1956/01/25: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.104978)
Date: January 25 1956Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. He's glad to hear of progress on buildings. He is sorry to hear of several deaths: Martin Carroll, Joe Burgee and John Holabird. He is aware of discussion about the new tollway. Being able to acquire several miles of right-of-way at once, should make the highway department be sensitive to positioning it favorably to Morton Arboretum. He has landscape sketches from Wagstaff to make the Lake Forest place nearly maintenance-free. In the plan could an Alpine currant hedge substitute for some of the yews? Parking spaces need to be longer and longer as the American cars are getting so much bigger. There were compliments about Godshalk's talk at the Shade Tree Conference.
Extent: 3 sheets
1956/04/09: Edward H. Baker to Sterling Morton (3.104989)
Date: April 9 1956Creator: Baker Jr., Edward H.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Edward H. Baker to Sterling Morton, in reply to his letter of April 5, 1956. The course of the toll road is roughly as Morton wanted, but there is no final agreement yet. There are several problems. The cloverleaf will permit exit and entrance from the east only. The turnoff curve as proposed will take too much land. Morton is proposing that Rte 53 will be four lanes under the tollway. The Highway commission will only put in a tunnel under an existing road [Rte 53] and not under the proposed tollway to access the Lacey land . There have been no discussions of land acquisition or right-of-way, none of which is the domain of the State Highway Engineers. He contemplates a visit in Springfield with the Chief of the State Highway section, but doubts the success there. Also he mentioned DuPage County Representative, John King, but this is an election year. For the property south of the tollway, Baker has several ideas which he will discuss the next time he and Morton can meet.
Extent: 3 sheets
1956/09/22: Clarence E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton (3.104994)
Date: August 22 1956Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Clarence E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton, updating him on construction. The fire door between the existing building and the new building will not be delivered in time for the dedication. The rest will be ready for [September] 27th. Laboratory work is nearly complete. The service drive to the greenhouses and the service entrance to the new wing is complete. The overhead door installers will be trying a new spring to solve that problem at South Farm. Mr. Price has finished trimming, removing and relocating 427 trees for $520. Godshalk details the amounts paid to Ralph Miller, Sharpless and Price for this work. The Toll Road Commission bore three test holes where the lake would be. They struck rock at 28 feet and the soil is silt and gravel. They struck water at 9 feet, so the new lake might fill on its own with water to the level of the river. Howard Fisher will check with experts. The men are removing Dutch elm trees as fast as they show signs. He comments that the beetles are likely carried by the wind. He is anxious for the labs to be finished so he can begin some experiments. Argonne Laboratory might partner with them to trace circulation in trees with radioactive materials.
Extent: 2 sheets
1957/08/12: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.105032)
Date: August 12 1957Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk,delighted to hear of the progress at Morton Arboretum this summer. He mentioned that, unlike Godshalk who was pleased to see deer up north, in California deer are a pest, eating well watered garden plants. He likes the new contaflex and is considering buying one duty free in Shannon, Ireland. He suggests that Godshalk would enjoy seeing some of the gardens in Europe. He likes the relationship that Godshalk has established with the highway department. Exchanging large tree removal for permitting crushing and washing equipment seems a good deal. He's sorry to hear that the large elm near Lake Marmo seems to be diseased. He is willing to authorize the purchase of a more powerful sprayer if that would help. He suggests that Godshalk talk with the "salt treatment expert in the Chicago office" when he's ready to begin road building. "It has been found that salt added to the foundation of black top roads has a very good effect." The same with gravel roads. He is uncertain where the "new river bridge" might be, but he sees it as a good location to haul trees for the border of the road. That will help compact the gravel before eventually adding the black top. He laments news of Dutch elm disease in Hinsdale and Lake Forest.
Extent: 2 sheets
Northern Illinois Toll Highway Parcel No. E-2-23, Morton Arboretum, Section 2 & 3, T. 38N., R.10E. of the 3rd P.M., DuPage County, Illinios (3.5378)
Date: November 1 1956Creator: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Type: Map
Description:Area surveyed, 24.679 acres, shows interchange of East-West Tollway and Route 53. Includes notes in colored pencil.
Extent: 1 sheet
Milton Township Proposed Zoning (3.5379)
Date: August 1956Creator: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Type: Map
Description:Flood crest elevations of the Oct.1954 flood are given.
Extent: 1 sheet
Northern Illinois Toll Highway Parcel No. E-2-25, Morton Arboretum, Section 1 & 2, T.38N., R. 10E. of the 3rd P.M., DuPage County, Illinois (3.5381)
Date: January 24 1957Creator: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Type: Map
Description:Shows four tracts of Arboretum land, comprising 39.53 acres, surveyed for the East-West Tollway and Finley Road.
Extent: 1 sheet
Northern Illinois Toll Highway Parcel No. E-2-25, Morton Arboretum, Section 1&2, T.38N., R. 10E. of the 3rd P.M., DuPage County, Illinois (3.5382)
Date: January 24 1957Creator: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Type: Map
Description:Shows four tracts of Arboretum land, comprising 39.53 acres, surveyed for the East-West Tollway and Finley Road. Areas are outlined in colored pencil.
