The story of StreatorBeing an account of the growth of its institutions civic, social and industrial, with special reference to its manufacturing and business interests; together with an outline of its early history and life sketches of some of its leading citizens . ces, Mr. Plumbhas averted the expense and inconvenience oftorn up streets by putting in a complete sewersystem in advance. Every street is i^rovidedwith a sewer and every house has access to it. Though only recently placed on the market,a half dozen substantial homes have been builtand occupied. There are many inquiries, andno dou


The story of StreatorBeing an account of the growth of its institutions civic, social and industrial, with special reference to its manufacturing and business interests; together with an outline of its early history and life sketches of some of its leading citizens . ces, Mr. Plumbhas averted the expense and inconvenience oftorn up streets by putting in a complete sewersystem in advance. Every street is i^rovidedwith a sewer and every house has access to it. Though only recently placed on the market,a half dozen substantial homes have been builtand occupied. There are many inquiries, andno doubt it will be only a short time until this the purchaser. It is that policy pursued forover forty years that has made Streator a townof home owners. Under it forty-two additionsto Streator have been laid out by Mr. Plumband over 2,500 lots sold, not one of which hasbeen the cause of dispute between buyer andseller, or the subject of adverse forfeiture. expects to continue doing business to theend of the chapter on these lines; and invitesattention to Central Park Addition, which hethinks is the best of all the offerings he hasmade to Streator in his forty years of real es-tate transactions. TRi: sTonv OF 123 o UJ Ou COCOUJ z CO 02cyoZ o 02. (B • § 5 ^^ co be a i- - i_ -^ X w ^ CO O r T- - - ij — oj* — ^ — — S S3 ^ >•- = ?; o - r r = 8o ^ j^ c ^ X ^ 3^ cc r. a .5 to a -^ ^ X S s^ - *- ^, ?J -^j far ^ c i i « „ .2- a t- ^ r^ ?r o ^ t* =..^ g aa a 03 -a oC3 be a .r r- a «?« £ g a ^3 124 THE STORY OF STREATOR. FOREST C PETTINGELL, WHOLESALER OF FLOUR AND FEED Forest C. Pettiugill, the wholesale flour,feed and hay man, is a name familiar to the cityof Streator and is associated closely with thecitys activities. Mr. Pettiugill was born in Newburyport,Massachusetts, where he passed the earlieryears of his life and where he still has someproperty interests, but to him, as to a greatnumber of New Englands sons, then and now,the cry and promise o


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