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WILMETTE LIFE Coo.k County Has $32,000, 000 --~·--. Road Program VOTE BONDS FOR NEW AND WIDER PAVEMENTS North Shore Roads Listed for Improvement by County Board · - - - ----------------- - - - --------- 41 AUTO MAKERS TO . EXHIBIT IN CHICAGO 1_ _ _ L_in_c_o_ln_I_n_tr_o_du_c_e_s_N_e_w_B_r_o_ug_h_a_m_-----' - --- Georgeous l)ecorations Will Depict Earlieat Use of Vehicles After exhaustive research and considerable expense, decorations, Persian in motif, have been prepared for the t"·enty-seventh annual national automobile show to be held in the Coliseum, Chicago, January 29 to February 5, under the auspices of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, Inc. Manager Samuel A. Miles and members of the show committee promise the most ornate setting in the history of the exposition. The decorations are in the hands of an army of scenic painters under the direction of Samuel Asch, noted exposition decorator, who provided the artistic dress for last year's show. Visitors will not only see the largest automobile show in history, but als· o the most marvelous scenic display ever off rred. I I hig-hly improYcd thoroughfar~:-. in tilt· north shore region in the ncar iutu rt·. · according to the report on "\\"id . ; r I Pa ,·ement Recommendation s ior Co ,,k ' I County" prepared by the Highw;t~· :\ ·1 ,·ison· committee aJ)pointed 1)\- :\nt ·1n ·1· ~·ern;ak. president of the county hoard. This report of suggestions ha-.td on ·,1 recommendations of the Chicagn 1\cgional Planning commission and kindrrd groups contains propo se d chan!.!.~, Emblematic of the clays when the early American gentry tran~r:--ed .t h~.: and additions to a number of rn;tt\' countryside· behind prancing horses. the above coaching- brougham h)': J ucl~u1s. that affect the north shon·. .\ h():td C·n the Lincoln chassis, proved a decided sensation at the recent ~cw \ c~rk issue for the purpose was Yoted hy t 'tt· designers' salon. This brougham,. together with numerous other pc.:nod hodtcs, county last fall, making ;l\·ailahlt· S3~. will be shown as a feature of the Chicago automohilr salnn at the Dr a kt: ()(lfl.OOO for paYed roads. Plan 40-foot Roads. hotel January 29 to February 5. - - - · ·- - - Railroad an·nue, E\·anston, fr om :\:;. 1 lmry an·mH.' north to the county li ·1c Constant Growt h Is S tory ; is to ~>e made a -to foot high\\'a\" . ;lcof Packard Car Co. Here ~ording t(l t.he plan. Thi s ~trip, -,, Ju.·l · 1s se \·en m·les Inn .~. tncludcs tht' lH r- t Consftanlt grpowkth hdas"tfnarkedC the lns- 1t ion front \Yilnwttl' through Gknc' e. To Show 300 Cars tory o. t le ac ·ar 1' otor ar rom - :\lrcadv con-;truction has startnl 111: Fortv -one manufacturers will show pany m Evanston and t~le north l the northern portion frnm \\'innl't ka Since the introduction of its Series shore. Stnct: t h c It II \z ~""I l'J1(()(' . , more than 300 cars, while nine makers 11 model early in 1925 the Franklin of light commercial vehicles will dis~~ra,!.lch. wa; estabCentral road irom Hand rc·arl ·,) play from two to four models each of reputation for leadership has continhshecl m f·.Yan ~ ton ~hnidan i-, an"thl'r plan undn cnth r.dtheir latest designs. Two exhibitors ued unabated . To date this great car I in 19~ it has gro\\"n I cration. Thl' plan i:- to make J.j, will shO\v taxicabs. has added over 100 from a small saJr-, \ tJwroughiarr a .20 foot high\\'a~-. ~it llt Shop equipment and light motor betterments since room and sen·ice I ( "entral ha:-; a rar line it is po:--~ ildl' trucks constitute tw'o entirely new · ' it first took the field station to its pres -, that till' nc\\' route .\\'ill go thr"u ·I and now the Franksections this year. In the former secen t large building I Ia rrison or Tsabe lla. lin policy of contio~l will be shown modern machines, on East Railroad Winnetka Leads the Way stant striving for devices and materials for service shops, with 21,000 square 1 \Yinnctka_ kt ~ rontrihut.cd rirhl ~· higher perfection in garages and repair shops. The accesfeet of floor space. ! ~tn :.hare ot tl.lls gl'neral 1111p~onm n: succeeding each sory and parts exhibit will he a comThe new structure 1· n the rompll'tton . rccrntly. ul tht· t':\· year has reached a plete display, with approximately 150 was erected in 1925 : 1\'~::-.ion oi Center stn:e t :-.outll\\·a_rd il· new climax. manufacturers, jobbers and dealers and at first had \\ 11111 d ka a H ' ll ue. Th h ~ t rl'tr h ot ro ;t<l All the new showing the newest things in these Toloff Photo only one floor. Last : -.ta11ds a" a _glowing- example ?i ju-' Franklin models inlines. C. E. Stube year the busines . 1 what the.: enttrl' !lC\\" through l11gl~\\·a :· cluding the sedan, increased at such rapid strides that · ··~·s t of at.Hl adjacrnt to the :\or ·l· During the wrl'k of the show, Jan 31 the sport touring, another floor was added. \\<.·stern nght -of-way sh?uld be wh t·f' and Feh. 1, will be known as trade the coupe, the sport ·om11kted from McCon11tck houlcn rd davs. The sessions wilt last front 10 B. W. Kellogg runabout and the . Plans are under way at the pres~nt I 111 the -.outh to the cottnt\· linl' 11!1 t 1!t A.