Du Page answering call for 911

Du Page County residents were soundly approving a plan Tuesdayto install a countywide 911 emergency service system.

In voting by Du Page residents in both incorporated towns andunincorporated areas, incomplete returns showed a vote of 45,686 to36,768 in favor of a 50-cent monthly surcharge to pay for the system.

Some 28 suburbs also were asked to approve 911 service onTuesday.

In most of the communities, residents were voting on whether toinstall "enhanced" service, which immediately provides the emergencydispatcher with the caller's address and phone number.

Suburban officials thought the service's obvious benefits andrelatively small costs - …