After you have spent your time in an Auto School then comes the city
examination, which, if you do not pass, you might as well not have
wasted your time. Do you know that over one-half who, after they have
secured their diploma, are not able to pass the examinations for a City
License? Well, it is true. _But not a single one of OUR students has
ever failed to pass the examinations and secure a chauffeur's license._
The City Mechanician of Chicago, Mr. H. L. Hudson, who decides whether
or not you are entitled to a license, commenced with Mr. Coey in the
automobile business in 1900. He was Mr. Coey's private mechanician on
his racing cars. Mr. Hudson is an automobile expert and that is the
reason he holds a fine city position. He recently inspected our School,
and this is what he said:
"I wish to compliment you on the method you employ in your School of
Motoring. The many years I spent as mechanician on your private racing
cars certainly furnished us both information of a definite character,
which is necessary for a man holding such an important position as
Automobile School Instructor and Examiner of the Board of Public Motor
Vehicle Register of the City of Chicago.
You seem to have the proper system and your vast experience with
chauffeurs in the ten years past fits you, as no one else is fitted,
for a competent instructor. I believe you are on the right track and
wish you success.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) H. L. HUDSON,
City Mechanician."
The following is what the Chicago Examiner has to say about our School.
(This article appeared without our knowledge and shows our standing in
the City of Chicago, which assures you of a square deal.)
"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."