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May 31, 1929 WILMETTE LIFE and President of The Auto- Here's a $30,000,000 Three New German Trucks PERMITS TO OPERATORS association mobile Club of Illinois. Bus System Merger; · Now on Chicago's Streets figures are . not ·available OF CARS GAINING FAVOR to"National answer this Vice-PresiWill Unify Travel The new trucks built in Germany are ·question,'~ Enactment of Such a Law In All dent Mayer states. "A close approximate, however, may be obtained from States W oulcl Aid In Safety an · analysis of the applications for Cam~gn automobile license permits in the A growing sentiment for the enact- state of New Jersey. The figures ment, in every state, of a law requir- show that during 1927 there were ing an operator's permit for all auto- 145,494 persons examined for permits ists is shown by the results ·of a nation-wide survey just completed by and of this number 28,877, or 19.8 perthe American Motorists association,· cent, were found to be unfit to operin conjunction with The Automobile ate an automobile commensurate with Club of Illinois. safety and were therefore rejected. ln. response to a questionnaire, sent Of the number found unfit, 13,013- were to all State Highway Commissions, disqualified because of their inability embodying the query: "Do you favor to drive, while 15,864 failed in their an operator's permit law?" the an- written test. swers were, almost without exception, "Accepting the approximate figure in the affirmat.ive. of 19.8 percent in New Jersey as being Of the 48 states and the District of unfit out of 145,494 applicants, by the Columbia, twenty-six states require laO same standards, this would mean that operator's permit. Of these 26 states, there are hundreds of thousands uf the Highway C,ommissioners of Motor automobile operators in the states Vehicles, in all but four, expressed be- where permits are not required that lief that permits were essential to- are an actual menace to others on the wards highway motor vehicle traffic. highways." safety. In eight states legislation is' now pending towards the enactment of motor permit laws. The only way in which the fitness or unfitness of a person to operate a motor vehicle can be established, is by an examination of that · person. This raises the question as to what percent are fit or u·nfit to operate an automobile over a public highway, it is pointed out by Si. Mayer, VicePresident of the American Motorists ")" Four leading bus systems have been merged into a $30,000,000 transit corporation in Chicago. The lines, which stretch from coast to coast, have been amalgamated for central control and management for the purpose of unifying long distance motor transportation operations. More than 1,000 modern buses will be operated in the unified nation-wide system. W. E. Travis, chairman of the board of the Motor Transit Corporation ·of Chicago, announces that the new arrangement will affiliate in ownership and operation direction, the Motor Transit Corporation, the Pickwick · Corporation and the Southern Pacific. Two new corporations for managt:,; ment and operation have been formed, the Pacific Transportation Securities, Inc., which will own the Pacific Coast operations, and the Pickwick-Greyhound Corporation, which will have control of the Pickwick and Yelloway Syst.ems. now traveling Chicago's streets. These were built in Braunschweig, Germany, by H. Bussing,Automobilwerke AktienGesellschaft. A distinguishing feature i'.s the two drive shafts, one connected with each pair of wheels. The chassis alone weighs seven tons and the truck has a capac:ty of 26,000 pounds, which when loaded is equivalent to the weight of a modern railroad freight car. Leaving Bremen, Germany, on the S. S. President Harding, the trucks were delivered to the Pennsylvania at New York and hauled to Chicago on special freight cars. ONE OF FIVE CARS FOR EXPORT The export trade continues to increase more rapidly than the domestic in the demand for motor cars. Indications are that out of a probable production of more than 5,000,000 units thi·3 year one out of every five will be shipped to some foreign country. This, if carried through, will mean the initial year in which one million or more cars will be ·absorbed by the export demand. BARGAIN FARES Every Day~ Between North Shore Suburbs Effective June 1, 1929, the Chicago & North Western Ry. will make a reduction of 25% in the round trip fares between the western suburbs. Here are the round trip fares from Wilmette -with limit of 10 days. \l'ILMETTE Round trip fare WILl\lEITE To Round trip fare There is no substitute for quality in workmanship or materials. You can be assured of getting approved materials and methods of workmanship' at this Authorized Duco Shop You are invited to call and discuss your finishing problems. Braeside ........... $ Evanston(Davis St.) Fort Sheridan..... . Glencoe............ Great Lakes.... . . . . H'ighland Park . . . . . Highwood ... :·...... Hubbard Woods .... . Indian· Hill. . . . . . . Kenilworth. . . . . . . . .36 .15 .63 .27 .98 .50 .57 .21 .15 .15 Lake Bluff ......... $ .87 Lake Forest. . . . . . . . .77 North Chicago. . . . . 1.04 Ravinia. . . . . . . .. . . . . .41 · Ravinia Park....... .39 Rogers Park ........ .27 Summerdale. . . . . . . · .41 Waukegan ....... · .. 1.17 Wilson Ave......... .45 Winnetka. ......... .15 Half of above fares for children of 5 and under 12 years of age. On sale every day. Honored on all trains that stop at destination. Round Trip to Chicago $.6" 0 -0ne day shoppers tickets. Let U$ help with your vacation and other long di&tance trips. we are equipped to &ell you railroad and P~llman tickets to any part of the country. EARL E. ORNER, Ticket Agent Telephone-Wilmette 4 Wilmette, Illinois 706 562 Lincoln Ave. Winnetka 165