Automatic Age
Issue: 1927 August - Page 71
T he
A u t o m a t ic A
ge
73
COIN CONTROLLED GARAGE
IS THE LATEST M ACH INE
Chicago was introduced to its
rst “automatic” auto hostelry
^ith the opening of the Wacker-
abash garage, in the Pure Oil
aiding, Chicago. The garage,
^ere the patron merely drives
UP> inserts a key in a lock and
Gts niachinery do the rest, has
a opacity of 600 cars, occupy-
***£ the south frontage of 23
of the building.
R- A. Whitney, manager of
e new garage, explained its
w°i'kings. Through electrically
g r a t e d contrivances the car
l0]ls, by force of gravity, from
an entrance platform on to an
elevator which automatically
carries it to a designated floor,
and automatically rolls it out.
The pressing of a button is all
that is necessary to bring the
car back to the owner on
the ground floor. The elevator
mounts to the proper floor,
takes the car on board and
brings it down.
C. W . Ruth, an electrical en
gineer, is given the credit for
designing and building the au
tomatic machinery with which
the garage is equipped.
(Continued from page 69)
time and( trouble this letter may
put you to, I believe your publi
cation to be exceptionally good.
Dr. W . S. MacKay.
627 S. 17th St., ^Newcastle, Ind.
f*°n. I do not think this term
ls used to conserve space. I
W°uld be pleased to know your
^Pinion regarding this question.
. ^ a y be just a bit old fash
ioned, though I believe not. I
ave only been in the vending
Usiness a short while.
Would be pleased if you could
Ui'nish me with some authori-
ative data regarding the pjac-
and earnings of weighing
^ales in business doorways, etc.
as not the free weighing
s£ales rendered the penny ma
chine somewhat obsolete? .
Thanking you for any and all
© International Arcade Museum
(Continued from page 16)
keeping the machines in order
and clean and then they will
have not had to complain that
sales are falling off, and want to
sell their routes because of poor
business.
The manufacturers
and jobbers know what is re
quired of them to make a go of
the game for application of
common sense usually brings a
measure of success to all of us.
http://www.arcade-museum.com/
A u t o m a t ic A
ge
73
COIN CONTROLLED GARAGE
IS THE LATEST M ACH INE
Chicago was introduced to its
rst “automatic” auto hostelry
^ith the opening of the Wacker-
abash garage, in the Pure Oil
aiding, Chicago. The garage,
^ere the patron merely drives
UP> inserts a key in a lock and
Gts niachinery do the rest, has
a opacity of 600 cars, occupy-
***£ the south frontage of 23
of the building.
R- A. Whitney, manager of
e new garage, explained its
w°i'kings. Through electrically
g r a t e d contrivances the car
l0]ls, by force of gravity, from
an entrance platform on to an
elevator which automatically
carries it to a designated floor,
and automatically rolls it out.
The pressing of a button is all
that is necessary to bring the
car back to the owner on
the ground floor. The elevator
mounts to the proper floor,
takes the car on board and
brings it down.
C. W . Ruth, an electrical en
gineer, is given the credit for
designing and building the au
tomatic machinery with which
the garage is equipped.
(Continued from page 69)
time and( trouble this letter may
put you to, I believe your publi
cation to be exceptionally good.
Dr. W . S. MacKay.
627 S. 17th St., ^Newcastle, Ind.
f*°n. I do not think this term
ls used to conserve space. I
W°uld be pleased to know your
^Pinion regarding this question.
. ^ a y be just a bit old fash
ioned, though I believe not. I
ave only been in the vending
Usiness a short while.
Would be pleased if you could
Ui'nish me with some authori-
ative data regarding the pjac-
and earnings of weighing
^ales in business doorways, etc.
as not the free weighing
s£ales rendered the penny ma
chine somewhat obsolete? .
Thanking you for any and all
© International Arcade Museum
(Continued from page 16)
keeping the machines in order
and clean and then they will
have not had to complain that
sales are falling off, and want to
sell their routes because of poor
business.
The manufacturers
and jobbers know what is re
quired of them to make a go of
the game for application of
common sense usually brings a
measure of success to all of us.
http://www.arcade-museum.com/
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