The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-07
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The speed limit for motor venicies in New York city is eight miles an hour.
 Twenty-Five thousand tires is the daily production of ono of the largest rubber factories in this country. The average cost of automobiles is approximately 30 per cent below the high levels of two years ago. The bureau of public roads says that the first brick road of which 1t has record, was built in Charleston. W, Va, in 1872.
 A movement has been started in Arizona to have the 1928 license plates for motor vehicles made or copper instead of sheet iron. Single passenger electric automo- biles are operated in Berlin, Germany, and can haul wo-wheeltrailers to carry another person
 Magneto ignition and generator T. furnishing current to the lights, are included in the equipment Of . new motorcycle.
 There is now . gasoline reserve storage of s1S,500,0o0 gallons In the United States, the largest In the nls- tory of the industry.
 A new guage for registering the air pressure in automobile tires replaces the valve cap. and does not have to be removed when tire Is inflated.
 In California, Oregon and Washing ton. there are at least 5000 miles or paved highway as feeder to the main coast road. the Pacific highway.
 A safety valve for automobile tires has been developed. which enits hissing sound as warning when tire to which 1t Is attached Is over inflated.
 Because of the large number of cars sold recently in California, 1922 Is starting out to be the greatest year in the automobile history of that state.
 With the coming of the proposed sespui i-centennial. in Philadelphia In 1928, camping grounds for automobile parties will be established in the city parks.
 Automobiles. numbering Ts'St were registered in New York state last year. A total of s10,2ss,s5s was paid in registration fees, or an ave- rage of $13.20 for each car.
 Automobile fatalities in St. Louis Mo, dropped from 192 to 1920 to s7 in 1921. Education in schools has been one of the biggest factors in bringing aDOuL lnlS liIlpToNcfhcHt.
 Because of the $350, 100000 deficit expected by the treasury department as a result of the slump in income tax collections, 1t has been proposed in Washington to increase the federal tax on gasoline and motor vehicles.
 Ten per cent, of Canada's road mileage has been graveled or sur faced compare dwith 12h per cent in the United States. In Canada, there Is one mile of road for every 21 of pop ulation, which compares very favor able with one mile for each A of pop ulation in the United States.
 Los Angeles county, Cal, has 747,- 122 motor vehicles, or almost as many as all of France, more than twice as many as Germany, four times as many as Italy, six times as many as Russia, 20 times as many as Japan, half as many as Canada. and almost half as many as there are In Great Britain.
 The first public whipping in years was recently held in the Jail yard in Dover, Del, when Arthur Littlejohn was sentenced to receive five lashes. having pleaded guilty to stealing an automobile. A crowd of fully 800 persons witnessed the whipping, which was the first to be imposed for such an offense.
 In Texas. the automobile club of El Paso has started campaign for the construction of a highway from that city to Mexico City. The pro- posed highway would make the best possible route for automobile traffic between the United States and Mex leo City, and 1t Is believed that funds for this construction can be obtained from the cities on the way and by a grant from the Mexican national gov ernment.
 Automobile engineers are consider ing the abvisability Of using yello' in place of red tail-lights on mote