The Washington times., 1920-01-03
Automobile Activities Through
out the World.

There Is one motor vehicle to every
thirty-three persons In Chicago.
Scrubwomen In Csearfeld. Pa. go to
work In In their own motor cars
There were 3,l74 motor car. steSes
In PhiladeIDhis In 1919.
Several lines of motor buses arc
now operated In Tokyo. Japan
Twenty years ago engineers termed
| the gasoline engine Impractical.
The State of New York has $4,000
miles of public highway.
Brooklyn has nearly forty motor
truck lines operating out Of the city.
There are no road rules nor speed
limits In Chile outside of the cities
One-half Of all the rubber imported
to this country goes into automobile
| tires.
King Alfonso Of Spain 10 among the
| latest buyers Of American-made mo-
| tor cars.
There are 1000 concerns In the
United states engageA In making su-
tomsbile parts.
The Illinois Automobile Club. of
Chicago has q membership of more
| than 10000.
In the f,rst year Of the production
of automobiles. sixteen motor cars
were turned out
In California an AUTOMOBILE ucoh0e
| of any other State is good for three
months.
Cuba is repairing many Of the old
| military roads, as well as construct
ing new highways
There are approximately 10000
pleasure cars and $500 trucks in On
tario. Canada
a large oil company Of New Jersey.
with headquarters at Newark, oper-
ates 346 motor vehicles
TIE National Autonoblle Dealefs'
| Assocfatfon IL represented BY 3oJooo
deaIerv throaEhcut the country.
Since March. 1918. the japanese gov
erpment has actively encouraged the
manufacture of motor trucks In ia
pan.
| tically controlled the South African
.utomobiIe market for the past four
years.
| All records were broken when
4oC, 600 visitors entered the Western
national parks BY motor during tho
past year.
The Pittsburgh Transportation As
sociation is q new organization re-
Gently formed by motor truck owners
in Pittsburgh. Pa
MANY London ladies' maids are
learning to become chauffeurs to their
mistresses, thus performing double
| duty with increased pay.
! Due to the congested state or rail-
ways in England. a daily motor-iorry
| service between London and Birming'
/ ham has been established
! N. w. Cooper. of Los Angeles, Cal-
recently purchased his nineteenth au-
| tomobile. The total mileage covered
! ia POI 900 miles.
A motor truck has been invented
| for farm use that loads. hsuls, and
| scatters fertilizer. using the same
power for all three operations
There has been an increase OF IL
per cent over the registration Of motor
vehicles since January l. lSls'
througbout the United States
Highway, engineering is rapidly
becoming recognized as one OF the I'M
portant courses In the curriculum OF
the technical colleges throughout the
country.
There arc I.1o1.4o2 persons en-
gagged in the production OF automo-
biIes. This does not include accessory
manufacturer. garages, repair shops,
! or sales establishments.
Despite the restrictions imposed
during the war period. the motor car
Industry has averaged production or
| 500. 600 cars every year during the
last three years.
Starting In a small way sixteen
years ago. with three horse orawn
| trucks. ono OF the largest coal dealers
in New York city now operates a meet
of twenty-five motor trucks
To compete with American motor