C.A. Coey's School of Motoring, 1424-26 Michigan Ave. Chicago — John Shaqi
C.A. Coey's School of Motoring, 1424-26 Michigan Ave. ChicagoCoey, Charles Andrew
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C.A. Coey's School of Motoring, 1424-26 Michigan Ave. Chicago
Coey, Charles Andrew
Automobile driver education
"SCHOOL IS OPENED TO INSTRUCT AUTO DRIVERS."
"A motoring school for the purpose of instructing persons in the
running of automobiles has just been opened by C. A. Coey. This school
will be of national scope and owing to the fact that Chicago is
centrally located and the great railroad and mail distributing center,
it will enable persons desirous of availing themselves of the benefits
of institutions of this sort, to be in direct communication with
instructors. Mr. Coey is nationally recognized as one of America's
pioneer motorists and he realizes, as do the manufacturers, that the
failure of so many automobiles to perform their proper functions
and the occurrence of so great a number of accidents are due to the
inefficiency of persons handling them."
A clipping from the Chicago Journal reads as follows:
"Charles A. Coey is one of the pioneer automobile men of Chicago. He
entered the business in 1900 and conducted a motor livery until 1902,
when he became Chicago agent for the Thomas Flyer. He handled the
Thomas line from 1902 until 1909, when he gave up the selling end to
devote all his attention to his taxicab business. Last year he became
Chicago agent for the American car, which he is handling under a
ten-year contract. He is president of a company which is manufacturing
the Coey Flyer in Chicago. Mr. Coey is well-known as an automobile
racing driver and aeronaut. He won the Chicago Automobile Club's
twenty-four-hour race at Harlem several years ago. He has made many
long-distance flights in balloons."
And the Live Stock Magazine has this to say:
"Perhaps the oldest and most prominent person in the automobile
business in Chicago is C. A. Coey, the pioneer automobile dealer.
Mr. Coey started an automobile school in 1901 at 5311 Cottage Grove
Ave., Chicago, and it was there that the first building ever erected
for an Automobile Livery was built. While Mr. Coey did not at that
time advertise his School of Motoring, yet he started on an extensive
business in this line, and it was said that over one thousand are
now holding good, steady, well-paying jobs, and drawing salaries up
to $75 a week. Mr. Coey's system is different from the rest, as he
believes that a student can learn the foundation principles in the
quiet of his home, and then after he has mastered the principles he is
given a practical road course. We recommend this School as a reliable
institution."
How to get an Automobile Absolutely Free
As we told you in another part of this book--_WE ARE BUILDING
AUTOMOBILES_--a machine of the highest quality and the very latest
design, the specifications of which can be found on the last page of
this book.
_AGENTS WANTED_
We desire agents in every county in the United States and to those who
take our course, either the correspondence or the practical course, we
make this offer:
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