-M. to 1 P.M., each day. · cabriolet 111a,. be seen in the Franklin- tune to erect a new branch at 925 Lm- nc.rt h. Persian effects were decided on for Rutler Moto~s lnc .. at 808 Grm·e street. den avenue in Hubbard \Voods. The the dec()rations after a historical ex- EYanston. B: \V. 'Kellogg is manager property has been purchased and \vork amination as to the origin of practical of the concern which has placed the is to start at once on the building. It Veteran Automobile Man transportation which dates back from Franklin among the leaders in the au- will be opened for business in the Cadillac Manager Here the time of King Darius. The Per- comotive industry un the n::>rth shore. spnng. Don E. Ahrens, manager of the Evsians not only developed vehicles to a The 25th Anniversary Franklin is the Eighty persons are employed at the anston branch of the Cadillac Motor practical point for war pursuits, but Series 11 greater than ever. This car local branch at the present time. Four company, is a veteran of 15 years also in their domestic and agricultural is now offered at the most favorable years ago. the staff numbert>d only service in the aulife. prices that have ever been applied. eleven. tomobile industH. To Portray Early Persians A new design of intake manifold in Eight years of t h:lt C. E. Stube, manager of the EvansThe entire dome of the Coliseum will cast aluminum, and increases in the ton branch of the Packard ~ompany period was spent as · be covered with 15,000 yards of Per- size of the cylinder inlet valve port, a Cadillac distribtt· sian cloth and other fabricated mater- fuel transformer and carburetor are has been with the company here for tor on the Pacific ials in Persian design. At both ends the main factors in an increase in four years. He is a graduate of Northcoast. He returm·d of the Coliseum will be portrayed in ability which pushes Franklin to the western university and has resided here east a year ago al'd gia~t . figures the war and peaceful top ranks. This advance is particularly took over the manfor thirteen years. He has been largenoticeable in acceleration within the pursuits of the early Persians. agership of the loKing . Darius will be shown in his touring range from thirty-five to fifty ly responsible for the growth of the cal J>ranch. concern here and has worked indusfamous chariot at one end of the huge miles an hour. The Cadillac h:l5 exposition building, while the typical The remarkable smoothness of the triously to build up both the sales and been represented c11l chariots used and the lion hunt, will Series 11 motor is now brought to a service end of the business. At presthe north shore for .~ be pictured at the other end. point where it is almost without equal. Don E. Ahrens ten years and at ent the service station is capable of The balconies of the Coliseum will The absence of roar at high speeds is Tolotr Photo present has one of serving from 70 to 85 cars a day. be so reconstructed as to give the especially apparent. and the reverberthe finest show rooms and service staeffect of the great colonnade of King ating rumble commonly experienced tions in the country. It was erected ;tt Darius within the Court of his Palace, when decelerating throughout the speed ·Export Sales of Auburn Co. a cost of $190,000, and has 30,000 squan· looking out upon the broad horizon. range are conspicuous by their ab1 d 141()f · '26 feet of floor space. From thi~ home ncrease 70 ID The'·outdoor motif will even be carried sence. A giant seven-bearing crankover $2,000,000 worth of automobile ~ E. L. Cord, president of Auburn and were sold last year. to the .annex and adjoining buildings,· shaft is the latest detail added to nummaking this the most luxurious decora- erous other design and structural feat- the man credited with that company's tions ever attempted for the national ures to reduce vibration to the vanish- spectacular rise in the industry during RADIATOR PLANT IS LARGE ing point. 1926, announced recently that export automobile show. The Highland Park plant of the The clear-vision narrow front pillar sales of his concern in the year just Ford Motor company houses the largconstruction which Franklin first in- past showed an increase of 141 pe.r est radiator factorv in the world. It is SELLS FIRST AUTO IN 1898 The first automobile sold in the troduced to the i!ldustry in its coupe cent over their volume in 1925. The capable of producing approximately United States was shipped by Alex- is now extended to every closed body industry generally averaged a gain of 9,000 radiators in a day. There being a , and Winton, pioneer manufacturer in in the line. It makes accidents due to 3 per cent in export business. He add- very large number of parts in a radia- · the industry, on April Fool's day in .. blind spots" impossible. A second new ed that between 3,500 and 4,000 Auburn tor and 140 operations required in it5 189ft He shipped it from hi~ little fac- element in sa~ety is the double-fi.l ament cars will figure in export sales during manufacture, a production of this vol· headlights with Twin-Beam lenses. 1927. tory in Cleveland. ume is no small achievement. ! Xo rth shore motorist:-. :lrt· a~~ur\'r Fran. klin Series 11 Attains High Place in Automobile World I ' 1 1 J'