The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-13

Texas has SC municipal motor camp.
 Wisconsin has 3S3,754 passenger automobiles and 24.214 trucks.
 A German type of cycle car costs s22 at the present rate of exchange.
 The United States has invested about the same amount in automo- piles as it has in steam railroads.
 The motor vehicle to the right has the right of way at street and road intersections in Pennsylvania.
 One out of every nine inhabitants in Massachusetts is an operator of motor vehicle or a chauffeur.
 New York state has nearly 100000 registered motor vehicles of which sO0,0o0 are in the Metropolis. transported by motor truck into De- troit, Mich.. by farmers 150 miles distant from that city.
 There is an average of S2 gallons of gasoline available in refinery storage in the United States for each of the automobiles registered.
 California leads all other states ists, followed by Illinois with 129, Iowa with 110, and Kansas 105.
 P. E. Cornell, a plumber of Kan sas City, Mo. has a travelling motor workshop which he claims he can operate a week without replenish ment.
 Japan has 12.117 motor vehicles of which number nearly 70 per cent are operating in and around the cities of Tokyo. Yokohama, Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto.
 The ratio of motor trucks to all passenger automobiles in Great Britain is 26 per cent. while that in the United States amounts to only 13 per cent.
 Nearly ss.o0o.ooo.ooo has been spent for highway improvement in the United States since 1890. The amount now available for expendi- lures is over $1,250. .000, ,000.
 In 1921 no fewer than 14s.0o0 American automobiles, carrying tourists, entered Canada. It is esti- mated that approximately $1S.000,o00 was expended by these motorists.
 Since the passage of the Dyer anti 2120 automobiles with approximately SZsOoVtSuot nave DetH TcCONcTCQ Dy lHo bureau of investigation.
 Motor tourists entering. California from other states must obtain a nom resident resistration certificate with in 24 hours. Those who do not com ply with this law must take out a regular state license.
 In New York city more than 24,000 vehicles passed over Brooklyn bridge every hour. Of this number. s9 per cent were motor vehicles. This traf- flo Is now prohibited because of structural weakness.
 Speedometers are to be installed on all post office motor trucks in the United Sttates, Mail truck chauffers will then be able to keep within the speed law. and also prevent disputes with annoying "cops" when wrong fully Charged with speeding.
 According to the records of the county clerk of New York city. not a single veterinary surgeon reg. istered to practice in the last six months. It is said to be the first time in the history of the city that such thing has happened.
 The Arkansas-Louisiaa highway, 153 miles in length, and one of the finest roads in the south, is now completed and is open to traffic. The highway, costing approximately s3.5o0, ,000. was three and a half years in the course of construction.
 California has the greatest number of automobiles in proportion to it's population, having a car for a little more thai every five persons in the state. Mississippi has the fewest machines in proportion to population with only one car for each 27la in- habitants.
 The Associated Advertising Clubs of the world in Minneapolis, Minn.. are planning to give free informa- tion to the travelling motorist in every American city and community. Information stations arc to be es- tablished in every state, having wherever possible. no greater dis tance than 25 to 50 miles between stations.
 A new automobile camp of 160 acres has been opened by the City of Vancouver. Canada. It accommo- dates POO cars and tents, all parking spaces being under shelter of trees. Rustic cooking and dining shelters each with large cook stove and dining tables, have been built in different parts of the grounds with shower baths, laundry facilities. and every other convenience.