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March- 8, 1929 WILMETTE LIFE 43 N· O RTH. SHORE MECHANICAL OR HUMAN WATCHMAN- WHICH BEST? Supreme Court to Decide This New Angle Concerning Safety at Grade Crossings The question of whether modern mechanical devices furnish greater safety to motorists at grade cros'3ings than human watchmen, swinging the familiar flags and red lanterns, has been presenterl to the Supreme Court of the United States in a ca·3e just argued before that_tribunal. Great importance is attached to the forthcaming decision of the court by Tht.: Automuoile Club of Illinois, as well as its national motoring body, the American Motorist_, Association, because of the far-reaching effect it may have upon existing municipal ordi. nances which fail to distinguish between "mechanical" and "human" watchmen at dangerous grade cros·:;ings. Where grade crossings cannot be eliminated, for one reason or another, every motorist i·3 vitally interested in making such crossings just as safe as possible, the Association believes. Ordinance Is Violated The case before the court arose in Tennessee. It involves the death of a motorist at a grade cros·3ing wll ere the railroad company replaced a human watchman with electrical alarm devices in violation of a city ordinance. The ordinance was upheld by the State Supreme Court and the railroad company appealed. 'I'he old ordinance requiring human flagmen to protect grade crossings instead of mechanical "flagmen," ·which are more efficient and economical, is so arbitrary as to lack due process of law and is a burden on interstate commerce, the railroad company argues. Protection of grade cros'3ings is one of the most obvious uses of police power and the state is empowered to sa:; in what manner cros'3ings shall be guarded. "From the standpoint of the motorist, it i·s desirable that most grade [ A Parisian Auto Production First Two Months s· ets a New Record Those prognostications of motordom . who predicted a few months ago that 1929 would set a new production record weren't "shooting in the dark." This is indicated by report'-' from Detroit showing that car builders in every price field turned out a greater volume than ever before during the months of January and February. Manufacturers are now looking to the future which. to them, is no further away than the first warm days of :;pring and when delnands. from distributors and dealers throughout the whole country will absorb every car that can be built before that time and placed in the dealers' hands. Nineteen twenty-eight was a recorrl establishing year which took the han:.:>1"3 from 1926, but the opinion reached by manufacturers ~lt this early date, with but two months behind them, is that 1929 is destined to show something hig. DEFECTS MAKE SHIMMY Front wheel shimmy is due to de fective car design rather than to the tires, according to tire manufacturer.,. The coming of the balloon tire with its P'reater air space and less rigidity spread the shimmy to the higher priced cars. The cure of the car"3 tendency to "wiggle" is, as always, a simple matter of closer adjustment. ,..,. the streets of New York may be ON seen this creation which is s~me thing new in the automobile line. The owner, Bernard Bonelet de Monvel, noted French artist, who is in Gotham t::> do portraits of 'several social celebrities has had the car built to make the blase New Yorkers gasp. When de 1vf on vel declared he wanted something different in an automobile he selected the Hupmohile de·sign. Then he started creatin~ according to his own ideas. Vsing the H upmohile chassis he then ·- crossings be eliminated." Si. Mayer. President of The Automobile Club of Illinois and Vice-President of the A. M. A. declares. 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A cab it is; a caress on wheel·,:;. The doors are half of glass. meeting a clear glass panel behind the chauffeur. Of the fittings it can he said that there is nothing in or on or about his car that has not known the artist's touch. There are trunks, at1d ingemously handy things in them. I i i:IIi Be Prepared!! unprepared. By purchasing a new Ford now. you will be ready for any trip that might come up. Orders placed now will recetve prompt attention in the form of almost immediate delivery. Schloesser's Service Station Corner Main and Washington St., Wilmette Let Us Do Your Battery Charging-Testing Free-Washing Simonizing-Oi'ling-Greasing-Tire Repairing Vulcanizing-All Work Guaranteed SKOKIE MOTOR CO. AUTHORIZED We Call for and Deliver All Worf<, Phone Wilmette 346 PENNSYLVANIA OILS and GASOLINE 435 Main ·Street S E R V lC E . 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