Hotels and Motor-Agents
at SOISSONS
Information extracted from the MICHELIN GUIDE (1919)[A]
Key to Arbitrary Signs
- [Hotel Symbols] Comfortable hotels, with modern, or modernised installation.
- [Hotel Symbol] Well-managed hotels.
- [CC] Central Heating.
- [L] Electric Light.
- [B] Bath-room.
- [WC] Modern W. C’s.
- Ⓣ 1-09 Telephone Number.
- Shed [30] Accommodation for automobiles,
- and the number
- Shelter [20] of cars which can be
- put up.
- COMPRESSED AIR Depôt for ‘bouteilles
- d’air Michelin’
- for inflation of tyres.
- [Wrench Symbol] Repair shop.
- Agt Manufacturer’s agent.
- [20] Garage and number of cars it will hold.
- [U] Inspection pit.
- [E] Petrol (gasoline) can be obtained here.
- [E´´] Accumulators can be recharged here.
–––––––HOTELS–––––––
- [Hotel Symbols] de la Croix d’Or, 25–27, rue Saint-Christophe, [CC] [L] [B] [WC] Shelter [20] [U] Ⓣ 1–09.––
- [Hotel Symbol] du Lion Rouge, 1, rue de la Gare and 2, rue des Charlins (near place de la République), [CC] [L] [B] [WC] Shed [30] [U].
–––––––MOTOR-AGENTS–––––––
- [Wrench Symbol] STOCK MICHELIN (COMPRESSED AIR) Auto-Garage Soissonnais
- (L. Renée), 11, rue des Feuillants. Agt for: de Dion, Renault, Philos, [20]
- [U] [E] Ⓣ 70.
- — STOCK MICHELIN (COMPRESSED AIR) Papot, 96, boulevard Jeanne-d’Arc.
- Agt for: Peugeot, Berliet, Brasier. [10] [U] [E] [E´´] Ⓣ 4–14.
- — Ch. L. Beck, Engineer (Garage Moderne), 55, avenue de la Gare. [80] [U] [E][E´´].
- — Faivre, 7, rue du Collège and 8, rue du Général-Pille. Agt for: Peugeot, [25] [E][E´´].
The above information dates from March 1st. 1919, and may no longer be exact when it meets the reader’s eye. Tourists are therefore recommended to consult the latest edition of the “Michelin Guide to France” (English or French), before setting out on the tour described in this volume.
THE MICHELIN TOURING OFFICES at: 99, Boulevard Pereire, PARIS and 81, Fulham Road, Chelsea, LONDON, S. W. 3., will be pleased to furnish motorists with advice and information, free of charge.
== Special itineraries free, on request. ==
You don’t know
what a
Good Road Map
is, if you haven’t used the
Michelin Map
SCALE: 1: 200.000
(3·15 miles to the inch).
On sale
at Michelin
stockists
and
booksellers.
The tourist finds his way
about easily in town,
if he has a plan giving
the names of the streets.
He gets about with the same ease
and certainty on the road, if he has
a Michelin map, because it gives
all the road numbers on the milestones
and road-signs.
The “Michelin Wheel”
BEST of all detachable wheels
because the least complicated
Elegant
It embellishes even the finest coachwork.
Simple
It is detachable at the hub and fixed by six
bolts only.
Strong
The only wheel which held out on all fronts
during the War.
Practical
Can be replaced in 3 minutes by anybody
and cleaned still quicker.
It prolongs the life of tyres by cooling them.
AND THE CHEAPEST
IN MEMORY
OF THE MICHELIN WORKMEN AND EMPLOYEES
WHO DIED GLORIOUSLY FOR THEIR COUNTRY
SOISSONS
BEFORE AND DURING THE WAR
PUBLISHED BY
MICHELIN & Cie, CLERMONT-FERRAND (France).
Copyright 1919 by Michelin & Cie.
All rights of translation, adaptation or reproduction (in part or whole)
reserved in all countries.