Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-05

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AUTOMOBILE NEWS FROM
THE WORLDWIDE FELL
South Dakota's 1915 Tags VIII Bt
Black With Light Green MI
merals-2U, 900 Ready.
& MOTOR SHOWS FEATURE FAIRS
Long Wooden Safety Tenders Pro
tect Rear Wheels of Each Motor
bus Operated on Fifth Avenue
\ Exports to West Indies Increase.
On the basis of 10000 population. ~
average OF one person in thirty nine
owns an automobile in Oklahoma City
Al the annual Michigan State Fair
which Will be held September 10 Is
the motor-car show again will be one
OF the features.
Dallas County. Tex. is now said to
lead any county in the South for tho
number of autom ohilcs.
So
1916 They will he black with light
green numerals Tho order was placed
for 10000. with n maximum increase OF
10000 IL required
a mo,or-car show will be conducted
this year In connection with tho North
Dakota State Fair.
Leading motor-car men and citizens
Of Wyoming have organized state
Motor Car Association.
Motor-car dealers in Pennsylvania
must not lend dealers license tags to
purchasers Of cars pending arrival of
the purchasers own tags, according TO
the State highway commissioner.
Since November Swiss motor factories
have been working ut high pressure
on orders for the allied and German
armies. A difficulty Is experienced in
getting raw material, and In many cases
trucks are being delivered to foreign
governments without magnctos.
Long wooden safety tenders have
been hung beneath the bodies Of all
the motor buses operated by the Fifth
Avenue Coach Company. on Fifth Ave-
nue., Riverside Drive and other thor
ouEhfares Of New York The tenders
are hung on either side Of the busseS
between the front and rear whces.and
curved outward toward the rear. so that
the rear wheels Of each vehicle are
thoroughly protected.
A two-and-o half mile speedway is
to be built near Cleveland. O., by q com
pany which filed Incorporation papers
in Columbus recently. The speedway
is TO cost 100000. Four hundred acres
n near the city limits have been ac-
N qulred.
& Surprising gains arc shown in the
exports to the West Indies and Der.
muda. In May, 1914, there were thirty.
four cars, valued at s3l,374. shipped tc
those countries. while in MAY last tn,
number had increased to 1862 and The
value TO sl3l.77s. During the eleven
months period the number increased
from 4ol, valued at S46S.4G7. in 1914. /,
l,3s3, valued at ss27,ase. In 1919
Figures compiled by the Utah Sec
rotary OF State show that 20,Sl4 motor.
cars have been licensed since the frs,
OF the year This figure Is more thar
1000 in excess OF tho entire rcgistra
ton for 1914.
Motortrucks arc being used TO oper
up the famous Salisbury lead mines
In the northern part Of san Bcr-
nardino County. Cal, and $1,000 tons o.
ore are TO be transported hy motor
trucks to tho Salt Lake shelters
Eleven trucks have been placed in
g service which make trip a day be.
tween the mines and the edge o:
Death Valley.
Inquiries among Topeka rKar) un.
deJfakers have revealed tho fact ina,
almost SO per cent Of The pn,-ons 40
sire the motorcar service In v.e,r q.
many under,akers with the slogan
Don't Hurry the Dead" which has
been vigorously prosecuted In topeka
2 Kansas City and other Kansas ,o-rns
Z this record is considered important
! 1t is estimated TIM, more than .2oo6
4 cars will be regis ri.red iN Arizona TITS
year. This estimate - based N ,.e
- fact that during tho IRIS, six month
I OF the year there were $3.50 cars reg
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