,-
GET AT RECKLESS DRIVERS’
PURSE T0
The chcap 1111 11nd. casy- -paymcnt
plans ha‘t Rsumlmlml 11. group of
motorists “1th0 l'ChllilllSIbIIIIIt‘l. ti-
“ muclul and 1111somil. seem to be in
inverse proportion to the reckless-
nus with “hiclt they dl‘I\0. 1
This is the 1"R 1151111 11 by automobile
clubs, atutR: I1glhlitltlliu 11an or-deu
of pedestrians .11'1: 111ing to devise
some form ol immune that would
utl‘lkc at these 11~.-1R1k111111 drivers and
make. them pay for tho anurlel they
,luflict on Ull’lt‘l‘s.
Today many 11 person is run down
by a. driver M10111. car is niortgagcd
and whom;- 1nco11111 11111Rlly Rovms his
expcnui's. 'lhe result is no 11111111] to
. the lu1ured made-111111111,
A long army or 1'Cp1osstvc lr1g1s—
lotion has not But-tCCRle in c'u1bim:
the tire-5110115511110 rRLklcuu driver. 1111
ready {01 another chiousal th1ough
the directs.
Compulsoiy Insulilntt‘. 101 all '1110-
Iotlsts has tic-Rn «Riggialed as the
solution. 111 the oliuctlon is that
It would (11.111151 the 1:111:11 11111101'ily of
careful Rii"'i\cls to cnut1iliul: to an
insurance 111an (01 the pnymcnl of
,victlms of tli( i1rc>ponsiblo earliess
drivers.
New Forms sought.
Other lolnls of in: 111" .mcv. thora-
tore, have. but-11 sought by which the
burden of payment tot an accident
in placed upon the prison rcaponal-
bio for that accident.
Connecticut is to 11y out one such
plan. 11115 the Kim 01‘ Commissioner
of Vehicles Stoecktl.
Under Stocckol's plan. any person
convicted of rockioas driving. intoxi-
cation or running away after 1111 ac.
cident'. must prove his ability to pay
GRAHAM BROS.’
TRUCKS RISE
T0 LEADERSHIP
Official figures showing: that Gra-
ham Brothers shipments of 10.801)
trucks for the 111131 111111” 0! 1925
equalled thrit entire 1924 output are
no surpiiao to those who 111111: been
watching the rapid' rise of this com-
«pony to its present position in the
industry.
Graham Bmthors trucks cquippod
with, Dodge brothers engine were
_. first ot'fmcri to 11111 public early in
1921.11“ 5111 1921 that there was
such general business depression in
almost c1 cry industiy in the United
States . Thu: truck industry. in par.
ticular. suffel’cd imavlly. The total
1931 production fell 54.2 per cent.
below 111:11_
“Although there was 11 general
improsBion 111 11121 that people were
not. buying trucks," says Mr. Greg-
ory, Joe-.11 Ilmlgo Brothers dealer.
"the Cnthusiusm of the owners of
'tho that of those ruggcd, powerful.
dependable Graham Brothers trucks
led to an immediate and rapidly in-
, creasing demand. Willi an increased
number of owners. and satisfactory
set-11cc available at Dodge Brothers
‘lcale1's'cvcr1'u'hcrc. come the good
,th1 which belonged to u worthy pro-
."duct. .-
‘ "The soundness of G r a h a. m
Brothers policy of supplying the boot
~truck they know how to build at the
.loweat possible price has been dam-
onstraied by the rise (11 Graham
Brothers in the short period of live
yeais to the position they now oc-
cupy~tlrst in the production at 1’ .é~
ton trucks and among the lenders in
the 1 and 1 1-2-1011 tlclds combined.
"Comparison of the a. n n u a. l
growth of the truck industry with
that of Gruham Brothels empha-
fsisol the rapidity cut their advance.
,Tottl‘l produ'cuon or trucks or all
makes 1'11 the 1.111th States in 1922
77111111- 54.2 per ct'nt less than in 1920.
la 1922 it. was 21.5 per cent less than
1920.- Inl 1'?"3 the industry surpassed
its 1920 fig, urcs by "1. 9 pct cent. In
192‘ it “as only 16.2 per cent ahead
of 11:0.
