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AUTOMOTIVE ACTIVITIES
THRUOUT THE WORLD

The Automobile club of Philadelphia
is twenty one years old.
First class narrow automobile roads
are now replacing the old foot paths
in Japan.
Mexico recently placed an order In
this country for 100000 automobile
tires.
The cost of a new passenger car Is
not a deductiblc item when filling out
an income tax return.
In the city OF Montecideo, Uruguay.
there are $500 private automobiles, 1850
taxis and 26O commercial cars.
AS a supplement to their inadequate
salaries, three superintendents of pub
lie schools in Georgia are automobile
statesmen, and two are garage men,
There are twice as many garages In
New York City as there were sta pies.
and almost as many service stations
and repair shops as there were black-
smith shops.
The State of North Carolina last
year operated 247 motor trucks, trans
porting 1886 children to school. FIVE
years ago, six trucks were used. carry
ing $50 children.
The estimated worlds production Of
petroleum in 1920 was 63S, ,47t.254 bar
rels, as compared with 55i5o5,04s bar
rels in 1919 This represents gain OF
24.42 per cent. =.
New York city has moro than n
million square yards OF paved streets
Chicago follows with ss,43o, 900 square
yards, and Philadelphia with 22,6l0,So
square yards.
1t is estimated that $4,000 900 tires
will be needed this year to replace the
ones now in service. with an additional
demand of 100000 tires for nc"
cars manufactured.
Motorcycles are used in Africa to
hunt elephants. and tame animals are
employed to carry the machines strap
ped on their backs thru the tropical
forests to the hunting grounds.
American made passenger autono-
bilos in Uruguay have become popular
because of economy OF gasoline and OIL
speed, nexibility, lighting. sclf-start-
ing and appearance of body.
Two-thirds of all tho automooilee
sold in this country last year went TO
tho users in agricultural districts
Moro than half OF all the cars went TO
towns of less than 5000 inhabitants.
A speed indicator for motor vehicles
has been invented that registers speed
| by the flash of colored lights. Thc
mechanism is cncased In metal Don
| fastened to the front of the radiator.
In Japan, at n particular crossing in
the Ginz. which Is tho shopping DIS
trict of Tokyo, flagman. n traffic
officer and six. seven or eight police
mon with swords are stationed TO d.
rect traffic.
Engineering departments OF leading
colleges and universities in this coun-
try arc aiding national bodies and ac-
lively cooperating in the work upon
national program highways research.
According to estimates the ap-
proximato cost OF motor truck haul
age per ton mile. trucks of various
sizes average as follows: Y ton
truck, 16 cents: 2-ton truck. 3 cents,
and 6 u ton truck, 7a cents,
Figuring on tho basis OF 1890
motor vehicle registrations in tho
United States and tho total amount
of consumption OF gasoline. the aver
ago amount for each car last year
is given AS A5e.l gallons
Because of tho American women.
windshields, gear shift levers. foot
brakes and upholstery have been al
autom obiles to meet tho comfort.
whins or practical demands of the
fair sex
More than hundred cities and
towns thruout tho United States have
erected land beacons as an aid TO
motorists. Tho standardized color
signalling. as in tho case OF tho rail-
roads red. yellow and green lights.
arc flashed by these lighthouses"
New York. Ohio. Pennsylvania,
Illinois. California. Iowa, Texas and
Michigan have n combined rcgistra-
ton OF i,2a5,sss motor vehicles. more
than 40 per cent OF all the cars reg
istcred in tho country and moro auto
mobiles than the cntirc continent OF
Europe.
Commenting upon tho waste Of
gasoline. II. l.. Welsh. secretary and
counsel OF tho American Petroleum
Institute, suggests that speed should
bo held down to twenty miles per
hour for automobiles and that build
ing cf hiEh-powcred passenger cars
should be abandoned.
\ motor speedway, costing $780,
900. is to bo constructed on tho
Colatt rancho. near Santa Rosa Cal.
Tho track will bo a mile and a quar-
ter. with n mile track inside for
horses. The speedway is guaran-
tced to permit l2o miles an hour
without any danger TO spectators or
drivers.
since tho rcopcninE OF a. large
automobile factory in Detroit general
supcrintcndonts OF the plant, come of
whom receive salaries in excess of
S25 900 a year. are driving tractors
around tho yards delivering materials
and even assembling cars. IT is to
become an every man n producer"
plan to bring the highly paid officer
into close contact with his mon.
The works Of an arms manufac-
turing company in the city of Stcpyr,
Australia. with an equipment capable
of producing 100000 rifles and
other small arms per year, is now
producing siN-cylinder passenger
automobiles and trucks. The factory
plans for an output of 10000 ma
chimes n year to market in England.
France. Germany. Poland, Rumania
and the Netherlands.
According TO the traffic division of
the Detroit Police Department where
a series OF tests on several types of
passenger cars and trucks was re-
Gently conducted to determine the ef-
ficiency of their braking system. a
sposa limit of 10 miles per hour af-
fords both the driver and the pedes-
trian maximum protection in both
wet and dry weather, 10 IN. y. h. be-