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· March 15, 1929 WILMETTE · P II & C.i ·A B. A 0 W TUANS LIFE ANOTHER Report b:v Bureau Recommends Plan for Track Safety Compreh e n s i v e recommendations made by the bureau of public roads, United States department of agriculture, to the railroad3 and state highway departmen,ts throughout the country, with a view to decreasing and improving highway and rail grade crossings, have been announced by the Chicago Motor ·club. The recommendations were made bv E. \V. James, an official of the bureau. He asked that the highway departments claS'3ify the crossings with respect to their degree of danger and amount of traffic; that the departments and the railroads then adopt a definite program for eliminating the most dangerous crossing3; that ·authority to construct new crossings be restricted; that each department, or state, adopt a program for in·.;talling standardized safety warning devices, and that the cost of eliminating crossings and in stalling safety devices be readju.;ted behreen the railroads and the public. "Some more or less definite readjustment of costs between railroad.; and public should be made for all grade crossing treatments," Mr. James declared. "At present the cent of installing protective features is borne entirely by the states in some cases, and in other.; entirely by the railroads. If a program of elimination, based on a classification, is to be founded on economic. saving to highway traffic, it is logical and fair to be liberal in allotment of costs to the general public. This plan would make it po.;sible to speed up the entire program of elimination and protection." :Mr. James recommends that each state highway department collect data on accidents at all crossings, re.;ulting fatalities, and on th_e types of protected crossings. This information would permit setting up separate urban and .:mhurban programs, and a decision as to the effectiveness of the several types of protection where immediate elimination is not possible. PAGE 1N I' IN E CAR HISTOllY IERCE-ARROW'S recent expansion reflects itself brilliantly in a new Straight Eight which is Pierce-Arrow to the very heart and core. Besides being ultra-modern in its fresh, crisp beauty, the new PierceArrow is longer in wheel-base than its recent predecessors. There are two groups in the new line-two wheel~ bases- I 33 inches and 1 4 3 inches. Big automobiles are these, but without the least suggestion ofbulk. Arriving at the psychological moment, the new Pierce-Arrow Straight Eight forever obsoletes "the dowager" type of fine motor car. .A feature that has marked .America's finest motor car for mort than a fJUarttr-untury -the fender lamps of PieruA"ow. Pierce-Arrow mechanical detail embraces every device of proved character known to the engineering of fine motor cars. THE NEW STRAIGHT E JGHT BY Automobile Is Now a Part of Luggage Crossing Ocean In re3ponse. to numerous inquiries from car owners who contemplate touring Europe this summer in their own automobiles, the touring bureau of the Chicago Motor Club issued a statement outlining some of the importnat regulations governing motor travel abroad. The '.;tatement was based on reports received from the foreign travel division of the American Automobile Association, with which the motor club is affiliated. It is pointed out that the first step in arranging for a trip abroad i·s the securing of passports, which is now comparatively easy for resident Americans through federal agents in all part.; of the nation. Greatly improved services are also available in connection with other requirements for the motorist desiring to take his car aborad. Some of these are : 1. The motor car is now virtually a part of the tegular baggage. Steamship lines now transport them uncrated and at a flat rate, based on weight, or cubic foot displacement. 2. The A. A. A. will take complete charge of arranging for passport vises and also for delivery of necessary travel documents and licen'ses by port representatives upon arrival of the motorist in Europe. 3. Customs barriers have been virtually eliminated as a result of foreign governmenrs authorizing the issuance of papers allowing the motor tourist to travel at will, and with a minimum of trouble from customs officers at border l~nes. B1tiies "'"' Engine ;y Pieru-.Arrow-4nd Pitrtt-Arrow in Efltry Part FROM $2115 TO $8200 AT BUFFALO The purchase of a car from income has !Jeen made an altogether attractive procedure !J.,v the ·Pierce-A "ow Finance Corporation. The average allowance on a good used car usually more than covers the initial Pierce-A"ow payment. Chicago Pierce, Arrow Sales Co. 2420.-22 S. Michigan Ave. Tel~ Michigan 2400 Chicago Benell Motor Sales 5714 Broadway