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' 38 WILMET-TE LIFE August 17, 1928 ChaD er Ia t1·int Finish - ~he · auto~otive .industry this year, ~nd Chevrolet Ofliciali to · · New Highway Calls -· ~ Chromt·um, ~ot Nt.ckel It is raptdly bemg adopted by leadmg v· ·t Deal tb N s ' eed , aI etilt · VI' manufacturers. Ill era on e · · F or Sp J , s With the announcement of its new Eights and Sixes, Chandler also gives out the' word that all exterior metal parts of the various models in the new series, which ordinarily in the past have been nickel finished, are now chromium plated. Instead of 'the old practice of using nickel finish on the radiator and lamps, this new finish is being used, because it assures a more beautiful luster over long service, without tarnish or discoloration. Chromium is one of the innovations introduced in Officials of th~ Chandler-Cleveland Motors Corporation report sal~s fo~ , the new, car~ are the greatest m the company s htstory. The C h a n d 1e r plants at Clevelf:lnd are obliged to work on a day and mght schedule. For the information of millions of motorists, who ought to know better, and for thousands of new operators of motor vehicles, "Keep to the right" is a familiar rule, which too often is ignored, says the National Safety Council. C/0.)11 Owners of DODGE BROTHERS MOTOR [ARS North shore Chevrolet dealers ex~ pect shortly a visit from President W. S. Knudsen and R. H. Grant, vicepresident in charge of sales of the Chevrolet Motor company. Word was received · ye·s terday that these officials of the company })ave started a business tour of the entire western half of the country. The visit of the executives is for the purpose of discussing the individual de~ler. problems and to study· local business conditions as .t hey pertain to Chevrolet. The information is given out that the production in fourteen Chevrolet factories for the first seven months of the year has totalled 869,297 cars and truck~. breaking by a wide margin all . former marks for this period and definitely indj~ating that the millionth car built in 1928 will come off the production line early in September. New york Builds It A , U 811 d · p terce. rrow s n e --PAST. PRESENT AND FUTU ~E ~'I Order List Arriving Fast WALTER. P.CHR.YSLEit. You, more than anyone else, are entided to know the purpose behind our recent acquisition of the assets and facilities of Dodge Brothers, Inc. For upon that purpose depends the security of your investment in Dodge Broihen products. In acquiring Dodge Brothers, Inc. for the Chrysler Corporation, we have secured one ofthe largest and most modern automobile factories in the world and with it an organization of exceptional ability. We intend that these facilities shall be utilized to increase the value and quality in Dodge Brothers cars and Graham Brothers Trucks and Motor Coaches. We have secured, in addition, a dealer or~ tion that has always been recognized as one of the inest in the industry. It is our intention to deserve the continued loyalty of this group of substantial. progressive merChants by maliing 1t possible for diem to enjoy increasing prosperity through the sale of Dodge Brothers products. . We have secured, moreover, that which ttanscends in importance either Dodge Brothen su~rb plant equipment or Dodge Broihen splendid dealer' or· ganization. For we have become the lawful heritors of Dodge Brothers Good Name, with all the solemn obligation which that inheritance implies. We have become the trustees of Dodge Brothers good faith to their customers, and it is our purpose to execute that trust with fidelity. The priceless identity of ·UDodge Brothers products will De preserved-as well as the sound policies that have made the words Dodge Brothers synony· mous with Honest Value and Dependability. Dodge Brothers Works will continue to produce Dodge Brothers Motor Cars and Graham Brothers commercial vehicles. Dodge Brothers dealers will continue to sell and service them. The men to whose capable support the success of the Chrysler Corporauon is due, unite with me in pledging ~tuati()n of Dodge Brothers ideals, to the ead diat_, a Good Name may be made still better. Pierce-Arrow's volume of business has resulted in this company entering August with three and one-half times as many unfilled orders as one year ago, acco~ding . to the North Shore Pierce-Arrow dealers. Pierce-Arrow's commercial car sales also are showing an unusual briskness for the midsummer months, orders for the month of July representing an increase of 100 per cent over the corre·sponding month last year. August gives every promise of being a record breaker in the commercial car division as well as in the pas~enger car field. New York is engaged in its greatest single highway project. .~his i·s a 40foot wide pavement runnmg through 11 · towns on Long Island for .a distance of 24 miles. The Conduit Boulevard, as it is called, constitutes the newest offering to Speed with Safety-the deman.d of the motorist. Higl)way builder:i have long ago detennined that when the volume of traffic is around 500 cars per day, it is then economical to pave. To determine just when an 18-foot road should be made a four-lane highway is no more difficult. This should be done where travel becomes slow and accidents frequent. Technically, on a bash wherein all conditions are ideal, one traffic lane in each direction will carry 1,969 cars per hour _in safety, according to the Pennsylvama Department of Highways, if the cars are driven at exactly 22 miles per hourand if there are no cross roads or turnouts. - But to expect 1,969 motorists to be satisfied with a ·speed of 22 miles an hour is folly. Most motorists de sire to . go faster and a goodly number feel hap_!>ier at a slo~er pace. .Further, accident-S occur on two-lane htghways, even at times when only a few cars are on the road. Where traffic is :tt all heavy it is dangerous to pass cars proceeding in t~ same direction, for a two-lane pavement was built as a two-lane pavement and it cannot ~e stretched. Nearly 150,000,000 cattle pass through More machinery used in fruit and the gates of Chicago's stock yards every year. vegetable canning is manufactured at -------Hoopeston, Illinoi~, than anywhere else Illinois ranks first among the states in the United States. in the production of flourspar. Diatnond Prices and Diatnond Quality Are Comparable to Any DIAMOND TIRES are made by one of the five largest manufacturers of tires in the world. They have four and six-ply side walls, and carry our own personal guarantee in addition to the trade-mark guarantee of the builder. Check these prices-<ome and see the tires. To equip your car with Diamonds is to be assu'Ced of satisfaction. 29X4.40t $ 8.40 30X5.25, IJ.IO JIX5.25t $13.60 3 3x6.oo, 16.40 Other sizes priced proportionately C. and M. Pnlideac Dodp Brodaen Corporadaa DiNiM . e fa.,.llr c.,. I I Tire and Battery Service 113 3 Greenleaf Ave. Ph. Wilmette 315 7 /