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WILMETTE LIFE May 31, 1929 Janesville Bus Service . May Replace Street Cars Establish'ment of a complete bus service, sen icit,g aiJ parts of the city, replacing service hy dectric car. ui the JanesviJJe Traction nnnpany. · i=expected to he made thi~ ~·ummcr a<; a result of tH'fZ'Cltiation!' now c0ming to a dose between the stH'<' t railway interesL and the \\'i . consin Pow~:r and Light company. An offer of the utility company. made through the intercession of City ~1 anager Hl'Jtry Traxler, has been accepted by the traction company. it was announced hy \\T . H. Dougherty, legal counsel for the concern . The power and light company . has offered $20,000 for all of the proper~y nf the traction company, and the net ·mn which !'tockholders wiJJ receiyc will amount to ahout $14.000. :\1 r. I )(\ughcrt.\' ~aid. This represents app·· t 1 -.: : n ~ at<:'ly 5.(1 percent of what h.l'> 1)( <.··1 im·< ·stccl in the company. ~uhstitution of tn(ltor huses for the < k r tric car . will pt·rmit a drastic rc · nn1ting '?f transportation h<'rc. mal, _ ing pas~cngcr s<.'rvicc availahk to · <'n·ral rapi<lly growing sect ion s til. the city. 3· Window Fordor Sedan Tires, Sundries Use · Is Announced by Ford 110,968 Tons Rubber Production of a new model A threewindow Fordor Sedan is announced by the Ford ~fotor company. with production '"'·ell under way. It has a . roomy body and follow·s the lines '>I the Ford Town ~edan. The new car is heing finished in a number of fOior combinations. The belt molding run " from the radiator around the entlff..· hoch·, ,,·hich is longer than that of (lthZ·r F(,rd types with the <::xception 0f the Town ~edan. = for· Three Months Estimated consumption of crude tuhber in the manufacture of tires :tnd tire sundr.ies in the United Staks in the first quarter of 1929 amounted to 110,968 long tons. This and other information on the consumption of crude rubber in this rnnntrv in the first quarter is cot1tained ·in a bulletin issued h,· the Rubher Manufacturers' association as the . r<:-sult of a questionnaire sent to rubher manufacturers. Crude rubber consumed in the mar:ufacture of all rubber products was tq imated at 12R,So5 long tons. the hulktin ·stat<"s. tires demanding hy far · the largest amount. Crude 'r ubber on hand as of March 31, 1929, was estimated at 110.115, an amount sufficient to last ncarlv two and one-half months on the basis of the consumption of the first quartrr. The estimated amount afloat as 0f March 31 was placed at 54.038 tons. Total sales value. of shipments of tires and tire sundries .manufactured in this country in the first quarter ·w as estimated at $187.014.000. Total sales value of the shipments of all rubber products was estimated at $24,050,000 for the period. ( Il v r I MARMON ROOSEVELT · · · the big new success of 1929 offering for the first time eight-cylinder transportation in all price fields UNDER SJOOO The New Roosevelt. The new Marmon-built Straight-Eight at $995, the most successful new car of 1929. So sman looking, so advanced in performance and so "close-nsted" in economy that it appears the very limit of dollar value has finally been reached. ~1 arm on Establishes Record for One Week Shipment of Cars :\1 arm on established another shipping record last week \vhen l,o57 :\farmon . ~f ode! . Sixty- Eight,' ~f o d c 1 SeYenty- Eight and Roosevelt ca:-s were shipped in a six-day period. G. M. \ViJJiams, president, announced. This total shows aYerage daily shipments for the week. of 276 ~farm on and Rooseyelt cars, as compared v.'ith a schedule of 250 a day estahlishrcl shortlY after the Roose\·elt was announc~ed to the public less than two months ago. \V. T. \Versted of \Yinnetka is :\Iarmon-Roosevelt distributor. New Apparatus _ Is Made to Act as Shock Absorber The Marmtm 68. At $1,465 it offers alert and dependable transportation with a sound note of character and style. Economical to operate. Easy riding to a degree that no car of this price has ever been. A new shock-absorbing apparatu<:, development of a new type of air spring created bv the introduction of an orifice in a· movable diaphragm separati11g- two air chamhers. was revealed before 500 members of the American Society of :\f echanical Engineers. The new device was described by Joseph Kaye \\.·ood. consulting engineer. of New York. chairman 0f the organization's research committee on mechanical springs. It was pointed out that the device is applicable not only to springs. but to a11ied sciences. such as that pertaining to the flow of fluids. "The spring is generaiJy applicab!c as a controller of oscillatory motion or absorber of impacts," Mr. Wood said. "It is especially applicable io automobiles. Properly proportioned and coupled in parallel with the suspension springs, air springs of thic; sort should meet all the re'cruirements of modern shock absorbers. UNDER s2000 Th1 Marmon 78. Hailed by its owners as the smoothest, fleetest car on the roads. S2,SOO · is the customary price for such a Straight-Eight. S1,965 is the Marmon price. Just ask for a twenty-mile road lemoostration in the new "78". All prices at factory. Gro11p eq11ipment extra. Attractive income p11rchase plan. Willis Corporation Buys Tract for .Chicago Plant 562 Lincoln Ave. WERSTED MOTOR WINNETKA Winnetka 165 co. The Willis Motor corporation, manufacturer of automobiles and motors, has purchased a tract of 174 acres at Bensenville near Chicago and contemnlates erecting a plant. The first unit, it is said. will be 60xl,600. It is renorted that two other units are to follow. The company now has a plant at Maywood. which, it is announced, it h~s outgrown.