The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05

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Chicago has ltGooo motor ye- hieles,
 There are nearly SO,oOo rural motor express routes in the United States.
 Motor vehicles in France are looked on as luxury, and not as a necessity.
 The new passenger automobiles of expensive design have air cushioned seats and back rests. ! The most expensive automobile sold in this country, costing sl7,5OO car ries a three-year guarantee : Self-mea surfing gasoline curb pumps are operated in Rio Janeiro. Sac Paulo, santos and Recfe in Brazil
 In Sinneapolis. specialist is em l p1oyed to improve the service in the various garages throughout the city. ! The road building program Of ! North Carolina for 1922, has been doubled by the state highway depart ment.
 Detroit. Cleveland and Indianap- ! oils continue to he the three large centers of production of passenger automobiles.
 l A mileage of more than I000.o0O miles a day js made by the 10.75O lt- censed taxieabs and motor buses in New York city. Three hundred and seventy-five separate and distinct machines are required to make an eight-cy cylinder automobile engine.
 Motor vehicles in the United States | represent an investment of 0000.- 900 900. with a turnover of more than 1 $3, GOO, 00a a year.
 The largest number of motor car plants in the United States was in ! 1911, when 275 were listed. Motor manufactures now total 1Si.
 The four most prominent automo- ] bile race drivers in the United States are: Tommy Milton, Roscoe Earles. Eddie Hearne and Jimmy Murphy.
 In New York city an average of 20 automobiles are stolen daily. Ap- ! proximately 95 per cent of the cars taken are insured against theft.
 Road mileage in the United States per square mile area is .739. England has 2.57 miles of road per square mile area. and France 1.76.
 In Mexico, President Obregon and the members of his cabinet have been provided with American made pas senger automobiles 6y the Mexican government.
 Because of the lower price and more durable qualities, as compared with European makes. American made automobiles are in the large majority in Chile. ! According to estimates motorists in 15 states in the union. who are fcharged a gasoline tax of 1 F 10 2 cents per gallon, will pay s1o.b0o0 900 for this year.
 An automobile manufacturing com pany, the name of which is not dis | closed announced the production of a new low priced four cylinder. five passenger car, to be retailed at $34s. l Reported revenue derived from au- tomobiles in the province of Ontario l for the year ending December 31. 1921 amounted to s3,o00 ,0oO which is S1 ,000, 900 more than the previous year.
 Motorists, when approaching a railroad crossing in Ramsey county. Minn. are asked by a sign. carefully placed to attract the attention of the | operator, whether he prefers his | home to the morgue.
 There are 10 5000, 900 motor vehicle owners in the United States, who are now paying a multitude of separate and distinct taxes, aggregating more than S332,000,000, or approximately S32 a car.
 
 the municipal court of Detroit, Mich automobile speeders brought before that body will be given five days in l jail, regardless of whether it is the first or second offense.
 In Guatemala, there are no more than 500 motor vehicles in the entire country. of which number three fouxts are in Guatemala City. The total number of motor trucks does not exceed 25. Gasoline costs 75 cents a gallon.
 Of the passenger automobiles manufactured in this country, there | are approximately 500 body models listed and more than ITO chassis mod els. Forty eight makes use four cyl finder motors, S2 Use six cylinders. 13 use eight cylinders, and two 2 | cylinders.
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