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EL -- h December 22, 1928 WINNETKA TALK AN x NII 0%) (lu 4 NORTH SHORE Fj MOTOR NEWS b CLUB'S SCHOOL CAMPAIGN FOR SAFETY PROMISING Next Generation Will Be *"Iraffic- Wise," Is Prediction of Motor Club President The next generation in the United States will be "traffic-wise," predicts Charles M. Hayes of Winnetka, presi- dent of the Chicago Motor Club. Mr. Hayes based his prediction on the prac- tical safety lessons that are being ex- pounded every day by the school boy's patrol; the weekly discussions between teachers and classes anent safety posters, and educational work along the same lines in the home. "The greater part of this program is sponsored by automobile clubs af- filiated with the American Automobile Association," explained Mr. Hayes. "There are nearly 1,100 of them in the United States. As an example, the Chicago Motor Club has assisted in organizing and maintaining patrols numbering more than 14,000 members in the fifty-one counties in which it operates. White belts and badges are supplied free to those young officers, who guard the life and limb of ap- proximately 1,250,000 pupils. "We also issue more than 50,000 two-color posters, portraying a vivid lesson in safety, free of charge each month to schools in our territory. The posters, like the patrol, are the result of a vast amount of research in deter- mining the best methods of warning the youngsters against the dangers of the street. "The lessons conveyed by the patrol and posters are stamped on the young mind while it is still receptive and pliable. We believe that they will be remembered by the pupils throughout their lives, like the A B C's or the multiplication table. Material assist- ance is given by parents who con- tinue these lessons in the home." All Graham-Paige Dealers to Gather in Detroit, Jan. 3 Graham-Paige having registered a big year has just issued invitations for its first national dealer's conven- tion according to Carl Hanson of Hanson Motors, Winnetka Graham- Paige distributor. The event is to be held at Detroit on January 3 and 4. The dealers will be shown an elabor- ate exposition of the growth and progress of the Graham-Paige Motors Corporation in its first year as builder | of cars bearing the name of the three Graham brothers. They will be shown the new build- ings that have been added to the main plant for increasing the 1929 capacity. The new engineering laboratory, with its elaborate equipment, and the final test building and test track will come in for especial attention. At Wayne, not far from Detroit, material expansion has been made in the Graham-Paige body factory, and a large group of buildings in Detroit itself has been added to plant facili- ties for the export and the service de- partments. WEAR ON GRAVEL IS COSTLY An inch of gravel will be worn away in the course of a year by a traffic of 500 vehicles per day, according to N. M. Isabella, Wisconsin maintenance engineer, occasioning a loss of 400 Steel Spoke Wheel New Achievement to Credit of Ford Steel spoke wheels for Lincolns is the latest move by Henry Ford, according to D. W. Leonard of the Skokie Motor company of Wilmette, north shore Ford distributor. "When Ford introduced the steel spoke wheel in Ford cars, having the parts welded together into one piece, and making the spokes integral with the rim and hub, engineers began to look forward to the building of a similar wheel for the Lincoln car," said Mr. Leonard. "The strength and security of the one-piece wheel were proved so com- pletely that its adoption by Lincoln was looked forward to. Various pre- liminary questions had to be answered, and a number of obstacles overcome before that could be done, but one by one, after exhaustive experimental work and conclusive tests, these were overcome, and the necessary equip- ment was installed in the Lincoln plant to produce wire wheels for Lincoln cars. The wheel is now in production. "Twenty long and twenty short spokes are used in its manufacture. The former connect the rim to the outer end of the hub, while the latter are used between the rim and the in- side end of the hub. The spokes are held in position for welding by loading fixtures that automatically determine their angle and distance apart, and also locates the rim and hub in a proper relative position. "The spokes are welded in groups of ten, necessitating eight welding ma- chines for the operations. The short spokes are welded first, in tens to the rim and then to the hub. The long spokes follow, being likewise welded first to the rim and then to the hub. "The Lincoln one-piece wheel has been tested conclusively at the experi- mental laboratory of the company at Dearborn. One trial was an impact testing machine to determine the wheel's resistance to a severe impact blow. It stimulates the effects of skid- ding and striking against a curb and is measured in foot-pounds. A footpound is the blow caused by one pound falling one foot, and in the case of the Lin- coln wheel, a maximum of 400 foot- pounds was reached. It was possible to measure the amount of deflection following each blow as well as the en- durance of the wheel in withstanding it. Motor Cars on 85 Percent of the Farms in Illinois Eighty-five percent of all farms in Illinois have automobiles; 13.3 two or more automobiles; 11.9 per cent have trucks. Putting it another way, on 193.936 farms you will find one motor car, on 30,017 you will find more than one and on 26,879 you will find motor trucks. These figures are announced by the research department of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, which has just completed a tabulation of mechanical equipment on Illinois farms. This brings out basic data taken from of- ficial sources and arranged in conven- ient form for the business man in- terested in the farm market in Illinois. cubic yards of material for every mile of 18-foot gravel road. At a cost of $2 per yard the total yearly loss in material amounts to $800 per mile. Road Tips Condition of roads in Illinois and nearby states is reported by the Chi- cago Motor club as follows: ILLINOIS Illinois-6--Detour at Westchester; follow marked detour over Pusheck road south to 22nd street; follow this west to the Mannheim road or Illinois- 46; follow this north to Illinois-6. Illinois-42--Detour in Lake Forest; follow marked detour over city streets. INDIANA US-50--Completion of new pave- ment from Indiana-1 to Dillsboro re- moves a 22-mile detour. Indiana-53--Two miles of new pave- ment is opened from Rensselaer north. This removes a 5-mile detour. US-20--All open and paved. US-30--All open and paved, except for a gravel run-around at the Erie railroad, 2 miles east of Shererville, and 1,400 feet of crushed stone at the drainage canal, east of Hana. US-41--This route which is mostly all pavement is all open at present. US-52--All paved except for 16 miles of gravel between Anderson- ville and Brookville. No detours at present. WISCONSIN US-12--Closed for about 2 blocks south from the junction of Wisconsin- 23 at Delton. A fair detour is pro- vided. This detour, caused by con- | Nash to Construct Huge Steel Plant; Will Cost Million A record year by Nash Motors Company is to result in a huge piece of expansion, according to word re- ceived by O. E. Springer of Suburban Nash Sales of Winnetka, this being the construction of a million dollar steel plant at Racine. The new plant will be for the joint use of the Nash factories at Milwau- kee, Racine and Kenosha, The de- tails of construction, the location of the plant, definite cost, or the time work will begin on the building are not vet settled. Racine is the logical place for the plant. Production at the Nash plants now at a seasonal level will shortly after the first of the year step up to a point that will average 1,000 units daily by mid-spring. struction, probably will be in effect all winter. Wisconsin-36--Closed for concrete construction between Lyons and Springfield in Walworth county. Traf- fic to Lake Geneva can follow Wis- consin-14 to Elkhorn and US-12 to I.ake Geneva and avoid this route. Wisconsin-30--Rough detour west of Lake Mills in Jefferson county. Wisconsin-13--Short detour north of Friendship in good condition. Wisconsin-70--Closed east of Fifield, in Price county. 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