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Show MODERN ftPARTMEWT AND GARAGE "That a garaK'- Is considered as nee- I ossarv 10 lh- modern apartment as a j Bleeping porch, sun parlor and other! necepsltic-s, can be seen In most every ' large city," savs I, p. Foreman of the 1 Intermountaln Motor Car Co. " In faot I predict it will not ho lonp before 011 will have to pay the i nt 0.1 a garage that belongs to your opa-t-mcnt Just the sam as the rent for the other rooms, whether you have a car or not. I heard the other day that In one of the larK cities in the middle west It j Is a case of your having to have on auto-mobile auto-mobile of your own If you live In a ne.v j apartment house that is being erected in Lone of the exclusive residential sections j of th city. This apartment hulldlnc will contain 40 apartments and there will Pa 1 so garages built along with it, and as I one owner remarked after signing h.s lease for one apartment. 'Inasmuch afl the rent of the apartment Includes a garage j In the monthly rent bill, you might just 1 as well use It.' "Along this line. In I cntnin city in the state of Wisconsin a nationally known manufacturer has leased some hundred acres on which he is going to build a modern plant employing thou- j sands of workmen. Back of seven out of ten houses that are being built to accomodate ac-comodate the workmen garages are being put up "It Is such instances as these that show th. remarkable foothold, the motor car has on the habits and activities of the American people. It used to be a marit of distinction o own your own motir car. but todav an automobile is as nec-essary nec-essary as evening clothes for the opera or a country home In tho summer. It has become a utility to existence a part J of our equipment in social or business activities It Is the one means by which I we can increase our efficiency and ac- 1 tlvltiea because it enables us to sav? I time, that is usually lost when employing vincertaln public conveyances or carriers. I ' Every automobile owner has his own transportation schedule to fit his particular par-ticular needs. He also owns his own right of way to make the shortest or longest cuts just as his requirements dictate "B haing his own garage In close proximity to his home-, whether a prt-vate prt-vate houso or an apartment, he can use hla ear for those nian little excursions Thich in the aggregate take up a great deal of time. Consequently a trip to the post office or to do one's shopping, or to the theatre, or even a drive to the next town fifty miles away. Is now a matter Oi getting behind the wheel and setting your own pace, eliminating the uncor- taintics of having to contend with crowd-ed crowd-ed cars, line blockades and other happenings hap-penings that are common with that type 1 of transportation units that have fo follow .1 prescribed rlf:ht-of-way on pre- arranged schedules.' |