The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-02
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The first automobile insurance company was started In New York in 1899.
 The state CT New Jersey Is spend ing ss,20e,oee this season for the con- struction of highways.
 "Flivverboob" is the new name ap- piled to the carefree. careless. crazy driver of motor vehicle.
 Every two families in the United States own on the average a passen- ger automobile or motor truck.
 Approximately 154.To0 motor vehi- cles enter and leave New York city daily. The passengers total 41S,0e0.
 A drivers license in Trance has never to be renewed. and the number plates on cars are perpetually good.
 The roadbed of the Niagara Gorge railroad is to be made public high way for automobiles and other vehi- cles.
 A candidate for secretary of state in Iowa Is passing his platform upon a third reduction in motor vehi- Gle licenses.
 Maryland, Louisiana, South Caro- lima and Mississippi now have gas- OllHe LdA, IldhlHK 10 SldleS so ldAluE automobile travel
 The average motor truck wears out and consumes about twice as much material of all kinds as the average passenger automobile.
 Between HOO, 900. 900 and 1,200, 900, : GOO gallons of gasoline are annually used for motor truck operation throughout the United States.
 
 York city established a new record when 4,4& applications 10 drive motor vehicles in the city were requested in one week. /
 Twenty five or more states in the union are planning to be lat home' this summer to several million motor ists, "tin-can tourists" campers and sight-seers.
 Nearly 65o,ooo passenger automo- bile license plates have been issued this year in Pennsylvania. Tn 1921 the licenses issued totaled e35,s65 on the last day of the year.
 Of the 5000, ,000, ,000 automobile bill of the country approximately ,l.ooo,- 900, 900. or nearly one-fourth, is spent on the maintenance and purchase of commercial cars and trucks.
 According to estimates 250,ooo com mercial automobiles will be built in the United States this year. The f. o. b. sales value of these trucks will approximate s250. 100000. Albert Brayerton and his family of Salem. N. J.. has started for Portland Ore. to reside. making the trip In two automobiles fitted with camping out fits. and every convenience. During the past three years 62s American automobiles and trucks valued at s1,15s.o31. were reimportod from France. and 1901, valued al | $2.S1s,sSS, were reimported from | Great Britain.
 A large motorcycle factory was re. gently opened at London, England said to be the largest in the country The plant will have a maximum an nual capacity of 10000 motorcycles The working force will number 5,00t people.
 One person in every SC white peo pie in South Africa owns an automo bile. as compared to one in 96 il Great Britain, one in 152 in France one In 2S0 in Belgium. one in 1.050 ii the Dutch East Indies, one in 6S h | Australia and one In 42 in New Zeal and.
 The National Automobile associa tion" Is the name of the automotiy, organization represented in Ohio, In diana. Illinois. Kentucky, New York Minnesota, Texas, Nebraska, Missou ri, Iowa. Dakota and Wisconsin. Tn, association has 24s.o00 members. l Vancouver. Canada. has taxical
 A cooperative gasoline company i. operated in Mobile, Ala. to suppl, high grade gasoline at minimum prices to motor vehicle users. It il buying gasoline at IT cents and sell ing 1t for 21 cents a gallon. Thi price is two, three and five cents low CT than gasoline can be bought |, | cities within 100 miles of Mobile.
 State police and health authoritie in Pennsylvania have prepared thrilling moving picture to be exhib ited all over the country as d warn ing to motorists against the trasedie resulting from reckless driving O, ] highways. The scenes show how state police and health authorities work together when a fatal motor ac cident occurs