Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-09

OUT THE WORLD
Pennsytvania has more than $4,000
miles Of highways.
The building Of mAoadam roads has
been abandoned In Maryland.
Motor trucks are now designed and
constructed for every line of business
California has over s0s.257 motor We
hieles- Passenger cars number tN,eoe
now being sold in Mexico are Of Ger
man origin.
According to technical experts. ;
finished motor car represents % per
cent labor.
the various departments of the State
government
In countries outside Of tho United
States there is one automobile for
every Else persons.
Women are employed as drivers Of
both private and public hire motor ve-
hicles in England.
It is violation Of the law in Mis-
automobiles or other vehicles.
Hydraulic brakes on both front and
rear wheels are among the recent de-
velopments for motor vehicles.
For the month of September, Ger
many sent to Great Britain 4le COM
pletely equipped commercial motor
vehicles.
Commercial motor vehicles entering
Great Britain are exempt from duty.
Passenger cars and chassis pay SO 1-3
per cent ad valorem duty.
In the 47So grade crossing accidents
which occurred to motorists during
1919 in the United States. 123a persons
were killed and 1858 injured.
An endless belt for unloading motor
trucks has been invented. The rower
for operation Is made by the rear
wheels of truck resting on rollers.
On the highways of Great Britain
there are found commercial motor We
hicles from Belgium. Canada. France,
Germany. Italy, Switxerland and the
United States.
The American public Is Spending over
5000 o00. 900 = year, or $3.50 per family,
for operating and riding in automo.
biles. 81 per cent OF which are passen-
ger cars.
Four passenger automobiles owned
by Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle, the mo-
ton picture actor, are valued at $4,000.
One of these he had built to order a a
cost of 3l6,500
Automobile dealers OF Cincinnati
have Joined with the Cincinnati Auto
mobile Club and various welfare assoc
iations in campaign to curb automo-
bile accidents. resulting from speeding
and reckless driving in that city.
After having driven automobiles all
over the world, covering a distance of
10000 miles. Harrison X. craner. OF
Philadelphia, was recently arrested for
the first time, in an attempt to pass
traffic stop signal
Two men and woman. members OF
band of international automobile
thieves, were sentenced to two-year
terms by the Federal Court at Detroit
when they pleaded guilty to plotting to
steal cars and ship them to Sweden.
Tho State Highway Department OF
Pennsylvania will have us. OF 50
NM MIR ma
chimes and hundreds OF men to keep
the hard-surfaced main highways open
for traffic during the winter months.
/ Various departments of the govern
ment OF the forty-eight states in the
Union have use of 10000 passenger
cars and trucks. Twenty three
thousand of this total arc automobiles
and trucks used by rho states for the
improvement of highways.
Tho imperial household garage OF the
Emperor and Empress OF Japan will
be completely installed with motor
carriages by the first of the year. The
delivery Of these cars will mark the
passing OF the last magnificent coaches
OF state in the Far East
By paying an annual fee to an elec-
trio light company in London, On
tario, motorists are permitted to at
tach wire from current taps on poles
at convenient points thruout the city
and heat their radiators while the car
is left standing in cold weather.
Records kept by cato attend dants at
Yellowstone National Park as to the
number OF motor vehicles visiting the
park this season show Montana furn-
ished more auto tourists than any
other state. The total number OF cars
which entered from all nAates for 1890
was 1882.
Motor car racing In Europe is to be
revived in 1871. when at least six
| important events on the Continent
and in England win be held during the
! season. Tho races Of note will be the
French Grand Prix. a 5o0-mile race on
the Brooklands track in England, and
road race at Le Mans. France.
| Municipal authorities OF Detroit have
had a lasting success by painting
signs. usually consisting of two or
three words. in white letters a foot
long on various boulevards to warn
motorists. In addition to these signs
of caution, broad white centre lines
appear at curves and bridge ap-
proaches to discourage the tendancy
to "cut corners"
Tho Ordnance Department Of the
United States Army has DEVELOPED 4
combined wheel and caterpillar mount
for heavy and light artillery. This IN
vention makes 1t possible when run
ming on smooth roads to fold back the
caterpillar traction, so that the tank
can be run on wheels. giving It the
speed of an ordinary automobile.