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WILMETTE LIFE, FRIDAY, JANUARY llr 1924 17 A UTOMOBILE SECTION MEN JOIN IN WAR ON SPEED Means of Reducing vy Auto Death Toll solution that a state-wide organi- be formed for the solution of the ingly difficult traffic problems that risen of late was the outcome of erence held of representatives of the foremost clubs, welfare agen- 'vic societies and officials of every forcing agency last week in the ms of the Chicago Woman's club Fine Arts building. This organi- to be known as the National commission, which will be state- nd eventually national, will have three-fold purpose investigation, ion and legislation. . Alfred Caswell Tyler, of Ev- who is president of the Chicago n's club, called the meeting. The embers felt the importance of move particularly in the death s. George Bartlett, a useful mem- hich occurred a few weeks ago as ult of an automobile accident. country has been turned into a e shop," Mrs. Tyler said con- the matter. "Every morning the is expected to go about among the ry and not get hurt. We must y educate the public and automo- but we must find some way of ing transportation for pedestrians ill enable them to cross the street It is impossible at the pres- "me because of the traffic. The must be made known and public n must be aroused. The large r of accidents each year is not ult of motorists and pedestrians. e safety commissions have been 'zed, the number of deaths has considerably reduced." n asked for an expression of opin- gamding the new movement to re- utomobile accidents, Dean Emeri- homas S. Holgate, Northwestern sity, who was one of the speak t the meeting, emphasized the need ew legislation to meet the situation. an Holgate pointed out that the au- bile problem is comparatively new that people have not grown up to ituation. "Drivers," he continued, "are rather reckless in handling the more powerful machines, and pedestrians have scarcely realized the change that has come about with the increasing danger of having automobiles on the streets. The public must be educated to meet the situation. There should be legislation to control automobile drivers and edu- cation for pedestrians." The belief that women make a splen- did medium for spreading educational work and that women's clubs have a real proposition to tackle in connection with street traffic conditions was voiced by Mrs. Jeremiah W. McGraw of Evanston chairman of the Chicago Woman's club committee to promote obedience to speed laws. Mrs. McGraw had a prominent part in the conference. "With the co-operation of its sub- urbs, Chicago can eventually point the way to a definite and effective plan for carrying on the work of the new safety commission," said Mrs. McGraw. "The number of automobiles is increasing all the time and something more effective than present methods is called for," she added. George W. Dixon, chairman of the meeting attended by 200 men and wom- en, was empowered at its close to ap- point the members of the executive com- mittee of the proposed organization and authorized to proceed with a vigorous program aimed at curbing speedsters and checking the appalling death toll. Charles N. Stevens, chairman of the safety committee of the Evanston cham- ber of commerce, was scheduled as one of the speakers, but was called out of town. At his office later Mr. Stevens expressed himself as being strongly in favor of any organization that will re- duce the death toll of persons killed by automobiles. Mr. Stevens declared that more accidents occur on the side streets than on the wide boulevards. He said that he had recently returned from Min- neapolis where he made investigations regarding the situation there. "Traffic" he asserted, "is not regulated as well in Minneapolis as it is in Chicago; the automobiles drive faster than they do here, but they don't kill nearly so many proportionately." North Shore Motor Club Annual Gala Night Jan. 17 Arrangements for the annual gala night of the North Shore Motor club, in which many Evanston members will participate, are now being made by officials of the organization, an an- nouncement today stated. The year- ly affair of the club will be held on January 1/, at the clubhouse, 5600 Sheridan rd., Chicago. Do You Know That K the JEWETT Can't »*> % A thrifty Six built by Paige IT CAN'T BE DONE TRACY HOLMES MOTOR CO. 1027 Davit St. Tel. Evanston 4803 EVANSTON, ILL. TAXES PAY NOW WILMETTE Special Assessments are now due. Pay at the Village Hall and save TIME, MONEY and WORRY. E. H. KERR Village Collector SAYS BALLOON TIRES ARE HERE FOR GOOD "Balloon tires, which were greeted by the driving public only a few months ago as an experiment or a passing fash- ion, have already made themselves a definite place in car owner's plans for 1924," says, L. E. Starkel of the Qual- ity Tire Shop, distributors of General Tires in Evanston and the north shore. "The Balloon tire is intended exclu- sively for passenger car use. Its name is an exaggeration of course, but the tire comes near to living up to it, when its size is compared to the regulars to which the public has been accustomed. Its description can be summed up brief- ly in this way: the balloon tire is in- tended for smaller wheel diameters and has a larger cross section in proportion than any tires have ever had heretofore. It is made to run at extremely low air pressure, completely absorbs road ob- stacles that would cause the rigidly in- flated tire to bounce, and affords the greatest cushioning and comfort that has yet appeared in tires. "Balloon tire equipment is made for every sort of car, from the smallest to the largest. Most of them however, ex- cept Ford and similar sizes are intended for a 20-inch wheel, so that in changing over from the established equipment to balloon tires it is usually necessary al- so to change the wheels themselves. We have complete information on this, cov- ering practically every make and model of car and will be glad to pass it along to anyone who may be interested in the newer equipment, but does not know just what steps to take to obtain it GENERAL has one special Jumbo Bal- loon Tire, 32x4, for Dodges and similar cars, that fits perfectly on the regular rim and requires no wheel change at all. Our balloons are now made in the following sizes: -- 28x4.40. 30x5.25. 32x4.85. 32x6.20 and 34x7.30. "Balloon tires are purposely construct- ed with fewer plys of fabric than the regulars. This makes the casings more flexible, enables them to absorb road shocks as they do, and is also the rea- son that they are recommended for pas- senger cars and not for trucks. "Todays Balloon tire is a magnified form of General's Jumbo 30x3% fabric, originated in 1916. Thinner, stronger, larger casings were then introduced, giv- ing a larger air chamber, and lower air pressures than usual were recommended from that time on. Our factory has worked hard to bring out tires for low- er air pressure and the offering now is an extreme development of that idea." Dobbin is Barred from Asphalt Thoroughfares Not so many years ago, "horseless carriages," as the first automobiles were called, were ordered off the streets of at least one Indiana city. Now the order has been reversed, for in Terre Haute horse-drawn vehicles are prohibited from using certain streets in the down-town district. Ex- ception is made, however, for horse- drawn delivery wagons. Trucks or wagons can not use any asphalt-paved street in Terre Haute except from the nearest intersection to the destination. An enterprising native of Maine knows what to do with an abandoned railway. When the Bangor and Aroostook railway discontinued serv- ice over its 12-mile branch running from Brownville to Katahdin Iron Works, Henry Green saw an oppor- tunity. He started with a small auto- mobile and the idea of fitting the car with flange wheels, to make it run on the unused rails. He rented the whole branch from the railroad company for $100 a month and started business. Now traffic is so brisk he is using a trailer behind his car. 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