The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-01
MOTOR DIGEST
Automotlve ActIvitle s
 Throughout the World

Maryland has more th&n % motor bus lines.
 4 fleet of moeoreyciiEts is attached to the Chicago Automobile club to sweep up glass on the highways.
 Of the motor vehicles produced in the United States this year, approxi- mately TO per cent will sell for s1,ooe or less.
 The standard parts'' for autcmo- piles have increased from fewer than 10 in 1909 to more than 300 at the present time.
 The automobile industry of the United States turned out more ears ] during the first eight months of 1922 than In the full year 1921. Police Sergt. John w. Greene of 1 Washington, D. C., was found patrol iing his beat by riding around in his automobile. Greene Is said to be worth half q million dollars.
 More than 44.ooo school children in Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota and North Carolina are transported to the | consolidated schools by motor buses. 1 Every member of President Hard l ing's cabinet in Washington has an automobile. All ride to and from the White House in iuxious cars fur nished st tho expenss of tho govern ment-
 As the result ef Increased sffioi- ency Of carburetors and engines in the last six years. gasoline used In ths United States per automobile has decreased from 500 gallons per year l year.
 Denver, Col. has 6 tase.oee free municipal camp ground where every automobile traveller in the United States is invited to visit, register and camp awhile. Nearly 50.e0o tourists are expected to visit the camp this season.
 As an effort to stop excessive i speeding on tho roads in France, shallow ditches are duE across the l highway at various intervals by tho villagers. These ruts are deep enough to give swift drivers a jolt. and to in- 1 jure the springs of the car. | That the Dyer anti-theft automo- bile law Is working effectively is evil denced by the fact that 2,l2o stolen automobiles have been recovered, and that 2,7Ts arrests have been made. 1.118 persons being convicted. with an average sentence of tive years A trophy was offered by the Auto mobile club of southern California to ] Boy Scouts who picked up the largest number of objects which would cause punctures on the roads. The result of the campaign was amazing. More than TI1.oee pieces of sharp objects l were gathered.
 | The automobile industry In the United States provides employment for a,s5e,eeo persona This includes 1 2oo,0o0 employed in motor plants, 1 Q A L. Fo = 900 tire dealers and salesmen. hum dreds of thousands of professional chauffeurs, drivers and retail garage employees, and thousands more in al- lied retail trades.
 Work has started h Sacramento, Cal. on the first of a chain of % hotels for motorists. extending from Vancouver, B. C. on tho north, through Washington, Oregon. Call fornia and parts of Nevada. and terminating at San Diego, Cal, on the south. These hotels will be one days automobile run apart, an aver age distance of 1ze miles. All will be easily accessible by paved highways "Short measure" selling of gasoline Is estimated to be costing motorists in this country teo.ooo.ooe . year This is based on an estimate that each of the ls.ooe.oee motorists ot tho Un1teQ btAtoe Duyu wv 8aifons VI gasoline daily. and that the average fflching from short measure artists amounts to two pints in each five gallons. resulting in . total daily losi to purchasers of 1.ooo.eoe gallons valued at $1Bo,ooe.
 Poles arc banded along each route of the New Jersey state highway system to correspond to tho colors indicating the direction of the routes
 Red shows that 1t lies east and west
 Yellow tsfis yoa that h tafss . dia gonal courss. northwest and south east.
 Brown indioatss shst h takes [ diagonal course. northeast and south west
 Blue on the posts or hgns fndi- catss that the road is running north and south.
 Two German automobiles recently completed . 3oo-hour run in Berlin which h said to be the worlds non stop and endurance record. The only interruptions were permitted Tor eight tire changes. and one short pause to drain off water which had collected in the gasoline tank dur ing a rainstorm. Each machine ear ] ried four chauffeurs. who worked In five-hour shifts during the lzh day run. One machine used 4lo gallons of gasoline and the other 46o. 1 -