The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-15
Automobile Activities Throughout
 the World

the World Siam has moro than 1900 motor
 cars.
 Boston. Mass. opened the first garage
 in 1899. t
 Denmark has nearly 10000 motor
 vehicles
 Tho use ct motor vehicles is prohib-
 te1 in Venice, Italy. 1 Horses decreased 1.4 per cent dur 1 ing the past year. Toronto. CaEada, has no less than i 36,000 motorists
 | Florida now possesses more than 4,0o0 miles of surfaced roads. There were 500 motor cars produced ! in the United States in 1899. 1 Switzerland has nearly twice as ! many motor cars as were there in | 1914.
 l OF motor cars have been manufac- tured since 1905. The average wheel base of the av- craze motor car Is fin excess of 100 I inches.
 The middle western states lead the nation in the ownership of automobiles per capita
 Motor u actors ara successfully sup planting horses in logging operations l in Chio. during 1919. Tn New York city 1t is proposed to place fine of $10 on jay walkers" :" with the option of 10 days in jail. 1 The governor of New York has or ganized a committee to promote mo-
 tor transportation within that state. | In cn5 yeas, ending October S1, 1919.
 .he motor buses in Chicago carried | 4.106.s0S I ersons on 5S,027 round trips. s From 1914 to 1916 practically all
 available motor. vehicles in Finland were disposed Of to Russia for war l purposes
 Thirty-s:x hundred commercial auto ] mobiles were exported to France last gear, valued at more than $15,000,- ] GOO
 1 The first patent was granted in the 1 Halted States for a gas compressi ion
 engine fer propelling road vehicles on
 November 5 1895. l An advance of from Is to 20 per | cen. in tire prices will probably be 1 announced by most of the large rubber l companies In the very near future.
 Between January 1, 1919. and Janu- ary 1. 1920. total of 79,9s3, 900 bonds for building highways was voted for l by counties IT. the state of Texas.
 The registrations for 1919 in Massa- | chusetts have been in excess of 177,501 passenger cars and 41.5oo commercial 1 vehicles
 State and municipal road building throughout the country during the l present year will cost billion dollars. ! twice as much as the Panama canal. 1 During 1919, 70 per cent of the worlds rubber production was con
 sumed by American tire and rubber | goods manufacturers.
 l The motor transportation corps of | the United States army had the super vision of 11s,92S motor cars in France I during the world war. Advertisements urging the purchase of small stills for purifying water used l in automobile radiators have fallen Into the hands of internal revenue l agents in Pennsylvania.
 l In addition to the standard equipment of some of the latest medium priced passenger automobiles, folding kodak compass, vanity case and smoking sets are included. M
 It was during 1912 that an impetus l was given to motor transportation in ] Turkey. and in July. 19it the number | of automobiles circulating in Constan- 1 tinople was less than 400 | Automobile traffic was so heavy on Lake Erie last year that a special 1 freight steamer to load motors on all four decks will be put into service to
 handle the business between Cleve- | land and Detroit. | LScquiolttOiis4 lOTs d compete motor | equipment for tactical army diversion 1 has been made upon the war depart lnent by Adjutant General Beary for | use of the national guard in Penn | sylvania.
 The city of New Orleans Ia., has | placed the largest single order of it's
 kind ever given to one manufacturer ] at one time by an American munich | pality. The order calls for g pieces 1 of motor fire apparatus. | The Miami Motor Club is laying out | plans for camping accommodations for | motorists in Florida. A site has been 1 located near Biscayne Bay. and pro- l visions are to be made. foR drinking water, gas and other conveniences 1 Rochester, N. r., will have it's own l system of mhil transportation with 1 from 30 to 35 motor trucks operating | on delivery and transfer of mails4 The l trucks will range in capacity from | three tighths ton to one-and a. half | tons.
 For the delivery of milk a specially built gloss lined steel tank of 900 gal l Ions capacity on five-ton chassis is | in operation in the vicinity of Lock- wood. Ohio The motor milk conveyor 1 is in reality a giant thermos bottle which keeps the milk cool even in the hottest weather.