The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-09
THE MOTOR DIGEST

The driver of United States motor mail trucks in New York city Is not | required to have chauffeur's H. cense.
 In the busiest streets in London, there are nearly two horse-drawn ve- hicles to each motor driven vehicle.
 Great Britain was the first country l to use four wheel brakes on auto mobiles, and also was the first l country to abandon them.
 specially built cabin erected on motor chassis has been designed for the Maharajah of Gwalior. The In- dian ruler will use it for touring and | big game hunting.
 gagged in. or directly affected by the l automobile industry. The largest single group is composed of 1,200, 900 professional chauffeurs and truck drivers.
 Because she came to work in her automobile, one of the scrub-women of the Municipal Courts building in Detroit, Mich, was discharged. It is the policy of the department to give cleaning work only to the women In need.
 John M. Barr of Dayton, Ohio, America In actual continuous service. The car, built at Tarrytown. N. Y, in 1899. is operated by steam and travels 12 miles an hour. It has been driven nearly 2OO,OO0 miles.
 Timothy Collins of Norwalk, Conn.,, boasts of a perfect record of driving automobiles for 25 years without an accident or a single summons for a traffic violations. During his career, he was employed as a chauffeur in New York ctiy for IS years.
 Seven young men, sent by the Egyp tian government, are touring the United States to study automobile manufacture and traffic problems Upon their return they will go into the governments service and estab- fish control over all motor transpor- tation in Egypt.
 Nebraska, Iowa, and South Dakota have an average of one automobile for every five persons In the three states The entire population could get in these cars and move out in stantly without leaving anyone at home and without having to make a return trip.
 For many years American automo- bile manufacturers have borrowed en- gineering principles from European cars and applied them to their own production Today the condition Is Just the reverse, engineering ideas, entirely developed in America, are being incorporated in European cars.
 The Duke of Ratibor, who died re- gently at Castle Norway. was for 50 years prominent in German sporting circles. He was the father of motor ing in Germany, and for quarter of Q century was president of the Auto mobile club of Germany, formerly the Imperial Autom obile club of Ger many under the patronage of the Kaiser.
 According to several manufacturers of automobiles, the 1924 models will have everything on them that tho average driver wishes. Bumpers and spot lights, combination stop and tail lights, windshield cleaners of all varieties. lamps and double tire car riers are among the things to be carried by some companies.
 To deaden the sound of passing traffic. the surface of Whitehall street in London, Is now being paved with rubber blocks. The area cov- cred Is 1.500 square yards, and will cost SS0.000. Each block of rubber weighs nearly five pounds. and meas ures 8 by inches. The rubber blocks area is expected to last half a cen tury. despite the enormous volume of heavy traffic constantly using the roadway.
 The finest touring automobile ever constructed was recently completed for w. K. Kellogg, millionaire and world traveller. The motor palace has convertible seats and berths The in- terior Is finished in mahogany and the finest of feathers throughout. It is equipped with shower baths, radio. wardrobe and linen closets, oil and electric stoves, sink, faucets for hot and cold water, an ice making plant. 1celess refrigerator, etc.