The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-02
THE MOTOR DIGEST

Several prominent hotels in New York city are establishing taxicab service for their guests.
 Forty railroads in the United States are using Hanged wheel motor busses on their short lines.
 
 Pennsylvania, with a population of S,720,017, has 921, ,000 passenger auto mobiles, or one car for about every nine inhabitants In the state.
 Iowa has 20 municipal automobile tourists camps along the Lincoln Highway. Nebraska has 26, wyoming 10, Utah 8, Nevada {, and Califor- mia I.
 Capt viscount Curzon. member of Parliament holds the demon speed record of England. He has been con- victed 16 times for exceeding the speed limit.
 Ardmore, Pa, has Don't Think Don't-Care Club" for drunken drivers of automobiles. The residence Is In jail, any motorist Is eligible for membership, and according to police, dues are $1S.5o and upward.
 To make a report as to how modern roads can best be constructed, MT. Rowntree, of the American Good Roads association. Is In Italy to ex- anime the ancient Roman roads. such as the famous Via Appia.
 More than 80 motorcycles formed part of the funeral corteEe recently of John B. Brandau. late president of the Maryland Motorcycle club, who died suddenly in Baltimore. The six pallbearers rode on motorcycles.
 
 A motor transportation company is planning an automobile passenger. mail, and freight line from the Medi- terranean across the Persian Desert to Ragdad. The trip across the desert. run of 4b0 miles, Is to be made in less than 12 hours.
 All records were broken when 475 automobiles with 1928 passengers en- tered the Yellowstone National Park, in Wyoming, In a single day. This record was made July IT this year. Last years record was 337 cdRs with 1.1s1 passengers on August 2.
 Four nations, the United States, Italy, France, and Germany, will par ticipate in the motor car grand prix urb of Milan. September 9. Premier Mussolini will be the starter and a number of royal princes are expected to attend.
 
 Speed traps are not permitted by law in California. To secure proper evidence, traffic officers must be in uniform and must pace the car or truck a given distance with his motorcycle or car, and the evidence of speed Is taken from his carefully checked speedometer.
 Young boys are stationed on the outskirts of Baltimore, Md, for al : recting motorists through the city, en route to Washington. For their service In showing tourists over well-paved streets and through traf- fic they receive tips of from a quarter to half doilar.
 Alden Sheriff, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, accompanied by his son, Is touring the United States In a 20- year-old automobile. They expect to visit the capital of every state. The trip will not be completed until the fall of 1924. and before that time they expect to have made more than 120,000 miles.
 A driving school" for reckless Mich. The opening class was attended by 200 men and women who have been placed on probation after arrest on charge of violation of traffic laws. The school is conducted by the police court, and is said to be the first of its kind in the United States.
 Realizing the importance of talk ing every possible means to reduce the number of traffic accidents, more than 50 cities have inaugurated cam paigns to prevent motorists operat- ing automobiles with defective brakes, to correct faulty steering gear, headlights, and other imperfect equipment which constitute a menace to the public at large.