The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
AUTOMOTIYE ACTIVITIES
 THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

Philadelphia, Pa, has 5000 public ga- rages.
 Great Britain has approximately 120,-
 GOO motorcycles
 In Austhalia and New Zealand there
 are more than 54,000 automobiles King Alphonso of Spain, has a fleet of American-made passenger automobiles. There is only one factory in Sweden which manufacturers complete motor ve-
 hicles.
 In Toledo, O., union depot has been established solely of motor industry iD Canada,
 No seats. no rider is the motto or a
 new motor bus company operating in Cleveland O.
 Egypt purchased 230 passenger auto mobiles from this country last year, val ued at S165.2 PA.
 In France motor trucks are replaos E horses for traction along the wide paths of the great canals Three tractors and thirty trailers will be used for the collection of ashes in Syracuse, N. Y., after July 1. A motor company is being organized in Michigan to manufacture automobiles to weigh less than 800 pounds The largest gasoline water fire eng1ie ever built is owned by the Louisville fire department in Kentucky. Automobile, manufacturers in America have laid down 100000 cars as their export programme for this year. An average allowance of horsepower for passenger automobiles is about one horsepower to eighty pounds of weight. In the automotive industry American we rkmen are able to produce in one year the result of seven years on the part of European artisans. Contestants from France, Belgium. England and Italy are listed in the eighth international speedway event at lndi- annapolis, Ind, May 31. In Mexico a seventy-nile gasoline motor
 railroad will be constructed to run from Monterey through rich agricultural
 and mining district. There is one automobile to about every
 thirty-nine students registered at che | Harvard University. total of Al cars represent twenty-eight makes. | Motorists from all parts of Canada are expected to attend the Canadian Good Roads Association convention at Winni- i peg June 1, and g.
 | With an expenditure of approximately I s7, ,0oo during the present year. Mas
 sachusetts is planning the greatest high way improvement projects of any time 1 in history.
 | Authentic records show that some old
 motor trucks, still running. have travelled | in excess of 300,000 miles more than six l times the distance around the world. | On June % new law will go into eff feet in Massachusetts, which establishes
 the right of way on all streets ano
 roads, except in such places as are under
 the control of traffic officer
 Statistics indicate that fifty automo'
 mile manufacturers will build more than 100000 cars in 1920. approximately
 two-thirds as many as the total registra
 tion of automobiles in the United States
 this year.
 There are no less than 174 dfferen makes of motor cars offered for sale !.
 British motorists. Of these only 75 A. of British manufacture, tbe rest being
 American, Belgian. French, Dutch ant Italian.
 l To catch up with belated spring plant | ing, farmers in New Jersey are operat | ing motor tractors night and day. Nigh,
 blowing is made successful by the use | of high-powered electric lamps fitted tt | beth the front and rear of machines. | To assure prompt delivery of ballots for the presidential primaries, a motor l truck service was organized by the staSt 1 of Massachusetts to transport the ballot! | to various centers detail of stat, | guards was on duty with each truck. | A community service kitchen is oper-