· -------- WILftiETTE LIFE · Pebraary 1. 1929 Road Tips Ford Turning Out 18~000 Steel Wheels for Cars in One Day . EVER.VTHING .,10,-me AUTOMOBILE A Knoek Is a Boost and a big one--to your repair ·bill - if it's neglected. If your engine doesn' t sound just right, by all means come in. you should have your bearings looked at frequently anyhow- regular inspection adds many miles to your motor. NEVER. CLOSED The Lar1eat Motor Repair Shop ia . Wilmette '~i MAIN STREET Wilmette ~bone WilmettebOOot '}J ,o Condition of roads in Illinois as re- · The importance pf wheels in the ported by the Chicago Motor club fol- construction of the Ford A and other low: Ford vehicles makes an interesting Roads 'in the Chicago region and story, according to D. W. Leonard ?f throughout the midwest are coated the Skokie Motor company of Mam with ice with a light snow covering. street, Wilmette, north shore Ford Chains are an absolute necessity. S.o dealer. Mr. Leonard has received · informaslippery and dangerous are these roads that it is unwise to drive upon tion on this point from the factory them except in cases of absolute neces- which ·shows that the Hamilton Ford sity. It appears from the weather wheel plant turned out approximately · f?reca.st tha! this condition will con- 2,000,000 steel wheels last year. Ei~h tmue mdefinttely. teen thousand wheels daily are bemg Dundee road from Storer road to produced at this plant. t~e co.unty lin e is closed. Thi.s secSome idea of the material .required t10n wtll be closed to traffic unttl next for that number of wheels can be s.ummer. gained from the fact that there are 150 Elgin-Evanston road is still under tons of steel required daily . for presconstruction west of Barrington road. ent production of wheels at this· plant. Central road bridge across the Des Three hundred and fifty thousand Plaines river is being replaced with a spokes are made daily from steel wire 40-foot concrete bridge. This wilt be received in coils, and if the spokes completed sometime this year. used daily were laid end to end they Ri ver road is closed just south of would cover a distance of sixty-seven Rand road. Traffic is directed over miles. city streets. This section will be comThe steel used daily to make four pleted thi s spring. teen thousand rims if laid end to end Irving Park boulevard is closed at would make a solid band of steel seven the Soo tracks in Schiller Park. inches wide by twenty miles long. River road is closed between North The Hamilton plant now has a total avenue and Lake ·street. This job of approximately three miles of conwill not be completed until spring. veyors, handling a total of approxiRoosevelt road or Iltinois-6 is closed mately 450 tons of material daily and east of Mannheim road. Traffic is di- traveling a total distance of approxi. rected over a short detour over paved mately six miles. subdivision streets. This same system of continuous The ferry at Birds Point near Cairo mo vement is in practice throughout is operating regularly. the entire plant on all other parts, and in no case after· the first operation is any part allowed to come in . contact WOULD INCREASE GAS TAX An increase in the gas tax in North with th'e floor during the process of. Dakota is strongly urged by Governor manufacturing, but is kept constantly Shafer.. who recommended this action on the move. The Hamilton plant · has · 2,800 emto provide the state Highway Commission with additional revenue. ployes. I-Ii ... II on your AutoDlohllelnsuranee Our Straight 8 Combination policy protects against Fire, Theft, Transportation, Public Liability ($7,500- $30't000 limits )ot Property Damage ($2,000 limits), Tornado, theft of Extra Equipment, and breakage of Plate Glass- all in une policy and at a flat rate, 25% lower than other old line stock companies. Here are a few of the rates! There's a flat rate for every make of car. Those shown here are for cars less than · 6 months old. Ford A $62; Chevrolet 4 Fort Dearborn'· $62; Whippet 4 $51; Hupp 6 $67; Nash Greatest Polley Standard $74; Olds 6 $67; Pontiac $65; Studebaker Standard $67. Lower rates on cars over six months old. Correspondence invited with eatabliahecl auto· mobile insurance acenciea Write today Trico Windshield Wiper After seeing this automatic windshield wiper at the show come in and let us install it for you. If you have not seen this new innovation, come in and let us demonstrate how it .cleans the entire \Vindshield. A demonstration will prove its worth. Get Proteetlon Today I If you alr.eady have Fire and Theft you can get all other Str~ht 8 protection for approximately 30~ leu than above rates. su.e· t:...,... 222 w..e A···· suaeet 011.,..., me.... A Fon RANCE Co. MILLER. & MILLER George Miller 732 TweHth St. Leo Miller Phone Wil. 50