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3J Ford Is Planning Chevrolet's Output to Build 1,800,000 for Next Year Set New Rubber Source Cars, Trucks in '29 . at 1)50,000 Cars'--·------~ The Ford company is planning on a W. S. Knudsen, president and general manager of Chevrolet Motor Company, reputed one of the most conservative executives in the industry, predicts that Chevrolet production schedules for the coming year will can for an output which will equ~l at least 1,250,000 cars and trucks. Fifteen factories throughout the country, according to Knudsen, are now working at top speed building the new six. Cars are being distributed to the dealer organization as fast as they come off the line, so that as many as possible will be on display and ready for delivery December 29. Those who have already placed orders can feel assured of early deliveries, Mr. Knudsen said, when they bear in mind that 90 days after the introduction of the 1928 car more than a quarter million of them were on the highwa_ys in service. He further recalled that by June 1 of the present year, five months. after the January announcement, a half million cars were in use. And before October 1 the company est~blished a record of buildin~ and delivering 1,000,000 cars which Mr. Knudsen referred to as the greatest single achievement in the history of the automobile industry. Mr. Knudsen's optimism over the forthcomin~ year, he explained, has its basis in continued prosperity and in what he interprets as a well defined preference on the part of the public for the six cylinder car. Few ·A mericans have ever heard of the tung tree, which flourishes in China, and yet there is a possibility that it may some day give us a homegrown source of rubber supply that may be· of very real importance, says the Automotive Daily News of New York. Some years ago the Department of Agriculture made some experiments in the growing of tung trees in this country. Following this, T. Morris Carnegie planted on extensive grove of these trees on his Florida estate and this year .the trees have reached maturity and have yielded a crop of the nuts, from which the oil is derived. The tung nut oil at the present time is used for making waterproof paints, varnishes and compounds for insulation of dynamos, cables, etc. Tung trees yield at maturity from 400 to 1,800 pounds of oil per acre. It is possible that further experimentation may prove the oil capable of being transformed into a higher type of rub ber than now seems possible. But even at the present stage of the game, it is evident that the tung oil is satisfactory as a rubber substitute for Yarious purposes, thus releasing crude rubber for tire making and similar uses. production of 1,800,000 cars and trucks for the home and Canadian markets, plus another 3QO,OOO units - turned out by asseinbly plants in foreign lands, according to D. W. Leonard of the Skokie Motor company of Wilmette, North Shore Ford dealer. The daily production of the organization is now closely approaching 6,500 units, and during the first year of manufacturing the new model A 704,000 cars and trucks were turned out. This means that the Ford and Ch~v rolet companies between them in 1929 \vill give the world considerably over 3,000,000 motor vehicles. for its pleasure and efficiency. The figure is so stupendous that it will eve!l astonish American s, used as they arc to huge quantitie s in the field of manufacture. The Ford Motor company of Canada, Ltd., believes 1929 will be the greatest year in Canadian automotive history. Thi s organization, is scheduled to produce 140,000 cars, which is 33,000 more th~n any previous yearly record. In totals covering all of the states as well as the District of Columbia which for registration purposes serves as a state by itself, the Model A Ford car during September led all other makes of cars in deliveries, as indicated hy the sum of the official registrations. The total number of cars registered in the United St~tes during that month was 271,782. Ford delivered 60,492 of these. The next nearest car totaled 54,516. I WILMETTE LIFE December 28, 1928 TOO MANY NARROW ROADS DANGEROUS, CLUB FINDS Highways Less Than 20 Feet Wide Are lnadequate-U. S. Bureau Makes Same Report In its campaign for the widening of heavily traveled h_ighways to forty feet, the Chicago Motor club has found that many of the existing highways are not only inadequate but dangerous. The campaign disclosed that the twenty-foot road width, which has been proved inadequate for modern traffic, did not even exist on many roads, and that sixteen and eighteen-foot roads were common. A recent report of the United States Bureau of roads corroborated these findings. It declared that automobiles and trucks are driven by instinct, with respect to the clearance between the right wheels. and the edge of the road, and that roads. other than radial highways, less than 20 feet in width are dangerous. The bureau based its report on a survey made by engineers. They observed, unknown to the drivers, the paths made by automobiles on straight and level roads, ranging