township roads Improved and
~1 brld,es co~structed.
"Like the Cumberland, Santa Fe and Oregon Trails,

Four flags have
been carried over it-French, SpaniSh, English and
Ameri~, The Indians had no flags."
the Great Sauk Trail made history.
Building Permits
Contracts Awarded
APARTMENT bouse project or 18 buildings

ANconlaining
n total of 283 units and estimated to
cost $4.330,600 brought
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Southwe.1 Exprellway Job .It Throop Street.

1\\'0 oontmcts for Southwest E.\:pressway construction were awarded hy the County Board on February
20, Icaving only one contract still to be let in the Counly's two sections of the project.
In the section from Halsted Street to Californill.
Avenue, construction of an elevated road between
Western Avenue and H oyne Avenue was awarded to
Arcole Midwest Corp, a nd James McHugh Construction Co., bidding jointly. fOr $4,920,005.
In tho! section between Cicero Avenue and Harlem
Avenue, paving between those points was awarded to
Standard Paving Co., jointly. for $2,709.982.
The cne County contract. still to be awarded is for
grading and paving between Halsted Street RJ\d the
South SI'aRch of the Chicago River.
Detours
In
Effect

other agencies requires detours as foUows:
86TH II VE:>."UE, Mccarthy Road t o ]Sht Street, bridge repnlr, Detour over MeQrthy Road, 80th A",,,nue and lSbt
Street.
l03RD STREET at EII:tabelh, run around detour tor bridge
oonltrueUon; no delay,
CENTRAL AVENUE, c101ed trom Ulth Street to ll5lh
S treet, Sanitary Dlltrlet project. SOuthbound detour, west on
lllth St"~et to Hldl:elanl1 A"enue~ lIOulb on RJdaelano to U51b
SU't'et. east on U5th. around the oameade. to Central "",enue.
WILKIE ROAD, doled trom cenlNll Road to Kirchotr
Road, Sanllal'Y Dtltrlet Df'Ojl:et_ NorthbOund detOUr. east on
OI!ntraJ Rond 10 Klrchotr Road. west on Klrcholl' to Wilkie.
(Continue(! trom pIIae 3)
the Nalionai Safely Council, increased by about 5 per

cent, It was pointed out by the Cook County Traffic
Safety Commission, of which President Seymour Si
mon of the County Board Is presidenl
The Commission's traffic safety director, J ohn J .
McCleverty, attributed the better showing to stricter
enforcement by suburban police, safcr driving dorded by the e.'tpresawuys and improvcd main highways,
nnd in some dcgree to better performancc by the mo
toring public.
A summary of 1063 accidents lists 14 of the 107
drivers who wcre kUled as under age l B. .Eighteen
wcre in the 18 to 24 bracket, 48 in the 25-55 group
i'~
lhe total valuation of

permits issued In January by the Cook County
Department of Building
to $6,210,000, nearly
twice
thc
December
total.
The 18 buildings will go up in Maine TOWnship,
whic.b has hnd a boom in apartment houses in recent
montha, One other apartment pennit, Cor a build
ing containing four units a nd valued at $35,600, was
issued for Stiekney Township.
In the noCee classification, which includes churches,
schools, public buildings, and farm buildings, a p ermit fOl' n school, $258,000, was issucd to the W innetka
Covenant Church.
Tbirty-eighl permits were issued for single dwellings totaling $877,000 in estimated costs. For other
types of construction permi ts were issued as follows:
nealdeutlaJ addltlonl and a1teratlo~20 pennie... 3133,800
ACCC!ltor), bulldlnaa-18 oermill. $32,100.
BUlin!!" buUdlng.......s permlu. $93,400.
BUlin", addillon. and alteraUonll----6 pl'rmltl, $76,000.00
Inllullrlnl bulldlngl_'J PCltmltl, $97.100.
lndullrlal addition. and alterallon_2 pennlll, ~25G.400.
Welll._7 pennlU, $7,000.
M..ccilnlW!Ou......a permits. flS,SOO.
By townships the January fee permits were dis

tributed 88 0110\\"8:
Tf,Own.I,lp
HArrington
Bremen
Elk Grove
"anover
Lemont
U!)'den
Lyon.
Miline
SOrlhfleld
NorwOOd Pl\rk
Orland
J>alaUne
Palo,
Rlrh
SChaumhurg
Stlclcney
Thornton
Whcellnl:
Worth
..i,
1'~ ..... lh
,
!8
'",,"
l
,.,
""
,.I... Uon
,
LDOO
31,200
~~
ll~
U6~
.395,700
6'>.200
67,000
,",,,",
41,700
f8:=
"000
l~=
208,600
193,300
and 30 over 55. Nincty-five were males.

Most- of the 190 fatalities, 136. occurred when the
weather was clear and 129 occurred on dry roadways.
The six hours after midnight, considering the lighter
volume of traffic, we~ the most deadly period, with
47 deaths. 37 of them between 1 a. m. and 6 a. m. In
t he eve-ning rush hour6, 4. p. m. to 8 p. m" therc were
4.l deaths and in t he morning from 6 to ]0, there
wereH!.
Collisions involving automobiles caused 60 deaths,
nuto--truck collisions, 1 . and a crash between a CTA
bus and a truck resulted in one. Forty tour pa.ase.ngers
cars. two motorcycles and one truck left the road and
struck poats, trees. guard rails. abutmen~, and in one
Instance, a building.
Six bicycle riders and six motorcyclists wcre kUIed
by autorr.obiles and one bicyclist by n truck. Nine
persons in passenge.- cars and one in a truck were
killed by trains.
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PubUlhed by the Cook County (III.) Depa rtment or H ighway.
U nder au.plce. of tho Board of County Commlulonerll
SEYMOUR SI MO N , Pruldont
Charln J . Grupp, Jr.

Jerome Hu ppert
UlIlan P letrowlfki
Frilnk B obryu kc
Charln S. Bonk
Charita F. Chaplin
Gerald Ooleu l
Ruby Ryan
George W. Dunn e
Seymour Simon
WIlliam N. Erlck.on
F loyd T . Fulte
Edward M. Sneed
John J . Touhy
Kenneth E. Wilion
Andrew V. P lummer
Publilhed
at
130
North
Well.
Street,
Chicago
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T ele phone 3217714
Boob of the Month
February Accidents
20 fatalities in February, the death toll on
W ITH
streets and highways in suburban Cook County
in the first two months of t.he year rose to 48. an

increase of 21 over the same period
nc
of last year.
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T he sharp rise was attributed by
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the Cook County Traffic Safety
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Commission to the marked differ"'
~
Ii ence in weather in the tv.'o years.
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'~~ q Severe winter conditions such as
~4:
prevailed last year reduce the num'4IFt uIU1

ber of vehicles on the r oad and
compel drivers who venture onto
pavements hazardous with snow and ice to go slow
and exercise caution. An open winter like that experienced thus far this year brings out the traffic, and
dry r oarlways a nd clear s kies tempt drivers to speed
and t.ry incautious maneuvers.
January th is year, with 28 deaths, compared with
the highest months in the peak traffic summer season.
January of last year recorded only 12 deaths. Last
month's 20 compared with 15 in February, 1963.
Ten of last month's deat.hs resulted from collisions,
six of them crashes involving passenger cars and four
involving automobile and trucks.
io"'o ur members of one family were killed when their
automobile was st.ruck by a train.
Three of the dead were pedestrians, two of them
struck by automobiles and one by a truck.
Three deaths resulted when cars left the pavement
and struck wayside objects.
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Grandfather ClUnk, with his 6 m.p.h. hor se

W HEN
and buggy rig, came to a rnilroad crossing he
stopped. looked and listened.

Gmndson J. Cuthbert Clunk , motoring at 60 m.p.h. ,
will slop if lights flash , bells ring and the gate drops
before he can beat it across.
If a quick look shows the train not too close,
Cuthbert may slip around the gate.
Highway Commission, and Geor ge Goodwin, executive
director of the Indiana State Highway Commission,
presided at general meetings.
Speakers incl uded Rex M. Whitton, federal highway
administrator; J . Burch McMorran, president, and
A. E. Johnson, executive secr etary, American Association of State Highway Officials; Arthur C. Buller,
director, National Highway Users' Conference; Lollis
W. Prentiss, executive vice-president. American Road
Builders' Association; Richard R. Stander, Associated
Genera! Contractors of America, and Roger F. Nusbaum, deputy chief highway engineer, l1Iinois Division
of Highways.
55th Highway Conference

Highway administrators and engineers of 14 states
met in the Edgewater Beach Hotel March 19, 20, and
21 for the 55th annual meeting of the Mississippi
Valley Conference of State Highway Departments.
The Cook County Highway Department acted as
host to the e.xtent of conducting registration and arranging meeting accommodations. The Department
also set up a display of enlarged color photographs of
the Chicago-Cook County expressway system.
The Conference president, W. J. Burmeister, director of planning and research of the Wisconsin State
States included in the Conference are Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, MiChigan, Minnesota,
Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma,
Soutb Dakota, and Wisconsin.
Traffic Engineers Wrestle With Words

RAFFIC ENGINEERING has come of age
a
T
18 development of its own vocabulary, However, the
8S
technology and onc of the signs of growing up
variety of terms used he re or there for the same

things has been confusing to people both in and out
of the profCSllion. So the Traffic Institute of Northwestern University has produced a "Dictionary of
Highway Traffic," 304 pages, with hard cover, to
clarify the matter.
The work, which was developed under cooperative
agreement with the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads. was
aulhored by J . Stannard Baker and William R Stebbins Jr., with the editorial assistance of Edward M.
Johnson. Twenty-one sources, official agencies, tech
nical associations and the like, were drawn on for
definitions.
The Introduction states, in part:
Ellpre"wilY. Thruway. Tum pike, or What?
"The last two decades have been specialized vocabularies beginning to emerge In the highway traffic
field. Unfortunately. the vocabularies are numerous
and heterogeneous, because highway traffic engages
the attention of not one but several groups-highway
engineers, traffic engineers, vehicle manufacturers,
regulatory agencies, lawyers, educators, and otherseach with its own approach to the development of
technical language. Yet many of the concepts for
which preCise terms a.re needed arc common to two
or more of t.hese groups.
limited (ICC6IJ3 rood are defined separately. although

with some cross reference.. Tne main feature common
to all is full or partial control of ueesa, and under
controlled acce&a hiyhlcay this is stated:
"Every highway. street or roadway in respect to
which owners or occupants of ahutting lands and other
persons have no right of accC88 to or from tbe same
except at such points only and in such manner as may
be determined by public authority ba\';.ng jurisdiction
over such highway, street or roadway,"
Too M any Definitions
Turnpike. throughway and tollamy are delined by

rclerence to toU rood and the definition th~ is: A
highway open to traffic only upon payment of a direct
loll or Cee. A prerequisite of lOU eolledion is full
control of access."
"For several Year!J the need for better understanding a nd greater precision In the use of tenns relating
to highway traffic and traffic problems has been apparent, difficulties have arisen because different meanings have been given to the same term or because
different. terms are used to express the same idea.
Such confusion tends to hinder efforts to improve
lntffic sarety and operations.
Expressway, the term applied to controlled accesa

roads in Chicago and Cook County. is defined u:
"A divided arterial highway for through traffic with
full or partial control of access and generally with
grade sepnmtions at intersections," and a /rU1C.ay is
"An expressway witb full control of access."
"Tbis dictionary is an Initial effort toward decreasing linguistic confusion and redUCing misunderstanding
by coUecting together and comparing already-existing
definitions of traffic terms taken from various sources.
And a Jalopy
"For example, wbat distinction should a student or

other reader make between roads which are variously
referred to as tllrllpiketl, toll road3~ throughways and
tolhcaY3? If be assumes that the dill'erence between
these is essentinUy one of proprietorsh.ip, wby should
he expect freeway, parkway, skyway. ezpreMWOY and
limited acce3S rood to be any ditrenrcnt?
Most of the definitions by far have only technical

application, but some of them touch interestingly on
driver Cactors and a few are in the gratuitous style
at Dr. Samuel Johnson; for example : "Jalopy-A
ralUetrap automobile, espeeiaUy an old one. operated
usually by youngsters."
Drivers are not only defined but reminded lhat a
driver's license Is ''Primarily the driving privilege;
secondarily, the driver license certificate."
"And what is to be an official description, say for

registration purposes, of a vehicle which may be called
a station wagon, suburban. carryall. rClnch wagon,
h.andiman, or just plain wllyon? r1 enthusiasm for
'original' terminology continucs unabated, how many
additional terms for these same ideas must we expect
to contend with in the years ahead?"
Under the term driver. two different deftnjtlons are

cited. The American Association of Motor Vehicle
Administrators is quoted: "Generally, anyone who
Is driving any kind of a vehicle. regardless of whether
it is a motor vehicle or whether he is licensed." The
Interstate Commerce Com.misaion puts it: "Any person who drives: any motor vehicle."
In the dictionary, turnpike, toll road, throughway.

toUwoy, frettway, parkway. akyway. ezprUfJcay and
$60 Million Road Bonds Big Deal
In
1918
The following article is the third of a aeries

marking tho fifUct h. (lflniuer8ary 0/ the Cook
County Higll way Department.
war t ime shortages restricted road work

W HILE
in 1918 to completion of contracts alr eady in
for ce and necessary maintenance, planning went ahead
in Ulinois for a post-war hard road program on a scale
la rger than was projected by a ny othe r s tate.
E arly in the yea r a S60 million state bond issue was
proposed for submission to the vot.ers in November.
A resolution adopted by the Cook County Board in
July pOinted 'Out that the bonds would be paid off
"entirely from the a utomobile license fund" (there

was no gas tax a t tha t time) and "urgently requested"
every voter to mark " Yes",
Records of the Secretary of State show 400.535
vehicles registered in 1918 and $2,762,568 fees collected.
Enthus iasm for the bonds was also whipped up by
Col. W. G. Edens, for whom Edens Expressway was
named. A Chicago banker, he was president of the
Illinois Highway Improvement association and although he never owned a car or had a d ri ver's license,
was the state's most active good roads booster.
labor and Materials Scarce

The bonds were approved, but the construction program was held up by continuing scarcity of labor and
materials. In the meantime, the County Highway

Department carried out its 1918 program as best it
could. In his annual message, Board Presiden t P eter
Reinberg summed up t he Department's accomplishments in the year as follows:
''Including the work completed this year, the tolal
mileage of pennanent hard roads in Cook County at
the present time, excepting roada in incorporated
cities, towns and villages, is : State aid. 40 mUes; bond
issue (county), 70 miles; county fund, five miles . ...
''If the F ederal Government permits the sale of road
improvement bonds in the near future, the next four
years ought to witness a new era in the improvement
of the County's highways.
"With $60 million bonds at her disposal, Lhe State
will inaugurate the most elaborate system of hard
road construction ever undertaken by any slate. Cook
County will benefit by this bond issue to the extent of
$1,500,000. which she has a lready expended in improving roads that a r e a part of the system for which
the $60 million hand iSSUe Is to be used. With this
S1,5OO,000, when received from the State, the County
can contract for 75 miles of new hard surfaced roads."
"F orty -five miles o f bond issue roads are provided
for in the unused JXlrtion of the bond issue (County)
of 1017."
These 115 miles of new pavement caught the appreciative eye of t he citizens. Two r oad celebrations
were held in 1918, perhaps the first of the speechmaking, ribbon-cutting festivities that ha ve continued
into t he expressway era.
Winnetka marked completion of its portion ot Sheridan Road pavement with an automobile parade that
started at the Art Institute in Chicago. It WM met at
the 80uth Um.i\;$ of the vUlage by the GreatlAkesNaval
Col. Wl!l lil m G. Ede nl
Training Station's fam ous band and a company of

sailors and escorted to the speakers' stand. Special
arrangements for the County Commissioners as guests
were made by William D. McKcnzie, village president.
Late in the summer letters were received from Col.
Edens and Charles M. Hayes, presidc.nt of the Chicago
Motor Club, asking the Board to designate a "Road
Opening Day," on which citizens in procession would
ride over the 115 miles of new roads. Col. Edens su6'gested the occasion would make good publicity for the
$60 million bonds. The Board agreed and, estimating
that the construction season would end about September 1, set September 6 for the tour.
U. S. Pushes Five Routes

All possible preparations for using the bonds were
started by the State immediately after the election.
On December 18, the TIlinois Division of Highways
issued a statement to county boards. It said that construction would be delayed by shortages hanging over
from the war hut that in the meantime parties of
engineers were in the field studying locations of principal routes.
The statement also emphasized that the Federal
Government was insisting on speedy construction of
five m ain routes in Illinois to be financed 50 p er cent
from a Si 5 million appropriation for federal aid roads,
witb matching contributions by the State and counties
in which the routes were located. These were:
Lincoln Highway, Chicago-St. Louis Road, Dixie

Highway, and Chicago-Waukegan Road, all partly in
War Hampers County's Highway Programs

Cook County, and the National Old Trails Road.
Noting that Washington had expected these roads
to be well along in 1918, the statement added:
;'The Federal Government is now insisting upon this
work being resumed as speedily as possible. Tbis facl
will not interfere with our beginning work on the baJ
ance of the bond issue system as soon as the cost of
construction is reasonable and definite locations can
be made together with other necessary engineering
work."
Bond Bids Down

At the beginning of 1919, the County faced financial
difficulties. One Board resolution stated, "In order to
enable the County to meet its just obligations during
said fiscal year snd thereafter it is imperative that
additional revenue be provided."
One possible source was an upward amendment of
the state inheritance tax law, which the commissioners
approved and lobbied for at Springfield. The Board
also authorized tax anticipations warrants up to 75
per cent of the $7.018,8551cvy.
The County's financial situation was reflected in
bids for the remaining $850,000 of the $1 million road
bonds approved in 1917. The best offer, made jointly
by the Continental and Commercial Trust and Savings,
the Northern Trust. and the Merchants Loan and
Trust, was S807,126, which the Board accepted on
J anuary 29, 1919.
Starling April 28, the Board awarded six contracts
to be paid with proceeds of these bonds. They were
for paving Lincoln Highway, two contracts; Waukegan
Road. two contracts; Des Plaines River Road, and
Homewood-Lansing Road. The tolal was $774.015.
Using general fund money, the Board contracted
New Roads Aided Farmers

The roadside stand, now a familiar sight in rural
Cook County, came into being in 1919 when a nationwide movement called ''Farm to Table" was launched
with the idea Ulat city motorists enjoying the new
paved rughway and suffering from the post-war high
cost of living would relieve the farmers of surplus
fruits and vegetables if some one pointed the way.
A letter received by the County Board from Raymond Beck. chie( of the National Farm to Table
Bureau, said in part;
"The hundreds of thousands of motor trips taken
every week, which are now taken mostly for recreation
purposes, can be turned to good account in a utilitarian
way. But a very small percentage of these motorists
ever stop at a fanner's gate and return with eggs,
butter, poultry, vegetables, fruits, etc.
"There is but one reason for this~that is, the
farmer does not display his wares, and the motorist
hesitates before entering a farmer's gate, not knowing
how he will be received."
In response to the letter, the Board approved the
"Farm to Table" program and sent copies of its resolution to township officials and the Truck Farmers'
Association of Cook CQ1).fity.
work amounting to $78,210 on sections of Canfield

Road, Crawford Avenue, Dundee Road, Flossmoor
Road and Irving Park Road.
The 1919 budget provided t he Highway Department
with 11 full time and 26 seasonal employes. The payroll was $58,301.75 and the appropriation for office
supplics, $1,000.
Superintendent George A. Quinlan, a major in the
anny cngineer corps, returned in June from two years'
war service. At his request, three inspector-engineers
were added and the County's motorcycle police force,
then under his direction, was increased from eight to
10. These officers were paid $125 a month and they
rode their own motorcycles.
A bit of a boost to road building was granted by the
U. S. Railroad Administration in April in the form of
a reduction of 10 cents a ton from regular freight
rates on road materials when consigned to a local government. 1t Wag also a bit of a bother, for the Board
soon found it necessary to hire a freight clerk just to
keep track of the dimes. Nevertheless, the County
cleared $12,688. less the clerk's pay.
County Ahead in Nation

In his annual message for 1919, President Reinberg
r eported completion of 14.5 miles of pavement contracted in 1918 and 35 miles contracted in 1919. Altogether, he said, 1919 contracts amounted to 63.8
miles, but strikes, shortages B.n d embargoes interfered,
lea\'ing 2 .8 miles to be completed in 1920.
"It is a compliment to our citizens to report that in
the past four years more roads have been paved within
this County than within any other county in America,"
he said. "With 171 miles paved and 29 miles under
way, Cook County already enjoys the proud distinction of having improved more highways than any other
county in our nation. The new system authorized,
surveYB for which now have begun, will write a fitting
finish to this magnificent chapter of achievement."
The Front Page Map

The 1919 map reproduced on page one was the
first issued by the County Highway Department. 1t
was produced by Superintendent George A. Quinlan,
with Everett Quinn as delineator, and was published
by Rand McNally for sale to the public. An arrangement with the County Board pennitted the publishers
to run off 1,000 copies at a payment to the County of
3 cents each.
The Highway Department was then in its fifth year
and was beginning to show results. From no pavement whatsoever in the County outside Chicago in
1914, the concrete mileage in 1919 stood at 171 Completed and 29 miles in course of construction.
The map reflects the O:lUnty Board's planning of a
system of connected through roads. The new concrete
routes included Higgins, Rand, Milwaukee, Waukegan
and part of Sheridan road in the north of the County,
River Road as a main north and south route; Archer
Road, H7th Street, Dixie Highway and the first section
of Lincoln Highway,
William J. Bonn
For Clean County Air
ILLiA.M J. BONN, 69, who entered the Highway

Department on March 13, 1922, died March 13
in St. Franc.is Hospital, Evanston, after an illness of six weeks.
Before coming to the Depart-
ment he was employed 1915-1922

in the engineering d epartmen t of
t.he Sanitary District. In recent
years, as highway engineer V, he
was in cha rge of survey work,
includ ing the precision level progmm of setting bench marks
throughout the County.
H e is survived by his widow;

two daughters, Mrs. Robert
w. T. Bonn
Kane of Chicago and Mrs. E. L.
Hil ts of Hinsdale; a son, William Jr. of Cincinnati,
a nd 16 grandchildren. His residence was at 1706
Touhy Avenue. Chicago.
OOK County's 15 new air pollution monitoring sta

tiODS, located atop school houses in the suburban
area, were put in operation March 10 with a brief cere
mony at the instrument installation on the roof of
Proviso West High School. Among those in a ttendance
(left to rigbt in the picture): Edward W. Stubbs, principal of Proviso West; Scymour Simon. president of t he
Cou nty Board: J anice Ja.knbka a nd Dale Hcnigrnnn ,
science students in the school; Alber t J. Mullins, adminiaLrator of the newly formed Cook County Air
Pollution Control Bureau ; James V. Fitzpatrick, director of the Chicago Department of Air P ollution Control, a nd Erwin R. Horwitz, commissioner of the Cook
County Department of Building and Zoning, of which
the air pollution control bureau is a part. Standing
behind Fitzpatrick, with face partly hidden, is Vernon
R. Hanson, regional program director , Division of Air
Pollution Control, U. S. Public H ea lth Service.
Skuba Retires
J ohn R. Skuha retired March 15 after 37 years'
service with the Higbway Department, starting December 10, 1926, as a junior civil
engineer and advancing to high.
way engineer V. In the course
of his employment he was assigned first to r oad design and
then to construction and in r eccnt years supervise<) several
expressway jobs.
He received eng ineering t rain
ing at the University of l\fichi-
gall and Chicago Technical College. He came to the Department

[rom the Chicago Board of Local
J o hn R. Skuba
Improvements and previously
had been emlJ!oycd by several contracting firm s.
He is a member of both t he 11Iinois and National
Societies of P roCessional Engineers and the American
Association of Advanced Science.
Detours
In
Effect

othe r agencies r equires detou rs as foHows:
UK": SHOltE DRIVE, Temporary detour roadway aro und
oons tru<,U on g/tc or Oak Street,Qul er Drive-MichIgan A ...~nue
Inlerctl(l.llgr;>.
86TH A\ENUE. McCarthy ROII!\ 10 ]Sl!1 Street. brIdge repaIr. Dl'-tour O\'er McCllrthy ROlld, SOth Aven ue lind lSl!ft
Street.
l03RD STREET at EllJW.belh, run around detolU' ror bridge
('On ~truC'Uon: no dell1Y.
CE..'1TRAL A\,ENU~;. dOlled from l1Uh Street to l1!5th
Str{>(lt. Su"Uury Dilltrlet pmJcct. SouthbOund d"tour, we8t o n
llith Streel 10 RldR:e.llln1 A\'enu!! $(\uth on RldgclAnn 10 l1!5t h
StrooL eaU a n 115tn, around the \mrrlcade, ta ~nlrrll A\'Cnue.
Flynn Sign s Out

Raymon d S. .lo~lyn n , who, 8S timekeeper for the
Highway Departmen t. said, " Good morning" a nd " Good
nig ht" 2.000 times a day, and
wit h a s mile a [air share of the
time, signed himself out on
March 12.
WILKIE ROAD closed from Central Road 10 K Irchoff ..

ROAd, Slinttary D{nrlet proJect. Northbound detour, can on
Cenlrnl R(I/l.d to Klrehotr ROlul, wes t on Klr<'hofl' to Wllklc.
This was his second retire

ment. Before coming to t he De
partment in 1959 he spent 44
years as an a ccountant ill t he
Stockyards, 34 years with Wilson
& Co. a nd 10 years with Morris .
When he signed the time sheet
a nd turned on his fa r ewell smile,
he and Mr!3. Flynn already were
R . S . F lyn n
packed for departure the next
day, moving to Tulsa, Oklahoma r to be ...,.ith their son,
the Rev, Fr, Bernard Flynn,
Frank Stedronsky
Frank St edronaky. 63, employed by the County
Highway Department 35 years, died March 7 after an
illness o[ six months. He st.a.rted as an inapectorrodman October 28, 1928, and advanced to Highway
Engineer ll. His last assignment was as a utilities
field s upervisor. Hl.s residence was at 23Q4 South 10th
Avenue, North Riverside,

HE name Barrington as applied to the township.
T
village and rond was adopted from Great Banington, Massachusetts. tbe former borne of numerous
early resldenta in northwest Cook County.
The township, like
other Cook County town
ships, clime into being in
1850 under the general
law of 1849. The village
started In 1854, when
the Chicago and North

Western buill througb
the plsce, There was
then only one house at
the station. but within a

few years there were not only more houses but two
settlements, divided by t.he track.s. On one side was
Barrington and on the other Cuba, each with about
300 population.
The two were combined and incorporated by a spe
cial acl of the state legislature in 1865. The name

CUba vanished from the map of Cook County but survives on a road in Wisconsin. just over the state line.
l"rcemnn road, in Barrington Township, probably
was IllUned for one-or perhaps all-of three early
residelils of that name. Samuel and W. B. Freeman
served as township highway commissioners and
Thomas as supervisor.
~I undhank Road--fls it appears on today's mapsappears to have been named for Henry ~{undbenke ,
who came to Barrington Township in 184 7.
There were two early residents of the name of Otis,
which is presen'ed on a road in Barrington TownShip.
It. was at the home of W. R. Otis that the first meeting
to organize a school was held in 1840. C. B. Otis was
a constable.
Ela Road, in Palatine Township, presumably was
named for George Ela. who set up tl store on the Cuba
side at BarringtOn in 1855.
Lake Shore Detour Open

Construction of the Lake Shore Drive grade separalion at Oak Street entered the second phlUlc this month,
with work befiUn on the tunnel to carry northbound
Michigan Avenue traffic under lhe drive and motorists
linding their way around the construction aile on a
bypssa.
Some slight delay, largely caused by slghl8eers, was
noted immediately after opening the tempornry road
way on Saturday. March 14. Within a few days, how_
over, motorists became used to thc new order of things
and moved smoothly o\'er the 0.75-m!le detour between
Oak Street at East Lake Shore Drh'e and 5ehiller
Street
Also in tbe first week thc detour, which runs close
to the lake, received it.s baptism of high-breaking
waves and survived the splashing without interruption.
The project will be completed and the detour removed
before next winter's storms could cover thc Pllvement
with ice.
The second construction stage also includes a new
Oak Street beach outside the seawall supporting the
Building Permits
ER.I\OTS for bull ding construction estimated to cost
P
7,203,697 were issued
February by the Cook
County Department of Building and ZonIng, which
in
bas
jurisdiction in the un
incorporated area.
I ~
An unusual situation
'Y<
was that valuation in
the no-fce classification,
which includes churches,
: ==
schools, other public
buildings, and fann buildings exceeded that for fee
permits. The total estimates given in 10 no-fee permits: was 54,848,785 and in i l l fee permits for residential, business and industrial construction wss
52.35-1,912.
The major part of the no-fce total was represented
by four buildings to be erected in Orland Park Town
ship by the llIinols State Department of Mental
Health. lncluded were a hospital, $2,267.210; recrealion center, 5609,140; storage building, $713,460, and
an administration building, $245,275.
No-fee permits also included a seminary to be built
In Lemont Township by the Vincentian Fathet1l of
Westcrn Province, $500,000; a school in District 15,
Palatine TO\lmship, $400,000; a new building of the
Pence Re.formed Church in Elk Grove Township,
$45,300, and a building of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox
Church, Palatine Township, S29,4.oo.
Fee. pemtits included three for apartment houses of
a total of six units: and a total cost of $107,400 to be
buiJt in Maine Township and one apartment building
of four units, S4 7.200, in Stickney Township. Fortyseven permits were Issued for single dwelUngs to coat
a total "Of S1,Z13,105.
Fo r oLhe.. types of eonatMiction. permits were isaued
as follows:
fl =
Rl'IldenUll1 Addition, and aJ tl'!rlltlons--15 pennlll, $86,162.

ACCl'uory bulldlng_17 permU8, ~.80S.
8u'ln~ bulldlng_l permit, $100,000.
8u.lnen- addlUon, and allt:rallons.--4 permle... $U,400.
IndUllrill1 bulldlngl-l pennll, $80,.000.
ind.ulltifli addltlon. and alterlltlO1l5----3 pennlu. .$619,832..
Wtlll-8 pennia. 187,000.
Indlvhlual 5I'!ptie IYltc.m_l permit, $2.000.
MllceJlnneouI-10 pc:nnltl, $533.005.
By townships, the
tributed 8S follows:
Town_hlp
Bloom
Bremtn
CalulI\('l
Elk Cruu
H/U1o\'et
Lemont
l..eyden
Lyonl
Mllinc
Northn!!ld
}<~ebnlary
fee permits were dis-
Pernlill
..
".IUAtJOD
2.400
8.9S0
85,000
2
2
81;'i60
2,000
21000
6;sG2
212)104
7J.t 2M
:I
4
7
Hi
Pflintlno
I,',.
~ehl'O
4~920
11
1
2.1
J4
211.022
4.600
1!l...161
....... 006
Palo.
Schnumburl
Stickney
Thornton
Wh~Jlnl
Worth
:I
1
~699
l!n.223
6'2.480
...
In addition to the church and school projects listed

aoo\'e. the no-fee pennits included one for rcpair of a
ftre-dnmaged church in Lemont Township, 539,000.
detour fill. This will rcquire 100,000 cubic yards of

fine sand, which will be brought in snd spread before
opening of the bathing season.
Elevated ROilidwilY In th e Viel n lt y of A,hl an d Avenue and South Brilneh of the River I, Pilrt of
Contlnuou. Courn of Construct ion Under Way In County Section of Southwe.t Expre ...... ay.
Vol. XI No. 11
APRIL, 1964

Pub lli hed by lh e Cook Cou nt)' (III.) DeP<lrt m e n t of H ig hway.
Under IU l plc;ea of t he Bo a rd of Co unt)' Co mm l.. lon.,..
SEYMOUR SI MON , P rul d l nt
F""nk BODl')'Uka
Char lu 8 . Bonk
Charlu F. Chaplin
Charlu J . Grupp. Jr.

Jerome Hupport
Lillia n P lct rown:1
Gerald Dolu.. 1
Georg e W. DUnn,
Rub)' Ryan
Se y mour Simon
Edward M. S nted
John J . Touh)'
Kenn eth E . W il i o n
W illiam N. Erick.on
F loyd T . Fulle
A ndrew V. Plum mer
Super intenden t of HI;hwa,.1

P ubll.hl d
at
130
Non h
W ill,
S t ree t,
Chicigo
6.
Telephone 321.nI4
Boob of the Month
March Accidents
THE TH TRD SLrnighl monlh. the toll of death
FORon streets
and highways In the suburban area was
'Jhnrply up In Marcb over the same
month 01 Inst year. I n Mnrcb.l963,
lh('re were 1.3 flltajilieR: last month,
25.
Tbe Murch figure brought the
totaJ tor the fin!it quarter o( t.he

y~'\r
to very nearly double the same

period of 1963-78 lUI agalnBl-IO. For
9.1I of t003 the total was 100, th(>
lowe8t In thr area in four years, U
tbe rate recorded thO!. far iB not slowed down, 1964
will end with a loss oC life at an aU-tIme high.
Twelve of the March fatalities reIIUlled (rom collisions.. Automobllt:>:I only were invol\'ed In njne of
these aCl'idcnll; trucks figured in the three others.
Seven of the dead were in automobiles that left the
pavem1It Imd nlet 1'Or:.dslde disaster. In olle iIlSUUlC{,
a car I>h.ngcd illto I:\. lak : in the others, cars out or
control "truck trees, postA Rnd other wayside objects.
The 61l' othe... klllerl were pedestriAM hit by automobilelf, Two of those dealhH resulted from onc accident.
A Y enginLcrs, saJety educatol1l and la w enHIGI""

forcers In counUeas ntimbers try their best to
Jlccserve the life In J . Wilbur Coma.

Wilbur docsn't tumble.
Traffic aigna, rules of the rO(td, courtesies, la ws and
nniinallce8 are for I)e{;ple who aren't sman enough to
figure out their own \\"a)'8 of driving, as be does.
It Takes Two To Tangle

Anycnl' who drives dunng the rush hour i& bound
to come up against ". great 11 variety of personalities
as there are ears. The WOrtl1 character 15 the young
man whose temper f1nn~s on being cul olf, slowed up,
or beaten to the draw at a atop light. Be is out to get
Yen and this endange ... not o nly his life but that of
others.
Several years ago I read a IIlory about" refJpectable
business man who had been ahot while driving home.
1 asked the editor wllat It was all about and he said,
"Anotllfr traffic flgbt." Th e subsequent testimony
proved thla WIUI so,
Many me.n nre 3n~c:red wben the.y try LO pass 8
motorist wllo III 8lroddllng lh~ white line. over in the
wrong side of the road, or otberwise is ignoring safety
preeautums or ordin!U"Y courtesy. When unsucce88ful,
some drivers act like spoiled children and lose all sense
or judgment, Tbey, too, are menaces on the highway.
Some or thOk who pass U.l going 60 m.p.h. or dart

ami { ut of traffic may bave been dislurbed a mUll.
back by 8 truck. or by something that happened at
home Or at \l'orIL 'rhe relationship between aecldcnl!!
and driver altitudl'fl seldom Is explored by police..
Thill may be one of tbe main reasons why ao many
mlahaps take place ~tween t and 7 p.m. At the end
of the oay, It 18 na,t uraJ to he weary and impatient.
Visiblllty Is poor, e8Pft'lally during tbe winter months.
Th,. only WRy to atay out or the "accident wbile
going home elub" iB to curb that belligerent altitude,
alow up, and nay well behind the car ahead, I t takes
two In tangle. a nd when the othe r driver 18 bellicose.
let him go because nothing will be gained by aggra
"Bting the 8O-and-yo,-by T. R. Van Dellen, M.D.
In
Ch i<mgo T rlbuHG.
County Road Network Grows
In
'20'5
The jolwtoillg article is the fOllrth 0/ a 8eries

markiJlg the Ii/tien ulIl1ivcrS(lT1J oj tile Cook
County H ighway DI.:panment.
OLLOWING WORLD WAR I, during which labor

F
and material shortages had hampered construction, the building of concrete ltigbways became big
business. The growmg number of motorists demanded

more mileage and public officials were responsive.
minoi:; bad Laken Lhe lead among the states with a
$60 mUlion bond 1881.:C, backed by state motor vehicle
license fees, adopted at an election held a week before the armistice. in the following year Cook County \Toten; approved a S5 million issue.
This was the third County issue, the others being
82 millior. in 1914 nnd $1 million in 1917. All three
were to provide the County's 50 per cent of costs of
roads huilt under the ]913 state aid act and all we re secured by general taxes.
Sections of 34. roads totaling 134 miles were selected
by the highway superintendent, Maj. George A. Quinlan, and approved by the County Board for paving
with tile $5 million bonds. All pavements were to be
portland cement concrete 1 feet in width with Gfoot
shoulders.
In arldiUon to the County bond money, the Commissioner.] counted on benefitting considerably from the
state issue. As time went on, however, it was reported
by Maj. Quinlan that while Cook County was contributing 35 per cent of the total of license fees it was
receiving only 10 per cent of the bond expenditures.
Acting on t his report, the Board adopted a resolution asserting that the State had failed to fulfill provisions of the bond proposal in respect lo constnJcting pavements of "adequate width" on state roads
leading into Chicago. SpecificaUy, the resolution requested 36-foot pavements on Sheridan Road. Milwaukee Avenue, Rand Road, Lake Street, Roosevelt
Road. Ogden Avenue and Halsted Street.
This action appears to date the conception of the
multi-lane highway in this area. In the years immediately followi ng, numerous four-lane roads were constructed. They were called "superhighways," and
were the wonder of their day_
The County also Ilod difficulties with its own program in 1919 and 1920. For one thing. some effects
of the war. eapecially freight embargoes and high
prices, continued. The County had trouble contracting the highway jobs. In some instances bids had to
be rejected because they were over the estimated costs
and i.n a few instances there were no bids at alI.
Another unfavorablt> situation was the County's
finan clal stringency. A Board resolution pointed out
that while the County had received no increase in
revenue since it was permitted in 1915 to raise the levy
from 40 to 4.5 cents on S100 valuation, it had been
burdenro with numerous additional costs, such as
S295,000 resulting from the woman's suffrage amendment. As 8 result, the fi~t $2 million block of the
$5 million bonds brought only $1,828.460.
By 1921, the wartime restrictions had eased. it was
noted in the annual message presented by Board President Daniel Ryan S r., father of the lale president for
whom Dan Ryan Expressway was named. He stated
that of 58.36 miles of pavement planned for t he year
by Maj. Quinlan, 53.14 miles had been placed under
The MaIn Workroom of the County HIghway Depart.

ment in the County Building in 1921 . From Left to
RIgh t : Fran k F lrestr l'l e (Seated), Paul Frill'lk, C. V.
Anderson and Rlch;lr-cl Glennon. Frank il HIghway
Eng lne.er 111 , i. stilI In the Dep;l rtment, BeJl'Ig Secol'ld
in SeniorIty to John B. Howard. who St;lrted October
1, 1917. The Others Have Retired, Glennon this Year.
contract and 48.81 miles constructed. In addition. 19.71

miles c()ntracted in 1920 had been completed.
PreSident Ryan also looked hopefully to the future:
''1 commend the Board for planning a system of
pavcd highways aggregating one-quarter, as the law
a uthorizes, of the 1.600 miles of roadways netting
Cook County," he said. "That contemplates in the
end about 4{l0 miles of paved thoroughfares.
"When that is accompJjshed there will be a paved
road within at least n mile of 90 per cent of the farms
within the County and every village and ha.mlet within
its boundaries will be thus connected."
In preparation for its growing work load, the Highway Department was appropriated $701,599 in 1922.
III addition to the superintendent, the budget provided
36 civil engineers, 37 inspectors, nine road roller e.ngineers. j } draftsmen, two rodmen, 15 clerical positions
and, for the first time, a seasonal labor pool at day
wages. Included were 25 foremen , 145 skilled laborers,
200 common laborer3 and 50 teams of horses, to be
requisitioned by the m(inth as needed.
In 1923. the DepKrtment was or-ganized in divisions under the heacilngs: General Admin.i stration,
Highwliy Design. Hitthway Construction, Bridge Design. Hjghway Maintenance. and Drafting. Two lawyers were added to handle acquiSition of right-of.way
property.
Early in that year the Department outgrew its
space in the County Building. In a resolution that
began, "Owing to the crowded condition of room 323
and the noise and confusion." the Commissioners approved I'cnting the second floor of the Robbins Block.
an anci"nt building o!: what is now Wacke.r Drive and
what was then the South Water Street produce
market.
Val Parise. who is still in the Department ItS engineer "r primary roads, was one of those transferred to
(COntinued on pllge
61
Cook County' 5 1964 Highway Program

and primary road projeclB amount
EXPRESSWAY
ing to S85.416,ooo in estimated costs arc listed in
the County's 19M highway program. Including contracts a warded IMt year and still in progress, the
volume c.f work unde County supervision will be $92.586,000. the largest In one year in Counly history.
Eaid President Seymour Simon following approval of
the program by tho Board of Count.y Commissioners
on March 30.
More than half of the program lOLIlI- S54,526,OOOis Cor Southwest. Exr>ressway, which lhe County and
Stale na\'e schcdui!!<1 Cor completion this year between
Dan Ryton Expressway and Roule 66. The section between D&n Ryan nnd Lake Shore Drive will be built
later by the City oC Chicago.
An estimated $10,645,000, mOSt of it ror right-ofway, will be spent this year on the West L eg of Dan
Ryan Expressway. President Simon said the County
expects to complete i'..8 section. which extends to Cicero
Avenue and 173rd Strt'fit, in 1966.
In addition to expressway work. the 1964 program
Iista 3<1 non-expre5flwny projects at a n estimated total
of $19,190,000.
Ali ir. previous yeanl, the Commissioners also con
sldered highway programs for the two succeeding
years. The 1965 program as presently compiled calls
for an estimated expenditure of 58,497.000 and the
1966 program, $28.564.000.
CoStS of the expressway program, estimated at
$129,552 000 over thE> three years. will be financed
from the County's $245.000,000 expressway bond issue
fund, the $70.000,000 superhighway bond Issue fund,
motor fuel taxes and reimbursements from the rederal
government, PresideUl Simon said.
Primary r oad work in the three years, estimated at
$43,025.000. will be financed with $31,569.000 of motor
fuel !Axt>s and reimbursements by the federal government of 11,456.000.
At the same meet:ng at which the program was approved. the County Board awarded the last major
contract on the County sections of Southwest Expressway. This contract, for grading and paving between
Halsted Street and the South Branch of the River was
award:'d to W. J . Sheppard & Co. at $2.535,052.
With this award. a!l work essential to opening the
route te travel Is under way. Landscaping. lighting
and signing will be contracted later.
Wita completion of Southwest Expressway. the
county's main conceln In 1965. said President Simon.
will be lhe West Leg of Dan Ryan Expreeway and
Stony Island Avenue, which is to be reconstructed as
nn expressway from 95th Street through 103 Street
Interchange with Calumel Expressway.
West Leg items listed tor this year include five sections of right.of-way acquisition. estimated at $9.:(00,000, two conlraetK for utilities adjustment and one
main drain section. The 1965 allocation for the West
Leg is $44.,830,000 and in 1966, the year of anticipated
completion, $13,657.000.
Projects scheduled ror these two years include an
elevated roadway from 105th Street to Orange
(128th) Street, 15 grade separations, two bridges
over the LitUe Cnhunet River and one over the CaJu
met-Sag Channel, main drain, grading and paving,
Dan Ryan Expresl way West Leg . AI Genoa Avenue.
lighting a nd landscaping.
Nine of the non-expressway projects on the 1964
J/rogrnm are estimat~rI at more than $1 million each:
LAK E SHORE DRIVJ:;........Crade separation .tl'U~lure II Oak
S t ree t. $3.801,000. SUlrtfod lut year, the proJeet I, to be completed thl. lIutumn.
O AKTON STREET-To boo: recOl1lltructed to tour lane, with
mcdlll.n bt:lween Rh'er Road ..nd Odell Avenue, 3.40 mllu. $2,!IOO,ooo.OOO. and b(,l ... ~-en Nordlea Avenue nnd FAenl ExPrelll.... a). 1l1O miles, $1,J.99 ooo. The Impnl\"l~ml!!nl will extend
Ih roulilh Des Plalnl!!s, NJiu. Park Ridge, Morton Cro\'e. Skokie
and unincorporated. territory_
TOUH" A\t:E,,"UE and LEE STREer-To uhy AH~nue trom
Jo::lmhurlll Road to Lee Street and Lee trom Touhy to HIKCIIll
ROlld to bo: ",'ldened to tour lane. wIth median .:u\d lntv.IlCUon
chRnnen:mtl!)n. $1.600.000. The pro.le-tt I, n:qUlred by the
('1011 1'11{ ot Blum' Road bet ..... een Lee and Touhy tor e .'Cpanllon
of O'Hare Airport. CoItl will be! Ihared by the COun'rs..l t y
and federal llOvernml!!nt. the COunty's ~hare be!lnc 163 .uvu.
WES1'E RN AVENUE-COnslru~Uon o f approaehc!. to the
brldlO over Ute calumet-Sa, CI1annl'l buill brithe Coun t y lall
year. 81,458.000. AI p&rt 1'1 thl!! tederal pro t to Widen and
ilcepoen the waterway, the County will but d or r'C!eClnstruei
1J('\'en ot her bridge-_ Th~ an! tbe 19&1 ~Kram-HllTlem
A'-en2tt $..<I0I'l.000; lOotlh A'('nue. ~2O,ooo. and K~tJe Avenue,
~,,"~,.
The federal ,o\'emment parUd.patei ftnanciaJly.
GRA:'>.'O A\TE:o.VE-To be ..... Idened to tour Ian" and ,,"urfared between :Iolannhelm Road and the COok-DuPaRe counly
line. :2 miles. In !o:orthlake F'u nkUn Park and unlneorporated
territory .$l .l'IU "OOO.
C'tIMlJERLA.:.... O AVf:!o:UE-To be wldeni!'!l or n!COnllrUtle(l In
tour lanes wllh medl!ln between IrvlnR Park Boulevard and
Kc::nned v ElI"pl'('uwa y! 2.30 mile,! partly In ChlC::flRO. Norridge
and unlnmrpornled eTrilor)'. S .149.000. Thl. Improvement.
whlth. ..... 111 Immediatel y be a convenientI' tor expre..way users,
15 pllrt Of the C(lunty', plan l o r a 'Ylltem (It hlih Iype Ilrterilll
road. al f01Jl"-mlle Intervfll .
f.AWRENCE' AV'f:Xt:E-To be widened to tour IIlnClil IUId
rt'.. urfared bfi.w~n ('umtKorland A\'enue and Harlem Avenue.
UI7 mil",. In !'Oorrldge and Harwood ltellhU. '1.012.000.
ROSELLE ROAD-To 00 wtdc::ned to rour Ian" with median
and InlC!rRI"UOn dlannt!lIzallon between Evanllon_EII(I~. Road
~nd Bode Road. Horrman Esllltt!.. 0.- mile S750.ooo. and
"Idenm 10 .dequat. t ..... o IlI nt!. wtth In lerlM!Ctltln chflnne.lizalion bet.. ~n Bode Roael anti Schllumburll' Road . Hoffman EsIlItK anel SctIaumbUfl!: C('ntl'r. ] .07 mlle. &300.000.
Also on this year's program are the following improvements :

STO:S'l' ISLAND A \'F.:sU.:.-channelb:atlon bet...een 87th
S ll'et!t and 79th Street. 1..45 miles, $560.000.
.:!AST LAKE AVE'NUE t'xlenslon--Pedestl'ian overp&u west
of Gl"I't'nwood Road. $75 000.
OAK l'ARK AVE.NUf'_Ret:urfadng betwee.n N(lrlh "venue
fi nd Ohene~' A\'"nue, $4lU)()O.
co-M'AGE GRO\'E AVD-.'l-&-P.allroa<1 grad~ trolltnl proI('<'tlnn and appl'OadlK III B. ,. O. C. T. lind I . II. D. raekl
nlar 14l'th Strt'('t, SOO.OOO.
CEI\'TRAL AVf'..NUE-RQ\lroad grade eroulna I)rotccllon at
B. " O. C. T. (TRek. near IOSlh Sll'ftt, s.:Kl.000.
mVtNG PARK BClULEVARD-AdJu.lmenl o r Rllven.wOGd
ele\'alell railroad col umn $180,{)(IO.
WASIUSGTON STREE1 TraffiC:: .Ignal al Evan.ton-EIKln
Road. a::n.OOO.
d
t97th STREET-SlOrm I<",t'r between South Parle A\e.nue an
Calumel &xpr~5IIway, f2OO,OOO.
Year
to
Set
Record
for
Construction
Detours
In Effect
ORK fN progress by the Highway Department
and other agencies requirc detours as follows:
SOlTTll\\'EST f:XYRESSWA'i, t rn mr on a ll n orth_jIOuth

sUet't. I;tcl\\een linlstt'd Stn.'(>l lind Dllml'n Avenul' WAtch tor
temporary delOUN ne-ce:ultated by stee.l C!rt'CUon.
l.AKl-; S HORt: ORrVE. ll"mpOrary dl't.nur roadw.)" /lround
ro""ructl.," ,III! or Oak Street. Qulrr DT.... e-:O'U ehIC.n A\ll!nu/:"
Inten:hange.
R6Tl1 AVENt."E. M<"Carthy Road to 13 ht St.n:el, brldae repnlr. Ol'to u r over McCarthy ROAd, 80t h AV('fIue And 13111
S treet.
103110 STItEET CIl EII;r;abelh. ru n arou nd de tour to r brldRe
con.tru,Uon : no o1t'lltv.
cr.!'<"'I~AL ,\VEN UE, dOled bt' twef!n 110th S t rret and l1=>th
Str~t ror sanlt.ry D5trlct project. SPut h bound au lomob lll!li
Rt' Wl'St a ll U Oth 1(1 Park.ildl' "venu/:". t bem'''' eo" on l.1tth 10
CXotrnJ IlIId
1I1\Pl. ~sll'd th .. ",. Truclls Il!'ave central
al II)3n1 Sttllt'I, ItO elut to Clrl!'rQ to 111l h Street. then~ we1
Ie Central and ob6e"',,, Ilpl. Northbound tTatnco t ollow ~"erle
rou tH .
WrLKll: ROAO. co loRd t rom ('.entra l Road to Klr<:hotr
!loml , SAnHArv nI~lrl .. t projl"Cl. N"rlhbound dl'lour, f'M t on
nntral ROlld ~ o Kln:hort ROAd, welt on KI~hotr to Wilkie.
oi)so.>",,,
Lake Shore Drive Gnlde SeparatIo n at Oak_Stret.The

Tunnel t o Carry Traffic Northbound on MIc higan Ave.
under the drive beginl to uke .hpae. Temporary road
around Conltructlon Site run. along lake on the leftHARLEM A VENUE-Stonn Jewer hetw~n Palmlr('n Drive
Imd Evan stonGolr Road, $70,000.
PULAS KI ROAD-S t onn IItWl!r belw~n 90th P IKee anti 94th
S treet, Sl.9IS,OOO.
CRA.l'l,'J.1 A V:IlU&--Cuh'ert vtlen.lon and ,'phon at SUver
"""'~
' ....000.
IR\l'1NI;
PARK BOULEVARD-EqUellulan underplWl rut of
Des P1 l1ln 6 River 150 000.
WOU' ROAO-'Reta)nl ni walls at Well!!!"'. C'rHk. $30.000.
Medllln strips on 5ei!Uons of six major streets in
Chicago, 31.45 miles altogether, will be repaired by

the County nt an estimated cost of S494 ,000. The
s lreets are:
A'hland A\'enUe, 1rvlng Park Boulevard to Thome. AVI!nue; Un c:oln Aven ul!. FOS ler A\'enUf' to Pclttrscm Avenue: WelIlem A" eflU~ HlIh Street t o HOWArd Street; CuUage Gn:we A .... enue. 95th ",treel to South OsIClao A\'enue, LIIwl1!nee A"enll.!.
\\'tern AllenUI! t o Ashland A,'enue ; Fullerton A,'enue, Wl!.Item
Avenue ttl Grnnd AyenUl".
The sum of $50,000 was programmed for lrnffic de"ices at various locations and $10,000 for a study of
the Intersections of Devon , Lincoln and Kimbnll aves,
The Front Cover

Construction or Southwest Expressway in the Coun
ty'sscction between Halsted Street and California A,'euc has advanced 80 that work or one kind 01' another
is continuous throughout the 2,3 miles.
The project pictu red on the cover is part. of the
E'le\"ated roadway that sLarts to rise east of the south
branch and crosses the river on a bridge. The expressway continues elevated. either on structure or earth
fill . to California Avenue. In this area. as well as be
tween Callfornln Avenue and Harlem Avenuc, t he
expressway follows the line of the abandoned lllinois &
Michigan Canal.
Altogether, the County hall 24 contracts in progress
in the HalstedCanrornia sedion and in the acction between Cicero Avenue and Harlem Avenue. Total contract cost ill $4.5,166,476.
rncluded are structures. grading and paving, frontage road construction and demolition of buildings t o
clea r the right or way.
Surveyors' Plight Told

Thanks to the good work of the Cook County Clean
Streams Committe, a rodman can wade a creek without risk of vanishing in tho muck. But It waa not
alwaya thus.
The unhapPl' experience of one survey party seve ral
ye8J1l ago was related in picturesque language by the
party chief, Walter Mayer. His report was preserved
in bis personnel flle and wns f ound there when he
retired recently. It foHows :
"This morning we ran the base line for crosssectioning Addison Creek. After lunch we attempted
to take the cross sections .
"The creek consists of a slimy, oily, sti nking ftuid
about three feet in depth. It has a concrete bottom,
which is covered with 8 gummy ooze so sticky tilat
the men's boots sank in and were held in such a vise.
like grip that only after a s trenuous struggle could
they be extracted, each step required a repetition of
exertion to free a mired boot.
"Due to the depth of the bottom below the banks
it was neceuary to use a 15-foot rod. booted on top
of a four-foot pole. The men, ftoundering In the feculence of the creek, had great difficulty in manipulating
the level rod and bottling it on top of the pole, [nas-
In
Colorful Terms
much as it was no small task to maintain their equlJi

brium without stich encumbrances In the slimy sludge,
which gripped the men's limbs a nd made walking well
nigh impossible.
"The depth of the fluid in the stream, reaching aimost to the men's waista. aided by the necessary
struggle in the quagmire, resulted In splashing, which
covered the men and the equipment. Even the men
working on the banks (including the engineer) were
smeared with the slime from handling the befouled
equipment.
"After floundering in the sludge for two hours. dur'g W h'IC hon
i y t wo cross sect
iwe.e
. taken , tb e 8 t
ID
ODS
tempt was given up.
"The men were 80 befouled that they were ashamed
to ride in public conveyances and It was incumbent on
the undersigned to drive them to their homes. In spite
of the utmost care ;n covering my car upholstery with
newspapers, the incident resulted in more befoullJ'lg
and damage to my car than was incurred In the
previous 17 months of use.
"I recommend that a boat or raft be obtained In (lr.
der to complete the croea ~ecttona,"
Three Take Retirement
Bike Program Grows
J. ElA1;fiLTON. 63. whose final assignment

A LLEN
in the Highway Department was
location engi.
neer, will retire on pen-
OOK COUNTY'S bicycle safety training program

C
haJ proved so successful that 26 additional elemcntary and junior high schools are partiCipating this
8S
sion May 1.
year, it i!'l announced by Seymour Simon, president of

the County Board.
Thi'i increase. which amounts to 15 per cent, brings
the tala: of participating scbools to 200. In this school
year it IS expeeted that 26,600 pupils will be trained in
eruety principles antI tested for competency.
The vl!lue of the pn:.gram is uttested by the perlonn
ancc rccord of the young cyclists, said President Si
man, who is alISO head of the Cook County Traffic
Safety Commission. Altogether. he said. 236,139 pupils hav(' earned membership in the Bicycle Safety
Club il: the nine yea:"5 of the training project, and in
the las!. six ycars. only one club member has been fa
tally irjured when riding a bicycle.
The II aining consists of a classroom lecture on
safety Bnd traffic laws. the showing of a motion pic
ture f:lm with narration by Fahey Flynn. TV and
radio announcer; inspection of each pupil's bicycle to
deternunc: whether it is in same operating order, and
then a practical test in which the youngslers ride
through an obstac.le course that simulates traffic conditions.
The bike program t:.as as its watchword, ''The child
behind the handleb3r5 will be the man behind the
wheel," said John J. McCieveny. director of the Traffic
Safet)' Commisaio~ whjch continues its supervision of
lhe pupils as they go inlo high school and reach driving
age.
"Our lJ'alnlng program not only proteets the children riding bicycles, but it also prepares them to
drive htllomobiles safely," he said. "We have round
thAt the pupils who took the bicycle course and passed
the le!';t bccome the most rcliable drivers."
Before coming to the

Department on May 18,
1939, Hamilton, a civil
engineering graduate of
Norwich University. was
employed by the Will
County Highway Department. by the City oC
Harvey as nsaistant city
engineer, the lllinois
Dh'ision of Highways
and the federal Pubtic
Works
Administrnlion.
His residence Is at 37
A. J. Hamllto"
East 155tb Street.
John G. Brnun, office engineer in the d ivision of
road conetruction, has retired on pension aLter service

in the Department ainee November 18, 1926.
He received his education at Armour Institute and Northwestern University, Starting 8S a draftsman, he advanced to the grade (If highway engineer IV.
Cassius S. Harmon, a clerk in the Department of
Building, a subsidiary of the Highway Department, retired April 15. A plumber by trade, he camc to the
Deparl.ment as an inspcctor in 1955. He plans to
move to Cahamll, Ohio.
Department History( COnllnUed from.
p.!Lg~
S)
the OUlPOSt. He recalls that it had no heat or light

and lhnt the first fiClor was occupied hy a cbicken
merchanl. Whether to open the windows for air or
keep them closed to bar the aroma of poultry WIlS Il
constant problem.
Late tr the ycar the County Board accommodated
the Department by remodeling a room on the ninth
floor of the County Building fonnerly used by Juvenilc
Court Probation officcrs.
The first effort to remove snow from roads in the
suburban area was mnde In 1923. Compared with today's Intensive, countrywide winter operations. it WDS
only tL gesture, but nevertheless it marked a starting
point in year-around use of the automobile.
For enrly settlers and farmers up to lhe beginning
of motor travel, snow was nol too much of a problem. Horses drawing sleighs broke their way even
through moderate drifts. The first motorisl, however.
found a few inches of snow too much to cope with.
A few tried to run with chains, but most put their cars
in the gcrage, set up on blocks to save the tires, and
waited for spring.
Every now and then the Commissioners received
a reqUtfft to keep a certain road open through the win
ter, bu t the clamor did not become persuasive until
well aftO' the war. By that time. several tractor manufacturers had developed R snow plow attachment,
but for Its first plow, the Department turned to its
own IlJRchlne shop,
Frank Zelinski, wlio started with the Department

May 25, 1922, and :-etU'ed February 2, 1962. described
this humemaclc contrh'ance as a wedge of heavy timbers fHeed with sheet iron and attached to the fronl
of a trnctor. In his opinion, snow drifted heavier in
those days than now.
In contrast to the one wooden plow, the Department
today t,aa 75 pieces of cqulpment for snow plowing
and spreading salt ~d cinders. Crews move [rom the
five maintenance districts. day or night.., when snowfall amounts to two inches and stay on the job until
all roads are clear.
No Humor?
Although It has been disproven many times. one sttJl
hears lhe charge made that the British have no sense
of humor. Certainly no one could entertain that notion
aiter rcading the following glossary of road signs
with American translations. as provided by the A.A.A.:
Way Out (E.xit); Loose Clippings (Falling Rocks):
Dual Carriageway (Divided Highway); Flyover (Over.
pa..ss); Dead Slow (Danger); Verge (Shoulder); Road
Up (Under Repair).
Who would dream up such quaint signs, not to men
lion deliberately driving on the wrong side of the road.
unless they were a fun natiQl\ ?--(Ncw York lVor'd~
Telegram).

building in the suburban area picked
RESIDENTlAL
up in March, the number of permits issued by the
Cook County Depart-

HATCHER AVENUE, which starts in Ril'cr Forest
Tand,
as Thatcher Road, runs northward in Leyden
TO....'IlshiP.
bears the
ment of Building and the

estimated costa exceeding both the previous
month and March of last
year. Figures for single
dwellings in the three
name of a family prominent in the early history

of River F oresL
Onvld C. Thatcher
came to Chicago from
New York alate in 1838
and sel up a mercantile
business. Il was so suecessJul that after 16
yea rs he had, as an early
day historian put it,
"amassed a competency,"
and at the age of 44 he retired and moved to the
locality Lhat. haa become River Forest. The Chicago &
North Western railroad at first called its slation
Thatcher and for a lime the weste rn part of the settlement was known by that name.
David's son, Solomon, his grandson, Solomon Jr.,
and oti'el famiJy mer.tlbers buill the Thatcher M. E.
Church ir. 1873 and presented it to the Methodist Society. The interior was finished with hardwood cut
in ThatdH!r Grove. A Sunday school started earlier
had as leachers, Clara Thatcher a.nd Frances E. Willard, wbo was to become the founder of the W.e.T.U.
Solomon Jr. was one of a committee of three that
directed building th~ Moody Tabernaclc in Cb.i cago.
After living in Rivc.r Forest 15 years he moved north
R.nd was n founder nnd first president of lAke Bluff.
Harlem Avenue, an important north and south artc:ry, whIch forms the eastern boundary of River Forest , tOI:k its name from a suburb now extinct. Originally, iii the 1850's, Harlem included all of present day
Oak Park and the Ulst hall of River Forest. When
those suburbs were Incorporated , Harlem was pushed
south ~f the C. & N. W. t racks and eventually was
swallowed up in Park Forest.
monlhs were:
,}loll\l"
March, 1964
''-ebr-ual'Y.L-!9&4
March, lw.:.
\ '.lulOlI"n
$3,437,930
1,213,10:1
2,389$10
Northfield led the townships in residential projects

with 56 permits estimated aJtogether at $1,586,666.
Wheeling had 41 pe..mits of a total $984,871.
The total of fee pennits last month was 200 and the
total estimated costs, $4,034,928. In tbe no-fee classification wbicb includes churches, public and Carm
building!' . two pennits were issued for a total $595,224.
valuation.
Four permits were taken out for apartment buildings. Three with a total of six units and a total valuation of $112,057, will be built in Maine Township and
one of four units valued at S53,ooo in Stickney Township.
Pcnnits for other types of construction were issued
as foll ows:
Re. !llt:nUal addition. and alleraUon_tl pennll., 150.960.
AccelllOr)' bulldlnglJ-34 pennlts, $43,840.
Bu.lneu bulldlnp-No pennlt.,
BU IIIICSS adliltlonl {.nd altl'.rll tlon~ IlI!nnln, $78,698.
Tndulitllal bulldlng_l penntt. $.12.936.
TJK1U$lrial addJUonl and aLlerllUonJ.....3 permits, $76,999.
"'1'111---1 permtu, $4.000.

Indlyhlulll,wpllc Il1ltl!m.-::I lM'nnllll. $1,lWlO,
M1ICCliuncou1-8 permIt., $ta7.98lI.
By :ownshlps, tho! March fee permits were distribuWd as [oHows:

To .......IIID
l '"rmlb
1
IJ.nrr!nUUln
Breml'n
Elk (On'l\'e
lI .nO\'I'r
Leydl'n
I./on.
1I1llne
New Trler
Nortbll!!hl
Travel by Trail
Norwood Park
Orland
PIl!"Unu
til tl\C! era immediately aftel' World War 1 motorists

started trying their wings on long distance lravel
a nd in responsc to their demands,
nume rous croS8-country routes werc
N .
made up and designated as "trnils."
_
_
_
---''''=!I
Each t rail had a symbol, which
L
was painted on telephone poles
along the war. Thus, to go from Chicago to Cairo on
the Egyptian Trail , the traveler kept his ere on the
pyramids. Some other trails were Chicago-Iowa, 1.Ussissippi VaUey, Cannon Ball , Starved Rock, Southwest
and Yellowstone. Lincoln Highway, Dunes Highway,
and Adeway a lso were marked with emblems.
Booster clubs, known 88 councils, were organjzed in
cities &Jong each trail to attract tourist travel. Other
enterprising citizens in rural areas stood by with
horses to pull cars out of mudboles.
The trall idea became obsolete when the Bureau of
'ublic Roads established the nationwide system of
U. S. route numbc::-s. which WI\S proposed by the
American Association of State Highway Officials in
1925 and begun soon after.
Gi:I,'t
1'"rn.11.Io
137
47
93
liV~~
SUckn!!)'
Wheeling
Worth
!;
::I
9
I
1
2
10
:2
6.'i
2
Vllh",U<I"
15
1.0110
23.840
101."06
S,!'.OO
1,720
M,S3.'5
W8.11&1
10.790
1.678,M8
13
62,774
24 623
26i247
::IS
50
321.179
l ,103.8l1
::I
to
~~
1MI,8(l6
The two no-fee pc.l'lnlts were for a church a nd school

build ing to be erected by the Catholic Archdiocese of
Chicago in Worth Tt'WDShlp, 460.000, and enclosure
of the Reavis High School sta.dium, Stickney Township. $135,224.
License Lapse Costly

Under a new nUnois law, motorisLs arrested for
drlvinl; with an expired driver's license will face stiffer
tinea than tho nominal penal tics imposed in the past.
The new legislation providcs for finea of [rom S20 to
as much as $300 for Illinois motorists committing this
offense, IT the license baa expired more than six
monthll before the arrest, the minimum fine is 850.
Before tbe new law was enacted no minimum fin e
was provided and the courts frequently imposed nominal finel'! such tla SI or 5. Under the new enactment,
the fin e wiU be at least S20.- 1l1inoo Highway Bulletin.
Spring on Plirade In Cook County Forest Preserve.. See Page 3,
Vol. XI No. 12
MAY, 1964

Publ lahed by the Cook County ( III .) Department of Highway.
Under au_p lcea of the BOilfd of County Comml .. ro ne~
Charlu J . Grupp. Jr.

