Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-21
AUTOMOTTvE ACTIVITIES
THRUOuT THE WORLD


Ohio has a registry OF $4,000
motor vehicles
There are 90 firms In the United
States manufacturing gasoline tract
ors.
Autom obile statesmen in the United
States number approximately 100000.
| Seven States in the Union register
motor trucks at the same rate as pas
senger cars.
Highway accidents in Paris last
year numbered eo.375-an average of
ls5 daily.
More than 1000 motor vehicles are
used by the United States Department
| of Agriculture.
Bellevue Hospital In New York city
| operates seven motor ambulances and
one bus for the insane.
| The U. s. Government collected
| s14s. .720.s0o from automobile owners
| last year. thru the manufacturer s
tax.
A light automobile has been invent
ed in France that can be made to
| lump over obstacles not more than
three feet in height.
In Minneapolis Mimi, mail carriers
are taken to their routes by automo-
biles. whereby a half hour of time Is
saved for each man
valued at s2.425.51s, and automobile
parts to the value Of s2,Tss,14l, were
Imported into Japan.
More than 1900 students are en-
rolled in the study of automotive
| mechanics thru correspondence
Motorbuses are used by $4,000
schools in the United states. The
vehicles are operated in is states,
and transport moro than 100000
pupils.
4 bill recently introduced in Cong
ta-t
Iowa. provides for more reciprocal
exchange OF automobile courtesies
with foreign countries.
Before the days of the automobile.
Philadelphia had $4,000 head of
horses The present number is ap-
creased from 5000 TO 3.2os.
Registration cards or certificates
for 1922 for motorists in Pennsyl-
cania will be printed on five by
three inch card. that they may be cut
to fit the ordinary sized wallet.
In Algeria 1000 automobiles are
in common use between coast cities
and also between mountain and
desert settlements, competing favor
ably with train service both as to
time and cost
Because of Importance of motor
market for 500 head of horses has
been destroyed and demands for hay
and corn reduced approximately
sss 600. 900.
1t is reported by the motor squad
of the Chicago Police Department that
so per cent of the cars stolen in that
city are disposed OF with the consent
and knowledge OF the owners.
In Paris. taxicabs on the highways
cross each other without relaxin 6
speed and often miss each other by
inches. 1t Ia said that each driver
depends upon the other 20 retain his
nerve.
Y As a result OF price reductions in
the automobile field. cars in the price
class under $1,000 on an average now
are selling for $3.50. The high mark
for this type Of car was sssS. in
1920. The average IN 1914 was s637
Because OF the strict street regula
tions OF parking automobiles and
automobile lights in woodbury.. n
J.. in which petty penalties arc i'm
posed. owners of care are boycottinE
the town and going to centres where
the rules are not SO strict for their
amusement and business
When automobile tourists reach
Minneapolis. they arc greeted at the
various entrances 70 the city by rep.
resentatives Of the city government
who hand them data regarding Min
neapolis. maps md traffic rules. Thii
glad d-hand" service is conducted By
/
The Chauffeur's Service Bureau ir
London, an organization of operators
formed to facilitate rush travel. Il
specially assigned to hustlinE Ameri'
can tourists who nre in a hurry TO se'
tho sights. A speedy automobile toul
Is made by the service to all parts oi
England. Scotland and wales in ter
DAYS
Following tho recent arrest Of foui
men in New York city for having ex
ported stolen automobiles to Cuba
Porto Rico and Latin American coun'
tries. investigation reveals that car
which are stolen in the United Statei
are sent under the classification q
used" to many countries thruout thu
world.
Because OF overloaded motto
trucks on highways in Massachusetts
inspectors are applying ''loado
meter" to enforce law regulating thu
weights OF loads. The new device
easily detects the exceeded load b,
simply attaching IL to tho axles Thi
grocery business is said to be re
sponsible for the heaviest loads trans
ported over the highways. Next Fl
the order of excessive weights. q
crushed stone, road oil tanks and ma
ohinery