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WILME'TTE ·LIFE ~ March 8. 1.9l9 Motorists Carry Taxation Burden That's Staggering Road Tips Road conditions in Illinois and nearby states as reported by the Chicago Motor Club . follow :, Illinois ~------------~-------In __ co_~~or~o~~~~~.n EVER.VTHING AUTOM081L$ MOTORS SERVICE , . kme NEVER.. CLOSED With a big fight ·being waged in Springfield over the proposed 3 cent gas tax it is interesting to note what automobilists of the country are paying to operate their cars. Owners of car3 in the U. S., paid a total of $5,137,343,650 in federal, state and municipal taxes within the last ten years and in 1928 paid $785,386,000. In citing figure·3 it is pointed out that the tendency to pyramid the tax burden of the motorist continued in 1928 on an intensive scale. despite the fact that the federal burden in the nature of the war excise tax on new passenger cars has been eliminated. It i·, contended that these figures demonstrate more than ever the need for a nation -wide defi;1ition of what share of the tax burden shall be Jmno~erl on the car owni~1g citizens. The Largest Motor Repair Shop in Wilmette M· o UN FooUng With Old Bo·es When your cylinders wear "bellmouthed." you not only lose power, but run chances of burnt bearings through the gas thinning your oil. Reconditioning cylinders adds many miles to your car. "Ask us how." Motor Briefs . Seventy-eight per cent of the world's 31,725,000 automobiles are in the United States. according to the Chicago Motor club. · There are 51,600 public garages in the enited States. At the close of 1927 America had over nine billion dollars invested m motor vehicles. An asphalt and steel pavement JS to he tried in Paris. · There are 5.450,000 motor vehicles registered on the farms of the United Stat<'s. 'l,1 MAIN STREET Wilmette 1hone m~ib~got AD. VanDeusen Get .Jill the heat yottr JDoney bu1·s! More heat,ton for ton, than hard coal. No smoke-little ash (none worth sifting). Less cost, first and last, with Prolonged tha\\ s have removed practically all of the ice and snow from Illinois highways. Paved roads . are all clear and in good condition. Graveled roads may be somewhat soft and rough in places. Earth and light graveled roads are slippery and in poor condition and may become im passable in some places. Motorist s should stay on the pavements if posOperators of trucks should sible. keep their loads as light as possible on gravel roads. Rumors of delays at the ferries connecting Cairo to Birds Point, Mo., and Vvickliffe, Ky., are denied in re ports from that point. Ferries leave Cairo at 40 minutes after the hour beginning at 5 :40 a. m. and operate until 11 :40 p. m., except to vVickliffe, to · which point the last ferry leaves Cairo at 10:40 p. m. Cairo to Mounds via CS-51 or Illinois-2 is a good gravel road in fair condition and is repnrted open throughout. Indiana Indiana has shared in the recent thaw and unpaved roads " :1; be soft. Motorists are warned to watch for earth slides on US-52 between Harrison and Brookville. Ice and snm\· have practically disappeared from the highways, including the northern part of Indiana. US-27-The sy.;-mile detour south of Richmond has been removed. However, there is still an 11-mile detour around grading just north of \\' inchester. US-30--Ail open except for the run around at the Erie railroad east of Shererville. This route is all paved except for this gravel run-around and 1,400 feet of crushed stone at the drainage canal east of Hanna. US-40-All paved and open. US-41-All open and nearly all paved. 'CS-52-All open at present, hut traffic is officially cautioned to watch for earth slides between Harrison and Brookville. Foreign Plants of .f ord Co. Step up Production Rate \Vith the Ford Detroit factory turning out better than 7,000 cars - a day and increa·3ing production, it is now announced that the foreign plarits of the conw~ny also . are increasing pro duction. · Reports from Manchester. England. indicate a heavy production program has been laid out for . the plant of the Ford Motor company ·of England. Ltd. The record mad~ by the plant of 3,922 Model T cars during a single month in 1921 is expected 'to be '3urpassed early this year. and a steady average of around 170 cars a day maintained. Early last October, Manchester was averaging ~bout 24 cars a day, and by December 1 had increased that figure to 100. Copenhagen jumped from 47 a daY to' 60: Antwerp from 30 to 51; Barceiona from 25 to 41; Berlin from 25 to 43; Buenos Aires from 43 to 54; Sao Paulo from 8 to 26, and Jokohama from 18 to 38. Mexico City, which started production onlv four months ago, has increased froi11 8 to 24 a day. Two Ford foreign plants will become full-fledged assembly units this month and will completely a'3semble the Model A car. . One is at Rio de Janeiro, which has not yet been used for car assemblv. The other is at Santiago, Chile. - · The Skokie Motor company of Main street, Wilmette, is the north shore Ford distributor. Gf' "" i ·t te Let our service man call and inspect your heating equipment. Without cost to you he will advise how to get the ~ost out of the fuel you are burning. Phone Your Deale· .Not" and assure W'inter·Lon;- Satisfaction '-v Edlngu .t Sons Kutten Brothers Wilmette, Ill. ill ~lain St., Wilmette, Ill. Phont-: Wllmc-tte IU Phone: Wilmette 1 Wilmette ('oal .t Dulld)n!l' ~faterlal Yard lSOl J,ake Street, Wilmette, Ill. l 1 hone: WllmettA 4200