"‘Gmham Brothers 1922 15511211 ex-
ceeded their 1921 sales by 154 per
Room. In 19:33 sales exceeded 1922
by 105 per cent, 19:24 exceeded 1923
.by M per ccnt—und now. at the end
'01! the first. half of 1925 the entire
1924 output has been equalled.
,"D'nily production of Graham
’.iarothers trucks 1: now 40 per cent
higher than in January and is being
”further increased to supply the dc.
muud. iRetnil deliveries during the
bummer months at June and July.
which are generally regarded as low
,months in the true ltlnduatry. have
'held up to the record deliveries es-
tablished during March and April."
WANT U. S. AUTOS.
' “American automobllc plants rm
.311 a. short; time double the prOpor.
tion of their output going to the
oretgn field." says John N. Willyg,
chairman at the Foreign Trade
Bommittee of the National Automo-
Mia Chamber of Commerce. Ho pre.
dicta that, in a. few years. 25 pct
ill of. our auto production will be
, old chroud.
r0011 BRAKES MENACIJ.
deficient brakoa were the cause
”bf 75 per cent or the 679.000 auto-
mobile accidents in the timed
“Bf mm tut year. according to repo1ts
1:10th the public safety dopait-
t o: the Automobile Club ()1
them California.
" M
. rms BOARD TRACK.
autism. N. 111.. is to 1111119 11 111111
0 track which will be one of the
lit the country. The race courier:
t be I baud track. which will
the one at; Culver City.
STOP ACCIDENTS
damages or have them 111111.10 the
amount of! 810, (100 (or personal in-
juries and 81. 000 for property dam:
age. This roqulrcu tho convicted
driver to show I. non-cancellcblo .
policy for these amountl. or to out.
up a bond or deporlt cash or collat-
ti'ul with tho 111.1111.
This appears to be I. bettor plan
than general compulsory insurance.
But the vlctlms of first attend-r-
ualnnothinx from it. It in on y at.
11111 the first offense. after a. river
has Actually b'éon convicted of reck-
less timing or been the cause of an
11111111115111. that he 111 made to insure
dents.
Deposits Required.
A holler plan is that adopted, :11
Luusannc. Switzerland. It requires
compulsory insurance for all motor
tats, but adds 11. personal liability or
10 per cent of the judgment in case
of 1111 urcidt'nt. Thus tho guilty
driver although insured by the state,
1111s to pay 10 per ccnt of tho daun-
ages.
Here again. however. the chance
arises of the driver’s inability to pay.
He might go to tail but that doesn't
.311ny the victim.
'l‘o mold own this (.ontlngcmy. :1
suggestion has born made that the
Luusanne plan be adapted here, but
that in addition ovary driver be re-
quired to deposit. say. half at a. pas.
Bible 10 per cent; judgment for the
limit of 510.000.
A deposit of $5110 with the ltnte
might sober up many a union
driver.
Yet it might keep many from buy-
ing automobiles.
PACKARD SIX
PATH-FINDER
FDR HIGHWAY
A; a result of 11 pathflnding trip
A. 1‘. chent \ico president oi the
Lincoln gliuay Association and E.
S. Etunfirnc o fthc' founder: of
the acaocv tion. made last tall in 11.
Packard ix from Winnipeg to Vic-
toria, B. 9.,1119 Canadian xovcrno
meat 11 ' 11'! at “621: on the actual
construction of one of the most 11n-
portunt links of a great transcontin-
ental highway through Canada.
Bement and Evans drove their
Packard for many miles over the
tracks of the Canadian National
Railroad because there 111a: no road.
They Wore forced to bump their
way over the tics. through tunnels
and over many railroad trestle! at
dizzy heights above the Fraser Blv-
er. at most places a raging moun-
tain torrent. '
The cours C1 over which their
Packard was forced through the
Fraser River canyon mt: acceptnd
us the best route to: .1 highway by
government engineers. Conalructlon
work is wcll under way but in prov-
ing extremely difficult because the
road for much of the distance must
be blasted out of the sol 1d rock
high up on the side or the canyon
walls.
The present unit of the Canadian
transcontinental l'1tghv1'11y will link
Princeton and Hope. B. C.‘a11d op~
on up to American tourists one of
the most scenic spots on tho Amer-
ican continent. It was this section
that for years had baffled every cf.
fort 0! Many motor car owners. A
gold medal awarded the Packard
Motor Car Company for the first
car to negotiate the trip had re-
mained as a. standing offer for sev.
en years. although many motorists
had tried to win it.
