The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-09
AUTOMOTIVE ACTIVITIES
 THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

The California State Automobile aSso- citation has 25,000 members.
 New York city stands foremost in numbers of motorcycle police patrols.
 The first automobile to enter the. Gar den of Eden was an American made car.
 The average motorist it is estimated, spends more than BIO daily while travef- ing.
 Ten years ago the automobils was con sidered luxury to be enjoyed only by the rich.
 Nearly 5000 passenger automobiles are in use by city governments in the United States.
 Pennsy1vanias revenue from automo- bile registrations has reached the S,0U,- GOO mark for 1920.
 Practically two-thirds of the states have adopted the hyphenated numerals on motor license plates.
 New York state has more commerclai motor trucks than all of the British lsles. The registration is 10000.
 American-made automobiles are oper- ated in more than 100 countries, colonies and islands throughout the world
 Commercial automobiles are dispiacine the ox-cart and the collie in transporta- tion of products in British Malaysia Three-quarters of all families in the United States are financially in posi- ton to own and operate automobiles Parking automobiles in the congested business section of Chicago is prohiplteu. The area covers a. square mile of terri l tory
 The municipal government of Los ! Angeles leads all other cities in the United States with total of S70 offlclai automobiles.
 l Motor-propelled vehicles are in almost universal use for fire departments -in cities towns and boroughs in the Uniteo l States.
 
 1 1921 are larger in size than any other | state The plates measure nearly @ inches in length.
 1 Five hundred thousand freight cars are needed each year i'll the ohi'eu States to carry automobiles, trucks and l finished parts, exclusive of tires ana un- finished materials.
 | During the holiday season, an emer. | gency post office. in the form of motor truck was placed on the streets oi l Washington. D. C., to cope with the | Christmas parcel post work. Because the loss ratio to premiums IS no less than S5 per cent, insurance com lpanies in the United States have decided to combine in anseffort to check the theft of automobiles. The automobile industry is paying sl4",- 1 o0O GOO annually to the federal govern | ment with state fees of s64,000000, and personal property taxes and other fees of $50O00, 900.
 American automobile manufacturers lare planning to invade the German mar ikets Several firms are laying plans se manufacture on the Americdi 9se'o" both autos and tractors.
 Municipality owned motor vehicles, IT. cluding fire and police cars and trucN' of all kinds, must be registered in WIS Icopsin the same as privately owned cars land at the same rate Of fee
 l commercial motor license in Toronto Canada. costs SIS for vehicles Of '"' ltons capacity or less. rate or Se per 'oi or fraction thereof Is chafgeo OH eNoA' car of over two tons
 1 Operators of all classes of motor Veni Icles including trucks, according to tn' law of Pennsylvania, must arrange Btnei , lheadIights to be able clearly to see per .l sons or vehicles 200 feet ahead.
 The Pennsylvania state national guar will have 800 motor vehicles for varlou' lunits of the division, tractors ana Ueno . vehicles for howitzers Of heavy ar.iiIs.s : bakery equipment, and trucAs hor and other purposes. k national automobile show is to D
 held in Mexico City in March, ana .n
 committee in charge announces tua Ieyerv automobile manufacturer or pIo'i l. Iinence. having distributing agencies
 Mexico. will be represented
 l The latest development III luo s'usoA l hiIe industry is the railway motor cal I5esigned to replace steam locomotives o short line railroads. sThe use or the III Iternal combustion engine is said to
 away with an average of three men 10 itrain e i,aar
 Bv means of unique system TOT keet line in touch with distant points tnIouS line use of post cards, telephone anu teis loranh the San AntonioS chamber or cou X tmerce is prepared to tell motorists .l ,condition of roads. hunting anu i'eA''
 throughout the state Of Texas. ,,
 The Massachusetts state nlgn"ay ~. as nartment is installing snow lences :, spreventing the main highway routes l.o' 7
 Incoming blocked by snow this "lnee lThe fences will be constructed oi wvo and in sections, so they can pc JAN. taNs down and stored during the war
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 More motor vehicles are used oy ', .. state highway commissioners III a limited States than by any other pran. /. If the government. The neai.n ,s thosnital divisions are the next heaS re X lusers. with education and agricuI'uIe ,.. " V ,ouyine Prisons are the next m HI d with state militia or police ias1 ,- Miss Maud Younger or San s,r al has the distinction of being uie k woman to cross the United states ; ny q .d automobile, recently arriving m "as l. iington to attend a, wornans party - ia vention. In motoring across tne co.,' 4, IS lneut. Miss Younger travelled 3,'o mn -b sin ele-handed with a dos as companio