J erome Huppert
Frlllnk Bobrytzke
Ctl.rlea S. Bonk
Ch;ul u F. Chaplin
Gerilld Dolual
George W. Dunne
Will ia m N. Erlck.on
F loyd T . Fulle
Lil li .. " P let rows'ki

Ruby Ryan
Seymour Simon
Edward M. Sneed
John J . Touhy
Kenneth E. W illo n
A.ndrew V. Plummer
Publl,h,d
at
130 North
Well I
Street, Chicago
6.
Telephone 321.7714
Boob
April Accidents
0/ the Month
OR the first lime this year, traffic fatalities in the
F Cook County suburban area in April were under

the same month of 1963. The figures were 17 Jast
month and 23 in April a year ago.
In t.he preceding three months,
the death lOU in the two years was :
;\Ionth
January
~ebru.r)'
Mllrch
UII~
2S
I 'liS
12
25
13
20
l~
The ilguri!s above represent

deaths within the month of the accident. Dc!erred deaths are added to each month as
they occur. including these later deaths, the total In
the first four months of this year stands at 95, compared v.rith 64 in the same period of last year.
In the City of Chicago, the improvement ill April
was even more marked than out in the County, with
18 deaths as against 28 in April, 1963.
The Cook County Traffic Safety Commission, which
conducts wety programs in the suburban area and
maintains accidcnt records, listed the types of fatal
accidents In April.
Six of t.he dead were pedestrians, three of them
struck by automobiles and three by trucks. Among
them were two children, a girl of 5 and a boy of 7.
Six were killed in collisions between automobiles.
One such accident resulted in two deaths.
One motorist lost his life wben his car ran into the
Cal-Sag Channel. Three were killed when cars left
the road and struck wayside objects, and one when a
car was struck by a train at a grade c rossing.
Seven of the April victims were killed In accidents
in the unincorporated area, two in Justice and one each
in Als.ip, Blue Island, Brldge\'lew, Cicero, Forest View,
River Grove, Rolling Meadows. and Steger.
In addition to the 17 dead, 812 persons were injured
in 573 accidents. There were 3.301 accidents that
resulted in property damage oilly.
WOBBLE is a wistful boob of the

W WILlBUR
wellinlentioned or 50 per cent grade.
On an expressway be never forgels to U.8C tbe turn
signal when moving from one lane to another.
And never remembers to switch the signal 011'.
Drivers following Wil bur would just as soon be
scared by a 100 per cent boob.
State law defines a trailer park 8S any premise under
one ownership which accommodates two or more
lrailers. The largest three in suburban Cook County,
with occupied spaces, a re:
Sunset Park, on \Vaukegall Road north of Glenview,
509,
Oasis Mobile Park, Elmhurst Road nortb of Touhy

Avenue, 350.
Des Plaines, in the suburb, 30 .
" Halls of Mercy"

Trailer Parks in County
A dOCUmentary motion picture on the County Hospital will be shown on WGNTV, channel 9, Sunday
night, May 31, from to 9 o'clock Entitled, "HaJls of
Mercy," the film is in full eolor. Station lime for the
showing was purchased by Sears. Roebuck & Co.
There will be no interruptions for commercials,
Eighty.seven trailer parks nrc operating in Cook

Count)' outside Chicago under permits issued by the
County Zoning Department and supervision of the
County Health Department.
Wild Flowers Revive
County Forests
By Da vid H. Thompso n
Sen io r Nil tu rilli lt
Coo k Co u nty F o rel t Pre.e rv!! o r. t rlc t
arc among the main attractions

W ILDFLOWERS
of our forest preserves. From the time the first
blooms appeB.t in spring until the last ones are killed
by frost in autumn, thouSAnds of \'isitonl come to
enj oy them. The grealest abundance of native Howers
nnd the wideSl variety of kinds a re invariably found
in those nrells which had been disturbed leasl by mnn
before lhey were set aside as (orcst preserves.
Too often, other parts of ou r holdings have a previ.
ous history of plowing, draining. grazing, logging and
burning. Wildflowers were sharply reduced or almost

completely wiped out. In the woodlands, which ordinarliy yield the finest displays of early spring flowers,
some were cleared of trees and planted in Iann crops.
I n others only the best trees were cut, the rich leaf
mold and ground cover burned to promote the growth
of grass, then pastured and trampled by livestock.
Today, after ns much I1S forty years ot protection
as (orest preserves, many parts of these woodlands
have regained the.ir natural leaf mulch and understory
of shnlbs and smail trees. Cond itions again seem suitable for many kinds of wildflowers bulthey have been
slow in spreading naturally into these restored areas.
Oonlu Road Wind. T hrOllgh Nlt lve Woodllnd.
Ulghways in spring lead to settings of natural beauty

throughout Cook County. The forest presen-cs. with
their rich dispia)"s of wild Howe:-s and trees in bloom,
are clUJily reached from city or suburb on main highwnys. Or, for a Sunday outing througb a lush,
verdant countryside., follow the network of secondary
roads winding through the farm areas u they did a
hundred years ago.
Roads in the north and northv.-est part of the County
suitable (or leisurels, sigbt-seeing tours include:
W ild Flower Nursery

Beginning about ten years ago, one ot our naturalists who is a skilled gardener began to transplanl
several kinds of conspicuous and colorful flowers from
aress where they were plentiful into promising spots
that lacked them- bluebells, white trillium, dutchman's brecches, bloodroot, shooting star and wild
columbine. As this w a.s continued on a small scale for
several years it was found that a surprisini number
of these plants survived and multiplied in the new
locations.
Then he began to grow his own plants in garden
plots from seed, or from bulbs, root cuttings and other
underground parts. Almost every species WfiB a separate problem which must be solved by ingenuity and
experimentation. Very little practical information
could be found in books. Seeds of t he different kinds
must be gathered at different seasons, stored in special
ways, or perhaps refrigerated to break Lhelr dormancy
before planting. Each has its own requirements of
soil, moisture, drainage. sunlight or shade, which is
best learned by studying conditions where the fl ower
grows in the wild.
Two years ago a live-acre wildflower nursery was
started with the purpose of propagating the more
showy and interesting kinds for restocking the preserves. At present about thirty species are being
grown, with more to be added RS the project develops.
T hese arc about equally divided between spring wood
land bloomers and the sun-lovers ot prairies and open
counlry.
Moat of the woodland species being grown have
large underground stores of plant food-roots. bulbs,
tubers or oorms--wbicb allow them to push up rapidly
In spring, bloom, set seed and recbarge their stores
before the leafing trees cut off the sunlight. Others
St.bornbeclr. Camp McDo.nald Hma. Techny t..a.tldW"ebr. Lee,

Vola. Happ. Rohr5on. Shoe FiIII;tOZ]',
8&rtktt. Hea1y.
s..:hal,lrnbl,l~, se~. Bleste"r1I.dd, Batftlmrl. Oonte... SutUm, OU.
Bnnker. Brolldoaelt Ba.ld\lVln, QumUM, Da., n-aro. Mundnank,
Clttord. Bode. " ...... B1mer. I ..........n.r.
PwIIb.,..
In the Wetlt and south:

Cook-DllPII,e ROIld. P1amhld. Cftm&D ctw:r.-h. 79tb SUftt,
Brainard A'l.'nl,le. !17th St~ R.oftftU Rc.d.. 1S7t.b Sttftt. 9-l1h
A\'enue. Rldkl'lud A\'ftIlJe. Cornu-.J AY"ftJ1Ie... \-oll.~ "Roolld ,
S.uk TraJI. Flournoor- Road. Holbrook RoI.d .... I"ft:ftwood Ro-d ,
.'Uc:hl;an Oly Road, I...an5.iIIC Ro.4.. ~l'lE" ~.
The lAst piece of gra\"eUed road in the County system WAS blsck-topped last rear. AU roads are now
Pllved wilh porUand canent eonc:rete or have some
type of bituminous surface.
such as fire pink. bluc phlox and wild columbine are
grown from seed. At e"ecy opportunity these--as well
8S othe.r kinda--are rescued from areas where highways and other construction projects threaten them
with destruction.
Primeval Prairie Planned

With few exceptions the prairie species in the nUnle r)' nre grown [rom seed. These gh'e bright bands or
splashes of color in sum.mer-eardinal Hower, great
blue labella, coreopsis. purple oonenftower, blazing
slar and butter-By milkwee.k , to name a few. An exception is the picturesque Turk's cap lily, which is
propagated from scales on the root.
Of the fanner prairies in the Chicago region only a
few fragments have survived. As part of this wildflower project it is planned to restore about a dozen
areas of one or two acres each where people can get a
glimpse of the ftowem that made Dlinois the "Prairie
Slate."
First Highway Traffic Study Made

THE first decade following organization of the
INCounty
Highway Department in 1914, the method
of selecting roads for paving was largely a matter of
obser....ation. It WIl8 plain to be seen, (or instance, that
Halsted Street, Roosc\'clt Road and Milwaukee Avenue had traffic volumes to give them prionty on the
new concrete program. There were no methodical
traffic studies such us are standard today when planning highway improvements.
immediately after World War 1 paved road construclion boomed lbroughoullhc country and nowhere more
enthUSiastically than in IUiDois. The State was prepared with a 560 million bond issue. which the voters
had approved at the November, 1918. eledion for postwar construction. Cook County had about used up a
S2 million issue of 1914 and $1 million approved in
1917 and now, allhe war's end, had a fresh $5 million
to match funds granted by the State.
Motor fuel taxes, which finance road building today,
were still to come. Bonds issued by the Stille at that
time were backed with motor \'ehicle license fees,
popularly known as "lhe wbeel tax." COWlty bonds
were retired with general taxes.
In terms of money spent and expenditures contem
plated, road building in the County at the end of the
war bad come a long way from the first biennial allot
ment of $122,320 of state aid. Also, the Commissioners
had progressed in their understanding of how to apply
road moncy to the public's best adva.n tage,
[nslead of paving short seCtiOIlB here and there, with
no connection between them, the County Board bad
begun to think in tenns of an integrated system , link
ing the suburbs with one another and with the City of
Chicago. Such a program required basic information
If the large sums to bc spent were to be invested
wisely,
Qu inlan Plans Roadside Count

Tbe idea of gathering this information directly from
motorists on the road was proposed in 1924., by the
County Highway superintendent, Maj. George A.
Quinlan. Somcthlng of the sort had been done else
where, but never on t he scale he outlined.
The idea attracted nationwide attention and many
experts declared it could not be done. Nevertheless,
the County Board approved and the U. S. Bureau of
Public Roads, headed by Thomas H. MacDonaJd, ~\'e
active cooperation. Also supporting the project was
the newly organized Chicago RegionaJ Planning Com
mission of which Robert Kingery, for whom Kingery
Expressway was named, was secretary.
The survey was ca rried out successfully, with inter
viewers stationed at 1-1 key points in Chicago and
94 in the suburban area. During one week day they
counted vehicles, questioned drivers as to the origin
and destination of their trips. tallied the number of
passe.ngen and jotted dO ....'11 such secondary data as
whether a car was a "closed" body or "open", which
meant a top raised by band and hung with side curtains.
The interviewers aJso noted the make of car and one
report sheet. covering one hour's count, listed 31 cars
ot 16 different makes, Only three-BuIck, Chevrolet,
In
1924
a nd Ford-are on the road today. The otbers were

Chandler , Davie, Elgin. Essex. Hsynes, Hupmobile,
J ewett, Marmon, Nash, Packard, Rickenbacker, Wills
St. Clair, and WilIys.Knight. Fifteen were "open" and
16 "closed."
The vast amount of information was published in
1925 in 8. 96 page book Illustrated with maps, charts,
a nd photographs and containing recommendations by
Maj. Quinlan for 270 highway improvements totaling
838 miles. In the years Immediately following , more
than 95 per cent of thil program was carried out.
Burnham Sees Regional Needs

Maj. Quinlan's proposals were in line with the think
ing expressed that year by numerous civic leaders.
Da niel l:I. Burnham, the famed Chicago planner, then
president of tbe Chicago Regional Planning Commis
sion, wrote to the County Board and stressed the nood
for coordinated highway planning over a wide area.
He said, in part:
" Within 50 miles of the Loop are parta of three
states all or parts of 14 counties and over 250 cities
and "iIlages. The function of regional planning is to
help match up the public works plans of these many
governments into a comprehensive scheme tbat docs
not end at city, county and atate lines."
Mr. Burnham reported that the Chicago Commonwealth Club and a committee of the University of
Chicago bad eacb contributed $5,000 tor a basic study
of the region and said that 10,000 more was "desper'
ately needed to keep the movement aJive."
The Commissioners promptly appropriated $10,000

in a resolution that referred to the QUinlnn study as
having "showed conclusively the need for a compre
hensive plan of the future construction or highways
not only in Cook County but in the surrounding counties and slates and inside the City of ChJcago."
The resolution aJ80 noted that the Regional Plan
ning Commission had organized a hlghway commiltee
consisting of tbe district engineer of the Bureau of
Public Roads, the state highway enginccrs of Illinois,
Indiana, and Wiscons in : the Cook County superintend
ent of highways, the Chicago Plan Commission's engl.
ncer, and the streets engineer of the Chicago Depart
ment of Public Works.
Small 's Program l aunched

The year 1924 also sa ..... the voters approve Gov
ernor Len Small's statewide highway program. A
tremendous public work for t hat ern, it wus pushed
until virtually every farmstead in t he state wos served
with a conc.rete ribbon, e\'en though some were only
10 feet in width.
The Governor's first proposal was a 100 million
bond issue to be redeemed with wheel tax collections.
When he went to the 1923 session of the legislature to
get authority to submit the bonds to referendum at
the November 4, 1924, election be ran into opposition.
One member tried to cut the amount to S30 million
and another Introduc.ed a bill to divert half of the
wheel tax receipts to other uses. The Governor over
came these obrrtacles but later was bothered by politi
Findings Led to Large Building Program
Sunday T raffic Jam a. P ictured In Report of 1924 Study.
cally hostile newspapers wbo tried to persuade voters

that the bonds would result in increased realty taxes.
The Governor insisled that license fees would be
sufficient, Citing an mercas(! in collections from
$105,344 In 1911 to $7,849,693 in 1922. Be also sought
the support of the counties. In a letter received by the
Cook County Board. he said. in part:
"I have given til') hard road question long and careful study and consider it the most important project
ever submitted to the people of Illinois . . . . On the
basis of lhe mosl conse.rva.tive estimates, the principal
and interest of both bond issues (S60 million and $100
million) can be paill al maturity from the collection of
automobile license fees. and at the same time the highest type of maintenance of the roads as constructw
can be assured."
The bonds were apl,roved overwhelmingly, but the
big road program was delayed for months. The diffi
culty stemmed from disputes over route locations,
right-of-way trouble and even lawsuits in mony parts
of the state.
The Cook Counly Board lined up with the Governor.
In a resolutioJi adopted February 23, 1926, lhe Commissioners pledged to assist in c\'ery way. and urged
"all citizelllJ. regardless of political porty or fflction,
to rally to th{' cau::;e of good roads in millois."
Within a year, however, this enlhusiasm waned. 1t
appeared that Governor Small's estimate of wheel tax
colleetions was over-optimistic, and in 192; he proposed a 2-eent gas tax. The County Board and numer'
ous civic and business groups protested, mainly on the
ground that Cook County motorists would contribute
several times the amount returned for bond issue roads
in the County.
Opposition aloo arose elsewhere in the state, and it
was not until March 23, 1929, that the motor fuel tax
law got through the legislature. The tax was first
collected on July I, 1929. Since lhen M...F.T. funds
have financed roads and streets built by the State.
counties, cilies and towllships, and motorists pay at
lhe gas pumps as a matter of course.
Seek Safety At R.R. Crossings

Another Significant development of that period was
formation of the Cook Counly Safety Commission. In
his annual message for 1925. President A_ J. Cermak
reported highway fatalities running at a rate of "more
than one a day," in the County outside of Chicago,
many of them occurring at railroad grade crossings.
He rc.lated that rcpresentalh-es of 50 railroads met
with the Commissioners and that tht' idea of the safety
commission arose from that conference. A quick
result was protective devices installed at 25 crossings
by railroads acting voluntarily after consultation with
the commission.
Since then, most of the 319 grade c.rossings in the
suburban area have been given full or partial automatic protection and lhe annual death toll bas dropped
to around 200.
From 1914, when the County started to pave, unW
1925 the County's standard pavement width was 18
feet. In 1925, the Board adopted 20 feet. with 40 feet
at imporiant intersections.
Now the demand was not only for "hard roads", as
in 1914, but for wider hard roads. The County Board
sponsored formation of a Wider Highway Committee
of 27 members and with the advice of these public
officials and c.ivic leaders started to plan a $15 million
" wider higbway" bond i&aue, as will be relate4
the
next installment.
Altier to Retire
Week-End Hazards
"TQl\"Y" ALTIER. highway engineer ill,

A NTHONY
will retire July I, aIter continuous service in the
Highway Department since hI'
Memorial Day and Independence

NOTINGfallthaton both
Saturday this year, Seymour Simon,
Dny
president of Ute county board, urges motorists to

recognize the special hazards of
week-end travel in summer time.
Speaking as head of the Cook
County Traffic Safety Commission,
he said:
" People on pleasure trips of two
or three days are likely to violate
two oC the mosL important safety
rules-drivlng when drinking and
driving when exhausted. They are
a menace to everyone on the
crowded highways as well as to
themselves and their passengers.
S. Simon
"For many people, 'a few drinks'
is part of Lhe outing, and they kid
themselves that one or two docsn't affect their driving.
Nevertheless. the highway fatality records year after
year show plainly enough that death rides with the
drinking driver and the dri,'er who is too Ured to react
in an emergency."
An extra risk in the vacation nreas around Cbkago,
Simon said, is the hauling of boats on highways.
"Every summer weck-end there are a lot of boat
trailcrs on the roads;' he said. "The added load pulls
them down to speeds lower than the main flow of
traffic. Motorists must expect to come upon a boat
outfit almost anywhe re in the nearby lake regions and
be prepared to act.
"Boat oymel'!! must be careful too. They must make
surc the trailer is well hitched, lash down aU equipment carried in the boat and drive far enough behind
the ,'chicle ahead to permit cars to pass safely."
starled 8.S a drnftsman on May 19,

1930.
Following World War 1, in which
he was R mem ber of the 124tb
Field Artillery band, be attended

Lewis hlBtitute, now TIJinois Insti-
tute of Technology, and Lben was

employed for aix yean by the Chi
A.. Altier
eago by the Chicago Board of Local
Improvements.
Outside the Department, his active interest in velcrans' affairs have earned wide recognition, including
his designation as Veteran of lhe Year for 1964 by
the Poppy Day Association. He was adjutant general
for the nnnual 'Memorial Day parade 14 years until
this yenr, when be was made parade chief of staff.
He has been chairman of the Illinois American parade

committee 35 years and also tlrrangcd the parades at
lhe two national Legion con\'enllona in Chicago,
He is past commender of Edgar A. Lawrence post
of the I..egion, whose members are employes of the
Highway Department, and also a PRllt commander of
the first district of the Dllnois department of the
Legion.
In retirement he will continue to live with his wife,
Elvira, nt 719 North Drury Lane, Arlington Heights,
close to their daugher and her husband, Mr. and Ml"B.
Donald Brennan, and his two grandchildren, Timmy,
3, and Sally, 1 year old.
- - -
Paul E. Frank
Paul E. Frank, 70, who started with the Highway
Department February 19, 1917, as a draftsman, died
May 11. His final assignment, as a highway engineer
m, was in the materials laboratory.
He received his engineering education at Armour
Technical Institute. 1n the two years before coming
to the Department he was in private employment as an
engineer. In April, 1946, he was lmnsferred from the
Highway Department to the County Del)''l.rtment of
Building and Zoning, remaining t here until returning
to the Highway payroll last April.
I-55 Half Completed

When Southwest Expreaswar is completed in October, more than half of the approximately 950 miles of
interstate 55 between Chicago and New Orleans wiII
be up to interstate standards 01' design and construction.
In Illinois, 155 follows lhe reute of U. S. 66 from
Chicago to East St. Louis by way of J oliet, Pontiac,
Bloomington, Lincoln, Springfield, and Litchfield, a
distAnce of about 300 miles. Work now in progress, as
reported by the D1inois Division of HJghways, includes
a new bypass at Bloomington and 0. bridge over the
Mississippi in addiUon to Southwest Expressway.
Some sections of U. S. 66 between Chicago and East
St. Louis have been brought up to full interstate
standards and the remaining sections will achieve that
status by 1972, when the interstate program is schedt1h~d (or completion.
Carmen Scaradine
Cannen Scamdine. 53, f1 drartsman in the Highway
Department since J uly 17, ]957, died on May 15. He
played professional football with the Chicago Cardinals
in 1932 Rnd later played on scmi-pro teams. Before
entering County employment he was a draftsman for
Buda Motors, the Pullman Standard Car Co. and the
Whiting Corporation. Be ill survived by his widow,
Evelyn: two aons, Carmen, Jr. and Eugene: two grandchildren, three brothers and four sisters.
- -State Issues Warnings

rlJinois SUIte Police have begun to issue warning
tlc.kets for minor violations. Drivers are asked to sign.
Refusal to sign is taken as rejection of the warning,
and offlcent are then under Instruction to issue a violation ticket. Warning tickets require no action on
the drive.r's pan. They are filed in the Secretary of
Slale's office 01) information bli!aring on the operator's
driving habits.
James Mateika
James Matejka, 75, employed by the Highway Department aa a drafta.man from February 1, 1927, until
ht.a retirement on penmon June 30, 1960, died May 21.
He wall born in CzeChoslovakia and received his education there,
HE road marked
Trail runs from Lake Street
T
Its story begins in Cook County.
Army
in Addison through DuPage nnd Kane Counties, but
UILDlNG CODstnlction estimated

cost $5,607,338
B
authorized in April by
Cook
De
parlmenL o[ Building which has jurisdiction in the
In 1832 Black Hawk

and his warriors were
unincorporatcd area,
The 221 fee pennits
included 106 for Single
dwellings of $2,565,162
total valuation and 12
for duplex apartment
bu.ildlnga, W h eel i n g
Township had ~2 of the residential pcnnits and led
the townships in total valuation, $1,409,512. The
uplU'lments are to be built in Maine Township,
to
W3jJ
giving the militia and

volunteer troops such a
rough Ume that President
Andrew Jackson,
an old
Indian fighter
himsclf. ordered Genera]

Winfield Scott to feteb
a detachment of regulars Crom Fortress MOD-
un the trip across the

lakes r rom Buffalo,
Scott's expedition was struck with Asiatic cholera,
then sweeping the country. Some died on the ships.
Almost a hundred others died after reaclting Fort
Dearborn, late in June, and were buried in the lake
shore sand. Olhers, in fright, deserted after landing.
As soon 8S they were fil to travel, Scott moved the
survivors to the present site of Riverside and set up
camp on the bank of the Des Plaines. Then be departed with a smnll escort to catch up with Black
Hawk In southern Wisconsin.
S242,074.
III addition to the residential nnd apartment projeeta, fee pcnnlta for other types of building were
issued
Il.8
foUowa:
RI!.Jdl!O tlal addlUolUl and altuallon.-31 pennia, $149,335.

Arc@lll(u')' bulldlnK~l penni!.&, 193.7&&.
HUlOlnl!U bu\ldlncs---or. permili. $]78,HO,

Dulin!!.. addltl(lO. and .ltI!MlU~ permit., .$38,9iIO,
lnduatrllli Dulldln~1 permit, $40,000,
JndullriQI addition. nnd allerallonJI--4 permllll, $l,398,914,
Wella---6 ~rmILJ. $20,000,
Milcelianeoul 13 pl.'rmtlJl, ,$3IH.278.
The troops, with a train of 50 wagolls, moved out on

A Ugtlsl 1. They went north along the Des Plaines to
present-day Maywood and then turned northwest on
a line close to Lake Street as far as Addison. From
there on, t he route followed an ancient Indian trail
from Chicago to Beloit, Wisconsin .
As the heavy, broad-tired baggage wagons roUed
over the prairie they made II. road sa good as any of
that time. A year late r, when peace with the Indians
altracted a swann of settlers, people passing that way
reported finding "a well-traveled road."
Near Addison they saw II. soldier's grave at the
roadside. At Salt Creek tent poles left by Scott's
troops were still standing.
About all the soldiers contributed to the locality
they had come to save was the road, for on August S,
when they were resting in camp Ilcar BelOit, word
came that Black Hswk had been vanquished at the
ballie of Bad Axc.
The fee pennits were distributed by townships as

{allows:
T .....n~hlp
Bloom
Bremen
,,:Ik Gro\'e
Hano\,i.'r
Umont
Leyden
Lyon.
Maine
NC\v Trior
Nnrthneld
Norwood PArk
Orland
PIIIIIUne
PalOl
Rich
SchQumburg
Stickney
Thornton
Wh~lInl
Worth
Pennlb
7
2
7
,,
,
,.,
",,
",
'"
..
2'
, '. h.lltlun
76,631
2'..,56
"02,013
148.420
"om
'.""
1,009,762
M3,9~
".237
126,700
20,402
.."'....."
428.8.'>S
...an
,..=
126.7~
29.337
1.409.S"l2
'''M<
In addition to the two school additions, no-fee permits were issued for a bam in Lemont Townsh ip.
12,936; for changes to public sewers in Northfield,
Stickney. and Elk Grove Townships, no valuation. 8noj
for 8 building wrecking in Leyden.
Detours in Effect
ORK In progress by tbe Highway Department
and other agencies require dctours 8a follows:
SOUTIIWEST EXPR":SSWAY, tramc on

all n orlh-Joulh I l retIA belween lIallted
St~l and
DQmen A\'enue watch tor
tem parQry detourl nocelillatetl by Itel!-J
cr(.'<:Uon,
CAKE SIIOHE DRI VE. te m ponlry deLOur rOlld ..... ay around COllJllruction lite or
Oak Street. outer Drh'e-:..Iichigan A\'enue
InU!n:hllnle.
86TH AVENUE. McCar1h)' Road t o 13111 Street. brldj:e ~.
pA1r. Dc:!tour o\'er McCarthy Road, 80th A\'enue and lSllt
'"""L
l03RD STREET at Elizabeth, run around detou r
conllru cllon; no dela)'.
County
In the no.fec claSSification, which includes churches,

public nnd fann bUildings, pennits were ls8ued to
District 140, Orland Township, for additions to the
Fernway and Kirby Schools, estimated at a total
roe, Virginia, and take

charge of the campaign.
the
10 well on 11 0lh 10 I"arkslde Avenul!, thl!n~ eut on lllth to

('ent ral an!1 oDlI!r... e Ilgra po5ted lhf're. Trucks 1l\'lO Central
lit 103n! Strl!f'i. trO lO!lIt to CI~ro to Ulth Stl'1't't, lhen~ welt
to Central ana obS('r.e Ilenl-. Xorthbound lrame rollow re\'lOnllO
route,
W1LKU: ROAD, rlnlf'd from CenU'al ROQd to KJrcllott
Road. Sanitary DI5tt1ct JrIIJect. Northbound detour, ea.l on
Cenlra\ ROQd 10 Kln:hott Road. welt o n Klreho tt to Wilkie.
rQr bridge
CEr-."TRAL AVENUE. t'losed betwel!-n 110th S~t and 115lh

tor Sanitary District proJect. SOuthbound automobiles
Str~t
Construction Move. at Brisk Rilte on Southwut E:ocpre .. N_Y .
Vol. XII No. 1
See Page 2.
JUN E, 1964

P u bllihed by th e Cook County (III.) Depart ment of Highway.
Under I U' plce. of th e BOlrd of Co unty Comm l..loner.
SE Y MOUR SI M ON, Presi dent
Frank Sobryuke
Charl es S. B onk
Ch ari" J . Gr upp. Jr.

Jerome Huppert
L Illi .. " Plctrowlkl
C ha rles F. Chaplin
Ge rald Dolezal
George W. Dun ne
William N. E rlckao n
F loyd T . Fulle
Ruby Rya n
Seymour Simon
E dward M. Snee d
J ohn J . Touh y
Ke n neth E. Wilion
Andrew V . P l u mmer
Pu bHlhcd
.t
lB O North
W eH.
S t reet ,
Chlca \il o
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Telepho ne 321 .71 14
Boob of the Month

Y truffle fatalities in the County outside
HIGHWA
Chicago rose in May to the highest monthly toll
of the year.
The death total-32- compared with

17 in April and 20 In May of last
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yCl'lr.
In the fi l'sl five months of the

yea r, 130 deaths have occurred in
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the suburban area, an increase of

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49 ()ver the same months of 1963.
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The 28 deaths in Chicago in May
40tJ.lll1'.
were 10 Ilbov'! the April figure but
two under May of 188t year.
Twenty-one victima in the City last month were pedestrians.
Twelve deaths out in the County resulted {rom
vehicles leaving the roadway out of control. I n one
aueh accident, which caused two deaths. a car went
through a bridge railing and into a river. rn 10 inst8Jlces, ears off the pavement struck posta, trees,
bridge abutments or other wayside objects.
Nine persons were killed in collisions between can;.
one of them s threecar accident. and two in a n autotruck oolllsion.
Seven of the dead were pedestrians. One was Ii
lO-year old boy struck by a car when riding his bicycle
and one was a motorcycle rider hit by 8 enr.
In addition to the dead. 1,109 persons were Injured
in 718 accidents. There wcre also 3.320 accidents that
caused property damAgc only.
Twelve fatalities occurred on highways in the unincorporated area. two each In Be"""'yn. Blue Island,
Evanston, and River Grove a nd one each in Cicero,
Des Plaines. Elk Grove. Frllnklin Pa rk. Hodgkins,
Northlake. Oak Park . Olympia Fields. Palos Hills.
Richton Park. South Holland. and Wilmette.
,~
"-, . I
D OLEFUL
class.
DILLY is 8 boob of the concomitant
He never violates traffic law or safety principle.

And he always expecUJ every other driver to be as
rightoous_
So when the driver ahead. behind or alongside cuts
8 caper, Dilly 18 defenseless.
ment of 30,000 tons of structurflJ steel.
The picture shows steel in plnce, pavement reinforcement a nd the beginning of paving. Pillara on the
right will carry 8 ramp leading from the Darnen Avenue over pass Into eastbound expressway lanes.
The expressway job calls for reconstruction of the
Damen Avenue bridge, which was built originally to
carry Damen over railroad tracks. Expressway lanes
will PIUIB under the structure, which necessitates reo
location of piers. The Damen Avenue roadway also
will be widened.
Five contracton; are at work on the elevated aec lion,
which cxtends approximately 1.75 miles. from eaat of
Ashland Avenue, over the South Branch of the River
on a bridge, and on to CaJiforllla Avenue. Booms
rising in the background mark construction in progress
throughout the section.
The Front Cover

The view, eastward from Damen Avenue refteets the
large volume of work under way by the Counly 0 11
Southwest Expressway.
From east of Ashland Avenue. the expressway rises
on an elevated structure that continues to California
A venue. All of the construcLion is on concrete pllian;.
except 8 ahort amount of earth fill . and requires place-
Busy Days For County Civil Defense

Defense in Cook County will be stepped up at
C[VlL
the beginning of the federal fiscal year. July 1.
in response to a request by the Depilrlmcnt of Defense

to slock more sheJter spaces with 8urvivnl supplies.
In the subu rban area, which is under the County Civil
Defense organization, the direclive is for 250,000 addItional person-units. Chicago, which hilS a separate
CD administration. is to sLock an additional 600.000.
County Director Polrick M. O'Block and his staff
nlready have other projects in progress. A survey of
the 43 fire protection districla aimed to provide full
coverage in the unincorporntcd area has been com
pleted and a study of ambulance service in the area Is
under way. At the same time, O'Block is endeavoring
to complete the accreditation of all local C-O units In
conformance with requirements of the Illinois Civil
Defense plan.
The new order from Washington, O'Block said,
means that the County must accelerate the sheller
stocking program started six months ago. The supplies are on hand, in the 39th Street Army Quartermaster depot, and can be distributed as rapidly as
local directors submit their requisitions.
"We have been moving suppEes to a few shelter
areas every week since we starled distribution last
November, and now have about 8 per cent of the
shelters stocked," the director said.
''The Department of Defense is asking llB to plsce
survival supplies and radiologicnJ instruments sufficient for 250,000 penons in the ncxt12 monlhs, which
calls for a great increase in the rate of distribution.
"The first. step must be tnken by directors of the
local suburban CD units. It is required that lhey
requisition the quantities of supplies needed. arrange
to remove them from the depot and prepare a aafe
storage plnce. The central office will be as helpful as
possible in every way."
Shelter supplies include food in the form of a biscuit
produced for the special purpose; containers for drinking wnter. snnitation kits, medical kits, and radiological inslrnments--Geiger counters, survey meten
and dOllimeters, with which to detennine when the air
outside a shelter is free of harmfuJ contamination.
The County conducts a program of training instruc_
tot'S, who in turn will teach citizens in each locality
to use the instruments.
p;atrick M. O' Bloek
equipment and provide a station house. The firemen

arc volunteers.
Although the 43 districts take in moat of the unincorporated territory. some residents close to suburbs
make arrangements with Lhe village fire departments,
paying into a fund to cover the cost of running the
engines outside the corporate limits. There are. however. some few localities with no protective setup.
'~here have been instances of di.!tricl and suburban
fire departments answering calls from unorganized
areas, and there also haa been 1088 of life because a
department did not respond," O'Block sa.id... It is
tragic to see people die without help, but it is not
quite fair to expect a department to make a run that
leaves its own people without protection."
In his report to President Si:non. O'Block recommended:
That boundaries of the existing districts be redrawn
to adjust to shifts in population and to ellminate overlapping.
That the County Commissioner of BuiJdin,s be
authorized to reject applications for building permits
that fail to show a fire protection agreement covering
the planned construction or that such an agreement
is reflected in insurance policies, A legal question is
involved in this proposal and an ollinion will be sought
oC the slate's attorney.
As they no"' exist. the fire districts alford a large
measure of efl'eeli\ce protection. O'Block said and v.>i.th
some adjuslments the shield can be extended to spots
now unprotected.
Fire districts, like the incorporated suburbs. have
local Civil Defense organizatiOns and O'Block thereby
was familiar with their lerritories and operations.
Since emergency rescue work also falls within the
CO scope. he was asked by President Simon to study
ambulance service in the unincorporated area. That
survey. jUBt getting under way. fa aimed to detennine
the number of ambulances and to endeavor to draw
up a prognun assuring ali residents of adequate
ambulance and inhalator service at all times.
There fiN! more than enough public shelter locations

to accommodate the suburban srea population. The
survey made by the Anny Engineer corps found 4,789
suitable buildings, induding school houses, postoffices
and other public buildings. They nfl'ord space for
8.021,781 persons. Thus far, 3,351 of them have been
given CD licenses and 2.431 have been marked with
the familiar C-O shelter sign.
The fire district survey was undHtaken at the direclion of President Seymour Simon of the County Board
out of the concern for the few residentia1 areas outside the boundaries of fire districts and incorporated
suburbs.
Fire protection districts, authorized by state Jaw,
may be created by residents of a locality by defining
the district limits and levying a special tax. They buy
$15 Million "Wide" Road Bonds
1926
NEWlIardideasroad
in highway design 8S well as increased

mileage were included in ambitious
plnns laid in 1926, the twelfth l'enr of the County
Highway Department's existence.

Public demand for through ro ulea of travel, as reHccled in the Department's monumental traflic study
of .19241925. had won the ear of the County Boa.rd.
and the commissi oners respondeJ by pushing r oad
building to Ute best of the Count~" 8 financial capacity

and a lso by trying to solve congestion problems on
newly ps,'ed main highways.
Noting "Lhe constantly increasing auto traffic," one
Board resolution asked the sheriff to lend a hand in
diverting vehicles moving at lcss than 20 m.p.h. from
main routes on Saturdays and Sundays.
And a spe-
Pilrt of the Dulg n Divl,lo n In 19211, When the

Highway Deputment WiI' Quartered on the NInth
Floor of the Count)' Bulldinll. On the Viewer'. left
From the Reilr_T , Quinn, W . J . Mo rtimer, Who Be.
Cilme Hll1hway Superintendent 26 Veil" Later; R.
Sedlacek, F . FrilllZ, and Frank Jendrlck: T he Fou r
Rearmo't on the Right S ide lett to R il1ht.Neal Glu n.
toU J . 8 . H oward. C. Ande rlO n, and V. Parl,e; the
Nelllt Two_R. Schultz and J. Mc:L;IIughlln ; the T hree
In Front. D. Campbe ll, F. F iru te ln and M. Homan_
FI';IIIl, H oward and Parise Are Still 'n the Department. Campbell Who Beeame Ch ief Enng lneer :
Schultz, ilnd Firntcin H;IIve Died. The Othe". Elllcepl
Homan ,nd Mc: l ;llughtin Wh o left the Department
In the '30', Have Retired on Pentlon.
cial conunittee was fonned to go to the Motor Truckers

AS80cinlion and ask that its members either hit it upover 20- 01' get off onto side roads.
Another effort to eope with the "Su nday driver," a
cartoon character of the time, was directed to the
subu rbs, Village offi cials wert" Rs ked to detail SOme of
their police officers to belp with snarls t hat formed at
principal Intersections as SundRy motor outings became more a nd more popular.
It soon became apparent,. however, that the only
effective way to accommodate the fMt growing volume
of motor traffic was by means of an accelerated, large
seale construction program. Thinking along this line
brought the commissioners early in 1926 to the decision to submit a $15 million, 4 per cent bond proposal
at tile November 2 election.
Although 15 million appeartl modest in the light of
modern expressway costs, it W8S a sizeable sum in
that dal'. particularly since there was no molor fuel
tax money available and lhe only means of servicing
the bonds was a direct levy against all taxable property in the Coun ty.
'everlheless. the Board was
confident the propoaal would win a pprovaL
Five thousand copies of the traffic study report had
been distributed a nd the recommendations of Maj.
George A, Quinlan , Count). highway superintendent,
a nd hiB collaborator , Thomas H. MacDonald , chief of
the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads, for B3S miles of
Improved highways had aroused much favorable interesl The proposal was a.lso ma de n ttmctive by being
ti tled " Wider " highway bonds.
ory is preserved in Kingery Expr~sswa.y. Ot.her mem

bers were County, City and State officers concerned
with highways a nd automobUe editors of t he six Loop
dailies.
Wider highways became Lhe practice in Cook County
before the bond ejection, the Board having decided to
raise 8tandard pa\'ement width from 1 to 20 feet.
While 18 feet mlght do in the rest of the Slate. heavier
traffic loads in the County called for wider and tbicker
pavement, the commissioners belie\'ed.
By this time. the design of concrete pa vement had
changed {rom the simple s.lab laid on graded earth,
as in 1914, to a reinforced job with crushed stone base.
The cross section of the new 2O-Coot slab was increased
to 7 inches at center and 9 inchea at IIhouldera from
the 6 (lnd inch thicknesses specified for l S-foot pave-menL
Superhighway Idea Born

However, the acnse of "wider" as applied to the
bond propoaal and the citizens' committee, was Dot
merely an increase from 18 to 20 feel Indeed, the
line of thinking in both the County Boord and the
eommittee began to approach the expressway conception. Proposals that soon were to be realized were
put torv.'ard for four-lane "superhighways" and a lso
for grade separations at important intersections.
Two Bpedfic suggestions wt're 3ignificnnt in view of
deveJopmenls in later years. One was Lhe im provement of Avondale Avenue. which exprel!.8ed the need
of 8 direct route into the Loop from the northwest
part of Cbicago, a need now served by l(ennedy Expressway. The other idea was 8 four-lane highway
from Milwaukee to Michigan City, Indiana. to be called
the "Th ree-State Boulevard." Wh ile this project was
not completed aJl the way, it did enter into early
expressway planning a nd in part the Tn-State Tollway
Citizens Consulted
In \'iew of the public's share In the big project, both
the source of money and as beneficiary of the roads
to be built, the Board sought cooperation by forming
a citizens' advisory committee, It was designated the
Wide r Highway Committee, and at times WHS also
spoken of as the committee on "emergency" construction.
Among Lhe original 27 committee members and a.
dozen or 80 a dded from time to t im e were such wellknown civic leaders as Daniel R Burnham , famed
Chicago planner ; Elmer Stevens, Chicago Association
of Commerce: Charles M. Hays, president, Chicago
Motor Club; William G. Edens. president, llIinois Highway Improvement Association, fo r whom Edens Expre.sway was named, and Robert Kingery, secretary.
Chicago Regional Planning A98Oeiation, whose mem8.8
A High Point
County Highway History
William J. Mortimer-
the 30 engineers and draftsmen hired by

A MONG
the County Highway Department in 1928 to han-
dle the increased work load of the 15 million road

hond program was William J . Mortimer, who in 1952
became Buperintendent of Highways, the second to fill
that fIOst.
It is noteworthy that in its first half century of
existence, the milestone reached this year, the Department has had only three superintendents. Maj. George
A. Quinlan served (rom organizntion of the Depart
ment, in 1914 , until December, 1952, when he retired.
Mr. Mortimer succeeded bim and served until be re-
follows ita general line of location.

The $15 miilion bonds won easily at the election.
Superintendent Quinlan was ready to move. Two
weeks alter the election he wrote to President A . J .
Ccnnak that the bond program should be started at
once and completed within three yeal"8.
"Tbe County Highway Department is called upon
immediately to prepare plans and specifications for
approximately three times lhe amount of work normoUy performed." the superintendent said. " I therefore earnestly request ot you thal authority be given
for the employment of 20 additional drnftsmen and
10 additional engineers."
The Board promptly granted the request and also
recognized the Department's need ror more working
space than was afforded in the remodeled JuvC!.nile
court officers' room on the ninth floor of the County
Building. New quarters were found in the City Hall
Square Building, across Clark St.reet (rom the County
huilding.
This was. the first of several mO\'(~8 made by the
Department. After three yeaN in the City Hall
signed July I, 1963. Andrew V. Plummer, who had

been a8siBtanl to the superintendent, wns then appointed by the County Board.
Mr. Mortimer, now a hig hway consultant. recalls
that he entered the Department In a period of rising
public interest in highways.
,cIl seem that everybody was excited about paved
roads," he said. " People generaJly were prosperous
and they were buying automobiles in such numbers
that traffic snarls, particularly o n week-enda, were
becoming a problem.
"The countywide traffic study made by Maj. Quinlan
showed public demand for mRny more miles or can
crete and also indicated that the time had come to
consider (our-lane arteries and eve!'! grade separations
at some important intersections. Actunlly, the thinking at thnl time about multilane roadways and grade
scparations led directly to the planning of exprcssways
a decade later.
" In the 1920's there "'lUi wide demand for 'fann-tomarket' roads. There were then many more farms in
the suburban area than now, and roads to move the
crops were economically important to the whole area.
There was scarcely a day when the County Board did
not receive requesls from townships or farmer associations (or roads to link rural neighborhoods with
the countywide highway system.
"People seemed to be more eager ror roads than
they are today. Now everybody wants expressways
to ride on, but a lot of them don't want them dose by.
"1n many instances in the '20's farm owners gave
the County land needed for the wider rights-of.way.
The only compensation asked was for moving fences
and for crop damage."
Early in his employment in the Department, young
Mr. Mortimer worked on the design of the County's
first grade separation, at Milwaukee Avenue IlIld
Dempster Street. Still in use. this narrow tunnel-like
undcrpass may appear primitive, but it W88 a wonder
in ita day.
Square building. the engineers and drnHsmen shifted

to 221 North La Salle Street. ~hellce to 188 West
Randolph, from there to 160 North La Salle Street
and then, in 1949, to present quarters at 130 North
Wells lrcet.
The growing importance of the Highway Departm ent was evidenced in the 1927 County budget with
an appropriation of $999,092. This lIum included the
payroll of $666,592. for 252 regular employees, $250.000 for hire of teams. trucks and day labor 811 needed,
$65.000 (or transportation and automobile maintenance and lesser amounts for other anticipated ex
l}Cnses.
Early In the year 1927 the County Board began
consideration of the "200-foot higilwny," as It came to
be known. The term meant a 40root, lourlane pave.
mcnt with shouldcrs in a right-of-way 200 feet in
width.
Proposals (or two routes of this type came to tbe
Board before the $15 million bond program was drawn
up. DuPage County had selected North A,'cnue and
22nd treet as 2OO[oot bighwaYB and requested Cook
(ClImtlnued on pa,e 8)
Harold A. Pollock
Here Flowed the Canal
AROLO A POLLOCK. engineer of road design,
H an employe of the County Highway Department

42 yen.ra, died May 29 alter an Ulneaa of (our week .
He ct\mc to the ~partmenl in 1922. wben he WIUI
21 and the Department wu In ita eighth year of exIstence. The hundred or 110 employes wen! then enpgt'd in the concrete road building boom that followed World War I, and Polloek began a caret!r thBt
advaneed through varlOWI phaJIH of highway work
to Lhf' designing of modern expruswaya.
Hls fI. ...l aulgnment wu to brid~e construction.. 10
that period. nutny old bridges hod to be strengthened
Of replaced nnd many new onetl built to carry the new
concrete pnvemc:>.nta. He allO served lUI district maintenallce engineer at the Dca Phdnea and LaGrange
hendquflrtcra, nnd then woa brought Into the centroJ
ofllcc nnd nKHlgned lo road design.
t ic worked on expreARwny planning beIore World

Wllr t:I and artcr the WAr was made engineer of road
dealgn Iwd thus was reaponalble for the design of all
County aec:tiOflll of expressway.. He continued in this
poat. with the rating highway ~tPnee.r VI, until hia
death.
Mr. Pollock with hlB wife, Belen. lIved at 705 Eul
North Street, lta.sea. He. fa survived also by his
mother.
Wh"l 80uthwelt E xpre .. w.~ cro ..e, tr.ekl of

the Pcnn'ylunl "d B. a. O. C. T ., Jun Wett of
W"I.m AVlnu" an .nell"t bridge rcr'lull", to mark
the old 11111'101. III Mlehlgan Ca"al. When the tfllekl
we,. 1.Id thl c.nal, .llhough abollndoned I I waleI'.
WI~
contained WolIler. From thl. paint 10 be~ond
Harl.m A .... nue. the .:cprenway follow. the e.n.l
IInll and be~OI'd Cicero 1'1111.11111'1 the filled.ln unolll Md .
Highway History(OOnllnH(! fmm 1Wl. . 3)
County to undertake the same improvements acl"OA

the County line. Although immediate construction
WIlS not contemplated, the Board complied and ordered
200-foot rights-of-way shown on Count)' mapll.
In lht" meantime, the Wider Highway Committee
had been bu.y lind in September submitted a program
entitled "Emergency Construction" listing 532 . miles
of Improvementa eatlmated to OOSt 32.090.000.
The County'. contribution ""u estimated at 521 ,19.500. Including $538.000 o( FOl"Ht Preserves funds
for roads running alongside Lhe forests. Participation
of munlclpnlltl"a. Including Chicago. for streets inside
their limit. wos put at 6.535.000. The State/s share,
ror work 011 Stnte bond lsaue roods included In the
progrnm, was 3,735,500.
In ftMlt IIlnce on the list of suggestions wsa a grnde
separation. the location to be ~Iected by the County.
Tbe Board already had such II project in mind ror
Milwaukee Avenue and Dempster Street.
In IlddJUon to the grade separalion auggeaUon, eetimated to oo.t $200.000. lhe commitlee lisled &even
tYJ)N of lmprovementaln the (allowing priority:
Herbert C. Taylor
Herbert C. Taylor, aged 78, a retired Cook CounLY
HJghWllY engineer, died in hlB home at 1036 N. Dearborn It.areet, on May 17. Mr. Taylor went to \\'Ork
for the Department In 1924 .fter graduating from
the Unlven.lty of Wlac:on.ln u a civil enginee.r.
1'tI.ylor. a bachelor, retired in 19~1 on the advice of
physicians.
Adolph Charles Triner

Adolph Charles Triner, 63. who retired last year
after 39 yean in the Hlghw"y Department, died June
IS. He wu In the maintenance dlviaion all of his
Rrvlce tartlng April 28, 1924, as a patrolman. His
last aulgnment was u a road equipment operator.
He Is survived by his widow, Ella. His bome was at
1311t lreet and Mannhelm Road, Palos Park.
Exlfllnlr .... 'f1Mnl to be _Wened to -40 teet trOW' lanuJ

74 .. mil", tflUna~ .II D.13O.11OI'
110_ 4O-Iuo& pa'~nl. .s.s mil"" ~83Q,oon

"-'idenln, of A..... IMln road Inll!rwt'UOM. aOO.llOO
N_ loot ,*umenl OUilldl! ("h1C'alO. !9 prOJeC'.... 249~
mil .... '12.47:l.0IX'i.
. huuldt!r alid brktr. wldt'l!.lnlr. :u~ mil .... .tn'2.!IOO
I'a,'ernrnl wldl!nln. nl!Cl!Qltall!d b)' thfl .lbO\"(' 'Item. !:Il~
mll .... 1t,1IfYJ.$OO.
N('w_pa,ement. In Ctl)' of aUl:. .o, 71 .. ro~ :iT miles
17 !l!tO.OOfJ
i:Xllllnl pavflmenta 10 be wlll('ned U) 40 r~t Includl!ll HC'UOIU
From Here And There

In a alx-year study on the New Jersey turnplke, it
wu found that 65.5 per cent of all fatal acddenta
retlulted from C81"1 running Into the rear of slower
moving trucb.
Annual production of tirea for passenger ClU"B exceeds 100 mUlion- Hlghway TraffIc.
Ac:eordlng to the Wan Street Journal, Britain now
haw the world's denaeat lraffic-34 vehicles per mile of
road, ",ain,t 27 in Weat Germany and 21 in the U. S.
of Unroln A\tnutl. Waukelan Road. MII.auk!!!! Avtnutl ROOIe\'ell Road, Oed.., A\enUfl. WHlft'n A"t!lue. Hal.led' Su.et.
P.!"',P'ltet' Stref't, Touhy A,enue. ~orthwut H1Rbwa), lrvln,
rar
lJf)ul(lvard, On pra1nn River Road. and 95th street..
Six routes
w t.J'fl
Ilated for new 40-foot pavement:
Welt Railroad A"enue, \an.tnn and nonhward 1 mllel'

Rkakll' Vall.)' Road. J1 mIlHi..De\on A'enu. 1.2 mil" ' Harlem
A\l'nu 11 8' mllu; JOIlt'1 ""d. 1.8 mlln, and sOulhweil
lII.h ' .... )'. 11)
mile.

ENNY ROAD, in Barrington Township, and
P
Meachtun Road, In Schaumburg and Palatine, appear to have been named for two elLterpriaing business
UD..OING construction estimated to cost $5,929,029

B
was permitted in
by the County Department
of Building and Zoning, which has jurisdiction
the
May
in
The total of pennits
was 284, of which 227
were fee permits for a
total valualion of $4,673,452, and seven, for
a Lotal of $1,255,577
were in t he no,fee classification, which includes
churches, schools, and other public building and farm
buildings.
Nine pc.rmi18 were issued for apartment buUdings.
One was for a group of four buildings containing a
total of 94 units and estimated to cost $959,072 to be
built in Elk Grove Township. Eight were for duplex
buildillgS estimsted at $301,456 in Maine Township,
Eighty of Lhe fee pcnnilB were for single dwellings
estimated altogether at $1,987,BOt. For other types
of conslructlon, fee pennits were issued as follows:
men in the settlement

that became Park Ridge.
George W. Penny arriv<!d there in 1853. look-
ing for clay suitable for

mllkmg brick. The fol-
lowing year he fonned a

partr.ership \\ith Robert
W . Meacham and they
set up a yard that produced 5 million brick a

year, all mnde by hand.
Penny built the first
brick house in the place
nnd Penny & M eacham
put up Ute first brick store building.
they sold the brick yard and atarted
Around 1865
8
lumber yard,
planing mill and sash and door factory.
When the setuers got around to selecting a name for

the growing community. the first suggestion was
PennyvUle. Mr. Penny, however, modestly opposed
Rl'tlldenUal auditiOns- and ILlteraUon~ permit., '167,94.1.

Acct'.llOr)' bulldll1R'-OO permlls, $1.17,664.
BLlIlneu bulldlngl-2 pennlUl 541,420.
aUllne.. addltlona and aJterahonJ.....3 permlll, $30,8&1..
Indullrial bulldloRl-2 .permlUl, f518,144.
Well~ permtt. ".loti
Ml scellaneau;::.:..:26 permits,
the idea and the name BricktoR was chosen.

When the postoffice Wl'lfl es l ablished
Meacham was RI)pointed postmaster.
Detours
In
In
""2,079.
1856,
By to ..... nships, fee permits were diJJtributed

lows:
1'lIwlu'hll'
Blu'rlnilton
Effect
Bloom
in progress by the Highway Department

W ORI{
and other agencies require detours
foUows:
Bremen
I':lkGrove
IIa nO\'l'r
U>mOnl
Leyden
Lyuns
Maine
Ne .... TMef'
Northneld
Norwood Park
Orland
Pallitine
Pnlos
l'lfI
SOUTHWEST EXPRESSWAY, tram.:: on
nJl north.loul h tl~U between Hallied
and Ollm!"n AvenUe watch tor

tl"lIlPOr.ry ddoul"f MCeul taled by tteel
SI..rec!I
/!~Uon.
LAKE SIIORE DIUV, tempOrary delour roadway around co nstruction tite 01

Oak Strftt, Outer Drh-eJ!,lldUlan ,h'enue
mlen:hanle.
86TH AVf,;NUE, McCarthy Road to ~311t Street, bridle repllir. Detour over MCCarthy Itoad, 80th Avenue and 13111
Street.
I03RO STRt::....,. at Elizabeth, run a.round detour tor brtda::e
c:onstrueUon; no ddny.
CENTHAt. AVENUE, e1o~~ between l03rt! Street land 115th
Street ror Stl nltary Dh;tMCI proJeet. SOuthbound vehicles go
eAlt em 103r.:l Street II) Cicero ,\"emui:', thence ~out h nnd o l>serve
.iJ.ln~ poJled there!. Northbound trtltTi e follow re\'erRe routes,
WILKIE ROAD. one lune closed trom CCntral nOlld to
Klrchotr IIOlld, Sl\nltary Dilllrict prl)Ject.
WOLF nOAD, CIOSlod bet\\een ]3]11 lind 143r.:l Streets tur
f'u h'crl a nd headwall construction; l ollow .Ian. l or detour over
WlIJoCook Houd.
18LST STREET, dolled bet\\een Wolr Road a nd Wm-Cook
Roa,I, tuh'crl collltruct!on; rollo\\, dl'lour .Ian. by way o r
MrCarlhy Road
PrOviso
RICh
Sc:ohaumburl
Stlc:kney
Thornton
Wht'C!llng
Worth
2J
01.
4
12
8
2
3
7
36
2
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14
8,008
111.172
I,OUUlO6
100,041
638,IS1
48.530
los, 731
~,662
10.835
!:i91,48!\
91,637
21 ,61 6
1701.,537
26.648
_2"260",,,
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109,7().1
299,679
28,71.2
787,031
ll2.198
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brldl'" O\'H' the!' Clilumet-5ag Channel In Blue 1Iiand, OIT OmnruC'lI(ln CO ..

326.
IIAltt. EM A VENU-MaJn draIn Colt llolld 10 Palmg-ren
DT(\'/!
lind Gt.:'OVTEW ROAD, main drain C~nwood to
washlnlton, Helhln~ Underground Conltructlon Co, and Orr
ConltruC'Uon CCI .. Joint bidder. ~008.
PULASKJ ROAD-Main dra\n 9111 to 04th Streets, Hellanee
Underkl"Ound Con~tructlon Co .. 31<1~79'l,
roT'l'Ata; CROVE AVENUE tlnd \VESTERN AVENU&mOOlan li nd turn channels, 22_, mile., Union COntrllcti na And
SOUTlJWEST EXPRF.:SSWAY-8lln. between Harlem A"enue

ami Cicero Avenue, f our allcrnate plnn t, l'ermnl.Ine Mldw!'.t
C<Jrp, luw iJldder on eaCh.
CUMBERLAND AVENU&---WhlenlnR and re.urfucing Wuve.
land A\'enUI' to Bryn Mllwr A"cnul', Milburn Brothl!rs,
J,inlll nto(lrl n!bCO.~. $541.114.
ASI1L,\N . 'uLI.E ltTON.. I.MVRf'..NC";" 1.INCOLN AVENUES

- medilin and chnnnel~, 11.25 miles, Union ContrllcUng nnd
Engl nooMnJ( Co .. ~.333.
$1,868,1-18.
Bida were also opened June 10 on the following

items:
n OSEl.LE nOA().....-Concrete pavement Sch!lum b)lra Road to

Illinois Houle\'lIrd, Fl'\'nzei Conltructlon Co., $S64,995.
CRAND AVENUE-Widening and re.urfa clns Mt. Pmllpect
Road 10 Em(>sl Sireet, Rock Road COnllructton Co~ $1,498,361.
Edat Une IIlrlplna on \'aMOUI roada, a tm .. 01 400 mile..

lnll'r Amn), J'25.000.:
Bituminous IUrfllC!'!! on part, 0 1 nine 101'&1 roads In Palatine
Towlllhip. Skokie Valley Asphalt CO~ $31,039.
Bituminnul .urface a t \'arIOUI loenlonl tOlllllnR .$99,490, and
apply tI'l liqUid bituminous. 11,507.
On June 10, bids were received on t.he [oUowin,

projects:
In connection with
9
22
I
\'.llIlIlIon
S M,166
$610.000.
Bids on four highway jobs were rcceh'ed by the

County Bon.rd on May 27. The projects with the low
bidden were:
AVE."'iU&---Reloeatwn
8
6
S
G
5
11
fol
No-fee permits included a church, St. Albert the

Great parish, Stickney Toymshlp, $262,920; an audio
torium, Sl. Emily parish, Wheeling Township, $109,760; an elementary school, Wheeling Township,
5209,342. and a pumping stalion , Northfield Township,
Bids Received
WESTF..RN
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88
new
Southwnt EllprellwilY Conatruction at Areher Avenue and Quarry Street. Sce Pillge 5.
Vol. XII No. 2
JULY, 1964
COO K COUN TY HIGHWAYS

Published by th e Cook County ( II I.) Oep,ilrtmen t of Highway.
Under aUlp lee a of t he Boa rd o f Co unty Commlu lonera
SE Y MOUR SIMON , President
Charles J . Grup , . Jr.
F r ank Bobry uke

Cha r lu S . Bon k
C hari . . F. Cha plin
Gerald 0 0101..1
Ge o rge W . Dun ne
Jerome Huppert
Lil lia n P lctro wfid
Rub y Ry an
Sey mour Simon
Jose p hine B. S nee d
J ohn J . Touh y
Wil lia m N. Eric kson

Floyd T. Fulle
Kenn et h E. W H,on
A ndre w V. P lu m m er
S u perinten de n t o f H lllhwayl
Publl,hed
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Boob of the Month
Seminar for Drivers

dnving WBS started in
thls month as a joint pro-
instruction in
S suburban Cook
County
EMIl'o[AR
gram of the Circuit Court and the Cook County Trame

Safety Commission.
Although intended primnrily for violatol1l brought
into court, the "Driver Refresher Seminar" is open
without charge to any resident wbo wishes to Improve
his understanding of traffic lam and sate driving
principles. At one early scssion, attended by 38 per
sons referred by the court, 14 volunteers appeared
and at another, two club women came with the idea of
taking t he sefety message back to their organizations.
T he new program succeeds thE: violators' schools
started two years sgo by the Safety Commission. It
was set up in conferences attended by Chief Judge
John S. Boyle of the Circuit Court; County Board
President Seymour Simon, who is also president of the
Traffic Safety CommiH8ion; J oseph McDonough, Cir
cuit Court Clerk; County Clerk Edward J . Barrett,
and John J. McCleverty, director of the Commission.
Judges hearing traffic violations in the fiv e Circuit
Court districts in the County ouuide of Chicago will
send defendants to the seminar when it appeal'S likely
that improvement can be effected. Each case is sub
jed to judgment of the cou rt.
Offenders will attend two evening seH8ions of three
hours each in successive weeks . They will hear lee
tures by trained specialists and see motion pictures
and slides Illustrating lrnffic safety.
Each defendant will be scored on his general att!
tude as well as on what he has lC8rned, and those who
pass the tests wi.11 receive 8 congrntulatory certificate.
One advantage of the seminar orgnni7J]lion is that
Instruction will be unifonn throughout the area. It
will also operate to the benefit of the courts by main
taining a record of violators. Judges will thus be
informed of previous offenscs. No defendant may
sttend a seminar more than once in a year.
McCleverty, who is directing the opera tion for the
Circult Court, said t:hat Police Lieutenant Willia m
Brey. who has conducted a driver school for t he
Evanston police department., will give the lectures at
the seminars presented in Evanston. Clifford J.
Dreyer, who wna chief of the County Highway Police
under S he riff Lohman and now is a member of the
Traffic Safety Commission staff, will be the leeturer
Q. GOLDBRICK has been at the wheel

HORACE
ever since he pushed a quad truck In Wor ld
WarL
But it wasn't until he bad to take a. driver'. license

test, having reached age 70, that he found out how
much be didn't know.
Be wasn't sur e of the shnpe of all the signs, he
didn't know the distance for dimming bright Iigbts or
how far ahead of a turn to switch on thc lignal.
He clipped the cornel'S in the testing lane and relied
on his rear view mirror iDJItead of looking out the
rear window when backing uJ),
T! h.e could live it over agnin, the old vet said, he'd
begin by learning the fundamentals of 8.'1.(e driving.
at other school sessions. Both Brey and Dreyer have
studied at Northwestern Unlve1'8ity Traffic lnstitute.
'Seminars in the five suburban court districts will be
held at the following locations:
District 2-..1].454 Elmwood Avenue, Evanston, and
8525 Callie Ave nue, Morton Grove.
District 3-Elk Gr'O\'e Township Hall, 2400 South
Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights.
District 4-655 Lake Street, Oak Park.
District 5- 5799 West 115th Street. Als ip.
District 6-1.6313 Kedzie Pa r kway, M.'1 rkhnm.
Traffic Toll Rises In Suburban Area

road in the fast-growing suburban area, but that
alone dOC$ nol explaJn the accident problem." said
McC1everty. ''The bad record is being compiled by
bad drivers. There is no excuse at all for such an
increase in accidents."
RAFFle fatalities on highways and streets

subT
this
exceeded the loll of the same
last year by more
in
urban Cook Count)' lbe first six months of

period
year
than 50 per cent- US In 1964 as aga.insl91 in 1963.

Both figures represent instant deaths. Final totals
include those who die of Injuries received in the period
reponed on.
The number of persons injured in the fir.l:t half of
1964 WlUI also higher than last year altbough the rate
of increase wna lower than thll.t of deaths--5,665 as
against 4,789 in 1963.
Also higher than last yesI' was the total of accidents of all types- Calal, personal injury and property
damage on ly. The six months' totals wer e :
1964,
25.009; 1963, 22,438.
Deaths Up In June
Fifteen deaths were added in June, three morc than
in the same month last year. Seven resulted from
collisions between automobiles. one of which killed
tDree penlOns. One victim was a pedestrian. Four
were killed when cars left the I"Olld and struck ways ide objects, one when a car ran into the Des Plaines
River and one when a car landed in a ditch. Tbe
other death, which was counted a traffic fatality because a moving vehicle on Il hlghway was involved,
WfiS that of a 13-year-old boy wbo feU from a truck.
Rel>orts from suburban, State and County police
compiled by the Traffic Safety Commission show that
aboul 80 per cent of all accidents in the six-month
period occurred in incorporated suburbs. However,
on highways In the unincorporated area the rates of
deaUls and injuries per accident were higher.
Bad Drive rs To Blame

To some extent, the increase in accidents mny be
atLributed to increasing highway travel, said J ohn J .
McClevcrly, director oC the Cook County Traffic Safety
Commission. But. he said, bad driver periormance is
the root of the evil.
"It is true that there are many mor e cars on the
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Citizens
Aided
Early
Road
Planning
other citizen groups in a movement to have the collections returned to counties in proportion to their pnyments of motor vehicle license fees. The 011 companies
sought to pre\'ent this with an injunction suit, and it
was not unti1 early in 1930 that the Slale was free to
distribute the money.
The Board was notified on March 12 thn.: the State
","'Quid take 100,000 for a refund reserve and split tbe
rest. half to the State and half to the counties. Cook
County's share was Sl.206,221..89.
The second gu tax act. which pennitted the U8e of
tax funds on city streets and stood the test of constilutionallty. l'oraa passed by the 1929 leglslnture.
Collections began July 1. that year, and were available Cor use in 1930.
Road building by Cook County I.D 192 followed substantially the recommendations of the Citizens' Wider
Highway Ad\isory Committee. At the end of the
year, 26.1 miles of existing pavement had been widened to 40 feel and 5.25 miles of new 'IO-foot road
buill Altogether, the County had 192.3 miles of
concrete under contract in the year and completed 135
miles.
The general enthusiasm for more and wider highways was reflected in numerous gifts of propcny for
rights-of-way. President Cermak reported Ul!\t of
255 acres acquired in 1928. 235 were donated, the only
condition being that the County replace fences and
pay for damaged crops.
T THE end of 1927. Board President A.. J . Cermak

viewed the outlook for COUhty road bui.l ding as
superlat ively bright. With the proceeds of the $]5
million bond issue approved by tbe voters in November , 1926. the County wns about to start on a large
program of improvements. including four. lane "superhighways" and grade separations, recommended ~y a
Citizens' Advisory Committee on "wider highw'lYs mId
emergency construction."
The bond iS8ue, he said, "makes it possible for the
Board of Commissioners to begin perhaps the most
extensive wider highway and better highway program
ever undertaken by any county in Ule United States".
and "It Is my hope that with the 1928 program well
on its way, our plan to make Cook County the MecCfi
of automobile drivers of America will be advanced
Rnother slep."
The Idea of highway grade separation, forerunner
of expressway deaign. was gaining favor both in the
Board a nd in the public mind. In rI~8ponse to 8 request by the commissioners. the Chicago A.ssoclation
of Commerce and the Chicago Regional Planning
Commission organized a Cook County Grade Separation Advisory Committee. with the following named
memrers, all civic leaders of the time: Elmer T.
Stevells, chairman; W . Rufus Abbott, Joseph K. Brittain, W. W. DeBerard. Lafayette Markle. Roberl
Kingery. and Robert H. Nau, sceretary. And in the
1928 Highway Department budget a grade separation
division was created and 10 engineers, six engineering
draftsmen and two tracers assigned. to it.
The first separation project - Milwaukee Avenue
and Dempster Street- was contracted late in 1928.
but construction was delayed by right-of-way problems. The design selected after consideration of several types was nn underpsss with retaining walla, and
in communications from the advisory committee came
to be known as the "Cook County type."
Five -Year Plan

Early in 1929, the commissioner'll decided that road
business bad piled up to such an extent that it would
be well to take a look at projects on the fire and also
to size up funds on hand and anticipated.
By then the Count)' had beco.-ne committed to fulfill
two sizeable programs. One was Superintendent
George A . Quinlan's recommendallons for 82 miles of
improvements based on his county.wide traffic study.
The Board had also pledged to carry out the citizens'
advisory committee's proposals. which to a considerable degree overlapped Maj. QUinlan's.
The immediate task as the commIssioners saw it was
to aurvey com'J)leted pavements and those definitely
planned B.nd to set up a long range program that
would fill in the gaps and connect arteries in the
suburban area with througb streets in Chicago and
the subu.l"bs.
A Board resolution that noted "wide-spread citizen
interest" in highway planning. stated that development of a long range program would be "a matter of
good business and prOper public policy" and directed
the superintendent to draw up a five-year plan.
After consultations with the Association of Commerce and the Regional Planning Commission. Maj .
Quinlan submitted recommendations in detail , year by
rear 1929-1930. for "a comprehensive system of highways in the County of Cook together with a through
system of city streets." Total cost wos estimated at
$29,598,396, which he calculated could be met with
funds on hand and anticipated in the five yean.
The financing program was based on motor fuel
taxes starting in 1930 and expecied to run about
Highway Department Grows

In the 1928 budget. Higb'i\"8)t Department personnel
was increased to deal with the growing work load.
The number of regular employes rose [rom 252 the
previous year to 284, with a payroll of $792.029. and
the appropriation fur truc.ks, teams and day labor to
he hired as needed increased from 5250,000 to
$350,000. Other Items brought lhe Department's total
to $1,2-14,759.
Governor Len Small's attempt to impose a motor
Cuel tax in 1927 caused disputes that continued
through 1928 and wound up without benefits to the
counties. The 192i legislature passed the governor's
bill. 1t was declared unconstitutional. but before it
was knocked out filling stations in the State had
collected $6)95,750.70.
Cook County commissioners, whlle approving a gas
tax: In principle, OpPOSed the 1927 act because it excluded incorporated ciUes and villages from ita benefit8
and also because it appeared to them thnt Cook
County's allotments would be much less than its
motorists contributed..
After the law was invalidated, the County Board

joined with officialB of oth~r countiCl, motor clubs and
sa
-.
Five-Year Program Big Idea
In 1929
Chicago, Maj. Quinlan said:

"1n many cases the County system of State aid
ronda fa inaccessible from the street systllm of the
City of Cbicugo because of the existence of old worn
out road surface In the Cily of Cllicago and Ita adjoln
ing suburbs." and "There are innumerable instances
where not ooll' t.he County syatem b.u auch unsatJa.
factory or impossible entrances to the Cit)' of Chicago,
but also the State bond iRsue a}'Btcm remains more or
Ie. inaccessible from the grmt 'lunnUly of population
ard can iIWde the city:'
The foregoing statement Is a ~m1nder that there

t,,'O klnda of new highway. in re.peet to tlnanc
ing -the State Aid roads. wbleh w~re built by the
we,.
County "1th 50 pt"t' cent tate IWllstance. and the

Stat~ Bond Wlif roads, built by the Stale with the
60 nillUon bond [saue of 191 and the $100 million
ismle of llr.!t. In b.iI 6\'eyea.r plan report. Maj. QulnIan augg~ that the County Board request that the
Stalfo also wid. n S.BJ. high".. ).. in the vfcln1ty of
Chicago "in order that a through system of wide
pa\"l'd routes may bt available at the time of the
Chicago World Fair (1933 Century of Prog:reu} ."
More Signs Needed
Prlru~lp.1 objective. of the flve.Yllar hlghw;ay plan

carried out by Cook County 11129 10 It" wu to e.
tend .nd Improve through rOUlet 'n both the .ubur.
b." .rea and Chicago "nd connect them 'n an Inle."raha ,yltem. For the mOlt p.lrt, the map prep"rod
In 19211 by Superintendent GeorgI A.. Qui"' .. " wu the
Nme ill. tod..ly. Some ro\lttl hav. been tltlended .. nd
many more mile. or pavement 1'11. ... 1. been widened to
"0 feet and, of c:ourae the e.xpre ..w,-)' .yetem, 1'1 ...
come Into being.
million D year; the County highway t.ruc:, then 8JIIountlog to about 3 milUon; State refunds. about balf a
mllJlon; balance of the $15 mllUon bond ISBue, and
contributions by municipalities to projects undertaken
joinlly with the County. The Boa rd approved both
the recommended improvemenl8 And the financing
Khedule on September 25, 1929.

A$ matter of policy. Maj. Quinlan advised lhatthe
Board "take cognizance of the relation between the
eAtimated costs of projects onJe.red tor construction
and the amount of available money with which to
conlJtruel them each )ear."
First, Fill The Gaps

In the flMJt year of the plan , 1929, he recommended
lilling all (unds on hand to complec gaps In unfinished
Ilrojeclll. Starting in 1930. he recommended using aU
g8.8 tu rece:ipts in Chicago ond adjoining suburbs to

provide "continuous pavement." Construction in the
unincorporated area was to be financed with the
County highway tax and Stale refunds throughout the
five-year period.
Stating the need for lmpro\'cd through streets in
As Ilart of the fi ve-ycar program, the superintendent al80 recommended placing route signa on the
State Aid roads. T hrough routes already had been
designated by the State and the Federal government,
and, he noted "It has become 80 easy tor the great
majority or drivers to follow route markertl that gen
erally the State and Federal marked higbwa).. carry
Car more than their share of dally and holiday traillc
In Cook County and many of the Stale Aid roads,
which remain unmarked, carry Car lesa than their
share of tra1Iic althougb 8JI well paved or better sur
laced than the State or Federal marked routea."
With the new 40foot pavements in UJJe, the aulbori
ties were confronted with new problems of driver
behavior, o.s wus noted in several County Board resolulions. Motorists tended to travel the ina:ide lanes
and it was deemed necessary to erect signs advising
that inner Janes were tor pfUIIIlng (lnly. Other drivers,
perhaps the forcbearers of a lot f expressway U8ers,
were ~ed straddling the lane Btripes.
Onc resolution approved the idea of a driver's 11
Cl'R8e law. It was a decade Inter, however. before the
act waa paased by the legislature.
The Front Cover

In tbe County's section of Southwest EXpre&8way
between Halsted Street and California Avenue the
roadway Is elevated. The picture shoWl the Ct'OSIing
of Areher Avenue, on which the boom farthest to the
right Is standing, and Quarry Street. a abort street
running from Archer lo an old 8lone quarry jUlt we.t
or Halsted Street at about 21th Strec!L The view is
westwB.nl The County alao II corurt.ructln( the eection
between Cicero and Harlem A venuC8,
New Board Member
Detours
In
Effect
ORR IN progress by the Highway Department

nnd other agencies require detours as followa :
d~
of
OS'EPHINE B. SNEED, widow of Commi89ioner

Ed ....'flrd
Jmembers
Sneed, ....-as the choice of Democratic
of Lhe County Board to
out her late husB.
fill
band's term of office. She was sworn in by County

Clerk Edward J. Ba.rrelt (rlghtln the picture) on July
16 and W8JI welcomed by President Seymour Simon
(center) and other board members at a session at...tended by a throng of weU-wishC!r'8.
8
Commi88ioner Sneed, who died June 27, was senring

lenn expiring in Decernbe.r, 1966.
The third woman member of the board, Mrs.

Sneed was aJ:IlIOcialed with her husband in his political
career and also was active on her own part in numerOUB fielda. She 18 a member of the Women'.oi Auxiliary
of Hektoen Institute and 8 member of the Sodality of
SL Anselm's Roman Catholic Church. She has been
a vice president of the flHnois Federation of Democratic Women Bnd aerved on lhe women's board oC
Provident ffospitai and on the board of the Salvation
1318T STREET, "lOlled betWt!6l Wolf Road and WlU-COOk

ROlid. ('ulvert eon,tnl.eUoD; fOllOW detour al1ll15 by way of
;\1cCart.hy R"ad.
New Route Numbers

Interstate route DO, wWcb had been marked over
the Dan Ryan. Calumet, and Kingery Expressways
from 63rd Street to the Indiana state line. changed
numbers this month with Interstate 94, which had
been marked over the Chicago Skyway. The new
designations extend into Indiana up to the proposed
junction o( the two routes east of Indiana state route
51. When completed, Intenrtale 94 will be a continu
ous route bet.....oeen Chicago and Detroit. Interstate 90
will span northeastern Dlinois, Indiana. and Ohio as 8
toll facility.
Army.
Other women Board mem'ben are Ruby Ryao. wbo

succeeded her husband, the late President Dan Ryan.
and Lillian Piotr owski.
Edmund L. Morrissey
Accidents-
Edmund L. Morriasey, an employe of the Cook

County Highway Department 25 years, died July 1.
A graduate of Notre Dame University, he entered the
Deparbnent in 1939 as an in8peCtor rodman. Be was
advanced to Highway Engineer ill. His home WAS at
152 Leamington Avenue, Chicago.
(Continued from P.lle 3)
Altogether, the suburbs were scenes of 21,239 accidents. whlcb caused 80 deaths and 3,284 personal
Injuri~.
The 3,nO accidents in the unincorporated
area resulted In 65 fatalities and injuries to 2.381 per
sons. Ineluded in these figures 'Nere three accidents
on tollways in which (our persona were killed.
Seventynine suburbs had no fatalities in the six
month period and 13 of them bad no personal injuries.
The accident totals listed for Evanston and Skokie
Includo All trn.ffic mishaps regardless of the amount of
damage whereas other suburbs confonn to State requirements tor reports of ~ccldenta resulting in death,
injury or damage at $100.
Frank H. Byl
IFrank H. Byl, engineer inspector, employed by the
Highway Department since 1952, dJed July 5, in his
home, STI6 Justine Avenue, Chicago. He was a Rain
bQw Division veteran of World War I.
VE~TUE.
A
in Niles Townshlp. preCALDWELL
serves the memory ot one of early ChIcago's most
OONSTRUcrION estimated to coet $6,.

Bun..otNC
533,823 waa a.uthorb:ed in 318 permits Illued in
admirable Hguretl, a half[ndlan known to whites as
woman,
to a Potawatoml
Caldwell
partment
The SOD o( a Brltiah

army colonel. who waa
mAJT1ed
June by the County De
~11'"
Bmy CaldweU and La

redmen 8.8 Sa"'6:nnasb.
of
Building
and Zoning, which has
juriadiction in the un
incorporated area.
::1." 1
Most of the fee pel'mlts were Cor residential construcUon, including 156 for single dwellings
was
born in Detroit about

1780. He was well educated. for thnt period,
by the Jesuit.. When he
was old enough fOr an
valued at 8 total $3,804,229 and 12 [or apartment

house projeeta estimated at a total $188,926. Nine
Ilparlment buildings. cont:a.lning a total 66 unJu, will
be buill In Mo ine T ownship; two with a total of five
unlta, In SUekney Township and one of three units
In Palatine.
anny eareer he WU8 commissioned a eaptain in
the BrUsh Inditu1 servIce, and that, together

wllh a previous alliance with Tt?Cumseh, placed him
against the UnJLed Statea in the War of 1 12.
However, hi. repeated acts ot friendship for the
whites won him high regard amott.ll; the setUeR at the
mouth of the Chicago River and later in Waahlngton
815 well. He is best remembered for saving the family
of' John Kluzle the day after the Fort Dearborn
massacre, wblch occurred August. 15, 1812.
Kinzie bad gone with the lroo,lS as they C\'Bcuated
the fort, le8\1ng his wife and tour ehlldren to e&eape
by boaL They were atill huddled in the boat the next
day, when Cnldwell and two other friendly Indiana
found them, took them to the Kinzie house and
guarded ulem againat roving boatUes..
Caldwell ret.urned to rebuilt. Fort Dearborn in 1820
and remained there about 15 years, He waa influential
in puIIuadlng ht. tribesmen agn.lnat joining the Winnebagoes in their war on the whiles in 1827 and a.lso
from running all with Black Hawk in 1832, For these
services, Ule redcrnl govenunent rewarded him with
two and one-ha ir aecUOII8 of land and an annuity of
$1.000 and built him a house at the present State
Street and Chicago A venue,
CoJdweli attended the laat great 8884!mbly of
Indiana In Chicago, held In 1836, Some 2,500 of them
came to get their government dole and to start their
journey to a new home near Council BIu1fs, Iowa.
crudwell went with lhml, and died there in 184.1.
When Mark Beaubien built hla new tavern In Chi
eago, it waa 8uggeated lnlLt be: nrune it for some great
man. Thinking over the great men he bad known, he
settled on Sauganash lUI the grealeBL The Camed
lavern is long gone, but the name Saugansah survivC8
today in an at.tractive resldenUal community in the
northwest part of Chicago, where Caldwell Avenue
begins.
[n the no-fee classificaUon, which includes chur ch,

public and funn buildings, permits were iasued for a
pnUent resldenUal unit at the new state hospital in
Orland TownshIp, $463,680; a two-story addition to
Gottlieb Boapltal, Leyden Township, $267,230; an or
phanage school at ~faryvUle Academy, Wheeling
Township, $135,520; First Apoatoiic Church, Bloom
TOWnship, 46,886; Little Ellen Church. Worth Township. $22.500, and an addition to Our ledy of Victory
Chuch. Lemont Township, $15,;9.2.
In addition to thOle for single dweJUnga and apart
mcnt houses, (ce permits were IMucci as follows :
n . . ldfOlllIf,1 .,ldlll",UI and altenllons--l8
"""'''lOr)' b"lItl!na..-..64 P""mll., 199,)44.

0,,_1-.. bullrtLna---.t pl'rmlu, J2.U.'liO.
petml~
n73,l84..
HUlflneu .l1dlUon, .nd .UeratJon-8 pennia. a:l9.$80,
IlIdu_tr1.1 blllldln.-8 petTnlu, .JIDS,SIlO.

