Evening star., 1930-11-30
In the Motor World
BY q. ADAMS HOWARD.

taxjcabs. For the II months of
1929 there were sold by the fac
tories 5,269,420, OF which 4,569,811
were passenger cars, til ,020 we're
trucks and 1889 were taxicabs.
The differences between the two
years are marked due to the fact
that the off year followed. as often
is the case, banner or record
year A continuous rise is pre-
dicted for coming years.
Canadian Figures.
Canadian figures, less important,
ere interesting inasmuch as they
show the same trend. These fig
ures are supplied by the Dominion
Bureau of Statistics. Factory
sales of taxicabs are omitted.
The total of all cars for the
first 10 months of this year show
g sale Of 1875 of which 1850
were passenger cars, the remain
ing trucks, IS compared with
24G,376 NJ. chimes, l95,935 were
passenger cars. for the first 10
months in 1929. During the IL
months in 1929, 263 ,295 cars were
sold, OF which number 207,499
were passenger cars.
The decrease in the Dominion is
more relatively than in the
United States.
Grade Improvements.
A continued improvement in the
highway grade crossing Sitaation
Was SHOWN IN reports for the fist
e;cEt months this year just filed
by the railroads with the Inter
state Commerce Commission and
made public recently.
Accidents at highway grade
crossings totaled 1895 for the
first eight months period, a re-
duction Of 573 compared with the
same period in 1929. Fatalities
resulting from such accidents
totaled 1926 in the eight months
this year, a reduction of 218 COM
pared with the first eight months
of 1929, while persons injured so
far this year totaled 1898, a re-
duction of 693 compared with the
year before.
For the month of August alone
there were 364 accidents at high
way grade crossings, a reduction
cf 90 under August last year, while
$50 fatalities were reported as
caused by those accidents. This
was a reduction of 19 compared
with the number reported for
August. 1929 Persons injured in
highway grade crossing accidents
in August this year totaled 339
compared with 529 in the same
month one year ago.
Color Trends Noted.
Black continues to hold first
place among Fall colors for auto
mobiles, according to the October
issue of the Automobile Color
InoeX, with deep, lively blues
holding second place. The order
of preference established in last
months index has not been
altered, although the advance of
black has been accomplished
largely at the relegation of brown.
Because of the interest already
evidenced in deep, vivid reddish
and greyiSh hueS of brown it is
not anticipated that the brown
color group will fall below green in
Importance this Fall.
Due to this seasons mode for
black, interest in clear, dark
shades of colors slightly off black
in many cases seems to have been
aroused. 1t is interesting to note
in connection with the upward
movement of black as a motor car
finish that the trend in motor car
colors for Fall, 1880, comedies to
a remarkable degree with the
forecast of fashion authorities
which indicates that black and
dark bright" colors will predomi-
nate in the color ensembles to be
worn by the women of fashion
this Fall. The colors in fashion
at this season are conservative,
and this same trend is reflected in
the motor car industry. This was
shown a. the recent Paris auto
mobile salon where Somber colorS
prevailed as the most popular
finish and the majority of cars
were in ,lack or very dark shades.
The FAN colors in the order of
their prefe-s:N,s as shown by the
Color Index : as follows: Black.
blue, brown green, gray and
maroon