3P0“! REO Passenger
Wagon: Om .
momma. m ovum ounce
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HAYDEN
AUTOMOBILE co.
34 WEST AVE. NORMAL!
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JORDAN’S
The Shop of - Thou-cud Utilities
We Call for and Deliver
12 River 811., Norwalk
Phone 808
New OIdsmoHi-I; Six
More Beautiful
Better Performance
Lower Price
On Display
AARON KOI'IN
B R. It. An. lollomlk
noun «a
There 'A're 5,086 Automobiles in Norwalk. Have 11111130111111 Yours?
PAIGE-IEWETT
SALES EXCEED
LAST AUGUST
At the present rule August of this
your will surpass August. 1924,1511ch
and deliveries of Paige and .Icwctt
11111: by 90 per cent. according to an
announcement made by the Pulse-
Detrolt Motor Car Company. this
week.
“The prcnont rate of deliveries is
assured by the fact that w. are 1111'
behind on our orders." states Mr.
Harry M. Jowclt. president.
“There hns seldom been all grt'ut
11 demand for Jewctts 11: recorded
during1 thin month by the sales (11':-
partmont. When we announced the
improved Jowetts at reduced prices
shortly alter the first of the mouth.
our ordm- department was swummd.
“We believe that the reduced
prices and the many improvements
offered, including the tact that four
out of the live cars in the line b01111
lull equipment stimulated business
the most."
The five-pm-enncr Landau-sedan
in tho Paige iinc’ is equally oversold.
Every eftort is bciug made to get
this model out to dvulcrn in 011111.111
111111 a portion of their orders may
be cared tor.
01" INTEREST TO YOU
When you need 11. new tire think
of the merits of the Brunmwick
It has quality and service in evciy
inch of it. The Bruns‘widk tubL1
which his it in 11 quality inner tube
throughout. mode of the finest rub-
l1cr.No hotter omnblnutlou for
your “heel than this:' Try at least
one and make sure.
McOOLLUM 8
Tire and Tube Vultanlzinz
41 West Ave. Norwalk
THANK TI'HS FOR CORD TIRES
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(ti-tide as 11 iii, thin is the machine 1110101111111. may be thnukful to
tor lengthening the life of tholr tires by thousands of 111.11».
iii-at machine for weaving cord fabric for auto tires, and bu been
placed on inhibition at the National Museum at. \l'uslilnglou.
1111111111011 of Emanuel 11131111111 0! London.
[1. Lcwton is 31101111 with the machine.
11‘ 5 thco
It's the
Curator of textiles Frederick
BUS OWNERS KICK.
'A-Iuw which prmldvu that all op-
erator: molt apply tor a certlt‘lcm
of public convenience and node-11y.
and tiIc tlinlr schedules with thu-
Public l'ttlitlea (.‘ouilulusion. 111111
(austd Massachusetts bus owners to
demand a repeat. The bus owners
11.111 the law gives rutlrouda :1 mon-
opoly. .
T111125 NEW INVENTION.
The tlrst singlé-iilcm-e valve. eight-
cyliodc’r engine to be used in Amer-
ica his been constructed by Louis
(‘hovroleh veteran race driver and
aulo1n0bllo Engineer Chowolvl sc-
curcrl the specification: tram 1111 in-
\ention in Soul-lurid
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01111311111111.0911 1'. o. .3. burnou-
I‘. R. GREGORY.
14 West Ave:
Nor-Walk
Tel. 2782
ELCAR SALES
AND SERVICE
63 Main St. Nat-Walk, 001111.
Telephone 2917 '
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indicBetterBuick
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nEw souls for the famous Buick Sceled.
1 .nir cleaner, filtermil filter.
Point]; ”03th protection of your hall“
or o 2'
and mill
BottorBuich‘ 111ml! 113$
111110 to drop into the show «33.11.19
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J. H. WEHRLE’S GARAGE
W!!! AND CONNECTION! AVE!!!“
Telephone 11605
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‘ l‘llonuon. The pituia is ready‘lo' leave
2 within an 11151111111 'pot'lce tor any
1 point. within 11 11611111 ct «mm 1111::-
lined gull
ORDERS FROM
ALL 01111101111
FOR NEW AJAX
ll‘ront practically every civilized
country In the world. accordlnl to
offlclcla of the Ajax Motors com-
pany, have como urgent. requests
for shipments of Ajax cars. Definite
ordoru, for the Nash-built cur al-
ready are on file for ahlpmentu to
Auotrlllu. Mexico. South Amerlcnn
countries. Now Zelnnd. 111mm,
Porto Rico. Finland, Sweden. (lor-
mauy. Epoln. Dutch Wost Indies,
San Suli'ldot'o and numeriouu other
for distant. 1101111..