IndueLN.. alldIU,,"_ and .lIer.Uon~ pennia, Sl34.tHIO.
Well.......e
Ptl-nn1t~,
.10,640
MII<.'eI I.neouJ-18 permllt, nl4.2.l2.
Fee permits were distributed by townshJps as (01
lows:
T"wlI~hlp
Barrlowt"o
liloom
Drem~o
EIII Cro"'l!
lIanover
"""""'
l.oI!"ydtn
I.ynn_
TIIolol'
N"_ Trier
Sorthnl'ld
OrlllJld
PIolatlne
Palo.
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Ritch
SCh.llmbll ....
Retires on Birthday
George C. Mudm told his flPOClates. over the years
that be planned to ret:ire on hia birthday. but he didn't
menUon lbe rear. Just t.o keep his promise, as be
said, he took hI. pension on July 26, his natal anni
venary. 'Mudra. entered the Hi~hway Department on
August 1, 1929, as a clcrlCllI ASSistant. nnd rose to the
grade ot highway engineer O.
,.
PentlltJI
.,."
..,
7
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:rr
Sth:kne)"
Thornton
41
\\'ht'o.'lInl"
7.
Worth
V.lu IIH I,n
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138";48
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n.aoo
1.477.181
Besides thoee mentioned above, no-fee pennlts were

Issued ror public .eVo-er and wate.r projects, two in
Stickney Township and one in Lyons, for which no
\'alualion waa r(ulred to be stated.
Damen Avenue Viaduc t Reconltruc:tlon-A Big Job o n South welt ElI:prellway. See Page 2.
Vol. XII No. 3
AUGUST, 1964

P ub ili hed by the Coo k County ( III.) De pa rtment of Hlghwaye
Under au. p lcu
of the Board of County Commlulon.,..
SEYM OUR SIM ON, Pruldent

Frank B obrytzke
Charle. J . Grupp, J r.
Je r ome Hu ppert
LIllia n P ie t ro wski
C ha r lu S . Bonk
Cha rl u F. C haplin
Gera ld Dolezal
George W . Du"".
W illia m N. Er ick.o n
Ruby Ry an
Sey m our Sim on
Jo.ephlne B. Sneed
J oh n J . Tou tly
Kenne t h E. Wilion
Floyd T . Full.
A ndrew V. P lum mer

Superi nte nde nt of Hi ghwa y.
P ubll ahe d
at
130
North
W elle
S t reet,
Ch icago
of
T elephone 321.n14
Boob of the Month
THE RISING TOLL
6.
/~
death on streets and high.
ways in suburban Cook County continued through
.~\VfI'l Utlt,.
'
\ \.
'i, . ~.M j
July. with 25 fatalities. The figure

comllared with 15 in July. 1963,
and brought the total for seven
months of thl8 year to 171. The
comparable figure for last year was

,...:. , ;
103.
IJWtt SIll" \\
Five of the vicUms were pedestrians, all of them struck by pa8St!nger cara. Nine
were killed in collisions between automobiles and seven
when cars in which they were riding left the roadway
and struck wayside objects. Two bicycle riders were
killed. one of them by a truck and the other by a passenger car. and one fatality resulted from a collision
between motorcycles. One death occurred at s raUroad crossing.
In addition to the 25 killed . 5,081 persons were injured in 3,367 separate accidents. There we re 1,185
other accidents that caused only properly damage.
Three deaths occurred on tollways, seven on roads
in the unincorporated area, two in Harvey, and one
each in Calumet City. Calumet Park. Des Plaines.
Dixmoor. Harwood Heights, Melrose Park , Midlothian, Northbrook, Park Forest, River Grove, Rosemont, Schiller Park, and Stone Pal k.
..,
pscale.
ERCrv AL
PRL\f is against litter-on the broad
The Front Cover
But he doesn't see the hann in tossing an empty

cigarette pack out the car window- now and then.
The cost of litter this year is estimated by Keep
America Beautiful. Inc. at S500 million, including
Percival's occasional contribution.
Rcconstruction of the Damen Avenue viaduct over

railroad t.ra.cks at about 31st street is a major job In
the County section of the Southwest Expressway between Halsted Street a nd California A\'enue. The
cxpreasway, which in this area is elevated. dips beneath the viaduct, requiring relocation of viaduct
pillara. The viaduct also is being widened to afford
extra outer ianea for connedions with access ramps.
New center lanes sre under construction. The job has
been managed so that at least one viaduct lane each
way has been open to tra ffic while work goes abead.
Harry F , Scully, 56, employed in the Proportioning

DivisUon or the Cook County Higbway Deparlment;
died July 29.
Sclore coming to the Department, in 1953, he served
u four-year term as alderman in Calumet City.
He was a member of the Thomton Township regular Democratic organi.ution and a member of the
Holy Name Society of St. Andrew's parish, Calumet
Harry F. Scully
C;ty.
He also was a member of the Commercial Ar tists'

Association and onte was commended for bis painting
or a Chieo.go Tribune cartoon "Ignace Paderowski
Teaching Waif the Piano."
He. is survived by his widow, Wanda.. and a
daughter.
State Checks Tires

Inspection of motor vehicles in Massachusetts will
include tires starting with the semiannual checkup
September 1 through October 15. To be rated safe,
a tire must have at least 2/ 32 of an inch of tread.
Road Building
HE BIG depression that started

1929 was not,
T
al first. the most serious threat to solvent government
County.
the preceding ycar, the
in
in Cook
In
State Tax Commission had ordered reassessment of all

property in the Counly a nd the tremendous chore was
turning out to be both costly and frustrating.
As Board President A. J . Cennak penned his annual
message for 1929, the depression nationwide was only
beginning to spread its paU, but the County Building
was already deep in gloom. He noted that tax collections had virtually been halted by the revaluation
and he estimated the cost oC the project. borne entircJy by the County, at $7,850.000. B e called for
economy wherever possible, one suggestion being that
all County employes be put on 10 months' pay.
In that period. a Citizens' Commission, fonnoo at

the request of the CommissionerS, was conducting a
study of COWlty operations with the view of setting up
fiscal policies. On December 23, President Cermak
wrote to Silaa H. Strawn, a prominent Chicago lawyer
who was chairman of the Commission's executive committee, saying:
"The most vital thing t.o be done immediately is to
insist on the immediate completion of the reassessment in order to permit t.he ea.rly collection of 1928
and 1929 taxes."
Mr. Strawn, probably well aware of the reassessment. problem, gave attention instead to st.op-gap measures and on January 10 informed the Board that the
Commission had decided the County could safely issue
$7 million of anticipation warrants against 1930 taxes.
This was t.he firs t of numerous batches of warrants
put out as Commissioners coped wi.th the continuing
difficulties of maintaining basic County operations and
at the same time aiding an increasing number of families made jobless and needy by the depression
Blizzard Adds Grief

As if financial woes were not trouble cnough, a severe blizzard struck thc a rea in December of 1929 and
the Board was compelled to dig into its slender purse
and hire extra men, teams and trucks to open tip the
main roads out in the County. This experience lead to
putting the Highway Department into snow fighting
on a regular basis.
The next autumn, six power plows were purchased
to replace the wooden dozers made in the DC!partmenl's shops. When recommending the purchase,
Maj. George A. Quinlan, highway superintendent,
specified pneumatic tires to meet a new requirement
by the State for soft ruhber on aU heavy trucks and
buses using State roads.
During 1929, the Department worked on the first
year 's schedule of the five-year plan laid out by the
Board after consultation with citizens' advisory
groups. The five-year goal was a countrywide system
of continuous paved routes connecting all parts of the
suburban area with through streets in Chicago.
In the year, 95.75 miles of pavement were con
tracted and 80.53 miles completed, including 26.28
miles widened to 40 feet and 4,73 miles of new 40foot concrete roadway.
the Big Depression

In that year, t he Department set tiP a traffic information bureau for the benefit of highway users. It
continuously collected information on main routc!s
within 50 miles of Chicago, distributed weekly reports
to newspapers and motor dubs and answered queries
by telephone,
The effect of the depreSSion on the Department was
light in the first two years. The 1930 budget provided
316 regular employes, with a payroll of $851,365, plus
$301,420 appropriated for extra labor and trucks.
The following ycal', 332 regular positions were budgeted, with the payroll up to $892,904, and provision
was made for 172 extra men to be used on design,
construction and maintenance as needed.
In the 1930 work season, 54.75 miles of pavement
were contracted and 37.59 milC!s completC!d, including
23.16 miles of new 40-foot and 1.75 miles widened.
The County also aSSisted cities and villages in paving
projects amounting to 5.53 miles of 20-foot and 2.06
milC!s of 40-foot.
New Techniques In Use

Two new techniques for improving concrete work
were initialed by the Department in this period. President Cermak mentioned in his 1930 message that the
beam test had been put in regular IUIC! and the following year, Emmett Whealan, who became Board presi
dent following Cermak's election as mayor of Chicago
in April 1931, reported that the Department had
started proportioning materials for all County concrete jobs.
Both of thesC! procedures were originated by Maj.
Quinlan and have remained in use in the Department.
The beam test , which is done with a sample of con
crete taken on the job, determines the flexural strength
of the pouring and thereby accurately sets the time
when a pnvement is ready for use, It has become a
worldwidC! standard.
The Department's work load increased in 1931, with
102.13 miles of pavement contracted and 71.56 miles
completed.
Two acts of the 1931 Stale Legislature affected the
Departmenl One required that "prevail ing wages"
be paid on all public works. After checking around
the area, the Board, by resolution, set up a wage scale
including, as examples: Laborer, 97~c an hour; carpenter, $1.62 14, and, at the top, steel setter, SI.67~.
Only a short time after the Board acted to conform to the "prevailing" wage law, it was held unconstitutional by the TIiinois Supreme Court. Eight
County Highway contracts that had been awarded
under terms of the law had to be cancelled and r eadvertised and the contrnctors paid for work performed.
The prevailing wage law presently in effect in IHinoi$ as in other states, conforms to the federal DavisBacon Act.
The Department's work load increased in 1931~
102.13 miles of pavement under contract a nd 71.56
miles complded- but in the year it underwent financial surgery.
The Board decided that year to issue $2 million in
bonds for public relief. The legislature, whose ap(COlItlnued on PaJfI 7)
Federal Highway Aid on New Basis

MA
~O~S
1l~8
AND PRESIDENTS of 147 municipali-
porlation facilities and travel, land uses and other

economic factors, and made forecasts of needs as of
the year 1980.
CATS Is now engaged In maintaining major data up
to date. As (L dircct aid to highwny planning under
the 1962 act, it is aiming to produce a completely updated highway network inventory next spring.
The highly important matter of land use planning
In relation to highway planning is expected to be covered up by the Northeastern lIUnois Metropolitan Area
Planning Commission.
The CATS Poliey Committee. whose membera are
the ehief highway executives of the Stale. County and
Cily of Chicago and Engineers of the Bureau of Public
Roads in this area, have already discussed the prohablc direction of Highway planning under the 1962 act.
These discussions indicate that, with completion of
the expressway systC!M, the need now Is for a wellconsidered network of arterial routes.
Before expressways, multilane arterials were the
'superhlghways." Now, instead of being outmoded
by exprcssways, arterials are rated by highway planners as more important than ever:
( 1) As feeder routes to expressways.
(2) As routes alternate to exprcssways_
(3) As main lines to communities distant from
cxpressways.
U1 the territory designated by the federal

government as the ChicagcrNorlhwcstern Indi-
ann. Urbanized Area

have been Invited to a
meeLing September 17
to bear their role in a
new era of government
highway financing. Included are the CilY of
Chicago. 133 suburbs In
Illinois a nd 13 in Indi-
ana.
The local communities
are brought into the
program by the 1962
Federal - Aid Highway
Act, which
restricts
Virden E. Staff
grants to projects that
are produced by cooperaLlve, comprehensive planning
on the part of states, cities Bnd vlllages.
The need lor prompt compliance with tenus of the
nct was stated by Virden E. Sid, Illinois chief highway engineer, in a letter of invltallon sent to mayors
in Illinois. Indiana will extend tbe invitation to munlcipaliLies in that part of the area lying in the state.
Eff e cti ve Next July
Thl) growing importance of arterials is re8eeted in

thc CATS r eport. Although the CATS area, which
extends roughly 30 miles oul from the Chicago Loop
nnd includc.B parts of Lake County, Illinois, Dupage
and Will Counties. does not coincide wit.h the urbanIzed area, CATS forecasts are applicable for .study of
thc territory set up by the: governmenL
By 19 O. CATS forecasts, there will be 66 million
vehicle miles trave:led in its area each day and about
half ot them will be on arterials, If the addilionaJ expressways recommended in CATS report are not then
completed, arterial milesge will be even greater.
Sinc~ the expressways now In usc and under construction converge in the central business district, arterial traffic volumes are expected to decrease within
12 to 14 miles of the Loop. On the other hond, in the
area 15 to 30 miles outward from the Loop, where
expressway spacing is widc.r, the expected arlerial
load will be two or three times the present mileage.
"After July 1, 1965, In urban dreas of over 50,000

population, only those highway projects which are
bneed on a continuous, comprehensive planning pr ocess carried on cooperatively by stales and local com
munlUe.8 wiU be eligible for federol financial assistance
under the FederalAid Highway Act of 1962," Mr.
S tatr wrotc.
" While the cooperation cruled for must be evidenced
by a written agreement between Lbe State Highway
Department and the local communities of the urban
ized area, a written agreement, of Itself, is not suf
flcienl.
"Rather, it must have as Its foundation a continu
ing plan based on an up-lo-date analysis of land use,
population, transportation facilities, economy of the
region and olher factors which govern a od affect
transportaUon requirements."
As the primary contact with Washington, the State
will be host at the September 17 meeting, which will be
held in the Conrad Hilton Hotel at 8 p.m. Representativ's of the minois Division of Highways and the
Bureau of Public Roads will explain the new law, particularly the means of compliance, and answer questions.
Governor Otto Kerner has been flsked to attend and
sum up the planning proposals. Mayor Richard J.
Onley has been invited to represent Chicago and County Board President Seymour Simon, as chief officer of
the county in which most of Lhe urbanized area lies,
hIlS been asked to attend.
The coordinating agency of planning in this area
will be the Chicago Area Transportation Study, spon
Bored jointly by the State, Cook Counly. City of Chicago, and the Bureau of Public Roads. Two years ago
CATS completely a greaUy detailed study of trans
A Period of Transition
" The role of the arterial will change 8S the express
way system is enlarged," said a memo to the Policy
Committee prepared by the CATS stall'. "Now it
serves the whole rangc of trip making [rom the inter
city lrip to the trip to the corner grocery store. In
]980. however, the expressway system Is expected to
handle the longer trips and arterials will bring the
vchlcles to and from these major carriers and pro
vide access and service to land.
"The transition {rom the present to the future role
will require careful planning also. Thu.8, the expected
increase In artcrial travel in some areas, and the preaent need to establish construction programs coupled
with the shifting role of arterials all point up the
need tor an arterial plan."
Suburbs Invited to Join
plans
In
CHICAGO - NORTHwESTERN INDIANA

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Control with Color
ORK IN progress by the Highway Department

requires detours as follows:
DAM.EN A VE?>.'UE, bridge re<;1;lnnrue-
tlon over SOuthwest E:'I"preuwny. one-
lane trllfflc.
HAHLEM A VENUE, bridge over L &: M

Cannl, runaround.
LAKE SHORE DRIVE, temporary de-
tour roadway around construction sHe of
Oak Street, Quter Drive-MlchlHun Alcnue

InterchaDgc.
CUMBERLANO Avenue. reconlllruetlon, northbound trarrle

goes wen on INtng Park ROlla, north nn River Road to Lawrence Avenue, east to Eaal River Road, north to. Bryn Mawr
Avenue and thence to CUmberland; southbound. revcrllC.
GRAND AVE.,""Uf:, reconstruction; al Mannheim If.olld wesl bound ITatrle goe~ lIQulh on Mllnnhelm to NQrth Avenu e, \\Cllt
to. York ROlld and norlh to Crand; eastbound, reverse.
lOOTlI AVEl'Ul-:, rl:'surtac1ng; northbound trurrlc goes ea..st
on :Hil$t Street to Mannhelm Road, north to ]48rd Street and
"'en to looth A\'(mue; !Uluthbound. re"erlle.
SlJ'l'TO~ ROAD
rcllurfne!nK: northbound trame goes on
Algonquin Road to Bateman Road, norlh to Lake-COOle Road
nnd ellSt to Sulton.
VERMOr.."T STREET. Blue Uland. rcconnructlon related to
new Wl:'slern Avenue bridge; We5t bound trame gOes &Duth
on Irving. weu on erove and north on Rexford to Vermont:
eaatbouml goes south on Rexford. ealt on Grove and north on
Chllthnm.
HARLEM AVENUE. Glenview. main drain: northbound trlltne Kat'S weBt on Galt Road. north on Shenner Road and el1lt
on Glenview road; louthbound, revelllol!.
nOSELLE ROAD. reCOnlll'UeUOn; northbound tra.ale !tOe.
elUlt on SclulumburK ROlld, north on Meaeham Road and wes t
on Hlgglnl Road; soulhbound, rcveIlie,
86TH AV&'\IUE Mecarthy Road to ]!Uat Street., brIdge repnlr. Detour over MeCarthy Road. 80th Avenue nnd :tS~t
Street.
]03RD STREET at Elizabeth. run around detour tOt' bridge
construction: no dolay.
CENTRAL AVENUE elOled between l03rd Street and ll!ith
Street tor Sanitary rnltrlct project. Southbound vehlcJu &0
ellSl on l03rd Street to Cicero Avenue. thence louth and observe
ligna polted there. Northbound tra.alc rollow reverR routea .
WOLF ROAD, elosed between ]3181 and 14Srd Street. tor
culvcrt and headwllil construction; follow slcnl l or detOUr over
Will-COOk Road.
JS1ST STREET, clo&ed between WoU Road and Will-COok
Rond. culvert construction; [ollow detour Ilgns by way o[
McCarthy ROad.
1927 Veteran Retires

George F . Kuehne, highway engineer m, retired
August 18 after more than 36 years' service in the
Department.
He started as a draftsman October 17, 1927, when the Department, then quartered in the now
defunct City Hall Square Building,
was expanding to handle the high.
way program based on a $15 mil
lion bond issue. In later years he
worked on structural design, much
of it expressway work. His last
assignment was on railroad agree
ments.
Mr. Kuehne received his Civil Engineer degree at
Lewis Institute. Before coming to the County he was
employed by the Milwau.k ee and Rock Island railroads
and the Commonwealth Edison Company. He is a
registered professional engineer.
For retirement, he has moved to 727 Center Ave-nue, Lake Bluff.
Volz on Pension
William A. Volz, maintenance man for the Cook
County Highway Department for the past 20 years,
r etired on pension June 30_ Volz, who is 68, lives at
14130 Washington Ave" Harvey, IDinoia,
Bureua of Publi c Roads T ruck Fitted W!th Traffic

Study Equipment; at Right, WilHam Whitby o f Bu_
reau', Reaearch Staff Checks Contact Strip on Pala_
tine Road.
OTORISTS USING partly completed Palatine

Road are writing the pattern of a traflic control
system to be worked out in color.
Palatine Road is being reconstructcd from two lanes
to expressway type, with through lanes in the center
and frontage roads on both sides. Frontage road traffic is permitted to enter express lanes by way of fiat
crossover ramps, and it is at these points that precise
guidance is required.
In order to avoid disaster at the ramp nose, drivers
wishing to enter the express lane must be guided into
lhe left frontage lane well in advance, and drivers
wishing to continuc in the frontage road must bc
givcn due notice to stay right.
A study of driver performance, prescntly frce of
control. except for a conventional advance sign. is be
Ing conducted by the County Highway Department
with assistance of the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads.
Contact strips laid across the frontage road and
ramp at three critical points register the course followed by each vehicle, showing whether the driver an
licipated his movement in safe time or whether he
had to cut across lanes to reach his goal.
All o[ thesc movements, as well sa thc number of
vehicles and their speeds, are registered in a panel
truck which lhe Bureau uses on tratlie study assignments. The truc.k also contains electronic tabulating
cquipmc!nt.
For the Highway Department, thc projcct is directed by Leo G. Wilkie. head of the newly established
Bureau of Transportation Research. He plans to set
up a control systcm with color as the guiding medium.
An advance sign of silver color will give directions
to drivers who wish to enter the express lane; a blue
sign will notify drivers wishing to continue past the
ramp to get in the righthand lane. The same colors
will be carried along the curbs with reflecting paint.
William Whitby, who operates the instrument truck,
said the idea was new to the Bureau of Public Roads
and rcsults would be observed with intcrest as possibly
useful elsewhere.
Peri l in Pills
Unrcgulated usc of amphelamines-"stay awake"
pills common1y called "bennies"-is pointed up as a

highway traffic hazard by the magazine Fleet Owner,
which says the drugs are widely used by truck drivers
and teen-agers,
L.lIM CROVE ROAD,

Palatine Township, runs
Pdue
south from the Village of Palatine and then
irregularly
southwest,
CONSTRUCTION estimated to cost

BUILDING
$5,730,005 was authorized by pennlts issued in
July by the Cook Coun-
througb an area that in

pioneer times was a no.tural woodland knO ....'D
ty Department of BuildIng and Zoning, which

the County.
I"
The 268 fee permits
included U2 for single dwellings, valued at $1,882,809,
and five for apartment buildings, valued altogether at
Sl ,662.026. Forty home permits were for Wheeling
Township and 22 for Stickney. Four apartment permits, representing a total of 172 units and valuation
of 1,631,126, were Issued for Maine and onc permit,
for 11 two-unit building valued at $30,900, for Stickney.
In addition to the 268 fee permits, three were issued in the no-fee classification, which includes
churchcs, public and farm build.ing. Total valuation
wns $239.960.
Fee permits for construction other than single
dwellings and apartments were issued as tollows:
in
as Plum Grove.
The first settlers in
that part of the township came in 1834. At
that time there was an
Indian burying ground
in the grove and red
men continued La visit
It until 1845.
[n addition to the ordinary hardships of pioneering. Lhe early residents of Palatine Rnd other settlers
throughout the northwest part of the County, had
to contend with numerous packs of wolves. Finally

the critters got 60 annoying that the folks decided
to gel rid of them at one swoop. and what Is designa ted in County historics as "the great wolf hunt" was
organized. As far as historians can detennlne, it was
about 1839.
The territory to be de-wah'cd extended (rom the
Des Plaines River to the Fox, and from Indian Creek
BOuth to Dunklee's Grove. Men and boys from miles
around came on horseback for the drive, aiming to
converge on a raised platform at Plum Grove, where 8
band of sharpshooters was posted.
Countless wolves and some deer were herded to the
plac(' of execution, but as it turned out, not a wolf
WBS shot. and only one deer. Nevertheless, from that
time on, for some reason or othcr , wolves were scarce
in those parts.
Woodland. Indians and wolves have long since dis
appeared; the name Plum Grove remains today as a
pretty countryside touch in a growing residential area.
....
pennia, 1235,920.
S1M.738.
By townships, the July fee permits were distributed.

ns follows:
TOl<"Il..hlp
",<)Om
BI"UJIl!n
Elk Onwe
llannvl'r
' .... mont
Leyden
I.yon.
MaJnf!
Northllf!ld
Norwood Park
orlo.nd
Palo.tlne
Pal~
.,'"
Pl"OvLao
~hl'lumbur&
Big Depress ion-
StLdtney
Thornton
Wht'('lln&
Worth
(Continued from Pare 3)
proval was required, made it a condition that the

County tax levy be trimmed to compensate for the
bonds, and Ule Board thereupon octed to reduce the
highway tax from the statutory limitation of 12~
cents to 5 cents in the 1931 levy and 2~ cents in 1932.
The tax cut was not too painful, though, for the
County had started to receive allotments from the
newly enacted motor fuel tax at the rate of about $4
million a year.
At budget time in 1932, the Board was confronted
with a worsening situaUon-decreased revenue and
increased depression expenses. Estimaling income at
S2,520,OOO leS8 UUlD the previous year, the Commissioners voted a cut of 15 per ccnt in all salaries, Including elected officials, and elimination of 338 positions.
The Higbway Department W8S lett with 303 regular
employes and 172 extras 8S needed.. With the pay cut
In effect . engineers on top level received $378.26 a
month and rodmen, lowest on the scsle, Sl61.50.
Hard pressed for operating funds, the County con-
rtrmlt.
7
",
n
,.'~
"l
9
47
9
"'"
ValuntLon
3:
4~.S03
14S,ll6
2'.:''''
IJ7.!WS
'19,,,,"
""""
'75,410
l'~iI
"796
n.""
SO.""
"'.""
~:~
1,ose.925
23<.039
The three no-fee permits were for a hospital for the

Sisters or the Holy Family of Nazareth, Maine Township, S192,500; a parsonage for 91. Paul Evangelical
Lutheran church. Norwood Park, S27.060, and an
addition to a convent in Wheellng, 20,400.
tinued to issue tax warrants, and presenlly employes
were getting them on pay day. Old timers in the Department recall that they either had to wait until the
County accumulated some cash or else discount the
wa rrants at a rate usually around 85 per cent.
Severfll tlmos the Board obtained cash by placing
tax warrants in tbe motol' fu el tax fund and the state
aid rcIund coffer.
Some relieJ' was afforded by falling costs. The
County was able to buy carcass beer for the institutions al 7 cents a pound: coffee. 19 cents: milk, 10 ~
cents a quart and men's shoes by the thousand pairs
at $1.35.
Bids on concrete pavement were as low as $1.10 a
square yard. which compared with $2.40 in 1926
Pa ve ment on County Settlo" of South welt Expre .. wlIY Ready for Open ing October 24.
Vol. XII No. 4
SEPTEMBER, 1964

PubUlhed by ttle Cook Coun t )' (Ill.) Oeplrtml nt o f Hl ghwIY.
Under au.ph~u of the Boa rd of County Comml.. IOnlll ri
S E YM O U R SI MO N, Pruld llnt
Frank Bobryuke
Cha r let S. Bonk
Chlrlu
Charlu J . Gn.lPP. Jr.
Jerome Huppert
LIllian Plo t ro wlkl
F. Chaplin
Gerald Dol eul
Ruby Ry an
George W . Dunne
William N. Erick.on
Floyd T . Fulle
Seymou r Simon
Josephine B. Sneed
J ohn J . T ouhy
Kenneth E. Wilion
Andrew V. Plummer
Supe r lrHendent of Hlghw",y,
PubU. hed
at
130
North
Well'
Street,
Chh:l"o
I.
TelephOne 3.21n14
Boob of the Month
August Traffic Deaths

continued to ride suburban streets and high.
DBATH
ways at soaring rate in Augusl The 27 fatali8
ties were two more than in July and 16 mare lhan in

August or last year. They br::m gbt
..~'\'~fltl4l("'\\ the 196-1 total through August to
197. which compared v.;lh U6 In
I ~
the same period of last year.
~
.'
Four of the August victims were
\.., . ,~.M
pedestrians sLruck by automobiles,
~
,...-~,;
one of them a man of 85.
~smrt.\O
Fifteen were killed in collisions
between aulomobiles. In two in
stauces three cars were involved. Four were killed
when cars in which lhey were riding left the pavement
and struck wayside objects. A f'-year-old boy riding
his bic.rclc and a motorcyclist were struck by cars and
onc person was killed in a crash between a car and a
truck.
The number of persons Injured In the suburban area
also increased over the previous month. In July, 1,086
persons were hurl in 670 accidents; In August. 1.201
were injured in 724 accidents.
~I
HEAD contends that pedestrians, espeA BUFFLE

cially school kids, are responsible for their own
safety.
Fatality stalistica, however, reveal that most pedestrians killed by automobiles are elderly or youngunable to understand the risk of venturing on the
pavement.
So when 8uffle happens along, expecting everyone
to clear the road for him, the stage is set for tragedy.
When the Gas Pedal Jams

What do you do when the gas pedal sticks and your
car races out of control?
The only safe reaction, the Allstate Motor Club advises, is to tum off the Ignition, leave the car in gear
end slart braking carefully.
Suddenly finding the accelerator jammed can be a
harrowing and possibly ralal experience, especially in
fast, hea.vy expressway lrnffie. The club's accident
IJrevention director, Edward R. Klamm, believes it
happens more frequently than most people suppose
and ls Lbe cause of frequcnt serious accidents other.
wise unexplainable.
"Some unlortllOale motoriBta have attemptp.:d to
avoid accidents in R runaway CRr by blinking the lights.
sounding the horn, slamming on the brakes, reaching
down to pull back the gas pednl , jumping out of the
car, aiming for a tree or post, or pulling on the hand
brake," Klamm said. ''Bulin the end they were either
injured or killed."
Keeping the car in gear takes ad ....antage of the
motor's slow-down effect. Jamming the brakes, Klamm

said. causes them to "fade". Klclting the gas pedal in
an effort to loosen it may only result in tighter
sticking,
"Tuming off Lhe car's Ignition key and braking ca refully to a stop is the fastest and safest method of
bringing a runa .....ay car under control," he sald.
"Knowlng this could save your liIe."
Tollway Link Ready

Indiana authorities announce that an eight-mile link
bet.....een Lbe Indiana and Dlinois toIlwaya will be
opened October 27, with completion of the Burns Ditch
intcrehange at the Lake-Porter County (Indiana) line.
County Supports New U. S. Road Plann ing

RESIDENT Seymour Simon and the Board of ComP
nmsioners have aligned the County
the State
and the suburbs
a new fed eral-aid higbway program
with
in
that holds much promise tor broad development of the

suburban area.
ActJol1 taken by the Board is in line with terms of

the 1962 Federal-Aid Highway Act, particulnrly the
requirement that after next July 1 grants from Wash{ngton for road building in urban areas of more than
50,000 population will be approved only {or projeets
based on "8 continuing. compreJ.f'nslve transportation
planning process carried on cooperatively by statcs
and local communities."
Provisions of the act and stepa toward compliance
A.lrcady taken by the Stale were explained at a meeting
In the Conrad Bilton Hotel Thursday night, September
17. which was attended by officials of most. of the 14.7
suburbs a ffected. Speakers Included Governor Otto
Kerner. Francis S. Lorenz. director of the lliino~ Department ot Publle Works; Virden E. Staff. chiet engineer of the Dlinois Division ot Hi.ghways. and G. E.
Marple. chief of the urban planning section of the
Bureau of Public Roads, which administers the acl
Suburboiln Offlcloill. Hear New Federoil l.Alld High_

wily Act Ellplillned. At the Microphone F r;ancl. S.
Lorenz, Director IIl1nor. Stilte Depoilrtment of Pub lic
Work . AI.o I t the Spe.a.ke.-.' T oilble, G. E. MoiIrple
U. S. Bureau of Public ROoild, (left ) ilnd Virden E.
Sufi, Chief Engineer, IIl1nol, Clvl.lan of H ighw;ay.
More Than Roads In Sight
olhl:rwise poor transportation will strangle your communities.
The speakers explained that the kind of planning

demanded by the 1962 law includes more than road
building. Highway projects must be related to all
forma ot transportation and must also take into consideration economic and esthetic values of the area.
PlannIng toward these objediveI' is already in progress by two ettabHshed agencics---the Chicago Area
Transportation Sludy and the Nortbeastem minois
~Ietropolltan Area Plannlng Commlasion.. CATS is
sponsored jointly by the State. County, Clt~ of Chicago and Bureau of Public Roads. The County also
con1ribu1es to the NIMAPC.
The State. which Is charged with the task of coordiustisg the participation ot local communities. h8.fl
accepted CATS Ilnd NT~\fAPC as the machinery to do
the basic operations called for by the 1962 federal act.
President Simon, who attended the meeting with
Andrew V. Plummer, County highway superintendent.
agreed with the State on this point. In a statement
to the pr eas the following day he said that when he
became Board president two yearR ago he thought It
might be well to eet up 8 new planning body. Now.
he said. he Is convinced that the two agenCies In operation are doing "88 good a job of planning as any
department of County government might do, and at a
much lower coat."
The County's continued support of CATS W8.fI assured by the Board's adopUon on September 23 of a
resolution appropriating $82.000 of Motor Fuel Tax
funds as the County's share of the agency's operating
expenses over the next two yeam.
Speaking at the September 17 meeting, Governor
Kerner urged the mayors and vlllage presidents to
join in a planning agreement with the State.
"The transportation problem of the Chicago urbanized area Is enormoua and it promises to become
greater In the next generation," he said. "To meet
t his problem you mUll plan together-and right IlOW-
"For the Chicago area we have the planning agencies

neces.sary to keep planning currenL The State bas
indicated Its acceptance oC these a gencies. All that is
n('Cded now ia acceptance by the local communitlea....
State At Top Of U. S. List

Looking up from his prepanxJ alatement at one
point, tile Govemor said, ''Prom talks I have had with
Rex Whltlon (U. S. bJghwa)' c01'llJDissioner), I undersland Illinois is right at the top for committed federal
road money."
Mr. Lorenz emphasized 1hat thi! transportation problem Is centered In the suburban :ilea.
"The number of people coming to the Loop each day
has remained constant for 30 years," he said. "The
greatest growth In travel is t91(illg place in our outlying orcas. which are a1 prescnt undeveloped."
Essentially all of the basic Inventories and analyses
required by the new highway act have already been
made by CATS, Mr. Staff aald. "We have", he said
"an integrated, comprehensive plan that baa as Ita
foundation inventories of the population, land uee,
travel hablta, transportation facilities and economy of
the region." CATS la currently busy, he said. In updaling Ita various inventories and in research to improve Ita plannlng techniques.
Comprehensive planning called for by the 1962 law
embraces considerations other ~an highwa:rs, he said,
including "building codes, zoning ordinances, parking
facllilleo. preservation of open space and a bost of
other urban planning elements."
The requirement for cooperation of local communities with the State, Mr. Staff told the suburban offi
clala, "is where you come in."
I!Cooperative effort has been construed by the
(COntinued un Pnl! e)
Expressway Idea Born

ONE gloomy year folIowed another in the deAs pression
touched off by tbe 1929 crash, financial
In
Depression
design work for a seclion of about two miles. However.

the diiflculty of obtaining tille, in whieh hoth the fedel'lll government and the State had interests. held the
project back until the legal pOinls were cleared. This
was finally accomplished and President Ccrmflk's
dream of 34. years ago will be realized next month
when Southwest Expressway is opened to travel.
burdens laid on the County Board grew heavier , but

the Highway Department found it possible to go ahead
with a respectable amount of construction and also
with plans for better times to COWl!. I ndeed, the line
of thinking that led to the expressway system now
serving Chicago and the rest of the County started in
the depression period.
The greatest load placed on the Commissioners was
the eMe of the host of unemployed. In his annunl
message for 1933, Board Presid('nt Emmetl Whealan
reported that 5,949,275 persons had been aided t hat
year in more or Jess degree. Tax collections continued
to lag. even after the Board appealed to property
owners to pay up to provide cash for r elief and also
to catch up on back pay due Calmly employes.
Striving to Ilick up a dollar wherevcr it could be
found, the Board got approval of the legislature to
issue $17 million of relief bonds and also look advantage of Springfield's permisalon to divert motor
fuel taxes, intended only for road building, to assist
the needy. Eventually, this makeshift resulted in taking away 75 per cent of Cook County's gas ta.x allotments.
Severallow points were rench eU in 1933, The budget
for the year reduced the h ighway force to 159 regular
employes and 59 extras to be hired as needed. In the
following year, 200 regulars were authorized and the
number was increased somewhat Each year thereafter,
I n nn effort to save the taxpayers 5 million, the
board trimmed the 1933 cor porate levy 33.6 per cent
under 1930 and took an even bigger bite in the highway tax;, A cut of 86.8 per cent ieft the Department
with only $750,000 from that sonrce to parlay with
wha t was left of the gas tax and state highway funds.
However, the depression that brought these ills also
aided the Depa rtment through federal emergency programs that provided free lsbor and money on public
jobs, The Civil Works Admin istrll.tion in 1933 allotted
20.000 men to Illinois and Ule Cook County highway
superintendent, Maj. George A. Quinlan found pick
nnd shovel work for 3,000 on 127 road sections.
More substantial aid came later from the Public
Works Administration , which aimed at permanent improvements rather than make-work projects. PWA
paid 45 pCr cent of costs. Cook County's shflre of
PWA 's allotmenL to Illinois was $2,925.000. and Maj.
QuinlaJl programmed 52 jobs estimated at $6.500.000,
Llle maximum with PWA aid.
ActuaJly, the expressway. 8$ the ultimate III Iligh

way enginet'ring, was developed over a lnng periofl of
lime from the constant endenvor to provide more n.nd
hetter roads for the fast-growing numhcr of mntnriRlg
rn Cook County, in this period, the pavemenl!; fir'sl
laid on main routes were widened from 18 to 20 (C'ct
lind soon were followed by lbe 40-foot "superIdgh
way." So urgent was the demand for multillI.ne roadways that citizen groups fanned ol'i?inally to hoosl for
"hard" roada of Rnr width centEred their efforlS on
"wide" roads. :Inri lheir desires were reflected in Ille
Cnunty Board's chOOSing the title "Wirie Road Bonds"
for the $]5 million isslle submilted at t he 1920 election.
Cars Increase In County
When the Highway Department was orgfl!1i7.cd in
1914 there probably were 45,000 passenJ!;cr automobiles in the County. The State's motor vehicle licens('
records wer' not made up separately for counties until
1952 but it was known that Cook County motorists
50 years ago were paying about 35 pel' cent of total
fees. Rnd the state's pIlssenger car registration in 1914
was 131.140.
State rel!istration in 1935 was 1.342.904, ApJll \'ill .~
the same 35 per cent produces 410,000 ca.rs in Cook
County. Probably there were more, for a specinl
check by the State in 1926 showed Cook Count.v's fee
payments at 31.6 per cent of the tt)tal.
At any rate. County Board found the highway Ilroblem one of increasing dimensions. Even in the depth
of depression car registration fell off only slightly,
a lthough there was at one time s uch noticeable public
interest in bicycling l.hat the commissioners directed
the highwar superintendent to study the proposition
of lay ing out bike paths along the roads. Nothing
came of that. althouJ!:h it may have been the first step
in marking off lanes for the two-wheelers in the Forest
Preserves.
The congested and hazardous highway situation WIIS
si7.ed up in a resolution presented to the Board Junc
7, 1937. by Presiden t Clayton F. Smith. who had succeeded President Whealan. He cited "a death rate
that is appaUing." Be gllve no Jjgures. hut a sl:arch
through state records reveals that traffic fatalilies in
the County in 1936 includipg Chicago totaled 1010 and
in 1937 amounted to 1133, which Compare with n
countywide total in 1963 of 4.81.
Cermak Dream Fulfilled

The first step in the direction of expressway pla.n!ling, although unrecognized as stIch at t he time, WRS
taken in 1930 hy A. J, Cennak. then president of the
Board. In a resolution adopted by the Board , he
pointed to the abandoned lllinoit' & Michigan Canal
as an "ideal location for a grafle-separated highway
which would fit into the Chicago plan, the Forest
Preserve plan and the entire regional plan of the
section."
The Highway Department spent considerable time
studyin, the possibility and went so far as to do some
The historically significant point in this resolution

was President Smith's perception that providing tht
lype of highway needed for high volumes of traffic
moving with safelY was an undertaking too large fOI'
the County to handle alone, He proposed that thl'
City of Chicago and the Slate be approached, and
(COn tinued on Page 7)
Civil Defense Stocks Hines Hospital

of Hines Vclcrans' Hospital, the
PRE)PARATION
largest VA Hospital in the Midwesl. to serve the
community in any kind of emergency was advanced

t his mont h by lhe delivery of 16 tOllS of supplies from
stocks of the Cook County Civil lJefense Organization.
The stocking was authorized by Seymour Simon ,
President of t he County Board, who is also President
of the CoD organization. The delivery of emergency
rations, firs t aid kits, radiological detection instruments, waler containers, and sanitation kits W3S arranged by P a trick M. O'Block, Cou n ly C-O Direclor
aDd his Assistant, Carl Freeberg.
Dr. Lee H. Schlesinger, hospilaJ director, said that
s hcJtcr spaces for 6,200 persons have been set u p al
Hines. Supplies furnished by the County Drc sufficient
to sustain the 6.200 for two wew
" With these supplies. Hines '8 in an excellent posi.
lion to wit hstand two weeks of radiological falloul."
he said. " We have 1.835,000 gaU:ms of water in ta nks,
so there should be no water problem. Pla ns for A
rapid bed expansion have been made to allow f or 3.200
patien ts and we also have plans (or 20Qbed emergency
hospital units to be set up on the groWlds."
Be pointed out that Bines, gelJerally s upposed lo be
exclusively for tr eatment of veterans, is charged with
the responsibility of carin g for all persons requiring
emergency treatment. As an example of planning for
community service, he said that arrangemenls are
being made to receive patients, C!\<en in large numbC!rs,
from O'Ha re Airpor t. Being on the tollway and C!xpressway system. he said, Hines is r eadily accessible
fr om the airport.
T he Hines Staff has been training fi rst aid, radiological monitoring and rescue ~enms since 1957, the
Director said. A radio transmitter has been installed,

with at least half a dozen licensed amateur operators
on hand. and a "fanout" systcm for summoning perM nnel if an emer gency has been put in effect.
New Era Out Southwest
Opening at Oak Street
Emergency Supplies Stocked a t Hines VA Hospi.

tal; Patrick M. O' Block County C ivil Defense Direc:tor (l eft ). and Dr. Lee H. Schlesinger Hin es Director.
Ope.ning of the North Lake Drive grade separation

at Oak Street, constructed by the County. has been
set for Saturday, October 17.
'fraffic on the drive will then ftow without interruption. Northbound Michigan Avenue traffic, which
formerly required signal control on the drive. will pass
beneath the drive through a t unnel-like structure a t
about Ceda r Street and enter drive lanes north of
Division Street. Motorists soutl:.bound in t he drive
wishing to continue in Michiga Avenue will change
lancs at Divis ion Str eet.
The project was built in two etagcs , the contract
jlI'ices for which were 51.587,703 and $3.399,884. J. lL
Corbett Co. was low bidder in each instance. Fifty per
cent of costs a re to be refunded by t he federal government. The cost of design was assumed by the City of
Chicago.
In an editorial captioned " Winning the Southwest".

the Life newspapers, based in Cicero, hail completion
of Southwest Expressway as the dawn of an era of
pr osperity for the communities it will serve.
The Life papen, whose publisher is J ohn F . Ku bik.
recall a survey they made five years ago, which showed
"booming new industrial pa rks, retail shopping centers, and extensive new home developments" a long
completed expressways. especiall) in the northwest
area of the County.
The survey revealed that t'lXo.ble assessed valuations in townships wit h expressways had increased
$18 million to $22 million a nnually, while in townships
withont expressways the increase amounted to only
$2 mi!1ion or $3 million.
The Life publisher in the latest editorial notes that
both the County and State rallied to aid the southwest
arC!a and that in addition to e..q;editing the expressway, a Central Avenue crossing of t he Sa.n.itary canal.
under County construction. was includcd in the improvement.
editorial states.
" An indication of this development can be seen in
the rapid rise of the assessed valuation in Stickney
Township. which is expected to pass Cicero Township's
total within a nother year or t wo. Cicero is now leading with an assessed valuation of $268 million, but
Stickney Township v,oas breathing down its neck with
8259 million valuation in ]963. with a sizeable increase
this yea r wben t he assessments, now in progress. are
completed. And this is only the beginning."
" Great as will be the traffic prcssures to be eased

when t he Southwest Expr essway nnd the Central Avenue crossing are completed, more im portant is the
development of the whole southwest area, which is
expected W rival Vta~ of northwest Cook County," the
Help on West Leg
Detours
A
expedltin,g construction of the
A sWest
Leg of Dan Ryan Expressway, the Board of
~fEAl\"S
of
Effect
HA RLEM AVENUE, brld,l! over L "'- 1101.

Qlnal. runaround.
LAKE SIIORE DRIVE. lemPOrU"Y deI
tour ru..:lway around con.truetlon .itl! of
Oak Street. Outer Drlve AUehl,an A,'enul!
Intl!rcha",(',
SVMQ!J.!.Sl.IoIOH
Ct"MBio.;ltLANO AVENUE rocolUtrUetlon. northbou nd trattlc OC. "'ell on
Inlng Pllrk Road, north on River Road
to r.nwnmce A'enue. elut to F.... l Rlvl':r Road north to Bryn
Mnwr Avenue Rnd then('t' to CumMrLand: .ou thbound !'evene.
GRAND A VENUE. n:oeon.trucllon: at Mnnnhelm Road west
bound tralIle .,:M!I: louth on Mannhelrn to North Aven ue. weal
to York Road and north to Grand: eastbound. reverse.
VERMOI'-'T STREET, Blue Island, TeCOn.l:nu:Uon rela ted to
new Weslern AvenUI! brld,e; west bound trame ~ south
on Irvlnlt. we.l on GroVI! and north on Rextord to Vermont;
eUlbound goes ,outh on Rexton!. eut on Cro". and north on
Chatham.
HARLEM AVENUli Glenview, maID d ....ln; northbou nd tratfle ,ues wett on Gol Road. nOrth on Shermer ROIld and ellSt
on CI.m"lew road: .outhbound, 1'e\'I!t"Se.
ROSELLE ROAD, recon'truetlon: northbound tra.tl'le roe_
eut on SChaumburlr Road, north on Meaclaam Road and Wett
on HI,gln, Road; tOuthbound, l'eVene.
86TH AVENUE, AICCarthy Road to ISlIt Street., brld,e re
pAir. Detour ove r McCarthy Road. 80th Avenul and I3:JJI t
County Commissioners has ap;>ro\'ed a propcaal by

Andrew V. Plummer, County Superintendent of High
waye, to employ private engineering firms lo do part
of the design work.
About S60 million of construction will be done
In

requires dctours as follows:
the
County's section of t he West Leg, which extends from
the present end of pavement at Hn.ialcd Street to about
169th Street. The four private consulting firms will
design about $15 milUon and the Highway Depart
menl's road and bridge design oivisions will do the
rest.
The U. S. BUreau of Public Roads, which provided
90 per cent of costa of interstate routes, permits employment of outside engineering services wit hout bidding. Fees for consultants are us ually limited by the
Bureau to a maximum of 4.% per ront of project costs.
The firms engaged for West Leg work are KnoerIe,
Bender, Stone and Associates; Consocr. Townsend &.
Associates; AJfred Senesc)' & Associates; and Nelson,
Ostrom. Baskin, Berman &. Assnclates, all of ChiC8~O.
tn
S"",L
CENTRAL AVENUF.. dOled between 103rd Stl'ftt aDd ].l!I:th
SU't!el for Sanitary District Pf'O.Ject.. SouUlbound \"I!hicln 10
eAlt on l03rd Street 1lI Oeero AWDue. tbrftN aoalh and (lbRMte
IILtn. posted tbei'l!. Northbou.Dd tra.mc tollow revene roult!l.
WOLF ROAD. dOled betWftD lSIst an4 143rd Streell tor
culvl!rt a nd headwall eonitrurtklll; rouow s:lans f or detour o"u
WIII-Cook Road.
lS1ST STREET. eloled betWHll Wolt RGad and WUI'Cook
Road. eul"ert conltruetlon: follow detour .I,na by way ot
MeCtlrthy Road .
MUNORANK ROAD, 1'l!!!on.trurtlan between Barrlnlton Road
and Freeman Road: detour by wa)' ot C'.enu-aJ Road.
PLUM GROVE ROAD. bue conatrudJon betWl!e'n RIIiL'lns
ROlld and Golt Road. open to loeal tratbe.
Good Advice From Dummy

Boob of the Month has acquired 8 sort of second
cousin-a talking dummy set up by the Arcole Midwest
Corporation during const ruction of the Damen Avenue
intersection of Southwest Expressway.
This job. in a County section of Southwest, involves
reconstruction of the old Damen avenue viaduct over
railroad tracks and onelane traffic has been permitted
during work. An " Arky Arcolc" fi gur e atands at each
end of the bridge and produces recorded wa rnings
such as the following :
"Please watch the road, not the work."
''Your moat dangerous mile is the one ahead"
In more than seven months of work at Damen Ave
nue there has been no traffic aCCident, and the dummies
get a large measure of credit.
New U. S. Planning!Contlnued trom Pale til
Bureau of Public Roads to mean that each jurisdiction

having authority and responsil:i1ity for actions of
region-wide significance should ha\e appropriate voice
in the planning pnx=ea8." he said.
'~Further. all political subdivisions should p.l.rticipate in the tranBportation planning procCIIB. Tbis
would Insure full COl18ideratlon of all pertincnt factors
and contribute to the resolution of any differcnces of
opinion during the p~88 of developing proposals for
improvements."
biro Staff saId that the Indiana Sta te Highway Department has joined the planning movement on behalf
of suburbs ineluded in the ChlcagoNorthwestern
Indiana Urbanized Area and that CATS planning has
been integrated with the recently a nnounced Compre.
henllive Policies Plan of the City of Chicago.
Mr. Marple discull8ed the ne~' hl~hwa y nct section
by section and in conclusion listed specific points which
the Bureau of Publle Roads requires to be considered
in planning programs:
Thanks to Employes
Employes of the Highway Department expressed
their aympathy en masse when the daughter and niece
of a fellow worker. Mrs. Margaret McGovern, were
struck a nd killed by an automobile out of control on
September 1.
Mrs. McGovern, who is emPloyed in the General Files
Office, wrote to Superintendent Andrew V. Plummer,
saying. "In behalf of my family and the Smith family,
my sincere thanks to you and all the memberll of the
Cook County Hig hway Department. There are no
words I can write that would explain our gratefulness.
" I am extremely proud to be a member of this great
organization."
" Eeonomlc. factors affecting development, population, land use, transportation facilities includIng those
tor ma.88 transportation, trave1 patterns, terminal and
transfer faclUties, traffic. control features, zoning ord14
nancell, subdivision regulations, building codes etc..
fmanclal resources; social and communltyvalue factOrll, such as preservation of open space, parks and
recreational facUlties , preservation of historical sites
and. buUdtngs, environmental amen!t:lea, and eathetics."
Conference at N. U.
Northwestern University Law School will be the site
of the 1964 Mldwest Regional Traffic Court Conference, starting Monday I October 12, and running
through October 16,
ROAD, which today is busy highway in the

RAND
northwest part of the County. was named for an
ERMITS for building eou.trucUon estimated b eoet

P
SS.798,8(W were issued in August by the Cook
County Department of Building and. Zoning, wbleb baa
early settler who was neUve in civil and culturnl

aft'a1rs in Maine fown-......
;-..,
'!'
County.
or the 190 fee permits
6 v ere for single dwell:
' 1
inC- valued at a total ot
$2,076,095 and two were
far apartment buildings contaIning a total of 116 units
and valued together at $1,149,750. Both apartment
houaes arc to be built in Maine Township, whJc:h baa
acen a lively growth in multiple-dweUing bul1dlnga in
recf'nt years.
The largest single project lilted in the August per
mila was an addition to the Ford Motor CompRny
plant in Bloom Towllahlp, S3,801,193.
In the notee clil8llifl.callon, which includes churchea,
public and (ann buildings, 11 permits reflected a total
nluation or $1,035,125. Included were a $400,000
addition to the District 83 aehool at Scott and Ayndale,
Leyden Townahlp; a water i.reating plant of the
LaGrange Highland. SanitAry O!J;trict, Lyon. rown
ship, 100,000; an addition to the Carmel o( S1. Josepb
monutery, \Vbeellng Townsblp. W,OOO; and an addl
lion to St.. John Lutbmln Chureh, Schaumburg Town
ablp, $10.000.
rn addition to those (or single dweilings and apart
menta, Cee pennlts were laaued B.1 tollows:
turyago.
Sc.crates Rand, a earpenter and
cQrnC to
amp
=:
budder.
Chlcago in 1834,
whim he wns 30 years

old. and the IolJowing
year look up 320 acres in
the area of present day
Des Plaines. The ro.'\d.
known from lhr tleginnin&" as the Rnnd Road,
was laid
olll
in the Jnll! 1830's
juriBdlction in the unln

corporated area at the
s.hlp more than a cen-
running fro m
Sand Ridge. In Jefferson Township. to the mouth of

Flint Creek at the Fox River, lind paaslng through
Rand's property.
The first EplacopaJ church 8e"'1ce in ~lalne Township was held In Rand's home In 1837 and the first
tlchool, started In 1838. wa. hou8t:l.i in a building 10 by
12 feet that he had used for cheese stomg.. and con\'erted to n elfl5I room. Fifteen pupils attended, The
fint teacher fa lI.led a.8 Ylsa Rand, possibly. aiBler.
Rand bum the RCOnd hoUM' in Des PLaint'll In 185\
and about that time took over a saw mm lbnt the
Cbteago & North \Ves~m Railroad had opernted to
make tiel. Later he ran a griat mill and Il hotel.
When the Gennan newcomers to the area ....'IUlted to
bnild a ehureh, Rand donated 'he- lumber and :)ther
neighbors hellX'd with their ha nds, which., according
to A. T. Andrea.' Histol'}' or Cook County. published
in 1884 , lIIul'rated tbe "unity of feeling and regard
for each other'. inte.rests" prevalent at the lime,
"All responded with nlnerily to the call to raise a
house. or a bridge, or to repair Impassable rondtl,' said
Andrellll, adding, "Differences were general1y Adjusted
without recOUrM to the law."
Maine, like other Cook County townships, was or
ganlzed In 1850 under Il state act of 1849, Rand W8JI
chn.lnnan ot the fh-at town mceHlIg, at which officers
were elected and buaineu waa trn.nsacted. One of the
first acUolU!I waa the appropriation of $40 (or roadll
and bridges. Rand served the township as supervisor,
justice of the ~ace and. (or 20 years as treasurer.
The village wu known 8S Rand (rom the recording
of the plat In 1857 until the n"me was changed to
Des PlaineR by act of the logialAlnre in 1869.
RuWenla.J .ddjUon. and. alt~_:a. pennll.., $9CI,I99.

Ae.tor)' build nu-&2 permit. ~:ltJGG.
Bu,IIIUI bUlldIIlCf--4 pumlta.

tlldUnn.,1 bUUdlrllr-.8 pennU.,
~,
280.
l!ldtalrl.1 add llloJUI ,lId all~U~ permltt. S3.901.493Well---' permit.", t.'I.m.

)t'-ll~u_lo
pl!nnU., -I8O,.5(D
C~
By t090"lUlbipa, the Auguat

trlbuted
tollows:
B.
T,,"'n."'.,
rem'l ....
Uloom
IJl'('men
f:Lk Grl/"e
"
B
12
","",
IAyden
"0
Ilanover
Lyon.
)(.111(1
New Trier
Norlhneld
Urllllltl
1'.I.Une
Palo,
l'1'ovbo
me!!
permits were dis
30
7
J2
4
Sthllumbura
~lIekMY
"a
34
Thornton
WhlIn.
Worth
..
'
8
The no--fee pennits included two for changing to

public sewers in SUckney Township. No valuaUon
statement was requlred.
Expressway Idea-
OOMtrucUon.
It bad been noted by the Board two or tbree years
previously that travel from the northwest part of the
County bad been IncreBJIing a.nd waa creating a proir
lem by converging at the Car end oC Afilwaukec Avenue.
The Board perceived the Immediate need oC an im
proved route to bring this tmffie into downtown Chi
cago, The H1&hway Oepartml'nt rievoted much lime to
studying the proposed elevated road, but the City ad
ministration WIl8 not enlhusiastic. So the problem
continued to grow unUI the Edell. and John F. Ken
nedy (Northw('st) Expresswaya were built.
(OOntlnued trom Pa.a 4)
thereby blued the trail tor the jointparticlpation that

has built the expresswaya.
Specifically. he lIuggested olevoted highwaYII, Whjie
he spoke of "a thorough and comprehenalve ACheme."
without llpeclfying any JoenUon. it was recalled by
WUliam J . MorUmer. who lucceeded Maj, QuinInn as
superintendent. that the Idea boiled down to a route
ntnnlng northwest from the center or Chicago a long
the Chicago & North Western mllroad rlght-ofwny,
where cJevntlon would he a prll clical f01Tl1 or highway
Southwul Exprue ..... ay u
elmtra' Avenue AI aI/au at Dedication M.ke the F I,..t Trip. (See Page 5).
Vol. XII No. 5
OCTOBER, 1964

Publl.hed by t he Cook Cou nty ( 111.) De pa rtment of H ighway.
Under au.plc e! of the Boa rd of Cou nty Co m ml .. loner,
S EYMOU R SI M O N, Prllllident
e h.rlu J . Grtlpp, Jr.

Jerome Huppert
Fra nk Bobry tzke
C harlel S. Bonk
Ch,. rlu F. Chaplin
Ge rald Dolezal
Lillian Plo t rowlki

R uby Ryan
Seymo ur Simon
George W, Dun ne
Will ia m N. E rlck.on
Josephine B. Sneed
F loyd T . Fulle
J ohn J . T outly
Kenneth E. W iI,o n
Andrew V. Plummer
P ubUl hcd
at
130
North
Well,
Street,
Chicago
6.
Telephone 321n14
Boob 0/ the Month
September Accidents
RAFFIC DEATHS
suburban hIghway.; and
Tstreets
dropped markedly
September but the
total for the year continued b soar
on
in
above last year.

The 15 September fatilitics compared with 27 in August Me 23 in
September, 1963. H owever, September was only the second month
this year in which deaths weN' [cwer than last year and was the
lowest in 1964 except June, which also had 15.
F or the first nine months o[ thls year, the lotal of
deaths was 147. In the same period last year It was
93.
Ten of the September victims were killed in collisions between automobiles and one in an auto-u uck
craah. Three were killed when cars in whito they
were riding left the road and struck wayside ohjcct3.
One was a pedestrian struck by an automobLlc.
In addition to the dead, 1,095 persons were injured
in 676 accidents, There were also 3,645 accident.:> that
resulted in property damage only.
Seven deaths rcsulled from accidents on roads III unincorporated area and one each in BarUett. Calumet
Park , Cicero, Maywood, Melrose Park, Oak Lawn,
Phoenbc: and Richton Park.
cold snap will find Mopy Merwin stalled

TinHEtheFffiST
middle o[ an expressway in a car unprepared
for winter driving.
Mop}, also puts off gelting rus new license
until the final crackdovm..
~lates
reduction in the accident rate in the area.

"When traffic congestion was relieved on arterial
streets, the accident rate was reduced,
''Tn three control fLreas, a 14. per cent inCl"e1se in
traffic r esulted in a 14 per cent increase in ac~:dents.
The test area had a 21 l>cr cent increase in traffic and
an 8 per cent decrease in accidents.
"Nearly half of the 21 per cent increase III the
vehicle-miles of travel was attributed to diversion of
traffic into the area; i. e., to the expressway or to
arterials in the area WhlCh would have a apti advantage over arterials outside the area. Adverse
travel driven by motorists in order to gain ac;::css to
the expressway was estimated to represent one-fifth
of the increase in VMT, and natural growth (for want
o[ a better term) contributed the remaindel' of the
increase. This implied that once traffic patterns adjusted to the new facility, the tesl area would return
to the traffic growth trend of three and one-hall per
cent that was observed from 1953 to 1959,"
Safety on Expressways
Expressways are not only safer to drive, l.ut by
attracting traffic from nearby arterial routes lhEy also
produce a lower accident rate throughout the ad 'jncent
area.
This finding is presented by Frederick F, Fry.: III the
current Issue of C,A.T.S. Research News, pubhstcd by
the Chicago Area Transportation Study. His rEport
is based on data galhered in the area of Eisenhower
Expressway west o[ Cicero Avenue and in three conlrol areas in Chicago not served by any expre'l!!wny.
Four conclusions are presented:
"The rearrangement of traffic and shift of motor
vehicles to the expressway resulted in a 25 per cent
Expressway Idea Fostered by County

HE PLAJ\'1\'rJXG that has
to constructlvD of
Tthe
Chicago-Cook County expressway system was
Jed
ceived [rom Mayor Edward J. Kelly a report on a

comprehensive superhighway plan for Chicago. In a
resolution of concurrence, it was Doted that plals for
making a supcrhighway of Congress Street were qu.ilc
deluiled and that the County's Northwest projC('L was
included in the City's proposed system.
The .s~cial legislation permitling the County to borrow against gas taxes required that locatioD3 and
preliminary details of the proposed superhighways be
determined hy March 1, 1940. The date became meaninglcss, however, for the Stste Supreme Cour' held
the cnabling act invalid.
Slill clinging to the cig idea. the Board on ),{ay
23 a dopted a resolution by Commissioner Ryan directing Mal Quinlan to study other possible mellus of
financing that portion of the proposed superh,t.hway
syslem lying within thl"! Central Busincss DIstrict,
whcrc motorials would get thc largest benefits from
t he money invested_
Eleven project units were listed in lhe CBD plan,
including fcur o( Nonhwest and three of Congress
Street. Total costs were estimated at S66 millivn. at
pre-war prices.
started in the CounLy Board room in late years or the

big depression and for a time was carried on l:y the
County single-handed.
Neilher the State nor the City, which now pallicipaLe equally with t.he Counly in expressway planning
and construction. joined in the first discussions Federal aid, which llince 1956 has provided 90 per cent
of costs, was nol avails ble in any degree anti lhe
County's own highway funds were limited,
Nevertheless, thl' Commissioners and Highw.} Superintendent George A. Quinlan continued long range
traffic studies and adopted policies aimed to c .neeDtrntc on roads described in terms of modern eXiI'cssway design but known At. the time as "supN'high.
ways."
As related in the previous installment of this fiftieth
a nniversary review of the Highway Department, the
first propoSAl for an expressway type was the County
Board's idea. in 1937. for an elevated roadway .lIong
side the C&NW tr acks running northwest frOlll the
Central Business Districl of Chicago. By tilen a
growing volume of traffic pouring into the city from
the northwest part of the County had marked th:::: neW
for a type of road on which heavy traffic could move
at good speed and without interruption. snd til" loca
tion alongside the railroad grade appeared to bp j:.rac
tical and relatively inexpensive.
Cost estimates by Maj. Quinlan, however, turned
out to be beyond the County's reach , and the elry de
clined to share. Undiscournged. lhe Co mmle~ ioners
clung to the exprcssway idea and became more enthus iastic when the Merrilt Parkway in New Yoti!: was
put in use.
The late Board President Dan Ryan. for wtom the
south expressway was named. was then chairman of
the roads and bridges committee_ He went to New
York to see the new parh'ay and later several of the
Highway Department staff, ine1uding Willium J. Mortimer, who was superintendent 1953-1963 and cefore
Ulen Maj. Quinlan's assistant, also made th(> trip.
Outside The City

Maj. Quinlan reported on July 29 that 8 bond :ssue
was impractical, that there was no likelihood ...,f getting a loan from \VlIshlngton a nd therefore he was
unable to submit any recomme.ndation for cQnstruction
by thc County of the CBD system. He did recOlnnlend
that the County sland ready to join with other high.
way sgencips in carrying out the project ano1 then
BOunded a keynote that mark~ the beginning o[ e.....
pr'(!ssway history:
"Until definite steps of financing by other agcucies
are taken, I beartily recommend the highway funds of
the County not needed for completion of the pt"csent
five-yt'.ar program be used exclusively for tbe purpose
of constructing an expressway system of highways in
the unincorporated areas of t he County."
Mr. Mortimer recalls that Maj. Quinlan comme.nted
at the time that expressway8 in the suburban area
would bring in such volumes of traffiC! that th.: Cily
would be forced to join the con.struction progra.:.z.
In that period. before a ny e,"'<-presaways bad been
designed, Maj. Quinilln had a clear conception of the
basic features. He said in his report:
"Such expressways should bave no cross traffic, being grade separated throughout, with traffic moving in
opposite directions separated by a center parkway
and constructed on sufficiently wide rights of ....oy to
prnvide service roads for abutting properties wllh access to the expressway highway only at cont rolled 10eations. The highways should be providet! witil
modern And adequate street lighting and nndside
landscaped."
In August he submitted "A Study of a Syslem of
Express Highways." Substantially, the routea .:;howll
on his map arc those of the present expr CSsw8) system. Major changes are elimination of a route along
the Des Plaines River brought about by constru ction
of the Tri-State Tollway in the same general are!:f, and
elimination of two sections in the south area of the
County that have been built as tollway,
Money In Sight
A solution of the over-riding problem of where to
get the money appeared in June, 1939, when the state
legislature passed a special act authorizing the County
to borrow from the State on notes anticipating one
half of motor fuel tax allotments for 20 years. It was
reckoned that the County would thus have ::thout
$40 million in hand.
In August, the Board set up a Superhighway Division in the Highway Department with 76 empJoyees,
a nd a month 18ted adopted a resolulion specifyin;; tbat
the projected Northwest route have "not lesa than
four traffic lanes in each direction, together witl, necessary bridges, railroad and highway grade s..parations, no : ross traffic or left turns."
The ssme resolution noted that the City for some
months had been atudying a superhighway ~ run
westerly [rom the Central Business DisLrict. It also
authorized a joint County-City committee to CJordi
nate planning.
In November of that year, the Comrnissioncr4 r e--
New Expressway Hailed As Miracle

1
DEDICATION
INTERSTATE ROUTE 55
THE SOUTHWEST EXPRESSWAY
OCTOBER 24. 1964

Firat Traffi c:: on Southwelt E xprulway--Cars That
Brought th~ Lug e Gathering T o the Oediutlon.
The Speakera' Stand, Occ up ie d a t the Moment By

Seym our Simon. P rea ldent of the County Boa rd.
nally scheduled. Mr. Whitton said the speeded-up

job was a miracle.
AILED AS A miracle of expedited construction,

Southwest Expressway was dedicated and opened
to t ravel Saturday, October 24.
" When I WIUI told that you intended building South

.....cst a year earlier than first planned, I didn't believe
it cou1d be done," he said. " I believe it was due lo the
great interest maintained by tbe local governments
and I regard the accomplishment as n splendid ex
ample of close cooperation."
The completed portion of the newest and most

modern of the metropolitan area expressways extends
15.36 miles from its connection with Dan Ry:. n Expressway to the Cook-DuPage County Line. It brings
the mileage of expressways in use in the Chicago area
to 91.80. An additional 2.14 miles of Soutllweat.
from Dan Ryan to Lake Shore Drive at 24th Street,
is scheduled for construction next year.
The completed sections of Sout hwest were constructed by the State-California Avenue to Cicero
Avenue and from west of the Harlem Avenue Inter
change to the County Line--oby the County- Halsted
Street to California Avenue and Cicero to Harlemsnd by the City, which const ructed the conncctions
with the Dan Ryan east of Halsted Street. T.t~ City
will also build the extension to Lake Shore Dnvc..
Like the other speakers, Mr. Whitton cited t he

savings in time and money afforded motorists hy ex
pressway tea,-e) and, even more important, he 811.id, the
safety features that save Iivea.
"This expressway cost around $195 million." he
said. "But in tenns of veh icle miles travelled, expressways are the cheapest roads we build. It costs
one-balf cent B mile for a car on an expressway; on
rural roads, the cost is one and one half cents",
Tbe 90 per cenl of federal funds applied to the In
lectate system, he said comes from federal wes on
gasoline and tires.
The three agencies were represented at ribhoncut

ting ceremonies by Governor Otto Kerner , County
Boa.rd President Seymour Simon and Mayor Richard
J . Daley. Also present was Rex 'M. Whitton, Federal
Highway Administrator. Southwest is included in
the Interstate Highway system, which is financed 90
per cent with federal grants. As 1-55, it will connect
with Springfield, st. LoUis, Memphis, Jackson, MissiSSippi, and New Orleans.
"People using expressways are paying for them,"

Mr. Whitton said.
Unlike the other expressways, which were opened
to travel section by section as completed, Sou~west
was opened full length at one time, the result of work
in progress simultaneously over the whole route. The
accomplishment was virtually completed, wi th lighting. signs and landscaping finished except in a few
amaH areas.
Following the exercises on the expressway and a

tour to the west end, the dedication party weL.t to a
luncheon in the Palmer House. Fra ncis S. Lorenz.
director of the State Deparbncnt of Public Works,
maste red a program of speaking.
Four-way interchanges are open at the County Line,

TriState Tollway. Lawndale Avenue, Central Avenue, Pulaski Road, a nd Darnen Avenue. Daml:.n Avenue ramps connect with Ashland Avenue. Ket:hie and
California Avenues are linked with ramps tha, alford
eastbound entrance and westbound exit at Kedl.ie and
westbound entrance and eastbound exit at California.
Governor Kerner, President Simon and Mayor Daley

dwelt on the inter-agency cooperation that brought
completion of the expressway a year earlier than orlgi-
Prealdcllt Simon and Mayor Daley Shift the SoArrler

T o Open L ake Shore Drive Grade Separation,
Shore Drive grade separation

T
formally placed in use Saturday morning, Octobc:r 17,
aE NORTH LAKE
at Oak Street, constructed by the Counry,
WBS
when Seymour Simon, County Board president, and

Mayor Richard J . Daley removed a bunting-draped
barricade.
Motorists had been permilled to use the tunnel carrying northbound Mlc.higan Avenue traffic unrler the
drive during the previous week
A short piece of
paving connecting the inner drive with Micbl.l;an Avenue was still t o be done, so the ceremony was timed to
mark completion of all driveways north and 8"1Utb.
Allhougb the grade separation structure and the

new drive lancs have been completed, the contra.ctor
will continue work in the area until next June. The
jobs remaining Include comfort IOtations at the beach
end of the Oak Street pedestrian underpass, a p"'lmenade, and a pa"ed area at the bathing beach, These
Improvements will require pulling the shoot piling
that 8upported the detour road along the bathing
beach and cutting off the piling elsewhere along the
ahore.
Principal feature of the project is the tunnel leading
from northbound Michigan lanes under Lake Shore
Drive, thus eliminating the light signals that for
years controlled tra.1tic at thc grade separation.
Through traffic on the drive now flows without interruption, using six lanes BOuthb.:lund in the morning
rush hour and six lanes north in the evening rush.
The improvement was planned by the City of Chicago and construction was done by the County Half
of the cost will be returned to the County by tb~ federal government.
Tr;,ffie from Miehlg.n Avenue Move.. Through Tu"nel

Beneath Both Set e of Lake Shore DriVe LIn ...
completed on June 15, this year,

The Corbett Co, was aJso low bidder on the ~eond
stage of construction, $3,399,884. The contract was
awarded by the Board on January 17, this ye.tr, Bnd
work was started January~. It called for cor::t;lletion
of the beach appurtenances and all other WOJk by
June oC next year.
N ew Expresswa y I-55
MotoriSl!! uaing the Uj)THS'IIi'ays are becomins accUBtomed to seeing numbers display~ on sh.elds,
but not everyone, It appears, kno~ wbat they :nean.
Shield numbers mark units in the 4l.0Q0.mile in
terstate highway system started in 1956. The newly
completed Southwest Expreu\\'ay is part of Intenstate
55, which eventually 'Will run from Chicago to New
Orleans without a stop light. Other routes charted In
lhe Chicago area include I-57. 1-65, l.so, 1-90, and 1-94.
Even numbens run east and wen and odd numbers,
north and outh. Even numbers start at the bottom
of the map and grow larger nonhwllrd. Odd numbers
slart on the Pacific coast.
When the system 15 completed, the cross-cvunlry
motorist may find his way on roads of exprefoSWay
standard simply by following the interstate numbers.
The Front Cover

The view is eastward from the Central Avenue over -
Contract for the first stage was awarded by the

County Board to J. M. Corbett Co. a t $1,587,703 on
June 17, 1963, and work was started July 2~ For
the most part, first stage work consisted of b,lilding
a detour road on a fill supported by sheet piling. Also
included were a new bathing beach outside the fiU and
pedeetrian bridges for b~thers. This contract was
pass on Southwest Expressway and the photo was

taken as the party of officials and guests rode over
the new pavement following the ceremonies of dedi
cation. In this section, constr ucted by Cook CGunty,
all work was completed, InclUding 11gb ling, Signing
and landscaping. Central Avenue haa en\.rarice and
exit ramps in botb dir~tions ,
More Rumblers Laid
Detours
EVENTY-FOUR strips of rumbler pavemen L were

put down t his BeRson at 52 stop s ign interst'{'lions
on the County's road system.
The idea. of a pebbled surface at slop sign approaches as n means of alerting drivers was origrnated
in the Highway Deparbncnt in 1954 and installatlons
have been made each year since then.
Intersections treated this year in the Department's
five maintenance districts are:
IN progress by the Highway Department

W ORK
requires detours
follows:
8S
GLENVIEW ROAD, between Creenwood .\venue and Lehigh Avenue, delour by WilY ot ~:allt Lake Avenue and
Waukegan Road.
ClI7\I.BERLA.~O
AVENUE reconstruction, northbound traffic Roell west on
lr,ing Park Road, north on River Uoad
t o lAwrence Avenue, ellst 10 EaSl
Rh-er nO!1d nOrlh to D r),n Mawr Av~nue
nnd thence (j Cumhoeriand; .oul hbound r<'cVCl"lIe_
CRAND AVENUE, reeonrtrucUon; at Mannhelm Raft(! welthound trRtrle goo south on MllOnhetm to North Avenue, welt
to York R.oad nnd north to Grand; ealltbound, reverse,
VERMONT STREE.'I'. Blue lJlllnd. recon!trtll:Uon related. to
new Wl!llern Avenue brldil"!: Wl!lt bound traltle gal'! south
on Irving, west on Gro"C nnd north on Rexford to Vermont;
eastbounil goe, .outh on Rexford, cut an Grove and north on
Chl!.tham.
ROSELLE ROAD, r~nltruetlan: northbound tratrlc aGes
eut on Sehaumburg Road, north on Meaeham Road and well
on Hlggln Road: louthbound, I"!!Vl!nle.
86TH AVENUE. Mccarthy Road to lS11l Street, bridge repair. Detour o\'er McCarthy Road, 80th Avenue and lS1I;1
Street.
CE1>;'TUAJ. AVEl'.'l..'E.. e\o!lOO between 111lh Sttcct ana 115lh
Street tor SRnltary District pro}ecL Southbound vehlde. act
(,OIt on lOSrd Stf'@@ltoClceroAvelluelrthenee.outhandobserve
signs POlted thel"!!. Northbound tra Ie (allow reverse route .
WOLF ROAD, dosed betwRn 1311l and 143rd Streeta tar
eulvert and headwall etm.tnlctlon; follow .liRS tor detour over
Will-COOk Road,
l"UST STREE.'I', eJolIf'd between Wolt Road and Will-Cook
Road. culvert eon,ln.leUon; t oUow detour .liR' by way ot
Ml!Carthy ROlld.
MUNDHANK ROAD, reeonstrurtlon between Bllrl'lngton ROad
and Freeman Road: delour b)' way at Central Road,
PLUM CROVE ROAD, ball' eon5lruetlon between Higgins
RORd and COlt Hoad, open to local tramc.
Distr ict 1-west BarUett Rond at Route :19 ( two lK'p/lnte

locations), Barl\(!!L Road III Hlgglnll Road ( two IOCl\t"1Qnd,
GlRord noad at Welt Ua rtlett RolLd, Henly Road at fenny
Road, Healy Road at
Dund~
Effect
Road, Do nica RolI.II. at Sullon
ROlld, Danlea Road at Lnke-(;ook Road .

District 2-Buftnlo Road at Rand Rond, Buttalo GroVI" Road
at PalaUne RondbButtalO ero"e ROlld at Hlnu Road, Butralo
Grove Road at
undee ROlld Bender ROlld a l Ran' Road ,
Harm, RORd a l COlt ROlld, i-IlnLZ Road at Elmhunt ROlld,
IIInl:l; UOlld at WoU Road, Hintz Road at II.Ulwaukl!e AVl!nul!,
Howard Street at Lc!hlgh Avenue, Howard Street al Croll"

POInt HOlld,-Sander5 Road at Milwaukee Avenue, Sanderll Road
nt Willow 1(oad,
DIstrict S-871h Street at MlInnhl!lm HOI'Id, 79th Street at
COunty Line Road, County Line Rond at 79th Street, German
Church Halld at COUll l)' Line Road, Count LIne ROlld At Germlln Church HOM, H)3n1 Str(!f!1 at Kean venue l()3n1 Stree t
III Roberh ROlld...J03nt Street at 88th Avenue. l07lh Street at
Kean Avenue, lU"fth Street Ilt Robert' Road, 7111 Stre!!t at
Harlem Avenue, 7ht Street at Roberti Road, 88th Avenue at
9:1th Street.
Dlltrlct 4-100th Avenue at 143rd Street, Ked"le Avenue a l
George Brennan HI~hway, won Road a t H3rd Streel. 94th
Avenue a t IMth Street, 94th AVenue at ~111t Slr('('l. 94th
Avenue at H3rd St~t, Central Avenue at 127lh Street. Central Avenue at 135th StreeL
mltri l:t $----Thornlon-Blue [lland Road at Loomlll Street,
167th Street at Ked:cle Avenue. Kedzle Avenue ut Ib'7th
Slreet Hnlbrook Road at Riegle noad, Holbrook Road at
DLde Hlj;!hWay, Holbrook Uoad al Chieaj;!O Hell!hl&-Glenwood.
Rond, GlenwoOd-Lansing HnM at COllage Grove Avenue. Monee
ROad at Wettern Avenue, ("I'IUage Grove Avenue at Saul' Trail,
Kedzl e Avenue at Ceorge Brl!rman HlllhwRY. Ked?Ie A"l'.nue at
Go\'emor'. HJghwllY, Central Avenue lit Llnc:oln Hlllhwa)', COttage Grove Avenue In Swett Woods Farell PTesel'''e_
Citizens for Safety

Editor
Cook County Highways
Dear Sir:
We are glnd to receive your publication each month,
We filld that it contains some very interesting and
important information.
From time to time we try to use some idefis and
thoughts presented therein in promoting traffic fl flfety,
In our weekly news column of Wednesday, Octolx:-.. 14,
which appears in the Lincoln-Belmont Booster, we
"plagiarize" two items.
Kecp up the good work. Any further infol'rr.lltion
that you can furnish US regarding traffic safety wilJ,
of course, be greatly appreciated, If we can be of
service to you In any way please do not hesitale to
contact us,
Sincerely
Alan D. Kardoff, Executive Dil'ector
The Lakeview Citizens' Council
The Department also continued its annual progrnm

of reconstructing secondsry roads with pozz11anic
base and black top surfacing, Sections of 10 rosds
and the 200-car parking lot and main drive at Oak
Forest Institutions were rebuilt.
In the north part of the County the roads j('constructed were:
PalUlne Rand between QuenUn Road IUld Cedar St~t,
Sutton Rand between AlgonquIn ROM and Lake-Cook Rood,
Mudhank Road betwet!n Barrtnj;!!on Road and Pn:emlil:. Road,
and Prairie Avenue, Brookneld, between Wa.hlngton Street and
318t Street,
In the south area:

tOOth Avenue between 1511t Street and 14:1th Street, Derby
RORd between 1.81.t Street and Mccarthy Road, Walker Rond
between 13tst Street and Chlcago-JoUet RORd, Volbrecht Rand
between Glenwood-LansIng Road and Ridge Road, 1831'd Slf'@@t
bt!tween VolbN!eht Road Rnd TorN!nce A,'enue, Rnd COttnge
Gro,'e AV('cnue between SlIuk Trllil and Steger Road,
Stanley Weber
Milton Page Retires
Stanley Weber, employed as an inspector f.ransit

man for the County Highway Department for the
past nine years, died on October 14, He was 55 years
old and lived at 2720 W_ 47th Street.
Milton F, Page, engineer of bridge design, retired

October 15 after more than 35 years of service in the
Highway 'Department.
He started on February 18, 192P, as a draftsman and
attained the mtIng of highway engineer V. Virtually
all of his service was in structurnl desiJD.
Before coming to the Department he was employed
8.8 an engineer by the minois tJvision of Highways
and the Mis~is9ippl Valley Structural Steel Company.
Frank Frolik
Frank Frolik, employed by the Highway Department for the paat three years as s. road equIpment
operator, died October 7. H~ was 57 and lived n lo 2443
S. 56th Court, Cicero,
-'

ROAD, wWeb ataru at Algonquin Road
Q U&VI'IN
and runs northward through Palatine Township
September Building Permits

CONSTRUCTION in t.be unincorrorated
BUILDlNe
area of the County permitted in September
amounted to $3,431,360
to Lake-Cook Road. wna named for the proprietor of

a country store at Quentin and Algonquin Roada
around the tum of the
century.
Until recent years,
_ there wus confusion over
the spetHng. On County
81gbway Department
maps, it appeared as
"Quentin.," possibly
lifted. without the apostrophe, from the sign
that spanned the width
of tbe emporium nbovQ Ute raised front porch-"W.
in estimated COIIts.
The Cook Coun y Department of B.dlding
and Zoning luu~ 153
fee permiLS re8ecting a
total valuaLion Ol $3,031,160 and six permit. In tbe no-fee claulfu:aUon,
which Includetl church. pubUc and farm buUding., for
a. total or $"-06,200.
Flfly-eeven tee pe.rmlts were lsaul'd Cor atn.gle
dwellings tolallng $1.6-16,884 In estimated costa. Three
apartment permits wet(! lasued. These build InKs, with
n total ot 10 units nnd $00,000 valuation, are to be
buill In Stickney Township.
InclUded in the no-fcc permlls were 8 Catholic cOnvent and Infirmary In Palos Township, $25O,1lOO; a
I'cctory for St. Helen'. Episcopal Church. Lyons Township, $85.000, and an addition to the Elk Cro\'e Tov.'Dship town hall. $49,500.
: : ,'I I :
Quentin's Cheap Variety Store." On lIubdivision plata

It appeared varioual)' 9JI "Quintin," " QuInten," and
" Quenlen."
In 1958. the Pal.Une Historical Society urged that

" Quentin" be accepted and applied uniformly. The
Cook County Board of Commissioners approved with
a resolution and since then tbe road has appeared on
County mapa 88 Quentin.
In Addition to LhOlSe tor single dwellings and ilpart

menL houses, tee penruta were iSsued 88 follow,.:
Itdltlctnllal addlUo"" lind altenttloM--28 ~It.. '1:u,616.
At'JI .....r')' bulldlo,., -1::1 pptmlla, ~.
nu.ln. . bu1l111~ l",nnllA, S6OIUOIl
Uu.tl'lHll a4dlullr'. and a.ltllntlw1-S pm!t.I. ~'IO'.L
lfldlUlrial b"Udin ....... ptnnlla, $-197.000.
WeU_3 Pf'nnla, $2,100.
~U_lIa"",u_7 prormlt.l. SU,.060.
New Law on Accidents
Tbe fl'1: pt:rmlts were distributed by townah..tps as

tallows:
A reminder that Iln a.'nendmenl to the Dllno";, Trafftc Act adoptoo by the laat legislature fC!quices cotorlata to r eport accidents to local police Is cont&l.ied in
n letter sent to all county elerks, mayo" and \'l1lage
prCfJidenls by Fronds S, Lorenz, director of the DUnols Department of Public Works.
T., ....'-J.III
Rlan1na 1oln
UI",rrn
..,La.'...
n~_
~J.k
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.arlan'1'
l.r:;.,'nl
For many yea,... drh'ct'S Involved in acc:idl.nl.l!l resulting In death, J)(Iraonal Injury or prop('n:y damage
of 100 have !)ten required to report to the '.anois
Dlvlalon of Hlghwar-. whlcb is Included in the Dtpartment of Public Works. Under the amendmem. they
must report to local 1>olIc(l as well and the poliel- muat
also rel)Orl to the !lute.
S,"4'1htlrld
Sn1W1lO", P.rk
Orl.nd
1"l\llI.llnt'
P.I, ..
F'ro\'t..
I'rh<lumburv
~lIcknt')I
Tho",'","
WtwoPlln,
hla letter. Dl~tor Lorena uked the COUDty

clerkB and heads or municipalities to impress their
law enrorcement officials with the necessity of complying with the ncw report rcquiremenL He &aid that
the combination or reports [rom drivers and ;>alice
will pin-point accident locations, reveal more exp:icit1y
the (actors conlrlbuting to accidents and gem'rally
yield more accurate and useful data.
(n
Wtlrlh
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14:1,700
171;.200
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No-r...-e permits alao Inc.luded two for puhllc works

In Stickney TownshIp, for which no valuation was
requlred to be stated.
New Roads, New Courts

A study aimed to asoertain minimum reqUU'f!mcnts
for traffic courts and facUlties needed lo &eMle the
Interstate highway lyatem I. under way by sla1f membt'rs of the Amcrlcan Bar Association 's Trnffic Court
progrnm, 1155 East 60th St:roct, ChJcago. The- study
WI18 requCfJted by the orne(! of Higbway Safety, U. S.
Bureau of Public. Roads.
Concrete in Use 59 Years

Tho Portland Cement AS8Oe.iatioo has determined
thnt the oldest concreto street in DUnols, ann third
oldest in tho nation, Is Front Street. Chicago belween
USth and U5lh Streets. It was constructed ,n 1905
nnd still cames traffic.
Good Englnurlnlil and Plonlng Appearan"
Vol. XII No. 6
'n &outhw.. t E.pre"wI,. Structure (See Pilge 4).
NOVEMBER, 1964
COO K COU NTY HIGHWAYS

P ubli, hed by the Coo k County (Ill.) Department of Highway.
Und er aUlple.. of the Board of County Comml ..lonera
SEYM OU R SIMON, Pr",lden t
Fra nk Bo bryu ke
Ch a rlet J . GI"UPp, Jr.
Charlet S. Bonk
J ero me Hu ppert
LIllian P iot rowski
Cha r les F. Chapli n

Gerald Dolezal
Geo rg. W. Dun ne
WJ!Ham N. Erlckao n
F loyd T . Full.
Rub)' Ryan
Sey m our Simon
JOlephlne B. S need
John J . T ou hy
Kenneth E. Wilson
A nd r ew V. P lummer
Superi nt enden t of H ighway.
P ub ili he d
.t
130
North
W e il l
S t ree t .
Chicago
6.
Telephone 321 .7714
Bo ob of the Month
October Accidents
WENTY.FOUR
killed In highway
T
t raffic accidents in suburban Cook County in October.
than in the
month and fO\lr
persons W61e
lIine
mor~
prevIOus
more t han in October of last year.

