The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-12
Gasoline sleighs are replacing dog


 sleds in Alaska.
 A school for automobile design has been established in Italy.
 Practically no foreign automobiles are being imported into Germany.
 Upward of s1.500,00O Is spent each week in New York city for taxi rides.
 American made passenger automo- piles are selling at prices ranging from S319 to $11,OO0
 The fine for speeding in Berlin, Germany, Is 100 marks, or 50 cents in Americap exchange.
 Messenger boys in London use a motor scooter for the delivery of telegrams and important papers.
 There are nine times as many pas senger automobiles in the United States s there are motor trucks.
 Mexico is literally flooded with stolen automobiles, which are sold for 90 per cent of their actual value
 In Pennsylvania a passenger auto mobile used as a truck regularly to carry supplies is Glassed as com mercial vehicle
 Jackie Coogan, age S. the youthful motion picture player. has spe- cially- built passenger automobile costing s1oo0o.
 Pullman motor buses are regularly operated from London to seashore re- sorts A valet and maid accompany each car.
 The Automobile club of America Is insuring it's 25,000 members for s1,50o each in case of accidental death or serious accident
 In South America, Brazil has a mo- tor vehicle for every 1.497 persons; Argentina, one for every 296; Chile, one for every 455.
 On the Pacific coast 1t is possible to travel in motor buses from Mexicali. Mex, to Portland, Ore. a distance of | 1000 miles.
 Thank you mans have been sug- gested for highways in New York state as scheme to prevent viola tions of the automobile speed laws | Electric automobiles have d speed of 25 miles an hour The, driving radius is 70 to so miles in level coun- try and from 50 to 50 miles in hilly districts.
 France has 60 manufacturers of motor vehicles, with a production capacity of 53.OO0 cars per annum. l Eighty thousand men are employed in the industry.
 The average American passenger automobile has a wheel base of 122 inches, carries 39x4-ineh tires and weighs 3100 pounds. The engine Is VI SlA tg ilnhtt
 I Canadian customs officials are in- vestigating reports that more than 17,0O0 automobiles stolen in the Unit ed States are being smuggled into Canada for sale.
 It is planned in London to do away with all railways above ground. and the old roadbeds are to be connected into highways or speedways for mo- tor traffic.
 i A traffic control system has been produced which Is operated by clock work mechanism. The "stop" or "go, sign Is changed mechanically at regu- lar intervals.
 With approximately 35o,0oo fam flies in Detroit, Mich, there Is one passenger automobile to each three families. This is said to be the high est ratio in any city In the country.
 An automobile rolling canteen" Is being designed for the department of public safety of Philadelphia, Pa, to be used for distributing coffee and sandwiches to police and firemen at conflagrations.
 Of the country's estimated motor vehicle registration, the middle west ern staaes lead with 3,397 ,036 cars. 2o6s,246 cars, and the southern states third with 2.044, 009 cars.
 One of the leading department stores in St, Louis, Is planning to erect four-story garage, in which the automobiles of its customers may be parked while they are shopping. The proposed garage will accommo- date 400 cars.
 In Germany, Red Cross first aid stations are making their appear ance on the corners of Berlin streets where traffic. Is heavy. The stands contain bandages lint and other hos pital necessities and are fully equip ped for any emergency. Automobile tax fees for medium sized four cylinder car are as low as s5 annually in some parts of the United States. The same car in Eng land would call for a tax of s62: in Spain. SAC; Belgium. SIS; France, SPA and Itaily. s40o.
 Seated at the wheel of big motor truck, and followed LS a fleet of au- tomobiles Rev. E. J. Prescott, a Uni- tarian pastor of North Andover. Mass. goes out every Sunday morning and gathers his Sunday school pupils within radius of seven miles. The Wisconsin Highway depart inent publishes every week a blue print map showing routes and road conditions throughout the state. The subscribers are chambers of com merce, hotels, and garages. New con struction, detours. etc.. are plainly indicated.
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