"In practically. all these places
our dccleru report unusual eager.
new: on the part of the public to
11cc the Ajax cur," said George C.
Hobbs, :euorul sales manager of the
Alex Motors company. "in many
iii-uncles orders with depouito have
158911 placed by retail buyers. many
of whom had never so much as
seen a photograph 01 the car. Iotno
deposits having been mldo bolora
the dealer himself know whether
the A111): was to have a six or a. tour
cylinder motor.
"l‘he altitude of the public in
overseas countrlu 11001110 to be ol-
molt identical to that which hu
prevailed in this country aiuee the
Ajax wu unnouncod. The not that.
the car is Nash built has resulted
in I. world wide domouatratlon of
confidence nova-baton .oqualled. so
11111 as 111101111. in the entire automo-
bile industry."
it is pointed out at the All: l'ac- .
tory that whrllc shipments to over-I
scu'countrica will soon to £01115
forwurll. with rusularity. the demand ,
in this country will be given OVOI‘NI
conuldemtion bctore‘ any upprecl.E
able portion of the factory produo
.tlun’is'tdlverted to overseas ports.
The Ajax car has now been formul-
ly‘annoubced in more than uveuly;
cities throughout the l'nltod Slain-1'
and original uhlplrtc'nlc tpull of
these points are being followed up
each week, with additional. cars.
W
1 Consldorable sti'idcs in automotive
transportutlon are 11111111; made in
Belgium. .‘Neglectml roads outside of
the 'lllw citiu' are belnc ropolred
«a but to condition to 1ecelvo heaw .
' INSURANCE RULES.
Slate 1111111111an Comntlnlone!
McQunrrlu at Utah bu forbidden the
ulo of automobile insurance policie-
with the rule at a car unleu the
policy in lalued by an accredited or—
Elnlutton.
SPECIAD ARMY ENGINE.
A new type at automobile 01131110
liu bun designated in order to meet
upoclal requiremontl tor mllttuy
urvloo. accordlnz to A. W. I. Ker.
rlnuton. Motor Trcuuporutiou Divi-
sion. Camp Holoblrd.
FOURS -
63 Main 81.
‘74“
SIXES . EIGHTH
ELCAR SALES
AND SERVICE
Norwsik. Conn.
Telephone 2917 .
.—.J
Tci'. 27
DODGE BROTHERS
MOTOR VEHICLES
P. P. GREGORY,
11 West Ave.
Norwalk
’ LET YOUR NEXT CAR BE A
INORWALK
P. I J. DiPietro
.11
STAMFORD ’
1924 MODEL,
..
OFFERS FOR SALE, ON THE TERMS STAT
FOLLOWING ATTRACTIVE USED CARS.
1924 NASH SIX, SEVEN PASSENGER SEDAN
1924 NASH SIX, FIVE PASSENGER SEDAN
.1924 NASH SIX, FIVE PASSENGER TOURING
'1923 NASH FOUR. FIVE PASSENGER SPORT
1924 MODEL, FIVE PASSENGER MOON SEDAN
1923 MODEL, FIVE PASSENGER STUDEBAKER
CHEVROLET S
ash ' Agency
ED BELOW, THE
~- DAN
1921 STUDEBAKER, FIVE PASSENGER SEDAN
THESE CARS MAY BE PURCHASED WITH A PAYMENT OF
10 PER CENT 0F 11111111111: PRICE, BALANCE PAYABLE 1N
FlFTEEN MONTHS
COME 1N AND LOOK THESE PROPOSITIONS OVER.
WE TAKE YOUR PRESENT CAR. WE OBTAIN YOUR LI
"C'ENSE, AND INSTRUCT YOU IN DRIVING.
Rene id" 3 Nash AS em:
73 NORTH MAIN ST.
.NORw LK
Norwalk Chronicler