Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-18
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AUTOMOBILE News.
Items Of Interest Concerning the
Most Useful and Popular In
dustry Of the Day.

The Chicago Automobile Club, the
finest and strongest automobile club
in the country, Is campaigning for new
members. It ought to get three thou.
sand more at once, for It Is real club
with real purpose.
r. 8. Shattuc. the manager Of the
well known Auto.Tire Sales Company
at 1916 Michigan avenue, has made
many friends by his square dealing
and upright business methods. Every.
thing sold by his company Is reported
to give satisfaction to the purchaser.
Illinois Athletic Club members in
115 automobiles left Chicago Tuesday
morning for Fox Lake. Illinois. The
start was made from the clubhouse at
a. M. following the North Side route
through Lincoln Park and the North
Shore suburbs to Waukegan; then
west over the new government road
to Lake villa and around the east and
south shore Of Fox Lake to Towards
Mineola Hotel, where the party ar.
rived at IL o'clock. In time for lunch.
The same route was followed to
Lake villa on the return trip, thence
through Rollins, Grays Lake. Liberty.
vile, Half Day and Wheeling, arriving
at s p. m. at the House That Jack
Built" where dinner was served from
8 to Z p. m.
After dinner, dancing was the fea.
ture.
The party returned to Chicago late
In the evening thoroughly pleased with
the big trip.
Harry Newman. Chicago distributor
for the ScrippsBooth and Premier
automobiles. has appointed Stan z.
Comstock sales manager for him. Mr..
Comstock IL an automobile man OF
wide experience and has been identi.
fed with the industry for several
years. During the last two years he
has been located In Buffalo In charge
of the White company's Office.
Harry w. Cooper has built up a
reputation for fair dealing that boosts
the sale OF the Batavia tires outside
OF their own good qualities.
%1~
Peters 4 Sons. Ltd, OF Paris,
France. have just placed an order for
5000 Scripps.BoOth cars to be de.
livered within the next twelve months.
The Scripps.BoOth abroad IL beconi.
ing as familiar sight as on New
York and Chicago boulevards. Peters
4 Sons. Ltd. represent Europe's elite.
and have been coach builders to the
king for 1875 years. They handle only
such cars as the Turcat-Mery ct Gle,
Marseilles, and the Austin lines.
<SA
A. j. Banta, the wide.awake gen.
eral manager of the Locomobile Com.
pany a: 1000 Michigan avenue. Is pop.
ular with everybody In and out Of the
auto world.
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Chicag0's automobile show Is going
to take the place of the one time fash
ionable horse show. Some Chicago
motor enthusiasts have decided the
one thing necessary to round out the
Chicago social year IL a show Of the
thoroughbreds Of the asphalt.
The motorists who are trying to es
tablish this new annual climax In the
social life of the car fancier have
chosen Midway Gardens as best fitted
for the purposes and will open their
first annual motor pageant on Satur
day. September 25. to continue eight
days. Invitations are being sent oul
to all motor dealers and to all owners
OF cars. big and little. to participate
Sales OF pleasure or passenger carr
Of all types to June 30. which Is tho
end of the year In the industry, were
665.826, for which the manufacturer
received $3.50, 941,13l, while the salei
of commercial vehicles Of all types arr
estimated at 37.7O0. valued at $72,522,
692. The figures for twelve month,
ending June 80, 1914, were $500
~ cars. passenger and commercial, val
N ued at slightly more than $4s5,OOO, 900
o. \dGA
d. The demand for automobiles Is grow
" ing every day. Among dealers thu
n. opinion Is expressed that the chic
I'd difficulty In the motor car business a
IT. present Is the production of cars.
Even with the increased production
of practically all the larger autOmO
bile companies, the supply has no
met the demand.
n The Western States AutomObil
IA Company at 25l5 Michigan avenue
doing a rushing business. Popula
Harry Newman IL the manager.
- The Committee on contests an
" events of the automobile owners mt
tor-meet. September rs to October
inclusive, outlined a tentative pro
N, gram for the nine days pageant whic