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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 14 Jul 1932, p. 33

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street and nîgnway faciiies this year in Chicago and in the area witbin a radius of tliirty-five miles of the city. That statement is made by Charles M. Hayes, president of the Chicago Motor club, after analyzing and suni- marizing reports fronth saead the. counties of Cook, Lake, J<ane, Will and Du Page. "It is generally admitted that 85 percent of highway expenditures are allocated to payroll purposes," cn tinued Mr. Hayes. "Thus, a ,payroll of $17,216;750 is being distributed in the ýarea in question, nam ely, that bounded by Illinois route 22,, which' extends lfrom- Highland Park west te Cary, south through Elgin, Aur ora and Joliet, and east to the Indiania state lne. "«Following are the amounts whichý- the state and several counties are ex- peniding in, this area:this year. The counties' totals include their sharte of the gasoline taxt, as wvell as fund's which accrue f rom the cotinty high- way tax. State $12,000,000 Cook .......... Lake6500 Kane 265,000 Wili ...... . 220,000 1)u Pagre 2,0 Total, $20,255,00 "The, $l2.000,000 which týie state is expending, may bhe siubdivided ae follows: inside Chieago $ 2,000,000 Outside Chieago 500,006 Hilghway grade sewirations 1,350,000 Other construction 8 ,150,000 Total..... ...... $12,000,000» Lanes at Intersection Help ExpediteTafi Lines marking the lanes:,for cars waiting for traffic signaIs to change have been painted on n¶any. Chicago pavements and are expediting traffic, points out the Chicago 'Motor. club, wbich suggests that other communities also mark heavily traveled pavements at. intersections. "These lines ýtend to keep casi First of a- fleet of 550 postoffice trucks complete with bodies, recently- çontracted for by the federal govern- ment with the Chevrolet Motor coin- pany,. are to be delivereqi July 1ý5, Chevrolet officiais announice. This conitract, one of many awarded Chevrolet by.users of large commer- cial fleets, brings the volume of thi: type of business forý the ýfirst six months of the year. considerably. ahjead of ýany previous sixa-month period,. according to. H. J. Klingler, vice-president and general, sales man-. ager. The federal contract calls for the 550 units, represetini.g more than $250,000 in new business, to be stand- ard postoffice trucks with a gross load-carr ying capacity. of: not. less thn4,200 pounds, -equipped with a1 standard mail- truck body having a capacity of'200 cubic fet. Postrnaster Geller al B3rown. an- nounced awarding of contract to Chevrolet carly .last nionth following comparative tests of other cars in the same general pi.ce level.. The trucks are to be delivered as follows: Boston, 68; Brooklyn, 40; Buffalo, 21;- Chicago, 156. Cincinnati, 6; Cleveland, 20; Dallas, 3: Detroit', 49; Grand Rapids, 1; Indianapolis , 21; Jacksonville, 3: Milwaukee,. 12,; Minneapolis, 12; New York, 40; Orna- ha, 18; Philadeiphia, 40; St. Louis, 30, and St. Paul, 10. Ail1 Roads WiIll Lead to 1933 Fair Fourteen arterial highways intoý Chicago have been designated World's fair roads by the sub-core- mittee of traffic exp erts according tu Autotiobile Club News. Road nxap s for.-the. World's fair year will show. tbat each bas been renamned, for some one :ofý the exhibit groups, such as Marine road, the Fort Dearborn route, etc. Sec tions of these roads lying wthin poits ourtne Cincago Motor club. week in june re work completed Storage batteries should be checkecl period. The nul for refilling more frequently inu *um- etmpoyed at ti. mher than in winter.. seven thousand. ring the six-day r of men directly period .exceeded 'of the Mlx layonm Of 4, fabrie undethe îs in this tire, two I thern, although -morne tire-- makers cl them, exta plies. PAIR 9 CASH IPRICES i> QUALITY at new Iow Famous Lifetime Guaranted SUPERTWIST CORD TIRES ,BAg husky handsonie Goodyears-QUALITY tires within reaeh of ali-bult by Goodyear processes, with Goodyear craftsmanship,, and rneasuring up to Goodyear standards in every way-at prices so low you can afford new rubber ail around. 740' 01-06 Twelfth Street Phione Wdbn. Mem4ber Wfilmette Chamber of Commerce

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