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» September 15, 1928 WINNETKA TALK 25 "REGISTER CAR IN OTHER CITIES." HAYES" ADVICE Motor Club President Says Plan Is Excellent, and Helpful in Case of Accidents "Motorists whose business or vaca- tion trips take them into strange cities for longer than the briefest of inter- vals should make it a point to register their vehicles with the local authori- ties and acquire a copy of the muni- cipal traffic regulations," says Charles M. Hayes of Winnetka, president of the Chicago Motor Club, who 'points out that this practice establishes the visitor as one who wishes to conform with the requirements of safe driving wherever he may be. "For the casual visit of a day or so or mere sightseeing purposes this is unnecessary, and adoption of such a policy by the individual traveler would be burdensome to himself and muni- cipal officials," says Mr. Hayes. "The plan is an excellent one, though, for the visitor whose call is to be stretched out to a week or more. "It establishes his good faith and stamps him as one who is desirous of knowing and abiding by the traffic regulations of the city or town. that is playing host to him and his party. In case of a possible accident, the circumstantial evidence that would at- tach guilt to the outsider, on the ground of unfamiliariy with local re- gulations arid traffic conditions, is not present. It is an assurance of a just weighing of all the evidence in a case before a verdict is given. "This club and all others of the chain that comprise the American Automobile Association are working toward the end of uniform municipal traffic regulations. While that day is nearer than ever before, it has not yet arriyed. Until it- does, the motorist should do.all in his power to acquaint himself with the traffic code of the city he visits. The motor club helps its members in this - respect by giving them a digest of the major regula- tions: in those states through which their. tours take them. Where possi- ble, it does the same thing in the case of municipal codes. The matter is one of undoubted importance." Average Wholesale Prices of U. S. Automobiles $736 The average wholesale price which the American motorist paid for his automobile during 1927 was $756.85, ac- cording to figures of The Automobile Club of Illinois in co-operation with the American Motorists' Association, analyzing the 1927 production figures showing that 2,873,380 passenger auto- mobiles were manufactured in the United States having an aggregate wholesale value of $2,174,718977. Of the total number manufactured, 2,504, 638 were sold in the United States and 278,742. were exported. The average export value was $746.03. BIG INSURANCE GAIN The June 30 statement of the Au- tomobile Insurance Company showed an increase of practically $1,300,000 in surplus in the first half of the year, the surplus having increased from $3,812,116 on December 31 to $5,110,088 on June 30. he improvement in the status of the company is indicated by a com- parison with surplus as of June 30, 1927, when it was $2,050,720, showing increase of 150 per cent. The assats as of June 30 were $20,309,642. WATCH STEER NUTS. While it takes numerous nuts to hold an automobile together, it re- guires only one at the steering wheel to tear it apart. With all due pedestrians report 'the new ones are just as hard on victims as were the old fashioned kind, Road Tips Illinojs-42-A--Detour at Glenview; into Northbrook, then easterly to Illi- nois-42-A (Waukegan road). This de- tour will be removed during the next week. Illinois-46 -- Mannheim road which was closed for the paving of 3lst street is now open between Ogden ave- nue and 22nd street. Thirty-first street is closed for con- struction between Des Plaines River road and Mannheim road. All paved detour via Des Plaines road, Ogden avenue and Mannheim road. Thirty- first street is open to all traffic be- tween Mannheim road and the west county line. Cumberland avenue -- This road which is a continuation of Thatcher avenue is now open north to Lawrence | avenue but is closed for paving be- follow marked detour route west to | Shermer road, then north on this road | tween Lawrence and Higgins road. North avenue in Chicago and Cook county is open only as far west as Thatcher road. Grading west of that point is finished, but paving is being held up while the state acquires the necessary right of way. Belmont avenue between a new 40-foot open tq traffic. nue (which at this point is the West Chicago city limits), for some distance, | Belmont avenue is a dirt highway and | should be entirely avoided. concrete pavement Harlem avenue--This road is open | and paved from Illinois-21 (Milwaukee ! East of Harlem ave- | avenue) south to Wellington avenue, Chicago. Most of this is new con- crete pavement some of which is 40 feet wide. Between Wellington and North avenue, Harlem avenue is a gravel road and is a little rough. Addison avenue is paved and open only as far west as Cumberland ave- nue, but has an excellent connection to the River road at Belmont avenue, via Forest Preserve road, and makes a very good route between Sheridan {road in Lincoln park and Des Plaines | River road. Harlem | avenue and Des Plaines River road is | Illinois-42--Detour in Lake Forest; follow marked detour route over city streets. FORD PLANT TO REOPEN The Cleveland plant of the Ford Motor Company will be reopened Sep- tember 17 and production is expected to reach 150 to 200 cars daily within la few weeks. HEYR re COMI T0 HueMOBILE > » New Century Beauty and Value Revises Old Buying Habits; Creates Entirely New Group of Owners 5 FLeii now turn to Hup- mobile as the new source of undeni- able good taste in motor car styles. _ Many who have recently purchased a new 1929 Century Hupmobile have broken away from life-long ad- herence to other cars. Even with pre-knowledge of Hupmobile excel- lence in body and chassis design, this entirely new group of owners is amazed at what new Century de- NEW CEN Ni Ul HRY SIX FEIGHT MOBILE WARE sign brings them. They find smoothly balanced power, assisted by genuine Lanchester vibration dampers, light- ning pick-up and riding luxury new in : all their experience of fine cars. 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