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December ·28, 1928 · WILMETTE LIFE 3!~. I . NORTH· SHORE .. ' ) PRODUCTION FOR 1928 .ESTABLISHES ARECORD Big Output in November Indicates New Mark Will Be Set in the Motor Industry In spite of predictions that 1928 would not establish a new production record, a big November indicates that a new mark will be set. Production of passenger cars during eleven months of this year amounted to 3,621,469, a'i against 2,840,518 in the same period of last year, and 2,946,601 for the whole of 1927, the automotive division of the Department of Commerce announced today. The output of passenger cars in :November, based on factory sales, was approximately 100 per cent larger than in the same month of last year. Truck production also was far in excess of January-November period 0f last year, the total for the eleven months of this year being 502,756, as against 454,725 for the whole of 1927. The same upward trend in p~oduc tion has occurred throughout the same months in Canadian factories, the total production of passenger cars being registered as 190,003, as against 146,182 in the whole of last year. According to Secretary of Commerce Whiting, estimated production for December doubtless will exceed the previous high record of 1926, when the output totaled 4,299,000 for passenger ~ars and trucks. The gain in total passenger car and truck production in the first eleven months of 1928 over the corresponding period of 1927 was 856,470, or 26 per cent. The passenger car output over this periqd increased 780,951, or 27 per cent. and the truck output gained 75,519, or 115 per cent. Startling gain were made in the production in the month of November over the same month a year ago. The increase in total production amounted to 122,566, or a gain of 91 per cent over November, 1927. The increase in the passenger car total was 97 per cent., the gain in number of cars being 107,-+98. The truck outp\lt increase was 15,067, or 61 per cent. Information for Motor Tourists Condition of roads m Illinois and nearby states as reported by the Chicago Motor club fol,lows: ILLINOIS River road is closed between Grand avenue and Lake street; this section will be closed throughout the winter. Golf road is closed between East River road and Sherman ·avenue. 22nd street is closed between Mann heim road and 17th avenue. 31st · street is closed at Salt Creek. Dixie Highway is closed from 159th street to 17Sth street. Illinois-2-Has a short detour :-~t Oregon, Ill., which is now impassable. This detour, which is around overhead construction, will be closed until Wednesday. Oregon is between Rockford and Dixon. Illinois-6---Detour at Westchester: follow marked detour over Pushed~ road south to 22nd street; follow wes t to Mannheim road or Illinois-46; follow 11 orth to Illinois-6. Illinois-42-Detour in Lake Forest: follow marked detour over city street s. INDIANA Indiana-6-Seven miles of new pavement on this route between Corunna and Waterloo has just been opened. This stretch is on a new location and did not affect traffic. US-20-All open and paved. US-30-All open and paved, except for a gravel run-around at the Erie railroad, a 2 miles east of Shererville, and 1400 feet of crushed stone at the drainage canal east of Hanna. US-41-This route which ts mostly all pavement is all open. US-SZ-All paved except for 15 miles of gravel between Andersonville and Brookville. Has no detour at present. WISCONSIN l; S-12- Detour frc)Jn Baraboo to Delton via county trunk "A." US-10 and US-12-Detour for 1-3 mile in the city of Augusta. Good. \Visconsin-57-Detour from Kiel to New Holstein ai1d from Plymouth ~o Elkhart. Wisconsin-92-Detour from Beloit to Oxfordville. The following detours were removed during the last week: Wisconsin-59-Detour from Edgerton to Cooksville. V..Tisconsin-39· -Detour from New Glarus to \Visconsin-81. US-10-Detour from White Law to Reedsville. US-61-The detour north of Rising Sun. US-51-The detour from Portage to Endeavor and south of Westfield. About ~ mile of construction south of Endeavor will require slow driving. -.. Hupp Closing Year : With Great Record·; 8 ·Million Profit The Hupp Motor Corporation will close the year with production, ·sales and earnings far in excess of any· previo.Ps year, according .to a. report received by Oould C. Davts, Wmnetka : "For the year ending December 31~ 1928, Hupp will show net profit after charges and taxes of aroun4 $8,500,000, equal to about $8 a share earned on 1,082,478 shares $10 par capital stock/' 'said Mr. Davis. Such earning-s would be 218 per cent greater than · 1921· and 1Z5 per cent greater than .the re· sults of the previous record year, '1922. In 1927 net profit was" l2,719.164, or $2.70 a share earned ··on· 1,005,189 shares, and in 1922 net profit was· $3,763,983. Car shipments for the current year are expected to total better than 65,500, or 60 per cent greater than 1927 shipment~ of 41,161 cars. Previous recor~ year for shipments was 1926 when total was · 45,426 cars. Hupmobile dealer. ; Marmon Announces New "Roosevelt" to Sell Below $1,000 This story is written for the purpose of introducing a new addition to the motor industry. It is announced that the Marmon Motor Company of Indianapolis is to bring out a new car early in the spring which is to 3Cll below $1,000. The new car will be known as the Roosevelt, the name having been chosen from several thousand others because of its instant importance to the public and the American ideals for which it stands. The Roosevelt will be in addition to the present Marmon line of straight eights. lt will serve to place M~l.r mon in the field with a complete hne in all price classes, a policy which will be an innovation for the company, which heretofore has confined its activities to medium and high priced cars. Details of the Roosevelt were i10t made public although it was stated that an ext~nsive manufacturing program already is being perfected for its production on a quantity scale begin.ning in the early spring. T_he new car will be manufactured entlrely i_ n Marmon factories, probably on an initial schedule of 200 cars a day. ·-·--------------------- TEACH CHANDLER ABROAD . Being represented in approximatelY·. 102 countries of the .world, the Chandler company offers an instruction division for men affiliated with Chandler distributors abroad. As a result" the company has taught Chandler service" and mechanical make-up to representa..:. tives from every nook and corner of the globe. 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