Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-07

The Virginia Islands have $50 auto
mobiles, or one for each 1o4 inhabi-
tante.
In parts of London. public auctions
are held weekly for the sale of motor
vehicles.
Italy sold 200 automobiles in the
United States, aoss in England and
1913 in Spain in 1920
Motorcycles used by the swiss army
are equipped with skis for travel over
snow-covered roads
Over IS per cent of all motor ve-
hicles sold in this country are market
ed on a system of time payments.
cab is 20 cents for the first mile and
10 cents for each succeeding quarter
mile.
Among the automobiling abuses pro-
hibited in France, are unnecessary
noises. binding headlights, and reck-
less driving.
OF the So, ,slo motor vehicles register
ell in New York State, 2l5,Is2 or 81
per cent are owned and operated in
Greater New York.
In fourteen states IN the United
States. there are no tax fees for chauf-
1eurs, while il the other Si states,
the fees range from 81 to So.
Because of The rapid increase in
motor traffic in Pennsylvania, high
ways entering the larger cities may be
extended to 100 or l2o feet in width.
The motorcycle division of the Traf-
fic Squad of the New York City police
force is the largest machine mounted
squad of its kird in the world.
Passenger automobiles in the sS0oo
$4,000 class are now selling for sSiSl as
compared with s4l9s in 1920 This type
OF car sold for 1920 in 1914
Owners of foreign automobiles are
required to deposit 55 per cent Of the
value of the machine before they are
allowed to cross the Spanish and
Swiss frontiers.
since 1850, there have been $4,000
miles ofssurfaced thoroughfares con-
etructed in tho United states and
epent for highway improvements.
Farmers in the vicinity of Blooms
burg, Pa. whose horses have been at
fected by the extended heat spell, en-
saged motor trucks to pull their
In the first six months of this year,
fees from motor vehicle licenses and
registrations H. Massachusetts amoun-
ted to sls.s42 SOS %. There have been
registered SOo.027 cars and trucks.
According to motor vehicle regula-
tions in France, pedestrians are ex-
pected 10 give right of way when they
hear the car signal. Failing to observe
does not excuse n driver for running
them down.
The use OF bensol IN combination
with alcohol in manufacturing cheap
automobile fuels is becoming more eI-
tensive in foreign countries, and with
The unlimited spirits available, great
progress has seen made.
For the prevention of AutomoeNe
thefts, Michigan has enacted law
which requires that not only must
every car In the state be registered
but that a certificate OF title must be
issued 10 the owner BY the secretary
o. state by June /, 1922.
John A. Cowans organizer and presi-
dent of the Kansas City CMo) Conser-
vatory OF Music, constructed an extra
top TO his touring camp car" which
when taken Off and reversed. serves
al boat for fishing, or carrying the
automobile across streams.
A new motor highway, cutting ieo
miles from the distance between
kansas City. Mo. and Denver. to be
known as the Denver-Kansss city
trail. is being built The road viii
eliminate all kinks and detours of the
other trails leading from the Missouri
valley into Denver.
More tim 1000 automobile owners IN
Chicago appeared in court in one day.
charged with violating the recently
enacted ordinance requiring them TO
carry their Identification cards bearing
their names and descriptions and the