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August 24, 1928 WILMETTE LIFE 33 HERE'S A. SERVICE JOB; Touring Tribe .Growing; Causes Demand for Cars Automobile dealers throughout the 473 CARS AT ONE SHOP country are experiencing an unprecedSkokie Motor Company Takes Care of Huge Number of F ot.ds -Fifty of New Type Here's a bit of statistical information that is highly interesting. At one motor company in Wilmette, the Skokie Motor company on Main street, there are being se_rviced at the present time a total of four hundred and seventy-three Ford c_an. The great majority of these Fords, it is explained by Joseph Leonard, the proprietor.. arc owned in Wilmette, while a few are o~ned in Kenilworth, Winnetka, Glen coe, and Evanston. Mr. Leonard points out that the increase in the number of Fords on th e north shore in the last few year.; has been remarkahle. And at the same time he calls attention to the fact that hefore very long there will be man y · inore cars to service. "When the company can deliver the new model A Ford there will be a lot more on the north shore" he said yesterday. It is up to the factory to take up the slack of the unfilled order li3t. and after that there will be a lot more Fords in Wilmette, Kenilworth, Win netka and Glencoe." Of the four hundred and seventythree cars in service at the Skokie shops, fifty six are of the latest model. The Skokie company has found it necessary to keep open at night in order to take care of the servicing of all these Fords. At present mechanics remain oo the job until 10 or t 1 o'clock, but when the colder months arrive it is expected that an all night shift will be necessary. the summer will witness a continuous movement of automobile tourists and vacationists both ea~t and · west across the continent, over the border into Canada, and south to the Gulf of ented demand for cars from buyers Mexico, reports a bulletin is3ued by ~on_templ~ting cross-country tours, and the touring bureau of the Chicago tt ts belteved that the temainder of Motor Club. ACTIVE DRIVE-AWAY PERIOD Many buyers, anxiou's for their cars, are taking delivery at the factory, and between the dealers and owners, the factory is undergoing one of the heaviest drive-away periods in the company's career, the Chandler-Cleveland Company reports. fJiie New Club Brougham ·by ·PIERCE-ARROW at America's finest motor car- ... Auto Club of Illinois Urges Wider Highways "A comprehensive program of road widening should be embarked on at the earliest opportunity if Illinois is not to be throttled," says Si Mayer, President of the Automobile Club of Illinois. "We have long ago outgrown the eighteen-foot road, and require, if the possibilities of the motor car are to be realized, nothing short of superhighways with adequate grade separations. These, in the natural course of events, are coming, but their event can be hastened, with the saving of millions of dollars to the state, by foresight and prompt action. "The Illinois highway program must be conceived with a wide vision, with the interests of the many-not the few-itt mind. To spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in the building of hard roads which will benefit only a ~andful of farmers, may be good politics, but it is bad economy. ' at the lowest price in its history! A very special value in fine motor cars is this new model which luxuriously accommodates five passengers. With two-door beauty and fourdoor accessibility. With every last fine detail carried out in the same degree of perfection that made this car an outstanding one in recent salon showings. At a much higher price, the new Club Brougham was regarded as the most generous offer of the fine car ma.rket. At today's figure, it is without precedent. An appealing choice of color combination· ia afforded in this featured model. The upholstery and fittings are of Pierce-Arrow quality and design. The equipment is complete beyond the most liberal of today's standards. . f f f So far as terms go on this special Pierce-Arrow offering, these have been made more thaa usually attractive. The trade-in value of your present car may easily cover the initial payment. The reductions are as great as $600 on some models, resulting in prices lower than ever before known to cars of Pierce-Arrow manufacture. From $247S to $2950, at Buffalo. Your present car will be accepted at fairly appraised value. This will apply against down and monthly payments which make Pierce-Arrow ownership surprisingly easy. Floods in the South Show Urgent Need of Highways Thousands of miles of rural roads in North and South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia were entirely useless during the recent rain and flood siege, a widespread investigation reveais. In times of six-inch rainfalls in 24hour periods, when swollen streams threaten both human life and livestock, when food supplies and medical attention are needed, then the full value of well paved roads is emphatically pictured, and the lack of them intensifies the trouble ten-fc.'ld. PIERCE-ARROW SALES CORPORATION .( Factory BrtJ·cll) 2420-22 S. Michigan Avenue CHICAGO Telephone Michigan 2400 James G. Barber Service Station, 1508 Elmwood Ave., Evanston.