The month 8 loU brought the
accumulated total of 1964 fataH
lies to 237, \',hich eom pnred with
159 In t he first 10 monlhs of 1963.
With two months of haznrdous
driving conditions slill to come, the
October figure pointed the way lo
the most deadly year in the 20year records of the Cook Counly Traffic Safety Commission.
}o'ive of last month's victims were killed in collisions
between aulomobiles and three in uuto-lruck accidents. Two pedestrians were killed by automobiles.
two by trucks and one by a bus.
Two boys tiding their bicycles .....ere killed. one by
an automobile and one by a truc!(.
Eight dealhs resulted when cars left the pa vement
and struck posts, t rees and other wayside objects.
One man was killed when the car in wbich he WIl.8
ridjng was hit by a train.
POTTER drives
four-speed car on a
P
four-lane expressway with a one-dimension stti
t ude.
RlloUTIVE
- --
9.
He learned to drive all by himself and hIlS never

seen the need for improved tuition.
Potler is parlicularly primiti"'e in late months of the
year, when early darkness in a period of heavy traffic
calls fo r the utm08l driving skill.
Index to Litter
}o'ormalion of a national litter index to measure the
activity of hig hway litterbugs IS n.nnounccd by Keep
America Beautiful, Inc., the national, public service
or ganization fo r the prevention of lilter.
"Litler is a continuing problem. and lhe potential
of this menace will grow in the years ahead because
t here will be more people. more cars, more drivers,
more travel, a higher standard of living and more
leisure time," said AUen H. Seed, Jr., KAB's executive vice president.
He added that there has long been a need for a
"barometer" to help the thousands of litter fighters
throughout America keep track of the progress they
arc making in the face of the growing litter potential.
The index, he e."(plained, is basld on the annual cost
of removing litter from primary state highways in
the 50 states and t he number of miles traveled in the
snme year by vehicles on these highways.
A KAB survey of state highway departments
showed that in 1963 some $22 million was spen t by

the states cleaning up t heir primary highway systems.
The Bureau of Public Roads reported that vehicles in
1963 travel about 324 billion miles on the same
primary r oads.
"The annual mileage figure divided into t he annua l
clean-up co.st gives us the basis for ou r new index,"
Mr. Seed explained. "It comes out to about 8e \'eDthousandths of a cent per mile tor 1963. This be
comes our sln.rling base figure-'IOO' on the index.
"Each year we will calculate the index num ber for
that year. Then we can tell how the fight against
litterbugs is going."
County's Traffic Study Made History

WAR n, with its shortages of materials
W ORLD
and man power, restricted road work largely to
maintenance of routes serving defense plants but did
not dim the County Board's enthusiasm for the newly
conceived Idea of Expreasways.
As related in the October installment of this fiflicth
anniversary s ketch of County Highway Department
history, the Commissioners started discussing eX!lressways-called suparhighways-in 193; and at the
Board's direction. Superintendent George A. Quinlan
in 1940 maped a countywide system 8ubstantia.1ly the
same 8S the one thnt has been constmeted.
Another important step was taken in 191] in metropolitnn area survey of traffic angina and destinations.
The
emplo)'u)(~nt
of Specially trained squads of Boy
Scouls at 380 check points gave Ule project interesting

color and the data gatheroo and analyzed pro\'ed to be
highly useful in determining expressway locations.
Cooperating with the County Highway Depanment
were the illinois Division of Highways. Indiana State
Highway Commission, City of Chicago. Chicago Park
District and the highway departments of DuPage,
Kane, Lake and Will Counties.
County Board Prcs ident Clayton F . Smith mentioned
the survey in complimentary terms in his annual
mcssage:
"This outstanding work so interested other traffic
agencies that the Department was called upon to deliver a paper on this work at the Traffic Conference
held at Purdue UnlveMiity. The traffic survey is
another first [or the HIghway Department. which
mruntains Il leading position among highways throu~h
out the country."
County Planning Goes Ahead

Following Maj. Quinlan's ]9-10 report, the County
Board proceeded wilh plans for expressways outside
of Chicago. The City had declined to share in n
superhighway proposal ror the Central Business Dis
trict and the Commiasioners, on Maj. Quinlan's recommendation. had decided to spend all superhighway
funds in the unincorporated area.
In that period. the County had no resources excepl
motor fuel and county highway taxes. The first
glimmer of federal aid came in 19n when President
Roosevelt appointed an tnterRegional Highway Com
mittee to plan 34.000 miles of freeways, of which 1.800
miles were to be in Ulinois.
The war with Japan interrupted this project. but II
led to a congressional appropriation. aigned by the
President in 1945. of one and one-half billion to be
aUotted to etates on a 50-50 basis for highway construction over a three year period. Thus. federal
money helped build the first expressways in Cook
County.
The effect or the first year of war follOwing Pearl
Harbor was described by President Smith in bis annual
message for 1942:
"To our highway department the WMr haM broughl
many changes. The steel shortage has meant the
temporary abandonment of the 15-year highwsy pro-
gram in connection with the construction of concrete

ronds and reinfOrced slruclurcs. Only those of vital
importance for our nstional defense can be coll8tructcd.
" A great responAibllity has been placed upon ibis
department in the maintenance of more than 600 miles
of highways, many of which play important parts in
the tnlnaportation system. Buge defense plants are
being built in the country areas with limited transpor.
t11t1on faclllies. necessitating the usc of private automobiles for he mtajority of the WOrkers. The highways
under jurisdiction of the Highway Department leading
to and from not only the defense plants but the homes
of the workers must and will be maintained in a condition pennitting safe and economIcal usage.
"The (orces nI this department have been mobilized
to net immediately in the event of air raids. More
than one hundred pieces of road building equipment,
including trucks. graders, scrapers and roUen, are on
2<l-hour call to llB8ist the Office of Civilian Defense ill
repairing damag~ to highways and sewers throughout
Cook County."
Employes Off To War

If there was no road construction to be done during
the war. neither was the~ a Department force to do
it. Virtually all the key engineer personnel and
numerous other ~mployes were in service in Europe
or the Pacific.
Throughout the war yean the highway family was
kept tog~ther in spirit with a monthly mimeog~phed
news letter inspired by Maj. Quinlan. It contained
It'tters from men sway and news bils of those at home.
Frcquenlly, particularly on holidays, the superintendent contributed a pel1lOnal message. The 6nal
greeting. scnt In a letter to every Department employe
in service. read in part :
"Your position is awaiting your return ... and you
are needed here 8S BOOn as you can get back."
Visitors from Japan

A party of Japanese industrialisls with an interest
in modern highways were guests of the County Highway Department late in October. They visited in the
Department's offices at 130 North Wells Street with
Hugo Stark, chief engineer of design; Fred Nadzieja,
engineer of road design, and Joaeph Joyce. engineer of
bridge design, and then were taken on a tour of Southwest Expressway by Phillip Nelson, resident engineer.
to the party were Mitsujiro Miyos.hi, president,
Miyoshi t ron Works Co.: oshio Watanabe. president.
Maruwa Lumber Works Co.; Naohiko Vagi. executive
director, Vagi AUning Co.; Toahiaki Shimiu. executive
director, Sakumotogumi Co.; Toshio Ikeda, chainnan
of personnel commission of Kanagawa prefectural government, and D. Harada of the Japan Productivity
Center, Washington, D. C.
The Southwest Expressway Story
N ow
that SouthwC!st EXprC88W1Jy l.s completed and
Dilen to travel, the story can be told of the
The Front Cover
intcllsifi(>(.l learn work that cMl'led it Crom drafting

lable to ribbon ('ut
ting in 11 montbs.
In respect to con
struction time for
the
amount of
work as measured
In dollars-SUM
million- the
15.36
miles has b('en

hailed 8S 8 marvel
of modern highway
buildillg, probably
unequalJed in the
nation.
Included on the
wonder working
team were County
Board PreSident
SeymourSimon and
Prealdent Simon
the other heads of
participating govemmentB, who made the bold decision to push completion a year ahead of the dale
originally Bet; the draftsmen and field men who
worked overtime to speed the job, and in between
those levels the engineers and lawyers responsible for
obtaining right of way, designing of structures and
pnvcmenlS, and maintaining orderly progress of con
struction on a tightly Interlocked time table.
Earl y Completion Bene fits Public

When the crash program was decided by President
Simon, Governor Otto Kerner and Mayor Richard J .
Daley. in September, 1963. it WaJI apparent that costs
would be increased, due somewnat to premium labor
time imposed on contractors and also, as an instance,
to the necessity of spreading orders for fabricated
steel outside the IGcal area. The officials also consid
ered benefits to be derived by the public from early
completion.
Their judgment was that extra costs would be a
BOund investment in terms of safety, already ampl)'
demonstrated on the Metropolitan Expressway system; lower motor vehicle operating costs; faster and
easier travel for residents of a large area (people are
now driving from Joliet O\'er Southwest to the Loop
In 35 minutes), and as a direct means of promoting
development of important parts of Chicago and tbe
County.
Another consideration, was the beneficial influence
to be expected on Eisenhower and Dan Ryan ExpressWill'S and also on parallel arlenal routes.
A survey
by the Chicago Area Transportation Study indicated
that Southwest would attract 4 to 5 per cent of ve!ticle
mile volume from Eisenhower and 12 to 15 per cent
f rom Dan Ryan, thus relieving those heavily travelled
routes to an important degree.
At the same time, Southwest would take large
amounts of traffic from parallel arterial streets, where
the acc.ident rate is five times that of expressways.
and Crom local streets, where the rate la t.....enty times
higher.
"
HIS structure. which carries Southwest Expressway
T
over Archer Avenue and Quarry Street, combines
good engineering and pleasing appearnnce 80 satis
factorily that the County Highway Department, whieb

designed and built it, hRs decided to enter It in the
annual competition conducted by the American institute of Steel Construction to select the most beautiful
steel bridge.
1'he Department has already received three Institute
awards Cor expressway bridges- Firat ill its elass for
the Cnldwell A \'enue structure on Edens and honor
able mentions Cor 159th Street on Calumet and Ln\\,renee A venue on Edens.
The Archer-Quarry bridge is 633.5 f~t in length
and cu('\'cs gracefully at the western end. Ten frames,
which were welded on the site. support the two threelane roadways.
Whem the expressway CroS8CS
Archer on a skew, the frames ('xtend Cull width to
leave Archer free of colUmns. Other frames snpport
the two roadways separately.
The photograph above was taken in course of construction from the same spot as the cover picture and
plainly shows welds in the box eohunna. Also "islble
are the column hinges on caisson platcs which are
designed to compensate for contraction and expansion
without disturbing the caisson ...
The hinge consists ot a halfround steel pin welded
to the column bottom and fitting into a bearing on the
heavy plate on the caisson cap. Thus, any change
caused by temperature in the cross beam can be
absorbed in movement of the columns without being
trnnsmltted to the caissons.
Caissons were sel in bedrock to a depth eQual to
caisson diameter. which rani!:ed Ull to seven feel. Rock
was found 40 to 45 feet below the surrace.
The U. S. Bureau of Public Roads, which provides
00 per cen t of costs of Intcl'15tate routes. approved the
decision to advance the completion date, but the federal highway administrator, Rex M. Whitton, while
admiring the local officials' enterprise, was doubtful
Cooperatiom From Top to Bottom

-:::-:::;.~
They Directed the Big Project In Fait Time-Suted, Andrew V. Plummer, County H lgh w.lY Superlntende.\t ( left) ,
;;lind Comml.. ro ner Jerome Huppert. Cha lrm.n of the County Bo,ard', R~d. and Bridge. Committee : Standing, A',
,I,tan t Supef"lntendent RIC;hlrd H. Goltermiln (left). 'lind Aliinilnt Superintendent Jame, F . Kelly.
that lhe job eouid be done in the short time sct.

" 1 didn't believe it was: possible." he said at ('eremonies dedicating Southwest on October 24. ''It was
n marvel of coopcmtivc c.fJort."
Tbe crnsh program included the 15.36 miles from
Dan RylUl Expressway at 24th Street to the Cook
DuPage County line nt about i3rd Street. As a sec
Uon of Interstate-55, it will eveatually n1I'ord travel
wibout (I stop light to St. Louis and New Orleans.
Approximaely six miles of the fin ished expressway
were built by Cook County and the remainder by the
State. The Cit)' has the nssi61lJnent to conslruct an
additional 2.14 miles from Dan Ryan to Lake Shore
Drive at McConnick Plnee. In connection wlLh t he
October 24 completion, the City open~ the fir8t see
tlon of the Franklin Strcct connector from Dnn Ryan
at 29th Street and also provided n temporary entmnce
to Southwest by way of WaUace Street and n tpmpomry exit over Normal Avenue.
Two Years' Work In One

When the completion date was set ahead. the
County Highway Department was proceeding with
right of way aC(luisiliou and design work nt /J pace
dictated by the original 1965 plan. To Superintendent
Andrew V. Plummer and bis sl:alf, the decision was a
8ummons to do two years' work in one.
Previously constructed routes in the Metropolitan
system were opened to trnvel a section at a lime, with
completion dates largely dependent on weaLher and
other time-detennining factors . Now the County and
Slate were confronted with the proposiUon of building
15 miles all a alice and within a rigid frame of days

and hours.
In lhc County Highway Department it WOB realized
immediately that manpower must be directed to the
fuilest capacity. One step in that direction WlUJ already in progress- a regrouping of bureaus aimed at
improved correlation of effort. Allhough not cspecially intended for the Southwest project, this reorganization was made effecti\'e in time to demonstrate
its value to the crosh progrom.
Two Main Groupings

Under the County Board and S1Lper intendent Plummer, the Department's functions were regrouped into
two areas, each directed by an asaistant superintend
ent. Legal and ndminjstrati\'e nlTain. including land
procurement, documents and agr{'cmE'nts. cost cslimating, plnnning and programming. and Department
ndministration in general were n8lligned to Jnmes F.
Kelly. and operations nnd planning. including the
bureaus of construction, design, and secondary r oads
and materials. to Richard H. Golterman.
Although faced with double the !IonnaJ work load,
tlJe Department perrormed its shaTC of Southwest
without increasing its payroll. All employes neccssary
to the crosh program were asked to work ovel time
fi8 nceded, to be repaid in equivalent t ime off, and nil
responded.
Also cooperative were the contrnctors. They not
on ly accepled performance time limitntions, which
ranged from 10 to 50 per cent leu than normal but
(COnUnut'd ()n pac-e 6)
Team Work Key to Crash Program

(OOnUnued from paltt! 5)
Ashland Avenue. The rails were owned jointly by

the lI!inois Central a nd the Santa Fe. The GulI,
Mobile & Ohio also had nn opernUng interest.
Fortunately for the crash program, the County
Highway Department hod started four years ago to
negotiole for the strip of land on which the track was
laid. However, a v8sl amount of legal work re.mft..ined
to be done, reac.hing back into the tille structure of
the joint ownerlihip and also into city ordinances of
years ago. For the railroads, abandonment of' the
track required work for their lawyers and also a
shifting of train movements to other tracks and even
a reversa l of traffic direction.
Wben the Southwest completion dote was advanccd.
the railroad project became II key item, which had to
be cleared before COnSlnlc.tion of three grade scllnrnlion structut'Cs and n long retaining wall could be
slartcd. An importnnl measure of assiatance was
rendered by State's Attomey Daniel Ward, who assigned William F. Morrissey to the Highway Ot>partment os a specinl assistant in addition to the rcg.'larly
llS8igned legal aid, ThomfUI J . Janczy.
they also entered into the spirit of enterprise AJI

work was finished on lime and on some projects ahead
of contract dates.
The County was Lhe first agency to award contracts
on Southwest. A joint venture contract for g"sding

and excavating and for the main dmin in the Cicero.
Harlem section and one for construclion of the rhoer
bridge at Ashland Avenue were awarded in 1962. By
the end of 1963 t1le mnjor part of designing was
completed and ready for contracting.
The County Board ncted Il8 Cast n.s was legally pcrmissible, awarding contrncts 8S soon us low bids were
approved by the Ulinois Division of Highways nr.d the
Bureau of Public Roads. Under leadership of President Simon and Commissioner Jerome Huppert. chairmnn of t he Roads nnd Bridges Commlltee, the Board
011 January 17, 1964 , let Southwest contracts totaling
24,838. 16, whic!t made it the largest highway letting
date in County history.
All other construction projects except for signs.
lights and landscaping were under contract by the end
Of April. Dating from the start of work on the river
bridge. virtunlly the entire project was built in 11
months.
Although President Simon and Chairman Rup pert
were mainly coneerned with contracting, both canUnued active in the program, the president with visits
to construction sites and conferenccs with the superIntendent, and the committee chairman with daily
contact from his office in t he Department's head
quarters.
The Bureau of Public Roads Joined readilv in the
hCightened tempo of the project. In addition to
nnancial assistancc. the fcderaJ agency plays n key
role in interstate construction by providing cn,;ineer.
ing consultation on design features and by reviewing
all construction bids. In all such instanccs the
Bureau's app roval Is a legal requirement, and there
fo re prompt action contributed much to thc SI'CCess
of the crasb program.
Railroads Act To Meet Deadline

The railroads. even though wed to aid a l ransportation competitor. acted promptly to meet the new
lnrget date. They were represented in the negotiatinns for the most pnrl by J . M. Trissnl, vice president
nnd chief engineer of the Illinois Central. and Frank
N, Barker, sssistant chief engineer of the Snnw Fe
and at one time chicf highway engineer of the Hlinols Division or Highwn:rs. The lega.l staffs of ooth
railroads also participated in the session8 thal brOIl~ht
the IrnDluu:lion to completion in prompt time and with
good will nn both pidcs,
Also in the CounlY's eastern section, the procurement of right of way invoh'ed tbe removal of three
sleel plants, se\'eral important truck line terminals and
numerous lesser industrial instnllations. All of these
trnnsnclions were carried out with extraorclinnry
effort and were completed In the restricted time imposed by the crash program.
Altogether, in the Halsted Street Califomia Avcnue
area and in lhe section between Cicero and Rnrlem
A\'enues, the Connty made 183 separate property
transactions at a tolal of approximately $11 million.
An exped ited work schedule was also made effective
at th e outset in the Bureau of Design, of which Hugo
J . Stark is chier. This Bureau, which functions under
Assistant Superintendent Goltennan. designs all ~lruc~
tUres, pavements and appurtenant features of expressways and other highways and Its work. of course.
mllst be completed belore contractors can figure lbeir
bid.
Working enrly end late, Stark, his bridge and pn\'cmellt d ivision engineers and the drafting rooms comple~ed the major part of Southwest work in 1963. in
time for thc big contract awarding in January of this
year. As a measure of the Bure9.u's prouuction capacity, designing was done in 1963 for construction estimated at $58,628,000.
Right 0/ Way Problems

Before building an expressway-or a one-car garage-it is necessary to provide the alte. In the case
of an expressway. acquisition of t he numerous psrcels
of property needed for right of way is not only an
operation of almost endless detail. but also one that
must proceed on a time table related to construction
Illans. Right of way transaction8 must be closed
before bids can be taken.
Advancing the Southwest completion date was an
immediate challenge to Francis M. Blake, head of the
land Drocurement division. Some projfreu had been
made when the program was accelerated. but a task
of large dimensions remained. especially in the highly
Industrialized area between Halsted Street and Califomla Avenue.
The major right of way problem in t.h.Is area-in
fact. On the whole expressway route----was a busy
railroad track that occupied ground needed f or the
ppressway embankment between Halated. Street and
A 'IICOnd In.tallment or the Southwelt 1:!xpreuway Itnry

wlll appear In the December IlIua, relaUna the con.truclion
ac:hlsvemen l from the bll day of contract awardlnl January 17
to completion OC::tober U.
That Little old Canal
Building Permits
By Rob erts Mann
ERA-HTS for huilding construction estimated to cost

P
$7,314,021 were issued in October by the Cook
County Department of Building Bnd Zoning, wbicr
COnltrvlllUOn Ed itor
Cook Count)' FOl"C!lt Pruerve DI.trlct
~~
is and always baa been the key to the

CHICAGO
Middle West. The Potawatomi. Chippewa and
Ottawa Indians we re but the last of a long succession

of Indian tribes to hold this region
because of its strategic importance.
Louis JoUiel, r eturning with
Father Marquette from a voyage
of discovery in 1673-74, reported

to the governor in Monlreal til8t,
in order to travel by boat (rom the
Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico,
It would be necessnry to make but
". . . one canal intersecting only
Robert. Mann
balf a league of prairie in ordcr to
entcr from the fooL of the lake of the Dlinols ( Lake
Michigan) into the rive r of St. Louis ( ruinols River) ."
The bill (or the admission of D1inois 8S 8 stale was

amended to shove its boundary. from an east and west
Hne drawn lhru the southe rly hend of Lake Michigan,
north to its present location-solely because, then. the

proposed canal might be entircly within and con
structed by the new state-thus serving, with t he Erie
Canal, then building, to link the Allantic Ocean with
th(> Mississippi valley.
In 1822, Daniel P. Cook and J esse B. Thomas, respectively congressman and senator from Illinois, obtained from the federnl go\'ernmcnl D ,rrant of the
IlUblic domain cons.lsUng of a strip of land for the
proposed canal and 90 feet on each side of it. 1n 1 29,
Cook ( for whom the County of Cook was named) was
also instrumental In obtaining passne:e of nn act by
which the fedeml government donnted to nlinois for
the purpose of financing the construction of the canal.
allernate sectionat or land for " distAnce of five miles
on each side of it.
A canal commission was appointed. consisting of
Gen. William F. Thornton. Col. Gurdon Saltonalall
Hubbard and Col. William B. Archer. and in 1829 the
towns of Ottawa a nd Chicago were laid out. On July
4, 1836, with a g reat celebration at Canal Port the
first spadeful of dirt was dug anll the job begun. Due
to fl oods, labor scarcity and the panic of 1837, Iitlle
progress was made before the work was abandoned
in 1842. Resumed in 18 15. the canal, 96 miles long
from Bridgeport (just east of Ashland Ave. at about
28t h St.) to Peru-LaSalle. was completed and opened
for traffic in.l848. The first boat to pass thnJ the
entire length of t he canal was the " General Thornton"
of LaSalle, with 11 cargo of augar.
Now, in 1964. the bed and the right-of-way of that
canal have been occupied by the Southwest Expressway (US 66 and Intenltate 55) from Chicago aa far as
Summit. From the re to Lemout , in Cook Counly. Il
may become a forest preserve. From Lemont to
LaSalle. parts of il have been !lnd all of it should be
developed as. a state park.
Tha t lillie old canal has made mighty contributions
to t he growth of Chicago.
has
junsdiction in lht' un
Inc<irporated area. The
total
compared with
$2.437,360 in September
and $4 ,508,350 in Octa..
- - - - - - - -- ber of last year.
==I.I ~ =
Reslde n LI al bunding
represented most of the valual.ion. Of the 286 fee
permits, 123 were for single dwellings estimated to
cost $3,148,852 and 15 were for apartment building
with a total of 266 units and total valuation of
S2,396,600.
Ten apartment houses with 25~ units and $2,236,600
valuation are projected for Maine Townahip and tbree.
of eight units, $130.000, far Stickney.
In the no-fee classiflcation, whlch includes churches,
public and fann buildings. nine permits reflected a
total valuation of 8463,944. Included wer e a public
school in Northfield To .....nship. $250,COO; a public
school in Maine Townsh ip, SI3~ ,944, and a school of
the J ordan Baptist church, Stickney, $66.000.
In a ddition to those (or single dwellings and apart
ments, fee permits were issued as foOows:
ReILdenUal odd lUon, a nd alter&1I0nl>-45 ~rmU". 1.146,709.

Accet:50'I'Y bulldmgs--70 permits, lJ02.196.
Bwlnl'Ss buUdlna_7 pl!'rmlu. $2U,ooo.
Du,tneu addition, IlDI.I 4llera.Uont-2 permill. 117,500.
lndultrJlll bulldlngs-2 permlll. ~OOO.
Induslrlal ad'lIt/onl and Illteratlont -:Z pennll$, tS,ooo.
Wel~ permiUl. 17.!l20.
lndl\'ldual .eIIUe ,yuems-t permit. 11.000.
ltU,wllanll'C)us--16 permlu, $444.700.
By townships the October permits were distributed

as (ollows:
TOlO'n"h l ll
BalTlnirton
Bloom
Bremen
Elk Gro\'e
Hano"er
Lemont
Leyd"n
l.yon,
MDlne
Northfield
Norwood Park
Orlan d
PalaUne
l'a iGa
Pro\I.a
Rl<h
SChaumburg
Stickney
Thumlun
Wh et'llna
Wurth
,
!
,
,."
"A
,,
,
"orr
~
J'ermlll
16
\ ',,111 .. 11_
$~~
4a,3UO
210 !'Q3
~=
84. 143
2.3'm:~
404. 4:!2
,",000
MOO
:/72,1>00
"',000
',300
76.100
....,."'"
J :I.2.4SQ
.".,
U117,230
529,2!10
The na..fee perotitB alao inelt,ded t wo f or public

works in Stickney Township, for which no valuation
was required to be stated.
John J. Dr iscoll
J ohn J . Driscoll , 63, employed by the Highway
Department 8S 8 clerk since December 1. 1957, died
No\'ember 15. He lived at 123 South Marion A venue,
Oak Park. He was unmarried.
'n
ill
Cook County Forest Preserve, Clole to
Vol. XII No. 7
ill
BUly Exprellway_The Day. of Real Sport...
DECEMBER, 1964
See P. ge 2.

Pub lished by th e Cook County ( III.) Department of Highways
Under au sp ice s o f the Board o f County Commillio ne ra
SEYMOUR SIMON , President
Charlea J. Grupp. Jr.
F r;lnk Bobrytzkc
Jerome Huppert
Charln S. Bonk
Chil rl es F. Cha plin
Gerald Dolezal
Georg e W, Dun ne
William N. Ericks on
F loyd T . Fulle
Lillian P iotro wsk i
Ruby Ryan
Seymour Si m on
Josephine B. Sneed
J oh n J . T ouh y
Ken ne th E. Wil lon
Andrew V. P lumm e r
Publis he d
at
130
North
Weill
Street,
Chlca liO
6.
Telephone 321.n14
Boob of the Month
November Accidents
oss of life on steets and highways in suburban
L
Cook County continued at a high rate in November,
with a death toll nearl y twice lh:lt of November, 1963.
Twenty.three traffic fatalities ill
November compared with 13 in the
same month last year and 2-1 in
October of this ycnr. At the end of
November, the accumulated total
for 19601 was 272, which compared
with 171 in tile same pcriod of 1<)63.
Six of the l";ovember victims wcre
pedestrians. They includoo t.h.rce
elderly persons- a woman, 86, and men of 78 and 74 .
A boy of 6, riding his bicycle, was killed by an automobile.
Five were kiiled in collisions between automobiles and
three in auto-truck accidents. Seven dcaths rcsulted
when cars left the pavement and struck wayside objects. One man was killed when the car in which be
was riding was struck by a train at a crossing.
Nine deaths occu rred on roads in lhe unincorporated
area, two in Evanston. two in Franklin Park and one
each in Arlington Heights. Blue Island, Evergreen
Park, Ha rwood Heights, Lincolnwood, ;);laywood, Oak
Park, Park Ridge, Rivcr Grove, and Westchester.
Ln addition to the dcad, 1.130 persons were injured
in 695 separate accidents. Ther.:! also were 3,847 accidents that resulted in property damage only.
H I HO HERBIE is high for t.!le. holidays and thereafter.

He rates festivities in t~rms of stirrup cups ane one
for the road.
And he always says, " I drive even better with a
couple belts."
The life of the party, Herbie i& death on the highways.
The Front Cover

Fred C. Blaul
Alongside Edens Expressway in Lablach Wood of

the County Forest Prescrve District, the North Branch
of the Chicago River affords early season Hport for
young chaps of the neighborhovd. The skaters are
Dennes Ubcrl, Gary Spoel'iein , and Dennis Lindermuth.
Fred C. Blaul, maintenance man ior the County

Hjghway Dept. lor the past 13 years, died Dec. 12.
He was 74 years old and resided with his wife at 5715
N. Maplewood Ave.
Ellsworth Retires
Robert E. Soukup
Lewis M. Ellsworth, highway engineer I , retired 011

pension December 15 a fter 30 years service. His assignment was in the Division of Traffic Engineering.
directing a field crew collecting ~.fIic data.
Robert Soukup, 72, retired engineer transitman, died

December 22. He entered t he Department January
16, 1924, as an inspector and cp.tired last July .
.
)
County First to Build Expressways

ning about $12 million n year. It wus submitted to
the voters at the judicial election J une 3, 1916, a nd
was appr oved. However, that election was held inval id on a technicality. To avoid loss of time setting
up another referendUm , Board P resident William N .
Erickson. elected in November, 1946, went to Spring.
field in 1941 and obtained permission of the legislature
to issue the bonds without rcsubmission to the voters.
Proceeds of this issue were used to complete Edens
and Cnlumet, buy some rig ht of way on Congress and
to do preliminary planning on other routes. In that
period a new source of funds appeared in thf' federal
j::overnmeot's Ur ban Improvement plan. which provided 50 per cent of expressway costs.
the end of World Wa r

the story of the
S
Cook Cou nty Highway Depnrtment is cleseJy
interwoven
development of t.he MetropOlitan Area
INeE
11,
with
expressway system.
The expressway ern is one of three chapten> in the
Depa rtm ent's 50-year history as defined by higbway
types. When established in 1914, the Department's
main concern was the upkeCD of dirt and graveled
r oads with horse-drawn mu chin ~ry. Some sections of
princ.ipal highways were surfaced with concrete but
it was not until after World Wnr 1 thnt "h ard rOlld"
building was stnrted on a br oad scale.

In the years follo wing that wa r, concr ele pavements
were laid throughout the Count y in a patlern intended
to provide continuou.s travel in the suburban area a nd
convenient con nections wi th Chicago arterial streets.
The big depression virtually halted construction, but it
afforded the County Board and Highway Superintend
ent George A. Quinlan time to look into the futUre.
The first expressway proposal , for improvement of
Avondale Avenue fr om the northwest city limits to the
Loop, was put fonvard by the Beard in 1937. It fa iled
because the County did not hav{, sufficient money to
do it alone a nd the City declined to share costs. The
same fate befell a County pla n fo r 11 elCpresswny type
streets in the Central Business District and thereupon
the Board, on r ecommendation of Maj. Quinlnn, decided to res trict its expressway building to the arell
outside the citro
Before World War n imposed r estrictions on ouilding materials and drained t he Department of man
power, the Board approved two "parkway" project."! in
suburban territory~Edens , then called the Valley
Parkway. and Calumet-and started to buy propl'rt}
for rig hts of way. The Congress Street. Northwest.
Tri-Slate and Des Plaines River routes were added to
the proposed program while the war still was in
progress.
$245 Million Bonds In 1955

Nevertheless, the- County's need for a large working
fuud in hand continued as the expressway prog-nam
exPanded. 1n 1955, when the S70 million was virtually spent. Board President Dan Ryan. elected in 195 1,
and William J . Mortimer, who had b~come highway
superintendenl on Maj. Quinlan's retirement in Decem
ber. 1952, obtained permission o r the legislature to
issue $245 million expreSsway bonds based on t he
slnte's agreement to a llot the County $20 million n
yenr of highway funds receh'ed from Washington.
The a dvs ntage of both of these bond issues was to
enable the County to proceed unmed:stcly with expressway construction instead of dOing the Nork
piecemeal as in the normal course of fund distribution .
The final financing BOluUon was provided in JlUlC,
1956. with passat:e of th e Federal Interstate Hil!hway
Act, under which the U. S. Bureau of Public ROAds
contributes 90 per cent of costs of limited access highways constructed to Bureau st:mdards. All c."pressway work in this area since passage of that act has
been clone with this assistance.
Early expressway planning mcluded the various
steps by wh ich the State, County and City of Chieago
reached agreement to particioab equally in costs. One
of the first accomplishments was approval by County
nnd City in 1940 of a "comprehensive" system of n o
miles.
I ncluded we re the cxpresswaYli that have been completed, the West Leg of Dan Ry.to Expressway. partly
buill. and routes then desigll9.ted as Tri-State and
River Parkway. In 1916. on recommendation of an
advisory committee representing the Chicago Regional
P!aIlDinl:' Commission, Chicago Association of Commer ce, Civic Federation and other groups, the compre
hensive svstem was reduced to n "priority" prOlfram
of 12-1 miles.
A s ignificant uniting of rorc~s was effected in December, 1914. when hends of Ul'! State. County a nd
City highway agencies organized the jOint plsnning
committee. Since then th is body, with its various Rubcommittecs, has d(!Cided all noints of expressway
design. Committee m eetings a re attended by engineers of the Bureau of P ublic Rllsds.
The year 1945, when wartime restrictions on building materials were lifted and f'ngineers a nd draftsmen
began returning from military sen'ice. saw the ex-
The Big Problem-Money

The Commissioners and Maj. Quinlan knew what
t hey wanted. The distinctive features of an expressway~limited access, eliminatiou of intersections at
g rade, and directional separation of traffic- were
clea rly in mind. The big problem in the early days
WSUJ where to find the money.
The County's ooly consider able source of highway
funds was it annual allotment of motor fuel taxes It
had been the practice to use !fas tfl.X money to pay
the County's 50 per cent of costs of state aid rond
projects. and so Edens and Caillmet in the beginning
we re designated as state aid roads. Later on the
Board also used state aid refund money to buy right
of way a nd at one stage received grants. amounting
in all to about $300.000. from the Illinois Post War
Planning Commission.
With these various funds the Department was able
to go ahead acquiring right .If way and doing some
design work, hut when construction got under way
at the end of the war it was apparent t hat much larger
amounts were immediately necessary.
To m eet this urgency, the Board in 1945 conceived
a $70 million superhighway bond issue to be retired
with the County's share of gas tax money, then run-
(Con tinued on pagl! 7 )
County's Role on Newest Expressway

The first instaUm611t of the stO'fY of County
parUcilJatiolt i n completion 01 SOlttk1Uest ErtpTC88-
Southwest Highlights
way (m e year ahead 0/ tile original date was

pri1lted in th e Novem ber isslte. The s6cmld foIlews, alld the last 10ill appear in Janllary.
When extended from Dan R yan Expressway "astward to Lake Shore Drive two )'e~rs hence, Southwest
Expressway will be almost 18 miles in length, the
longest in the Chicago Metropolitan Ex oresswny
System.
Southwest more closely approxlmates a true Ihl1ited
access rotlte than any other in the system. On t he
others, points of entry or exit arE' provided every half
mile or less. Southwest has u mps at only 11 locations. an average distance apart of 1.4 miles.
In the County's two construcblln sections 0- So.>uthwest, materials were used in the following quantities:
Concrete poured in structures-HO,OOO cubic yards.
Concrete pavement- 2 .700 sq!lare yards. the equivalent of 24 miles of single-lane roadway 12 feet in
width.
Structural steel- 31.000 tons, consistin~ for the
most part of 3-foot deep bea ms of an average i7-foot
lenglh, which laid end to end would extend more tl:.an
58 miles.
Reinforcing steel rods- 13,OOO tons.
Cais8ons- 1471, varying in dia meter from 4 to 7
feet. sunk to an average depth of 45 feet b.:lloW sur
face and in Borne instances into bedrock.
an expressway in a city
B
below ground as well as 0:1. the s urface. Before
pavement can
laid, water mtlit>s , sewers, gas lines,
UILOING
mcfu'S work
be
telephone and eledric cables must be relocated to

clear the way for expressway f :lUndatioDB and drain-
age systems, and all musl be done On a time table

interlocked with construction.
In the two sections of Southwest Expressway built
by Cook County it was necessary to abandon wdter
mains under all streets terminated at the expressway
line. Gas mains were re-routed, sewer lines changed
nnd in places street lighting and traffic signals were
r ~dcsi gncd. Lines of the Commonwealth Ediaon Company, the Illinois Bell Telephone ComplUlY and the
City Bureau of Electricity had to he placed in uwterground conduits or othcrmise relocated where they
in terfered with construction. Underground conduit
rllns and manholes had t o be moved wherever a conllict
occurred.
Under the crash program, winch brought Southwest
to completion in 11 months of co:--.struction, the numerous and complex utilities adjustments were worked
out in half the normal time for t he volume of work.
The accomplishment was also rp;narkable for the reason that in some places utility work bad to be limed
with acquisition of property, as in the case of a steel
plant in process of purchase wh ich continued l., 1I'Ie
an electric cable until negotiatiolls were comr.elcd
The underground task startei with fI 3tudy of all
utilities lines interfering with t.h e expressway location and included engineering ri"lIign for adjllltments,
estmates of costs. and ag reements with private companies and t he City. Approval of the U. S. B'll'eau of
Publit Roads was required at eaf'h stage.
Crf:dit fOr on-time completbll of the underground
nhase is sha red by William T. Lynch, engineer Ilf the
Burea u of Documents and Agr,.mtents, and John A.
Pobuda. engineer of the Division of Utilities nnd
Lighting. with tbe private utilities companies and the
City wster. sewer and electric I! uthorities. All acted
promptly to meet demands of thr: accelerated urogram.
human stress was it possible to .::ompletf- the worlr in

time for the expressway opening ,.
Board Speeds Contra cting

In the County's two sectiors Cof S-1uthwl.!sl. e le
major part of construction un;i('1 the ('Tnsh prog ram
was launcheu with tht' a.wardin~ of contrncl.!\ by t he
County Board in January of thm year. T~ Board.
underleadership or President Seymour Si.rr!on :lnd
Commissioner J erome Huppert, chairman of the Roads
a nd Bridges Committee. played its part in t he Rcceleration by reducing to the minimum lime between open
ing bids and awarding contracts. and the U. S. Burpau
of Public Roads and the Illinois Division of Highways
assisted by reviewing the bids prompUy.
Three jobs for which bids we re t aken on December
11 , 1963. were contracted by the Board on J a nuary 7.
They were :
Cooperation Under Stress
Quarry Street-Archer A\'enue structure. E. J . Albrll'C'ht CO ..
.s2,6S6.'1~2.
The Utlities and Lighting Division also desi7ne-;i mc

illumination of County seC lions. One of three lie:hting
contracts was selected by the Bureau of Public Roads
for an " inspection in depth" wh~ch it conducts on all
interstate highway work. The Bureau 's report. received by Superintendent AndrGw V. P lumnlcr form
C. S. Monnier, division engineer with headquart<'r" in
Springfield. contained the followir.g:
"Inspeclion of the completed Installation and ri"vlew
of the project fil es indicated th9.t the contrac i.or, resident engineer and technical assi!l'. ants have perfonned
8. commendable job considering the tight compit'tion
schedule and the amount of oth<>r work going on during this lighting installation.
"OnJy with wholehearted cooperation and great
f"ul ler-Loomlll S treet Sll"Ucturt'. W. E. O'Neil O mllru c:tlon
Co . Sl.!\.86.9-I-4 .
f"ronlage ROlld from Bontleld Avenue 10 Creen S l ree l. 0.17

m ill.', Chatham Paving Co .. S-l~.~.
A record for fasl action WlU set on January 11,

when the Board awarded contracts for fiv e structures
on which bida had been taken o,lIy nine days befor e.
They were:
Recon.tructlon o f the exlsU ng Oilmen A"enue vladu et to
roadway t rom Wolcott
Avenue to H5Iyne Avenue. 0.34 mile. Arcole MJd",'i!" Corpora,
tlon. 17.497.328. the !Arl elt Itructure conll tructlon contract on
the entire rou te .
Elevated roadway Ashla nd Avenue to WolC(ltt Avenue, 0.87
mile. R. R. Anderson CO .. $6.032.94~.
Centnli Aven ue Itructure, Kenny COn.tructlon Co. $S.2:il,352.
Elevated roadwav and maln draln. Cali f ornia Avenue to
We~tem A\'enur, 0.b8 m il e. PallChrn Contract ors and P. Kiewit,
gether with conltructlon ot elevllted
1:I.In9.SOO.
Problems Solved
on Tight
Schedule
cedure. The estimating staff. under Thomas J. Ror.he.

worked over time preparing detailed estimates of costs
of each unit of the project and the office of con ract
documents, headed by Edward Orzoff', maintained close
liaison with State and Federal hie:hway authorities.
Initiation of the crash program found the County
Highway Department already at work on Southwest.
but proceeding at a pace anticipator y of completion
late in 1935. Negotiations for light of way were well
along and so wus the designing of structures and
pavements. Nevertheless, advancing the complet'on
date to October of tbis year W3,q a challenge of large
dimension, vi rtually amounting to a demand to do two
years' work in one.
Engineers Fast And Accu rate

While all resources of the llepartment were ... m
ployed in the allout effort. two means adopt.:d to
expedite the construction were extraordinary. One
was establishment of an engineering center on the site
and the other was control by the critical path me ~hod.
Thomas G. Cots, chief engineer of the Bureau of
Construction. assigned Philip Nelsen as engineer in
charge of the project offiee ap.d delegated him the
authority necessary to keep prc,jecls moving at a.n
a.ccelerated pace. Numerous pr,Jblems encoun~ered by
contractors were settled on the lIpot instead of being
taken to Department beadquart?rB in th o! Loop. Time
ssving also resulted from NelRcn's constant cOlllnct
with the Department's 21 resident engineers assigned
to the various contracts.
Cots was also represented on location !.Iy two super
visory engineers, Daniel Cohen and Walter Potncker.
His office engineer is Glenn W. F rederichs.
Cots and his engincers literallY trod on the heels of
the utilities adjusters and the demolition crews. In
two instances. a t Harlem and Central Avenues. ('on
strtlction was delayed somew)mt by the necessity of
relocating wires and pipe lines and as a result the
limited time table had to be further restricted.
On a normal project schedule the engineers waH "or
buildings to be removed from t hf! rij!"ht or way before
running their lines. On Southwest therC' wasn't time
to spare, so the engineers went ahead of demolition
erews and ran off-set lines aroUlld t he buildings.
In the elc\'ated r oadwa,' area, particularly, the Rurvey and layout work han to be completely accurate.
The structure was divided Into f"ur separate contracts.
rt has 100 spans. with pi:!.rs 8'-Ipported on caissons.
Esnech.uy close work was required when laying out
spans common to adjacent cont ructs.
Construction of the elevated roadway, which carried
the highest cost per mile on tile entire expressway,
was programmed so that steel b<:ams were being fabri
cated while the Sllbstructure was being built. To the
credit of the Department's engilleers, every pier was
exactly on line anrl everyone of t be approximatcly
4.000 77foot steel beams fitted properly in plac!:!.
Prom the river eastward to Halsted Street the pavements rest on a 20foot high embankment, continuous
except for slr'eet undernasses. Un the advice of W. A.
Malloy, head of the soils engineering division, the fill
Bureau Heads, Cook County H lghwilY OepartmenlSealed, left to r ight ; He nry Riedl, Secondary Roads
a nd Materlill; T ho mas G. Co te, Co nstruct ion: W illia m
T . Lyl'lch, Doc uments an d Agreementl ; standing:
Louis R. Quinlan, Planning ;lind P rogramming: Sam
T . Br ush, Administration; Hug o J . Stilrk, De,lgn.
Harlem Avenue structure. Superior COncrete Conltroction
CO., $l,027,39L
Twelve Southwest contracts ,\'o::re awarded previous

to the January lettings. They included three structures, two main drain sections, ~wo jobs of de-mucking
the I. & M. cansl bed and filling the abandoned waterway with stable material up to expressway grade, and
five contracts fOr removal of b'lildings [rom right of
way. T hese awards werc :
Bddge over the South Fork ot the South Brnnc.h or the
River, E, J , Albrecht Co" $1,l2S,ZlL
~k Str~t liructu re wi th retaining Willis, Mlc.hael M.
McDermott CO" $I,02l.()97.
Throop S t reet Itructu~, William A. Randulph, Inc .. $449,589.
Main drain, IUver to Mary Slreel, On Colllltru~tlon CO ..
$256,61.1.
Mllin drain Wood Street to Western A\'cnue. AbboU oontr"ctorl, Inc., $!118.6!M.
ElCcavating and ~radlng Harlem Avenue to Clef!ro A\'enue
(01(.1 CRnal bed) Rnil maIn (.1raln tn !.he !lame section. LIndahl
BrotheIll and Thomllll M. Madden Co., $2.014,613.
E/l: CI).\atlng a.nd grading California Avt'nue to Rockwell
Street (canal bed), W. J. Sheppard &: CO .. $399.289.
Four Or the demOlition contraets totaJed $277.2-13 In cos ts .
The filth contractor J)II.ld $..'1,100 tor nlvage \'aluel.
Chl~ago
Contracts awa r ded subsequent to the Januar}' let

lings included:
Elevated roadway Western Avenue to Horne Avenue, 0 .31
mile Arcole MI~w(>Bl COrporlltlon and Jame$ ~ eHugh COnlitrucI lnnCO . $-1.B2o.~. Ilwa.n1ed ~'ebruary 20.
Cradlng and (laving 7SnI COurt to Lawler Avenue, S.01i miles,
Chatham Paving Co. and Stllndard Paving Co .. $2.709,982.
FebruRn' 20.
Grading a nd pA\'i ng east blink ot the rlv(>r to Ha.t_ted St~t,
0.70 mile. W. J . Sheppard &: CO., $2,535.~2. March 30.
Signs from Harlem Avenue to Cicero Avenue and from Call
romla to Hn.Jsted Street. Pi'rmB-Lfnc Mld"'e~t Co~ratlon.
$157,222, June 11
LIghting CaJUornl1l Avenue to eut blink or th(> rIver, woon
Electric CO ~ $18(1.067.
'_ Ighllng east bank o r the river to Ha lsted Street.. G. A. Rarel.
Aug-ust 18.
Lighting 74th Avenue to LaCrOllse Avenue. A. A Electric CO ..
$3l8.~. OCtober l.3.
Two divisions of the Highwl.y Department conlrib\lted notably to expediting the contracting ,>ro-
(Contlnu~
011 page 8)
Southwest Expressway
(COn Unued rrom pale 5)
BAY ROAD, which now extends from

GREEN
Evanston through the north shore suburban area
was made with blast f urnuce slag. ll.pproXlm"ltely

210,000 tons. The slopes are covered with earth for
landscaping.
The big job at Darnen Avenue probably set a record
for fast conslnlclion. The S7.197,328 contract c!OV
ered widening the old viaduct Oter railroad tracks to
accommodate increased traffic and also to pro\"lde
turning lanes into and from six expressway ramps.
It was also necessary to reconstruct viaduct piers to
permit the expressway to PASS beneath.
Under norma] conditions. this volume of work would
require two years or more. Under the crash pr,Jgam,
tbe contactor finished in nine mnnths and furthermore
kept the viaduct open to traffic
Railroads Yield Space

A problem that required preclse scheduling of .York
phases arose in the 81'l:!8 bclwren Lock Street and
Throop Street. where the expressway runs parallel
and extremely close to tracks owned by the illinois
CentraJ and Santa Fe railroads on the north und up to
Arche r A venue on the soulh. In order to place the
expressway within this narrow corridor. it was necessay to obtain sgreement with the railro..lda to abandon
t he southernmost set of mila.
Both railroads cooperated reac.ily, but unavoidable
delay WIlS caused by the Santa Fe's need to insr.aJl a
signal system to control twown;' train movc:nena on
one remaining main line track.
This delay held up constructl.'n of expre!Yway retaining walls on the line of lhe abandoned track a nd
since construction of the Fuller Sln!et grade separation was predicated on com1)leEon of the w.llls. that
contract, too, was delayed. Howt"ver, with the Dcpl\rtmen t's control s)'!!tems nnd cooperation of the contractors, all lost time was mRde up.
The same tracks figured in another proolem of
squeezed right of way, With the expre6Bway locnted
as close as possible to the rnilro:;.d embankment on the
north, a retaining wall on the south line of the e.xpreasway would stand only A foot "rom the rear of Sl.
Bridget's Church, at 295,l Archer Avenue. Since it
was dc-imble from the viewp'.int of the highway
builders as well as the church. to afford space ror
future emergency work, the engineers figured out a
deviation in design.
The problem was I!olved by constructing a canti.lever
wall in t he retaining wall section adiacent L> the
church. The lower portion of t he WAil within these
limits WIUI built five feet closer t(l the highway ce.llter
line Rnd the upper portion WAS riesigned to (oiloN t he
roadway alignment. The result was n minimum six
feet of space to the rear of the cllurch at ground level.
Although it does not apPc:lr 80 [rom the expressway,
the right shoulder of the eastbound roadway rests on
this cantilevered section.
In the paving just west of Halsted Strect, we Hl'!h
way Department made Its first !lse of a ncwlv devel
oped concrete additive. Thia product is intended to
reduce the amount of water in the mix, the!"ebv increasing its ~tre.ngth"
.
into Wisconsin, runs generally on a line of travel used

fim by Indians and then
by traders going between t he Fort Dearborn settlement and the
f"\lr center at Green B:I)'.
"'he primitive trail.
from the Port Oenrhorn
art.'a outward had two
brunches. The one that
includes t he
present
Green Bay Road started
at the north end of the
Mi ~hlgan Avenue bridge,
ran along Rush Street to Chicago Avellue, lhen Oil
Clark Street to North Avenue :lod thence northwestward. At Grosse Point it swung hack toward the In.ke.
Th-. other branch ran close to Milwaukee Avenue and
joined the first route in Lake County.
The first white men to use the. Green Bay line regula.rh- were mail ca.rrier3, who had the job in winter.
when the lake boats were out of service. These buckskin characters found food and shelter as best they
could. And it took A good mnn a month to make it
between Chicago and Green Bay.
Early settlers voluntarily did some work to mllkf'
parts of the trail fit for wagons. On June 15, 1832, an
act of Congress designated it as a post road, but improvement appears to have been slow. 'J'y.o years
laler, B party of travelers reported having been mired
in most of the 24 streams c r08~ by the road between
Chicago Ilnd :\1ilwuukee.
All main lane pavements. three In each direction.
are of latest design, continuously reinforced with steel
rods. Transverse joints common to older pavements
are thus elim innted,
As opening day approached, the pavements were
cleaned and otherwise put in order for traffic by the
Department's Bureau of Second,~ry Roads and Material. of whlch Henrv Riedl is eh.e:f engineer. ncluded
in this Bureau i!l the Division of Traffic Signs and
Operations. headed by L. M. Mariotti. Eis crews
erected temporary signs and barricades and installed
delineator lights.
Pcnnanent signin~, which conforms to standards of
the Bureau or Public Roads. W.<IS the immediate {"oncern of n subcommittee of the J oint Expressw,,"}" Plannin ~ Committee.
Chainna!l of the subcommittee is
J ohn T. Nagel. the Department's tmfIic enginrer .
whose Division is included in thn Bureau of Desiyn.
Mr. Quentin's Store

To the editor Cook County Highways :
The John Quentin store was Incated at Quentin and
Rand Roads, in Lake County, about one-half mUe
north of the Cook-Lake line. Quentin Road runs south
to Algonquin Road, but at no time did Quentin live on
Algonquin or have a store there, as stated in your
article " Haw a Road Was Named."
A. E . Backbartn
Fifty Years of Roads
lQlnllnued from pap 3)
ERMITS for building construction issued this year

P
by the Cook County Depart."Ilent of BuUding and
Zoning, which
jurisdiction in the unincorporated
pt"CSSW8Y program slarted in phases bey;,nd the buying

of right of way.
m February. 1946, the County accepted the assignment to design and construct Congress Street between
Canal and Despiaines Streets and began to buy property.
First expressway contracts were awarded by tbe
County Board on September 30, 1946. 'They were on
Calumet and Included two bridges over Thorn Creek
and grade separation structures at 16ith and 154th
Streets. The first Edens contracts, (or grado separalions at Forest Glen Avenue and Diinols Rood and a
section of mllin drain, wen let on March 8, 19-17. On
that day the Board also contracted for removal of
buildings on Congress.
Preliminary location studjes were started 011 Congress, Northwest, and River Pnrkway. 'rhe latte.. two
routes we re affected by the City 8 plan to convert the
wartime Douglas aircraft plant 1,1 a city nirport. Latl!r
on the Ulinois Tollway took over the original Northwest location at its outer extremity and the expressway was made a lead to O'Htlre Airport.
Location of Tri-State Tollwa)' parallel and cl08e to
River Pnrkway erased that project from the expressway map. The toHway al80 eliminated thl! ilreposed
Tri-Slate Expressway by adoptlrtg its location west of
its intersedion with Calumet. The three-mile section
of Tri-State between C..lIumet .md the IndlanR State
line Wag buill by the County Rnt.! l'Cchrislencd Kingery,
in tribute to the late Robert Ii' Kingery, director of
the Regional Planning Com mission,
While the right of way people and location surveyors were busy in the field. the task of designin!!
calumet and Edans went ahead In the drafting rooms
This work was fiO well :llong by 1947 lhat the State
could join in the projeei.s by purchasi:lg County plans
and doing the work represented on lhe blue prints
On Calumet. the Slnte constructed the sections
Sibley Boulevard-130th Street and Stegcr Road-Sauk
Trail and on Edens. seven SU'uelllres_
The H.rst of many expressway ceremonies was held
on October ,1949, when 11 plaque was placed on the
Cicero A venue bridge honorinn William 0, Edens,
pioneer hard read booster In Dlinnis.
The firsL expressway sections opened 10 travel wert'
County jobs-Calumet from Kingery to Sibley Boulevard and Kingery to the lndiann line. bolh opened on
November 1. 1950.
The 13 milcs of' Edens from B!llmoral AVen.le to the
Lake-Cook Road were opened on December 20. 1951.
a day 80 wintry thnt snow plowa hUd to nUl lI.lle'ld of
the ceremonial parade. The honoJrcd guest of thnt day
was Col. Edens.
All of thc other routes, except SOuth .....est. whicb was
opened in entirely on Oetober 24.. this year. .vere pUl
in usc. a secllon at a time as completed, The finnl
opening dates. following completion, were =
Congress (since renamed Eisenhower), October 12_
1960: Northwest (John F . Kennedy). Novcmix'r 5.
1960; Dan Ryan, December lS.1{.1)2.
The priority system as mnf'pcd in 1946 will be fulfilled wilh completion of the West Leg or Dan Ryan
Expressway.
baa
area, we~ fewer than

laat year but total valu\ %
aHon was higher_ Totals
fol" the two years at the

end of the fiscal period,
Novembel' 30, were:
1 ,ttlI :
This year, 2.447 permits,
72,821,524; lasl year, 3,050 I)enn lts, $56,389,346,
In principal lYpes of construction the two years
compared as follows:
==
SIngle d"elllng.....
Apartment \.IuUdlng.
lluJlneu bulhllng. ... _
Inllultrhll bulldlng.
InduJtrlaJ a(ldltlonJ
and wtenaUon.
."
IfIlS
I'e.rmlb ' ". luaU.,n I'e rmle. " aluIIIOon
1.008 .$26.286.750 1,234 al8,7-48,14.5
97
111.369.442
118
]0,365.300
lf7
2,O;{.'2.4.l8
56
3,lI86,2QO
2'.l
2,199,120
1.063,400
"
the grand lolal of this year's permits
2S
1,001.1.400
Included in
were 73 in !.he no-fce classification, whleh includes
chur ches. schools, other public buildings and farm
uuildings. Th e lotal of estimated costs was $15.035.523_
In 1963 75 no-fec permits reflected a total valuation
of $5,691,645.
Maine Township, which has had a boom in apart
menl building in recent yeR"", led the 23 townships
in the nrea In 196'1 with 209 fee permits totaling
$13,267.54-:1. Includ ed were 82 apartment projects
containing 1,020 unita and estimated at a total
12.301,273. Olher townships o\-er 81 million In 1964
were:
Wheeling, 482 pennits, $10,02t.4.26; Northfield, 3ll
permits, S6.437.3 9 ; Elk Gro,'e, 113 pennjts. $5,085,510: Bloom, 43 permits, 4.5n2.870: SLickney, ~4 8
permits, $4,362,421: Palatine. W1 permits, 52,807.856;
Lyons, 99 permits. S2.329.938; Worth, 121 pennits,
$1,918.999. and Lemont, 37 penults. 81.178,51 .
Figures for November, wh ich are included in the
year's totals, were 207 fee permits, S3,442,305, and
seven nofee permits. 889] ,005. Among t he no-fee per
mits were two for school buildings-District 106.
Lyons Township, $527,155, and Community ConsolidatC!d District 34, Northfield, S360,000.
By construction types. the l'\ovcmber J)eroiLB were
issued as follows:
SIngle dweJllng.-77 pennlU. $1.956.200.
Re.ldentlnl IIddllion. and IlllerotJon........aG permIt., SI+1.010.
Af)Il.rtm~nt buIl1lIng.-2-1 pennll.l I'IS unU.), t945.000.
Attl.'5sory bulldlnlu-:IC) permit., $79.79L
Bulneu bundln~'2 permlt5, l81,l!O4.
BU81neu &ihUUon. and alll!raUon.--l permlUl. .$22.800
Indu~tMal bulldlng.-'2 permits. $91~.
Tnllunrlal /IIldittonM I!.nd tllt"raUonl_ :! permlb. $86.000.
WeUI-I llCnnlt, SlSOO.
:.1J ....... llnneoua-8 pennlh. $35.000.
The seven no-fee permits iSi!lued in November included one for R fann bam, S3.850. in Hanover Township and four ror public works projects. for which no
valuation required to be stated.
Cook Count)' Forut Prelervu In Midwinter Arra y
Vol. XII No. 8
JANUARY, 1965

PUbll,hed by t he Cook County ( III.) D.~rtme"t of Highway.
Under lu.pl(;u of the Board of County Comml .. lo n,,..
SEYMOUR SIMON, p,.ulde"t
Charln J. GrupP. Jr.
Jeromo Huppert
LII IIJI" P io trowsk i
Ruby Ryln
Seymour Simon
JOleph lne B. Sneed
John J . Touh)'
Kenneth E. Willon
Fl'1Ink BobryUke
Chann S. Bonk
ChaM.I F. Chaplin
G'rald Doieul
George W . Dunn.
WillIam N. Erlck.on
Floyd T . Fulll
Andrew V . Plummer
Superlntefldent of Hlghw,"ya
Publl,hod
at
130
North
Well.
Street,
1964 Death Toll Soars

lTH 299 traffic deaths on suburban streets and
W
highways, 1964 stands out as the wont year
in the 1S-year records of lbe Cook County Traffic
Safety Commi88ion.
The figure compares with 190 in
the prceeding year, but it should be
noted that the 1963 tOlal includes
delayed dealhB while Ute I)rovhrlonal
delayed deaths while the provislona] 1964 total will be inereased
by deaths resulting from accidents
within the year. In the 12 months
12,557 persons were Injured.
December. with 37 fatalities. was the highest month
on record, COml)arlng with 19 in December. 1963. In
the entire year of 1964 only two monthB- April and
September- were lower than the same months of
the ycar before.
FiCleen of the December victims were killed in collisions between automobiles. nine were pedestrians.
six were riding in care that left the road and struck
wayside objects, fivc were killed In accidents involv
Ing automobiles and tnlcks, and two were in a car
struck by a Lnain.
As is the CllHe ycnr aCler year. moat of the 1964
ratnlities occurred when the weather WB8 clear and
l)aVement dry. The Safety Commission recorded 215
deaths on clelLl' days and 213 on dry roads.
Week ends brought the highest tolls, with 70 killed
on Saturdays and 52 on Sundays. On Mondays, the
count was 31; Tucadays. 23; Wednesdays, 31; Thun
days. 45 ; Fridays, 47.
The most deadly time of day W88 aCler midnight,
particularly from 1 to 6 a. m. Late aItemoon and
evening were wone than the boun from 6 a. m. to
2 p. m. The tabulation of the 299 fatalities by hours
of occurrence follows:
12 midnight to 1 a. m................... 24
1a.m.to6n. m . ................ . ... 55
6 a. m. to 7 a. m... .................. 8
7 8.m.t08n. m .................. 7
8a.m.toOa.m ...................... 7
9 a. m. to 10 n. m....
.............. 6
10 a. m. to 11 a. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4.
Chicago
6.
Boob 01 the Month

, ,,
"
horns haven't changed much since

A UTO);IOBILE
Lhe primitive hand bulb type was outdated.
And neither has J . Decibel PluPI).
He always honks to clear the way, particularly
when the traffic light turns green.
By irrltnting other driven, Plupp becomes a factor
in the incidence of accidents.
11 a. m. to 12 noon ....................
12 noon to 1 p. m.... ............. . ...
1p.m.t021). m.......... ... .......
2p.m.to3p.m ...................
3 p. m. to 4 p. m.......................
4p.m.t05p.m. .....................
5p.m. to6p.m .............. . . .. ....
6p.m. to7p.m...................
7p.m.to p.m.....................
p. m.LOOp.m......................
9
6
7
12
14
13
25
9~a~W~a ...................
U
ll
W~a~ll~a . . . . . . . . . .
21
18
16
11 p. m. to midnight. .................. 19
Of the 299 dead 147 were drivers, 95 were IHissengers. Ilnd 57 pede8trlans. Fourteen of the drivers were
(Continued o n paRe 7)
Full
Scale Computer Control
of the critical path method on Southwest ExUSEpressway

was the County Highway Department's
Storm Fighters
first. full scale application of computer oriented con-
HE spectacular icc sLonn of January 2324 and the

snowfall of the 26th required overtime work of the
Highway Dcpartmenl'a Mainte nance Divisioo.
Reports from the five
maintenance dstricts to
Thomas J. McHugh, division head, recorded the
sweep of the ice stonn
from north to south.
Trucks fU1d crews of
Oistrict 1 , in the northwest part of the County,
turned out nt 4.:30 a. m.
January 23; District 2,
near Des Plaines, at 4
a. m. and District 3, LaThomill J. Mc:Hugh
Grange Park. at 6. In
thosc areas. rain of the
night before had frozen, glazing pavemcnts and loading power lines and trees with ice.
In the 80uth end of the County, the freeze set in
nboul midmorning and crews of Districts 4 and 5 went
out with trucks at 11 a. m. Some of them worked
through the night.
The Ice stonn called for spreading '8. mixture of salt
and cinders at intersections on the 603 mUes of road
under Counly maintenance. Altogether 48 trucks
were used and 120 men, including superv!80rB, engineers and wnrehouse workers 88 well B1I the Lruclc crew
were on the job.
The snowfall of the 26th required eome p10wing in
addition to further cinder spreading. Crews were
called to work earlier than normal starting time.
trol technique.
By maintaining a Ilexjble, practical coutrol of all
construction, the Department's CPM division contributed largely to realization of the accelerated program
that brought completion of the expressway f\ full year
ahead of the first planned date. Originally scheduled
for completion in late 1965, the 15.36 milcs of Southwesl from Dan Ryan Expresaway to the Cook Dupage
County line, buill by County and State, were opened to
travellasl October 24..
The preparation of detailed CPM diagrams in advance of construction pennilted prior consideration of
many vital factors. 8 knowledge of the relative criticalness of various construction sequencetl, and the
development of workable procedures to lltili7.e the
method to ita best once construclion began.
Accurate reporting, evaluation and action required
constant and extremely close liaison between the CPM
Division and the Department's Bureau of Construc
tion. The availability of an approved CPM schedule
provided an accepted standard by which progress
could be me88ured at a1lstages of the project. progress
deficiencies determined, and corrective, accelerated
sequences evaluated 88 to their effectiveneaa.
Computer Run At Night

At the same time, the electronic computer engi.
neering stalf saved many hours of time by providing
field engineers with bridge deck elevations. Owing to
the shortness of contract time under the crash pro.gram , It would have been Impossible for resident engi neere to complete by hand the voluminous calculations
necessary to set the elevation of bridge deck fillets.
The residents, therefore. transmitted geometrical data
by telephone or messenger to the computer staff in
the Department's Loop offices.
These calculations were performed after normal
working hourB. The computer was allowed to run with
a minimum of attendance by compiling in-put data
onto long tapes. which were read automaticaUy by the
computer. Finished calculations were returned to the
resident engineers the foUowlng day. and the of!'-peak
operation permitted use of the computer by engineering design forces during the days.
The critical path method will be applied on the
West Leg of Dan Ryan Expressway. to be constructed
this year and next. and already is in use in the acquisition ot right of way.
The Department's computer functions belong In the
Planning nnd Programming Bureau, ot which Louis
P . Quinlan Is chief engineer. Under t he engineer of
Programs and Data Processing, George W. Guderley,
the divisions are: Comptlter and Data Processing,
J. F. Crane; Project Control, R. L. Hedrick; Advance
Plans, L. E . Melka.
Management of funds allotted to Southwest construction was also performed with the computer.
Within Qulnlan'a bureau are the engineer of financial
control, P. J. Delahunt; the Accounting Dlviaion. R. J .
Mulcahey, wbo recently retired; Audita and Budget
Division, J. Benne, and Payroll Division, P. J. Partipilo.

As mentioned in the first two articles on the building of Southwest Expressway, Highway Department
pel'8Onnel were on the job early and late to meet demands of the crash program. In recognition of this
extraordinary service, County Board President Seymour Simon said:
President Thanks Workers

"In the completion of Southwest Expressway a
year ahead of the original target date a most important contribution WaA the over-time work performed
by many employes of the County Highway Department. They will be recompensed with equivalent time
off, but I believe they feel rewarded a lso by the pride
that arises from having participated in a tremendous
accomplishment achieved under great stress.
" I wish to express my appreciation of the effort
put forth by every member of the Southwest team.
and T am sure that the engineers and draftsmen a180
have the gratitude of the thousands of motorists
benefitting from early completion of the expressway."
The Highway Department Is direclly under President Simon and the County Board, particularly the
Road. and Bridges Committee, of which Commlssioner
Jerome HUppert Is chairman. The Department, headed
by Superintendent Andrew V. Plummer. is divided
into two main branches according to retlponsibilities,
(ConUnuM on next pap)
The
Project Construction Staff
The Con.truetlon Engineering Foree on Southwest ExprCllway-Se.ted, left to right, Glenn Fred erich., Office
Englneeri Philip Nel.en, P roject Engnleer, Bureau of Con.tructloni Walter Patokar and Daniel Cohcn. Super.
vl.ory Engineer.; Standing, Melvin Spottl, Jules Carpentier, Elmer Johnaon, Jam es SC:ilnlon, Arthur Kalndl ,
Rona ltl Goff, Vernon Vorke, Mlchilcl Philbin, Harold Reid , Loul. Olnnocenzo, Theodore Viln Gcltler, George
O'Brien, Edward Riordan , Orlando Rago, Wilhelm Wilhelm'en, Jerry Kon.tato., ErnelJt Prellto, Clrl Olnon.
each under an assistant superintendent: Administrative and Legal, James 1'-', Kelly; Ol)erationa and Planning, R. B. Golterman.
The Administrative branch comprises four bureaus,
each headed by an engineer: Documents and Agreements. W. T. Lynch; Transportation Research. L. G.
Wilkie; Administration. S. T. Brush; Planning and
Programming. L. R. QUinlan.
Also in this branch and immediately under the assistant superintendent are the Office of Contract
Documents. Edward Orzoff, and the assistant state's
attorneys assigned by State's Attorney Daniel P.
Ward to land acquision. This special staff includes
William L. Kelley, Thomas J. Janczy, William Morrissey, James H , Handler. and Alex O. Enke. Cooperation was gIven by Edward J. Hladis, head of the
civil branch of the state's attorney's office.
The Operations branch has three bureaus: Construction, Thomas G. Cotts, chief engineer; Design,
Hugo J. Stark, chicf engineer, and Secondary Roads
and Material, Henry Riedl, chief engineer.
Bureau orgA.nization includes divisions according
to functions . a nd the honor roll of employes who
worked on Southwest Expressway, most of them over
time. is herewith presented by divisions.
Administrative and legal

Land )' roclIrement-Francis M, Blake, division
head; Engineering Appra'isals Section: Edward F.
Landmesser, section head: George H. Craine, S. A.
Roberts, John Bush, Nonnan Cowen, Prank Casto,
M. V. Niemczyk, Erwin Dettloff, Fronk Mytys, Sam
DiCaro, Frank Conroyd, Peter Lahlum , J ulius Paradise, Sam Levenson, H . E. Olson. Ben Talaga. Elmer
Shiven, and Edward Looper; Right of Way Titles and
Searches Section, headed by W. A. Mirek: Albert
Frisbie, Walter Mullen, and Frank Bruno; Office Administration Section, headed by Edward P. Fagan:
Ralph StA.ry, John Kriser, Hennan Leverenz, Ralph
Mitchell. A. M. Pos, Tony Lally, Marie Bolton, Florence
Tyschper, Margaret Truesdale, Lucille O'Ma~ey, and
Hilda Strongln.
Costs Esllmuting Divis ion-Thomas J. Roche, division head: Herbert Carlson, Richard Cramer, Robert
Detaguila, lbrahim Dzinich, Donald Gregerson. Raymond Gruhn, WiUjs Krause. Albert Munno. William
O'Donovan, Charles Pocius, William Ryan, Harry
Weinshank, M.ary Kuh.n.
Technical Photography-Elmer Majewski, division
head ; George Treejo, George Williams, Charles Waldeck.
Compute r nnd Data P rocessing Dh:ision-Stephen
Wynne, Emilio Fonjan.
Project Control Divis ion-Fred Zeedyck, Robert
Jensen.
Operations and Planning

ColIslrllcUon Bureau Oftice Divislon-Glenn W.
Frederiebs, office engineer; W. Ajdeschek, W. Carrol,
Michael D. SerbHn, Eugene Nusser, P. Perlongo. R.
Lopez, Raymond Stange, J. Rubenstein. Joseph GnIs
pier, A. Zarcone, Charles Novak, Steve Sluzniski. M.
White, F. Drake, L. Barnett, Daniel Sroka, Barbara
Becker, Betty Walsh, Mary Wassner. Mary McGinnis.
SU llervislnj; t::nginl!C rs Di visIon-Walter Potokar,
Halsted-California section; Daniel Cohen, CiceroHarlem section.
Southwest Expressway Project Engineer-Philip
Nelsen; resident engineers: John Shry, Ernest Presto,
Michael Philbin, Jule Charpentier, Vernon Voike, Carl
Oleson, Theodore Van Gelder, Jerry Konstatos, Wil(COntinued on P38e 6)
They
Head
...:....,...,....-
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Department's Divisions
P. J. Oel~hunt. engineer of flnlnclal eontrol: J. Benne,

Audit, ilnd Budget; P. J. Partlpllo, p,.yroU; E . Onotf.
Office of Contract Ooc:umenll.
C. F. Puchen, UUIlUu F ield Supervlalin ; L . G. WII.

kie, Tranlporutlon Reler.chi W . J . Odilhowskl,
Proportioning; J . P . Joyce, Structural Design.
J . T . Nagel. Tr.. fflc and SIgnal,; W . A. Malloy. SoU.

EI'Ivlncerlng; J . C. Stern, Drainage: Morrie Cherner
Architecture and LandlClpinO.
John A . Pobuda, Utilities and Lighting olvilion;

Fred J. NilllzleJa, Pavement oe.lgn olvlalo n.
G. 'W. Gua erley, Engineer of P roor.m. and Oatil

Proeenlng; J. K. Crane, Computer a nd Data ProceDIng; R. L. Hedrick, Project Control; L. E. Mert_
F. A. Cerwln, Admlnlltratlve Services on Flies; EI.

mer M'Jewald, Technical Photog raphy: J oh n Me.
Tigue, Material, L,boratory.
ka t Advance Planning,
E. F. Kiatner. Per.onnel ; E. A. Beck, Mapa Ind Town.

