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September 29, 1928 WINNETKA TALK 49 J LL NORTH SHORE Sia. 2 MOTOR NEWS 40 FOOT WAUKEGAN ROAD T0 BE OPENED TOMORROW North Shore Highway First to Be Widened--Stretch of Nine Miles Is Completed Mark down a new achievement for the north shore. A forty foot motor pavement of nine consecutive miles, the first big job of road widening in Cook County, is an accomplished fact and it is to be found on none other than the famous Waukegan road. The forty foot strip extends from a point just north of Touhy avenue to another point one mile north of the village of Northbrook. The contractors have completed the work and it is said that the highway department will open the wide thor- oughfare for traffic tomorrow. The fact that Waukegan road was chosen for this first big improvement is recognition of the importance of this north and south artery. Wauke- gan road long has been a busy traf- fic thoroughfare, being one of only a couple of arteries of entry to Chicago from the north. Traffic on Sundays when this highway was a two lane af- fair has been more than congested. Something had to be done and the County board has taken the big step. Highway Men to Watch Traffic Highway officials will keep a watch- ful eye on Waukegan road for several months now that it has been widened because this road building job will, serve as a demonstration of what a forty foot highway will do in the way of carrying traffic with safety and speed. It is believed that the four lane highway will solve thé big problem. One defect in' the continuous stretch of 40 foot pavement remains. That is at the overhead crossing of the North Western railway near Techny. The overpass remains at a two lane width, but the approach has been paved. Next spring the roadway of the bridge will be widened to conform with the continuous width of pave- ment. Another shortcoming of the new pavement line is the crossing of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul rail- way tracks at Golf, just north of Morton Grove. This crossing is made at grade, but the pavement is held at 40 feet in width. Negotiations for the separation of the grades are under way, and ordinarily administrative offi- cials would wait until that question was settled before proceeding with the work. Big Capacity Increase The old Waukegan road was cred- ited with a capacity of up to 22,000 vehicles a day. The new width will provide a capacity of over 55000 cars a day, in the estimation of traffic en- gineers. Another important highway develop- ment is announced. After a delay of several years the state highway de- partment has put under contract the construction work necessary to connect the Northwest highway with the vil- lage of Des Plaines. The highway was built by Cook county as far as Bar- rington a number of years ago and was taken over by the state as high- way 19 of the Illinois system. Necessity for more road facilities to reach Arlington track this year spurred the state to action, and con- sruction gangs are now nearing com- pletion of. the pavement from . the dead end of the Northwest highway to Des Plaines. Cars Idle Sunday Do you drive your car on Sundays? That's the question one north shore autoist asked another the other day and the answer was: "No, the old bus remains garage on Sundays." All of which brings out another question which is mighty interesting not only to drivers of cars, but to al- most everybody. This is: What would happen on the high- ways of the north shore if every owner of a car drove on Sunday? One driver answered that as well as any other might when he said: "We might get back in time for breakfast before going to work Mon- day morning. It would be interesting to know just how many "cars are not used on Sun- days. A guess that fifty percent stay in the garages might not be out of line. Chevrolet Sedan and Truck Travel Endurance Route News of the conclusion of what was one of the most hazardous endurance tests ever undertaken by an automo- bile, the famous Chevrolet trek up through the center of Africa from Cape Town to Cairo, has just been re- ceived in this country. Fred Richard- son, Winnetka Chevrolet dealer, %ias just received this information from General Motors. The expedition, con- sisting of a standard Chevrolet sedan and truck, manned by- four adventur- ers, has, in all probability, crossed the Bosphorus to Constantinople 'by this time. Twenty-four large Furopean cities are to be visited before it arrives in London. Ten thousand miles will have been traversed when it concludes its history making trip in Stockholm. The message, telling of the finish of the 6,000 Cape Town-Cairo journey in the astonishing time of 135 days, was lacking in detail. Of the earlier stages of the perilous ynderiaicing there was no lack of de- tail. Knee deep in water for weeks at a time, the expedition plugged doggedlv on across treacherous, crocodile infest- ed Bahora Flats and the swollen banks of the Ruvu river. The Bahora Flats are 70 miles across, yet it re- quired only seventeen days to effect a passage. The sedan is outfitted with two spare petrol tanks each holding seven gallons. Tt has detachable gauze win- dows, and seats that droo back to al- low sleeping accommodations. Wire screens were fitted in front of the ra- diators of both sedan and truck. to prevent grass seeds and mud from choking the radiators. Inside the sedan, rifles and shot ouns are slung up under the roof. The tire carriers at the rear of both cars hate been altered to carry two spare tires. Oversize tires, 31 by 500 are used. Both cars are equipned with bumpers, and two lights and a heat meter. The expedition is expected to reach Stockholm early in October. 23,000,000 CARS IN U. S. The nation's motor vehicle registra- tion in 1908 was 197,500. Tt passed the 23,000,000 mark the first of this year. in the Improvements Big Feature of Pierce-Arrow 36 Model In line with Pierce-Arrow's policy of continual betterment of current models, as opposed to the "yearly model" plan, a notable group of im- provements has been incorporated in the Company's larger type of car, the big Series 36 Dual-Valve Model. James G. Barber of Evanston, North Shore distributor, is now exhibiting these latest examples of Pierce- Arrow's handcraftsmanship. "This latest Series 36 with its Pull- man-like road qualities now carries engine refinements which have greatly increased its power, its performance and its quietness and smoothness in action," says Mr. Barber. "Improve- ments likewise have been made in the Isotta-Fraschini type of four-wheel brakes which give far easier and more positive control over the remarkable power performance." Chandler Dealer Reports Big Gain in Sales Over 1927 Chandler's new line of sixes and eights has resulted in big gains over the corresponding period of last year, according to Tom Hay and Son of Evanston, dealers. "September will register a 128 per cent gain in sales over the volume booked during the same months in 1927," says. Tom Hay. It has been generally proven true in the automo- bile industry, that the greatest buying trend has been shown during the first six months of any year. Nevertheless, this does not prove true with Chand- ler this year. So great has been the buying interest in the new Sixes and Eights, that Chandler's sales for July, August and September will far exceed the entire volume booked by the com- pany for the first six months: of 1928. TODAY \(- Stop taking chances. 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