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Apr_ il 5, 1929 WILMETTE LIFE r59 Air Tra'{)el Bureau Is Opened by Club; Service J7 aluable Arrangements have been completecl between The Automobile Club of Illi-~ nois and The Air Passenger Bureau in the Palmer House for the installation of air travel information bureaus at all of the offices of the club. accord.:. ing to an a~nouncement made by Si. Mayer, president of the automobile club. H. P. Smith, manager of the Touring Bureau, will be in charge of thi s new service with headquarter in the home office of the club at 5600 Sheridan road. The club will also make reservations. This service, v,·hile essentially for club members, \viii al o be available to the Qeneral public and is, incidentally, t ~. '- first autoist::;' organization in the middle-west to render this service. The rapidly increasing interest in I air travel has made such a service especially valuable to the autoist since it wi~! enable him to arrange ior airplane trips in connection with h i· annual auto tour before he leaves home. Information is available. not onh· on the lines running out of Chicag~ but also on all air lines operating in the resort sections north, south. east and west, and on the lines operating to ~Iexico. Canada and the \\' est I ndil:s . . M~. ~faycr, in illustrating the growmg 1111portance of air tra ·· el, pointed out the fact that organized, licemed air. transport companies today in the I Umted States alone are flying on regular schedule 33,45° miles daily making 102 passenger stops. There are manY thousand more miles of air mail lines. "It is o nl y natural," said ~laver. "that the autoist should be among- the first to recognize and use the air lines. He has become an enthusiast on all motorized transuortation because of I the tremendous strides being made in the perfection of gasoline engines." I What sets Pierce-Arrow apart i I B Tire and Tube Production in Step With Car Output i That tire and tube production has kept pace \vith the increase in automobile manufacturing since the first of the Year is indicated in a r port of the Rubber Association oi America, I Inc., for JanuarY. which . hows an increase of 1,377,684 casings of all tYpe. over the estimated production of ) anuary, 1928. Production of tubes of all types showed an increase oi 1,075.RRo over production for th same penocl of 1928. Production of olid and cu;-;hion tires. however, for ] anuary this year shmn~ cl a slight decline from the figures last I year. Total estimated production for ] an uarv this year as compared \vith production for Januarv. 192R. ba sed on reports from manufacturers who pro- I duce approximatelv 75 ncr rent oi the total for the 'Cnlted States. foiiO\\'S: Jan. 1929 Jan . 192R Pneumatic casings, all classes . . (),732.040 5.354.35(, Tubes 6,517,243 5.4-H .357 Solid and cushion 48,372 42.569 tires RIEFLY, pride is what puts Pierce-Arrow first among fine motor cars. Pierce~Arrow owners are naturally people of pride. And pride has been a vital part of Pierce-Arrow manufacture from the beginning. The new Straight Eight is in quite the loveliest Pierce-Arrow In a word, it has tradition. distinction-a quality born of pride-one that is peculiar! y Pierce-Arrow. When the newly expanded Pierce-Arrow organization undertook the creation of this new car, there was a single · cardinal That principle laid down. principle was: "Preserve PierceArrow fineness!, The aim was a car that would combine slenderness and beauty with size and power-a car that would make bulk and stodgin~ss forever unfashionable in the upper circles of motordom. And how the resulting automobile-the new Pierce-Arrow Straight Eight arrived at the psychological moment and captured a fastidious field, is already a matter of fine car history. j[ 125 Horsepower Engine l[ Non-shatterable Glass f ., 85 miles per Hour ., 133-inch and 143-inch' Wbeel Bases} Fender or Bracket Headlamps optional without extra charge. THE NEW STRAIGHT EIGHT BY PIE ~CE--A~R.OW $. 2 7 7 5 F R 0 l\1 T 0 $8200 AT ~UFFALO Illinois Ranks as Leader in Cement Paved Highways Of the 630,00 miles of surfaced roads in the 'Cnited States. Texas has the largest mil eag.e of higJn,.:ays. having 188,000 mile s \Yithin its borders. ~cw York has more hi!:!h tq)e hif!hwavs than any other state with 11.000 miles of hard- surfaced road. Jllinois leacls 111 cement pavements with o.OOO mile~. while Indiana has the large st milea.~c of all tvpe s of hard-surfaced roads M arvland and Delaware are the onh· two- states in the countn· "'hich haH· thus far completed initial" improveme:1t of all of the roads in their st·tte S\"5 .. .terns, although other states are not far behind. . 1 In purchasing a car from income, the average allowance on a good used car usually more than covers the initial Pierce-Arrow payment Chicago Pierce,_ Arrow Sales Co. 2420 .. 22 S. Michigan Ave. Tel. Michigan 2400 Benell · Motor Sales , 5714 Broadway Chicago