,hlp.; T. J . Roche, eaUmath19i E . F. Landme ..er,
EngineerinG Appraltal. Soctlon, Land Procurement
Dlvilion .
F. L . Ka pl,n. Right 01 Way EI'IVlneerino: L. M. Mari.

ottl, Traffic Sign' and Operation a; M, De Sa n ti"
Equipment.
Roll of Workers
Peter M. Callan
(Conllnued t rom Palle 4)
TATE Representative Peter

Callan,
S
live in the Highway Department nearly 23
9 in St. Anne's hospital. eigbt day.
died
At.
helm Wilhelmsen, Harold Reid, George O'Brien, Melvin

Spotll, Ronald Goff, Orlando Raga, Elme r J ohnsoD.
Edward Rlodan, J a mes Scanlon, Louis Dinnocenzo.
Arthur Ka indl . John Link, Daniel Sekulich, Paul
aD
ez:f!CUo
fore his 71st birthday. Only

week before, when In the
ta1, he had been sworn in for
fourtb term in the legislature..
He came to the Dcpartment aa
its chief clerk February 16, 194.2,
the day a fter he left the office
of Bailiff of the Municipal Court.
He had Berved there 11 years,
the last four 88 a cbief clerk.
His final post in t be Department
was ad ministrative service divi
sion supervisor.
P eter M, Callan
Mr. Callan attended Holy Fam
ily schoo), St. Ignatius High.
School and La Salle Extension University, He was
credit manager of La Salle for 10 years and also was
cmployed as an accountant by Commonwcalth Edison
Company and General Elcctric Company.
In hLs youth be was a semi-pro baseball player and
as Ii member or t he old timers' Baseball Organization
he continued bis enthusi88m for t be game. He was
a lso a member of the Knights of Columbus a nd tbe
29th Ward Regular Democratic Organization.
He Is survived by bis widow, Gertrude; a daughter,
Mrs. Mary Eileen Till, and four grandchildren. His
residence was at:5567 Gladys Avenue.
Anderson.
Engineers other than residen18: W. Brady. L . Day,

J. Donnelly, F. Krebs, S. Wa.sco, A. Ventrella, J.
FloodaB, C. elmona, E. Knigbt.
Engineer inSllcctors: R. Pellwo, J . Burke, J . Smerda,
L. TR-mraz, B. Kinateder, A. F...ckart. H . Kilburg, H.
Wlodyga.
Tranait men: M. More1li, G. Calabrese, G. Simon,
S. Rossi, E. Bruder, A. Octrowski, R. Roberts, L.
Misko, E . Ha lvey, J . Melchiori, J . Paber , R. Anderson,
D. Giovenco, F. Zwierowicz, C. Bernatsk i.
Rodmen : F . D'Ambrosia, J . Mye rs, J. Hutchinson.
S. CanneUa, R. Arrigo. F. Fue ntes, G. Murray, N.
DeVito, J. Galmioas, M. Korshak, J . Corrigan. A.
Perrota. A. Prlhod . O. Arkin. E . J ones, G. Alvir.
J. Henderson. S. Walski, S. Novak, R. DiEcclesis, J.
Szczc l>anski, J . Kuhlman, S. Jagus, S. R. Caleol. R.
Metcalfe, J . Kohn, H . Harding. R. Lenzi, J . Owens,
P. Armenta. James Durkin, J . Zubrycki, A. KUlackey,
M . Dalton, J . McAvoy, J. Hlavac, J . Siggina, R. Suak,
E . Deeianni, It. Rlblck, J . P. Carr, M. O'Connel, J .
Borkowski, V. Drlght, F. AHs, R. Kosi, D. Lynch , W.
Miller.
Pro portioning Dh'lsloD-WiIIlam Odahowald, division head; Michael Arlin, Howard Bach, Ronald Buccieri, Donald DeCe.ro t Donald Dwyar, Nick Fiorito,
Jesse Gardner , Robert Gorski , H arold Hoffmann, John
Kaszuba, William Kindig, Thaddeu8 Koziol, Francis
Mnrketak, Philip Nash. Louis Onofrio. Victor Patch,
Jerome Perloogo, Francis Placha Salome Quinones,
Michael Riley, James Sanders, Leonard Solub, Roy
Stewart, WillIam Vosburgh.
Plwemell t Design Divlslon-Chester Anton, Dante

DeSantis, Emil Donkers, Harold Gilioffo, Leon Green,
Arthur Kaindl, Richard KellermlUl, Merlin K08t, Wi!
Ham Kraft, Joseph Maraik. John McMorrow, Charles
Newman, Fred Neche, Anthony Noto, Wasyl Rostun_
DNllnage Dh'lslon-J. C. Stern, division head ; H .
Abott, David Bederman, Jasper Campise, Joseph Cittl.
Fred D'Andrea, Sham L. Gupta. Joseph Lapaglia,
Philip Lucekese, AI Lutwa k, David Mattioli, Herman
Schultz, Norbert Stopka.
UtllIti and Lighting Dhlslon- J. A. Pobuda, divi810n head: Arthur Coy, William Gedzun, R. Kacela,
Otto Kohnert, R. Prypehan, M . Stubbs,
Soils E ngineering Divls ioll-W. A. Malloy division
head ; A . Lett30me, H. Smeltzly, D. Lett80me, J . Shannon, W. KeUy. R. Kaufman, G. Stami80n, R. Banhidi,
A. Kerman, J . Viaconte, 1. Gilbert.
Architecture and Landscaping Di vision-Morrie
Cherner, division head ; Dona ld W. May, Alfred
Burnes, J ohn Piechota, Casimir Sches.
R I~h t of W ay E ngineering-S un ey Dhislon- F . L.
Kaplan. division head; J . W. Kliberger, H . L . Kamps,
Richard Kociuba, L . Matousek. Alex Maselskis, Harry
Janisch , Dominick Ma1chlddl. H. Albert, S. Balek, C.
Fox, E , Klstner J r. , L. Davidson, E . Sheen, S. R.
Potash, J . Beaty, G. Cataldo, D. R ooney, H , Zauner,
M. Aleaia, R. Grieco, A . O'Donnell, J . Alesia, A. Borgeson, C. Dauby, L . Stauffer, R. Burna. M. Mundo,
E. Ryan, W. White, F . DiVarco, M. Morse, V. Scarlata,
F. Tomaszewski, F . Fratto, J , Nobel, H , Powell, G.
Wa ll.
l'rnfflo Imd 19oal Dh'lsloD- JOhn T, Nagel, division
UtillUes FJeld S U~r\"lsion Di"lsion-C. F. Pnacheo,

division head : Stanley Rezabek, John Howa rd, Rudolph Lippke, Max Galarza, Tom Gibbons, Mike Ruderman.
Much of the work of designing County sectlon8 of
Southwest Exprcssway was done tinder two men who
are DO longer In the Department. Harold A. P ollock,
head of the Pavement Design Division, died last May
29 and was fl U CCeeded by F . J. Nadzleja. Milton F.
Page, who headed the Structural Design Division. retired on pension last October 1:5. H e was succeeded
by J , P. J oyce. Employes of the two divisions who
worked 00 the project were:
Structura l Design Dh'lsion-Teodors Abra ms, Paul
z. Andersohn . J . Benne, Jan Chumotovaky, C. M.

Clark . Marcel Eaken. Leo Frandzel, Leander J . Gatewood. Harry Gould. Myron Hecbt, Robert A . Jllkublee,
Earl Johnson, Frederick Juliano, Emanuel Kahn,
Anthony Kletchanck, Robert Lange, Michael Lewicki
George Madsen, Ludwik Maluga, Gustav Milnikel'
Robert Morris, Alexander Pakalniskls, Jerry Pasinski'
MU08lav Pilat, Csrmen Respino, Bernard Rlman, Ol~
S. Roe, Frank Rudman, Stanley Sapieba, Robert
Sauer, Daniel Sekullch, Jobn B. Smith, Stanley Stormo,
Frank Sulc, Lubyma r Suriw)ca/ Wlodzil1'lier &1i"manski,
Gerald Tuv~", S, Wynne,
Building Permits
CHURCH ROAD, 10 the southwest corG ERMAN

Der of Lyons Township, runs east and west be-

B
was permitted in December by the Cook County
Department of Building and Zoning. which has juris
tween Willow Springs Road and Lbe Cook-DuPsge

Road, a mUe and a loaalf.
If extended east of Willow Springs Road it
wr')uld be on the line of

B3rd Street, Chicago.
Naturally enough, the
road look its name from
a o.:hurch built beside it.
Gennon families were
prominent amoll/! t bescttlers who came into
the area following the
end of the Black Hawk
war In 1832 and the Lutherans erected their church
on the south side of the road a mile west of Willow
Springs Road. In his history of Cook County. published in 1884, A. T. Andreas noles:
"There is a German settlement of petty landhold~r8
who peacefully till the soil and enjoy a community of
languages and interesta, having a church wherei.n the
Gospel is preached in Connan."
The church building. the parsonage, across the road
and the pioneer cemetery are Irtill in use. Just east
of the churcb Flag Creek Hows from the north. The
road crosses 00 a bridge, whieo was recently n 'con
structed by the County Highway Department.
head; Carl Reid, Richard Kanak, Thomas Kennedy.

Tmffie Signs and OperatiOlls Oi\'IJilon-L. M. Mari
otti, division hcad; Thomas J. McHurch Jr. , engineer;
sign hangers: Walter Page, Wa lter Keil, Ted Homo
sitz, Charles Morrissey. Ronald Clark, Herbert Haria
man; pa.vement stripers; Karl Shayer, Raymond
Burke, Charles Nicoli, Frank Zito; sign painters:
George Stuenkel, James Babar. Leonard Thomas ;
drive rs: John Fiore. Philip Restizo, Richard Respondi ;
laborers: Lee Parham, James Galliehio, Vito Scoleri,
Adolph Ballenbach, Charles Jamer, Bernard Russo.
, 964 Death T011(Continued from Pllge 3)
under 18 and seven were over 65. In other age brack

ets. drivers were accounted for as [ollows: 18 to 24
years, 29; 25 to 35 years, 33; 36 to 45 years, 31 ;
46 to 55 yean, 22; 56 to 65 years, 11.
The largest age group among the 95 passengers
killed was under 18, with 23 recorded, While male
drivers on the death roll outnumbered female driv
CrB- 122 to 25-- the reverse was true in the record
of passengers- 60 females and 35 males,
The toll of pedestrians emphasized once again that
frequent victims are children too young to understand
the hazard of venturing onto traffic and elderly per.
sons unable to move fast enough to avoid danger.
Nine killed in the year were under 18, 11 were in ages
56 to 65 and 20 were older than 66.
The most frequent type of accident waa collision
diction in the unincorpo

rated area of the County.
Of the total 138 fee
permits, 56 were for sin
gie dwellings valued at
$1,101,000 and 22 for
apartment buildings, esLimaled at a total $936,000.
All of the apartments, containing a total of 80 units,
will be built in Maine Township.
Permits for other types of construction were issued
as tallows:
: : i'f :
Re,lde nUnl addlUo n. nnd Illteratlo ns -23 perm it s, $S3,:U6,

Acceuory buildings-IS permit., $.18.700.
DUllneu l)uJ ldlngll-l permit, S26,t!OO,
Du,lnllu addlUons Ilnd nlternUonl--3 permiUl, ~,650.
IndUstrial bulldlngs.---l permit, $698,000.
lodutitrlal additions and nllel'atlon s--2 permits, $7:\,200.
WellM_ 1 permit, ~.
Ind l"hlUIi I septlc systems--l pCl'mlt. $500.
By townShips, the permits were distributed as fol

lows:
To" n_hlp
Bloom
Bremen
Elk Grove
IlnnOYer
Umont
l.eyden
kla~~~
/>:cw Trier
Northneld
Orlllnd
Pnilltlne
:;~c!~8
SChulimbul'g
Stickney
Thornton
Wheeling
W()rUl
j'" rn,it...
4
7
"
1
:1
r.
2~
1
7
:t
""
<I
21
I
211;
..
Valu'lliom
.$ 6-1,700
46,000
701 SOO
'800
201M
M,700
~I~~~
'100(1
7;),lOO
l,600
69,~:Kl
9,300
ruI.300
5!i.OOO
212.916
2HlOO
577,600
96,:100
In the nofee classification, which includes churches,
public and farm buildings, permits were issued for a

school of the Garden Scbool Benefactors, Stickney
Township, $50,000; remodeling of a building of the
Rock River Methodist Board of Missions, Wheeling
Township, $28,000, and a garage of the Church of
Our Lord, Elk Grove Township, $1,200.
between automobiles, which accounted for 109 deaths,
Trucks were involved with automobiles in 27.
One--car accidents resulted in 76 deaths. Vehicles
off the roadway struck rails, bridge abutments, posts,
trees, and other wayside objects, ran into ditches and
road embankments and in one instance into a river
and in another, a lake.
Ten motorists were killed by trains and eight bicycle
riders and three motorCYClists were struck and killed.
The total of accidents in the suburban area was
52,743, an increase of 6,305 over 1963. The 299 deaths
resulted from 263 separate accidents and the 12557
personal injuries from 7,909 accldcnts. In 44'481
aCCidents, damage was to property only.
'
Five accidents which resulted in 13 deaths occurred
on tollways. Highways in t he unincorporated area
were the scenes of 91 accidents In which 115 persons
we re killed ; 3,112 accidents in which 5,358 were in.
jured, and 7,982 property damage mishaps,
OOK COUNTY HIGHWAYS
Symbol of the Season_On Bode Road, In Northwut Cook Count)!
Vol. XII No. 9
FEBRUARY, 1965

by the Cook County ( III .) De pa rtment of Highway.
aUlp lcee of the Board of County Commlnloners
SEYMOUR SIMON, Preal dent
Charlea J . G rupP. Jr.
Frank BobryUke
Charle. S. Bonk
Charl.1 F. Chaplin
Ge rald Dolout
Geor ge W . Dunne
William N. Erleklon
Floyd T . Full o
Jerome Huppert
Lillian P lotrow.kl
Ruby Rya n
Sey m our SIm o n
J Oleph ln e B. Sn eed
J oh n J . Touh y
Kenn eth E. Wil ,on

Andrew V. Plummer
S up erintendent of Hlghw aY I
Publ ished
li t
130
N ort h
We Ll.
Street,
Fu r ban st reets and highways, 1965 opened on a

level well below lhe first month of last. yea r. The
T~ord
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January Accidents
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compara.ble figures: J anuary. 1965, 17 deaths;

JanuaTy, 1904, 32.
While any monthly
gain Is 1). sLep towards
bolding total 1965 falalities under the '299 re

corded last year, it is more likely lhat the January
reduction resulted f rom unfavorable road conditions
than [rom improved driver performance, The Cook
County T raffic Safety Commission pointed out that
213 o[ the 299 trnflic victims last year were killed when
pavements were dry and only H . when icc or snow
prevailed.
Although fatal accidents were lowe r , the toLaI of
accidents of other types increased in January over a
year ago. in 615 accidents in J anuary 981 persons
wer-e injured, which compared with 550 accidents and
878 injured in January, 1964. AccidenLs resulling in
IH'Operty damage oruy increased from 'l,443 in JrulUary,
1964, to 5,119 last month.
Four o( last montili's victims were killed by trains at
highway grade crosssings. One--cnr acciderlts, cars
leaving the pavement and striking wayside objects,
caused five dcuths, F our were klIled in collisions between :automobilea and trueks a nd two in auto-auto accidents. Two of the dead were pedest.rians.
Seven denths occurred on roads in the unincorpo.
rated aJ'{.'fI of t.he County, t h ree in South Holland, two
of them in one rnil road crossing a ccidcnt; two in Willow Springs and one each in Blue Island, Bl"OOkfic1d,
Chicago 'Heights, Dolton and Oak Lawn.
summer, fall and winter a re a ll the same

SPRING,
to J . Pipp Squeak.
In all seasons be rides the bumper
ot
the car ahead.
When IItreeta are slippery, the rising rate of crashing cars means t hat the Pipps have missed again.
was after midnight, particularly [rom 1 to 6 R. m."
Mr. Luse pointed out that the 55 deaths recorded in
t.be five hours after 1 a. m. reduced to an hou rly ave rage of 11, which "is exceeded by 10 other (bourly)
periods during the day and hardly justifies t be claim
of t.he most. dea dly period."
The Deadly Hours
Mr. Luae is, of course correct mathematically. However , the post.midnight reign ot death was not as
fully present.ed as it might have been. T he ratio of
deaths to traffic volumes in those hours emphasizes
t he deadly nature of the period.
A letter [romF. Dean Luse, assiatant research director, Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago, cites
a statistical error in the article on 1964 traffic fatalities printed in Ute January issue of this publication.
The article contained a tabulation of deaths by
hours and stated tbat " the most deadly time of day
Traffic counts indicate that expressway travel from

midnight to 6 n_ m. is 6.7 per cent o[ the 24.-hour vol
ume and on other roads in t.he County, about 8 per
cenL Yet t he 55 deaths from 1 to 6 a. m. plus 24 from
midnig bt. to 1 amount to almost 25 per cent of tbe
total.
Where 1964 Accidents Occurred

UBURBAN Cook County's 299 highway traffic
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deaths
1964 occurred on roads of all types and
in a ll parts of lbe area.
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Sixty-four incorporated suburbs had a total of 171

fatalities on their streets, roads in unincorporated
territory, 115 deaths, and loll ways, 13.
One small suburb, Indian Head Park, had no accidents at all. In the other suburbs, as recorded by
the Cook County Traffic Safety Commission, the numbers of total accidents (TA), persons killed '(K) and
persons injured ( I ) were as follows:
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Driving on Ice
Motorists in this area already have had disastrous
experience with ice-coated pavements this year and
likely will have more before winter ends. To cope
with this seasonal hazard, words of caution al"e uttered
by the Cook County Traffic Safety Commission.
Watch for ice patches under expressway bridges,
particularly when the temperature Is high enough to
clear the rest of the pavement. Ice at 30 degrees is
more slippery than at zero.
Try the feel of the road when starting out; test
brake action and steering; adjust speed to conditions,
not to speed signs.
When about to stop. use the brake a little sooner
than usual. If the csr skids, pump the brakes, which
allows tires to take a better grip; steady brake application causes wheels to slide.
In snow or ice start gently; too much power spins
the wheels, melts snow and forms a pit.
Slart with front wbeels straight ahead.
Don't try to improve traction by letting air out of
low pressure tires.
The year-around rule to have the car in safe operating condition is especiaHy important in winter.
Check the exhaust system; carbon monoxide leak
ing into closed cars is deadly.
Be sure the defroster works to clear the windshield .
46
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travel 660 feet before you can pass a car ahead that
is going 35 miles an hour. Anow yourself ample room
fo p9J58 at all times----Illinoia High'WQlI Bulletin.
Afoot on Expressways, 13 Are Killed

designing cxpre68ways have only one
ENGINEERS
thought. about pedestrians-keep them of!. Rightsof-way are fenced, specia] overpaases are constructed
where pedestrian traffic juslifies. Yet, people on foot
do gel Ollto expressway l)6Vemenls a.nd some of t hem
arc hit.. killed or injured.
In one ycnr-l003-13 per808n8 claased 8S pedestrians were killed on Chicago-Cook County expressways -and 29 injured. Some of the dead were motorists
who had! got out of disabled cars; others. ranging in
age from 11 to 60, were Cl"088ing traffic lanes for no
apparent reason except to take n ahort cul.
The pedestrinn statistics lire included in a study of
1963 expressway 'accidents just completed by the Chicago Area Transportation Study, which is sponsored
by :.he Slate. County. City nnd U. S. Bureau ot Public
noads.
In brief, the report l!.st.., 8,446 accidents ot all types

- fatal , I)t.rsonlll injury, nnd property damage only.
Forty-six motorists were killed in 42 eepnrnte nccidents and 2,155 motol'ists were injured. All of the
expressways In use that yetlr--Ca [umel, Edens, Kennedy, (Gngery, and Dan Ryan- were scene of acciden lB. Southwest had not then been completed.
The Death Scenes

All the pedestrians kllled were ma1es, including three
boys of sebool age. Summaries of the circumstances
as reported to tbe Illinois Division of Highways foliow :
February 2, at 2:55 a . m. on Dan Rayn Expressway
at 1400 &auth-The victim, 8 motorist, 25. had stopped
in a northbound traffic Inne and was standing nt the
aide of his car when hit.
April 15, at 1:30 p. m., on the northbound Edens
Expressway at Tower Road-A pavement repairman,
53, was struck by a speeding vehicle. Alm06t immediately, another man 011 foot went to t he accident scene
and he, too, WIl8 hit and killed.
April 25, nt 9:00 B. m., on Dan Ryan ElqJre86way at
4060 south-A man of 43 was walking south on the
northbound expre88way shoulder when slnlek and
killed.
May 9, at 9:30 p. m ., on DM Ryan Expresssway at
35th Street- A 12_yenr_old boy atteml)ting to cross the
expre88way from wcst to eMt was struck in a southbound lane.
May 19, at 12 :'2 5 a. m. , Edens Expressway at WIllow
Road- A man, 62, who had been walking south In the
median strip, crossed into the southbound center Jane
in front of a moving vehicle.
June 1, at ]2 :25 p. m .. Dan Ryan Expressway at
1800 south-A motorist., 37, had stopped In a southbound lane and wsa standing (It the right rcor of his
car when struck.
July 21, at 1:30 B. m., Dan Ryan Expreassway at
9400 eouth-A 16-year-old boy wsa stnu:.k whUe attemping to Cf'068 the expresswny from west to east.
July 2J, a.t 4.45 p. m., Eisenhower Expressway at
5000 west-A boy of 11 W1lI struclc when flttempting
to Cl"088 the expreasway from south to north.
August 2, at 9:'20 6. m .. on Kennedy Expressway at
Adams Street-A man, 43, attempting to CI"OSS the expressway ran in front of a vehicle.
August 9, at 10:50 p. m., on Kennedy Expresaway at
East River Road-A motorist, 34, was struck while
Dan Ryan Ellprellway nea r 35th Street, where a boy

was ki lled when tryl"" to cro .
slanding at the ('ear of his stalJed car in a southbound

lane.
August 25, at 1 :15 p. m., on Kennedy Expressway at
Monroe Street-A man of 60 was struck when running acrosa the expressway.
October 20, at 2:30 a. m., on the eastbound exit
ramp from Eisenhower Expressway at Western Avenue-A motorist, 26, wos struck as he WllB pushing his
disabled car up the ramp.
Most Mishaps Collisions
or the total 1963 expressway accidents, 84.6 were

collisions and the moat frequent types of ooIlisiona
were: Rear end, 56.2 per cent of all accldenta, and sideswiping by one vehicle overtaking another, 26.6 per
cent. Theoretically, the division of traffic by direction
makes headon collisions Impossible on an expresaway;
the study reports .2 per cent of t his type.
[n 6.9 per cent of the accident total, vehiclCfl strock
fixed objects, such 88 guard rails and abutments.
s.o.s. On
Expressway
Motorists experiencing car trouble on an expressway should pu ll onto the shoulder-off the
pavement-fiy a distress lIignal and stay in the
car until help comes, The advice Is given by the
American AsaoclaUon of State Highway Officials
in -a statement of policy on Uniform Distress Sigrmls tor Mot.orists on Freeways.
""'or day.time s ignaling, show a handkerchief
on the tmffic side ot the car (hanging it on the
driver's window will do), or raise the car hood, or
do both. At night, tum on lights Inaide the car,
keep tail lighta displayed and If the car has an
emergency switch Haah turn signals.
Dist:reu signals a.re intended to notify passing
motorists as well ss pollce patrol cars, and it is
hoped that they will not only miss the parked car
but will be good enough to report the trouble to
police at the first chance.
After abowing signals, the AASHO strongly ad
viae&, stay in tbe car while awaiting reseue.
8,446 Mishaps Recorded
In
One Year
On the six expressways as a whole, the most danger.

ous hour of the day was 5-6 p, m., when ]0.2 per cent
of the total accidents occurred. Friday was the worst
day of the week, with 18 per cenL Months with the
higheat number of accidents wer e December, 97'1, and
January, 948.
Pavement Dry, W eather Cl ear
Where ill pedestrian met death- Eisenhower Exprc ..way ju.t east of Laramie Avenue.
Other types of onc-veh icle accidents reported included:

Ran off roo.dway, 4.5 per ceot; overturned in roodway,
.8 per cent.
Mishaps resulted from maneuvers forbidden by common scnse as well as by law: Turning on an expressway, .2 per cent; backing, .2 per cent.
Altogether, 17,640 vehlcles were involved in accidenta '8nd the same number of drivel'S, ot whom 54.8
percent. were residents of Chicago and 22.6 per cent of
Cook County outside the City.
Nearly balf of Ole d rivers- S,732-wcre recorded as
blameless, being involved na the result of improper
aclion by olhers. Violations com mitted by offending
drivers wer e lis ted as follows:
illegal speed or driving too fast for conditions,
1,442; following too c lose, 3,520; fai lure to yield r ight
of way, 226: negligent d riving, 801 : stopped o n road
way, 161 ; improper overtaking, 270: under in fl uence
(alcohol), 36; cutting ill or changing lanes, 1,484; loss
of control or skidding, 513 ; other offenses, 368; un
known, 447.
The numbers of vehicles of

accidents were:
VariOllS
kinds involved in
P assenger car , 15,789; single unit lrUck or tractor,

875; truck and trailer, 11; trucktractor and semi
trailer, 570; other truck combinations, 17; taxicab,
152; bus, 51; motorcycle, scooter bike, 27; other
vc1ticlCti. 7; unknown, 141.
Passenger cars onJy were involved in 5,883 accidents;
passenger cars and tnlcks; 1,053 ; paasenge r ears and
vehicles o ther than trucks, ] 02; trucks only, 101 ;
trucks and vehicles other than passenger oars, 4.
In 727 instances, vehjcJes traveling tbe expressways
struck and damaged public property as fo llows: Light
pole, 173 ; cable guard, 35; guard rail" 356: chain link
fence, 36; sign, 29; bridge hsnd rail, 6: other, incJud
ing c urbing, bridge wHlls and pillars, construction bar
riers, etc., 82,
As hns been observed on other types of highways,

mosl expressway accidents occurred under favorable
cond itions of weather and road surface. On dry pave
ment, 72.1 per cent; wet pavement, 17.9; snow, 3.2;
ice, 6.2; conditions unknown, .6 per cent.
As between day and night, there were 4,347 acci
dents in dayligbt hOlil'S, 3,910 of t hem in c1estr weather,
and 3.205 in darkness, 2,394 when weather was clear.
The breakdown by expressway Ioc.'\lion was as rol
lows : Open highway, 6,920, or 81.9 per cent of all
accident!!; entrance rflmp or acceleration lane, 485;
exit ramp or decele l'ation lane, 496 ; bridge underpa&!I,
132; bridge overpass, 90; left shoulder, 40; right
shoulder, 91 ; emergency parking area, 3; intel'8ection
of expressway ramp with street. 152; other locations.
21; unknown. 10.
By expressways the distribution was:
Calumet, 555 total accidents ; Edens, 779; Eisen
hower, 2,083 on the expressway west of Franklin Street
and 345 on the signalized section east of Franklin, of
which 28.1 occurred at grade intersections; Kennedy,
2,316: Kingery, 67; Dan Ryan, 2,301.
Of the 17,640 drivers involved in accidents, 15,092
were males. A tabu latioll of all drivers-both MXC8IistOO 760 in the 15-19 age group and 34 8S 75 or older.
There were 2,298 in ages 20 to 24; 4,'379 in ages 25
34; <:1,116 in ages 3544; 2,841 in ages 4554; 1.123 in
ages 556'5, and 332 In the 6575 bracket. Tn 504
instances, ages were unknown.
Don't Ta ilgate
A new rule that many Illinois motorists may not
know about went into effect on Dec. 31, 1964.
All trucks driven in Illinois must now reduce their
speed to not more than 25 miles per hour w ben they
come to within 200 fect of a railway or highway
crossi ng.
Thl" Interstate Commerce Commission has also en
larged the number of motor vehicles which must stop
before entering a railroad crossing. Now a ll trucks
hau ling dangerous commodities (petrole um, ex plo
sives, poison and the like) and all school buses must
stop not less than 15 fect from a railroad crossing.
The moral is- don't t ravel too closely behind a truck
o r a bus approaching a railway or hlghway crossing.
Or at any time.
- Ohlcugo S un-Times
What's the cause of most traffic accidents?
Higb
H. P. and low I. Q.-Qlin M-iUer, lVall Street JormKll.
It's Much Like a Game

EQPLE driving automobiles need to communicate
wilh one another
people do when playing conP
tract
J.
&8
bridge, football or baseball, Ba)fl, William

Mortimer, former Cook County Superintendent of
Highways.
"Bridge playcns exchange aU the Information they
can and football and baseball learns have signals 80
every player knows the moves," he snid. "But people
driving cars slow down, stop or make t.urns without
giving adequnte information to other motorists."

One mCaOS of improving communication on the highways, Mr. Mortimer believes, is to revise the rear cnd
lights on motor vehicles, changing tall lights from
red to some other color and resenting red to signal
reducLion In speed and
full slop.
As chairman of
the tcchnical committee of the Illinois Legislative

Highway Study Commission he is preparing a pro-posal to submit to the 1965 legislature.
"r don't care what color is used for Lail light:&-green, yellow or even purple-just 80 long as it is
not red" he said. "Red is universally recognized as
a dangcr signal. Tail lights 011 a moving vehicle at
n.i ght should not. be transmitting this signal. Red
should be displayed when a car is reducing speed and
when the wheels have stopped turning."
No slate now has a law covering these points, and
Mr. Mortimer said be had been asked wby Dlinois
should be tbe only one to outlaw red tall lights. His
attitude is that D1inois would do well to show other
states the way. He ruao said the CommiMlon intends
to conault with national highway authorities with the
view of making the reviaion uniform t.hroughout the
country.
Mail By Highway
Highways have been postal routes for many centuries. The Chinese. 3000 years ago. ran a horseback
relay system that made up to 250 miles a day. the
Persians under Cyrus the Great, the Roman Empire
and the 16th century British also developed speedy
service.
The English mall carrier, who appronched stations
with tho cry, "Bnste, post haste," is said to have given
the expreMlon " post-haste" to the language. The
English system also was the model for colonial America, where main highways were designated poatroads,
as the Boston Poat Road.
In this area, the Green Bay Trail. which was traveled between Chicago and Green Bay by mall carriers
on foot, Wal made a post road by the federal government in 1832.
U. S. Registration Up
Motor vehicle registration in the United States in
1964.. now In progress of tabulation. ill estimated by
the Bureau or Publie Roads at 3.493,362 over 1963.
The Bureau estimates 71,8&l,000 paBl4;nger automo-Ijlilea and H ,S29,OOO trucks.
The C'J'A line in Eisenhower Expreaswl\y is cited by

Consumers Reports as a model ROlution of metropolilnn transportation congestion. In UIC first of a series
entitled "Getting to Work "and Back,' the publication
says in Intrt :
"The ideal urban transportation plnn, n.lmost everyonc now agrees, would combine a ropld transit system
... with a freeway system adequate to carry the rest
of thc traffic. These two a..speeta of n ROund plan are
not incompatible.
"Chicago's Congress Street (Elaenhower) Express.....ay and rapid transit line is the pioneering example of
combined planning. It is, for the most part, an eight
lane cxpre8swny, with a two-track rapid transit line,
an d space for a third track down the median.
"Rnpld trnnsit requires only about one-fitth of the
width of lho right-of-way, yet it has n potential peak
hour capacity of 30,000 scated paasengers in each direction per hour (60.000 in the peak direction if the
third track Is installed).
"The expressway. occupying four-fifths of the rightof-way. begins to jam up when marc than 6,000 ears
(9,000 occupants) travel aJong it per hour in either
direct.ion. Thc expressway cost. about $188.500,000:
the repld tranait lin~ cost an addlLional $36,000,000."
School Training Pays Off

Have high school driver education courses l)een of
any real value? Traffic Digest and RevieW, put>~ished
In Evanston, believes they have.
More than 40 research studie. show that students
who received top quality instruction in a high school
driver education course have fewer violations and ac
cidenta than similar groups that bave not had such
instruction, the publication states. Their record averages about 50 per cent better.
Thc magazine quotes Earl Allgaier, research specialtst for the American Automobile .As8oe1aUon, as estimating that 5.570 lives have been aRved, 194,890 injuries prevented and $696,810,000 economic 1088 avoided because at high sc:hool driver training between
1936 and 1960.
Building Permits
LAINFIELD Road, originally a Potowatami trail,

P
was onc of the first two public roads dedicated by
the County, the action being taken by the Commis-
NCLUDING $3 million for improvement of the Maywood Park Trotting Association's harness race plant,
Ipermits
issued in J anuary by the Cook County De-
sioners in 1831. It then

ran from chicago by
way of modern Madison
Street and Ogden Avenue to Barney Lawton's
tavern and trading Post
on the Des Plaines River
in present day Riverside
parbnent of Building scheduled building construction

in the unincorporated area
of t ho County estimated to
cost $4,806,275.
According to the permit
application, the race track, located at North and Fifth
Avenues, plains a n tw heated grandstand.
Five permits were taken out for apartment buildings with a total of 32 living units and estimated
altogether at $369,000. ,l,~ou r of them, 30 units, $350,000, will be built in Maine Township and the other, a
two-flat, $19,000, in Stickney Township.
Thirty-three permits were issued for single dwellings al an estimated total of $716,925. For other
types ()f construction, permits were issued as follows:
and
thence
through
Plainfitld and on to dttaws.
An
early settlement
oC interseting character
clustered at the Plainfield Road crossing of Flag Creek.

It beoome the gathering place for people from miles
around and also according to M. M. Quaiffc in his
book "Chicago Highways Old and New." was a stop
on the first stage line to run Qut of Chicago, starting
January 1,1834.
A. T. Andreas relates in his History of Cook County,
published in 1884, that Joseph Vial put up a hewn log
building 16 feet square and in it carried on the business of a hotel, postoffice and mail station and also
lived there himself. In this cabin, Andreas says, the
first Cook County Democrat convention was held about
1836, attended by stalwarts who had come as far as
40 miles on horseback.
Another pioneer was Thomas Cook, who is depicted
as having ideas of his own. In order to enter his children in the district school, Andreas says, Cook built
a small house and occupied it one night. Cook was a
freighter, sending his wagons from 1<~ lag Creek to
Detroit, Mineral Point, Wisconsin, and Springfield and
Galena, Illinois.
In later years he broadcast the story that he had
not been paid for a load delivered to the Grant leather
shop in Galena and for that reason refused to vote for
U. S. Grant for president.
Hesl{lent[al IiddlUon~ and ultcratlon IJ-21 permlts . .$76,950.

Acecssul'Y bulldlngi!----4 perml t ij, 84.100.
Ilu!lr",,,"s hulIdlngll--2 r:rmlts $39,000.
Business [l(ldltloos "O( ait('rIltlons--2 permlt~, $6,300.
rndustrl,,] buJldlngs~1 J ICrm lt, $195,000.
r",Justriui additions an
\VeilS - I permit. 8750.
a ltcrat\ons----3
Miscell llllCO Ull-4 pcrmlUi ,
By townships, the January permits were distributed

ns follows:
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,
kl,0ns
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,
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No permits were issued "in the no-fee classification,
I"wn~ h l"
l 'crmlts
moom
An engineering study by the State to determine the

most feasible means of finishing Intersta te 55 between
Chicago and St. Louis, of which Southwest Expressway is a part, is nearing completion.
The route follows alignment of U. S. 66 and has

been improved to interstate standards between Chi_
cago, including Southwest Expressway, and the vicinity of Galdner, Grundy County, and a lso in the East
St. Louis area. Work remaining to be done, whieh
must be completed by 1972, is in the section between
Gardner and Troy, in Madison County.
The Illinois Division of Highways reports that the
Springfield bypass has been completed, the Bloomington bypass is under construction and new bridges are
being built from East St. Louis across the Mississippi
to connect with Missouri's interstate routes.
Vnlllatiotl
350,000
Bremen
Rlk Grnve
Ilanov(!r
Leyden
]7,500
358,550
7""
',000
10,000
369,000
alnc
Ncw,rl('r
NOl'thf1('ld
Orland
Palatine
ProvIso
RIch
~,OOO
(;9.250
26,500
98,925
Schl!.umbur~
3.000.000
)0.000
1~IOO
,700
',000
SUckn('y
Thorn t on
Whp.<!lIng
Worth
98.000
1<\3,000
which incilldes churches, public and farm buildings.
Frank E.
State Studies I-55 Work
permits, 1S396.250.
~3.002.000.
lehr
Frank E . Lehr, 63, employed by the Highway Department as a rodman since June, 1958, died on
February 6. He is survived by his widow, Margaret;
two daughters, two stepdaughters and three stepsons.
He lived at 8925 West 99th Place, Palos Mills.
Sa m Gordo n
Sam Gordon, 60, a Highway Department employe
since June 16, J955, died F ebruary 13. He started as
a rodman-inspector and advanccd to rodman. His
home was at 6 North Hamlin Avenue, Chicago.
Jerold N. Reiter
Jerold N. Reiter , 57, a rodman in the Traffic and
Signal Division, died February n . Before coming to
the Highway Department June 11, 1963, he scrved in
the sherifrs office 16 years. His home was at 1504
North Ashland Avenuc. Chicago.
Confluonee of Kennedy and Eden. ExpreuwilY' --Ono of I Set of Photogr,lph. Exhib ited by Cook County
ferenc:e of Stll.te Highway Official.. See Pigo Three .
Vol. XII No. 10
MARCH, 1965
lit
Con.

Publlahed by the Cook County (III.) Departm'nt of Highway.
Under au.plcea of the BOilrd of Count)' Comml ..loners

SEYMOUR SIMON, Pre,lden t
C harles J. Gn.lPP, Jr.
FrOllnk Botu")'Uke
Ch.rlu S. Bonk
Charita F. Chaplin
Gerald Dolen I
Jerome Huppert
Lilli .. "
Plotrowlkl
Ruby Ry.n
Seymour Simon
JOlephlne B. Sneed
John J. Touhy
George W. Dunne
William N. Erlck.on
Floyd T , Fulle
Kenneth E. Wllaon
Andrew V. Plummer
Superintendent of Highway,
Publlahed
at
130
North
Well.
StN!et,
Chicago
6.
Telephone 321.n14
Boob of the Month
February Accidents
IGHW AY traffic fatalities in suburban Cook County
H continued through February to run lower than

last year. Eighteen deaths last mont.h compared with
22 in February, 1964.. The January

figures were 17 t.his year and 32
last year.
The higber death rate in February over January this year was
attributed by the Cook County
Traffic Safety Commission to better
weather. In January. ice and snow
kept many cars off the highways
and those motorists who did drive were cautious.
Five of the February victims were killed when trains
struck automobiles al grade crossings. an unusual
figure in one month for this type of accidents. Two
crossing mishaps claimed two lives each.
Six were killed in collisions between automobiles
and three in auto-truck crashes. Two deaths resuJted
when cars left the pavement and struck wayside objects.
Two of the dead were pedestrians, a man of 80 and
a woman 72. Both were struck by automobiles.
Fewer accidents of all classes were reported in
February, largely because February has fewer days.
There were 548 accidents in which 912 persons were
injured, which compared with 615 accidents and 981
personal injuries in January. Accidents resulting in
properly damage only numbered 4.,332 In February
and 5,119 in January.
Seven fatalities occurred on roads in the unincorporated area, two in Des Plaines, two in Franklin
Park, two in Wheeling and one each in Chicago
Heigbts, Cicero, Dixmoor, Harvey. and Palatine.
EGLlGENT Norbert makes frequent use of the

NEvery
emergency shoulders on expressways.
so often he is immobilized by collapse of a
wornout lire, minor motor trouble or an empty gas
tank.
Norbert doesnt understand the obligation of every
motorist to have his car in fit condition before entering the fast, beavy traffic on expressways.
accelerate or signal. Because Lhe average driver's
judgment is not perfect, he will sometimes ma ke a
wrong decision. Perhaps there will be one mistake
far every 40 decisiona, or ao average of one every two
miles. For every 250 errors, it is estima.ted he will
probably have a nea:r collision.
The National Safety Council statistics predict a 'COl
lisi'on about once in every 61,000 vehicle miles of travel.
Of ,these collisions, there will be aile injury for every
430,000 miles and one fra.tality for every 16 million
miles- Highway Researeh abstracts.
Eventful Driving
As the motorist drives. along he observes various
things ho.J)pCning-other vehicles moving, pedestrians
crossing his TJ8.th, changing traffic signa.is. etc. These
"events" will probably occur at a frequency up to 500
per mile.
m one mile of driving, the driver can make at least
200 observations, as many as 20 of which couJd require decisioos-to slow down, turn, hit the brakes,
The Bureau of Public Roads estimates t hat there

wiIJ be 125 million licensed drivers in the Untted States
by 1975 and 139 million by 1980.
Road Safety and Beauty Stressed

RAFFIC safely and roadside beauty have become
T
as important
the public as road capacity,
Frank Turner, chief engineer of the U. S. Bureau of
with
Public Roads, told 400 delegates to the 50th anoual

meeting of the lIoUssissippi Valley Conference of State
Higbway Departmeot held at the Edgewater Beach
Hotel March 18, 19 and 20.
"Engineers are not Ignorant of esthetic values," he
said. "But ten years ago we wou ld have been severely
criticized for a beautification program. Now there is
no question that we have public support.
"In the past we were concerned largely with capacity. We have now turned atteotion to safety and
the pleasure of driving. We are asked to make the
rughways an attractive pert. of the American landscape."
Expre"wlllY View. In Color Exhibited

ference by Cook County.
lilt
the Con.
not been keeping pace as we've emphasized completion

of the coast-to-coa&t Interstate system," be said. "And
our Interstate system can serve the nation adequately
and efficiently only wben it is fully integrated with the
traffic-generating urban centers and coordinated with
regional expressways, collectors and local roads."
Mr. Turner commended highway officials of the

slates represented - Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky, Michigan , Minnesota, Missouri, NebrasKa,
North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and
Wisconsin - for progress made on the Interstate system. He said that the 19,000 miles completed thus far
comprise 47 per cent of the system, which is planned
to be finished in 1972,
As in previous years, the County Highway Department supplied a clerical force to do the conference
registration, The Department also arranged an exhibit of enlarged color photographs of the ChicagoCook County expressways.
A. E. Johnson, executive secretary of AASHO, who

spoke on "Traffic Safety and the Highway," said the
highway is not the "leading culprit" in the rising accident toll, but urged that highway design be " upgraded
lo eliminate booby traps." In some instances, he said,
design features may be technically good but are not
understood by drivers,
Mail By Highway
"The human Held is the most (ertile area for improvement of the accident record," he said. Last year
the re were 4.7,BOO ratalities and lhis year the rate is
running even higher. To reverse this trend we must
know the causes and analyze them usefully."
Highways have been postal routes for many centuries. The Chinese, 3000 years ago, ran a horseback
relay system that made up to 250 miles a day, the
Persians under Cyrus the Great. the Roman Ompire
and the 16th century British also developed speedy
service.
Mr. Johnson said he recently made a 3,lOO-mile tour

and kept noles on offenders on all types of roads under alt conditions. He Iisled:
Tn this a rea , the Green Ba.y Trail, which was traveled between Chicago and Green Bay by mail carriers
em foot, was made n post road by the federal government in 1832.
Turning from wrong lane, backing up in traffic

lane, running the wrong wayan freeway ramps stopping in through lanes, signaling for right tu~ and
turning left, dilapidated cars traveling at 20 m.p.h.,
drunk?n drivers, one of them a woman of 70; running
stop lights, small peephole in frosted windshield an
overtaking car keeping pace with the car ahead' instead ot passing, speeding P!Ult shopping centers and
cars off the pavement at 19 places on new Interstate
highways.
The English mail carrier, who approached stations

with the cry, "Haate, post haste," is said to have given
the expression "post-haste" to the language. The
English system also was the model for colonial America, where main highways were designated postroads,
as lhe Boston Post Road.
" Drivers must be trained to use their eyes and give

attention to driving," he said. " The perfe<;t driver
adjusts to conditions as he Hnds them."
Death Rate Improves
He noLed a tendency to regard driving "not as a

privilege, but a right," and recommended that license
revocation be made "relatively simple."
A lowering death rate on the Chicago-Cook County

expressway system was reported by Thomas Darcy
Sullivan, the State's expressway traffic engineer for
Cook County, at the University of lllinois' annual
highway engineer confe rence this month. He gave
the 1964 fatality rate as 1.44 per 100 million vehicle
miles and said it was 45 per cent better than the year
before,
A former commifl8.loner of public roads, Ellis L.

Armstrong, now a consuJting engineer, discu.ssed highway problems after 1972, target date of the Interstate
system. There Is much to be done, he said, to imp rove older types of roads,
"Our primary and secondary highway systema have
A Winter They'll Remember

of the 1964-1965 winler - whenTHEeverlastit snowfall
comes - will mark the end of one of the
most rugged &elUlOns in the experience ot the 250

Highway Department employes who have the 24-hour
duly of keeping County roads open to travel. Senior
workers in the Maintenance Division rate the winter's
buffets, particularly the January ice Blorm, and near
record snow in Mnrch, 88 t.he moat severe in 20 years.
.w.
The snow fighting team includes the crews of 50
plow trucks, which also carry mixed srut and cinders:

eight power graders and two blowers, IUld the meD
at the district garage-warehouses who load the tru~ks
and keep all the equipment in running order. All per_
sonnel are on call around the <:.lock seven days a week
from first snowfall to first robin. Two-way radio on
the trucks keeps the crews in constant louch with
the dispatcher for emergency instructions.
On the whole, the struggle to keep the 603 miles of
County roads passable throughout the winter was successful. Some delays were caused by two problems
beyond control of the maintenance crews.
In District No.1, Where Snow Drift. Deep, An Extra
Powe rl ul P low Make. Flr.t Ru" to Open a Road.
mercury Is under 10 above zero, and temperatures

held below that point through the Ice storm and also
during a heavy, wet snowfall two days later. which
double-packed the ice load. Nevertheless, the truck
crews stayed on the job and motorists IJCnsible enough
to adjust speed to conditions were able to travel.
One was the blocking of unplowed roads by cars

trapped in drifts and abandoned. It is Department
policy to start plowing when snowfall measures two
inches, no maller what the time of day, and to make a
special effort to early hours to clear the way for
morning traffic. Even so. some venturesome motorists, every winter and every storm, run ahead of the
plows and get stuck in the heavy going.
Based on thia season'a experience with salt, the Department is considering a limited use of calcium chloride, which melts ice at lower temperaturea. However,
becnuse of Ita cost - live tlmea thnt of rock salt its use wou ld be restricted to coldest periods and
trucks crew would be especially instructed in efficient
spreading.
The problem Is aggravated when doors are locked

on abandoned cars. Unable to move the vehicles, aU
the plowers clln do is to work up to the blockade and
wait for a tow truck.
Operation!! of the Maintenance Division have become increasingly affected by the changing character
of Cook County outside of Chicago in recent years.
Once a predominently rural area, with suburbs existing only a]ong the commute r railroads and oumeroua
farms and truck gardens in between, the countryside
has developed urban cbaracterlsllca. New bighways,
designed fo r fast travel, have attracted residential
developmenta to locnlities away from the railroads.
Some have incorporated, 80me subdivisions have not,
but all of the built-up places require Increased attention of the maintenance men.
Too Col d For Salt

Low temperatures accompanying the devastating
ice slorm of January 23-24 created a condition that
defied efforts to clear pavements with saiL This commonly used melting agent is ineffective when the
Problems In Suburbs
The 603-mile system maintained by the County
comprised in the beginning the purely loca] earth and
gravel surfaced roade connecting farms and village8.
Over the yeara, the road system haa changed with
the growth in the suburban area. All aurfaces are
now either concrete or bituminous and in 93 incorporated suburbs they are in fact city streets, frequently of four lanes: of concrete with curbs and
gutters.
Snow lighting on the ronde that run through suburbs ia a special taak. The mixture of aa.lt and cinders
spread at Intersections and on hIlla of rural area highways cannot be used on village atreets becauae cinders
Truck I, equipped for winter chore. by _ddhlG plow

blillde and hopper bod y for Nit lind clnd.r&.
( Continued 0 11
pt.., 6)
Suburbs Join F-A Program

new federal aid highway program, which reo
quires local communities to cooperate
states
THE
transportation planning, was well advanced in Cook
with
in
County at the end of this month with 95 suburbs having signed agreements. There are 130 incorporated
cities and villages in the County, but only 106 are in
the territory defined for purposes of the new law.
Designated as the Chicago-Northwestern Indiana Urbanized Area, the boundaries also take ill 18 DuPage
County suburbs and 13 in Indiana.
The suburbs are brought into the planning program
by the 1962 Federal Aid Highway Act, which provides
t hat after July 1 applications for grants must Ibe
based on comprehensive plans produced in cooperation with the State. Terms of the act are 811mmarized
in the agreement form prepared by the State, as follows:
"After July I, 1965, the Secretary (Commerce)

shall not approve under Section 105 of this title any
program for projects in any urban area of more than
fifty thousand population unless he finds that such
projects are based on a continuing comprehensive
transportation process carried on cooperatively by
States and local communities in conference with the
objectives stated in this section.
"The Secretary of the United States Department of
Commerce, referred to above, through the Bureau of
Public Roads has interpreted 'cooperatively' to mean
the establishment of a formal procedure ~ supported
by a written memorandum of understanding ~ between the State of Illinois through its Department
of PublIC Works and Buildings and the governing
bodies of the local communities within the Urbanized
Area."
Cat s N am es Coordinator
The agreement names the Chicago Area Transportation Study as the principal staff and cordinating
agency in Cook and DuPage counties. CATS is sponsored jointly by the State, County and City of Chicago in cooperation with the Bureau of Public Roads
and this affiliation brings the County and City into
the new planning operations.
The State also cites a special agreement with the
Northeastern Illinois Metropolitan Area Planning
Commission to prepare a series of land use plans for
t he Chicago area, "giving consideration to and correlating all pertinent existing plans projects, proposals and policies of units of government."
The County supports the NIMAPC as well as CATS,
and Board President Seymotlr Simon has said that
the contributions expected of the two agencies in the
new federal aid program will be as valuable as the
County might make by itself and can be accomplished
at lower cost.
CATS completed in 1962 a six-year study of existing conditions in the area 30 miles oulward from t he
Chicago Loop and also a forecast of transportation
needs of its more numerous residents as of the year
1980. Since 1962. the CATS staff has been engaged
in generally updating the information gathered in the
six-year study. As a direct aid to the new order of
planning the agency is at present drawing up a proposed highway network.

The CATS Policy Committee, whose members are
the chief highway executives of State, County and
City, and engineers of the Bureau of Public Roads in
this locality, have already given thought to the probable type of roads to be built with federal aid under
the 1962 act. These discussions indicate that, with
completion of the expressway system, the demand
will be for arterial roads to serve the fast growing
suburban area, both as routes for local trips and as
feeders to expressways.
N ews Letter Goes Out

On March 5, E. Wilson Campbell. CATS director,
issued No.1 of a CCC News Letter, the initials standing for the Cooperative, Comprehensive and Continuing planning process.
"In the overall picture. it is obvious that the majority of the Cook and DuPage Counties communities
affected by the federal Aid Highway Act of 1962 are
interested in fulfilling the requirements of tlle act,"
he said.
The organizational structure designed to meet the
requirements of the act includes a group referred to
as the Council of Mayors. This Council, Mr. Campbell
said will furnish guidance to the CATS Policy Committee, thus giving local communities a voice at the
policy level in the planning process.
Suburbs are represented in the planning program
by their mayors or vinage presidents. The area is
divided into ten regions about equal as to the number
of suburbs included. Membership of the Council of
Mayors will consist of one representative of each
r egion.
Cook County suburbs that had signed agreements
by the middle of March were:
Alsip
Arlington HeIghts
Eledtonl Park
Bellwood.
Berwyn
Rlue .lIIland
Bridgeview
Broadview
llurrlll0 Grove
Burnham
Burr Ridge
Calum~t City
Calumet Park
Chicago IIcls.:hls
Chicago Ridge
C!c(>Nl
Country Club mIls

De~ P1RInes
nlxJnoor
Do lton
East II""el Cr~Sl
F:lk Grove Vlllag(]
Elmwood P"rk
F:vanston
Evergreen Po.rk
Flossmoor
~'orest Park
Forest VIew
Franklin Park
Glencoe
(":lenvlew
IIarvey
HarWood UelghU
Hnzel
Cre~t
H ic kory Hills
1II11~lde
H odgkin s
Ho metown
Homewood
.luBtlee
Kenilworth
La GTRnge
La Grange P ark
Lansln!!
LInco l n wood
Markhllm
Matteson
Mavwood
McCOOk
Melrose Park
l'IIerrl onette Park
Midl o thIan
MOIton Grove
Mt. Pros pect

Niles
Norridge
Nor thbroo k
North field
Northlake
North Riverside
Oak Forest
Oak I..awn
ORk Park
OlympIa. ~'Ields
Palatine
Palo$ Heights
Palos Hllls
Plll oR Park
Park fo'orest
Park RJ.dge
Phoenlx~
nlchton Park
Rlvenlale
R.lver Forest
RIver Grove
RiversIde
Robbln~
Kollin g Meadows
R08cmont
Seh\lier Park
Skokie
South
Chlcllgo
lIel"ht~
SOuth Holland
Steger
Stkkney
Thorn t on
Tinley Park
Vllla Park
\Vestchester
Western SprIngs
Wheeling
Willow Springs
Wllmette
Winnetka
Worth
Through the CCC News Letter and by regional

meetings. Mr. Campbell said, the suburbs will "be
kept informed about and included in the work which
will lead to a compreh,en~ive pl8,I! f{lr th~ urbanit;e~
area,"
Signals to Inform
Winter to Remember
(ConUnued
trom page 4)
tend to clog the drainage structures. This problem

has caused salt usage to be increased by 50 per cent.
Furthermore, the manholes and calch basin grati~gs
frequently cause damage to snow plow blades. Durmg
a plowing period it is necessary to keep mechanics at
the district garages working day and night on equipment repairs.
Snow fighting today is done with modern facilities.
The Department engages the services of a private
weather forecasting agency and thus receives information ahead of approaching storms. Two hours be
fore snow is expected, truck crews are a lerted land
sent to their patrols prepared to plow or to spread
salt.
The Department's two-way short wave radio system,
which is in operation the year around, is especially
useful in winter. It affords instant communication between Department headquarters at 130 North Wells
Street, Chicago, and the fiv e maintenance district
headquarters out in the County. All of the plow
trucks, are other types of road equipment as well,
are radio equipped.
In addition to snow and ice removal, the Maintenance Division has the chore of quick patching pavement breaks caused by alternate freezing and thawing.
In winter temperatures, the only suitable material is
bituminous "cold patch." All patrol trucks carry
patching mixture on their daily rounds. Holes and
cracks are filled and compacted by running the truck
over the patch. In the spring, when the thermometer
rises to 50 degrees F. and above, the patching will be
done with the more permanent hot mix.
At the end of the snow season, plow blades and
salt hoppers will be removed from the trucks and the
patrol crews will go about their numerous warm
weather duties, such as roadside and ditch cleaning,
weed cutting, tree trimming, washout repairing, application of liquid seal coat and the endless task of picking up litter tossed and dumped from vehicles by litter
hugs and fiy-dumpers.
In addition to these activities, the Division supervises work performed by maintenance contract, including bituminous surfacing, base course construction,
weed spraying and construction of rumble strips to
alert motorists at stop sign approaches.
Highway maintenance is one of five divisions in
the Department's Bureau of Secondary Roads and
Material, of which Henry Riedl is chief engineer. The
division is headed by Thomas J. McHugh. Assistant
Maintenance engineer is Hugh P. McAniff, who is
the key man responsible for snow fighting.
Each of the five maintenance districts has a district
engineer, as follows:
District 1, Palatine - Norbert Walsh.
District 2, Des Plaines - Herbert Fox.
District 3, LaGrange Park - Carl Ward.
District 4, Blue Island - Carl Steinweg.
District 5, also quartered in the Blue Island garagewarehouse - Thomas Flavin.
In addition to its operations in the field, the division
processes all applications for permits to use or enter
highway property. The permit section is directed by
John J. Kavanagh.
The other divisions in the bureau are:
EquiP~~Rtr Mlo Pe Santis; Shops and Custodial,
Motorists intending to enter westbound Eisenhower

Expressway from Madison Street will have the benefit
of upoto-the-minute information on the condition of
traffic on the expressway and at
three entrance ramps.
EXPRESSWAY
CONDITIONS
~ CONGESTED
o MODERATE
o tlJ DELAY
@ WEST
Signal boards on Madison

Street will indicate conditions
with colored arrows - red for
congested, yellow for moderate
traffic and green for traffic running with no delay. Electronic
detectors placed on the expressway and at signaled ramps will
the lights, changing them
I, govern
as traffic changes.
~
~~
Thus informed, a motorist may

avoid a jam at the ramp he in1Sf AVE
tended using. He may decide
to go on to a farther entrance,
where conditions may be more
[IS
favorable, or possibly, depending
PLAINES , on his destination, may give up
the idea of using the expressway
and continue his trip on the parallel street.
The new signal displays are part of the ramp control program under testing by the Expressway Surveillance Project, sponsored by the State, County,
City of Chicago and U. S. Bureau of Public Roads.
The Project bas contracted for the signal installation
and expects it to be completed about the middle of
April.
The board marked "Expressway Condition's" will be
4 by 3Y2 feet in size and the ramp indicator, marked
Interstate 90 West, 7% by 6 feet. Both boards will
bang from cantilever supports over the sidewalk, out
of the way of traffic.
Ramp signals during the test period will be installed for Harlem Avenue, Des Plaines Avenue and
First Avenue. The Project also has had a ramp "metering" signal system under testing at First Avenue.
Dr. Adolph J. May, Project director, said that control systems of some type may be installed at all expreSBway ramps. "There is a great deal of research
still to be done," he said.
Highway School Book

An illustrated booklet entitled "Building a Highway" has been prepared by the Portland Cement Association for the use of high school science students. In
22 pages, liberally illustrated, it sketches the history
of road building from the Appian Way of ancient
Rome through the dirt road era and on to the Interstate Highway system. The various steps in modern
road building are narrated and illustrated. The author
is C. W. Lyman of t<he P G A public relations staff.
J. J. Sheehan; Materials and Laboratory, John McTigue; Traffic Signs and Operations, including road
striping, L. M. Mariotti.
Building Permits
ROSS (great) Point was the name given by early

French transients to a point of land jutting into
the lake at present day
Wilmet.te. In the first
years of Cook County's
political organization a
voting area. including all
of the County north of
Chicago and east of the
Novth Branch of the
Chicago River was designated the Gross Point
vating precinct and later
on the naxne
borne
by two villages at different times.

Today the name surviV'CS on Gross P(lint Road, the Gross Point lighthouse
in Evanston and in the the titles of sundry busine6ses,
including a grill land a filling station, 'as a touch of 10eal color.
The first settler was Anton Quiimette, who received
a tract of land under the 1829 treaty with the Potawatamis and built a log house on the point for his wife,
Arcbange, a Potawatami of tribal nobility, and their
eight children. The next homeseekers to arrive came
in 1836 and one of them, Alexander McDaniel, recorded that the Ouilmette house was "a large, doublehewed log blockhollHC considered in those days good
enough for a very congressman to live in."
As the settlement grew it adopted the name Gross
Point. A postoffiee was established in 1870, with
McDaniel as postmaster, and in 1872 the village was
incorporated as Wilmette and McDaniel was elected
the first president.
Two years later, in 1874, a block of residents, about
300 persons in all, split away and set up their own
village, which they called Gross Point, west of Wilmette and somewhat to the south. According to
Andreas' History of Cook County (1884) the secessionists sought relief from the non-alcoholic atmosphere of Wilmette. That Gross Point also has disappeared, having been absorbed by expansion of
Wilmette.
The road runs irregularly northeastward from Milwaukee Avenue to Green Bay Road. On County Highway Department maps it is called Gross Point Road
to Central Street, Evanston; Ridge Road from t hat
point on through Wilmette, and Church Road through
Winnetka.
construction estimated to cost $1,017,994

BUll.J)ING
was permitted
January by the Cook County
in
Department of Building, which has jurisdiction in

Of the 62 total permits,
35 were for single dwel\ ~""
Y'"
lings, valued at $672,987.
Three permits were for
- ---apartment buildings with
II II
a total of nine living
units and estimated at a total $96,000, all to be built
in Stickney Township.
For other types of construction, permits were issued
as follows:
i'1
ResklenUal addlUoll.ll and altcrations- 7 permits, $30,035.

Accessory bulldlngs--4 permltll, $4.400.
BUSiness bu1ldlngll-1 permit. $]6.000.
BuslneslI additions and altcrati<.l nll--2 permits, $14.000.
rndulltrlal additions and alterntionH-2 permlls, $140,~80.
Wells--4 permits, $20.942.
M.lscellnncous----3 permits, $3.<m.
Permits were distributed by townships as follows:

'r"wn ~hlp
Bl(lOm
Brflmcn
Hanover
Leyden
Lyons
Maine
Northflflld
Orland
Palatine
Palos
Schaumburg
Stickney
Wheflllng
Worth
,,
,
Pe r mits
3
3
,,l
",
H
No permits were issued in the no-fee classification,

which includes churches, public and farm buildings.
Thomas 1. Barnes
Thomas J . Barnes, 65, employed by the Highway
Department since December 22, 1955, and before then
a Chicago policeman with a record of creditable mentions, died March 6. In 30 years on the police force,
he captured 10 slayers and made arrests that resulted
in more than 2,000 convictions. In the Highway Department he worked as a motor vehicle operator in
the maintenance Division. He is survived by his
widow, Harriet ; three daughters, Marilyn, Kathleen,
and Mrs. Barbara O'Toole; a son, John T., and a sister, Mrs. Mary A. Albro. The family home is at 9807
South Charles Street, Chicago.
Robert H. Smith
Leo Patrick Howard
Leo Patrick Howard, 76, employed by the Highway
Department in the Public Relations Division the last
ten years, died March 26. He was a former newspaper
reporter, employed by the old Chicago Journal and its
successor, the Chicago Times. He was a veteran of
~orld War I and at one time served as public relations
director for the lliinois Department of the American
Legion. He was a widower.
Robert H. Smith, 81, employed by the Highway Department from November 16, 1926, until his retirement, May 13, 1955, died March 18. He started as a
draftsman and rose to highway Engineer 1, assigned
to the lsnd procurement division. In World War 1 he
served two years with the 108th Engineers, 33rd Division.
Failure to yield right of way is a factor in at least
one-third of MinneBdta accidents-Minnesota Highway News.
Dan Rylln Expre .. way, Look Ing Northwlrd From Abov. 43r-d St reet.
Vol. XII No. 11
APRIL, 1965

Publlahed by the Cook County (111.) Oepartme nt of Highway.
Under au.pice. of the Board of County Comml .. ionerl
Frank Bobrytzke
Charles S. Bonk
Charlu J. Grupp. Jr.
Charlo. F. Chaplin
Lillian Plotrow,kl
Gera ld Dol ol:1l1
Ruby Ryan
Jerome Huppert
George W , Dunne
Seymour Simon
William N. Erickson
Josephine B. Sneed
John J. Tauhy
Kenneth E. Wilson
Flo yd T . Fulle
Published
at
130
North
Andrew V. Plummer
Weill Street, Chicago 6.
Telephone 32177 14
Boob of the Month
March Accidents
F ties in suburbanthan
Cook
were lower in March
in the same month last year'----DR THE third straight month, highway traffic fataliCOlUlty
,UfflC $Nfl,.
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20 deaths ~ast mon'th and 26, in
~~. ~ '\ March, 1964. The March toll
brought the 'total for the first quarter of ~is ye~r to 55, which. com.;
pared Wltlh 80 10 the same perIod of
~SI(t\'1
last ycar:.
The tOital of accidents of all typeS-fatal, personal
injury, and property damage only- was, however
higher last month than in March a year ago, and so
was the total of persons injured. The totals were
4,307 in March, 1964, and 5,172 in March, 1965. The
number of accidents resulting in personal injury was
lower-575 as compared to 630 in 1964- but bhey were
more severe, resulting in 938 persons injured as aga'inst
896 last year.
Six 0If the March vic'bims were killed in collisions between automobiles, two in accidents involving automobiJes and trucks and one in a crash of two 'trucks. Five
of the dead were riding In cars that left the pavemcnt
and struck posts, trees or other wayside objects, and
three were in cars struck by trains, two of them killed
in one such accident.
Three pedcstl"ians were struck by automobiles and
killed-a woman of 70, a man of 70 and a man 87.
Ten fatalities occurred on roads in the unincorporated area; two in Oak Lawn, two in Steger and one
each in Berwyn, Blue Island. Bridgeview, Melrosc
Park, Morton Grove and River Forest.
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In
This is the Junior Boob who zips past you on the

right and then zooms back in front of you to avoid
cars ]larked at the curb.
Junior gets away with his trickery because you
have to give him room or lose a headlight.
Maybe Junior doesn't know he is a violator.
Illinois law forbids passing on the right when the
right lane is not clear for a safe distance.
Sauk Trail to State Street, north on State to Lincoln Highway
and east on Uncoln HIghway to Cottage Grove; Bouthbound
traffiC, reverse order.
IIARLE ...t AVENUE, CAL-SAG BRIDGE: detour over temporary bypass road.
CENTRAL AVENUE. recon~tructlon between ll1th Street a n d
l03rd Street. Southbound tram e detour east on l03rd Street
to CIcero Avenue. lIOu!.h on Cicero Avenue to llJ.th Street and
weRt on llUh Street to Central Avenue; northbound trame. reverse order.
Effect
Work in progress by the Highway Department requires detours as follows:

GLENVIEW ROAD, between Green
wood Avenue and Lehigh Avenue, deto ur by wa y of East Lake Avenue a nd
Waukegan Road.
VERMONT STREET, Blue Island, reo
construction related to new Western
Avenue brldl!:e: west bound traffic goes
south on lrv'ng, west on Grove and north
on Rexford to vermont( eastbound goes
aouth on Rexford, eas on Grove and
Famous Last Words

"Don't worry, Mac - I always drive while drinking
my coffee in the morning."
"Okay, Buddy, I 've got bright lights, too."
"It wasn't my fauIt, Officer; the other guy was
driving too close in front of me."
north on Chatham.
86TH AVENUE, Mct;arthy Road to 131lt Street, bridge repair. Detour over Mct;arthy Road. 80th Avenue and 131st
Street.
COTTAGE GROVE AVENUE. recon~truetlon between Lincoln
Highway and Sauk Trail; northbou nd traffic detOUr west on
-Henn Albright In Wall Street Journal.
Speed Zones Change as County Grows

tempted to violate. Engineered speed zones are realistic and also are uniform throughout the area."
ARD revisions of 60 speed zones on 34

DOWNW
county roads were
this month by Board
President Seymour Si
anoOllDced
were readjustments of
The revisions announced by President Simon were

first approved by the County Board and then submitted to the Illinois Division of Highways, which
also approved.
limits first posted under

a 1957 amendment of
The roads affected and the new speed zones are:
mOll.
He said the changes
the
Illinois
highway
Uoad
traffic act. This amendment requires engineer-
D,.,Llnlln! Ave.
Dryn Mawr Ave.
Central Ave.
C.,II!rul Ave.
Dempster St.
o..,mpsler 51.
Enst Itlvcr Rd.
8dens f'rootage
({",stl
ing study as the balfis
of speed zoning, and a

principal
consideration
is Lhe roadside characleI', whether open COlIll'

try or built up, with fre -
11lhtmn
quent driveways.
President Simon
"rt \vas an'i.jc'jpatcd in

the beginning fuat speed
zones would have to be revised from time to time to

be consistent with changing conditions in the sub-
urban area," President Simon said. "A program of

reexamination and readjustment is in progress and is
intended to be continuous.
"In numerous instances, roads that only
Rd.
Ilolbronk Rd.
Ked?le Ave.
Ke<!>:le Ave.
Lnndwelu' Rd.
Lee St.
Madison St..
Madison St.
M ont,.o~., Ave.
Ridgeland Ave.
Snuk Trall
Snuk Trail
R1luk Trnll
Suuk 'l'mll
Schaumburg Rd.
Schaumburg Rd.
Schaumburg Rd.
Sherm!"r I!<l.
St!"ger ltd.
Steger Rd.
Steger Rd.
SI,~gel' Rd .
Steger Rd .
Sunset Ill<lgt! Rei.
Sutton 1M.
Sutton Rd.
T"chn y Rd.
Wa!ter~ Av., .
Washlnglon St.
West DarUell H,I.
short
time ago ran in rural areas are now bordered with
residential and industrial developments. There are
more points of entrance, which genemte traffi'C and
thereby call for lower speed and more cautious driving."
6.
The 1957 amendment, President Simon explained,

defines two districts for speed zoning- urban and nonurban. In an urban district, speeds may be not less
than 20 mph or more than 65, and in a non-urban district, not less than 35 or more than 65.
Wlnnetkn Ild .
Wlnnetk" HII.
Rlilh Ave.
8/;1 II Ave.
lOOth Ave.
(West St.)
)OOth Ave.
]nard SI.
ll5th 51.
An urban district is defined as "the territory cootiguous to and including any street which is built up
with structures devoted to business, industry or dwelling houses situated at intervals of less than 100 feet
for a distance of a quarter of a mile or more."
1'!lth St.
119th St.
119th St.
11!lth 81.
1Z7th 51.
,3Sth St.
In addition to measuring intervals between buildings, traffic engineers of the County Highway Department also record speeds selected by drivers through
the zone under study. This is done with all speed
signs removed.
138th 51.
]67th
]67th
]67th
175th
St.
St.
St.
St.
1751h St.
1751" 51.
173th St.
"What this amounts to is judgment of appropriate

speed by the drivers themselves," said President
Simon. "The majority of drivers have good judgment.
The engineers have a formula that eliminates those
who go too fast or too slow."
SectIon
Plainfield Rd. tu Jollet Rd.
Cumi>c"land ltd. to Canfield Rd.
87th St. to 98th 51.
98th 51. to llllh St.
M!. Proal'ect 1M. to WarrIngton S1.
Mt. Prospect 11.11. to Elmhurst H,d.
Cumberland AVt!. to Lnwrence Ave.
1.lnco ln Ave. to IIarms Rd.
Glem'lew Rd . to Skokie ltd.
Dixie Hwy. to Chi<:ugo Ii<:!gllls IlIl.
to l59tll Sl.
Gl.!Ofgll D!'ennan Hw\,.

l~!;}th Sl. to 163nl ::it.
Techny Rd. to DundL'f! Rd.

lioward 51. to Mannhclm HII.
o..,s Plaines Ave. to 1st Ave.
1st Ave. to 21s t A\e.
Cumherland Ave. to Ol<uman Ave.
]75th S!.. to Oak Forest Ave.
Chicago Rd. to Eu clid Ave.
Euclld Ave. to Ashlun.d Ave.
Ashland A\e. to Western Ave.
Western Ave. to Westwood Or.
Center Hd. to Ollendorf Rd.
Meacham Rd. to Plum Grove Ihl.
Washington BlVd. to RO.'Ieile Rd.
Wauke gan nil. to Dempster SI.
A~hland Ave. to Carllenter St.
Car)lenter St. to Halsted St.
lTalsted 51. to Walla~'C St.
Wallnce 51. to Holeman SI.
lioleman St. to Slate St.
Winnetka. Rd . to Skol<le R~1.
HiggIns Rd. to Dundee Rd.
Dundee Rd. to Algonquin Rd.
I.andwehr Rd . to Waukegan Rd.
We$ll:'rn Ave. to Pnngsten Hd .
Demllster St. to Church S1.
',) mile ellllt. of Sutton Rd. to
Sutton Rd.
Church St. to Locust St.
Locost St. to Edens EXllwy.
U91h St. to 12]8t St.
1218t St. to 1.27th 51.
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138rd SI. to 147th St.

]47th St, to 143rd St.
Central Ave. to Clccro Ave.
Hnrlem Ave. to Ridgeland Ave.
Crawford Ave. to Hamlin Ave.
Hamlin Ave. to 'h mile east ot
Kedzle Ave.
% mile cast ot Kedzle Ave. to
railroad tracks
Railroad tracks to western Ave.
State St. to Smith Rd.
lialsted St. to Indiana Ave.
Indiana Ave. to cottage Grove Ave.
Ashland Ave. to Dixie I-lwy.
Dixie Hwy. to Westem Ave.
40
45
Weslern Ave. to Cicero Ave.
Oak Park Ave. to Ridgeland Ave.
30
Ridgeland Ave. to .... mile ea~t
ot Ridgeland
Central Ave. to GeOl'ge Brennan lIwy.
Kedzle Ave. to Governor' s Hwy.
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35 mph on curve.
20 mph on curve.
... 30 mph on curve.
Other speed zone considerations set up by the 1957

amendment include the number and width of traffic
lanes. the type of road surface, shoulders, curves,
hills, intersections and roadside shrubbery.
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The Front Cover

This picture, like the one on the front cover of the
March "issue, is a black and white rendition of one
of a set of enlarged. color photographs of Chicago
Metropolitan area expressways exhibited by Cook
County at the annual meeting if the Mississippi Valley Conference of State Highway Departments in the
Edgewater Beach Hotel Marcb 18, 19, and 20.
"The new law is revolutionary in that it substitutes

engineering for mere observation," President Simon
said. "Frequently the rule of thumb method produced
limits so unreasonably low that motorists were
Highway Work for 1965
1965 highway program lisls

COOK
struction on two expressways estimated at $27,.
County's
COIl-
IS
Programmed
626,000 and improvements of non-expressway routes

in Chicago and throughout tbe suburban area esLi-
mated at $24,917,000.
As approved by the County Board on April 9, plans
[or three years-1965, 1966. Md 1967 - contemplate completion of the West Leg of Dan Ryan Expressway, final work on Southwest Expressway, construction of Stony Island Expressway, participation
in the proposed Crosstown Expressway. and 70 primary road projects. The three-year total of estimated
costs is $168,837,000.
The Wesl Leg will be constructed jointly by tbe
County and the Slate, the County's portion extending
from the present end of pavement at 99th and Halsted Streets to 167lh Street near Cicero Avenue. Work
scheduled for this year is estimated at $25.302,000:
for next year, $26,870,000, and for 1967. $21,610,otI0.
On Southwest Expressway, work remaining after the
opening of the route last October amounts to an estimated $2,324,000 this year, $2.100,000 next year and
$1,000,000 in 1967.
Construction of Stony Island Avenue to expressway
standards between the 103rd Street interchange on
Calumet Expressway and 95th Street is listed for
1966 at an estimated $5,894.000. For the Crosstown
Expressway, now under study. $20.300,000 is a llotted
for County participation in 1961,
As interstate routes, lbe expressways will be fi
nanced 90 per cent by the federal government. The
County's share of the estimated three-year ~xpress
way total- $105.4.00,OOO-will be financed with funds
remaining from the $245,000,000 expressway bonds
issued by the County in 1955 and molor fuel tax allotments, said Board President Seymour Simon.
The three-year primary road costs, estimated at
$63,437.000, will be met with gas tax money, $4:),.
937,000, and reimbursements from Washington, $17,.
500,000, the president said.
Completion of Two Grade Separation Structure, on

the Welt Leg of Oan Ryan Exprelsway by the County
La,t Year Glvet a Head Start on This Year', Con
structlon. Above, Genoa Avenue; Below, 103rd Street.
Projects In Chicago, with estimated costs, include:

NORTH LAKE SUORE DRIVE. Banu Street to Fullerton
Parkway, 1 .40 mileR, to ~ wldeneil and re8urtaced Ilnd divider
fins to be RtfJustlMl, $2,000.000; dty to aequlre rlghtot-way.
KORTH LAKE SHORE DRIVE, Fullerton to Irving Park
Road. 2.16 mlh!$. to be widened and relurtaced. $l.l5OO,OOO.
SOlJ'I'1'I LAKE SHORE ORI\~~.... 47th to ~th Street.. to be
widened and relurtaced. $UI.oo,UlN.
ONTARIO STREET, between Lake Shore Drive and Mleh.!
gan Avenue. O,!j() mile. to be widened and resurfllced, &160,0(10:
city to acquire rlint-ofway.
PULASKI ROAD between 84th and Mth Streetl!.. 1.SS mile..
also In Hometown. Oak Lawn and Eversl:rt'en rark. to be
widened to four lanel with median Itrlp anil Intetle<:;Uon e:hlln-
This year'a program for the West Leg includes the

acquisition of right-of-way and building demolition
from 100th Street to Kilpatrick Avenue; eight jobs of
utilities adjustment; grading between Halsted a nd
105th Streets and between 108th and 117th Streets;
two sections of main drain; a pumping station, and
grade separation structures at 101th Street. ll1th
Street, 112th Place. 115th Street, ll9th Street, Pennsylvania railroad. Rock Island railroad- 123rd Street,
[l\inois Central railroad, 125th Street, and 1271h
Street.
On Southwest Expressway, two additional ramps at
the Harlem Avenue grade separation will be built this
year, thus affording four-way traffic interchange. Also
included are three landscaping contracts and two of
utilities adjuEltment. A second basculc bridge over the
Sanitary and Ship canal to accommodate the division
of traffic lanes on Harlem A venue is programmed for
next year.
The 1965 primary road program, estimated at $24.917,000, allots $13.417,000 for work in Chicago and
$11,500,000 in the county outside the city.
nels. rrB9.000.
87TH STREET between Damcn (lnd Cicero Avenue!. 11.50

ml~c~H.. to be widened with median strip and turn channelS.
$l.DVU.OOO; city 10 ncqulre rlght-Of-WIIY.
l03RD STRF.T between Weltern Avenue and crawford
Avenue. 2.00 miles, to be widened and re~urtnood, $1,600.000:
city to acquire rl gh t-ot-wa y.
FOREST I~R.ESERVE AVENUE between Belmonl Avenue
nnd IrvlnR Pllrk Road 2.27 mlles, to be wld('ned to four lanel
.vlth median !trip and turn channell, $1,700,000.
KEDZIF. AVENUE between 87th S treet lind Marquette Road.
2.50 miles. t hrnat widening, $367.000: dty to acquire rlght-ot
WilY
CENTRAr, AVENUE between 51st and 65th StreeU, 1.75

mill/B. 10 I>c widened and reaurfnced. $300.000: city to acquire
rlghtotway.
76TH STltEET between .Jeffrey Avenue lind ColllI.x Avenue.
0.73 mile. to be widened and relurfaced, $200.000: city to lie
quire r IRht -otwlI).
Rl:'.moval o [ elevated railroad <:a lumnI from roadWA Y to
Mlf'b-----Irvln$l Park Rond at Rave n.wood Avenue....$18(),OOO: Ohio
Street II.t Franklin Sired, $l5().OOO; Pulukl ItOlld at Lake
S treet. S200.OOO.
DEVON AVENUf;. I.lNCOLN AVENUE and KIMDALL AVENUE, Intersection Itudy, $10.000.
(Continued on paie 6)
County Asks Review of Gas Tax Shares

COUNTY'S current need for highway
COOK
was estimated at approximately $515,000,000 by
Comm'issioner Jerome
from two hond issues of $70,000,000 and $245,000,000.

