NEW SERVICE ABOUT MARCH 15
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G. N. Britton Trustee at Westchester, Speaks Before LaGrange Business Men's Association
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G. N. Britton, a trustee of the recently incorporated village of Westchester and the man in charge of the extension of the third rail systems, was guest of honor at the LaGrange Business Men's Association Monday noon.  After the luncheon served at the Green Shutters, Mr. Britton was introduced and told something of the work that is being done in the new village.

"So far there have been about two hundred thousand dollars spent in extending the third rail system," he said, "and we expect to have regular service about the middle of March as far south as Roosevelt road."

The viaduct has been cut under the Illinois Central tracks and the rails laid to Roosevelt road.  Rails are laid south of the road for a little distance but the contractor is waiting for permission from the state before crossing the highway.

Br. Britton said that "dreaming with one eye open", he could see great building activity at Westchester early in the spring but this would all be individual purchasers of property and not a program of wholesale building on the part of the promoters of the project.

Three stations are now being built for the new line -- Bellwood, Harrison street and Roosevelt road.  When Mr. Britton was asked when the line would be extended further south and west he replied frankly that he did not know as that would doubtless depend on the sale of vacant property and the development of the property already sold.  It is the policy of the subdividers to plat and put on the market a small section of land; then market a small section of the land; then when that is pretty well sold out, put on another subdivision and so on rather than scatter the sales efforts over a wider territory.

Mr. Brittton explained that the entire village had been zoned with definite business district and provision has also been made for playgrounds parks and public buildings, the subdividers looking ahead to the time when this will be a city of many thousand people.

Has a Model Camp

Mr. Britton has charge of the camp where some two hundred workmen are given accommodations and he invited the members of the association to visit the camp at any time.  It is located just north of the Illinois Central tracks east of LaGrange-Mannheim road.

The camp is really a model of convenience and comfort.  The old farm house is used as an office and the big barn was renovated and converted into a bunk house. It is well heated night and day and double-tier bunks on the first and second floors accommodate over two hundred men.  The only other large building is the mess hall and kitchen, portable garages being used for all the other purposes.  Commissary, pump house, tool house, bath house and other requirements are taken care of in these portable buildings which will be sold and moved later on when the construction camp no longer needs them.

The dining room and kitchen are models of cleanliness and the most fastidious person could sit down to a meal with the knowledge that he is getting good food that is prepared in a model, sanitary kitchen.  A well was dug which provides not only an ample supply of water fro the camp but it can probably supply the village for the first few years.

The camp has been feeding about two hundred men a day for several months and they are well cared for in every way.  Mr. Britton has had charge of construction work and construction camps for many years and knows how to handle a large organization of this kind to advantage.  Visitors area welcome at the camp at any time.