Pueblo chieftain., 1921-11-13
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Automotive Activities Thru
out the World

marks.
IAssociati ton in London totals more
In Detroit, Mich. there are seven
different plants manufacturing en-
gines for motor vehicles.
Automobile exports from the me- Om,Iso IN on0
States last year exceeded $3So,ooo'VVV
going to ia countries.
A new steam automobile Is to make
It's appearance on the market IN snofs
time to sell at about $1,000.
Canada has AZ automobile accessory
manufacturing plants.
Ontario leads all other Provinces In
Canada in the registration OF automo-
biles: Saskatchewan ranks second.
A patent has been granted for an
automobile trailer shaped like a boat
It can be used to navigate waters:
New York state has an automobile
to every IA OF its residents ana .
licensed chauffeur to every three cars.
A motor bus in England Is called Z
Char a banc,'' adopted from th'
Because Max E. Kloorfain. of Brook
lyn. n. Y. spent too much time
.'tinkering' with his automople, ehe
Supreme court granted Mrs. kloortaln
SIS week alimony. pending trial iof
separation. ..oh,,e
In France the majority OF au.ot at
manufacturers do not make oooies q.
the factories, but turn over the chaseis
to firms specializing in the construe
ton of bodies, where any type anu
style OF coach work can be ordered.
The Bureau of Public Roads OF .ne
United States Department u rry.v
ture will shortly undertake survey
of the mileage, cost, character or con.
struction and general conditlon Oh tho
highways throughout the country.
4 OF the 1870 passenger automobile mod-
els manufactured in this country, W
Cty1a
than 60 have four cylinders, Inere
are, however more four-cylinder cars
ON the streets than there are any
other kind.
An average of IS automobiles are
stolen every day In New aolk ciey sna,r
must be equipped with a muffler siieh-
/ state Highway Departments are now
esta biished in every State in the UNION.
The Free City OF Danzig. Folano;
with a population OF Soo.VVV' mas iva
motor vehicles.
Truck tractors used With two-wheei-
ed trailers are registered as ono ven
icle in Pennsylvania.
| New York city has been assigned a4e,-
900 license plates for passenger auto
mobiles for 1922. a..
The production of motor vehicles IN
the United States tins year, 1t Is saio'
will exceed 10000 cars.
To supply the metals for motor ven
icle production. Detroit. Mich: mas
leo foundries and two .oling miiis.
There are IS cities. in the United
States which have so or more motor
vehicles in operation for postal uses.
Pennsylvania constructed Sis miles OF
modern durable type highways enis
year. breaking the worlds record.
has been invented for automobiles. In
cluding rims. spokee, hubs and orake
Twelve huntred and fourteen garages
lhaye been bIilt in Philadelphia since
January /, at an estimated cost OF w.
less. $50.
| Five hundred and seven passenger
lautomobiies, valued at ssss,l45. were
bought in this country by MeNcahs
during September.
In England. there are over 1000 or
ganized owner drivers OF motor trucks
lconnected with the National Road
Transport Clearing house.
| In New York city, approximately
$500 in traffic fines were assessed
land collected in one day at the Traftic
Court. The fines ranged from s25 10
800.
The California State Automobile As
lsociation. with a total membership OF
lmore than $1,000. Is the second largest
lmotor association in the United states.
All Canadian provinces excepting
Nova Scotia ana br1tlSn SoiuIiloia, =.
ladopting the Keep 20 the right rule
lof the road. Th- new regulation Is TO
become effective January 1.
A total OF 407 cars are operated by
two of the largest motor taxicab com
panies in Philadelphia, Pa. The work
ing staff includes 910 mechaniciars and
lchauffeurs.
Artillery workshops. ammunition
gun powder and fireworks factories In
Germany are manufacturing all sorts
of machinery for automobiles. trucks
and motorcycles.
OF the 1925 farms in Wisconsin
Io3. .T9S are supplied with automobiles. or
1916 per cent. There are 4044 motor
trucks among the agricultural growers
of that State.
| Automobiles Of small design arc pro-
lduced in France to carry comfortably
four or five passengers as fast as bt
miles an hour. The cars average &c
miles an hour with n gasoline con-
sumption of 30 miles to the gallon.
Automobile licenses Of 1913 persons In
Pennsylvania have bee,. revoked by the
state Highway Department this year
while 151 have been officially listed as
violators of the automobile law, and
will receive no licenses for 1922.