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March 29, 1929 WILMETTE · LIFE 49 NORTH SHORE COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF CROSSING WATCHMAN Railroad May Not Replace Man With Electrical Device If Ordinance So Specifies A railroad company may ·n ot replace . human flagmen with electric signalin~ devices at dangerous grade crossin~s 1 where a city ordinance requires the 1 former method of safeguarding the, traveling public, the Supreme Court of the United States ha·3 just ruled in an · important decision, of intere st to all · autoists. The decision upholds the power of a city to determine in what manner dangerous grade crossings within its limit s shall be protected, according to the legal department of the American Motorit3ts Association, in co-operation with The Automobile Club of Illinois. The ordinance involved in the decision was passed by ~he city of Memphis, Tenn., forty years ago and required the presence of flagmen swinging flags in daytime, and lighted tanterns in the night time at all railroad crossings. Without regard for the nrdinance, one railroad company removerl it'3 crossing watchmen and substituted in their places modern mechanical sig naling apparatus. An autoist was killed at oile of the crossings and the carrier's violation of the ordinance was urged as the proximate cause of the accident. . The railroad company argued that MOTOR NEWS Hupp Plans Entry Into Aviation, Is Rftmor at Detroit Rumors of a mysterious event, which c_arries only the vaguest details, have just come from Detroit-automobile capital of the world-according to Gould C. Davis, Winnetka Hupmobile dealer. The information connects Hupmpbile with aviation. Officials of the Detroit automobile company refuse to comment on the rumor or disclose the future plans of the Hupp Motor Car Corporation relative to the event. Likewise they have refused to indicate what connection the company will make with civil aviation. It has been learned, however, that Hupmobile will stage its greatest single driveway of Straight Eights on April 17 and 18. This driveway, it is understood, will provide for the personal delt'very of more than 150 Hupp Straight Eights to purchasers or their representatives from the Chicago territory. The Hubmobile distributor in Chicago is the Gambill Motor. Company, Inc. They are likewise maintaining a discreet silence concerning details of this, their fourth annual driveway. One of the officials of the Chicago firm, however, has disclosed that Hupmobile will provide some ultra-modern touches to this driveway and will shortly make an important announcement with reference to Hupp's marked interest in commercial aviation. Here's View of the New Roosevelt Eight ~~--~--~~~~~----~~ --~~~~ - i~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ in the light of modern improvements, the ordinance requiring human watch1 men was an unnecce 3sary burden upon int-erstate commerce and amounted to a denial of due process o f 1 aw. Tl1e Tennessee Supreme Court upeld the validity of the' ordinance and the judgment was affirmed by the Supreme Court of the United States. "The legislative argUt!J.ents in favor of the rai~ay are manifest," said ] U'5tice Holmes in the court's opinion, ! "and we may conjecture that it is only a matter of time before the old methods of guarding grade crossings will have disappeared unless the grade crossings precede them. But if the ordinance were passed today and came up for a deci sion upon it·3 validity it This two passenger Standard Coupe with rumble seat is one of the models of the new serie3 now being built by the Marmon Company. It is the first eight cylinder car to sell under one thousand dollars. could not be denied that a man in the middle of the street or near it, an intent on stopping traffic might stop some travelers who might not notice electric signs." "The decision of the court is of great importance because many cities have ordinances similar to th> one upheld in the Tenne.5see case," declared Si. Mayer, Vice-President of the American Motorists Association and President of The Automobile Club of Illinois. llllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllli:llillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Free lnspeetion l'or a Limited Time we ·will be able to give prompt delivery on all new models of . the new Ford. Place your order now for quick delivery. During the next two weeks we give a complete inspection of your car with out charge. After this examination we will advise you as to any trouble that may have developed over the winter. Also an estimate on the, cost of any work. SKOKIE MOTOR CO. 435 Main Street Phone Wil. SERVICE MILLER & MILLER George Miller LeoM~ 9SS m~~UUI~~I~IU~UI~UUIU~I~UUUIUU~UU~IH~HU~I~~IHI~UUU~~UUI~~IUUU~UU~I~I~~UU~IUU~i~UI~IU~I~IUUU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 732 Twelfth St. Phone Wil. SO