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February 22, 1929 WILMETTE LIFE NOR· T H SHORE 2CENT GAS TAX U · RGED BY CHICAGO MOT~R CLUB Organization to Fight for Passage of Bill in LegislatureHayes TeUs Club's Stand Illinois' highways c·a n be adequately widened and extended in time for the Chicago World's Fair in 1933 through the revenue obtained from a two-cent gas tax, and the Chicago Motor club will fight for the passage of such a bill through the Illinois legislature. Charles M. Hayes of Winnetka, President of the club, made this statement before a meeting called by the club of Cook county members of the legislature. Mr. Hayes declared at the same time that the club would oppost: the three-cent tax bill now pending before committees of both houses of the legislature. The motor club bill will provide that the tax be split two ways: one ·cent to the counties, in proportion to thr. vehicle registration in the counties the preceding year, and the other cent to the state. MOTOR NEWS Information for M~tor Tourists Ford "A" Production · Reaches a Million and Keeps Speeding Production of the new Ford reached the first million on Feb. 3 when Model A engine No. 1,000,000 came off the assembly line in the motors building at the Rouge plant of the Ford Motor Company according to D. W. Leonard of Skokie Motor company, Wilmette, North Shore Ford distributor. Production is proceeding at the rate of 7,000 units per day. On October 20, 1927, Henry Ford stamped the figure 1 on the first Model A motor to be assembled, and building of the new engine was under way. [t required seven years and two month s to produce the first million Model T motors, while the first million M oclel A engines were made in slightly o\·cr fifteen months. It was on October 1, 1908, that the first million mark was obtained. From then on production grew rapidly, until in 1927, when the fifteen millionth car \\'as built, the company had facilities for producing two million Model 'I' cars and trucks a year. Then came the decision to build a new car. not open. Traffic may reach Manitowoc via US-141 to Cedar Grove, Wisconsin-42 to Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin-28 to Sheboygan, Wisconsin-32 to Erdman, county road "A" east to US-141 which is open to manitowoc. Road cond'ition s in Illin ois and nearby states arc reported by the Chicago Motor club as follows: ILLINOIS All road s in Illinoi s arc r eported open at present with some ice and snow especially through th e northern part of this state. In the central section some ice and snow remains in places. In the southern portion main roads are practically clea r of ic e and snow. Earth and gravel roads are all frozen and are in fair traveling condition. Illinoi s-6 or Roosevelt road-Closed cas t of Mannheim road in Cook county. Traffic is directed over a short detour ove r sub -divisi on streets. l:\DIANA .~11 road s in so uth ern Indiana are 1 10w free from high water and dam- · on hand approximately $23,000,000 rem a ining from th e $100,000,000 bond iss ue. This has all been pledged toward highway projects already contracted for. Likewise, the license fees received in 1929 are pledged for highBill Gives County Aid to Cities way work to be done this summer. The bill will empower the counties Therefore, the state will usc its share to give county aid to cities in main- of the gas tax collected this year for taining and improving city streets· that the bond issue program next year, are a continuation of state aid roads. and will add it to the entire 1930 tax The counties would also be empowered for that purpose and expend it next to expend their share of the tax in summer. widening roads in the Chicago metro"The state, in 1930, will have a highpolitan area at once ; to build state way income of $3.f,600,000. This will aid roads, on which the state would be the total of $15,000,000 raised by pay one-half of the cost, and to pay the gas tax; $16,600,000 in license off the principal and interest on bonds fees, and $3,000,000 federal aid. Under issued by the county for road pur- ·1Ur plan, the state must se t aside poses. $10,000,000 for the retirement and inThe cent that goes to the . state terest on bonds and maintenance of would be expended toward the com- existing highway s; it must refund pletion of the $100,000,000 bond issue $7,500,000 of the gas tax to the com1program . ties. This leaves a balance of $17,100, "The officials of the Chicago Motor 000 for road building purposes and club have given this problem long and state aid payments. But it can also intensive study," declared Mr. Hayes. add its share, $2.916,665, of th e 1929 "We believe that this plan is fair gas ttix to thi s sum, \\hich will give alike to Cook county, the adjoining it a grand total of $20,016,665. The rounties and downstate. Under it, the state can build, at an average cost county boards may extend county. aid of $30,000 per mile. 6()7 miles of conto streets in cities that arc contulU- crete highway with this stttn. "The entire financial st ructure o f the ations of state aid routes. These funds would be expended with the approval state and counti es. with respect to higlnYays, would be quite similar in of the state highway department. 1931. Refund for Cities Futile . Highway Widening Seen . "The best judgment of the Chicago '· \~·e believe that Cook county . wtll Motor club, and that of nearly every · other state in which a gas tax is oper- receive a fair and reasonable deal ative, is convinced of the futility of through this distribution of the tax. granting cities and villages an out- Vv c believe that Cook county, and right refund of the gas tax for street McHenry, Lake, Kan<'. Dupage and purposes. The cities have the right, \Vill counties, whi ch \\·ill pay approxi~ and exercise it, to build and maintain matcly 48 per ce nt of the state's license their streets through property and gen- fets and will rcceiY c a refund of about eral assessments; through the imposi- that percentage nf one-half of the tion of a wheel tax, and, in Chicago, tax collected, will he able to widen there are also park boards which main- cverv arterial highway within thirty tain extensive boulevard systems. The mile~ of the loop hy 19~3, when the cities could not make a showing with world'~ fair ope11~ . These counties the funds they might receive. Those ·.vill also receive a considerable share funds might not be spent judiciously. of the state's expenditures for bond All of the evidence points to the issnc roads. Two hundred and twentycounty as the most efficient holder of t. wo miles of these proposed highways the purse strings to the gas tax re- are in this territory and they will cost $11,000,000. One hundred and_ t~venty fund. "Were a two-cent gas tax effective four miles of them arc wtthm the during 1929, ·we estimate it would pro- limits of Cook county. "A gas tax is necessary at this time duce a total of $14,000,000 in this year; because at the end of 1929 the state $15,000,000 in 1930, and $16,000,000 in would, without a tax, find itself with1931. But it is planned to make it effective August 1, 1929. Therefore, out funds for highwa~' purposes. No new roads would he built, nor would it may be expected to produce a total there be any possibility for that even of $5,833,330 in the five remaining greater project, which i~ the widening months this year, and the full amounts of existing highways 111 the metroin the following two years. At the present time, the state has politan area of the state." age from inundation has been repaired. Ice has formed on some roads in southern Indiana. US-50 and US-150 are open through Indiana. All roads in the vicinity of Vincennes are now covered with icc. US-20-Now open throughout. U S-30-N ow open throughout except for the subway run-around at Shererville. US-31-Now open throughout. US-40-Now open throughout and is all paved except for 3 miles of gravel south of Morocco. uS-52-ln the event of a thaw traffic should beware of earth slides between Harrison and Brookville. WISCONSIN On Feb. 8 the following routes were definitely reported plowed and open: \Visconsin-2, Wisconsin-8, US-10, Wisconsin-11, US-12, Wisconsin-13, Wisconsin-IS, US-16, Wisconsin-17, US18, Wisconsin-19, \Visconsin-20, Wis-:consin-26, Wisconsin-27, Wisconsin29, vVisconsin-31, US-41. US-51, US53, Wisconsin-55, Wisconsin-69, US110 and US-151. At the same time \ Visconsin-23 was closed in Sheboygan county; Wisconsip-27 was closed in Crawford county; Wisconsin-118 was closed in Lafayette county; \Visronsin-33 was closed east of La Crosse; US-61 was closed south of La Crosse but was open to the north. 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