Extent: 1 sheet
Plat of Survey, North-South Tollway, Parcel NS-06-002.1 (3.5404)
Date: May 12 1986Creator: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Type: Map
Description:"Property shown… in Section 1, Township 38 north, range 10 east of the third principal meridian, DuPage County, Illinois."
Extent: 1 sheet
Hidden Lake Forest Preserve [site survey, ecological reconstruction, ecosystems/ecological value, slope, hydrology, soils, minerals, cultural improvements, and neighboring land use] (3.5833)
Date: circa 1975Creator: Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Type: Map
Description:Subtitle above is summary of sheet-titles. A portion of this land parcel is leased by the Arboretum as a part of the Illinois State Toll Highway agreement of 1985. For a representation of the area leased, see DuPage County. Forest Preserve District. Hidden Lake Forest Preserve ... Arboretum-Forest Preserve District cooperative research program space study (SURV:B VI (c) 1).
Extent: 9 sheets stapled
Hidden Lake master development plan (3.5834)
Date: 1980sCreator: Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Type: Plan
Description:A portion of the Forest Preserve land parcel is leased by the Arboretum as a part of the Illinois State Toll Highway agreement of 1985. For a representation of the area leased, see DuPage County. Forest Preserve District. Hidden Lake Forest Preserve ... Arboretum-Forest Preserve District cooperative research program space study (SURV:B VI (c) 1).
Extent: 1 sheet
Hidden Lake Forest Preserve: proposed site & grading plan (3.5835)
Date: July 1 1983Creator: Ralph F. Gross & Son Associates, Inc.
Type: Map
Description:A portion of the Forest Preserve land parcel is leased by the Arboretum as a part of the Illinois State Toll Highway agreement of 1985. For a representation of the area leased, see DuPage County. Forest Preserve District. Hidden Lake Forest Preserve ... Arboretum-Forest Preserve District cooperative research program space study (SURV:B VI (c) 1).
Extent: 1 sheet
North-South Tollway drainage plan, Contract CIP-615, McDonough Associates, Inc. (3.5857)
Creator: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Type: Map
Description:Sheets numbered DR-5--DR-7 and DR-14--DR-16. Shown in these drawings are the roadway plans for the North-South Tollway between Sta. 1152-1195 and Sta. 7558+30-7600+50; adjacent portions of the East-West Tollway are also included. The roadways are located along the south boundary of the Arboretum.
Extent: 6 sheets stapled
North-South Tollway [engineering drawings] Contract D6, McDonough Associates, Inc. (3.5858)
Creator: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Type: Map
Description:Sheets numbered 44-46, 51-54, 66-68, and 73. CONTENTS:--Roadway plans Sta. 1152-1195 and Sta. 7529-7585+50. --Roadway profiles Sta. 1155-2000.--Ramp NW profile Sta. 58-73+30.
Extent: 11 sheets stapled
North-South Tollway--East-West Tollway interchange. [Contractor] Envirodyne Engineers, Inc. (3.5859)
Date: May 1985Creator: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Type: Map
Description:Drawings include roadway plans, sheets 1-3 and roadway profile drawings, sheets 4-12.
Extent: 12 sheets stapled
North-South Tollway preliminary alignment (Ogden Avenue-Butterfield Road. Contractor) Envirodyne Engineers, Inc. (3.5860)
Date: February 21 1985Creator: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Type: Map
Description:Aerial survey with the preliminary alignment of the North-South Tollway with the East-West Tollway drawn in.
Extent: 2 sheets stapled
North-South Tollway preliminary plans [by] Envirodyne Engineers. Aerial photography by Aero-metric Engineering, Inc., photogrammetric engineers. (3.5861)
Date: March 1 1986Creator: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Type: Map
Description:Sheets numbered: "Drawing 1[-12] of 12," aerial photographs on which the roadway has been drawn in. Sheets 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11 are accompanied by roadway profiles numbered 3a, 5a, 7a, 9a, and 11a. Cover title. "Appendix A". Aerial survey made in November 1984.
Extent: 18 sheets
[Topographic map of the southern boundary area of the Arboretum showing the North-South Tollway right-of-way] (3.5862)
Date: October 1985Creator: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Type: Map
Extent: 10 sheets stapled
Morton Arboretum berm, plan and profile, Sta. 1157 to Sta. 1193. [Contractor] Vollmer Associates, consulting engineers (3.5863)
Date: May 1986Creator: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Type: Map
Description:A preliminary proposal. For the topographic configuration of the berm actually developed see Tyznik, Anthony. A berm detail… (SURV:A III (c) 1).
Extent: 4 sheets stapled
North-South Tollway plan: Section D-7a, Sta. 1180 to Sta. 1260 [by] PRC Consoer Townsend, design section engineer (3.5864)
Date: June 1986Creator: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Type: Map
Description:Sheets are stamped: "Preliminary plans, subject to revision".