"Aside from expressway design and constructinn,
1 should like t.o point out t.hat. Cook County L
is responsible for the maintenance of over 600 miles of highways
throughout. the County and also the construction of
porilland cement concrete pavements on our primary
sy9tem.
Based on the available data concerning traffic accidents in ] 962, t.here were approximaJtely 252,000 accidents in the ent.ire State. Of this tot-aJ, approxlmately 166,000, {)r 66 per cent, occurred in Cook
County. Our latest accident reports show an increase
both in the St'ate and the County.
" We are constantly strivillg to correet t.he cause of
these acc.idents and to avoid, as far as possible, a recurrence on both our primary.and secondary systems.
Many of t.hese accidents could be avoided if sufficient
highway funds were made available to' provide for and
improve Ute highways, upon which these vebicles
operate.
"T should like to stress eml}batieally the opinion of
the Board of County Commissioners and the Superintendent of Highways that it is, and bas been, our
belief that any system of highways, including expresswaYll in Cook County, should provide adequa.te<ly for
and insure a coorruna'ted complemen'tary system that
recognizes the significan-ce of air, rail, water and
motor vehicle movements of people and products.
"In Cook County we have approximately 350 railway
highway grade crossings that, based on traffic movements and examina;tion of each site, require that the
grade.<J of th::: !':.ighways and the railroads be seJ?Rratect:
immediately. To undertake this program, we have
estimated that it would r equire an expenditure of approximately $270,000,000.
" In addition, our review indicates tha;t currently
there are 109 rru.\.road grade cl'ossJings without gates
and appl'oximately half of them with no flashing lights,
just the ordinary old stY'le cross buck sign. We reoognize that these crossings demand nnd need immediate
protective devices. This, we estimate, would require
approximately an expendi:ture of $2,500,000.
"In reviewing the 'Obligation of Cook County in the
maintenance of 600 miles of higbways, we recognize
that many of these higbways should be reconstructed
and updated because .they do not meet the minimum
State standards for roads and bridges. To bring this
system up to the minimum State standards will require
the expenditure of approximately $50.000.000.
"Aside from our assignments of funds far necessary
improvements on the Cook O:lUnty hIghway system,
COok County is constantly requested by the State and
the City of Chicago and other municipalities outside
of the City of Chicago to allocate our highway funds
for the improvement of hljgbways other than those under tbe jurisdic'tion of the County of Cook. We estimate that participation in this type of highway improvement program wm require an allocation of a.pproximately $190,000,000 to meet the requirements
of present traffic volumes.
"Cook County has only two sources of funds for the
improvement and maintenance of our highways aside
from the expressway bond issue funds, which have
been ~~~ned to complete our joint expressway pro-
fllflds
Hupper:t, chairman of
the County Board's
Roads and Bridges Commitltee, in a presentation
before the lllinois Highway Study Commission
on April 9,
He listed $270,000,000
for grade separations fit
approximately 350 highway-railway crossings;
$2,500,000 for improved
pratection at 10!) other
rail crossings, some of
which, he said, are now
gua.rded only with "the
Commissioner Huppert
ordinary o1d styqe cross
buck sign; " $50.000,000 for improving older roads up
to the minimum slandards set by the State, tlnd $190,000,000 to meet requests by the State, City of Chicago
and suburbs for County participation in improvement
of highways not under County jurisdiction.
In support of this bill of costs, Commissioner Huppert cited the accident record on highways in Cook
County---66 per cent of all accidents in the State in
1962----e.nd the need for more and better roods to keep
pace with the County's economic development.
As Lhe means of fulfilling the program, he urged
that Cook County, with 43 per cent of lllinois vehicle
registrations, "not only share in additional revenue
de.rived from motor fuel taxes, but also have a larger
share ,than is currently allotted."
'The Commission's session, held in the Chicago City
Oounoil chamber, was the last of 15 hearings conduc~d preliminary to recommending legislation to the
1965 State assembly. Presiding was William J. Mortimer, former Cook County Superintendent of Highways.
Among those presenting problems was Francis Lorenz, director of the State Department of Pub1ic Works
and Buildings; which includes the lllinois DiVision of
Higbway.\. He said the State is curren'tly spending
$1.1 billion of State and Federal funds every two years
for maintenance and safety on existing roads and
needs $2 billion every biennium for tbe next ten years
"just to keep even."
Spokesmen for motol'lisls opposed the proposed state

gas tax increase from 5 to 8 cents a gaUon unless the
legislation includes a boost in truck license fees.
Spokesmen for truckers presented their ca.se.
The full text of the commissioner's statement
f"OHows:
"Thank yon for t.he invitation t.o present to the members of the Illinois Highway Study Commission a report on the highway problems concerning the Board
of County Commissinners for the County of Cook and
the Cook County highway system. During the past
several years, OUI' major ob1igation -concerned building
and opening to traffic tbe major routes on our comprehensive expreS!)way system. This was accomplished
in a. joirit. program with tbe State of lllinois, the City
of Cbi-cago and ih~ F~cral Government with funds
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Tax Review Sought

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Oldest Employe Dies

lB. HOWARD, 68, 'the oldes't Highway DepartJwhenOHN
ment employe in poin t of service, died April 22
on vacatioD.
li)
These two BOUrCes are the Coun ty higbW8}'

tax (8. real estate tax) aDd the motor fuel tax funds.
In 1064., Cook County received approx.imately $17,000,000 from the motor Iuel ta.'!: fund; of this amount,
$4,000,000 Is requlred yearly (or retirt'!JDent of lhe
$70,000,000 original Superhighway bond issue.
"1 know you are familiar wiUt the distribution of
motor fuel tax funds, in that 35 per cent goes to tile
gram.
He started as an engineerinspector in October, I917,

when the Department was only three years in existence. In the '20's be wOl'ked on design of the County's
first. supe.rhighwny program. For the last 20 years
he wns assigned to the Division of Field Utilities
Superv ision and i.n 1'('Cent years "'"as rated highway
engineer [V.
State, 32 per 'Cent to the cities, II per cent to Cook
.Mr. Howard received his engineering education attending Armour institute of Technology at night. Be(OI'e coming to the Department he was employed 19141917, as a I'Odmnn by the Sanitary District. He
served in the navy 'in World War I and was a charter
member and a commander of Edgar A. Lawrence
Post, American Legion, the Highway Department's
veterans' unit,
He is survived by his widow, Kathleen, four daugh.
ters-Sister Sean Kathleen, Mrs. Jeanne Neisenbach,
Mrs. Kathleen Flannagan, and AIrs. Lauravne Dunne,
nine grandchildren and a brother. The family home is
at 7321 South Shore Drive, Chicago.
County, 12 per cent to the counties ollts'ide of Cook

County. s.nd 10 per cent to the 1:'Ownships.
"All of the townships in the State of Illinois are
apportioned 10 per ccnt ($15,500,000) of a total $155,000,000 currently available for distribution from motor
[uel 'tax funds. However, based on mileage funnula,
the allotment to townships in Cook County is less
tbun 1 per cent of the total allotment, or $135,000.
This i8 an insignificant. amount. when it 'is a known
faet that 43 per eent. of the vehk:les i n the State of
lllinois are registered in Cook County.
"In summarizing. it. is recommended that the basis
at the apportionment of these funds and the percentages a86igned to the several agencies be reviewed.
It is recommended that th is review be based on traffic
volumes and needs fOJ' the construction of highway
impl'(wcmenta that will reduce accidents, save lives,
reduee property 1088 and aid our economic development.
"Our recommended highway program is estim.'l.ted
to coe't approximately $515.000,000. It is our conclusion therefore, and so recommended. that the County
of Cook not only share in nddltional revenue derived
from Motor fuel taxes, but also have a larger share
than is currently allotted."
CENTItAL ROAD between Northwest HIghway and Uand

Uoall, 1.J~ miles In tolt, PrOspect nnd Dell Plaines. to be
",llIened to four Innes ",Ith median .trI\'I a nd tum channell,
81,180.000.
DUNDEE ROAD between Elmhurst 'Roe.d and Milwaukee
Avenue, 1.!50 mites, In Whce1ln~ and unincorporated area, te
he widened te reur lanes wllh median IItrlp a nd t UrD channels. 31,000.000.
WESTERN AVE..'1E. dt'molltlon er Rock Lsland raUroll1l
l) r1tl~e over Calumet Sag channel, Blue Island, $40.000.
rR\'TNG PARK ROAD, equeBtrlan underpass ellst o r De,
Plnlnel rher. Sl::hllIer Pa rk. $1)0,000.
CENTRAL A V'E~UE, gl'ade croSlinII' proteeUon at 'R... O.c. T.
rI.lInmd nenr IOOth Slree.t, Chlcngo Ridge and Oak Lawn. cuntract awarded at S21.~24.
WOLF IlOAD, retaining walill lit Weller's ditch, nc, Plalnu,
$<1000.
Interal!(!lIon Imprevements and traJrle Signal!! nre proIt'rnmmi!d at thl! follewlng lecaUon~! Mt. Pro!pcct Rond and
1'h!U'k~r Sireet.. Dea PlalnCl. SSO.OOO; Howard Street and Cnld_
well Avenue, Niles, ""0.000: 2Ilth Street and ChicagO' Vincennes
I{ Ond. Chlenll'!) Hellt'htR. 832,000; Kedzle Avenue and FlOS8moor
Hmld. ~'lonmoor, $80.000.
The 1965 Program(Contlnu(XI from \'Iage
4)
Cost of the grade separati()n and river bridge on

Palatine Rood will be shared by tl1e fcderoJ government with matching funds. The cost figure Hsted is
an cst.hn:nte of the County's share only.
Federal aSsisbmce is anticipated on the two North
uakc Sh'ore Drive projects, South Lake Shore Dr.1vc
a nd demolition of t.he Calumet Slag Channel bridge in
Blue Island. Figures given for these projects represent total costs as eftt.ima'ted.
Suburban area projects includ'e:

ROSELI.E nOAD Bode Rond to Evanllton-Elgln Rond, 0.'14
mlle In Hotfman EaliHetI, to he widened to tour lanes with
mild j I!,n 'trl~ IU'Id turn channelB, ~J,125,000.
COTTAGE GROVE AVENUE betwllt.'n Sauk Trail and LIn
coi n Highway, 1..43 mUe!, In Ea.t Chlcage flelghu and unln
corpOrated area. te be wlaened to four lane3 with median IItrlp
nnd tUM! channell ; contract awaroed at ~!52,9~.
CO'I'TACE CnOVE AVENUE, ~ade cronlng protection and
ap\'Iroachel at B... O. C. T. and L H. B. railroads near HOth
Slreet, Dolton. 163.000.
EAST LAKE A VENUE. ~eatrlan over\'lllllls near LanA'
Meodew Drive, In unlnmrporated area; contract awarded at
M3.182.
LEE STREET-InGGINS nOAD-MANNHEIM ROAD, realignment to -permit eX1)Mllllon e f O'Elare airport. In Dell'
P lalnH, Chlcaao and unlnc:orporated area. 1-20 mUe" te be
""Ide nect to reur lam:.'1 with median Itr lp and turn channels,
$800,000.
LAWRENCE AVENUE between Cumberland and Hllrl!'m
Avenut:.. 1.47 mil", In Nerrldge and Harwood nelghtll, to be
widened te four lanes and resurfaced, $930.000.
OAKTON STREET between Nordica A"enue and EdenB EXpre.-way. 1.M mllea, In Morton ero"e, Nllel. and Skokie. to be
recon.tnlctcd In feur lane. with medIan Btnp, $990,000.
OAKTON STREET between Del PlaInes River Road lind
Odell Avenue, 9.40 miles, In Del Pllllnell. Niles! Park Rldll'e,
and unincorporated area... Ato be reeonstructed n raul' lanel
with median Itrl\'l, Sl,S96,utA.!.
PALATtNE ROAD, grade BeparaUen over Milwaukee Ave
nue, brldl'e over Dt-II Plalnes rlver, and paving 1 mUe, unln
cOrpOrated area, $777,000.
PALATINE ROAD, lntertcctlon medlncaUons and tranll' con_
trol devices al SChO(!nbeck Road, Butralo Grove Road WheelIng Road, and Sandel'l ROl!,d, III ArlJn~on Height. !linl unlnCOf.l)Orated area, '200,000,
Contracts Awarded
Highway contracts have been awarded by the
County Board as follows:
SQUlhwe.t Expreuw8y- [.andscaplnk N81Taltansett Avenue to
CIcero A\'enue, 1.72 mllell, L. E. AlpOr{ Co, 328,902.
Southwest F.:o:preuway-Landlcaplng South Branch Chlcage

River te Hlliited Stre~t. 1.01 miles, L. E. Alport Ce., $22,4:5:1.
East I,ake AVl!nue---Pedntrifln everpass near Long Meadew
Drive, Milburn Bros.. Inc., $33.182.
Cotta~e Crove Avenue_Your_lane pee PlIvement with median
,trlp Sauk Trail to Lincoln Highway, 1 .67 mllel, Palumbo
ElfcavaUnli' CO . M112,9!m.
R(}f[l!lIe Road-Your-lane \'ICe pavement with curb and Kutter,
ehannellllltt on !lnd .torm .ewer [llInol' Boulevard to Evanslon
Elkin Road. 1.70 mlle~. Milburn Brol .. Inc .. m4,19!5.
Centr"l Avenue--Ratlroad (B. A O. C. T.l cronlng Improvement 107th Street to 109th Street with ~atel and nasher IIghU,
carlton A.phalt CO., ,21,424.
Building Permits

AK Park Avenue, extending from the northwest
part of Chicago, through Oak Park and into the
O
southwest area of the County, took its name, natur-
PARTMENT house construction accounted for

A
approximately half 'the valuation reflected in permits issued in March by the Cook County Department
of Buildings and Zoning,
which bas jurisdiction in
The total of permits was
159 and the total estimated costs, $5,792,982.
Thirty-one permits covered 35 apartment buildings with a total of 347 living
units and estimated to cost $2,819,220. They will be
built in three townships: Maine, 26 bul.1dings, 206
units, $1,659,000; Elk Grove, five buildings, 128 units,
$1,031,720; Stickney, four buildings, 13 units, $128,500.
Eighty-three permits were taken out for single
dwellings valued in all at $1,622,492. For other types
of construction, permits were issued as follows:
ally enough, from the
~~
village.
Although it was a sim-
ple matter to name the

road [or the suburb, the
naming of the suburb
itself was accomplished
after a somewhat confusing series of loqal
labels had popped up in
the four decades following the first settler. This
pioneer was Joseph Kettieslrings, who came from England to America in 1832
and to Chicago the following year.
Seeking government land, he set Qut in the spring
of 1833 and found a timbered ridge near the Des
Plaines River in the vicinity of present Lake Street,
the first dry spot since leaving Chicago, according to
A. T. Andreas, author of the 1884 History of Cook
County. In 1835, after working at a nearby sawmill,
Kettlestrings acquired 172.78 acres from the government at a total price of $215.98 and built a house at
about Lake Street and Harlem Avenue. A devout
Methodist, his home was the scene of the first Methodist services in the area.
For a time the locality was known as Kettlestrings'
Grove. As a few other families moved in, the name
was changed to Oak Ridge and later to Oak Park.
However, when the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad laid its tracks in the middle '50's it named the
village station Harlem, and about the same time the
postofiice serving the area was called Noyesville, The
postofiiee was re-christened Oak Park in 1871 and the
railroad moved its station and called it Oak Park in
1872, thus ending the mixup.
Mr. Kettlcstrings also has a place in carly highway
history. From 1843 to 1855 he gradcd numerous newly
opened streets in Chicago, in one year doing 14 miles.
He then returned to his farm and sold it off in town
lots, giving such generous terms, according to Andreas, that he was regarded as a benefactor of the
community.
Hes\.denUal additions and alteratlons- l9 permits. $59,980.

Accessory bulldlngs-14 permlt~, $16,350.
Business bulldlngs-2 permlt.'J, ~7,OOO.
Industrial bul1dlngs-2 permits. $176,000.
Industrial addltlon~ and alterations-I permit, $33,600.
Well$-'! permits, $3,890.
MiBce.llaneous--10 permlU, S6ll,S5o.
By townships, the March permits were distributed

as follows:
1'u..-nll hlp
Bloom
Bremen
Calumet
Elk Grove
Hanover
Lemont
Leyden
Lyons
Maine
Northfleld
Norwood Park
Orland
Palatine
Palos
PTovlso
Rich
Schaumburg
SUckne~'
Thornton
Wheeling
Worth
Pe r mJts
3
2
1
4.
:1
2
4
8
20
]5
1
2
:2
1
2
1
24
:9
47
6
\ ' uJuutlon
$
4,200
5,540
33,600
],43!'1,120
20,000
126,000
37,200
174,492
~,669,85Q
414.25!S
34,000
1,700
163.500
59,Il00
2,500
2,300
27,000
268,150
850()
950;800
161,473
Three permits were issued in the no-fee classification, which includes churches, public and farm buildM
ings. One was for a laundry at the Oak Forest Hospital and two for sewer and water changes in Stickney
Township, for which no statement of cost was required.
River I a nd Texas & Pa:cific railroads, the Pan Motor
Company, St. Cloud. Minnesota, and the Champion
Pneumatic Machinery Company of Chicago. In 1910
he went to the Phillippines as a surveyor in the Island
Burea.u C1f Land and worked there four years.
He started with the Depal'tmen"t as a junior engineer
and attained the grade of Highway Engineer IV.
Edward A. Cisa r
Edward A. Cisar, 80, who retired in 1958 after 29
years 'in the Highway Depal'tment, died April 19 at
Green Lake, Wisconsin.
In World War 1 he was commissioned a first lieutenant of infantry at the fir$t. officers' trnining school
a:t Fort Sheridan and served a year overseas. He was
a charter member of Edgar A. Lawrence post, American Legion, whos membcrs are employes of the Highway Department.
A special lane a block in length has been constructed

in Oklahoma City so a wife driving her husband downtown may give him a parting kiss without blocking
main lane t raffic.
Thc Burma Shave signs that once afforded roadside
amusement for touring motorists have been retired,
bllt a set of them will be preserved for posterity in
the Smithsonian Institution.
Before coming to the department he was employed

by ,the minois Central, the Minnea.polis and Rainy
COOK COUNTY HIGHWAY S
For _ PJOiliure Drive in a Setting of Nuurilll Bnut)', Tak e I Sick ROld . See Page 3.
Vol. XII No. 12
MAY, 1965
COOK CO UNTY HI G HWAYS

PubU.hed by the Cook CO\lnty ( III .) o.".rtment of HI"hwly'
Under au.plce. of the BOlrd of County Comml .. lon''''
SEYMOUR S IMON , Pr"ldl nt
Frank BobryUkl
Charlu J. GrupP. Jr.

Jerome Huppert
Lllli;t n Plotrow,kl
Chllrlu 8 . Bonk
Chert .. F. Chaplin
Gera ld 0 01 ... 1
G.ollle W . Dun"e
William N. Erlck,on
Floyd T. Full.
Ruby Ryan
Seymo ur Simon
Josephine B. Sneed
John J . Touh )'
Kenneth E. Willon
Andrew V. Plummer
Superintendent of MlghwIYI
Publl'hed
at
130
North
Well,
Street,
Ch icago
II.
Te lephone 321_7714
Bo ob 01 the Month
April Accidents
TRAFFlC fatali'ties in suburban Cook
H IGHWAY
CoWlly continued to decline through April. With
10 deaths, whieb 'COmpared with

19 In April, 1964, the month was
Lhe fourth in 1l row with a lower
toll than Lhe same month or last
y""'".
April was also well unde r
March, this year, which had 20
deaths. At tbe end of April the
accumulated 196~ total of deatl!.s was 65; last year
in the same period the figure was 99.
April'. M.al of aeddents of all tYPes-fatal. personal Injury and propen.y damage only- also was below that of the previous montlt. 1n April the total of
a.eeidents was 3.932; Injury accidents, 526; persons
Injured, 881 : In March, 51,172 'lotal accidenTs; 575 injury accidents, 938 persons injured.
Four of the Aprll \dctims were killed in collisions
between automobiles and one in a collision between A
motorcycle and a truck, One, a woman of 65, was a
pedestrian struck by a car, A youth riding his bicycle W8lJ killed by a car and three were fatally hlU'l
when cars In which they were riding left the pavement nnd struck wayside objecls.
REAMY Drifter is the mopy menace of the mulli-
D pie lancs,
He drifts across the stri pe on the left and then

across the stripe on the right.
To other motorists he's a tumblin' tumbleweed.
Tumbleweeds are sbortlived.
are found the Department is legally obl igated to re1)1a.ce them with legal signs.
Illegal Speed Zoning
In addition to setting limits consist ent wit h roadway condltiona, the 1951 act also is intended to produce uniformity throughout the State. Motorists are
inclined to obey reaaonnble traffic signs, but wben
Lhey find a 30 mph sign in one village and a 20 mph
sign in similar conditions in the next town they are
not only confused but tempted to violation.
As one ob8erver remarked, ''The ideal speed zoning wouJd be a 15-mile 1imlt in front of my bouSCl
and 65 mph everywbere elae."
Although this is stretching the matter. the injection of local opinion has become a problem in the
Highway Department's program of determining
speed limit s In accordance with the State traffic
regulatory la w. As amended in 1957, the law sets
minimum IU well as maximum speeds and requires
traffic engineering studies as the basis of posted
limits.
In some few suburbs, local officials have decided
offhand that limits set by the Department's trnfJc engineering crews were too high and have taken it on
themselves to post lower speeds. When such signs
L. C. Sibby
L. C. Sibby, 00, e.mployed by the Highway Department s lrtce February, 1955, died May 10. He was a.~.
slgncd to MalnteJl.ance District 4.
Restful Riding on Scenic Roads

time-saving counta, use the expressways;
W HEN
(or the pleasure of leisurely sightseeing. take
the old country .tyle rO!lda that wind through the
rural areu mueh 88 they did more than a century ago.
A countryside tour i8 especially rewarding in Spring,
when meadows and groves are freshly green and
calve8, lambl and piglets romp in the barnyards. Such

an excursion would alISO lead alongside or through the
County fo"'oreal Preserves. whlcb at Ws season of
blooming shrubbery and flowering plants are at their
finest.
The city folka' opportunity to see farm life close

to town is shrinking. Cook County outside of Chicago
is undergoing Ilrhani7.RLion. with villages. subdivisions
and Industrial parkE! occupying acres formerly under
L11lnge. In fact, the overall character of the suburban
area has quite defirlitely chnnged from rural to urban
since World War U.
The old rosds, however, still run pretty much as
they always have. In numerous instances, they wcre
at first trails followed by Indian hunters or war
parties. The rcdmeo went a round obstacles and when
the fintt settlers came with their wagons, they, too,
toUowed the winding, roundabout trails and soon wore
down a set ot tracks they called a road.
BefoN! 1850, road work was done by the settlers,
each neighbor contributed a few da)'8' labor. In that
year, the township!! weN! organized and made responsible for the roads. TheN! was no sudden improvement, however, for moat townships had less than $100
in the road fund and were dependent on fines levied
for straying Iiveetock to bring in money.
As time wcnt on, Lhe townships improved their
roads with horse-drawn graders nnd sometimes with
gro.veI or crushed stone. This was the condition when
the County Highway Department was established in
1014., Since then all or the 600 miles of road maintained by the County hnvc been paved either with
bituminous or portlnnd cement concrete. Where
County routell run through incorporated suburbs they
have frequently been reconstructed in four lanes, with
curbll, gutters, draInage, and other appurtenances of
a modern city street. The County's program of widening and resurfacing tbe old roads, in some instances
reconstrucLion with new base, continues each year.
Even with the expressways, tollways and the multilancd, straight-line arterial highways, the old meandering roada still meet local needs. Furthermore, in residential developments or eatate character they rate as
n feature of csthetlc quality. Traffic on them, compared with main routes, is light, giving the sightseer
II sense of open country and leisurely enjoyment.
Motorists in scorch or back country roads may
either use a mal) or set out on a main highway and
watch (or intersections and brnncbings off of ltCCondary roads. Some of the- roads that retain the oldtime Havor, altbough running here and there in newly
built-up arcrus, are listed beiow
North and northwest:
BnlemllnL Penny, HeIlIY, Donie., Otlt, Sullon, Barllett, Brln.
ker, Mundnnnk, Uradwel F'/'('t'omlln, Elll, Bnll1wln, Quentlns,
Hintz, Burrnlo Grove, Bolle Rohrlon, Shoe Fllctory Schllum.
German Church Road Between Wolf and Cook. Ou.

Palle Roadl, In Southwut Cook County, JUlt Over
the Hili , To the Ellt, Standi Trinity Lutheran
Church on Site Selected by Settlerl in EOIIrly 1Sao..
Brinker Road, In Barrington Townahlp, Runl Three

Mllea Between Algonquin and LakeCook Road. and
May Be Entered From Either End. Gentle Hili. and
Road.lde Beauty Invite Orlver. Out for Ple .... ure,
Like Many Other Seeondary Ro ... ds, Bra ln... rd Ave

nue South of 67th Street Wlnda Through a T r.ct of
the Cook County Foreat Pruervea, Where City Folk.
out rIdIng M.y VIew Nature In It, Prlmitlve Beauty,
b\lf,. Spa\lJlllnl, Wl.e, Dle.lerlleld, COlman, l.,{lndmeier, Nel"le,

(COntln\led on Pa,e 6)
Expressways are Loaded Near the Loop

HE lure of expressways for daily travel
work
T
baa had little etl'eet on people employed
the
Central Business District of Chicago. This finding,
to
in
cited sa somewhat contrary to pre-expressway expectatiOM, III present.ed in R survey made by John J. Howe
(or the Chicago Area Transportation Study, sponsored
by the Stale. Cook County, and City of Chicago with
cooperation ot the Bureau of Public Roads.
"With the construction of the expressway system
existing in our area today, a point of concern was that
a s ubstantial number of persons employed io Chicago's
Central Business District would switch from mass
transit to automobiles for thei r trips t::l work," Mr.
Howe said In his repol't. "This was a logical anxiety,
since parking apace in the eBO is limited and the design of the inlUal expressway network is, without
question, a radia l pattern focused on the CBD,"
Using the nnJlunl cordon counts made by the City
for the yearll 1055-1964, Mr, Howe produced tabulations showing slight variations in either the numbers
or percentages of CBD workers traveling on pavement.
"In this analysis, it was considered that of the arriva ls between 7 a, m. and 9 a,m., persons employed in
the CBD predominate," Mr, Howe said. "Therefore,
the accumulation of persons in the CBD at 9 a. m. was
calculated for each mode of travel, excluding service
vehicles and out of town busCfJ. Trips in these two
catergories were too few in number to warrant inclusion, The ten-year comparison is shown in Table 1."
...
,
".,
''''
""'"
,,'"
" ellr
_..
Autorno StrffUa,.
And )lus Elevated
bUt'
Subway Rallroa'
And T ....J
(CTA )
Morning Ru.h Hour on Kennedy Expressway South of

Junction with Edens, Study Indicate. Only 15 to 20
Percent of Vehlclu Headed Toward Down Town WIIJ
Stop Somewhere In the Central Business District.
Total
."''''
",.,,"
.....,
",'l94
""'"
,,,,,.,
""""
""""
~=
""""
"....
""""
The counts of' arrivals who came by motor vehicles
,1900
IIMiL
1fl('2
'003
li:Vll1
24~23
21407
ltrJ16
21628
1~Ot
18818
1'11:\21
:.16.'78
26662
100017
.",.
269~t
:;m.,2()
280.'9
MU9
The Erie Street Interc hange on Kennedy El(pru.way

Afford. Entrance to the Near North Side By Way of
the Ohio Street Connector, As on Other Expre .. ways,
Moat Traffic Bypa ..u the Central Bu.ine .. District.
Include, of course, those who used non-expressway

street8 as well !\8 expressways.
Expressway Gaps In 1955

[n fact, motorists who were attracted to the new
highways in 19M were compelled to finish their CBD
trips on conventional streets. There were only 28.6
miles of new expn!88way in u.se----Edens, 12.9 miles
from the CookLake County line to Bryn Mawr Ave
nue; Calument, 5,8 milea from Sibley Boulevard to
130th Street; Kingery. 3 milea (rom Calumet Expreu.
way to the Indiana line; Eisenhower 2.5 miles (rom
Mannhclm Road to First Avenue, Maywood, and 4.4
miles (opened December 15, 1955) between Laramie
and Ashland Avenue.
The closest expreuway approach to the loop was
the older Lake Shore Drive, which, although not designed to Interstate standa rds, has many grade separations a nd enough aecesa control to be classed as an
expressway.
South welt Gate to the Central Buslne" Dlltrlct.
Where Ellenhower, From the West, Meets Dan Ryan
and Kennedy Expre .. waYI, All Three Have Exit. to
ceo, MOtt Vehlclel Pa .. Through DowrHown area,
It was not until lnle 1960, when Eisenhower and

Kennedy-Edens were completed to the Posloffice interchange, that motorlels were afforded an all-express-
But Not With Folks Who Work There

the CBO are counted at points about one mile away
from this area. Yet, in the same 24-hour period, it i3
estimated that only 75,000 automobiles actually stop
in the CBO, included with the total destinations are
vehicles that use the arterial street system rather
than the expressways. Considering this, it is estimated that no more than 15 to 20 per cent of the
automobiles counted in an inbound direction on expressways near the CBO actually terminate there.
"The implied through-trip characteristic of the majority of expressway trips in the Loop area strongly
suggests that many drivers are taking an indirect
route to make use of these high speed facilities. If an
alignment can be agreed upon, the construction of
a north-south expressway route in the viCinity of
Cicero Avenue, with an cast-west leg connecting with
the Skyway, should serve a two-fold purpose.
"First, it would be a more direct route for many
of the drivers who use the existing expressway system. Secondly, the congestion on expressways near
tbe CBD, caused to a major degree by persons wanting to go elsewhere, should be greatly relieved."
way route from outlying neighborhoods into the CBD.
However, this additional expressway mileage did not

directly increase CBO travel. Referring to Table 1,
Mr. Howe wrote:
"This comparison of absolute numbers shows that
the distribution of trips has been relatively stable
through the period of expressway construction. Actually, it appears that the fluctuations between the
years were caused by factors other than expressway
construction.
"For example, the Kennedy Expressway opened between Lake Street and Foster Avenue in November,
1960, and the accumulation of persons traveling by
automobile decreased from 21,623 in 1960 to 19,880
in 1961. Similarly, the Dan Ryan Expressway between the Eisenhower Expressway and 718t Street
opened in Occember, 1962, and the accumulation of
persons traveling by automobile decreased from 18,709
in 1962 to 18,401 in 1963. Conversely, while no major
additions were made to the expressway system in
1963, the automobile count increased from the 18,401
figure in 1963 to 18,818 in 1964."
Concluding his comment on Table 1, he said:
"It would seem, from these records, that expressways have exerted slight infiuence on automobile trips
to the CBO by persons working in this area."
A Vision in 1925
Forty years ago, before the expressway idea was
born, an engineer 'i n the llighway Deparlment, E. C.
Wenger, envisioned a multi-lane road on two leve'ls to
carry ithe traffic anticipated in 1950. He described his
plan in a memorandum, which was found recently
among long-preserved papers iby Estelle Jendrik, who
wali> a secretary in t!he Oepartmenl in 1925 and now is
retired.
''The highways of 1950 must provide for express,
local and freight traffic," Wenger wrote ... "On the
primary highways by 1950 there will be provided a
surface pavement to allow for four traffic lanes in each
direction, with an elevated structure in the center to
proV'ide for four lanes of express serVice.
Clearer By Percentages
Mr. Howe's second table distributes morning arrivals in the CBO on a percentage basis in respect to
travel modes and thereby "allows a comparison that
is not distorted by year-to-year variation in the total
accumulation" :
Year
19M
"'"
1957
1958
1959
,7""
'9'"
1962
'''''
Automo- Streetcar
And BuS
bile
And Taxi
(CTA)
7.9
13.8
10.3
'.8
ll.'
8A
9 .8
9'
8.'
8.8
8.'
12.9
12.7
llO
11.8
11.5
12.:':>
12.9
13.4
14.9
Elevated
Subway
".,
34.8
".7
3.3.6
38.7
"'.9
'"
37.:5
36.6
"'.7
Railroad
42.8
42.0
43.3
42.1
41.1
40.8
41..5
41.1
41.2
89.'
Total
'00
'00
'00
' 00
700
'00
'00
'00
'''''
"This will permit the space directly under the elevated structure to be utilized by trucks and other
freight-moving vehicles, while the two traffic lanes on
either side "Of the structure can 'be used for bus and
l'Oca.l traffic.
"Ramps from the elevated roadway to the surface
pavement will be provided every half m'ile. At the intersection of two primary highways, a three-level
grade separation structure will be prov'ided."
Wenger was also forward looking in assel'ting that
strCt cars would be supplanted by buses, as has happened, and that highways would be beau'tified wiith
tnndscaping.
",,,
This table, says Mr. Howe, "clearly illustrates that

mode usage has remained similar throughout this tenyear period. The accumulation of persons coming into
the CBO by auto'mobile is consistently around ten per
cent of the total. Each of the three other major
modes, eTA surface vehicles, elevated-subway, and
railroad. carried a relatively unchanging portion of
the total year after year.
"Therefore, while the volumes of traffic on expressways at points near the CBO are heavy, an assumption that most of these vebicles will stop in the Loop
is apparently erroneous.
It Runs Into Money
"This belief is also supported by a review of recent

24.-hour counts on expressways, at stations near the
CBO, in relation to the .number of automobile destinations in the Loop on a typical weekday.
Some researchers claim it costs 2 cents every time

a car is stopped. Using this figure, if you brake for
stops 20 times daily, it costs $2 for a five-day work
week just to get to the job ang f.>Mk.-Mlchigan State
Highway Department.
"Approximately 300,000 automobiles headed toward
Two New Aids for Expressway Drivers

FOR MOTORISTS in trouble on
H ELP
ways is developing from two sowccs.
ur CiWzcns Bund radio for supplying road information," he told A. D. May, director of the su.rveillance
project.
express-
The Illinois Divis ion of Highways is about to ereeL

a system of location ident'ificaUon markers that will
enable a stmnded driver to report exactly the Heene
o[ his difficulty. The idea already has been tricd out
on Il section of I~ ens Exprcsswny. SouLhwest haH
been selccted as the first route for full length installnlron.
'I'his activity Jx.lwccn individual opemtors, with no

overall organ'izntion, can readily be brought into the
HELP operation, Mr. Doty said.
With the spccinl WAve band Assigned, any car Cli'
truck owner may participate in HELP by installing
the proper radio uniL The unit is already on the
market. Il is cai lcd a "transceiver," meaning two""'l1y operation, and COS1.8 about $300 installed. Motorists who now have Citizens Band unite can adnpt
them for usc in the proposed HELP frequencic!! by
inserting new crystals, Mr. Doty said.
The HELP system also includes a central station to
receive reports from drivers and to transmit information useful to them. It is contcmplated that motorists '""QuId willingly send word of traffic problems
lbey encounter, whieh could range from a vehicle
stalled in a center lane to a hitchhike r risking his own
and others' sa/ety. The centntl station, in turn,
would broadonat all sorts of information bearing on
expressway conditions at the moment as a means of
assisting the drivers.
Mooorists themsclves would monitor cxpn>Sswlly

traffic with a car-to-centrai station radio system under
considern.L1on by the Expressway SUl'vei'llance PrCJ1eet, wbich is sponsored by the StaLe, Cook County 1ll1d
City o[ Chicago. Known as HELP (Bjghway Emergency lJOCation Program), the system is already in
UBn in D&roit Rnd n few olher places. Tn brief. motorists WllO equip their cars with instruments opcrfiling on n special wave band voluntarily rcpcrtlraffi e troubles lhey mny witness ns well as calls for help
ror themselves.
Southwest was given priority on the Stnte's program beoouse it has relal'ively few fca.tul'es by which
a motorist can determine his location with prcrision.
Edens and Kcnnedy nrc ranked next in order of identifica.tion prob1ems. Eisenhower and Dan RYJln. with
numerous grade separation structures and exit ramps.
all marked with street names, are easier for n driver
ill 'trouble to tell where he is when he has tb call a
tow truck,
Location markers on Southwest. to be mounted
on all light poles, will be keyed to Chicago street
numbers. Thus, in the 3300 west block. ~he mn.rkf'1'1l
will enrry the number 33 and also a number for each
light pole. The pole numbers will run consecutively
in the direction of traffic flow, wilh odd numb~rs in
one direction and evcn in the other. IWmps will be
mnrked with leUers as wC"1l as block and pole numhers. The signs will be )2 inches square, with white
figures on a blue background.
The HEuP radio program is promoted by the Auto
mobile Manufacturers Association os n public Sl'rvice. A. C. 'Doty. Rccretary of the Association's BELP
Committee, has JlI'csented the idea to the Expr~y
Surveillance Project nnd the project has decided to
equip three of its CfU'S for a t est.
The Association has applied to the Fedeml Commurueations Comm'lssion for use of two channels immediately adja'Cent to the Citizens Rn.cIio Servicf' hand,
which is used at present by many car owners as a
hobby. HELP is now opernLing on Channel 9 o[ UIC
Citizens Bnnd and Mr. Ooty estimates that onc lUlel n
hnlf mimon motor vehIcles are equipped with unil!!
I hnt make them available as mobile monitoring stntions whe n tuned to the channel. However , a special
l-m:LP channel is necessary to avoid interference
with other users on the overcrowded Citizens Bn.nil .
Washout Turns Out O. K.

Like the pl'Overbial ill wind, the spring freshet
that wfished out the culvert on Springinsgut.h Road
was a beneficial event. The old box tYPfJ.-culvert, 80
narrow two vehIcles could not pass, is to be replaced
with one of modem design broad enough to serve
far into the future.
The road. which is malntnined by the COU:1ly, runs
north and south through Schaumburg and is impar!:ant to a fast-growing rcsidential nrea. Just north
or Wise Road it crosses a tributary of the DuPage
River, spanned since horse and buggy days by the
old style culvert. When the culvert collapsed in a
high water runoff early in April, the Higbway Depr.rlment rated replac.cment as an emergency jOb.
First step was to construct a substantial bypass to
reopen the road to travel. The new structure, to be
completed this summer, will be broad enougb to accommodate four traffic lanes sometime in the future,
and sltoulders wide enough for school children to usc
in safety. Plans for replacement, by the way, had
been drawn before the washout.
For the time being, Ule road in the culvert vicinity
will remain two lanes but the grade will be raised
three feet at the culvert and 1,000 feet of roadway
will be reconstructed to el1minate a dip.
Scenic Roads(Continued from Paae 3)
Mr. Doty believes that Lbe Chicago area is ripe for

IJF:LP.
West, southwest and south:

COOl<-DuPage, Brainard Avenue, ~th Avenue (Lyons Town
~hlp), German Chureh, McCarthyc Ford. Kean Avenue. Thorn
ton-Lan.lng. Sauk Tral1. Steier. Wolf9Ul St~t, 79th street
weill or Wolf. 87th Stref!t-Robertl Road. Wolt ROad-13Ut
Street-104th A\'fnUf, Rldgfland Avenue. QntraJ Avenue,
17lSth Stl'fft, Vollmer. COHale aNY" A\'t~n\le, Torrtnce M 'e--
"F'rom discussions with some of the Chicago radio

manuIacturers who arc acting as consultants to
HELP, we have learned that in the Chicago area
there 18 e.pparentlr a g~t amount of informal usage
nue, Burnham Avenul!!,
ALCOTT Road, the first road in Maine TowlUlbip,

T
was named ror Captain Mance! Talcott, who acqu.lred a quarter section of land east ot the Des Plaines
160 PERMITS isaued

April by the County
THE
Department oC BuDding and Zolting included one
for
in
an addition at the
River and south of present-day Touhy Avenue

in 1834. The road was
laid out in 1835, running

Crom Sand Ridge, Jefferson TOWDShip, north-
County's Oak F'ol"C6t

Hospital estimated to
cost $1,100,000. In
March a permit waa issued for a laundry at
Oak Forest., $183,000.
::1 ,', :
westerly to Elk Grove.
The Department. which haa jurisdiction in the unincorporated area, issued 15-1 fee permits in April
for construction o( various types valued at $4,237.111
IUId six rlCrmlts of a total $1,205,000 valuation in thc
no-fcc chl.&8lficuUon, which 'includee churches, public
and {arm buildings.
Nlnety-th"ee permits were taken out for single
dwellings, estimated at a totul 82.085,000 and six for
Il.pnl'tment. houscs of u tot.al 373 units and valued altogether nt $1,4.97,000. l>"'OUT permits covered 25
huildings w~th IL total 366 units and $1.425,000 valuation to bc built in "Maine Townsb.ip. The t.wo other
npnrlmenL projects, boUI In SLickney Township, covC'r
one building of four units and one for three, valued
togC'ther at. $72.000.
lo"'or other types of construction, permils were issucd lUI (allows:
II cut across a corner of

Talcott's property and
crossed the river near

his place.
Talcott's bouse, one of
the earliest in what is
now Park Ridgo, was (ramed by Socrates Rand, whose
name Is preserved on Rand Road. The captain also
enjoyed 80me local fame 8S the ftrat to drive a wagon
over the trail that later became Milwaukee A venue.
Mancel Talcott. Jr., who came to Cook County with
his Cather and also took up a piece of land. carried tbo
family name to furLhcr eminence. Be left the Carm in
1850 to join the California gold rush and r-eturned
two years late r with what was termed at the time a
"competence."
After starting a succell8ful stone business in Lemont
TOWnship, Tfllcott Jr. moved into Chicago. He served
one term aa an aldennan and in 1871, when the form
ot County government waa changed from a Board of
Supervisors to a Board of Commissioners, be was
elected a commissioner. He also served (or a time
aa Cbicago police commissioner.
He wall a founder of the First National Bank of
Chicago nnd pr-eaident of the Union Stockyards National Bank.
ttuldenUal IIddlUonl and "lteratl"n5--16 permll-'. .$66.400

A .... c..... ..ory bulldlnp-21 permits. 577.916.
Uuahll'u l,ulhtlnl/: _ 2 permltJl, $126.000.
BUIIM.. IIddlUOnl an4 altl:'raUora-l permit, $l!i.OOO.
Ind unrlal bulldln,_ l permit.. S:lOO.OOO.
Indu.lrla' addllluni and alll:'raUonll-l permll, $7,000.
M~lIAneo\U-la permll . $21:2.7S:i.
AS
By townships, the April permits were disuibuted

(ollows :
','."," .. 1.1,.
Illuom
ilr('men
Elk C;'''uvt!
IlnnO\t!r
1.('),llen
Lyon l
Detours in Effect
MnlO(!
Nt!IY Trltr
NtU'thllc111
Nonvllotl Pnl"k
Palatine
WQI'k In progress by the Highway Department requires detours all follows :
Pnln.
llIf'h
GLENVIEW ROAD. betw@o@n Cl'ffn

wOOtJ Avenue an d Lehigh Avenue, detOur by way ot EMt 1.nke Avenue a nd
Waukel:lln Road.
VI::RMO:'llT STREET, Blue I liand. re('OnltrUCllon related to new Western
Avenue brld~e; well bound tramc gael
.tOuth on 11'\ lng, Welt on Grove and north
on Rexrord to Vermont: eastbound ,oell
.tOuth on Itexrord. eal t on Grove and
s.rhaumburjl:
S l lr.kney
WhN'lIng
,
,""
"
",,"
",,,
'"'"
H
,'"h."II.. "
$
17.1150
OO.IIOU
3.~1,(~~
:m.oou
4:$.2011
j17.lfNI
1.41:1!l.4t;/)
107,000
lJ2.701J
l~~:~J
4.()IN]
11 ,000
s~:~
1.000.000
Wurth
IM.300
Nofee pcrmiLs, In addition to .the Qne for Oak
Forest, includC'd an 8ddi't.'i'on to All 'Saints Cathedral,
Leyden Township. $100,000. and a retreat house tor
Literature Crusades. \Vh~llng Township, $5,000.
north on Ch.th.m.
86T1I AVENUIi:, MCCarthy Ra.d to 1311t Street, bridle repatr. Detour over McCarthy Itoad. 8()th A"enue and 13111
Str~t..
COTTAGE GROVE AVFH~U.:' reconstructlon betw~ Unctll.n

lII,hwa), ud Sauk Trail: northbound trame detour "'e~t on
SOuk Tran to State 8tl"('('t. north on Sta te to Lincoln Hlghw.)'
and eot on UnCOln IIIrh ..... )' 10 Cottare Cro"e; southboun(l.
tram('. l'i!v(>ue ortler.
IIA III.EM AVENUE, CAL-SAG OruOOE; detour o~'er tern
porary bypa.. road.
CEf',o'TRAL AV1l,'UE, ~n.trucUon betw~n llllh SlrC'et .nd
J03rd .street. SOuthbound trame d(>tour east on l03rd Street
to C1~ro Avenu ... SQulh on Cleero AV(>nue to lllih Street .nd
w..at on tlUh St~t to Centra l Ayenue; northbound trame r everse ord(>r.
'
SPR1:-.'G1:-1SCltrrH ROAD, bYpDlI at ('u lvert reconstructlon
Ille north o r WI" rtOlld.
HArp ROAD, Winnetka Itoll,d 10 THlnoll Road' follow de'
to ur .I,nl.
WINN.~TKA ltOAD, conltructlon In progrelllJ but open to
travel.
nOSELLE nOAP, I1Ilnol~ Boult!\'lIrd to EvanstonF.lgln
HoW:!, construction In progren but open to travel.
A .survey by Keep America Beautiful, Inc. showC'd

that in one year, 1963. some 822 million was spent
by tho stal('S in cleaning up their primary higbway
systems. The U. S. BUTeau of Public Rnads report
('d that in that year vehicles traveled a bout 324 billion milt'fl on the !tame roads.
The Wnshington State
ures that mot.orilrtll using
Everett f('('('way will save
In peak houri and 55 ccnt.s
houm.
Highway Commission fig

the new 19.7mile Seattle
42 ccnts and 22.5 minut es
and 18 minutes in off-pcmk
A Cloverluf In Settinll of Nllurll Beauty.
Vol. XI II No.1
JUNE, 1965

Pu bll ahed by th e Cook County ( 11 1.) Depart ment of H ighway.
Unde r IUlpic tl of the BOlrd of Count)' Comml ioner,
S EYM OU R SIMON, Prealdent
C ha rl n J . Grupp. Jr.
Frank Bobryttke
Charln S. Bonk
Jerome H uppart
Ullian Plotrowlkl
Charln F. Chaplin
Ge rald Doleul
George W , Dun ne
William N. Erlck.on
Rub y Rya n
Seymour Si mon
JOle phl"e B. Sneed
J ohn J . T ouhy
Kenneth E. Wilian
Floyd T . Full.
A.ndrew V. Plu m mer
Superintendent of H lg hwaya
Publl, hed
at
180
North
Well,
S t reet,
C hica go
6.
Telephone 321.nI4
Boob of the Month
HE DEATH toll on streets and highways in

Cook County continued to decHne
th rough ~fIlY. With 17 fatalities as against 32 in
\UfflC!(t:
May 1964., it was the fifth straight
'
" ' " month with 11 record !ower than
of ~
the same month In.st year. At the
~
cnd of May, the 1965 total in the
3~ ~
County out.8ide Chicago slOod at
~~
81, which compared with 131 in
.;
t he same period last year.
-t~u",,"
The 17 deaths in !\fay resulted
from 13 separate accidents. In one, a collision between an automobile and a truck, four members of
ona family were killed and in another, a car's leaving
the road illld slriking a tree, two brothers, 16 nod 18.
met death.
In addition to the family of four, two were kiJJcd
in auto-truck crashes, three in collisions between au
tomobiles. and s ix in single car nccidents-cars off
the pavement running into wayaide objects. Two of
lhe dead were pedestrians, one a girl of 6 and the
other, a man 62 years old.
Five persons were killed in accidents on roads in
the unincorporated areas, two on toll ways, four in
DCB Plaines, and one each in Chicago Heights, Frank
lin Park, Oak Park, River Forest, River Grove, a nd
Sauk Village.
The number of accidents resulting in personal injury and the number of persons injured were also
lower than in May of last year although the number
of accidents causIng propel"t.y damage only increased.
Last month. 1,070 persons wer e hurt in 651 aceidenLs;
in May, 1964. 1,1{H) persons hurt in 718 accidents;
last month, 3.6<14 property damage accidents; in MAy,
1964, 3,320.
suburban
THE ROCKET is the character you

ROLLO
weaving the highways In vaca.tkm areas,
see
He doesn't believe in using va.eation time for sleep,

So he starts early, drives all night and arrives a
physical wreck, if lucky enough to avoid a car wreck.
problems. ,. It is r easoned that since a1cobolics are
not amenable to t he usual educational appeals and
legal measures against drunken driving, chronic a lco
holics should be made to undergo treatment before
resuming driving- American Journal of Psychiatry.
Alcohol At The Wheel

An investigation was carried out at the University
of Michigan Medical Center to determine from local
cases the incidence of a lcoholism a nd emotional illness in 61 persons a rrested for driving while intoxi
cated. Of these, 38 drivers were a lcoholics. 10 were
classified as "probably alcoholic," four were pre-alcoholic and 15 were not alcoholic ; thus, just over threequarters of thelle drivers had pathological drinking
Hitchhiker Census
Twelve mont hs of checking hitch.h.ikers on the New
Jersey Turnpike turned up the following: Seven fugi.
lives from mental institutions, five escaped convicts,
162 runaways and 501 persons with criminal records.
Hospitals
.r
In
Fast Work on Beach
Crates
ESTORATION of the Oak Street beach, a project
OOK COUNTY'S preparedness against possible enC

emy attacks or any major natural disaster has
been slrenghtened with the add'jjtiion of
200-
related to construction of the grade separation at

R
Michigan Avenue and North Lake Shore Drive, was
bed emergency hospitaJs,

President Seymour Sim 0 n of the County
completed by the County this month in time for opening the 1965 bathing season. The new beach area,
approximately 3,000 feet along the curving lake shore,
provides improved facilities for bathers (water or sun)
and with an extensive landscaping job adds an attractive feature to the neighborhood.
New accommodations for the bathers include rest
rooms located underground at the beach end of a
pedestrian underpass leading from the northeast corner of Michigan Avenue and Oak Street. In the same
structure are locker rooms for life guards and storage
space for their boats.
A promenade runs at the other rim of the area
the full 3,000 feet. This walk, 20 feet in width, is at
ground surface level and is protected from Lake Shore
Drive traffic by a chain link fence.
Botween the promenade and the seawall and at a
slightly lower level than the walk is a broad pavement. It extends 1,000 feet from each end of the area,
the center 1,000 feet being occupied by the sand beach.
It is anticipated that this will attract non-swimmers
seeking the SUD and breeze.
The sand beach, 1,000 feet along the shore extends
from the rest rooms runway approximately 700 feet
into the lake, about twice the area of the pre-construction beach. More than 100,000 cubic yards of
fine sand was brought in for the fill.
The beach project was done in fast time. Construction of the grade separation, started in March, 1963,
was completed last October. About all that cQuld be
done late last year, however, was to prepare the site
for spring construction operations and remove the detour road. Virtually aU of the new work on the beach
was done after April 1, this year.
IUlree
Boord annoltnccd.
The CO'llapsi'bJc equip-
ment, t:ogethcr wiLh supplies oC medieincs, surgical instrllments and

dressings, bed linens
and other items essential to a complete hospi(at were rocci verl 'this
month hy the Cook
Counly Civil Defense
Commission.
Two of the un'its were
placed in slomge at Oak
Forest Hospital, where
President Simon
there is space to set
them up in time of need. The third was stored at
Hines Veterans' Hospital, where it can serve the west
suburban area and also care for victims from O'Hare
Airport in case of a major accident.
The emergency hospitals arc new, and President
Simon said he believed Cook County was the first large
Civi'l Defense unit to receive them. He said application received federal approval promptly because the
County has achieved 100 per cent Civil Defense accreditation and also because the Oak Forest and Hines
hospitals met space requirements and have sufficient
trained personnel for emergencies.
"These hospitals provide a substantial community
resource for a major emergency of any nature." President Simon said. "They can be set up and put into
operation in four or five hours and, having their own
gcnerators, they are independent of public electric
lines."
Each unit arrived in 660 cases. They contained 650
items of equipment and supplies including folding
cots, pillows, linens, complete X-Ray equipment, laboratory supplies and utensils, dental supplies, hospital records, texts and manuals, and housekeeping supplies.
Patrick M. O'Block. County Civil Defense Director,
said that while in storage the hospitals will be inspected and serviced periodically to insure that supplies are usable and all equipment operable. The
units were received and stored under supervision of
Carl A. Freeberg, Deputy Director.
Medics for Safety

For the medical profesSion, automobile accidents call
for the same approach as that given to disease, it is
stated in a summary by the Medical Tribune of a panel
discussion a.t the National Conference on Medical Aspects of Driver Safety and Driver Licensing held re~
cently in Chicago.
"Automobile accident Victims occupy 50,000 hospital
beds on a year-around basis and require the services of
68,000 hospital personnel," said Surgeon General
Luther T. Terry of tbe U S Public Health Service,
"From the medical point of view we can see parallels
between accidents and disease. Throughout medical
history we have come to grips with d.ise-ases , .. One
by one the causes of many communicable diseases were
identified; preventive measures were discovered and
applied; and one by ODe they were controlled, in some
cases eliminated ..
"We know that accidents don't just happen. They
are caused; consequently, they can be prevented. Since
this is so, the medical and public health professions
must marshal their forces in mucb the same manner
as they have done successfully against infections."
Rezabeck Retires
Stanley J. Rezabeck, highway engineer IV, assigned
to the Division of Utilities Field Supervision, retired
on pension this month. A graduate of the University
of Chicago, he was first employed by the Department
in July, 1927. He left in 1938 to teach in the Chicago
public schools and returned to the Department in 1943.
Secondary Road Improvement Program

HE County's 1965 program of secondary rood im
provcments lists sections of 31 roads for work of
va.rious kinds.
On 14 roads, :'L1>proximately 13 miles will be reconstnlcled with new p01.1.olaniC base a nd bituminous
surface. -Seven road sections given new bases in pre-
pletely durable but was deficient in riding quality.

So, starting this season, all new bases will be surfaced
at once and bases that were left without pavement
will be paved.
The bituminous su rface will be laid in two cOllrsesa leveling course 1 to 1 ~~ inches in thickness and a
I-inch riding course.
vious years and l eft unpaved will be surfaced and at
11 other locations a sesl coat wlIJ be applied.

Pozzolan ic mat.erial fo r road base has become a
County standard since successful experiments were
carried out. in 1957 and 1958. The name is historically
significant. being derived from t he town of Pozzupli
in Italy, a center of large deposits of volcanic ash. 1n
tbe times of t he Caesars, the nsh was mixed with lime
and water to cement paving blocks and centuries
later Michelangelo and other artists used it to surface
wall s for their paintings. Known as "roman cement,"
it was used unW portland cement was developed in
the early 1800's.
Roads scheduled for new poz1.olnnic base [uld pavement are:

nou d
Napt"rville
J.ehll( h A\'e.
Wagner
"'"
Ilapp
lIownrd S l n.'('l
Au!l'alo Grove
BuU'l
lI[lrm~
87th 5 1.
88th Ave.
Ce nt ral Iwe.
lIIdgelantl Ave.
lG71h St.
A pozzolan is defined as "8 silaceous material which

w ill react with calcium hydroxide ( hydrated lime) to
form cementitious compounds." Fly ash from power
plants, abundant in the Chicago area, is the modern
substitute for volcanic tuft.
~(tlorl
,.,
1"' ''1I'lh
w.
Darl letlLa ke Sl.

P I"1lIrI('OI.r Willow
Glenvlcw t:. Lake
OCvonTah'fltt
Skokie Rlver- Wlnnl)tkll
North branl'h Chlcugo Hlver
Calliwelr
Dundee-Aptakl.'llc
'''11l1 n8 A I lI"onq ul n
Go (-Glenvll'\V
at 8!!lh Ave,
al 871h St.
87th St.-StIth SI.
Sa uk Trail-VOllmer
South Park-Ca lum ctExpy.
1.7~
07~
070
0 ..11)
0.:2:>
085
0.90
>'00
1).:2~
0.22
>.'"
>."
'.00
The following roads on which pozzolanic base was

left unsurfaced will be paved:
Uond
PAlatine
Plum Grove
Plum Crove
Walker
183m St.
Volbrecht
The base material used by the County is a mixture

of fly ash, lim e, water and aggregate prepared under
control in a central plant and delivered to the job
ready to spread. It is put down in a seven-inch course,
which under testing has sbown strength to 3,000
pounds per square Inch.
Cottaae Grove
5f!ctlon
Qu('ntln-Cedar
Schll umburll' lllsg jn~
I.eDj!:th ( mlleoo l
O.M
..00
0.70
HIggln~Gol(
UO
MeCarthy-JolI('l
volbrcchl-Torrence
Glen Lan'lna-Rldse
S t eaer-Sauk Tra ll
,.00
lA'
1."
Seal coat will be applied on tbe following:

{toud
Cent ral Ave.
Roberta
9 1h Ave.
!lth Ave.
GardJl er
11l1st 51.
Kedzle Ave.
119th !1t.
123m St.
Wolf
Sauk Trail
Before the base course is spread. the old road material is enti rely removed and a s uitable sub-base prepa red. Thus, with new base and new surface, t he
improvement is actually r econstruction .
In previous years, some pozzolanic bases were left
unpaved, with only a liquid seal coat. The practice
has not been satisfactory. The base proved to be com-
Section
l.eng-th ( mllell )
9~l h1l 1 lh
ll1Ih -l03rd
26th St.-22nd St.

1. C. HRHOOlCvell
ROORCVel ICOnl/res!
l 04th A,c.96th Ave .
Ceo. arenn nnl~rd St.
We8 Iern-C. T . RR
MapleWe:lltern
1431'd 5t.-139Ih Sl.
Clccrucrnw rord
'.00
..00
O.~
0.70
0.45
>.'"
0.40
0.7~
0.'"
O.$()
1 .00
year, he said, more than 20,000 animal bites are reported to bis office. In the year he started the control
program, 1954, 123 cases of rabies were reported,
73 of them In Cbicago ; last year there were two, one
by a skunk and one by a hat, both in the north central
suburban area.
Workers Warned of Rabies

Highway Department maintenance men, who are
likely to come upon stray or wild a nimals In their
daily work, were Instructed by Dr. Edward C. Khuen,
County rabies control inspector, at meetings beld this
month on how to avoid being bitten, His advice-"Hands off!"
The control agency, which opera tes unde r the Board

of County Commissioners, is self-sustaining, with income from $1 r abies tags sold through veterinarians
when animals are vaccinated.
At the request of the Department, Dr. Khuen went

to each of the fi ve maintenance districts with a motion
picture film showing huma n and animal vletims of
rabies. He stressed that the meetings were arranged
for the men'a own protection and warned them never
to handle any animal met along the road. Foxes,
skunks and bats are notorious rabies carriers, he said.
If bitten by one of them, or any other animal, be advised to wash the wound thoroughly with soap and
water, report to the 8u peI"Visor and go to a physician.
Khrushchev Road is Gone Too

Among the tine feature8 of Rolling Meadows cited
at the suburb's fifth anniversary celebr ation last
month was the County's r econstruction of Kirchoff
Road, main street of the village. It was recaJled t hat
before the new four-lane pavement was laid, it was
called "Khrushchev" road by residents, who attributed
the cratcrs a nd treacherous ruts to a commun ist plot.
Dr. Khuen is rabies coordinator for all public health

and police agenciee in the County, including the City
of Chicago, veterinarians and zoos. In an average
-'-...,~c
Rebuilt Striper Starts Summer's Work

250 pounds. These quantities are sufficient for an
average day's operation.
The striper moves at about eight miles an hour and
is operated at all times to permit motorists to pass.
Two trucks follow the machine. One running close
behind, places protective cones on the fresh line and
the other, an hour later, when the paint has dried,
picks them up.
Even with this closely timed operation, however,
pranksters now and then lIse the line of cones for
obstacle racing, and, of course, paint smearing.
Sign Daubs a Costly Waste

This is one of some 15,000 signs erected by the
County Highway Department for the protection and
guidance of the motoring public.
It
."" .....
The aluminum board,
3 feet by 3 feet, cost
$8.10; the reflective surface material, $6. The
expense of replacement
- materials and laborwill be about $25.
In 'the opinion of the
Department's three sign
hanging crews, who
work continually
throughout the County,
wanton damage to s igns
is on the increase. Not all signs are "as largi: as the
one pictured and in some instances the board can be
reclaimed and used again, but nevertheless the 'total
damag"C! is a considCTable waste of highway funds.
Today's vandals are equipped with the latest. The
scrawls on this sign, apparently the masterpiece of
a high school set due to graduate next year, were put
on with a paint spray bomb. Some less advanced
defacers sWI use lipstick, but the trend is toward the
more scientific tool. Besides the daubers, there are
also the muscle types, who grasp a sign by the corners
and bend it over double.
In addition to the signs on roads maintained by the
County there are many t housands on Federal and
State routes within the County-perhaps at least one
for every juvenile who finds defacement of public
nroperty a satisfying outlet for some emotion or otber.
It mayor may not be helpful to remind them that
there is a law.
EBUILT with electronic controls and a pilot-navi-
gator-bomber communication system, the Highway

R
Department's striping machine has started the 1965
program of three-color work on the 600 miles of roads

maintained by the County.
In addition to renewing the black and white center
Jines and the solid yellow in no-passing zones. the
machine will run white stripes at the edges of pavement as a help to motorists, particularly at night and
in fog.
All road striping for several years has been refleclorized by mixing with the paint a quantity of glass
beads ranging in size from 1 / 40 to 1/ 50 of an inch.
At night the beads sparkle in the headlight gleam
and the stripe is as visible as in the daytime.
Pilot of the machine is the driver, who must have
the skill and experience to steer a straight line. He
has some help from the boom extending in front, hut
still needs a steady hand and eyc. The center crew
man, riding on top, controls the bead bin and also
acts as navigator in the sense that he informs the
paint operator, at the rear, of Ute machine's approach
to a location requiring a yellow line. All three men
may talk with one another over the inter-com at any
time.
Paint is applied undcr compression, with the flow
controlled by the man in the jump scat, using a panel
of buttons. For center line painting the controls are
set to put down exactly 25 feet of black and 15 feet
of white. A yellow stripe on either or both sides of
the center line can be laid in t he same machine movement as the center stripe.
A yellow stripe on the driver's side is an absolute
bar to cross over. Yellow striping is done at approaches to stop signs and railroad crossing and on
hills and curves where passing another vehicle is
dangerous.
The striper, put in service in 1956, was custom built
to embody ideas advanced by the Department. As
reconstructed, it is still a special job.
Covered Bridges Listed

While busy building modern expressways, the Illinois Division of Highways is also responsible for nine
ancient covered bridges. Preservation of these bridges,
survivors of more than 200 built in the State in the
last century, was provided by a 1963 act of the legislature. One, near Glenarm, Sangamon County, has
been reconstructed. The eight others are listed in the
current issue of the Illinois Highway Bulletin as located in Sangamon, Bureau, Henderson, Knox, W1M~
ren, Randolph! Shelby, a,nd Ham.iltoQ CQunties, '
The three paint tanks have been increased in capacity- 265 gallons of yellow, 265 gallons of white
and 1615 gallon~ of l;l1\l.C;:~. The bead container holds
Detours
Farewell to Kistner
Effect
In
in progrcss hy the Highway Department

W ORK
rcquircs detours
follows:
ARL F. Kistner. supervisor of employment in the
EHighway Department for 18 years, resigned June

9 to accept appointment as city clerk of Blue Is land,
a.!I
GLENV IEW
ROAD, between
Green -
wood AVenue and Lehlli\'h Avenue, de

t our by way or Eallt Llike A\'en ue a nd
his home town. Be has

been succeeded by Hy
maD Tucker, who previ-
Waukegan Road .
S6Tf-f AVENUE, McOlrtby Road to
131n Sl ...... t. brldl/t1 repair. Delour over
McCtIrth y Road , 80th Avenue and 131at
Street.
IIA JlLEJoi
A VE N UE,
CAL-SAG
DlUDCE; de tour o ver temporary bypa ..
ously was administrative
assistan t to President
Seymour Simon of the
County Board.
Mr. Kistner was given
a farewell luncheon in
the Bismarck Hotel May
27 by Department staff
Kelly (left ) present. te._
members who had been
tlmonlal to KI,tner.
closely associated with
him . They presented him with a framed testimonial,
citing him 8S "a nice guy" and a box of champion
type golf balls.
road.
86TH A VENUE. McCarthy Road to 13hl Street, bridge repair, De tour o ver McCarthy Roo d, 80th AV('1Iue and l sut
Street.
IIARLE:'1 AVE.' WE, CAL-SAG BHTDGE; detOUr over tem-
pou r y Ilypall road .
S PHI NGrNSGUTH nOAJ;), b ypau nl cuh'ert ~onMtrunlon

si te north or Wille Rond.
IIAPP nOAD. Wlnnetkn Road to DUnOI! Road; t allOW detour Sign .
WINN~::TKA nOAD, con strUCtion In progress but ope n t u
trIl V!!I.
nOSEI.I.E HOAD. TJllrlOt, Boule\' llr(l to EvanstonElgln

Road. WM l r uctlon In progress but op!!n to lrllvel.
BUSSF: !tOAD. betw~'fl i\lgonquln and HiggIns ROads,
pavIng: Detour over Arlington Heights Road.
871'11 STREf.'T. rfI c:kory Hill s. between 86th and 89th Avenuel. plt vlng. Follow IIlgnl.
88TU AVENUE. lilckory Hili.!!, hfltween g'5th and 87th
Sireets, paving. Follow 11gnl .
Before coming to the Highway Department, Mr.