from 1 to 24 feet wide. They found that the vehi. cles maintained a distance of from 10 to 4 feet from the edge of the pavement. In rounding curves on the inside the tendencv was to swing to the center of the road. Trucks, in general, were found to stay closer to the edge under all conditi9ns than passenger cars. NEW TIRE WARRANTY A sweeping warranty for a period of eighteen months against blow-outs, cuts, bruises, wheels out of alignment, underinflation, accidents and any other road hazards that may render the tire unfit for further service, is being given in writing to each buyer of a new tine of passenger car tires now being aclvertised in newspapers and trade papers throughout the country hy an old established tire manufacturer. NO PRICE CUT Announcrment of price reductions by several automobile organizations is followed by a report that no prier change .in the current Graham-Paige · models is contemplated. Too Narrow for Trucks While the 18-foot width was found sufficiently wide for a reasonable amount of passenger vehicle traffic, it was deemed too narrow for trucks to safely pass each other. .The report declared that drivers of both classes vf vehicles prefer not to approach closer than one and a half feet from the edge of the road, and will sacrifice clearance between their own and passing vehicles as a result of this instinct. Bad shoulders and abutments close to tjl~ edge of a road usually cause drivers to maintain a wide clearance from the ed~e. thus reducing materially the effective width of that highw:ty. In one case a bridge support, close to the edge of a 24-foot road, was re ·ponsible for the effective width being but 20 feet. Smooth, white shoulders seemed to generally lure traffic to the edge; center line exert a marked separatory influence, the report concluded. Car Owners Pay Out $78$,000,000 Taxes for the Year of 1928 Car owners of the nation will pay approximately $785,000,000 in motor \·chicle taxes in 1928, an increase of about $15,000,000 over 1927. despite ~he fact that the tax bill during the year was decreased around $35,000,000 as a result of the repeal of the Federal war excise tax on automobiles. This statement was issued today hy the American Automphile association, .,.,·hich pointed out that although the Federal government has left this overexploited field of taxation, representing a decrease of $60,000.000 a year in favor of the car owners, the total tax burden has increased at least 257 per rent. within the past ten years. The A. A. A. said the heavy tax on the rar owners should he ·carefullv considered hy the forty-two state legislatures scheduled to meet early in 1929, when anv move is made to further exploit tl{is field. In its sun·ey of 1928 taxes, the A. A. A. said that the Q'asoline tax alo:1e. which amounted to $258.838.813 in 1927. reached a total of $140.655.398 in the first six months of this vear and there is every indication that this amount will be equalled, if not increased, for the present six months. Motor vehicle registration fees, liccn,es. p<'rmit". etc., which cost the car 0wnrrs $301.0ol.l32 in 1927. will ea.silv he increased to around $325,000.000 i11 1928, esprciallv in view of the fact that tlH.' autoll10tive inclustrv has witnessed one of its greatest ·periods of ')rocluct ion. . MOTORS SERVICE ~----------~----------~-------EVEilVTHING AUTOMOBILE &til~ Incorpo1-qted ~ Cheaper Riding on Paved Roads "Motor vehicles can be operated on well-paved roads at from three to five cents less than on dirt roads," says Charles M. Hayes, of Winnetka, president of the club. He based the statement on figures secured from the research department of the American Automobile association, with which the club is affiliated. "Assuming that the average motorist drives his car 10,000 miles per year on well-paved roads, his maintenance costs are $300 less than if he had driven that distance over dirt," coritinued Mr. Hayes. "His saving was three cents a mile. It has been found that school buses can be operated on smooth highways at five cen.ts less per mile than on unimproved roads. "These statistics, carefully gathered by the national motoring body, should be sufficient to convince the most skeptical that good roctds pay a definite monetary return, and in that respect ~re like gilt edge securities. On top of this return, we may add :ncreased property values in the territory of the improved roads, and the immense saving effected by expediting traffic." NEVER. CLOSED The Lar1eat Motor Repair Shop Ill How About Your Lights? When your lights burn poorly, or not at all, you're taking awful chances, because .you can't see where you're going and neither can the other fellow! Don't drive blind when it costs so 'tittle to be SAFE! · Wilmette ,~1 MAIN STREET Wilmette Hnd~nn Plans to Build 250~000 Cars in 6 Months Plans of the Hudson Motor Car comnanv for the first half of 1929 con~en !)late the huildinQ' of 250,000 cars. o which 200.000 wilt he Essex and 50 Hudson. Hudson reports that the stocks of Hudson and Essex cars total 17,000 units, the lowest in the company's history. J.C.SIGWR