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~eptember 28, 1928 WILME"TTE LIFE 45 { NORTH SHORE } lmnprovemments Big Feature · Chandler Dealer of Pierce-Arrow 36 Model Reports Big Gain In line with Pierce-Arrow's policy of coi1tinual betterment of current models, as opposed to the uyearly model" plan, a notable group of improvements has been incorporated in the Company's larger type of car, the big Series 36 Dual-Valve Model. James G. Barber of Evanston, North Shore distributor, is now exhibiting these latest examples of PierceArrow's handcraftsmanship. "This latest Series 36 with its Pullman~like road qualities now carries engine refinements which have greatly increased its power, its performance and its quietness and smoothness in action," says Mr. Barber. "Improvements likewise have been made in the Isotta-Fraschini type of four-wheel brakes which give far easier and more positive control over the remarkable power performance." Cars Idle Sunday North Shore Highway First to Be Widened-Stretch of Nine Miles Is Completed Mark down a new achie,·emcnt for · the north shore. A forty foot motor pavement of nine consecutive miles, the first big job of road widening in Cook County, is an accomplished fact and it is . to be found on none othc>r than the famous \Vaukcgan road. The forty foot strip extends from a point just north of Touhy avenue to another point one mile north of the village of 1\orthbrook. The contractors ha\'e completed the work and it is said that the highway department '""'11 open the wide thoroughfare for traffic t omorrow . The fact that Waukegan road wa.s chosen for this first big improvement is recognition of the importan ce :)f thi s north and south artery. \\ aukegan road long has been a busy traffic tJ,oroughiarc, being one of only a couple of arteries of entry to Chicago from the north. Traffic on Sundays when this highway was a two lane affair ha s been more than congested. Something had to be do ne and the Countv hoard has taken the big step. Highway Men to Watch· Traffic Higlnvay otiicials \viii keep a watchful ey~ on \Vaukegan road for several months nO\\' that 1t has been widen'ed because this road building job will, sen·e as a demonstration of what a forty foot highway will do in the way of carrying~ traffic with safety and speed. 1Lis believed that the four lane highway will solve the big problem. One defect in the continuous stretch of 40 foot pa \·ement remains. That is at the overhead crossing of the North \Vestern railway near Techny. The overpass remains at a two lane width, but the approach has beeo paved. 1\ext spring the roadway of the bridge will be widened to conform with the continuous width of pavement. Another shortcoming of the new pave 111ent line is the crossing of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railway tracks at Golf, just north of Morton Grove. This crossing is made at grade, but the pavement is held at 40 feet in width. Negotiations for the separ c1tion of the grades are under way, and ordinarily .administrative officials would wait until that question was settled before proceeding with the work. Big Capacity Increase The old Waukegan road was credited with a capacity of up to 22,000 vehicles a day. The new width will provide a capacity of over 55,000 cars a. day, in the estimation of traffic en.., gmeers. Another important highway development is announced. After a delay of several years the state highway de !)artment has put under contract the construction work necessarv to connect the Northwest highway ~ith the villag-e of Des Plaines. The highway was built by Cook county as far as Barrington a number of years ago and wa; taken over by the state as highwav 19 of the Illinois system. Necessitv for more road facilities to reach Arlingt.on track this year spurred the state to action, and consruction g-ang-s are now nearing completion of the pavement from the dead end of the Northwest highway t~ Des Plaines. Do you drive your car on Sundays? That's the question one north shore autoist asked another the other day and the answer was: "No, the old bus remains in the garage on Sundays." ,\11 of which brings out anoth er question which is mighty intere sting not only to drivc1·s of cars, but to almost everybody. This is: \Vhat would happen on the highways of the north shore if every owner of a car drove on Sunday? One driver ~ answered that as well as any other might when he said: "\\'c might get back in time for breakfast before going to work Monday morning. It would be interesting to know just how many cars are not. used on Sundays. A guess that fifty percent stay in t-he garages might not be out of line. in Sales Over 1927 Chandler's new tine of sixes and eights has resulted in big gains over the corresponding period of last year, according to Tom Hay and Son of Evanston, dealers. "September will · register a 128 per cent gain in sales over the volume booked during the same months in 1927," says Tom Hay. It has been generally proven true in the automobile industry, that the greatest buying trend has been shown during the fint six months of any year. Nevertheless, this does not prove true with Chandler this year. So great has been the buying interest in the new Sixes and Eights, that Chandler's sales for July, August and September will far exceed the entire volume booked by the compan:v for the first six months of 1928. Chevrolet Sedan and Truck Travel Endurance Route News of the conclusion of what was one._ of the most hazardous endurance tests ever undertaken by an automobile, the famous Chevrolet trek up through the center of Africa from Cape Town to Cairo, has just been received in this country. Fred Richardson, \Vinne1ka Chevrolet dealer, 111as just received this information from General Motors. The expedition, consisting of a standard Chevrolet sedan and truck, manned hv four adventurers, has, in all probability, crossed the Bosphorus to Constantinople by this time. Twenty-four large European cities are to be visited before it arrive~ in London·. Ten thou.;and miles will have been traversed when it concludes its history making trip in Stockholm. The message, telling of the finish of the 6,000 Cape Town-Cairo journey in the astonishing time of 135 days, was lacking in detail. Of the earlier stages of the perilous undertaking there was no lack of detai!. Knee deep in water for weeks at a time, the expedition plugged dop-gedh· on across treacherous, crocodile infesteel Bahora Flats and the swollen banks of the Ruvu river. The Bahora Fhts are 70 miles across, yet it required only seventeen days to effect a passage. · The sedan is outfitted with two spare petrol tanks each holding seven gallons. It has detachable gauze windows and seats that drop back to allow 'sleeping. accommodations. Wire screens were fitted in front of the radiators of both sedan and truck to nrevent grass seeds and mud . from choking the radiators. Inside the sedan, rifles and shot g-uns are slung up under the roof. The tire carriers at the rear of both cars hale bee·n altered to carry two spare tires. Oversize tires, 31 by 5.00 are used. Both c(lrs are equipped with b\tmpers, and two lights and a heat meter. The expedition is expected to reach Stockholm early"" in October. 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