Kistner was employed by the Illinois Division of Highways, 1921-1922; the Cook County Sheriff, 1922-1929;
County Assessor, 1929-1931; the National Park Serv
ice, 1933-1936; County Auditor, 1936-1937; and the
Sheriff, 1937-1944. Be started with the Highway Department as a junior civil engineer in 1944. In 1946
he was appointed a member of the County Civil Service Commi88ion and served there until he returned to
t he Department as supervisor of employment on
March 1, 1947.
B e studied civil engineering at the University of
TIlinois. During World War I he was a member of the
Reserve Office rs Training Corps and was a reserve
officer 1923-1926. Be was born in Blue Island and bas
continued to live there. Be is the Republican committeeman for Calumet Township and Republican State
Central Committeeman for the Fourth Congressional
District.
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Off-Road Mishaps Rise

Motor vehi.cle accidents involving a driver who losef.l
control of his car and runs off the road are ;nr reaslng
in nlrnl parts of nlinois. A survey by the J.linois DIvision of ffighways showed that mishaps of this kInrl
accounted for 19 per cent of all accidents in 1963 and
tha t 26 per cent of them had fatal results.
More than 41 per cent of these one-car accidents
happened in the six hours between 9 p. m. and 3 ft. m.
Almost 50 per cent happened on Saturdf\.Ys ftod Sun
days.
Mor c than 60 per cent of drivers were Wlder 35.
Local residents wcre Involved :n three out of four
accidents.
trihuting factors in 93 per cent of off-pavement nc
Driving too Cast and after drinking w(;re major concidcntfl that res ul~ c d fatally.
His appointment as city clerk was announced by

the new Blue Island mayor, Richard Dithers, to an
overflow crowd at the mayor's inauguration, and was
greeted with enUlllsiastic applause.
Mr. Kistner was presented his citation at the luncheon by James F. Kelly, 88sistant superintendent for
administrative and legal affairs, who acted as M. C.
for the occasion. Besides the guest of honor and his
successor, Mr. Tucker , the following named attended:
Richard H . Gollerman, assistant superintendent for
operations and planning; Hugo J . Stark, chlef engineer of design; Thomas G. Cots, chief engineer of construelion; Henry Riedl, chief engineer of seconda:')'
roads and material; Sam T. Brush, adminisll-ath'e
engineer; Louis R. Quinlan, chief e'l~neer of planning and programming: Frank L . Kaplan, ~ hief, sur.
vey and right-of-way division; Clayt.... n F. P'UlChefl ,
chief, utilities field supervision division; E. A. Beck .
chief, maps and townships division: John T. Nagel,
chief, traffic and signals division; Albert J. Mullins,
County air pollution control administrator; Michael
D. Serblin, secondary roads; Jack H. Mills, employment division, ~nd Lewis w. Eunt, public information direlMr,
Mrs. George A. Quinlan

M 1'8. Ger..rge A. Quinlan. widow of the first County
sUl'erbtendcnt of highways and the mother of Louis

R. ~uinlan, chief engin~er of the Highway Department's Bureau of Programming and Planning, died
June 8. She is survived also by It daughter, Mrs. Ed
ward Howard of Wilmette.
The Front Cover

In this new aerial, made by Elmer Majewski, chief
01 the Highway Deparbnent's technical photography
division, the view is northward across the interehange

of Cfl.lumet Expressway. north and south; Kingery
Expresaway, to the right, and Tri-State Tollway, to
the left.
The area northward illustrates the numer;JUS buildIng projects attracted to the expressways. Southward.
Calumet runs between tracts of the Cook County
Forc!lt Preserves,
Bachelor Grove Road is a. onc-mile

remnant of a road that in the early 1830's ran
PRESENT-day
135th Street through Tinley
B was permitted in May by the Cook County Depart_

ment of Building and Zoning, which has jurisdiction
Borne six miles from
Park,
in Bremen Township.
The pioneer road was

~
aptly named, for the
;""""'\..L.
)-..,
first settlers in a plea...-<
sant grove alongside the
highway were four bachelors, attracted to the
place by an abundance
of timber for building
and wood for their fireplaces.
The fiI'9t postoffice in
the area was named
Bachelor GrOve. The name was changed in 1848 to
Bremen and four yean later, when the Rock Island
railroad came along and set up its station at the
prescnt site of Tinley Park, posloffice, name and Q.11,
were transferred to lhat locality.
An offset from Bachelor Grove today is a short
stretch which appears on County Highway Depart.
ment maps as Justamere road. The story is that it
was named by Mrs. Roger Sullivan, wife of a Cook
County Democratic leader In the first quarter of this
century. Tbey had a country place in the Bachelor
Grove region and one time a visitor asked her the
name of the road that ran close by. "Dh, it's jU8t a
mere road," she replied.
One of the early settlers in Bacbelor Grove was
Heber S. Rexford, whose brother. Norman was the
first postmaster of Blue Island, appointed' in 1838.
There is a Rexford Road in Bremen Township. probably na,,?ed for one or the other of the brothers, or
perhaps m honor of both.
Jo'or n time, Heber carried the mail between Blue
Island and Iroquois on a government contract, making
two tril)9 a week for $598 a year. Elected in 1870, he
was Cook County treasurer at the time of the Chicago
fire and managed t.o save his official records from
destruction.
Auto lunkyards Counted

A survey made by t.he TIlinois Division of Highways
at the request of the Bureau of Public Roads has reoorded M1 auto junk yards visible from Interstate
routes a.nd highways 'On the Federal Aid Primary system in Dlioois.
In extent, tbese unsightly sites range from a fraction of an acre to the 250-0cre Chicago city dump at
103rd street and Call1met Expressway, which although
used for general garbage disposal, was listed with
tbe junkyards. Sbne ond Federal authorities are pondering means of eliminating or hinding the yards from
public view.
Illinois highway offiCials found the dumps growing
as automobile sruce boomed and junk prices dedined.
The survey indiooted that the average junked car
yields scra.p work about $15 at today'a prices.
Ull..OING construction estimated to cost $3,746,818
area.
Of the 190 fee permits
106 were for single dwel
lings valued at a total
$2,215,034.. Twelve permits were issued in the
classification. which includes churches, public
and farm buildings. Among them was one for a chapel
at the Lt. J. P. Kennedy Jr. School for Exceptional
Children in Palos Township, $200,000.
In addition to those for residential building fee permits were Issued ns follows:
lle81denUnJ alLeratJonB antI nddIUons-25 permits, .$6:1,720.
Aceeuory bulh.llngN-38 permits, $46,670.
Buslneu bull(Unat-3 permlUl, $220,000.
Jlu,lne.. additions and alteraUon!l-~ permlls, $63,060.
Inllu~trlal bull lllnv_ l jlermlt, $477,000.
InduNtrlal IIlldllion. I1ntl o.lteratlonll-2 permits, .$UI6,OOO.
WeU_2 permili. $l,l!!O.
MIJC('Uanoous-8 llennlt.l, $69,000.
By t.ownships, tbe iee permits were distributed as

follows:
TII",n ..I,lp
OlU"rtngton
Bloom
Bremrn
i-.:lk Grove
lJ an(l~t'r
Lemont
Le}'lien
Lyon,
MaIne
Northneld
Norwood Park
Orland
Pilla tine
Palo.
!lleh
Sl'haum bu rg
Sllckney
Thornton
Wheeling
Worth
",,
"",
'",,"
,
"
J'ennl!
,.
\ '''.lu..I! .. n
.,,""
.$ 19.800
1jg:~
~:~
115,200
6n.0lS0
J51.~
359,4!">O
""ft:4ro
89,000
',,,,"
Z7
~;~~
821,7!W
79,374
'000
The no-fee permits, which totaled $405,184 in estimated costs, included one for St. Mark's Church and
parsonage, Stickney Township, $48,207, and one for
a fire station in Stickney. $14.4,977.
litterbugs at Home
Litterbugs for the most part do their dirty work
near bome.
Ever since the advent of the automobile, tourists
have been popularly blamed for litter along tbe nation's higbways. Now Keep America Beautiful, the
national anti-litter organization, bas conduoted a survey that seems to exonerate the tourists.
KBA questioned professional and voluntary litter
fighters in the 50 slates and more than three-fourths
of those replying said tbat local residents produce
more litter than tourists.
It costs Cook County approximately $50,000 a year
to pick up roadside litter. A considerable part of it
is household garbage in suburban areas without garbage collection and disca.rded bits of furniture.
An Industrial Crossroads on Chicago', Near Welt Side.
Vol. XIII No.2
JULY, 1965

p ubli,hed by the Cook County (III.) Department of Highway.
Under au.pic;ea of the Board of County Comml lonera
SEYMOUR SIMON, Preaident
Charlea J. Grupp, Jr,
Frank Bobrytzke
Charlea S. Bonk
Jerome Huppert
Lillian Piotrowski
Ruby Ryan
Seymour Simon
Joseph i ne B. Sneed
John J. Touhy
Charlea F. Chaplin
Gerald Dolezal
George W. Dunn e
William N. Erickson
Floyd T , Fulle
Kenneth E. Wilson
Andrew V. Plummer
Published
at
130
North
Well.
Street,
Chicago
6.
Telephone 3217114
Boob of the Month
June Traffic Accidents
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Vl/
ITH 18 IDGHWAY traffic deaths-two more

W
than in June, 1964-June was the first montit of
1965 with a death toll in suburban Cook County
~ \U1f~ IArtr,
higher than the oorrespondlng

month of laSt year. Nevertheless,
~&
.
lhe accumulated total rontinued
'"
;;
favorable. At lhe end of the first
1.' '" . ~I
h'alf of 1965, the fatality figure was
~
~
~
101, which rom pared wi t h 147 in
Q4i7lcSlff.\'\"~
the firsl six months of 1964.
Seven persons were killed in collisions between automobiles, in one of which three cars were involved and
two were killed. One two-car crash, resulting i n one
death, occurred on N:;,rthwest Tollway.
Single vehicle aocidentB-veh'icles leaving the pavement and striking wayside objects- caused seven
deaths. One of them, a car hitting a bridge abutment,
occurred on Tri-State Tollway.
Two pedestrians, one a man of 81, were victims. A
youth riding his bicycle was struck by a truck and
a motorist was killed by a train at a grade crossing.
The total of accidents was slightly higher in June
than in June of last year-4,506 as against 4,466.
The increase was more than accounted for by accidents
resulting in personal injury. Last month, 1,259 persons were hurt in 794 accid ents and in June, 1964,
1,147 injuries were caused by 702 acc idents. Accidents resulting in property damage only totaled 3,696
in June this year and 3,752 in tbe month a year ago.
'
.... \ '\
URlAR
Q. Underling is making progress with his

inferiority complex.
By driving at all times with no consideration for
others he experiences a gratifying glow of superiority.
He is lhe clown the safely experts have in mind
when they advise you to practice defensive driving.
inordinate number Qf delinquents who get their kicks,

in effect, by stealing from ,themselves.
"That much of the dirty work 'is done by youths old
enough to know better J8 indicated. Only the less advanced defacers, says ,the county highway department
publication, use such items as lipstick. l'aint spray
bombs are purchased and used by others, sbowing
again an inexplicable yearning 'to be stupid.
"Thcre are laws dealing with t his form of periling
the lives of motorists, -and they sbould be strictly enforced. Parents "an help, too. If they find 'their
children in possession Qf paint spray bombs, let them
find something to pain t-preferably in the heat of
the day."
The Smeared Sign Problem

The item about daubed-up traffic signs in thc June
issue caugbt the ntorial eye on the Chicago Heights
Stat' and the following comment resulted:
"A discouraging increase in vandalism involving
traffic safety signs is rePQrted 'in the publication,
'Cook County Highways.' It is discouraging for more
reasons Ithan one.
"Procurement and maintenance of signs erected in
the interests of safe motoring are costly items. In
the final analySis, the cost of defacing them is borne
by the ,tJaxpayers, 'including parents of the vandals.
For all practical pUTPOses, then, there seems 'W be an
Expressway Deaths Reduced

AFETY afforded by expressway design is reflected
in a report of accidents that occurred in 1964 on
S
the Chicago Metropolitan Expressway system. The
Year
13.2 per cent in the 20-24 group, 25 per cent in the

25-34 group, 23.3 per cent in the 3fi-44 group, 16 per
cent in the 45-54 group, 8.2 per cent in the 55-64 group,
1.8 per cent in the 65-74 group, 0.2 per cent in ages
75 and over. For the remaining 7.9 per cent, ages
were not recorded.
"The age extremes in accidents were a 13-year-old
boy driving a stolen car and an 86-year-old man,"
Orzeske notes. HOne final fact will be mentioned (and
left open to discussion since the author has no data
on accidents exposure rates for each group). For the
second consecutive year, men drivers involved in accidents outnumbered women drivers by a 7.5 to 1 ratio."
total of accidents-10,633-is an impressive figure, but

it is pointed out that it represents less than 6 per cent
of the total traffic accidents in the area, and further-
more, that the expressway system is carrying an estimated 24 pcr cent of all traffic in tbe area.
The report was made by the Chicago Area Transporation Study, sponsored by the State of Illinois,
Cook County. and City of Chicago, with cooperation
of the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads. For the past two
years, CATS has received all police reports of expressway accidents and processed them for the use of
highway and law enforcing agencies.
The 1964 report shows that with new extensions
and increased use of the expressway system, accidents
increased to 10,633 from 8,441 in 1963. However,
fatalities decreased from 54--including 42 motorists
and 12 pedestrians-in 1963 to 41, including five pedestrians, in 1964. The five killed and 31 others injured
while afoot had left their cars, the report's author,
John D. Orzeske, states, or "unbelievably had decided
to take a short cut by walking across eight to 14 expressway lanes."
In general, the number of accidents followed the
traffic volume pattern, with some increase at intercbange sections. Eighty-five per cent of 1964 accidents
were collisions of two or more vehicles. The most
frequent types of collision were rear-end (60 per cent)
and side-swiping (25 per cent).
"Among the remainder were such incongruous incidents for a divided, limited access road as 20 head-on
collisions, 24 accidents resulting from a vehicle backing, and nine accidents due to turning maneuvers,"
Orzeske comments.
The report shows that Friday, which is usually the
highest traffic volume day, was the worst day for
accidents-19 per cent of the total. The 5 to 6 p. m.
period was the highest accident hour of the day10 per cent of the total. The same results were observed in 1963.
There were 21,740 vehicles involved in expressway
accidents in 1964. Almost 90 per cent were passenger
cars, and 69 percent of the accidents resulted from
onc passenger car striking another. The other vehicle
types involved were largely trucks, but buses, motorcycles, scooters and even a hearse were included.
Police reports indicated that almost 30 per cent of
the drivers in accidents were following too close and
driving too fast for the existing conditions. Another
8 per cent were reported to have been cutting in or
changing lanes when the accidents happened.
HAlmost one-half of the drivers were reported as
not having been in violation of any traffic regulation
and as not taking any improper action," Orzeske
states. Hln a number of cases it was obvious that
there was little that could be done to avoid the accident. Drivers were confronted by a wandering calf,
a bicyclist, a runaway steer, and were bombarded with
water-filled balloons from an overpass."
A tabulation of the ages of drivers in accidents
shows 4.4 per cent of the total in the 16-19 age group,
Vision Tests for Drivers

The v.jsion screening of driver-license applicants
has its critics, who state that it has not been proved
that poor v'ision has been a great influence in the
cause of accidents. They seek statistical evidence to
prove a direct cause and effect relationship. However,
like so many other 'tTaffic safety efforta, nothing can
be proved.
Perhaps an accident has so many factors involved
in its cause that it defies analysis by presently known
methods. Even the critics cannot deny that Vision
is im,po I1lant to the operator of a motor veric1e. Perhaps it does not determine 90 per cent of the information the driver needs to handle his car but only
50 per cent-that still is a high figure that cannot
be ignored.
The present vision standards recommended for
licensing arc not high or difficult and are the most
praotical evolved to the present time. They would
eliminate the driving privileges of very few, yet they
would upgrade the visual competence of some. The
same can be said for the devices used in testing. It
is hoped that more effective standards and more
efficient methods and instruments will be shortly
fortbcoming, but until then it would be a sad step
backwards in driver licensing to discard the ones
presently used.
The traffic accident problem is complicated in that
it requires a multiple attack. The periodic vision
testing of drivers is only a part of the soluUon. It
belongs in a driver improvement program and should
be undertaken by all states.-Traffi Dige.t and Review (Evanston, Ill.) J as summarized by Highway Re-
.earch Abstracts.
The Front Cover

This new aerial view by the Hig hway Department's
photographer, Elmer Majewski, is of Southwest Expressway at DarneD A venue. a four-way traffic lnterchange serving an industrial area. The County constructed this section of elevated expressway and 'aisro
rebuilt the Damen A venue viaduct, moving piers to
accommodate the expressway lanes and widen'ing the
Damen Avenue roadway Ito afford connection with expressway ramps,
Fifty More Stop Signs To Be Rumbled

UMBLE strips to alert motorists to stop signs will
R
be put down this season at 50 intersections on
County roads. Altogether, 62 strips will be installed.
At 12 locations, the roads governed by stop signs will
be stripped both sides of the superior road; at the
others, only one side.
The rumble strip idea was originated by the Highway Department in 1954 and about 50 locations have
been treated each year since then. It is intended to
continue the program until all county road stop sign
approaches have been rumbled.
As developed by the Department, the strip is a
pebbled surface the full width of the approach lane
and extending 300 feet from the stop line. When the
car hits the strip an audible rumble results, and that
distance is sufficient to come to a stop.
The need of a warning more effective than the "stop
sign ahead" board was indicated by a survey made
by the Department in 1953. Checks were made at 65
stop intersections with bad accident records and the
perfonnance of 58,732 drivers was recorded. The
average of disobedience was 20 per cent and in places
as high as 62 per cent.
In many instances, disobedience - rolling stops or
no slowdown at aU - was attributed to habitual carelessness, but it appeared also that a considerable number -of drivers erred because they were not aware they
were approaching a stop. Checks made at the same
65 interseetions numbered since 1953 have shown complete obedience in some instances and great improvement in all.
Rumble Strip Warns Driver of Stop Sign Ahead .

Arlington Heights Road-West lane north or Devon Avenue.
Walters Avenue---5outh lane west at PfIngsten Road.
TecHny Road-North lane east at Sanders Road.
Techny Road- South lane west or Pfingsten Road and north
lane east or Pftngsten.
Techny ROad- SOuth lane west or Shermer Road and north
Jane east or Shermer.
gast River Road- East lane south of Central Road.
Locust Road-East lane south or Winnetka Avenue.
Landwehr Road-East lane south or Techny Road and west
lane north or Techny.
Landwehr Road- East lane south or Dundee Road.
District 3-West
County Line Road-West lane north or 91st Street.
91st Street-North lane east or County Line Road.
Plalnlleld Road-South lane west ot Brainard Avenue and
north lane cast or BraInard.
Brainard Avenue- West lane north or Plainfield Road.
Nollon Avenuc---East lane south or Archer Avenue.
Nolton Avenue--West lane north or 87th Street.
87th Street-South lane west or Roberts Road and north
lane east or Roberts.
l07th Street-North lilne east 01 Harlem Avenue.
l03rd Street-SOuth Jane west or Harlem Avenue.
The rumble application as worked out by the Department consists of a binder course of 100-120 penetration petroleum asphalt spread by a self-propelled
pressure distributor. The aggregate is put down immediately from the tail gate of a truck moving in
reverse to prevent tire ruts. The strip is completed
with a roller.
The aggregate used by the Department is air-cooled,
washed blast furnace slag, which is plentiful in this
locality. It is screened for size and precoated with
hydrated lime. Each strip requires 116 gallons of
asphalt and nine tons of aggregate.
Intersections to be rumble-stripped this year are
located in aIL five of the Department's maintenance
districts. They are:
District 4-Southwest
8Ot.h Avenue--West lane north or 1591h Street and east lane
south or 159th.
171st Street-South lane west 01 Oak Park Avenue.
Derby Road-West lane north ot 131st Street.
Derby Road-East Jane south or Archer Avenue and west
lane north ot Archer.
Derby Road-East lane south 01 McCarthy Road.
Walker Road-West lane north or McCarthy Road.
Walker Road-East lane south or Joliet Road.
Di ~t ri ct
5-South
Steger Road--South lane west of Indiana Slate Line.

Steger Road-South lane west or CIcero Avenue.
175th Street--South Jane west or Crawtord Avenue and
north Jane east or Crawford.
175th Street-North lane east of Cicero Avenue and south
Jane west or Cicero.
183rd Slreet--South lane west of Torrence Avenue.
Volbrecht Road-Eas t lane s outh or RIdge Rond.
Volbrecht Road-West lane north or GlenwOod-Lansing
Hoad.
Cottage Grove Avenue-East lane south or Sauk Trail.
Cottage Grove Avenuc---West lane south or Steger Road.
District 1-Northwest
Qulntens Road-West lane north or Dundee Road.
Qulntens Rond- East lane south or Lake-Cook Road.
Bode Road-North lane east or Sprlnglngsguth Road.
Hohnon Road- West lane south or Golt Road.

Rohrson Road-East lane south or Shoe Factor~ Road.
Shoe Factory Road- North lane east of Sutlon .noad.
Shoe Factory Road- South lane west of Bartlett Road and
north lane east or Bartlett.
Plum Grove Rond-West lane or Nerge Road.
Plum Grove Road- East lane or Schaumburg Road.
Palatine Road-North lane east ot Barrington Road and
south lane west or BarrIngton. .
Palatine Road-North lane east or AlgonquIn Road.
While the rumble strip is primarily a safety measure,

it also benefits motorists by affording easier stopping
and starting under wintry conditions. Maintenance
costs are low. In the Department's experience thus
far, some patching has been required where tires have
loosened the aggregate. Such spots are small and are
quickly repaired.
District 2-North
Sanders Road- West Jane 'n orth or Willow Road.
Hintz Road-Soulh lane west or Elmhurst Road.
Willow Road-North Jane east or Rand Road.
Willow Road-South Jane west ot Schoenbeck Road and
north lane east or Schoenbeck.
W1llow Road-North lane east at ElmhUrst Road.
Expressway Opening Dates Are Listed

REQUENT inquiries received by the Highway DeF
partment about expressway opening dates indicate
that the information is useful to business associations, community groups and probably many others.
A listing of the seven Chicago-Cook County expressways in use, giving opening dates and mileage
section by section, has heen prepared by the Chicago
Area Transportation Study and is reprinted here as
a handy item of reference.
In addition, the CATS tabulation lists controlled
access highways in the four Illinois and two Indiana
counties commonly known as the Chicago Metropa i.
tan Area. Altogether, in Cook, Lake, DuPage and
Will Counties and Lake and Porter Counties in Indiana, the mileage adds up to 435.6.
First of the Chicago-Cook County expressways
opened were Calumet and Kingery, both in November,
1950, and the latest was Southwest, October 24, 1964.
The chronology of the seven main routes follows:
Calumet Expressway
.'rom
Sibley Blvd.
l38th St.
130lh St.
Kingery Expy.
Clenwood-Dyer Rd.
11 5th St.
971.h St.
l\lIlengc
Tu
3.1
lOng-cry Expy.
Sibley Blvd.
1.'
]38th St.
1.2
Glcnwood-Dyer nd.
3.1
3.2
Sauk Trail
1.8
100th St.
3.7
115th St.
OllCned
ll
]-~O
12-13-51
12-13-51
7~ 2-56
8-10-50
]960
]2-15-62
Kingery Expressway
Indiana Hne
Culumet Expy.
3.0
11- 1-50
12.9
12-20-51
12-10-58
10- 1-59
Edens Expressway
Lake-Cook Rd.
Bryn Mawr
Foster Ave.
Bt'yn Mawr Ave.

l,'osLer Ave.
l<oslner AVe.
0.4
I.'
Eisenhower Expressway
1st Ave,
Ashland Ave.
Wells St.
Dun n.yan Expy.
MlUlnhcim Rd.
J.llrumle Ave.
Des Plalncs Avc.
Austin Blvd.
Central Ave.
Mannhelm Rd.
Laramie Ave.
Dan Ryan Expy.
Ashland Ave.
East-West Twy.
Central Ave.
1St Ave.
Des Plaines Ave.
Austin Blvd.
Washington Blvd
Lake St.
Northwest Twy.
River Rd.
Mannhelm Rd.
Foster Ave.
O.S
1.1
1.4
O.S
0.9
2.0
O.S
12-21-54
l2-]5-55
8-]0-56
8-10-56
11-21-58
1-29-60
7-30-60
lO-12-GU
10-12-60
O.S
0.2
'.2
12- 4-58
9-S0-59
12-15-59
1.3
9.3
8-31-60
9-27-60
11- 5-60
3.0
8.0
12-12-6 t
]2-]5-62
17.7
10-24-64
0.6
2.3
0.6
11-21-:S8
12-18-61
1964
0.6
Dan Ryan F....xpressway

71st St.
Eisenhower Expy.
97th St.
71st
st.
Southwest Expressway
Dan Ryan Expy.
Cook-Du Page Rd.
Tu
Ccrmak Hd.
Dnn Ryan Expy.
l\ll1eaJ:'c
0.6
01)Cued
]0-24-64
Also classed as expressways, with the explanation

that "while not designed to interstate standards,
these facilities have many grade separations and
nearly complete access control," are the following:
Lake Shore Drive-Opened between Marquette Road

and Foster Avenue, 15 miles, in 1937; extended from
Foster to Bryn Mawr Avenue, 0.7 mile, November 14,
1953, and from Bryn Mawr to Hollywood Avenue, 0.1
mile, November 27, 1954.
East Lake Avenue Extension- Waukegan Road to
GIenv;ew Naval Air Station, 1.2 miles, opened December6,1963.
Palatine Road-Opened in part between Milwaukee
Avenue and Rand Road, 4 miles; in 1964; still under
construction.
The West Leg of Dan Ryan Expressway, completed
from 97th Street to Halsted Street and opened November 6, 1963, adds 1.1 expressway miles. Completion of the remaining 19.8 miles of West Leg is
anticipated in 1967.
Inside the CATS cordon line, which runs roughly
30 miles outward from the Loop, the total expressway mileage is given as 140.9 and the total tollway,
103.5. In addition, in the Metropolitan area outside
the cordon line, there are 59.8 miles of standard expressway, 30.4 miles of partially controlled highway
and 101 miles of tollways.
Bids on Palatine Road

2.5
Kennedy Expressway
Elscnhower EXPX'
Washln,,-ton Blv .
Foster ve.
Northwest Twy.
Hlver Rd.
Lake St.
Franldin Street Extension
Bids were received July 2 on a major section of

Palatine Road, whiCh the County Is reconstructing as
a limited access blghway. Bidding covered construction of a grade separation Ilt Milwaukee Avenue and
two bridges over !the Des Plaines River, one for
through lanes and one for the eastlxlund frontage
road, all to be done under one contraot. Low bidder
was Eric Bolander 'a t $1,565,016. Because the project
receives federal aid, bids were 'taken by the Illinois
Division of Highways. The County Highway DepQrtment wiH supervise the work, as on other sectl'ons of
Palatine_
Bids were r eceived 'by the County Boord July 14 on
two jobs which, with the low bidders, were:
Storm sewer at Washington Street and Golf Road,
Glenview, W. J. Sheppard & 'Co., $10,884.
Slope wall in Weller's 1)j1Jch at Wolf Road, Banner
Constructi\m Co., $6,~7.
Lake Street Extension

Eisenhower Expy.
'frl-Stnte Twy.
Lake St.
l~Jk~t~~ Twy.
York Rd.
O'llare Extension
Mnnnhelm Hd.
O'Hare Airport
0.8
9-27-60
0.9
:S~12-61
Ohio Street Extension

Kennedy Expy..
OrJeans St.
Engineers Wanted
The country needs 1,400 more highway engineers
now, and the shortage is grOwing, ,the Automotive
Safety Foundation says, fr<!t1ling tbat highway engineering "lacks the glamour appeal"Qf electronics or
spnce engineering.
In Blue Island
Ingraffia Retires
CHARLES INGRAFFIA, assistant supervisor
of employment, retired July 15 after more than
26 years in the Highway Department. A heart attack
experienced in 1951 had restricted his activity since
th en and now his physician advises complete r est.
When in college, Ingraffia and some other studenls

were attracted by the eXICitement aroused by Pancho
Villa on the Mexican border and they left to join the
"'my. He enlisted in A Troop, 6th ""lvary in August,
1915 and with that regiment went on the punitive
expedition into Mexico Jed ,by General Pershing.
At lhe outbreak of World War I , Ingraffia was commissioned a lieutenant nnd assigned to the 77th Division and later to Officers' Training Camp as a machine gun instruotor. He resigned from the army
after the war, came to Cb'icago and went into lhe real
estate business. He came ,t o the Highway Department July 1, 1938, after serving as a State sa!es tax
investigator.
Another phase of the Western Avenue relocation

project in Blue 161and is about to start. This will
be the improvement of Western Avenue on the line
of the new bridge and new pavement on Gregory
Street, which also connects with the north approach
to the bridge. The street work Is related to the
bridge, which replaces a former structure off the
line of Western Avenue, and the bridge is part of
the Federal Government's project of widening and
deepening the Calumet_Sag Channel. The work is
being done by the County, which had financial assistance of the Federal Government on the bridge
job. The view in the above photograph, which is
northward along Western Avenue. shows a portion
of the channel both before and after widening.
From the time he left the army Ingraffia was interested in youth work and in 1935 was one of a group
that orgatiized the North Side Civic League to promote wholesome activities fur young people. His
heart conditlion h'as required that he give up this interest a:lso.
Frank L. Bruno has heen appointed to succeed Ingraffia as assistant supervisor of employment, effective July 16.
John
J. Beaty
Detours
John J. Beaty, 62, employed by the Highway Department since February 8, 1957, died July 13. He
started as inspector-rodman and was advanced to
rodman. A native of Des Moines, Iowa, he was educated in the public schools there and at Drake University. He was a widower, living at 1526 West
103rd Street, Chicago.
In
Effect
Work in progress by the Highway Department

requires detours as fOlUows:
GLENVIEW ROAD. between Greenwood Avenue and Lehlg.h Avenue, detour by way ot East Lake Avenue and
Waukegan Road.
86TH AVENUE, McCurtll.y Road to
131st Street, bridge repair. Detour over
McCarthy Road. 80th Avenue and 131st
Street.
HARLEM
AVENUE,
CAL-SAG
BRIDGE; detour over temporary bypass
J. Gordon Lehman
road.
86TH AVENUE. McCarthy R.oad to 13Ist Street, bridge repair. Detour over McCarthy Road, BOth Avenue and laist
Street.
HARLEM A VENUE, CAL-SAG BRIDGE; detour over temporary bypass road.
HAPP ROAD, WInnetka Road t o Illinois Road; tallow detour signs.
ROSELLE R.OAD. nUnols Boulevard to EvanstonElgin
Road, construction In progress but open to travel.
BUSSE ROAD, between Algonquin and .Hlgglns Roads,
Pltvlng : Detour over Arlington Heights Road.
87TH STREET, Hickory 1I1lls, between 86th and 89th Avenues, paving. Follow sIgns.
88TH AVENUE, Hickory Hills, between 85th and 87th
StrC('Lc;, pavIng. Follow signs.
HALSTED STREET at 195th Street, pedestrian overpass, no
delay.
OAKTON STREET, Nordica Avenue to Edens Expressway,
open to travel during construction.
WAGNER ROAD, work In progress between East Lake Ave~
nue and Glenview Road; detOur by way ot Harms Road
Cottage Grove Avenue, work tn progress between Lincoln
Highway and Sauk Trail; detour by way ot State Street.
NAPERVILLE ROAD, work In progreSIi between Lake Street
nnd West Bartlett Road; detour by way ot Sutton ROad,
l03RD STREETt brpasa east at Roberts Road.
J, Gordon Lehman, 64, clerk in the drainage bureau,

died July 9. He had been employed in the Highway
Department since February 1, 1955, and in the five
years previous by the Illinois Racing Commission, He
is survived by his widow, Louise, who is secretary to
County Clerk Edward J. Barrett.
Edward Ringhand
Edward Ringhand, 64, engineer-inspector assigned
to the Bureau of Construction, died July 21. He
started in the Depa~tment April 10, 1952, as inspeotor.
rodman and was advanced to engineer-inspector December 1, 1961. His home was at 5031 South May
I?treet, Chicago.

HICAGO Road in Thornton Township still bears
the name given it when surveyed in 1834 as a link
C
in the route from the Wabash valley in Indiana to
UILDING construction permitted in June by the

B
Cook County Department of Building and Zoning
was nearly $2 million higher in estimated costs than
in May. The Department,
the unincorporated area,
issued 268 permits totaling $5,739,748 in valuation, which compared with
202 permits and $3,746,818 in May.
The increase was largely in the apartment classification. In June 18 permjts were issued for apartment
houses estimated at a total $1,769,000; in May there
were none. Seventeen permits covered 20 buildings
to contain 228 units, $1,707,000, to be built in Maine
Township, which has had a brisk boom in multiple
dwellings in recent years. One permit was issued for
a building of five units, $62,000, in Stickney Townsbip.
Two hundred and thirty-six permits were taken out
for single dwellings, estimated at $2,942,950. The
comparable figures in May wcre 190 permjts and
$2,215,034 valuation.
public and farm buildings, 10 permits reflected a
valuation of $286,998. Included were a Schaumburg
Township public library, $107,548 ; a dormitory building for Elim Christian School, Worth Township, $96,000 ; a parsonage for the Lutheran Church of the
Good Shepherd, Palos Township, $35,000 and a teacher's residence for Emmanuel Lu'tilel'8.n Church, Rich
'l'ownship, $30,000.
In adJition to th ose for apartments and single.. dwellings, fee permits were issued as fo1lows :
the growing settlement

at the mouth of the
river. Until the railroads
displaced the prairie
schooner, Hoosier farmers used the road on the
final lap of their 200-mile
journey to market. One
Chicago villager of tbe
time wrote in a later
year:
"The Wabash was our Egypt. Not only did we
derive from there OUf supplies of smoked hams, bacon,
poultry, butter, lard, etc., but also our dried and green
fruit, which was brought to us principally in the oldfashioned, huge Pennsylvania mountain wagons, drawn
by eight or ten yoke of oxen or five or six span of
horses."
The Hoosiers traveled the old Vincennes Trace,
which followed an earlier Potowatami trail, running
through Crawfordsville and crossing the IndianaIllinois line near Raub, Indiana. From that point, the
route continued northwesterly to join the Illinois state
road at the present town of Iroquois, then known as
Old Bunkum.
The state road, la id out in 1834, passed through
Momence, Grant and Crete into Bloom Township.
About half way across the township it forked . The
left branch, which retained the name Vincennes Road ,
ran into Blue Island and thence, turning again, toward
the settlement on the lake shore. The right fork ,
which includes the present Chicago Road, ran southeasterly a short distance and th en through Thornton.
Farther north it turned on the line of Michigan City
Road and at 95th Street became Chicago's State
Street.
The flavor of early days is preserved also in Wabash A venuc, named for the farmers who brought all
those hams to town.
$132,12~.
RcsldcnLllll addWons and alteratlons--30 perrnlts,

Accessory buUdings-36 permits, $47,875.
Business butldlngs- 5 permits, $370,000.

Business additions to alterations-2 permits. $22.000.
Industrial buIldIngs-No permIts.
Industrial addlLions and aUeratlons-l permit, $25,000.
Well s-3 permits, 32,000.
Mlscellaneous- 27 permIts, $141,800.
By townships, the fee permits were issued as follows:

'l'ownshlp
Fermltl
Valuation
The British Road Federation has published a parking survey that indicates a rise of about one million
cars in 1964, with an increase in parking facilities of
not more than 10 pcr cent.
BarrIngton
Bloom
Bremen
Elk Grove
Hanover
Lemont
Leyden
10
Matne
35
Lyon.
In Manhattan trucks move at an average speed of

6 mph, whereas horse-drawn carriages averaged 11
mph in their day- Product Engineering.
New Trier
Northfield
Orland
Palatine
Pulos
Rich
A swimming pool on the Seine, in Paris, has been

turned into a parking lot during the winter months.
Schaumburg
Stickney
Thornton
Wheeling
Worth
- Texas Highways.
Almost one of every six vehicles failed to pass the

voluntary 1964 National Vehicle Safety Check.
- Traffic Digest and R eview.
Twenty-three states now have laws requiring seat
belts in cars.- Traffic Dig est and R e1Jiew.
6
5
11
1
23,000
61,500
21,325
188,300
45,000
10,800
19
333,200
,J
4
24
5
5
3
as
2
58
5
37,300
1,~:~
361,750
76,900
439,775
86,600
25,350
39,000
593,]00
3,450
998,400
50,200
Besides the projects previously mentioned, the nofee permits included storage space for the New Apostolic Churcb, Palatine Township, $2,450; a farm building in Hanover, $16,000, and four public sewer and
water projects in Stickney Township, for which no
statement of valuation was required.
The Four. Way Interchange Between Dan Rya.n and Southwest Expre .. way
(Cook Cou n ty High way Depa rt me nt Photo)
Vol. XIII No. 3
AUGUST, 1965

Published by the Cook County ( 111.) Department of Highways
Under auspi ces of the Board of County Commiss ioners
SEYMOUR SIMON, Pres ident
Charles J . Grupp. Jr,
Frank Bobrytzke
Charles S.- Sonk
Jerome Huppert
Lillian Piotrowski
Charles F . Chaplin
Ruby Ryan
Gerald Dolezal
George W. Dunne
Seymour Simon
Josephine B. Sneed
John J. Touhy
William N. Erickson
Floyd T. Fulle
Kenneth E. Wilson
Andrew V. Plummer
Published
at
130
North
Wells
July Accidents
....
Street,
Chicag o
6.
T elep hone 321-7714
'"
Boob 01 the Month
WAS the sixth month of this year

which
JlowerULY
highway traffic deaths in the suburban area were
than in the corresponding month of last year.
in
~~ ~...
The 19 fatal ities last month compared with 24 in July, 1964. Thus
~
-.-t;.
::; ~.
' ~ E. far this year, June has been the
""
:~. \l\ ; only month with a higher death
l! ~;'lE!i
~ <;:>.....
Ii
toll than last year- 18 as against
"'4.:
~
16. Through July, the accumu~J<ool 'G'~~
lated total of fatalities was 122;
last year for the same period, 17l.
While fatalities were fewer, the number of total
accidents and the number of personal injuries were
higher last month than in July of last year. Last
month, 1,274 persons w ere injured in 795 accidents;
in July, 1964, there were 1,086 persons injured in
670 accidents. The totals of accidents of all typesfatal, personal injury and properly damage onlywere 4,197 last month and 4,089 in July 3 year ago.
Nine of last month's deaths resulted from collisions between automobiles, seven were killed when
cars left the pavement and struck wayside objects
and three were pedestrians.
Twelve of the July victims were killed on roads in
the unincorporated area, two in Orland Park in th e
same accident, and one each in Blue I sland, Dolton,
Evanston, Hillside, and Wil10w Springs.
~~
LEM
l OOPY
alone.
might stay out of trowble if left
But everywhere he drives he finds the road cluttered

with j erks, half-wits, cowboys, stupid slowpokes, etc.
So, to get even, Loopy acts like a jerk, half-wit,
cowboy, slowpoke, etc.
Senior Drivers in Accidents

Estimates of expansion in the population of the
United States by 1985 range from 31 to 45 per cent.
But in the older segment, growth will be even larger,
it is noted by Traffic Digest and Review, published in
Evanston.
In a recent article on the accident involvement of
senior drivers, Earl Allgaier calculates that by 1985
the number of persons 65 and older will increase from
17.5 to 25 million, and he points out that 6.9 per cent
of all licensed drivers are 65 or older and t hat one of
every five persons over 75 is licensed.
Allgaier finds no indication that drivers over 65
have more than their snare of accidents based on the
number of drivers in that age group. He cites one

accident analysis as indicating that the older drivers
involved in accidents committed the following errors
more frequently than the average driver: a) failure
to yield right-of-way, b) improper turning, c) disregard of signal.
Removing 100 average drivers over 65 from the
highways would not eliminate as many accidents as
removing 100 average drivers under the age of 30, it
is stated. Accident data available do not justify the
withholding of the driving privilege from older drivers
on the basis of chronological age alone. More information is needed on how accidents involving drivers
over 65 from accidents to other age groups.
Three Bridges
In
Beauty Competition
First Prize in 1952-Caldwell Avenue on Edens
Throop Street is Functional and Eye.Pleasing
County Wins Awards

In Previous Contests
T HREE Southwest Expressway grade separation
structures built by Cook County will be entered in
the nationwide competition conducted by the American
Institute of Steel Construction to select the most
bcautiful bridges placed in use in 1964. The entrants
are the gracefully curved structure that spans Archer
Avenue and Quarry Street and the symmetrical de
signs over Throop Street and Harlem A venue.
The County has won awards in three previous AISC
annual bridge contests. The Caldwell Avenue structure over Edens Expressway was judged best in its
class- based on dimensions-in 1952. The 158th Street
structure on Calumet Expressway was awarded honorable mention in 1948 and the Lawrence Avenue
bridge on Edens received the same award in 1959.
Archer Avenue.Quarry Street a Graceful Curve
The objective of the competition is stated as encouragement of beauty in design as well as functional
excellence. The AISC believes that while the primary
purpose of a bridge is practical, there is nothing incompatible between beauty of design and efficiency of
fun ction and in most cases a bridge that is well designed from the functional point of view will also
be aesthetically attractive. One AISC spokesman has
said:
"As bridge designers learned more about steel and
what it can do, they were able to incorporate quite
logically into tbeir designs the clean lines, the long,
slender spans, the gracefullness which today signify
both good desigQ and depend'lple performance as well
as long life,"
L.ong, Clean Line. of Overpasa at Harlem Avenue
How Expressway Benefits Its Area

before-and-after study of the influence of Dan
A Ryan
Expressway in its immediate neighbor
hood has been completed and analyzed by the Chicago
Area Transportation Study, sponsored by the State
of Illinois, Cook County and City of Chicago, with
cooperation of the U. S. Bureau of Public "Roads.
The study area extended two and one-half miles
east and west of the expressway and '1 0 miles north
and south, from Roosevelt Road to 115th Street.
Data was collected on three s ignificant mattersthe redist.ribution of traffic volumes, accidents, and
changes in trjp length resulting from traffic diversion.
In brief, the conclusion of the volume analyst was:
"Traffic will redistribute itself 'b y upgrading; that
is, diversion will occur from a local network to an arterial network and from an arterial network to fl n
expressway network in a predictable manner. This
diversion from lower grade networks to higher ones
is desirable in terms of safety. vehicle operating
costs, etc., especially if the area in question is overtaxed with automobile travel as the Dan Ryan study
area was."
The lIbefare" portion of the traffic survey was made
in October and November, 1962 (the expressway
opened full length in Decem'ber of that year) and the
"after" portion in April, May and June, 1963. The
survey was done with driver interviews and traffic
counts.
The accident investigation was performed with
Chicago Police Department reports for January, February and March of both 1962 and 1964. The same
months were selected for "before" and "after" with
tho view of equalizing climatic conditions. The rcport states the findings as follows:
uThc overall effect of the Dan Ryan Expressway
upon accidents in the study area was positive, that
is, accidents increased at a lesser rate in the study
area than for the entire city. The total number of
accidents in the City of Chicago for the lirst quarters
of 1962 and 1964 were 33,338 and 40,587 respectively,
an increase of 21 per cent. The total number of accidents in the Dan 'Ryan study area for the same two
periods were 11,318 and 11,905, respectively, an increase of 5 per cent. While the overall total number
()f accidents increased sharply for the city, th e absolute number of accidenta increased only sHghtIy in
the study area."
On the third study point- trip lengths on the various grades of streets-the report states:
'''''rhe resuJ ts were as expected: the average length
of trips ,i ntercepted on the local and arterial facilities
decreased after the opening of the expressway. Simi-
larly, the average length of these trips in tercepted on

expressway facilities (ramp counts) increased. The
longer trips that had previously been performing
their travel on the arterial and local streets shifted to
the expressways.
"This abandonment {)f arterial and local facilities
by through trips allowed these facilities to perform
the functions for which they were designed- that of
access for local streets and access and accommodation
of mediun length trips on arterials."
The authors of the report, Jere J. Hinkle and Frederick F. Frye, state that particular emphasis was
placed upon determining the effect of an expressway

on local street usages. A tabulation of northbound
vehicles crossing 63rd Street in the 24 hours of an
average week day in both 1962 and 1963 showed the
following changes:
21 lIoUf Volume (1000'8)
1965
% Cha nge
Stref't Type
Local
1962
.................. ... ...... ................. .
Arteria ls .................... ............. .

Lal,e S hore Drive .................. .
CJ~~ar~dra~t~~.. ~~.~~ ............ .
. .~::::::~.
Dan T~ra~n . ~:..~r~~~~~~~
60.9
115.3
32.2
8.8
0.0
211.7
54.1
88.0
17.8
-11.2
.9
- 72.7
-23.7
-44.7
74.1
234.9
+11:0
With reduced traffic volumes, vehicles using arterials paraHeling the expressway were able to move
at higher speeds, as shown in the following table:
S irret
Section
Lake Shore Drive ..... .

Jeft'ery ........................ .
Stony Island ............. .
South Park .. " ............. .
IndlanaJI.'llchigan ..... .
S"ate ............... .. ...... .
Halsted ...................... .
Ashland ....................... .
67th
95th
95th
95th
to l\lonroe
to 67th
to 67th
to 23rd
63rd to Randolph!
67th to Randolph
100th to 47th
95th to Warr(!if1 Blvd.
Speed (AI . I'. H. )

Before
A ner
36.4
21.1
19.9
19.8
22.0
]6.7
2-'5.1
18.7
39.3
23.'
23.5
25.2
27.1
2.~.4
26.6
24.1
Findings in the study of accidents were related to

traffic volumes on arterials and expressways before
and after Dan Ryan was opened. In the before period,
258.3 miles of arterials in the study area carried
4,153.650 vehicle miles of travel daily and after the
Dan Ryan opening, 3.611,420 vehicle miles. In the
before period, expressways in use included Lake
Shore Drive and the Chicago Skyway, a total of 14
(COntinued on Page 6)
_Training
School Safety Drills
In
First Aid
a broad program of first aid training

UNDER
spired by President Seymour Simon of the County
Board, 12 supervijn-
p act size mother who drives a car too big

THEfor com'
her to control is one of several school area
problems to be dealt with by the Cook County Traffic

Safety Commission this coming term.
In addition to the bicycle program presented since
1953, the Commission will undertake to educate parents and pupils in other safety practices and on some
points of good manners as well. Through ParentTeacher Associations, mothers will be instructed on
how to play it safe when deliverin3' children to school.
Pupils who walk will be taught how to be proper
pedestrians and those who ride school buses will be
trained in bus decorum. All will receive a special word
against tossing litter around the school house or in
the street.
Two categories of mothers invite accidents, said
John J. McCleverty, director of the Commission, of
which Seymour Simon, president of the County Board,
is the president.
"A considerable number of small women can barely
touch the pedals with their feet," said McCleverty.
liThe car is just too big for them to control and around
a school house when a crowd of children are entering
or leaving control is vital. Some other mothers let
the children out in the middle of the block instead
of at the crosswalk, where the patrol boys can protect
them."
Pupils who live too near school to have bus service
and must walk on the road shoulder where there is no
sidewalk will be drilled in the statc law governing
pedestrians. This statute directs a person on foot to
face oncomjng traffic, McCleverty said, and he pointed
out that it is the opposite of the regulation for bicycles, a matter on which some confusion persists.
Pedestrians use the left side of the road; bicycles,
being classed as vehicles, use the right, the same a8
automobiles.
Youngsters who ride school buses will get a special
lecture on how to behave. They will be admonished
against skylarking or standing in the aisle and blocking the driver's vision. They will also be told, as a
safety measure, to load and unload promptly and in
orderly fashion.
As for littering, most children, McCleverty thinks,
are not aware that there is a state law.
"We intend to make this plain," he said, Hand we
also will tell them about a suburban man who was
fined $50 just the other day for tossing an empty
cigaret pack out of tbe car window. We want children to respect the law, but most of all we want them
to appreciate the good appearance of an unlittered
school yard."
The bicycle safety program, given last year to
104.678 pupils in 384 public and parochial elementary
schools, and the driver education program, given to
25,707 in 121 high schools, will be presented tbis year
with fresh material to illustrate the lectures.
In elementary schools all pupils attend lectures on
traffic laws and safety principles in the interest of
others using the street as well as themselves. Those
old enough to use a bicycle-third grade upward~re tllen J;iven a riding test in a lane set up witb
~Co"Unued on Page 6)
sory employees of
the Highway 'Depar t men t have
compl e ted
Red
Cross courses qualifying them to instruct fellow workers as well as to
as.sist
accident
victims.
AU County depart-men Ls are incJuded in the pro;ect and both office and outsidc
worker3 will benefit from the protection. I n all, 29
county
employes
President Simon
attended the recent t r a i n i n g
school and 26, including the 12 from the Highway
Department, were graduated. Eleven of the highway
group received certificates in all of the three courses
given- standard, advanced and instructor. They
are:
Henry Peterson, Maintenance District 1; Harry
Foreman, district 2; Vernon Carsello, district 3; Louis
Reda, district 4; Michael Walsh, district 5; Bruch D.
Cody, Survey and Right of Way Division; Edward
Dettloff, Land Procurement Division; Raymond F.
Stange, Henry Biedrzycki, Melvin Spotts, and Theodore Gelden, resident engineers, Bureau of Construction. Frank Nimletz, County Civil Defense, took the
standard course.
By appointment of President Simon, William M.
Doyle. director of the county's position classification
agency, is serving as safety director in the new program, with tbe assistance of Edward Raleigh. The
training, which required attendance at five eight-hour
sessions for completion of the three courses, was given
by William Keenan of the Chicago Red Cross Chapter.
An advisory committee has been formed in the
Highway Department consisting of William Lynch,
head of the Bureau of Documents and Agreements;
Frank Kaplan, head of the Division of Surveys and
Right of Way; L. M. Mariotti, head of the Division
of Traffic Signs and Operations; Hugh P. McAniff,
engineer V, Roadway Maintenance Division, and Michael D. Serblin, engineer IV, Utilities Field Supervision
Division.
Serblin has been assigned as safety coordinator for
the Department, with the responsibility of organizing
instruction classes and maintaining contact with Doyle.
The schedule of training groups for all Department
workers will be effective soon after the end of the
vacation season.
In the meantime, the qualified specialists will apply
their knowledge to safety in general-accident prevention wherever po~sible and practical ",i\! where
there Is need.
Expressway Benefits
Detours
In
Effect
(Continued from Page 4)

requires detours as follows:
miles and the daily vehicle-mile count was 879,810.

The Ryan opening brought expressway mBeage to
34.5 and increased expr essway volume to 2,372,880
vehicle miles.
CENTRAL ROAD between Northwest

Highway and .Mt. Prospect Road, f ol
low detou r signs .
SAUK TRAIL between Main Street,
Pal'k Forltst, a nd \Vestern Av~nue, tallow detour slj;!;ns.
86TH AVENUE, McCarthy Road to
1315t Street, bridge repa.lr. Detour over
Mccarthy Road, 80th Avenue and 131st
On arterials in the study area, th e fa tal ity rate

(deaths per 100,000 of vehicle miles traveled) was
1.07 before and 0.46 after the Ryan opening. On expressways, including Dan Ryan, Lake Shore Drive
and the Skyway, the before rate was 2.30 and the
after, 0.44.
The overall conclusion reached concerning the accident part of the report was stated: "An expressway
added to the transportation facilities of an area will
attract traffic to the area, but, at the same time, will
serve the transportaion demands of an area with
greater safety, when fatal accidents are considered,
than was the case before construction of the expressway.
Street.
HAR LEM
AVENUE,
CAL-SAG
BRIDGE; detour over temporary bypns" rondo
HAPP HOAD, Winnetka Road to Illinois Road; follow detour signs.
ROSELLE ROAD, I1llnols Boulevard to EvanstonElgln
Hoall, construction i n pl'ogress \Jut open to travel.
88TlI AVENUE, II1ckory lIllis, between 85th and 87th
Streets, paving. Follow signs.
lIALSTED STREET at 195th Street, pedestrian overpass, no
delay.
OAKTON STREET, Nordica A venue to Edens Expressway.
open to travel durl n2 const ruction.
Cottage Grove Avenue, work In progress between Lincoln
Highway and Sauk Trail; detour by way of State Street.
NA PERVILLE ROAD, work In progress between Lake Street
and West Ba.rtle tt Road; detour by way of Sutton Road.
l 03RD STREET, bypass east of Roberts Road.
"Although the change in personal injury and property damage rates did Dot verify the contention of
increased safety being provided in the area of the
expressway. it was felt to be true, nevertheless, especially wh en the abrupt rise in accidents outside
the study area. was encountered in thc 'n.ftcr' period
as compared to the slight increase in the study area.
"It was speculated that if Dan Ryan Expressway
had not been constructed, the accidents within the
study area might have increased at the same sharply
increasing rate that was encountered in Chicago out~
side the study area."
Figures on before and after trip lengths are given
in one parag raph of the conclusions reached in the
study of traffic diversion:
First Aid(Conti nued f rom Page 5)
signs to simulate a street. High school sophomores,

who are on the thresh hold of driver training in a car,
get a week of lectures nnd a written examination.
The bike program, which now has 239,712 graduates, all holding cards attesting their competency
and bearing their pledge to observe safety rules, has
proved its value by greatly reducing the number of
accidents involving young cyclists, said President
Simon. He also expressed appreciation of assistance
given by g roups of citizens and local official .
"The success of this program is due in large mea~
sure to the enthusiastic coo peration given the Com~
mjssion by school authorities, the teachers, the pupils
themselves, ParentTeacher Associations, fraternal or ~
ganizations, suburban safety clubs and village officials,
particularly the police departments," he said.
The program expansion this year, while going well
beyond the original objective of bicycle safety, is not
the end of the Commission's plans, McCleverty said,
adding:
"Our ultimate aim is to acquaint every elementary
pupil with the laws and good practices that affect
him whether he is a bicycle rider, a pedestrian, a bus
rider or a passenger in an automobile."
"The trip length analysis, by type of facility, at

point of interception showed that traffic upgraded itself when th e Dan Ryan Expressway was opened.
The average length of trips intercepted on a rterials
decreased from 5.54 mlles to 4.31 miles while the
average length of trips intercepted on local streets
decreased from 2.13 to 1.82 miles. This indicated
that longer trips which had been using t hese facilities had shifted to the expressway. It could be conjectured that these trips ceased to be made, but this
was oonsidered very unlikely.
"The trip length of trips in terce pted on exp ress fncilities increased very slightly from 12.9 to 13.27
miles. This increase could have been brought about
by two circumstances: the diversion of long trips
from locals and arterials and/ or the diversion of
long trips into the study corridor. The average trip
analysis indicated that the former circumstances
occurred."
All states except Connecticut issue learners'
per~
mits.- Trat/iv Digest mid Review.

Michigan state police have called attention to a
new state law which specifically prohibits pedestrian
traffic, including hitchhiking, on all limited access
bigbways.- AAMV A Bulletin.
1964 Vehicle Registration
Based on a sampling of more than 350,000 registered vehicles in the Washington, D. C., metropOlitan
area, 37 per cent of the D. C. vehicles were equipped
with seat belts, 49 per cent for Maryland and 46 fQr
Motor vehicle registration in the United States in

1964 is reported by the Bureau of Public Roads as
~6, 297,133, an increase over 1963 of
per cent.
i.a
Virginl~,-D.
C. TrattiQ l3a(et'IJ Reporter.
ILES Center Road preserves the name applied at

different times to two villages along the route.
The first, which was spelled "Centre/' was located
at about the center of
Niles Township. Tbe
founding date is given
by Andreas, the 1884
historian of Cook County, as 1854, when Henry
Harms, who had come
from Germany three
years before, built a
house at the crossroad$.
A postoffice, with Harms
as postmaster, was established in 1864, when
the settlement ha:l two stores, a blacksmith shop.
saloon, schoolhouse and a cluster of homes-log.
frame and brick. Niles Center, now the village of
Skokie, was developed in the 1920's, by which time
Niles Centre had disappeared.
As mapped by the County Highway Department,
Niles Center Road extends from Howard Street just
east of Edens Expressway northeastward on an irregular line to Gross Point Road near Simpson Street.
South of Howard, to Pratt Avenue, it is called Carpenter Road and from Pratt southward, Central Avenue.
Besides serving as postmaster, Harms was also
constable and township highway commissioner. He
laid out the early roads, including Niles Center, and
his name is retained on the road that runs from
Dempster Street to Lake Avenue through an attractive County Forest Preserve area.
B sued in July by the Cook County Department of

Building and Zoning fell sharply below June and some-
UILDING construction for which permits were is-
what below May.

The Department, which
unincorporated area, issued 203 permits for
projects of an estimated
total cost of $2,926,140.
In June, 268 permits reflected a total $5,739,748 and
in May 202 permits added up to $3,746,818.
The July decrease from Jun e was largely accounted
for in the apartment house column. In June, 18 perm:ts were taken out for multiple dwellings estimated
at a total $1,769,000; in July, 1 permit for an estimated $30000. There were no apartment permits in
May.
In single dwellings, July was under June but slightly
above May. The figures were: July, 101 permits, total
valuation, $2,325,457; June, 136 permits and $2,942,950 valuation, and May, lOa permits and $2,215,034.
In addition to those for single dwellings and the one
apartment building, July permits were issued as follows:
Residential addItions and alteraUons-31 permits, $94,180.
Accessory bul ldings-40 permits, $49,628.
BusIness bulldlngs- 2 perm1ts, $110,.000.
Business additions and alteraUons- 5 permits, $45,450.
Industrial buildIngs- No permits.
Industrial additions and alterations-7 permits.
Miscellaneous- 9 permits, S58,325.
Dy town9hip~ . the ':ce permits were distrubuted as

follows:
'I'0\\,1IsII II'
Barrington
BLoom
Oak Forest Shelters Stocked
Bremen
Elk Grove
Hanover
Lemont
Leyden
Shelter areas at the Oak Forest Hospital were

stocked with survival supplies this month, it is announced by Patrick M. O'Block, Cook County Civil
Defense director.
Twelve areas, all below ground level, have been
marked in the hospital for the use of patients and
personnel. They will accommodate a total of 3,400
persons.
The supplies, which altogether weigbed 16Y2 tons,
include carbohydrate supplemental food, survival
biscuits, water drums, polyethelene bag liners, sanitstion kits and medical kits. Each shelter also has
" radiological instrument kit, including a G;,iger
counter, survey meter, dosimeter and charger, The
shelter stocking was supervised by Carl Freeberg,
Civil Defense shelter manager.
Lyons
Maine
New Trier
Northlleld
Norwood Park
Orland
Palatine
Palos
Proviso
Rich
Schaumburg
StIckney
Thornton
Wheelin&:
Worth
l~crmits
5
4
Valll~tion
300
2~:~gg
161,100
"
~:f'08
175.360
2
3
13
17
4
15
1
1
21
1
1
1
"4"2
44,000
24,050
187,000
303,057
4.000
28~:m
850
19,050
1,800
1.380
277,168
1,700
983,725
77.400
In the no-fee classification, which includes church,

public and farm buildings, one permit was issued for
a grain storage building in Hanover Township, $4,000.
on favorably when it was first tried out in south suburbia several years ago.
A "rumble," which is nothing more than a pebbled
road surface at the approach to a stop sign, causes an
audible noise that alerts motorists to dangers ahead.
Experience with intersections so equipped shows
drivers are marc apt to come to a complete stop than
they are where only signs are in use.
This strikes us as a much better approach to induce safe driving than slogans and dire predictions
of holiday week-end slaughter on the highways.
Editor Likes Rumbles

(Editorial in The Chicago Heights Star)
We notice with interest that Cook county highway

officials plan to incorporate more Hrumbles" into intersections, expanding a safety test we commented
Now It'. Adlai E . Stevenson Expressway . See Page 3.
Vol. XIII No.4
SEPTEMBER, 1965

Under auspice. of the Board of County Commiuionerl
Charlee J. Grupp. Jr.

Jerome Huppert
Lillian Piotrowski
F rank BobryUkc
Charles S. Bonk
Charles F. Chaplin
Gerald Dolezal
George W . Dunne
Ruby Ryan
Seymour Simon
William N . Erickson
Joseph ine B. Sneed
F loyd T. Fulle
John J. Touh y
Kenneth E. Wilson
Andrew V. Plummer
Publ ished
at
130
North
Wells
Street,
Chicago
6.
Telephone 321 7714
Boob of the Month
August Accidents
WAS the seventh month of this ycnr jn
A UGUST
which highway traffic fataliti cs in suburban
Cook County were under the same m onth of last year.
Last month's toll was 17, which
compared with 28 in August, 1964.
Thus far this year, June has been
the only montb witl\ more deaths
than last year- 18 as against 16.
At the end of .A ugust, the accumu~
lated eight-month totnls were 140
this year 'a nd 199 last year.
The 17 Aug us l deaths resulted from 13 separate
accidents, in one of which, caused by a car running
over a n embankment, two yOWlg men and two teen
age girls were killed. A man and a woman were killed
in one accident involv'ing two ears. Five others were
Idlled in auto~auto collisions. Three victims were pc~
destria ns- a boy of 7 and a man of 89, both struck
by aUlomobiles, and an 18-year-old youth hit by a
truck. Three deaths resulted from cars 'leaving the
road, onc striking a tree, one a culvert and one run~
ning into a roadside pool, the driver dying by drowning.
HIS IS the season, with schools reopening, when

T
Highball Hector suffers infringement of obis personal freedom.
While the number of deaths was markedly under

August, 1964, there were increases last month in the
number of persons injured and in the total of accidents of all types. In the following tabulation, TA
represents total accidents, FA, fatal accidents; lA,
injury accidents; PDA, property damage only accidents, 'and I, persons injured.
August, 1965
August, 1964
TA
FA
IA
['I)A
4,670
3,765
13
879
3.778
3.014
1,42]
],201
27
724
Schoolhouse signs 'Calling for speed reduction to

20 mph on school days when children are present
annoy him beyond words.
Hector just can ~t see any Sense in p ermitting kids to
get in his way at any .time.
a) a worsening acc ident situation in general has
caused a probing of a ll elements of the accident problem, b) numerous studies of small car accidents have
indicated that a sman car presents above average
risk to occupants, and c) the proportion of small cars
in the total car population is increasing.
The article, by H. Gene Miller, summarizes evidence
presented in various studies of small car accidents.
Small cars as a group are not involved in accidents
any more frequently than standard~sized cars, it is
indicated, but in the accidents that do happen the
rates of serious injury and death are sharply higher
among small car occupants.
Five of 1ast month's fatalities occurred on roads in

the unincorporated area and one on a tollway, five in
the sUburb of Justice, scene of the four-death acc ident, and one each in Calumet City, Crestwood, Desplaines, Palos Hills, Ra bbins, nnd Schiller Park.
High Risk in Small Car

The publication Traffic Safety notes in a recent
article that the question of safety in small cars is
being discussed with increasing frequency because
Stevenson Expressway
Contracts Awarded
OUTHWES'l' EXPRESSWAY was renamed this

S
month as 'a memorial to Adlai E. Stevenson, the
late U. S. ambassador to the Uniled Nations, and a
were awarded 'by the County Board

CONTRACTS
Septem bel' 21 on a highway-railroad grade separa-
former governor of Illinois. The Chicago City Council

acted on the name change on Septemher 1 and the
County Board, on September 8.
The newest of the metropolitan exprcsswaysopened to traffic last Ootober 24- 00t only r ecognizes
Mr. Stevenson's contribution to 'highway improvements when he was governor, but is in line with the
practice of honoring distinguished persons by giving their names to these modern facilities. Public interest in the matter is reflected in frequent calls to
the Highway Department for information about the
men honored and the dates when the names were made
official.
Kennedy Expressway, formerly Northwest, was
named for the late President John F. Kennedy by ac
lion of the City Council on December 29,1963; he was
assassinated on November 22.
Dan Ryan Expressway, formerly South iRoute, honors the late Dan Ryan, president of the County Board
at the time of his death, April 8, 1961. As president
and a long-time member of the Board he was influ e n~
t ial in thc planning and construction of the expressway system from its heginning.
Kingery Expressway, opened to traffic November
I, 1950, bears the name of the la te Rob ert F. Kingery, who as director of the Chicago Regional Planning Commission was a leader in the early planning
that resulted in the expressway system.
Edens Expressway preserves the memory of William G. Edens, who, though ncver holding public office or owning an automobile, was an Illinois good
roads pioneer and frequently r eferred to as the dl'an
of the modern highway movement in the state. A
plaque citing his long services -to the c.:'1use was
placed on the Cicero Avenue overpass of Edens Expressway and unveiled with 'Ceremonies on October
8, 1949. Most of the expressway- from Balmoral
Avenue to the Lake-Cook County line, was opened on
Decem bel' 20, 1951.
The view of Stevenson Expressway in the front
page picture is southwest from the crossing of the
South Branch of the Chicago Riv er. The roadway in
the foreground, also crossing the stream, is Archer
Avenue.
What "Yield" Sign Means

An explanatory addition to the traffic sign reading
"Yield" is reducing 'a ccidents in Skokie. Paul C. Box,
the suburb's director of engineering, who originated
the idea, says that although significant data are yet
to be collected, he has observed a lessening of mishaps amounting to about 50 per cent.
When first adopted, the yellow, triangular sign
read "Yield Right of Way." The current model. approved by the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads in 1963,
carries only the word HYield." The Skokie addition is
a rectangular white board lettered "This Means Slow
tion structure and three other improvement projects.

They were, with the low bidders:
25th AVE., vIaduct over lhe IHB fiR, SuperIor Concrete
ConSll'uction Co., $1,171,824.06.
FOIU:;ST PRESERVE AVE., widening and s urfa cing betwccn
Helmonl A \c. und Irving PIlI'k ltd., HOck Road Cons truction
Co. , $902,731.97.
DUNDEE RD., widenIng and surfacing bch...ccn Elmhurst
lW. a nd Mllwaukee Ave. , Hock Road Construction Co., lS998,881.78.
LEE ST., bclwccn Prall Ave. and Higgins Road: HIGGINS
RO., belwecn Lee Sl. and Sao Line Rlt, and MANNHl:!.lM
RD. Cenlral Ave. (Des PlnJnes) to 808 reel south or lIigj;lns
Hd., widening and liurfacillg, Milburn Brothers Inc., $562,374 .53.
Bids on the following listed projects, with the low

bidder in each instance, were received August 25, and
contracts were awarded ,b y the Board on September 1.
SOUTH s nOR E DR ..t, 47th St. to 53rd St., widening and sur-
racing, J. M . Corbett L:'O.,
~1,621,595.50.
COLUMBIA and CORNELL DRIVES, 59th Sl. to 67th 5t.;

widening and resurCaclng, Contrnc Ung & Materlnl Co., ~1,818,181.81.
DAN RYAN EXPY" West leg, 105th St. to Hnl stcd St.,
grading, Lindahl Brothers, $678,806.45.
DAN HYAN EXPY., Wesl Leg, 1171h St. to l09th St.,
grading and main drain, W . J. Sheppard & Co. , $439,912.40.
PULASKI RD., 95th St. to 84th PI.; SOUTHWEST IlWY.,
87th PI. to 86 th St., nlHI 87th St.; Springfield Ave. to 'J~rJpp
Ave., wIdening and resurfacing, Arcola Mldwesl COrp., $633,'
80'2.13.
LAWRENCE AVE., Prospect Ave. to Harlem Avc.J.,. widenIng
nnd surfacing, Palumbo Excavating Co., ~431,762.:.!'G .
:fI.'IT, PROSPECT RD. ami THACKER RD., Intcrsectlon,
wtdenlng Ilnd liurfaclng, Allied Asphalt Paving Co., 33S.713.20.
COTTACE GROVE AVE., improvement or grade crossing nt
n&OC1' and II m railroads at about 1419t St., Cal'lson Asphalt
Co., $11,491.00.
SPRI NGI::-;rCSGUTH RD., culvert at DuPage Rhcr Creek,
Nelson COnstruction Co., $20,999.10.
WESTEHN AVE" removal ot o ld brIdge over CAlumel-Sag
Channel, Blue Island, G. W. Badget" Inc., $7,850.00.
The board also approved road surfacing work proposed by five townships as follows: Barrington, $5,783; Hanover, $4,526; Bremen, $10,140; Odand, $10,
909, and Schaumburg, $2,892.
Down and Stop for Dross Traffic," installed beneath
tho triangle on the same post.
"We found 'too many accidents occurring at

'Yield' locations and a study indicated that some motorists do not understand the meaning of the sign,"
Box said. "Now that we have added an explanation,
obedience has improved, up to 50 per cent."
The same addition has 'been made at several "Yield"
locations in Evanston by Z. A. Faulkner, Evanston
city traffic engineer, who saw the s igns in Skokie and
thought the idea worthy of experim nt.
Ventrella
In
New Job
Angelo D. Ventrella, formerly employed ;n the

Highway Department as an engineer III, was recently appointed director of public works for the village of Wilmette. He is also chairman of the Young
Eng ineers committee, North Shore chapter of the
Illinois Society of Professional Engineers.
Suburbs Ready for Federal Aid Planning

AND DU PAGE County suburbs affected by
COOK
the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1962 have lined
Chicago and Bureau engineers assigned to this area.

Chairman of the committee is Virden E. Staff, chief
highway engineer of the illinois Division of Highways, who is also the state's representative under the
1962 act's requirement of cooperative planning between states and loca'l communities. The federal administrator of the act in this area is, C. S. Monnier,
division engineer of the Bureau of Public Roads.
Mr. Staff recently submitted a status report and in
reply Mr. Monnier stated five standards to be considered by his office. He said that data provided by
tho planning process must support these points:
"That the proposed highway is on a route that is
or will become a part Df a highway network compatible with anticipated programs for improvement of
other forms of transportation. (Such route must,
of course, be included in one of the Federal Aid Highway systems).
"That in the location and design of the project due
consideration has been given to anticipated land uses
in the area affected.
"That the design of the facility is based on acceptable traffic estimates in which consideration has been
given to future land uses and the probable usage of
other forms of transportation.
.
''That provisions can be made for traffic to approach and leave the facility in a manner that will
permit the project to operate elftcientIy.
"That additional terminal facilities needed to insure that the improvement will be effective can be
provided in the areas affected without conflict with
:1I1ticipated land uses."
Mr. Monnier added: "In those instances in which
the planning process has progressed through the
transportation system analysis phase and is in a continuing state, the dhl'ision engineer shall aSSure himself that the data on which the above determinations
a rc made are currently valid!'
Following are the 'Cook and 'DuPage County suburbs whiCh, with the City of Omong<>, have joined for
transportation planning under the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1932. Also included is one Will County
municipality-crete.
up 100 per cent to participate in the new order of

transportation planning, it was announced this
month.
In the 1962 amendment, the federal law declared
it to be in the public interest that after July 1, 1965
no new highway projects in ubran areas of over 50,000 population be approved for federal assistance unless they are based on a continuing, .comprehensive
transportation planning process carried on cooperatively between states and local communities.
The cooperative planning territory in this locality
is the federally designated Chieago-Nort:hwestern Indiana Urbanized area. Affected by terms of the new
highway act are the City of Chicago, 105 suburbs in
Cook County, 17 in Du Page, nine in Lake, one in
Will and 13 in Indiana. The central planning agency
for Cook and DuPage and the Will County village
is the Chicago Area. Transportation Study. sponsored
by the State, Cook County and the City of Chicago,
with cooperation of the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads.
Lake County comes under the Lake County Transportation Study and the Indiana municipalities, under
the Indiana Highway Department.
All of the Cook and Du Page cities and vlllages
affected by the 1962 act have signed agreements to
participate in the transportation planning process,
it was announced by E. Wilson Campbell, directol' DC
CATS.
He said also that the division engineer of the BuTeau of Public Roads has reviewed and evaluated the
comprehensive, continuing and cooperate elements of
this transportation planning in the urbanized portion
of thc two counties (Cook and Du Page), and has
decided that this area is qualified to have proposed
federal aid highway projects approved in accordance
with the Federal Aid Act.
At the same time, Mr. Campbell questioned thc
need for a transportation plan as proposed recently
by the Committee on Urban Progress. In a news
letter sent to officials of the suburbs grouped in the
plannIng program he cited the highway and mass
transportation plan submitted by CATS in 1962, "to
meet th e needs of the area in the foreseea:ble fuure." Since 1962. he said, "'the various inventories
determining transportation facility requirements have
been brought up to date and reflect current condiLions. Therefore, we presently have a comprehensiva plan which local plans can be integrated."
For purposes of transpoTtation planning, Cook and
Du Page Counties have been divided into ten regions,
an arrangement aimed to produce proposals based on
familiarity with local needs as well as to apportion the
planning task. Also participating is the Northeastern
Illinois Metropolitan Area planning Commission.
Now that the suburbs have all signed up and the
Bureau of Public Roads has approved the framework
of operation, it is anticipated that specific proposals
for projects will follow. Before being submitted to
tho Bureau, such proposals wiN be screened hy the
OATS Policy Committee, which consists of the chief
highway officials of the State, County and City of
Municipality
Addison
AlSip
Arlington Heights
Bedford Park
Bellwood
Bensonvi1le
Berkeley
Berwyn
Blue Island
Bridgeview
Broadview
Brookfield
Buffalo Grove
Burnham
Burr Ridge
Calumet City
Calumet Park
Counly
Du Page
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Du Page
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Region
3
8
2
7
5
3
5
7
9
7
5
6
2
9
6
9
9
Civil Defense on the Job
In
Storm Area
OOK COUNTY Civil Defense roUed into the south

C
end of the County with manpower and H;ghway
Department equipment to help in the cleanup job following the severe wind storm of August 26-27.
The prompt, effective assistance given to eight
suburbs and adjacent unincorporated territory illustrated the important role of Civil Defense in disaster
work, said County Board President Seymour Simon,
who ordered the C-D organization into the storm area.
HIn th e August storm emergency/' he said, "the
County Civil Defense staff and the highway crews
worked in cooperation with suburban officials. It was
another instance demonstrating the constant value
of Civil Defense as well as the readiness of the Counly to lend a hand to the suburbs."
First warning of the approaching storm came by
prearrangement from the U. S. Weather Bureau to
Patrick O'Block, County Civil Defense Director, at his
home in Hazel Crest at 9 :25 p. m., August 26. The
same alert, according to standing plan, was received
by the Sheriff's office.
Chipper Machine, Coupled Behind, Loads Truck.
The gale struck at 12:25 a. m., August 27. Taking

advantage of the warning period, O'Block notified
President Simon and communicated with the Highway Department. Arrangements for the emergency
lineup of crews and trucks were made by Sam T.
Brush, head of the Bureau of Administration, in conference with Carl Stcillweg, district engineer of maintenance district 4, and Tom Flavin, district 5 engineer. Carla Freeberg, Deputy County C-D Director,
also was in the field.
The storm's violence was measured by destruction
of 10 buildings, damage to 159, reported injury of
nine persons and a total loss as estimated by local
officials of approximately $3 million. The immediate
task confronting the Civil Defense force, suburban
authorities and state highway crews also sent into
the area was clearing streets and roads of downed
trees. In the first two or three days, some local C-D
personnel was called out to reroute traffic and warn
people of fallen electric wires. Boy SCouts and other
volunteers helped residents of damaged houses and
the Red Cross set up a station in Olympia Fields,
hardest hit of the suburbs.
still needing some outside help. The suburban officials with whom Civil Defense planned cooperative
assistance included:
The County Highway Department sent 15 trucks

and crews, in'e luding dump trucks, crane trucks and
one equipped with a snorkel arm 'to reach the tops of
trees with broken branches. A:lso used were four
chipping machines, which chew tree trunks and
branches into chips "for convenient handling in trucks.
They are used regularly by the Department in roadwise maintenance work.
Mayor E. C. Turngrin, Harvey; President Rennie

R. Smith, South Chicago Heights; President Richard
E. Bobbit, Oak Forest; John A. Maloni, a city commissioner of Chicago Heights; Police Chief G. R.
Stevenson, Olympia Fields; George Baron, superintendent of public works, Hazel Crest; James Delk,
commissioner of public works, Flossmoor, and A.
Wardingly, acting village manager, Markham.
Three crews with equipment were sent to Olympia

Fields, three to Chicago Heights, three to South Chicago Heights, 1wo to Flossmoor, two to Harvey, one
to Markham and one to Hazel Crest. Civil Defense
also provided a portable generator for emergency
water pumping at Oak Forest.
Michael Ruderman
Crane Truck Clears Street of Fallen Branches.
Michael Ruderman, 70, employed in the Highway

Department since March 21, 1952, died September 8.
He started as an inspector-rodman and was advanced
to rodman. He is survived by his widow, Ann; a
daughter, Mrs. Iris Krause, and a sister, Mrs. Mildred Leventhal.
lie !iveq !It '2629 Berwyn Avenue.
A. survey of the area made by Director O'Block

with Aaron W. Lazar, coordinator <Yf the Northeast
Illinois Mutual Aid Area of Civil Defense, found 10~a) offi9ia)~ milking' tull use of their own facilities but
Suburbs Listed
Federal Aid plan
In
(Continued from pa.ge 4)
Municipality
Chicago Heights
Chicago Ridge
Cicero
Clarendon Hills
Country Club Hills
Countryside
Crestwood
Crete
Des Plaines
Dixmoor
Dolton
Downers Grove
E. Chicago Heights
East Hazel Crest
Elk Grove Village
E lmhurst
Elmwood Park
Evanston
Evergreen Park
Flossmoor
Forest Park
Forest View
Franklin Park
Glencoe
Glen Elllyn
Glenview
Golf
Harvey
Harwood Heights
Hazel Crest
Hickory Hills
Hillside
Hinsdale
Hodgkins
Hometown
Homewood
Indian Head Park
Itasca
Justice
Kenilworth
La Grange
La Grange Park
Lansing
Lincolnwood
Lisle
Lombard
Lyons
Markham
Matteson
Maywood
McCook
Melrose Park
Merrionette Park
Midlothian
Morton Grove
Mt. Prospect
Niles
Norridge
Northbrook
Northfield
Northlake
County
Cook
Cook
Cook
Du Page
Cook
Cook
Cook
Will
Cook
Cook
Cook
Du Page
Cook
Cook
Cook
Du Page
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Du Page
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Du Page
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Du Page
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Du Page
Du Page
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Municipa lity
Region
North Riverside
Oakbrook Terrace
Oak Forest
Oak Lawn
Oak Park
Olympia Fields
Palat ine
Palos Heights
Palos Hills
Palos Park
Park Forest
Park Ridge
Phoenix
10
8
7
6
10
7
8
10
2
9
9
6
10
10
Posen
Richton Park
2
3
Riverdale
River Forest
River Grove
Riverside
Robbins
Rolling Meadows
Rosemont
Schiller Park
Skokie
S. Chicago Heights
South Holland
Steger
Stickney
Stone Park
Summit
Thornton
Tinley Park
Villa Park
Westchester
'Vestern Springs
Westmont
Wheaton
Wheeling
Willow Brook
Willow Springs
Wilmette
Winfield
Winnetka
Wood Dale
Worth
4
1
10
5
7
4
1
3
1
1
9
4
10
8
5
6
7
8
10
6
3
7
1
6
6
9
1
6
3
7
9
County
Cook
Du Page
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Cook
Du Page
Cook
Cook
Du Page
Du Page
Cook
Du Page
Cook
Cook
Du Page
Cook
Du Page
Cook
Region
6
3
8
8
5
10
2
8
8
8
10
2
9
9
10
9
5
4
6
9
2
4
4
1
10
9
10
7
5
7
10
8
3
5
6
6
3
2
6
7
1
3
1
3
8
Barriers Check Accidents
10
5
7
5
A befor e and after study of 26.6 miles of cable

chain link barrier and 27.6 miles of double blocked-out
metal beam barrier on California freeways indicates
that barriers are effective in preventing cross-median
accidents. Although the barriers themselves, especially the cable, caused an occasional fatality. the total
number of fatal accidents (due to all causes) has been
reduced at barrier locations by 23 per cent. It is reported also that the rate of accidents involving the
median decreases with increasing median width, substantially in the case of the metal beam and slightly
in the case of the cabl~ Qar~i~~.
8
9
1
2
1
4
1
1
FOR building construction estimated to

PElRMITS
cost $3,411,317 were issued in August by the Cook
-County Department of
USSE HIGHWAY, in Elk Grove Township, was

named for the late William Busse, a former president of the County
Board and a commissioner for 52 years. He
died at the age of 91 in
July, 1955, less than a
year after retiring from
public life.
Although specifically
a memorial to William
Busse, the road name
in effect banal'S a family that has been promi-
Building and Zoning,

which has j urisdiction
area. The number of
permits, 187, was under
the 203 Issued in July,
but the total valuation
was somewhat above July's $2,926,140.
Virtually all of tbe August valuation represented
residential <:onstruction. Nine apartment permits
covered 17 buildings with a total of 160 units and estimated to cost a total of $1,197,000. One pennit was
for a project of nine buildings, 140 units, $928,000, to
be built in Wheeling 'l'ownship; six for six two-apartment buildings, $185,000 in Maine Township, and two
for two buildings of two units each, $81,000 in Stickney.
Eighty permlts were issued for single dwellings of
a total $1,753,388 valuation, which compared wilh 101
permits and $2,325,457 in July. For other types of
construction, fee permits were iissued in August as
follows:
nent in the 'Civic and
commercial life of northwestern Cook County since

1848. In that year Fredrick and Fredricka Busse
came from Hanover. Germany. and took up a farm.
One of their sons, Christian, served as a member of
the County Board of Supervisors from 1867 to 1871,
when that body was replaced by the present Board of
County Commissioners, and then was elected to the
new board. Another son, Louis, who op erated a
cheese and butter factory and a general store as well
as a farm, married Christina Kirchoff, whose family
name is preserved in Kirchoff Road, in Palatine and
Wheeling Townships.
Busse road extends northward from Devon Avenue
to Central road, serving an area in which many descendants of th e 1848 pioneers are present day leaders in business and community activities.
Detours
In
H.esltlenUal addition s and alterationJi- 27 permits, $13G.339 ,

Accessol'Y bulltllngs-29 Ilcl'mlts, $41,940,
Business bulldlngs- l permit, $48,000.
Business additions ana altel'ntlons-4 J)Cl'mlts, $24,350.
Industrial buildings- No permits,
Industrial addItIons and alteratlons- 2 permits , $77,500,
Wells- 9 pel'mIls, 85,000.
Septic s y s tems- l pel'mlt. Sl,Ooo.
MI!lecllaneous- 10 permits, 1$66,800.
Effect
In the no-fcc classifi'Cation, which includes churches,

publ,jc and farm buildings, four permits were issued
as foHows:
S~hodl workshop for Little City Foundation, Palatine Township, S20,OOO; YMCA camp cabin, Lemont
Township, $15,000; missionary staff building for Literature Crusades, Wheeling Township, $15,000, and
a farm chicken house in Bloom "'rownship, $10,000.
Work in progress by the Highway Department requires detours as follows:

CEKTRAL ROAD beh\'een N o rthwest
Highway a nd M:t, Prospect Road, tollow d e tour sign s ,
SACK TRAIL between J\laln Street,
Park Forest, and Western A venue, (01low detour signs,
86TH AVENUE, McCarth.v Road to
131st Street, bridge repair, Detour over
I\lcCarthy Road, 80th A venue and 131st
Street.
HARLEfI."
AVNU,
CAL-SAG
BRIJ:X;E ; dctour over temporary br,pass rOlld.
ROSELLE ROAD, Illinois Bou evard t o Evanston-Elgin
Road construction In progress but open to travel.
OAkTON STREET, Nordica Avenue to Edens Expressway,
PULASKI ROAD, Closed between 84th Street and 95th Street,
tollow marked detour.
LAWRENCE AVEKUE, Prospecl Avenue to Harlem Avenue,
follow marked detour.
SPRTNGTNGSGUTH ROAD, bypass for culverl construction
at DuPage River Creek,
COTTAGE GROVE AVENUE, beh.... cen LinC<lln Highway and
Sauk Trail, detour by way of State Street.
COTTAGE GROVE AVENUE, 138th Street to 142nd Street,
follow marked detOUr,
By townships the fee penn"its were distributed as

follows:
'rowlIshl ll
Bloom
Bre m e n
Elk Gr ove
Hnno ver
Lemonl
Leyden
Lyons
Maine
Northfield
:"/OIwQod Pnrk
Orland
Palatine
Palos
Rich
Schaumbul'g'
StIckney
Thornton
Wheellng
Worth
Wrong-Way Accidents
A random survey of expressway accidents caused
by drivers going the wrong way on ramps has brought
out the belief held by police authorities t'bat most

such erring motorists have been drinking. In Californ-ia it was reported tbat 50 of 83 drivers involved
in fatal accidents resulting from wrong-way movements had been drinking.
J'erlll ltl-l
5
5
10
4
4
9
11
11
11
Valuation
$
28.400
26,950
94,300
48,100
66,200
106,500
112,000
208,050
87,100
10
2
61,200
51,500
130.439
43,500
63.000
63,100
16
3
235,000
21.600
1,720,878
183,500
4.
In addition to the no-fee permits listed above. 12

were issued for public works in IStickney Township,
for which no statement of valuation was required.
Olrt Movers Busy on Wut L.eg of Dan Ryan ExprcS8way. See Page 7.
Vol. XIII No. 5
OCTOBER, 1965

Publilhed by the Cook County (III.) Oepartment of Highway.
Unde~
au.pleea of the Board of County Comml ..lonera

SEYMOUR SIMON , Prealdent
Frank Bobrytzke
Charlel J . Grupp, Jr.
Charles S. Bonk
Jerome Huppert
Charlee F. Chaplin
Gerald Dolez al
George W . Dunne
Will ia m N. Erlck.on
Fl oyd T. Full e
Lillian Piotrowski
Ruby Ryan
Seymour Simon
JOleph ine B. Sneed
John J. Touhy
Kenneth E. W ilso n
Andrew V. Plummer
Published
at
130
North
Well,
Street,
Ch icago
6.
Telephone 32177 14
Boob of the Month
September Accidents
E IGHTEEN persons were killed in highway traffic
accidents in suburban Cook County in September,
three more than in September of last year. However,
September was only the
second month of the
year thus far with a
higher death to ll than
the same month of 1964,
and the nine-month tota l
remained below that of
last year - this year,
]58; last year, 24.
The total of acc idents
of all types-fatal, personal injury and property damage only - was
also higher than in Septembe r, 1964. The 4,487 tota l compared with 4,336 a
year ago and t he 1,313 persons injured compared with
1,095.
Five of the September victims were kill ed in collisions between automobiles, four in collisions involving automobiles and trucks and one each in au to-taxi,
auto-bus, and au to-motorcycle accidents. Two were
pedestrians. Three were killed when cars left the road
and struck wayside objects, in one instance a bridge
abutment, in one a post and in the other, a guard rail.
One motorist was ki lled by a train.
Seven deaths resulted from accidents on roads in
the unincorporated area, three in Morton Grove and
one each in Calumet City, Chicago Heights, Forest
Park, Harwood Heights, LaGrange Park, Lincolnwood,
Skokie, a nd Stickney.
Hector Rockhead is completely informed on traffic

laws, ordinances and regulations of every kind.
Being letter perfect, he knows his rights.
Knowing his rights, he refuses to give an inch.
This is tough on other drivers in a n emergency

situation.
More People, More Cars

able on vehicle ownership and use, together with
population data predicting a total of 225 million by
1975. According to Mr. Cope :
The prediction that 90 million new automobiles and

14 mlllion trucks and buses will be required in the
next 10 years to meet the demands of America's growing population comes from E. M. Cope, chief of the
Highway Statistics Division of the U. S. BUl"eau of
Public Roads. If present trends continue, motor vehicle
registrations are expected to reach 116 million by 1965.
The basis for these fo recasts is information avail-
"The numbe r of people in the 15-74 age group is

probably the best single indicator of potential vehicle
ownership, and we h ave a pretty good idea of the
numbers of people that will enter that group in the
next few years-they're already born and counted."
Day
of the Big Move
day for the Highway Department is .tenM OVING

tatively December 1. The shift will be from llie
IS
Coming Up
on the 27th floor, will contain coffee machines and

dispensers for soft drinks. With this arrangement,
comes the word that no other coffee will be permitted
on the premises.
The Department's floors will be served by two banks
of elevators, each of four cars. The elevalor shafts
are located in the central part of each floor, together
with thc air conditioning ducts and three stairways.
Randolph-Wells Building, 130 North Wells Street,

where the Department has occupied nine floors, wholly
or in part, since 1949, to two floors-the 27th and
28th- in the new Civic Center.
Square footage in the new location will be somewhat less, but it is expectcd that the compact twofloor arrangement will increase operational efficiency.
Furthermore, the towering Civic Center, with central
air conditioning, passenger-operated elevators and
some other up-to-date touches, will be more comfortable and convenient.
The layout of the new quarters, which was done by
Morrie Cherner, the Department's engineer of architecture and landscaping, groups related bureaus and
divisions. In a general sense, the 28th floor is the
administrative level. The 27lli contains the drafting
rooms, together with a number of engineer divisions,
general files, and technical library.
In addition to the grouping of related functions,

Cherner had to take into consideration the probability
that the Department will occupy Civic Center space
only temporarily, pcrhaps two or three years. Eventually, the two floors will become court rooms, provision
for which has been made with four private elevators
for the use of judges, lawyers, litigants, jurors and
witnesses. While the Department is in occupancy, the
private elevator lobbies will be closed.
In view of the Department's probable short stay,
the expense of partitioning was avoided where possible. This economy policy is particularly noticeable
in the large undivided areas of the drafting rooms.
On the 28th floor are offices of llie chairman of llie

County Board's Roads and Bridges Committee, the
superintendent of highways, the two assistant superintendents, the Bureau of Construction, Bureau of Secondary Roads and Material, Bureau of Planning and
Programming, Bureau of Administration and Bureau
of Documents and Agreements and the following divisions:
Back To Former Site

The move to the Civic Center, which is bounded by
Randolph and Washington Streets on the north and
south, and by Dearborn and Clark on the east and
west, will take the Department back to the site it
occupied almost 40 years ago. The City Hall Square
Building, which was wrecked for the Civic Center,
stood at Randolph and Clark Streets and was llie
second home of the Department from late in 1926
to 1929.
When the Department was organized, in 1914, it
was allotted a spare room or two in the County Building. The space was cramped from the beginning and
especially so after the $15 million of "wide road"
bonds approved by llie voters in November, 1926, required and expanded engineering staff. Superintendent George A. Quinlan was eager to start the bond
program without delay and the County Board approved llie move to larger quarters in the City Hall
Square in December.
Land Procurement, Financial Control, Project Control, Data Processing, Advance Planning, Transportation Research, Personnel, Public Relations, Contract
Documents, Costs Estimating, Purchasing, and Utilities Field Supervision. The Cook County Traffic Safety
Commission is also on this floor.
On The 27th Floor

The Bureau of Design is on the 27th 1Ioor, with the
Divisions of Structural Design, Pavement Design,
Architecture and Landscape, Surveys and Right of
Way, Drainage, Utilities and Lighting, Soils, and
Traffic and Signals. Also on this floor are the division
of Maps and Townships, Administrative Services and
General Files, reproduction and blue printing rooms,
and the division of Technical Photography, willi lliree
dark rooms.
Each floor has a conference room and the one on
the 28th has a separate room for motion picture projection. There is also a mail room on each floor, with
a connecting conveyor, for handling both incoming
and outgoing mail.
Some of the engineering personnel added at that

time are still in the Department: James F. Kelly,
assistant superintendent; Hugo Stark, chief engineer
of design; Sam T. Brush, engineer of administration;
Val Parise, engineer of primary roads ; Fred Nadzieja,
engineer of pavement design; Thomas McHugh, assistant engineer of secondary roads ; Thomas J. Roche,
engineer of costs estimating; Albert J. Mullins, assistant director of air pollution control; Frank 1. Frasz,
Milton B. Simpson, Myron Hecht, Ralph Hibner, and
John Smith, highway engineers.
Each floor has a public reception room at the elevator entrance. A receptionist will greet all visitors
and arrange appointments with officials or employes
lliey wish to see. It is anticipated lliat most public
callers will arrive on the ' 27th floor, and reception
space there will be furnished with chairs. The personnel office, which has the heaviest public traffic of
any in the Department, is adjacent to the 28th 1Ioor
reception room.
Also in the Department in llie City Hall Square era

were William J. Mortimer, superintendent of Highways from 1952 to 1963, and William T. Murphy,
congressman from the third Illinois district.
From the City Hall Square, the Department moved
to 221 North LaSalle Street, thence to 188 West Randolph Street, from there to 160 North LaSalle Street
and in 1949 to the Randolph-WeU$ Buildillg.
Fast coffee service will be available to employes

without having to leave the buildillg. Two fOoms, both
Highway Department's New Quarters
The Twenty-Seventh Floor

1Ioor plans are viewed from the south
BOTH
(Washington Street) toward the north (Randolph
2731
Pave ment Duig n Engineer.
2732
Pavement Design Division.
Street), with Clark Street on the left side and Dearborn Street on the right.
Dimensions of each floor are 251 feet east and
west and 145 feet north and south.
2733
Primary Roods Engineer.
2734
Maps and Townships Divilion.
2735
Coffee Room .
2738
Photography Dark Room.
2739
Mops and Townships Engineer.
Offices and other principal rooms are marked with

numbers, which refer to the listings below. Small
unmarked spaces are vaults, storage and supply
2740
P~atogrophy
2741
Photography Dark Room .
Dark Room .
rooms, electric cabinets or closets for janitors' use.
2742 Technical PhotographY Room .
The vaults, storage and supply rooms are located

convenient to the offices using them. Space has also
been calculated for filing cabinets in offices that need
them.
2743
Technical Photography Eng ineer.
2744
Structural Design Engineer.
2745
Structural Design Division.
2746
Reception Room.
The 28th floor reception room, which is not numbered, is the semi-partitioned space at the west end
of the personnel office, number 2819. Benches for
the use of people awaiting interviews will be placed
in the corridor across from the personnel office
counter.
2747
Secretary and Typist Pool of Design Bureau.
2752
Utilities and lighting Division.
2702
Women ', Rell Room .
2753
Technical l ibrary.
2703
Elevator Lobby,
2754
Surveys and Right of Way Engineer.
2707
Men 's Re,1 Room .
2757
Men 's Rest Room.
2709
Privote Elevalor lobby.
2758
Utilities and lighting Engineer.
2718
Reproduction Office.
2759
Soils Engineer.
2720
Architecture and landscape Engineer.
2722
Blue Printing Office .
2761
2762
Coffee Room.
Traffic and Signal Eng ineer.
2725
Adminillrotion and Files Supervisor.
2763
Drainage Engineer.
2727
Mail Room .
2764
Architecture and landscape Divis ion .
2728
Administration Services and General Files.
2764-A
Traffic and Signals Division.
2729
Administration Services and General Files.
27648
Drainage Division .
2748
Chief Engineer of Design.
2749
Conference Room .
2750
Surveys and Right of Way Division.
2751
Soils Division .
Full
Two
Floors
the Civic Center
The Twenty-Eighth Floor

2802
Women', Relt Room.
2803
2807
2809
2811
2816
2817
2818
2819
2820
Elevalor lobby.
2824
2825
2826
2853 land Procurement Division .

