Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-03
AUTOMOTIVE ACTIVITIES
THRUOUT THE WORLD
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PENN FEATURE SYNDICATE.
24l7 North 18th St. Philadelphia Pa
John Macadam. n Scotchman. was the
inventor of macadam roads. ,.-
There were c3s.1i6 motorcycles reg
istercd in the United States last year.
biles change as persistently as milady's
gown.
motor Vehicles and $4,000 driving
licenses issued in 1920.
An air-driven sled for use on Ice has
been perfected. 1t has speed of
During 1920. there wcre as.o55 auto
mobile accidents in New York State.
resulting in 9t5 deaths.
arc ,lo.5o0 automobiles owned on tn.
farms in Pennsylvania.
In 1920. almost 15 per cent of all the
| motor trucks made In this country were
of onc-ton capacity or under.
The annual license fees for privately
vana is $s7 and for trucks SIS a year
Within the pas, IS years automobiles
IN the United states have increased
oos. pcS" four cars 10 approximately $500
shipments of motor vehicles from
the the United States to Porto Rico in
pared with sI,2oo,4so in 1919.
Tho Bel Telephone company of Phil
adelphia uses an armored motor truck
for tho collection of money from its
many telephone pay stations.
Red and white have been adopted by
Maine Maryland. Mississippi. Missouri.
and Montana as color combination
for 1891 motor license plates.
Rccause of the advent of the auto
nrs iSsrs En. mS.c sa Trucks and
farms in Ohio last year than in 1919.
ono of tho most recent equipments
for passenger automobiles Ia camp
Ing device for tourists. consisting OF a
series OF foldablo sections OF table. bed
and chairs.
roads The 70 pop"r,@ens sS gsrSaS Of oi hsrsea Gse
turc. Approximately $s32.ooo.ooo is
available for road and bride. construc-
ton and maintenance this year.
Washington Rossi. an Italian chem
list In the Laboratories, at barcelona.
claims to have invented artificial rub
of natural rubber and at ono-twcnticth
OF the usual cost.
Members OF tho Elks fraternity in
Rochester. n. Y. have an Automobile
transportation Committee who have
undertaken tho work OF getting Grip
Piled children to school and back home
again each day.
In Canada IL has been proposed that
caterpillar tanks no used to transport
oil, ore and other dcposit from tho
Norman to tho nearest railway. a dist-
ancc OF about 1000 miles
The Czccho- -Slovak Automobile club
viii hold it's thirteenth international
Automobile Exhibition at Prague dur
ing the week of May IS. Tho exhibits
arc TO Include passenger automobiles
trucks motor plowS. tractors and
Bowling Gree-. the thriving little
municipality OF Kentucky, with n po-
pulation OF $1,000. claims tn. distinc-
tion OF Issuing moro automobile liccn-
scA than any other city OF itB size in
the country. II is estimated to have
ono car to every thrcc inhabitants
According TO recent iigurcH. a total
of ?,2ll.eo5 motor cars. including COM
mcrcial vehicles, wcro registered last
D. ~ =.
Columbia As compared with 1919, tn.
number for 1890 represents an increase
Of % per cent or i,6i5,sto motor vc.
indcntification cards arc issued to
all motorists in Chicago. Tho purpose
10 to arsist the police In combating
OF motor banditH Green cards ate
avail9blo for relations. wives. mothers
fa'hers. sisters, brothers and children
\ $1,000 passenger automobile re-
Guircs an annual income OF $3.50 In
the city, 1905 in the suburbs, $3.50
a chauffeur In employed. an additional
income is needed OF $500 in town.
sli6o In Buburbs. $500 in tho country
and tho same sum at home
\ union station in Los Angeles, Cal
is used exclusively as n clearing houFo
for motor stage lines, total Of 25p
auto buses leaving the depot daily. All
cars, as they arrive, are inspected be
fore going out on tho road again. n
adjustments arc found necessary tho
cars are moved into the service sta
tior.
IN Canada, a motor ambulance. espc-
ctally designed for the care of sheep
has become an unusual but highly
valuable adjunct to an enormous sheep
ranch in Alberta. During the past
season. 1000 lambs were born on the
ranches, and the busy ambulance was
'he .mo.n. ~ raving tho lives OF hun
dreds of them.
1hc N4,.anal Automobile Dealers
Association has been instrumental in
tho passage OF the national automo-
bile theft law. providing for a penalty
of 10000 or five years in the Federal
penitcntiary for stealing or conveying
a stolen automobile across a state line
llurtnE the past year, 272 arrests and
tho law.