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August 31. 1928 · Franklin Grove . and perhaps through Sterling, and on to the Mississippi river and Clinton, Iowa, the city of Rochelle could achieve the qualities of a near suburb of Chicago.' "The newspapers have gauged corNe..,.P.. Take Up Campaign rectly the sentiment of ·the people for Better Highwaya-Need downstate; when the time comes we shall have a fi\ass of evidence to pre40-Foot Highways sent to the legislature which will show "Newspapers downstate have taken that the people want wide roads-adeup the campaign for adequate roads," quate roads at once.' says Charles M. Hayes, of Winnetka, "This business of running a state is president of the Chicago Motor club, a duty that falls upon you and me and and chairman of the National Wider every citizen," declares Mr. Hayes. Roads committee of the American "The governor, the highway departAutomobile Association. "The voice of ment and the legislators are in our the people in the Peoria district, for employ; they are our servants, as was instance, has become an insistent stated the other day by Secretary of clamor for the needed forty-foot roads~ State, Louis L. Emmerson. There is The Peoria Transcript of June 13 nothing new in this thought ; it is the said that the action of the Peoria As- very foundation of the Republican sociation of Commerce and prominent form of government, but we lose sight good roads boosters in approving the of it sometimes, and imagine that our widening proposal of the motor club servants are in reality our masters. would serve notice on state officials Is it any wonder · then that sometimes and those politicians who have ambi- our servants get our own topsy-turvy tions to attain state offices that wider view, and begin to act, as if they had · roads are soon to be an issue in Illi- no accounting to make to anyone? nois' Roads Muat Be Built The Peoria Star says, 'Peoria has "Granting then, that this enterprise enthusiastically espoused the cause of of running the state is our business, the forty-foot roadway. It is now up what shall we do? What would the to the merchants and business men of directors of a railroad do if they found the community to see that a way is 1that single track lines could not handle found to build it.' · the traffic? They would build double tracks. We must build the roads to Co-operation Ia Nec:eaaary take care of the maximum load. We "In McHenry county, the Harvard must take care of our main trunk Herald says 'The fact that McHenry lines. . county is a near neighbor of Cook "We are the proprietors of the state county and Chicago should actuate the enterprise, but we must work through citizenry of this county to cooperate our chosen representatives; we must in the road widening undertaking, let our candidates for governor and which means so much to McHenry the members of the legislature know county. With motorists keen for wider that we want wider highways now." highways, it wilt be easy to bring about favorable action in McHenry county~' Sometimes the starter will grind for "In Ogle county the Rochelle News five minutes without one cylinder says, 'With a forty-foot roadway showing a sign of life. This can be through Geneva, DeKalb, Rochelle, remedied by turning on the switch. DOWNSTATE LINED UP ·IN GOOD ROAD PROGRAM Moat Motor Accidents New Graham Built Coach Ia ·0 . K. After Testa Occur Within Cities c.·ven I I. Advanced ideas in motor coach design are represet:tted in the announce: ment of new models by Graham Brothers, the motor coach division of Dodge Brothers Corporation, featuring many improvements in appearance, comfort, seating arrangement, motive power and operating safety. Exhaustive road tests and engineering experiments have proven the coaches fitted for the most economical and dependable service. The new models ar~ designed as the street car coach seating 21 passengers, a parlor coach seating 16 passengers, and a club car coach seating 12 passengers. All units are powered with a heavy duty type of six cylinder engine with four speed transmission. Controlling this speed are four wheel hydraulic internal expanding brakes. A hand brake operates on the propeller shaft. Roominess and maximum vision are afforded in body construction. · In announcing the new motor coaches, company officials · ppint out their adaptability to present traffic conditions demanding acceleration and speed matched by braking facilities equal to passenger car performance. BETWEEN 5 AND 6 ZERO HOUR A survey reveals ~hat of the average 64 persons killed each day by automobiles throughout the United States last year, that slightly more than 11 per cent are killed between 5 and 6 o'clock in the afternoon. This is attributed to the fact that motorists are usually more fatigued at that hour and in a greater hurry to get from their work to their homes. If you must forget these little · details, at least remember that too much oil will give your motor halitosis and cause your best friends to walk across the street when you drive up to them. . The automobile death-rate per 100,000 population in the United States, during the year ~nding July 31, was 21.8. and represepts a sligllt increase over the automobile fatalities for the corresponding period ending July 31, 1927, which was 21.7 per 100,000, according to announcement of the American Motorists' Association in cooperation with The Automobile Club of Illinois. The percentage of deaths per 100,000 is based on figures · compiled by .the traffic departments of the 77 largest cities of the United States. During the year ending July 31, 1928, the total number killed by automobiles in these 77 cities aggregated 7,138, compared with 6,988 killed the previous year. Most of these deaths were the result of accidents which occurred within the corporate limits of the 77 c.ities, although some accidents, occurring outside of tbe city limits, were included. WHY CO TO CHICAGO Automobile owners of the north shore are able to secure all the benefits of Chicago's automobile row insofar as the servicing of their cars is concerned without going south of Evanston says James G. Barber, registered American Automobile Association mechanician who operates at Evanston one of the largest service stations in the County. HIGH GAS TAX IN ENGLAND The British government has recently established a higher gas tax than any of the states. The · tax is four pence, (eight cents) and the distributors added four pence and one farthing to the price, the farthing being to cover the cost of collecting. ... 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