2854 land Procurement.
2855 Construction Project Engineers.
2857 land Procurement General Office.
2859 Moil Room.
Men's lest Room.

Private Elevotor lobby,
Supplies.
2860 land Proc:urement Division Chief.

2864 land Procurement Attorney.
2865 Chairman Roads and Bridges Committee.
2866 Ani stant Superintendent, Adm inistrative and legal.
2867 Anislant Superintendent's Secretory.
2868 Secretory to the Superintendent.
2869 Superintendent of Highways.
2870 Roods and Bridges Committee Chairman's Secretory.
2871 Conference Room .
2871 A Pro jection Room .
2872 Receplion Room .
2873 Superintendent's Private Olfice.
2874 Se crelory to Anistont Superintendent of Operations and
Planning.
2876 Assistant Superintendent Operations and Planning.
2878 Auditor's Office.
2879 Financial Control Office.
2881 Secretory to Engineer of Financial Control.
2882 Engineer of Financial Control.
2883 Eng ineer of Project Conlrol.
2885 Engineer of Dolo Processing.
2886 Compuler Machine Room.
2887 Projection Control Office.
2888 Data Procening Offic .
Transportation Resea rch Engineer.

Transportation Research Bureau.
Transportation Research Bureau Clerk.
Personnel Division Offic .

Public Relotions Division.
Personnel Division Chief.
Administration Bureau Secretory.
Admi ni5lrotion Bureau Engineer.
2827 Dacumenh and Agreements Bureau.

2828 Documents ond Agreements Engineer.
2829 Secondary Roods Bureau Chief Engineer.
2831 Secondary Roads Bureau Secretary.
2832 Secondary Roads Assislant Eng ineer.
2833 Per",ils Office.
2834
Secondary Roads and Materials Bureau.

Contract Documents Office.
2836 Contract Doc:uments Office Secretory.
2837 Traffic Safety Commission Secretary.
2838 Traffic Safety Commission Director.
2840 Estimating Division .
28-41 Estimating Division Engineer.
2842 Traffic Safety Commission Office.
2843 Conlrocl Documents Siorage,
284 ... Purchasing Division .
28046 Utilities Field Supervision Ofiice.
2835
2889
Computer Office.
Computer and Dolo Proc:ening Engineer.
Engineer Utilities Field Supervision.
2891
2892
Bureau of Construction Chief Engineer.
2893
Secretory 10 Chief Engineer Planning and Programming.
2847
Con5lruction Bureau Reception and Typists.
2848
2849
Plan ning and Programming 8ureou Chief Eng ineer.
2850
Secretory to Chief Engineer of Construction.
2894
Engineer of Programs and Dota Processing.
2851
Office Engineer of Construction Bureau.
2895
Secretary to Engineer of Programs and pata Processin!;! .
2852
Construction B",r,glJ
2896
Advance Planning Dlvision,
om,.
Job Gets a Sendoff
May Be Bad Or Good

IGURES
F
the office of Secretary of State Paul Powell may
mean that Cook County has the highest rate of
on driver license revocation compiled by
offenders of any county in Illinois or they may indicate that Cook County practices the strictest law
enforcement.
Thus far this year in Cook County there have been
34,928 losses of driver's licenses for periods of two
months to a year. Tbe County's population is 5,129,725,
so the ratio is one license lifted for each 147 residents.
In t he other 101 counties, altogether with a population of 4,951,333, there have been 12,798 licenses withdrawn, or one for 387 residents.
President Seymour Simon and four members of
the County Board met with Wheeling village of
ficers to hail the start of work on the structure
that will carry improved Palatine Road over Mil
waukee Avenue. The reconstruction of Palatine
Into an expressway type will also require two
bridges over the Oes Plaines River, which are included in the overpass contract. In the picture, left
to right, are Commissioner Gerald Dolezal , Commls.
.Ioner Lillian Piotrowski , Commissioner William N.
Erickson , President Simon, James Stavros, Wheel
lng Township Democrati c committeeman; Evelyn R .
Diens, Wheeling vOlage clerk; W. B. McRae, Wheel
ing trustee; Andrew V. Plummer, County highway
superintendent, and Commissioner Charles S. Bonk.
The lowest ratio recorded was in Wabash County.

where there were six licenses suspended, or ODe for
2,341 residents. Lake County, with a ratio of one
suspension for each 184 of population was second to
Cook.
Mr. Powell declined to comment on the record, so
it is a matter of conjecture as to whether downstate
drivers commit fewer offenses calling for license suspension or whether the magistrates are milder in enforcement.
Litter Bugs Litterbugs

Construction on West Leg
Litterbug detection is a growing 'b ranch of police

work. The litterbug wbo thinks be is safe from the
law because nobody sees bim litter may not be as
safa as he thinks, said Allen H. Seed, Jr., executive
vice president of Keep America. Beautiful.
Construction of the County's section of the West

Leg of Dan Ryan Expressway is in progress with two
grading contracts under way and bids on six other
items scheduled to be received by tbe County Board
on November 10.
The front cover picture was taken near 115th Street,
which is included in the contract for grading between
109th and 117th Streets. The other contracted grading section extends from Halsted Street to 105th
Street.
In the two sections under gradlng contracts, the
expressway will be depressed below surface grade.
Farther south the roadway will be on a fill, and dirt
excavated for the depressed sections is being hauled
to the elevated area.
Police, sheriffs, health officers and othe.rs associated with litter prevention have found a number of
ways of detecting the unseen littcrbug. That is
particularly true of the large-scale littcrcr who dumps
bundles or even truckloads of trash along roadsides.
Police officers examine 'Such litter c<.Lrefully for
identifying evidence, Mr. Seed explaincd. They otten
find a clew. It may be a letter addressed to the offender, an old bill, receipt, bank statement or a magazine or newspaper to which the offender subscribes.
In California recently a department store label on

a carton eventually led police to a major litter offender. KAB reports another willful litterbug deliberately cut all the names and addresses off of trash
he planned to junk along the highway, but forgot
about a medicine bottle and the police traced him
through tbe prescription number on the label.
Bids to be received Nov. 10 are for grade separation

structures at lllth Street, 112th Place and 113th
Street, two main drain sections, from 107th Street
to 119th Street and from 119th Street to the CalumetSag Channel, and demolition of buildings between
112th Place and 115th Street.
Drivers Miss $100 Prize

More Interstate Downstate
The $100 prize offered for stopping a car moving

at 35 mph in 50 feet remains in the treasury of the
Brookfield Moose Lodge another year. The fifth annual braking competition conducted for the lodge by
the Cook County Traffic Safety Bureau was beld on
October 10, with 150 drivers eagerly eying the $100.
As in all previous years, no One made it. The best
score of the day was ~g (e~t,
Two Interstate highway sections in downstate l11iDais have been opened to travel recently. One is the
ll-mile bypass around the west side of Bloomington

and tbe otber is 10 miles of Interstate 74 extending
from the University Street ipterchange in Peoria to
}{ickapoo.
Building Permits
ERMITS for building construction estimated to cost

P
$5,322,775 were issued in September by the Cook
County Department of Building and Zoning, which
.ALATINE Road, a main east and west route in the

northwest part of Cook County, took its name
naturally enough from the township and village of
Palatine. It could easily
have been Yankton, for
when the township was
organized in 1850, that
name was also proposed
and Palatine won the decision by only one vote.
The Palatine area attracted settlers soon after the end of the Bl ck
Hawk war. It was largely level land, with here
and there a pleasant
stand of trees-Deer Grove, Frye's Grove, Englishman's Grove, Highland Grove and Plum Grove.
George Ela, for whom Ela Road was named, was
perhaps the first settler, arriving in 1836. Other
pioneers in the township included Thomas Bradwell,
whose name was given to Bradwell Road, and Lyman
Staples, whose memory is preserved in Staples Corners, the intersection of Dundee and Rand Roads.
Immediately after organization, the township, was
divided into nine road districts and $25 was appropriated for current expenses. The first road laid out
started at Deer Grove and ran in the direction of
Chicago.
Palatine the village started when the Chicago and
North Western railroad reached the area. In addition
to the station, built in 1855, there were four houses,
a blacksmith shop and a store. The postoffice was first
named Elk Grove a nd then changed to Palatine. The
village was incorporated in 1866.

The 165 fee permits included 22 for apartment
buildings wilh a lotal of
175 living units and estimated altogether at $1,
731,500. One permit was for a 125-unit project in Elk
Grove Township, $850,500; 22 permits were issued for
42 apartment units in Maine, $759,000, and three for
eight units, $122,000 in Stickney Township.
:: :: I'ii

public and farm buildings. a permit was issued for a
n ew church building for the Lutheran Church of the
Master, Bremen Township, $65,000; one for an additio n to the Tinley Park Reform Church, $15,000, also
in Bremen, and one for a garage, $3,000, for the Prospect Christian Church, Wheeling Township.
Fee permits, in addition to those mentioned above,
were issued as follows:
Single dwelllngs- 70 permits, $1,417,950.
nes~dentlal additions and aiteratlons-26 permIts, 381,015.
Accessory bulldtngs-23 permits, :5Z7,575.
Business bulldings-3 permits, $54,950.
Bus iness additions an d alterallons- 2 permits, $128,500.
Industrial buUdlngs- 2 permits, ~,580,QIX).
fndustrlal addilions nnd nlleratlo n s-3 permits, $173,000.
Wells-4 permtts, $2,500.
l\.Usccllaneous-10 permits, $42,785.

foUows:
Townsh ip
Detours
In
Effect
Barrington
ntoom
BI'emen
Elk Grove
Lemont
Leyden
Work in progress by the Highway Depar tment r equires detours as follows :
Lyon.
Maine
Northnc ld
Orland
Palatine
Rleh
SChaumburg
Stickney
Thornton
Wh('(!lIng
Worth
CENTRAL ROAD between Northwest

lIIghway and Mt. Prospect Road, tollow detour signs.
SAUK TRAIL between Main Strct'!t,
Park Forest, and Western Avenue, follow detour signs.
86TH AVENUl-~, McCarthy Road to
131st Street, bridge repair. Detour over
McCarthy Road, 80th Avenuc and 131st
Street.
HARLEM
AVENUE,
CAL-SAG
BRIDGE; detour over temporary bypass road.
ROSELLE ROAD, Illinois BOulevard to Evanston-Elgin
noad, construction In progress but open to travel.
OAKTON STREET, Nordica Avenue to Edens Expressway,
PULASKI ROAD, closed between 84th Street and 95th Street,
rollow marked detour.
LAWRENCE AVENUE, Prospect Avenue to Harlem Avenue,
follow marked detour.
COTTAGE GROVE AVENUE, between LinCOln Highway and
Snuk T rail detour by way or State Street.
COTTAGE GROVE AVENUE, 138th Street to 142nd Street,
foll ow marked detour.
.P enul(s
1
3
14
3
7
,.
4
22
11
2
S
10
18
1
S3
10
Valuation
$
800
9,175
31,165
967,500
130,000
11,950
46,200
~~~
22.350
213,250
21,450
138,090
339,510
1,000
692,800
1,597,735
The no-fee permits also included 11 for public works

in Stickney Township, for' which no valuation was required to be stated.
Safety By Electronics
A four-year research program aimed to prevent
accidents on two-lane roads has been launcherl by the
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads. It is hoped that electronic or mechanical devises may be developed that
will provide drivers with information that will enable
them to pass vehicles ahead with safety. Previous
research has shown that motorists misjudge the
speeds of oncoming cars or vehic1es they are over4
taking.
Carl Schwank
Carl Schwank, 65, a road repairman, died September 28. H. started with the Highway Department
April 1, 1937. During the previous four years he was
a state highway patrolman. He is survived by his
widow, Marie; two daughters, four sons and 10 grandchildren. His home was in Palatine.
New Western Avenue Bridge Over the Calumet-Sag Channel. See Page 4.
Vol. XIII No. 6
NOVEMBER, 1965

pub ll ahed by t he Cook Cou nty ( III .) Department of Highway.
Unde r au. plce. of th e Board of County Comm l lone r,

SE YMOUR SIMON , Prea ident
Cha rlea J. Grupp. Jr.
Jerome Huppert
Fra n k Bob ry tzke

Charles S. Bonk
Li lli an P iotrowski
Charlu F. Cha pli n
Ruby Ryan
S eymou r S imon
Jo sephine B. Sneed
John J. Tou ny
Gerald Dolezal
George W, Dun ne
W illia m N . Erickson
Floyd T . Fulle
Ke nnet h E. Wilson
A ndre w V. Plumm er
Su peri nt enden t of Highway.
P ublished at 130 No rth W ~1I8 Street, Chi cago 60606 Telepho ne 321.7714
Boob 01 the Month

ITH 35 TRAFFIC fatalities, October was by
W far
the worst montb of tbe year thus far in
suburban Cook County. The previous high toll was
20 in March. Nevertbeless, tbe ac,p1f~ INfl,
cumulated total in 10 montbs tbis
'
.;.~ year remained well below that of
~&
'"
I ~ last year-195 as against-239.
,~:
Twenty of tbe October deatbs re'~~!
suited from collisions.
Thirteen
~
~
~
persons were killed in crashes in?'Alrlcs it\'\\\.~~ vo lving two automobiles, two in
1
collisions between trucks, one in a
three-car accident, one in a collision on Eisenhower
Expressway at First Avenue in which th ree automobiles and a truck figured, two in auto-truck accidents and one in an au to-ambulance crash.
Six of the dead were pedestrians- a child of 4,
threo men, 95, 84 and 82, and two women, 55 and
54. Two bicycle riders were killed, one a boy of
12 and the other a man, 43.
Five deaths resulted when cars left tbe pavement
and struck wayside objects. Two men were killed
when a car in which they were riding was struck
by a train at a grade crossing.
In addition to the fatalities, 1,313 persons were injured in 826 accidents. There were also 3,785 accidents that resulted in property damage only.
Seventeen deaths occurred on roads in the unincorporated area, two on tollways, two in Berwyn,
two in Park Ridge, two in Wilmette and one each
in Bartlett, Blue Island, Brookfield, Calumet City,
Country Club Hills, Evanston, Harvey, Maywood.
Oak Park and River Grove.
Due to a typographical error in tbe October issue,
the 1961 accumulated total fatalities for 1964
through September was given as 24. It should have
been 214. which compared witb 158 for the same
months this year.
ROLLO grows more boastful as tbe

RHeAMBLING
days roll by.
is fond of saying he has never been in a traffic accident.
Neither has he heard of the man without legs who
was in only one.
ing to an analysis of a r esearch study released by the
Department of Commerce's Bureau of Public Roads.
The analysis, based on an extensive study of main
rural highways, challenges the widely held assumption
that high way accidents increase in proportion to
vehicle speed.
In other words, if the average speed on a given
highway was 60 miles per hour, a vehicle moving at
40 miles per hour would have just as great a chance
to be involved in an accident a s another speeding along
at 80 miles per hour, and both would be much more
likel y to be involved in an accident than a vehicle
t r aveling at 60 miles per hour.
M. P. H. In Accidents
The actual speed of a vehicle has less to do with
the possibility of its being involved in a rural highway
accident than the difference between its speed and that
of other traffic moving in the same direction, accord-
New Laws for Illinois Drivers

M
OTORISTS applying for 1966 license plates

have learned thereby of one new Illinois law
- the act adding 50 cents to license fees to cover the
costs of reflectorized plates. But as to numerous
other new traffic laws, the Cook County Traffic Safety Commission has found drivers generally to be
poorly informed.
As one step toward public education the Commission bas introduced an up-to-date co~rse on traffic
laws. illustrated with slides, in the Driver Refresher
Seminars it conducts in cooperation with the Circuit
Court. These classes are intended primarily for pffenders who have appeared in court and who, in the
opinion of the judges, can benefit by instruction
'
but the sessions are also open to the public.
All of the new laws are in the form of amendments to the Illinois Uniform Act Regulating Traffic. Most of them are in force now; a few others
become effective next year.
Among those directly related to daily driving practices, John J. McCleverty. executive director of the
Safety Commission , listed the following:
Turn Signals. This enactment is directed at drivers who make it a practice to bUnk turn signals to
invite fellow drivers to pass, supposing it to be an
act of courtesy. The practice is prohibited and the
use of turn signals restricted to indicating turns or
movements from one lane to another.
A voidance of traffic control device. Drivers are
violators if they leave the roadway and drive over
private property. such as a shopping center, in order
to avoid obeying any traffic contro l device.
Drag Racing. One law r 2quires the Secretary of
State to r.3voke the driver's license or permit of a
person convicted of drag racing. Another new act
changes the definition of drag racing and includes
racing against time as well as competition between
two or more drivers.
Disabled vehicle. When a disabled vehicle is left
on the pavement or main traveled portion of the
highway at least one door must be unlocked to permit entrance for the purpose of releasing the brake.
In addition to the new law on reflectorized license
plates several other enactments are related to car
equipment.
Seat Belts. The Uniform Act Regulating Trafiie
has since 1956 required that all new cars sold and
registered in Illinois be equipped with seat belt anchors and since 1964 has required belts in the front
seat. The amendment, effective March 1, 1966, prohibits the operation after that date of any 1961 or
later model without front seat belts.
Backiog on controlled access highways which include expressways and tollways. Back-up movements, if possible with safety, were not previously
outlawed. The new amendment absolutely prohibits
backing on controlled access highways in any circumstances. Backing on other highways is permissible if it can be done safely and without interfering
with traffic.
Passing distance increased. This applies to overtaking and passing on two-lane roadways. The old
law stated that the passing vehicle, after crossing
the center line, must return to the right lane before coming within 100 f eet of an approaching vehicle. The amendment increases the clearance distance to 200 feet.
Passing on the right. Passing on the right side is
permitted, as previously, when the overtaken car
is about to make a left turn, when the roadway accommodates four or more moving lines of traffic or
when a one-way road is wide enough for two or
more moving lines, but makes it clear that any such
movement is permissible only when it can be made
safely. Cars parked at the curb are considered as
reducing the number of lanes open to traffic and
driving off the pavement is prohibiVzd.
Running from police. IIFleeing or attempting to
elude a police officer" is made a misdemeanor punishable by fine from $50 to $500 or imprisonment
from 10 days to six months or both. The offense
is defined as failure to stop when directed by a visual or audible signal given by a peace officer. The
signal may be given by hand, voice, siren, red or
blue ligh t and must be heeded provided the officer is
in unifonn and, if driving, in a car marked as an
official police vehicle.
Sh,ndards set for lights. One amendment, now

in effect, requires turn signals to be visible to the
r ear in normal sunlight at least 300 feet. Effective
next July 1, stop lights also must be visible to the
rear for 300 feet instead of 100 feet as in the old
Jaw. Also effective next July 1 is a requirement
for turn signals on all trailers and semi-trailers regardless of size.
ned, Amber and Blue FI!\.~hers. Effective January
1, 1966, oscillating, rotating or flashing lights will be
limited by colors to certain vehicles. Red lights are
for police cars, fire apparatus, ambulances, oversized
vchicles (on the rear) operating under state permits,
public utilities vehicles within limits of construction
projects, state vehicles within construction limits,
state cars carrying engineering crews, and state and
local snow removal equipment.
Amber lights will designate tow trucks, construction equipment other than state, highway engineering equipment, municipal emergency vehicles, public
service corporation emergency vehicles, oversized
vehicles operating under state pennit and such other
vehicles as may be authorized by local authorities.
Blue lights are authorized for police department
vehicles in cities of more than ~OO,OOO population
(Chicago) and on the front of firemen's private cars
when responding to an nlann.
An amendment effective January 1, 1966, affects
the driver licensing of minors. Formerly, if the applicant was under the age of 18, written consent of
the parents or guardian was required. The amend-
Open door prohibited. It is now illegal to open a

vehicle door on the traffic side unless it is reasonably
safe to do so and can be done without interfering
with the t raffi c movement. The door may not be left
open longer than it takes to load or unload passengers.
Ribbon Cutting on National Waterway

ISLAND turned out November 1 in oldBLUE
fashioned American styl
fire department, high
school band and cheering citizens-to celebrate completion of its newest modern type public improvement.
The project, constructed by Cook County with

federal financial assistance, consists of a high rise
bridge carrying Western Avenue over lhe CalumetSag Channel and inclined approaches from Gregory
Street on the north to 135th Street on the south.
Along with the new four-lane bridge, Blue Island
has the benefit of a by-pass designcd to relieve traffic congestion in the business district. North of the
bridge, at about Grove Street, Western Avenue is
bifurcated, the old leg continuing as the main business street of the town and the new roadway, which
is elevated over Vermont Street, running around the
business district to the east. Signal lighta control
traffic at the junction.
The new bridge is related to the federal government's program of deepening and widening the Cal
Sag Channel to increase its usefulness for commercial navigation. It is one of eight highway
bridges which the County will reconstruct or alter
to meet the new dimensions of the channel, which
eventual1y will be a link in a navigable waterway
from the Atlantic to the Gulf of Mexico.
The new bridge, which carries Western Avenue
in a straight line except for a slight deviation at
Grove Street, replaces an old structure that required
a westward curve in the avenue. Demolition of the
old bridge, also under County contract, was started
tbe same day Ule new one was ce!ebratej,
Opening day ceremonies consisted of music by the
Dwight D. Eisenhower High School band, a brief
program of speaking conducted by Mayor Richard
W. Withers and a procession of cars across the
bridge. Mayor Withers introduced the speakers in
the following o.-der:
Col. John C. Mattina, Army Corps of Engineers,
Chicago District Engineer, who thanked the people
of Blue Island for their patience during construction and announced that completion of the bridge
made it possible to start channel work at that point
next May.
President Seymour Simon, Board of Cook County
Commissioners-"There is a lesson here for all to
remember.
This project was accomplished with
cooperation on all levels of government, federal.
s late, county and city. That is the American way,"
State Senator Frank M. Ozinga-flWhen I was
elected to the state senate ten yea rs ago I started
to work for this improvement. Now I have seen
my ambition fulfilled."
Congressman Edward J. Derwinski- "This has
been a tremendous example of cooperation."
Also present were County Commissioners Jerom e
Huppert, chairman of the Board's Roads and Bridges
Committee; Willian N. Erickson, Floyd T. Fulle and
Charles J . Grupp, J.-. i four officials of the County
Highway Department, Andrew V. Plummer, superintendent; Richard H. Goltennan, assistant superintendent; Thomas G. Cots, chief engineer of con-
Wielding the Ceremonial Shears-Left to right, Col.

Mattina,
Senator
Erickson ,
pert and
Congressman Ocrwinski, Mayor Withers,

Ozinga, President Simon , Commissioner
Commissioner Grupp. Commissioner HupCommissioner Fulle.
Where Old Western Avenue and the New Elevated
Roadway to Gregory Street Join At the North Approach to the New Bridge.
strllctioD, and Sam T. Brush, administrative engineer; three engineers of the Chicago Army Engineer
District, Robert F. Leeper, chief of the engineering
division; William Santina, assistant chief, and
George S. Cairns, resident engineer of the Cal-Sag
project; Walter Po tokar, County Supervising Engineer, and Frank Spidell, County Resident Engineer; Blue Island City Clerk Earl F. Kistner and
Blue Island Aldermen Harry A. Jebsen, Lawrence
H. Witt, Salvatore Ruffolo, Raymond Rauch, John
D. Rita, Angelo Esposito, Louis D. Lombardo, Robert E. Creighton, Elmer E. Johnson, Howard E.
Heckler, Nicholas J. Splayt, John Clapeck, Clarence
Wick, and Edward Morrone.
The County did the bridge project under three
contracts. One, for the bridge itself. was awarded
to the Kenny Construction Co. at $1,533,890. Work
on the structure was started in November, 1962, and
Work Starts on 25th Avenue Overpass

T
HE BEGINNING of work on a viaduct over the

Indiana Harbor Belt railroad tracks at 25th Avenue was signaled on October 29 by a meeting on the
site between County Board President Seymour Simon and village officers of Melrose Park, Franklin
Park and River Grove.
Formerly a grade crossing. 25th Avenue has been
closed at the tracks since latc in 1957 as a result
of a series of accidents. The most serious occurred
in September of that year, when a car containing
eight young persons was struck by a train and three
were killed. The County then obtained pennjssion
of the Illinois Commerce Commission to barricade
the street.
President Simon related that a resolution providing for an overpass at ilie fonner grade crossing
was adopted by the County Board in February, 1958,
and soon afterward agreement with the IHB on the
sharing of costs was reached. The railroad, he
said, cooperated willingly. However, when the design work on the structure was completed, railroad
officials decided they would prefer to reduce the
number of tracks to be crossed instead of contributing money.
This proposal, said President Simon, was not
unfair, for by taking up eight of the 13 tracks the
length of the viaduct would be reduced and the cost
would be lowered so that the County's payment
would be about the same as under the original
agreement Under the revised arrangement, it was
necessary to redesign the structure, and delay resulted.
Contract for the viaduct was awarded by the
County Board on September 8 to Superior Concrete
Construction Co. a t $1,171,824. Preliminary work,
which the village officials witnessed October 29,
completed in June, 1964. With the bridge completed,

work on the approaches was started in July, 1964,
and finished in October of this year. Contractor
was the Orr Construction Co. at $759,280. Removal
of the old bridge, which is expected to take six
weeks, was awarded to C. W. Badger Inc. at $7,850.
The Army Engineers have divided the Cal-Sag
project into three parts. Part 1, in progress sin.ce
1955, covers widening the channel from 60 to 225
feet between Blue Island and its junction with the
Sanitary and Ship Canal. Parts 2 and 3 were also
authorized by the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1946
but have not yet been funded. The second stage
provides improvements at the east end of the channel and part 3 calls for widening a lOA-mile reach
o[ the Sanitary and Ship Canal from Sag Junction
to Lockport.
Replacement or alteration of the numerous bridges
over the channel to conform to the greater width
and the required clearance for vessels is a considerable part of the project. In the part one area are
17 highway and 12 railroad bridges. Cook County is
responsible for eight highway structures and the
State and City of Chicago for the others. The railroad bridges, including a new span at Blue Island,
RJ'e under the Corps of Engineers, with participation hy the railroads according to the benefita re-
Lower row, left to right: William N. Erickson,

County Commissioner; Oland Ray Fischer, Compo
troller of River Grove; James C. Kirie, State Repre.
sentative and Democratic Committeeman of Leyden
Township; Leonard Wasowlcz, River Grove Trustee;
George Sisko, River Grove Village Clerk; upper
row: Andrew V. Plummer, County Superintendent of
Highways; Jerome Huppert, County Commissioner,
President Seymour Simon.
includes adjustment of underground utilities and removal of an electric service pole line.
The viaduct will be four lanes in width and 25th
Avenue will be widened to four lanes between North
Avenue and Grand Avenue when the bridge is completed.
suiting to the roads in each instance.
Besides the Western Avenue bridge, the County
has completed the structure at 104th Avenue and
has almost finished those at Harlem Avenue and
Kedzie Avenue. The others on the County's list
are Ridgeland Avenue, Crawford Avenue, 127th
Street and Francisco Avenue.
The Calumet-Sag Channel Navigation Project is
intended to join two major inland water routes, one
leading to thc Mississippi River and the Gulf of
Mexico and one through the Great Lakes to the Atlantic by way of the St. Lawrence Seaway. A
pamphlet prepared by the Corps of Engineers states:
liThe connecting link bet.ween these sprawling navigation systems and the center of present construction activity is the Calumet-Sag Channel itself. Contracting sharply, both in scope and in concept with
the improveme!1t now taking place, the channel was
completed in 1922 by the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago. Constructed primarily as
a. sanit.:'1tion and drainage canal , it had two major
purposes: to provide drainage for the south side of
Chicago and to prevent pollution of Lake Michigan
by reversing the flow of the Calumet River. Extending eastward 16.2 miles from ita conJiuence witll
Illinois Accidents Studied

1965 edition of Illinois Motor Vehicle Traffic
THE
Accident facts, covering both last year and the
Farewell To Jim Holmes
preceding lO-year period, has been issued by the Illinois Division of Highways.
A high light of the decade 1955-1964 was a 22 per
cent reduction in the rate of deaths per 100 million
mHes of vehicle travel. This improvement was accomplished as vehicle registration increased 30 per
cent, the number of licensed drivers rose 29 pCI' cent
and travel mileage 32 per cent.
11here was also a 2 per cent reduction in the average
number of holiday deaths, but the remaindcr of the
10-year trends tabulation was unfavorable. The tolal
of accidents of all types increased 105 per cent and lhe
number of personal injudes, 64 per cent.
The 1964 figures under these headings were given

in round numbers 'as follows:
Jim Holmes
Vehicles registered, 4,290,000; drivers licensed , 51 440,000; billions of miles traveled, 42.52; deaths, 2,207; injuries, 134,160; total accidents, 281,160.
HE DESK at which James Holmes cheerfully perT

the Highway Department was vacated this month,
formed the complex duties of purchasing agent for
As 'b etween 1964 and 1963, reported accidents and

fatalities both Increased 9 per cent while travel increased 6 per cent. It was noted that 151 reports of
non-fataL accidents were received for each fatal accident In 1964, which compared with 152 in 1963.
with Jim on sick leave and due to go into voluntary retirement at expiration of the leave period.
His high standing with fellow employees was attested with a farewell party and the presentation of
a token of friendship. He and Mrs. Holmes plan to
go soon to California to visit their daughter and
then return to their home, 11112 South Esmond
Street, Chicago, for a life of leisure.
Jim , who is 70, came to the Highway Dpartment
in October, 1943. Previously he was a senior clerk
in the office of the Chicago city treasurer.
Cook was one of 57 counties with more deaths last

year th'an in 1963. The 1964 county tot81 was r~port
ed at 577, of which 278 ~ccurred in Chicago and 299
in the suburban area. 10 1963 the situation as between city and suburbs was reversed, with 308 deaths
in Chicago and 191 in the rest of the County.
The report separates accidents in urban localities
from those in the rural areas and makes the follow ~
ing comments:
New Laws-
"'I'hree-fifths of the motor vehicle miles traveled

in Illinois were in cities over 2,500 population. They
accounted for 82 per cent of all aecidents and 33 per
cent of all traffic fatalities.
(COntinued from Page 3)
ment raises the age to 21 except with respect to

younger persons legally emancipated by marriage. In
force since July 1, this year, is an amendment adding penalties for driving by minors under 18 at
hours when the curfew law prohibits their being on
streets or highways.
"Although less than one-fifth of all traffic accidents

during 1964 occurred in rural locations, two-thirds
of the fatal accidents were included among them."
Drivers whose operator's license is about to expire

will receive 30 days' warning under an amendment
effective next July 1. The amendment also appropriates $300,000 from the state Road Fund to
cover costs of this service.
In respect to contributing circumstances of fatal

accidents, the rural areas were worse than the cities
on reports of speeding, driving over center line, improper overtaking, passlng stop sign, following too
close, improper car lights, improper driving in general, and drinking. Drivers in 'Cities offended more
lhan those in the country in failing to yield right-ofway and disregarding traffic Signals.
Driver education in high schools is advanced by

two new acts. One provides that at least six hours
of behind-the-wheel instruction be added to the minimum 30 hOUIS of classroom work and the other restores to the Driver Education Fund tlle sum of
$5,100,000, which was transferred from that fund
to the Common School Fund in 1961.
The most frequent cause statewide of fatal accidents last year was collision between vebicles, 799.
'I'here were 344 pedestrians and 25 bicycle riders
killcd, 271 killed when vehicles ran off the road, and
248 when vehicles hit fixed objects. Railroad trains
kHled 81. Moving vehicles hitting parked cars caused
31 deaths, 24 resulted from cars overturning and two
WeTO killed when vehiclcs struck anImals,
The state's Grade Crossing Protection Fund is

increased by an act providing that the transfer from
the Motor Fuel Tax Fund be at the rate of $$100,000
a month instcad of $50,000 as previously.
HOUSES represented more than

A PARTMENT
half of the total valuation of building construc-
HE POTAWATAMI word "calumet," signifying

peace or, specifically, a pipe of peace, has been used
as a place name in Cook County from Indian times to
the modern expressway
era. Besides Calumet
Expressway, there are
at
present
Calumet
Township, the suburbs
of Calumet City a nd
Calumet Park, the Little Calumet and Grand
Calumet Rivers, Lake
Calumet, Calumet H a rbor, and the CalumetSag Channel, which is
being improved as part of a commercial water route
from the Atlantic to the Gulf.
First settlers at the mouth of the Calumet rated
ilieir location as superiior to that of the fort and
village at the mouth of the Chicago River and for
a time there was competition. When the Illinois
& Michigan Canal was projected the Calumet route
was considered along with the Chicago routc. Lieutenant Jefferson Davis, better known as president of
the Confederate States, made a government survey
in 1833 and recommended the Calumet location,
Stephen A. Douglas also approved. However, the
Chicago route was finally selected because of more
influential monied interests, or so the Calumet folks
believed. The 1. & M. Canal within the Chicago
limits has now bee!1 r eplaced by the Adlai Stevenson
'Expressway and the Calumet seteement has become
South Chicago.
In its best days, Calumet was an important point
on the stage route from Michigan City to Chicago.
The first river c rossing was by ferry, with a scale
of t.olls ranging from 121;j cents for a pedestrian t.o
$1 for a four-horse wagon .
tion projects for which permits were issued in October by the Cook
County Department of
Building and Zoning.
Altogether, 157 permits
were issued and the total of estimated costs
was $4,778,273.
Two permits covered
24 apartment buildings with a total of 384 living
units and a valuation of $2,400,000. The project is
to be erected in Maine Township. which has seen a
surge of multi-dwelling construction in recent years.
Sixty-eight permits were issued for single dwellings estimated altogether at $1,458,825. The Department, which has jurisdiction in the unincorporated area of the County, issued permits for construction of other types as follows:
Residentlal additions and alteratlons- 27 permits $65,330.
Accessory bulldlngs-34 permits, $45,238.
Business butldlngs-3 permits, ~194,930.
Business additions and alteraUons-2 permits, $13,000.
Industrial bulldlngs- 2 permits, $184,000.
IndustrIal addItions and alleratlons-6 pcrmlls, $312,000.
Wt!lIs--4 permits, $2,300.
Mlicelloneous- 9 permits, $102.650.
By townships, the permits were distributed as

follows:
Township
Barrington
Bloom
Bremen
}o;lk Gro\'e
Ha nover
Lemont
Leyden
Lyons
MaIne
Northfteld
Norwood Park
Orland
Palatine
Proviso
Rich
Schaumburg
Stick ney
Thornton
Wheeling
Worth
Ribbon Cutting(ConUnued from page 5)
the Sanitary and Ship Canal, it connects with the

Little Calumet River at Blue Island.
Pe.mlbil
1
6
4
7
5
8
4
14
18
2
4
10
4
5
2
Valuation
$
32,400
194,500
~ij:@8
lijj:=
96,725
34,500
2,~~:=
4,200
1~:~~
47,300
10
5.784
35,700
=700
116,500
1
41
1.200
860.280
In the no-fee classification, which includes

churches, farm and public buildings, five permits
were issued, all for public works in Stickney Township. No statement of costs was required.
" However, lhe original purpose for which the

channel was built has been far overshadowed by its
importance to the surging need for adequate commercial navigation in this area. By-passing the congested Chieago business district, it leads through
comparatively open country to a great concentration of industry south and east of Chicago- a region in which are located numerous steel mills, oil
refineries, cold st.orage plants, grain elevators, chemical industries and plants allied with thc heavy industries.
"Two major factors- its -dimensions and its bridge
clearances- have exerted a strangle hold on the
Calumet-Sag Channel so far as its navigation purposes are concerned. As to the former, its general width of 60 feet has proved totally inadequate
for present-day requirements. As to the latter, most
of the complex of rail and highway bridges have re-
trictive vertical and horizontal clearances, hampering the passage of waterhorne traffic. These restrictions have limited traffic to tows of one or two
harges and to small towboats with retractable pilot
houses.
UDespite these disadvantages, commercial traffic
carried over the Calumet-Sag Channel has increased
year by year from a modest 1,093,788 tons in 1946
to 6,100,000 tons in 1959. The latter figure was an
all-time record and marked an increase of 94 ,961
tons over the prece<Ung year. Beyond that figure,
competent authorities believe that further substantial increases would be impossible under existing
conditions. "
We st Leg of Dan Ryan Expre&away Beyond Halsted Street. See Page 5,
Vol. XIII No. 7
DECEMBER, 1965
COOK COUNTY HIGHWA Y$

Published by the Cook County (I If.) Department of H ighways
Frank Bob rytzke
Charles S. Bonk
Charles F. Chaplin
Gerald Dolezal
George W. Dunne
William N. Erickson
Floyd T . Fulle
Charles J. Grupp, Jr.

Jerome Huppert
Lillian Piotrowski
Ruby Ryan
Seymour Simon
Josephine B. Sneed
John J. Touhy
Kenneth E . Wilson
Andrew V. Plummer
Pu blished at Chicago Civic Center, Randolph &. Clark Streets, Chicago 60602 Telephone 321_7714
Boob of the Month
November Accidents
WENTY-FIVE persons were killed in highway
Ttraffic
accidents in the Cook County suburban
area in November, three more than in November of
last year but ten fewer than in
October this year. The accumulated total in 11 months was 220,
which compared with 260 in the
same period of 1964.
Passenger automobiles figured
in 24 fatalities. The oU,er death
was that of a 16-year-old motorcyclist who ran into a guard rail.
Collisions between two automobiles causeL nine
deaths. Automobiles killed five pedestrians, three
of them elderly women and one a boy of 7. Accidents involving automobiles and trucks killed two.
A collision between an automobile and a fire truck
resulted in one death, one motorist was killed by
a train at a grade crossing and another youth on a
motorcycle was killed by a car.
Five separate single car accidents were fatal. In
four instances cars ran off the pavement and struck
trees and in the other, a light pole.
Eight deaths occurred on roads in the unincorporated area, two in Bridgeview, two in Calumet City
and onc each in Arlington Heights, Barrington Hills,
Bellwood, Burnham, Hazelcrest, Hickory Hills,
Homewood, Maywood, Mt. Prospect, Niles, Northbrook, Northlake, and Park Ridge.
HOMER dreams like a

HAPLESS
For him, it's always summertime.
grasshopper.
That's Homer's car unprepared for winter that

yotl see stuck at the curb or in trouble on the expressways.
In addition to the 25 fatalities, 1,355 persons were

injured in 811 accidents. The figures compared with
1,313 injured in October in 826 accidents. There
were also 3,937 accidents that caused property damage only; in October, 3,785.
Through November, the accumulated total of accidents of all types was 50,213, and personal injuries, 12,634.
9, continued through Friday night, Saturday and

Sunday, and by Monday morning all hands were at
desks and drafting tables in the new quarters.
The Department occupies all of floors 27 and 28
in the lofty new City-County building. These floors
are served by a bank of elevators at the west end of
the first floor marked "23-30". Visitors will find a
receptionist at the elevator lobby on each floor.
The Department retains its central dialing telephone service, and all numbers remain the same as
in the former quarters. Themail address is Chicago
Civic Center, Randolph and Clark Streets, Chicago-;Illinois 60602.
The Department Moves

The Highway Department has moved from 130
North Wells Street to the new Civic Center. The
transfer started the night of Thursday, December
How Department Applies (PM

break-in of methods to be used in applying CPM;
immediate effectiveness was necessary if CPM was
to be of value in monitoring progress.
, To achieve this end, the construction CPM, prepared on the basis of available plans, underwent a
thorough study to develop the best methods for
implementing CPM once construction started.
Construction progress was simulated for these
CPM diagrams, problems and delays to construc~io;t
were created, changes in sequence from the onglnal CPM were anticipated and in general, an attempt was made to simulate any development that
might occur, once construction began.
This was done in order to develop procedures for
field reporting, office computer updating, and management reporting. By this intensive study, through
construction simulation on these CPM diagrams and
computer updatings of samc, a complete and detailed procedure for the construction CPM system
was evolved; it proved effective once construction
started, and has remained virtually unchanged.
An acceptable CPM diagram must, of course, contain a logical sequence of activities and reasonable time estimates. Another f actor considered of
prime importance could be termed "activity breakdown." Factors considered in this respect include
nature of work performed, type of work force required, materials necessary, physical location, and
the size of time estimate.
If the activities in the CPM diagram are broken
down to consider the above, generally a s atisfactory
diagram will result. If a diagram contains reasonable sequence and time estimates, sufficient activity
breakdown, and activity definition to provide clarification of operation, it will provide the users a good
tool for project control.
The CPM Division has attempted to make its
methods and requirements as flexible as possible so
as to permit the various contractors to submit
their CPM diagrams on the basis or in the manner
they may have become accustomed to with other
agencies.
CPM field reports from construction projects are
scheduled on a semi-monthly basis. If a project
moves well ahead of schedule, a single monthly report may suffice. These field reports are scheduled
for submittal immediately prior to the issuance of
a semi-monthly overall construction report, for upper management. It is necessary to stagger the
field reports to minimize the monopolization of computer time. The most critical projects are scheduled
for submission and updating immediately prior to
the overall report, so that the actual sequence of
project reporting varies as the status of projects
varies.
In addition to the overall status report, detailed
individual status reports are issued. This is a
working level report wherein specific work areas
are discussed, necessary action in problem areas is
outlined, scheduled starts in the immediate future
are noted, loss of float for any activities that may
become critical is outlined, etc.
It has been found necessary to maintain very
By Robert l. Hedrick
P roject
Progress
CPM
Engineer
HE DEPARTMENT'S first application of the CriT

tical Path Method to construction was begun in
with
1963
in connection
our construction responsibility on the Stevenson Expressway. CPM has been
used on virtually all our construction projects since
then.
It is our procedure to begin CPM "studies" on
the basis of preliminary location plans and proposed contract sections. Such a CPM diagram is
generally an overall diagram and is not based on
detailed individual project CPM diagrams due to
lack of detailed plans at this stage. Detailed project CPM diagrams are normally prepared on ~he
basis of preliminary plans and become more detaded
and comprehensive as plans are developed.
The construction CPM diagrams prepared by this
Department permit considerations relative to overall
scheduling, financial responsibility, personnel ass!gnments and required performance by the vanous
segments in our organization during the preconstruction phase.
The actual CPM diagram used to monitor progress on an individual project while under construction is, by contract provision, to be su?mitted
by the contractor awarded the contract. ThIS CPM
diagram must be approved by this Department to
satisfy the contract provisions. So, while the construction CPM diagrams prepared hy the Department are not used to monitor progress during
actual construction, they are necessary to virtually
all the pre-construction phases. In particular, where
a proposed contract award may be held up by delays in one or more construction phases, a construction CPM diagram is an absolute necessity to realistically assess the affect upon the construction project's contract duration.
The amount of detail for a particu1ar contract CPM
diagram prepared by this Department during the
pre-construction phase, is determined by the criticality of the particular project involved. If the
project is not critical, or does not affect another
project that is critical, a minimum of detail will
he presented in the CPM diagram at this stage.
For example: if the fabrication and delivery of
structural steel for a grade separation was obviously critical and no intermediate phase of the substructure was critical to another project, the CPM
details for the sub-structure would he kept at a
minimum in the nre-construction consideration of
this project. since the structural steel would determine the critical path.
One valuable use of construction CPM diagrams
during the pre-construction phase occurred at the
inception of our CPM program in 1963 prior to the
start of construction on the Stevenson Expressway.
This was to be our first application of CPM to
monitor construction progress. In connection with
this expressway, we were scheduled to begin construction on approximately $35 million worth of
IIcrash" construction projects in a three-month
period.
Such a program permitted no gradual
(ContInued on page 7)
Highway Construction
CONSTRUCTION work completed by
HIGHWAY
Cook County in 1965 amounted to $10,388,900;
contracts in progress at the end of the year,
$15,187,800.
Work completed included 15 primary road projects, 9,838,800, and six minor expressway jobslighting, sign installation and two landscaping COIltracts on sections of Stevenson Expressway and two
for removal of buildings from the Dan Ryan West
Leg rigbt-of-way, $550,100 in all.
Bids were received by the County Board this
month on the second stage of the Harlem Ave ue
complex of stnlctures on Stevenson Expressway and
for three grade separation structures on onc grading
section on the West Leg. Low bids on these five
ilems tOlnled $5,615,520. Contracts are expected to
be awarded in January. It is anticipated that 1966
contracts on the West Leg will amount to
$i4,000,000.
Work on the West Leg in progress at the year's
end included the following contracts:
Grading from 109th Street to 117th Street, $440,000, 60 per cent completed.
Grading from Halsted Street to 105th Street,
$679,000, 45 per cent completed.
Main drain from 107th Street to 119th Street,
$994,000, work started December 13.
11llh Slreet grade separation, $4.01,000, started
December 14..
112th Place grade separation, $567,000, started
Deccmbcr 13.
115th Slreet erade separation, $378,000, started
December l3.
Two West Leg grade separation structures were
completed in 19M- Genoa Avenue, $44.9,725, and
103rd Street, $387,360.
West Leg bids received, with contracts still to be
awarded, were:
107th and Throop Streets grade separation; low
bidder, James McHugh , $1.094,950.
119th Street grade separation; Standard Paving
Company, $193,915.
127th Street grade separation; Standard Paving
Company, $652,602.
Bridge over CalumetSag Channel; Brighton Building and Maintenance, $1,328,093.
Main drain 119th Street to Calumet-Sag Channel;
James McHugh , $1,593,906.
Grading 117th Street to 127th Street; Rossi Contractors, $482,05l.
Low bidder on the Harlem A venue work on Stevenson Expressway was J. M. Corbett, $2,859,732.
Non-expressway projects completed in the year
included:
The grade separation <If Lake Shore Drive and
Michigan Avenue at Oak Street, together with a new
bathing bench, which was completed in time for lhe
bathing season, pumping station and landscaping.
$3,471,000.
Cumberland Avenue, from Waveland Avenue to
Bryn Wawr Avenue (Kennedy Expressway), reconstructed to two 24-foot concrete roadways, with me-
1965
dian strip. curbs and gutters and collateral improvement of intersections at Irving Park Road, Montrose
Avenue and Lawrence Avenue, $1,870,000.
Grand A venue, Mt. Prospect Road to Ernst
Street, widened or reconstructed to two 22-foot bituminous pavements, with median, curbs and gutters,
driveways, sidewalks, drainage, landscaping and other
collateral work, $1,368,000.
Roselle Road project, which included improvement
of Higgins Road, Evanston-Elgin Road, and Bode
Road. Roselle from Illinois Boulevard to 836 feet
north of Evanston-Elgin (0.8148 Mile), Higgins Road
(0.3473 mile), and Evanston-Elgin, (0.3438 mile)
were improved with two 24-foot and varying widths
concrete pavement, with a median of varying width ,
curbs and gutters and drainage structures. Bode
was widened from a 30-foot to a 40-foot pavement;
$724.000.
Cottage Grove Avenue, from Sauk Trail to Lincoln Highway, two 22-foot concrete pavements, with
median, earth shoulders and other incidentals,
$553,500.
Harlem Avenue-Glenview Road, main drain on
Harlem from Golf Road to Palmgren Drive and on
Glenview Road from Greenwood Avenue to Washington Street, $375,000.
Kedzie Avenue bridge over Calumet-Sag Channel,
$688,000.
104th A venue bridge over Calumet-Sag Channel,
$473,000.
167th Street from Chicago Road to Calumet Expressway, main drain, $155,000.
Mt. Prospect Road nnd Thacker Street intersection, 22-foot crushed stone pavement widened to 42foot bituminous pavement, $4.3,000. Curb and gutter drainage structures to be constructed by City of
Des Plaines.
Pedestrian overpass on East Lake Avenue near
Longmeadow Drive, including additions and adjustments to drainage facilities, $33,000.
Pedestrian overpass on Halsted Street near 195th
Street. $26,000.
Central A venue between 107th and 109th Street
(0.1804) bituminous approaches 26 feet in width to
B&OCT railroad, $20,800.
Springingsguth Road, culvert over DuPage River
Creek, 827,000.
Cottage Grove Avenue between 138th Street and
142nd Street (0.1069) miles), bituminous approaches
to IHB and B&OCT railroads, $11,500.
Primary road projects still in progress of construction at the end of the year included:
Lee Street (0.2742 mile), Higgins Road (0.5765
mile) , and Mannheim Road (0.3066 mile), existing
20-foot and varying width pavement to be replaced
with two bituminous pavements of 24foot and varying widths, including median, a bridge widening.
storm sewers, drainage, curbs and gutters and other
related incidentals, 3 per cent completed, $362,000.
25th Avenue, grade separation over Indiana Har~
bar Belt Railroad, 5 per cent completed, $1,172,000.
Harlem Avenue bridge over Calumet-Sag Channel,
90 per cent completed, $997,000.
Pulaski Road, 95th Street to 84th Place, widening
or complete reconstruction of existing 20-foot pave-
Work Done by County Reviewed

ment to two 24-foot bituminous pavements, with median, curb and gutters, drainage structures, grading,
driveways, sidewalks, landscaping, traffic signals and
railroad protective devices; also included is collateral
improvement of 87th Street (0.402 mile) and Southwest Highway (0.236 mile), project 25 per cent complete, $834,000.
Western Avenue relocation over and adjacent to
Calumet-Sag Channel in Blue Island, 99 per cent
completed, $1,474,000.
Western Avenue, removal of old bridge over Calumet-Sag Channel, 35 per cent completed, $7,800.
South Lake Shore Drive from 59th Street to 67th
Street, construction of dual 36-foot bituminous pavement, with varying median, relocation and resurfncing of abutting streets, together with drainage, highway lighting, landscaping and other incidental work,
30 per cent completed, $1,818,000.
South Lake Shore Drive from 47th Street to 53rd
Street, construction of dual 48-foot bituminous pavement, 14-foot median, stabilized shoulders, pedestrian overpass al 51st Street, adjustment of parking
area including on and off ramps at 51st Street and
thc extension of East End A venue to 47th Street, together with grading, drainage, highway lighting,
landscaping and other incidentals, 60 per cent completed, $1,621,000.
Dundee Road from west of Elmhurst Road to west
of Milwaukee Avenue (1.56 miles) widening the existing pavement to four lanes with portland cement
concrete base course and bituminous surface, together
with curb and gutter, concrete median, channelized
intersections, storm sewers, drainage structures, traffic control signals and signs, a bridge of 37 feet, 4
inches in length and 65 feet in width; sidewalks and
other related incidentals, 3 per cent completed,
$999,000.
Central Road from Northwest Highway to Rand
Road (0.0335 miles). construction of a 44-foot bituminous pavement, with curb and gutter, storm sewers and other incidentals, 95 per cent completed,
$327.000.
Oakton Street from Nordica Avenue to Edens Expressway (1.4027 miles), widening of the existing
pavement to two bituminous roadways of 24-foot
and varying widths, with curbs and gutters, storm
sewers, traffic signals and related incidentals; also
included are two bridges to be widened; project 35
per cent completed, $782,000.
Lawrence Avenue from Prospect Avenue to Harlem
Avenue. widening of existing 20-foot pavement to
two 24-foot bituminous pavements with median, left
tllrn bays at Canfield Road, curbs and glitters, drainage structures, street returns, grading, driveways,
The Front Cover

This flying photo of construction of Dan Ryan
West Leg Expressway was made from above the
completed overpass at Genoa Avenue (99th Street)
just west of the present end of pavement at Halsted Street. At that point, the expressway line
curves from west to south. The grade separation
structure in the distance, also comnleted. is l03rd
Street. Grading i~ in progress to 117th Street.
sidewalks, landscaping, traffic signals and other collateral work; 25 per cent completed, $432,000.
Forest Preserve Avenue from Belmont Avenue to
Irving Park Road, widening of existing two-lane
pavement to four lanes with p.c.c. base course and
bituminous surface, curb and gutter, storm sewers
stabilized shoulders, median, traffic signals, and related incidentals; 2 per cent completed, $903,000.
Bu reau Of Design
Plans and specifications for structures, grading,
paving and other types of work on the Dan Ryan
West Leg Expressway and for the Harlem Avenue
complex on Stevenson Expressway were principal
accomplishments of the Design Bureau in the year.
At the year's end, the Bureau had completed plans
and specifications for the following West Leg Expressway grade separation structures: l11th Street,
112th Place, 107th and Throop Streets, 115th Street,
118th Street, 127th Street, Calumet-Sag Channel,
Pennsylvania Railroad, Rock Island Railroad and
123rd Street and the Illinois Central Railroad. Eight
other West Leg structures are currently being designed.
All preliminary paving plans on the West Leg,
including interchanges at 167th Street, 159th Street
and relocatd 147th Street were submitted to the
Illinois Division of Highways and the U. S. Bureau
of Public Roads and all but the last three sections
were approved. It is anticipated that these three
sections, extending from Kilpatrick Avenue to TriState Tollway will be approved early in 1966. Final
paving plans for sections between Halsted Street
and 127th Street and between 127th and the Tri-State
lollway are being developed.
These pavin~ contracts c:.ll for dual roadways.
three 12-foot lanes in each direction, constructed of
portland cement concrete continuously reinforced.
Plans were completed in the year for three grading
contracts in the depressed section between Halsted
and 127th Streets. Excavated material from the depressed sections is being used for fill to elevate the
expressway between Vermont Avenue and 142nd
Street.
On the primary road system, the Bureau designed
the following structures: 25th Avenue over the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad, Palatine Road o'Vcr
Elmhurst Road, Palatine Road over Milwaukee Avenue and the Des Plaines River, Oakton Street over
the North Shore Channel and pedestrian overpasses
at Halsted and 195th Streets and on East Lake A venue west of Longmeadow Drive.
The Traffic and Signal Division of the Bureau
cooperaled with the City of Chicago and TIlinois
Division of Highways in such joint endeavors as the
Expressway Surveillance Project, Chicago Area
Transportation Study and the Chicago Area Traffic
Bank. In the year the Division made 539 24-hour
machine traffic counts and 83 12-hour counts and
coded the results for the Traffic Data Count Bank.
The information obtained is used in making recommendations of geometric requirements, traffic signs
(contlnued on pa&,e 6)
1965 Highway Work Reviewed

(COntinued :trom Page 5)
approaches to stop signs. A rumbler is essentially a

pebbled surface extending 300 feet from the stop
sign. As a vehicle passes over it, an audible rumble
results, warning the driver to look for the sign.
Sixtyfive strips were constructed last year at 52
locations, two strips at twoway stops and four at
fourway stops. The Bureau also painted 68 "Stop
at Line" stripes.
Other road work done by the Bureau included
mowing and weed cutting, 1,200 miles; earth borrow
placed, 30,000 cubic yards; metal plate guard rail installed, 6,375 linear feet.
The Bureau's organization includes the permit
office, which, after investigation, issues permits for
private entrance and culvert construction, house
moving, and public utilities installations and adjust
ments. During the year, 894 permits were issued and
work perfonned under them was inspected.
and striping, and traffic signal requirements for all

highway improvements designed by the Department.
The Right-of-Way Engineering and Survey Division prepared 103 plats denoting existing and proposed right-of-way on primary roads throughout the
County as well as on the West Leg Expressway. A
total of 380 legal descriptions of property on various improvements was prepared and transmitted,
along with their respective plats, for acquisition.
Secondary Roads
Work done in the year by the Bureau of Secondary Roads and Material, which is responsible for
general repair and maintenance of the 600.75 miles
of road in the County system, was represented by
impressive figures. Included in the total are 40.49
miles of expressway frontage roads.
Snow plows and trucks spreading salt and cinders
for ice control traveled 21,937 miles. Bituminous
surface was applied on 37.12 miles of road, bituminous seal coat on 31.70 miles, and 14.62 miles were
reconstructed with pozzolanic base and bituminous
surface. The striping machine, rebtrilt for more
efficient operation, put down 581.9 miles of black and
white center line, 548.5 miles of continuous white
edge line, and 307.1 miles of yellow striping in no
passing zones.
A severe ice storm on January 23-24 followed by
near record snowfall in March made the winter the
worst in twenty years for the fighting crews. Ice
covered pavements were especially difficult to cope
with, for a wet heavy snow two days after the ice
storm double-packed the coating. Nevertheless, the
trucks carrying the cinder and salt mixture made re
peated trips and motorists sensible enough to reduce
speed were able to travel.
While snow and ice are seasonable problems. roadside litter is a year around job for the 26 patrol
Crews of the five maintenance districts. A year of
picking up after the thoughtless strewballs runs up
a labor cost of approximately $50,000, which might
be used for highway improvements.
An innovation last year was a barrier line to de
linate walkways at schools. The stripe, in yellow
paint 18 inches in width, was put down adjacent to
the pavement as a warning to motorists to expect
children on foot on the road shou lder. This program,
which will be continued in the coming year, started
with 4.5 miles striped. In addition 213 school cross
walks were painted.
Last year was also the first full season of solid
white striping at both edges of the pavement. Edge
striping, intended to guide drivers at night and in
fog, was started in a limited way in 1964 and last
year was made standard practice.
Land Procurement
The Department's Land Procurement Division had
two principal tasks early in the year; (1) consum
mating the remaining acquisitions on Stevenson Expressway and (2) assembling preliminary data for
acquiring properties necessary for construction of
the West Leg.
Because of preliminary work necessary, only 88
parcels were acquired, at a total of $704,966. However, 280 parcels were processed in accordance with
policy and procedure and advanced to the State's At
torney's office for closing. In addition, 137 parcels
are currently being appraised and it is an,ticfpated
tlIat all will be given to the State's Attorney by late
,January 1966.
Right-ofway acquisition policies and procedure
saw changes made in 1965. Wbile these changes increased work for the Land Procurement personnel,
they provided additional benefits to property owners
and their tenants. The most significant innovations
were the providing of Relocation Advisory Assistance
and the paying of costs of moving displaced persons'
personal property.
On May 14, 1965, Governor Kerner signed a hili

that authoriied payment of moving expenses not to
exceed $200 in the case of home owners, tenants, oc
cupants or other individuals and not to exceed $3,000 in the case of business establishments. Formerly,
such expenses had to be borne by the affected
parties.
The purpose of the Relocation Advisory Assistance is to aid displaced families in finding new homes
or comparable rental units close to the property
the Department is acquiring. This entails a listing
of available rental units as well as homes for sale.
Frequently, owners are interested in obtaining vacant
property so they may repurchase homes marked for
demolition and move them to new locations.
The Bureau's Sign Shop produced and installed

9,500 traffic signs of various types in the year. Approximately 15 per cent were replacements for signs
ruined by vandals.
The Department has found the new procedure a

valuable medium of good public relations. People
negotiating for sale of their properties to the County sincerely appreciate the relocation assistance and
the payment of moving ~QBtII.
Last year was the twelfth in which the Departinstalled rumhle strips to ajert drivers at
!llen~ l!a~
How (PM Is Applied
Building Permits
(COntinued from page 3)
ERMITS FOR building construction estimated to

P
cost $3,563,831 were issued in November by the
County Department of Building and Zoning, which
close liaison between the CPM Control Division and

the Construction Bureau personnel on the various
projects under construction.
The original CPM
schedules, as submitted, may contain many sequences which are a matter of choice, not absolute
necessity. For instance: the sequence of pier construction on an elevated structure may be altered
slightly, reversed, or portions undertaken concurrently, and in fact any of these possibilities may be
necessary due to developments after the start of
construction.
The possible and necessary changes in sequence in
a complex highway construction project are too
numerous to possibly anticipate or provide for completely prior to the start of construction. Generally,
if our requirements regarding activity breakdown,
outlined previously, arc met, this provides the best
chance of a workable CPM diagram for the duration of the project.
There are cases where sequence changes are by
necessity so extensive and involved, that a new CPM
schedule must be submitted by the contractor. Such
an eventuality is provided for in the contract.
The Department feels that changes to an original
CPM diagram in the course of a project are inevitable and that so long as a CPM diagram remains workable, through interpretation and changes,
can accurately reflect the progress of a project and
can be used with a degree of confidence by all
concerned in scheduling future work, calling for a
new CPM diagram is not necessary. In fact, the
record on the original CPM diagram of the changes
made, both by choice and by necessity, are an ex
cellent documentation of ultimate project progress
and a valuable record for future projects.

I t-<r
The 201 fee permits
V'
included 95 for single
dwellings estimated at a
---total $2,058,467, and
I.II'~
three
for apartment
buildings, $91,600. The
apartments, with a total of nine units, are projected
for Stickney Township.
In the no - fee classification, which includes
churches, public and farm buildings, a permit was
issued to the Advent Lutheran Church, Hanover
Township, for a new building valued at $750,000.
In addition to residential, fee permits were issued
for other types of construction as follows:
::
Residential additions and alterallons--32 permits, $ll5,654.

Accessory bulldings--47 pennlls, $66.628.
Business bulLdings-3 permits, $105.000.
Business addiUons and allcratlons-2 permits, $51,050.
Industrial bulldlngs-2 permits, $198,000.
Industrial additions and alterattons- l permit, $23,000.
Wells 7 pennlts, $7,400.
Tndlvldual septic systems--3 permits, $7,600.
Mlscellaneous--6 permits, $87,432.

follows:
]'ownslll l)
BarrIngton
Bloom
Bremen
Elk Grove
Lemont
Leyden
Lyons
Maine
Northncld
Norwood Park
Orland
Palatine
Palos
Rich
SChaumburg
Stickney
Thornton
Wheeling
Worth
A normal consideration in establishing a contract
duration, is to allow, if possible, a certain amount

of time for normal delay beyond normal, minimum,
contract duration. Where this is done, theoretically
when the contractor prepares his CPM diagram,
this amount of time will be available after all the
activities are shown in his diagram. This Departm ent encourages that, whereon total time, less that
allowablc, is arrived at by the contractor, he submits as is. 'Ve automatical1y insert in every computer run a "plug" for total allowable contract
time. Then, if a lesser time is presented in the
contractor's CPM diagram, the computer run will
indicate an amount of Hproject float" for those activities on the critical path and only the "total time
plug" will have zero float. The adValltage to this
procedure is that the contractor need not guess
where he will be delayed and increase his estimate
in those areas; we do not have to approve his
guesses. The amount of "total project float" is
available to any activity throughout the duration
of the contract.
The CPM Control Division attempts to channel
its actions and its emphasis on a management by exception basis, and through its reports to all levels,
concentrate the Department's attention and efforts
where needed most.
}'erm lh
1
12
1
12
15
5
43
3
4
16
2
7
16
1
38
5
Valuation
$ 40,800
89,743
30,800
325,100
5,000
49,150
197,150
63~:~~
74,400
72.032
167,850
122,800
1,600
72,900
216,154
19,200
582,800
102,000
In addition to the church permit, nine no-fee permits were issued for public sewerage work in Stickney, for which no statement of value was required.
William MacSteven
William MacSteven, 69, supervisor of road maintenance in the Des Plaines District, died November
29. He had been employed by the Department since
February, 1935. His home was at 1214 Washington
Street, Evanston, and at one time he was an Evanston alderman. He is survived by his widow Martha'
a daughter, Mrs. Scott Fraser of DeKalh: and on;
grandson.
Victor A Taddeo
Victor A. Taddeo, 58, a rodman, employed by the
Highway Department since May, 1959, died November
30. He is survived by his widow, Minnie; a daughter ,
Mrs. Louis Cruciotti, and three grandchildren. The
family home is at 912 North 24th Avenue, Melrose
Park.

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COOK COUNTY HIGHWAYS

Vol. VII No. 8

Janua ry, 1960

COO K COUNTY HIGHWAYS

Published at 130 North Wella Street, Chica,o G.

Boob of the Month

Stream plans in Conflict

FREDDIE thinks the direction signals

And some day he may catch on how to ope.rate them.

More Accidents, But Fewer Dead

The more significant

Board of County Comml ..lonen

N RESPECT to lire nnd limb, highways in suburban

Safety Coun cils Active

property was dn m l~~oo to the extent of 100, and lhe

Where Accidents Occurred

IIII' fir)' lILLI,

,\ ~rh l <!- nl.

$74,826,000 for Xways on 1960 Program

Total estima ted eosls, $465.000.

Ave. to Trl-S t llte Tollwlly-Slgnlng.

South Ro ute West Leg:

More than half the expr essway total is for county

TOlal estimated costs,

IOOlh Street Inlerl'hllnge-1"hree h lgh"'IlY grade sepllfllll<lna.

County's assignment will be com pleted by the end of

this year- the two and one-qua r ter miles between

Onlumet l\ill ~erl' :

Total estimated costs, $1,060,000.

13l1th SI. to 167th St.-LIghting.

Calumet: ToL.'l.J estimated costs, 8585,000.

In the section north of 69th St. to 63rd, the County

Kingery E."PIO!8SWIl} to WlJl Count}' IIntL-SIgnlng.

Sout.hwe!'<t !lo IlIe: Total estimated costs, 8950,000.

St Oll)' Island : TolaJ estimated costs, $4,146,000.

Edens: Total estima ted costs, 8320,000.

Two Big Interchanges

Lowrence Ave. to UUno ls TOllwll)' Ilt Dun<1ee Rd.-Sig n ing

The Mannheim Rd. relocation project appears on Ule

Finishing touches will he given the Northwest Ex

Primary Road Proiects

N orthwest: Tota l estimated costs, $5,195,000.

Among the primary road cons truction jobs li sted Jor

114 Primary Road Projects Are Also Listed

Pla ns fo r Channel Jobs

Grade Separ;ltion at 75th Street, One of 51)( Com.

Appropriation is made in the Ilmount of $200.000

Start on East Lake Avenue

In addition to those mentioncd above, construction

A s lart is to be made all lhe extension of Eas t Luke

CRN-rltAL A VE.-CA1lPE."'IT~;n no., Chleugo ana Lincol nwood

tracks, a bridge over the North Branch and a pumping

On Plllatine Rond, which is being developed IlS lhe

WEST IlAJ{TI.},.'TT RO .. unlm;<lrllOr uted o.rea~H~on$ tl"U ctlon

Cen tral Avenue between 95th and 97th Streets is

50 Million Miles a Day

WENTY-ONE persons were killed ill December in

on the go in Chicago and the 30-mile

calls for astronomical figures.

1959 Accidents(COntinued from PlIge 3)

of it practical. In mnny instances, the local councils

40 Pedestrians in Death Total

Long Career Is Ended

Cook County Highway