Extent: 7 sheets stapled
Existing and proposed watersheds, North-South Tollway plan (3.5865)
Date: March 1 1986Creator: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Type: Map
Description:The principal title above appears in ms. added to drawing 6 in the State Toll Highway Authority's aerial survey on which the plan for the North-South Tollway was drawn in (See BOUND:C III (c) 1). Watershed features are also drawn in in this work which appears in 3 sheets labelled in ms.: drawing no. 88-89, and 91.
Extent: 3 sheets stapled
North-South Tollway interchange sketches [by] Envirodyne Engineers (3.5866)
Date: March 1 1986Creator: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Type: Map
Description:Cover title. "Appendix B".
Extent: 1 volume (var paging)
North-South Tollway bridge sketches [by] Envirodyne Engineers (3.5867)
Date: March 1 1986Creator: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Type: Map
Description:Cover title. "Appendix C". The vol. is stamped "Preliminary".
Extent: 1 volume (var paging)
North-South Tollway exhibits [by] Envirodyne Engineers (3.5868)
Date: March 1 1986Creator: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Type: Map
Extent: 1 volume (var paging)
North-South Tollway, Ogden Avenue & East-West Tollway interchange, mile post 19.0 to mile post 20.7; Contract C. I. P. 615, McDonough Associates, Inc., design section engineer. (3.5869)
Date: February 9 1987Creator: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Type: Map
Description:CONTENTS: v.1, Roadway
Extent: 1 of 5 volumes
North-South Tollway, Ogden Avenue & East-West Tollway interchange, mile post 19.0 to mile post 20.7; Contract C. I. P. 615, McDonough Associates, Inc., design section engineer. (3.5870)
Date: February 24 1987Creator: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Type: Map
Description:Contract requirements for Contract CIP-615, North-South Tollway roadway, bridge, tunnel, and ramp toll plaza construction.
Extent: 1 volume
North-South Tollway, Ogden Avenue & East-West Tollway interchange, mile post 19.0 to mile post 20.7; Contract C. I. P. 615, McDonough Associates, Inc., design section engineer. (3.5871)
Date: February 9 1987Creator: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Type: Map
Description:CONTENTS: v. 2, Specialties and standard drawings
Extent: 1 of 5 volumes
North-South Tollway, Ogden Avenue & East-West Tollway interchange, mile post 19.0 to mile post 20.7; Contract C. I. P. 615, McDonough Associates, Inc., design section engineer. (3.5872)
Date: February 9 1987Creator: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Type: Map
Description:CONTENTS: v.3, Cross-sections
Extent: 1 of 5 volumes
North-South Tollway, Ogden Avenue & East-West Tollway interchange, mile post 19.0 to mile post 20.7; Contract C. I. P. 615, McDonough Associates, Inc., design section engineer. (3.5873)
Date: February 9 1987Creator: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Type: Map
Description:CONTENTS: v.4, Structures
Extent: 1 of 5 volumes
North-South Tollway, Ogden Avenue & East-West Tollway interchange, mile post 19.0 to mile post 20.7; Contract C. I. P. 615, McDonough Associates, Inc., design section engineer. (3.5874)
Date: February 9 1987Creator: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Type: Map
Description:CONTENTS: v. 5, Warrenville Road bridge
Extent: 1 of 5 volumes
North-South Tollway roadway plans, mile post 20.70 to mile post 22.28; Contract CIP-616, PRC Consoer Townsend … design section engineer (3.5875)
Date: February 12 1987Creator: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Type: Map
Description:CONTENTS: pt.1, Roadway plans
Extent: 1 of 5 volumes
North-South Tollway roadway plans, mile post 20.70 to mile post 22.28; Contract CIP-616, PRC Consoer Townsend … design section engineer (3.5876)
Date: February 24 1987Creator: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Type: Map
Description:[Contract requirements] North-South Tollway roadway and bridge construction, M.P. 20.70 to M.P. 22.28, Sta. 1190 to Sta. 1260.
Extent: 1 volume
North-South Tollway roadway plans, mile post 20.70 to mile post 22.28; Contract CIP-616, PRC Consoer Townsend … design section engineer (3.5877)
Date: February 12 1987Creator: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Type: Map
Description:CONTENTS: pt.2, Cross-sections
Extent: 1 of 5 volumes
North-South Tollway roadway plans, mile post 20.70 to mile post 22.28; Contract CIP-616, PRC Consoer Townsend … design section engineer (3.5878)
Date: February 12 1987Creator: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Type: Map
Description:CONTENTS: pt.3, Structures
Extent: 1 of 5 volumes
North-South Tollway roadway plans, mile post 20.70 to mile post 22.28; Contract CIP-616, PRC Consoer Townsend … design section engineer (3.5879)
Date: February 12 1987Creator: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Type: Map
Description:CONTENTS: pt.4, Structures: steel girder alternate
Extent: 1 of 5 volumes
North-South Tollway roadway plans, mile post 20.70 to mile post 22.28; Contract CIP-616, PRC Consoer Townsend … design section engineer (3.5880)
Date: February 12 1987Creator: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Type: Map
Description:CONTENTS: pt.5, Structures: concrete box alternate
Extent: 1 of 5 volumes