Evening star., 1936-08-16

nance or reduction of better-than-
average death rates per 100000 OF
population and maintenance or reduc-
ton of better-than-average death
rates per 100000 gallons of gasoline
consumed.
New York and New Jersey, the
council said. with unique problem of
tremendous daily interstate traffic that
pours millions of persons and auto
mobiles in and out of New York City
and New Jersey and with Statewide
density of population that exceeds
other sections, set "praiseWorthy'
example for other States. New York,
at the close of the first six months of
1886. had reduced its traffic accident
deaths l3 per cent. from 1,199 to 1,049.
More than half the difference was
credited to the big city" where
693O.OO0 of the States 13,059 900
population is congested. New York
States death rate per 100000 of pop
ulation, the council said, was fixed at
1853, compared to $40 in Arizona, the
highest in the country, and 47.O in
California. The rate per lO,0000OO
gallons of gasoline consumed in the
Empire State was 143, against 29.6 in
Georgia and 28.7 in Alabama and
North Carolina Gasoline consump-
ton, said the council, has increased
about per cent in New York State
this year-from 580.24l 900 to 603,-
$4,000 gallons at the end of May.
New Jersey topped its neighbor with
a 16 per cent reduction in auto ac-
cident deaths, according to council re-
ports; it's death rate per 100000 OF
population was a little higher-20l-
while the rate per 10000 900 gallons
of gasoline consumed was lower-1l.5.
Records of the Middle Vests win
ming pair, the councils report showed,
were more closely punched. Reduc-
tions in deaths for the half year. COM
pared to the corresponding period OF
1885, we're: Wisconsin, 81 per cent, or
81. from 24l to 100, and Iowa. l3 per
cent, or 80. from 235 to 205. The gaSo-
line consumption rates were: Wiscon-
sin. 1l2, and Iowa. 1912. The popula-
ton death rates: Wisconsin, l5.7, and
Iowa, 1862.
THE Far Western duo, where the
council said street and highway
safety is making strides under the
handicaps of huge square-mile area
and small per-square-mile population
that make financing OF safety pro-
gram difficult recorded good but less
consistent rates.
Nevada reported its traffic deaths
for the period we're down 26 per cent,
or 9, from 35 to 26, against per
cent for Utah. with 66 deaths through
June 80, compared to 70 in the first
six months of 1885. The council said,
however, that Nevada's population
death rate, SIS, was second high for
the country. Utah's population death
rate was 25.6. Gasoline consumption
death rates in the two States were
closer to the national average OF 17,6-
Nevada, 205, and Utah, 1873. The
records of these two States, the
council said, deserve special mention
because their traffic problem is COM
plicated by through-State, or foreign
traffic, to a greater degree than other
States of comparable size and popu-
lation.
Other States which the council said
had made great progress in the control
of the highway accident problem in
clude North Dakota with 28 per
cent reduction in deaths and New
Hampshire with 80 per cent reduc-
ton, the largest decrease reported by
any State.
Sidney j. Williams, director of the
councils public safety division, said
North Dakota may be fairly singled
out as one which is getting more out
OF its safety activity than any other
comparable State. Coupled with its
reduction IN deaths from Is to 18 up
to July /, North Dakota's gasoline
and population death rates, 49 and
So, respectively, were the lowest in
the country for the six months.
And yet" said Williams, North
Dakota is not pierced by as much
through traffic from distant points
of the country as some other States of
comparable size and population. How
ever, we cannot dispute the excellence
of the handling North Dakota gives
Ats domestic traffic problem
THE automobile industry, like the
world, now has an almanac.
The Automotive Almanac for 1896,
formerly called the Annual Review
and Reference Book, but rechriStened
because every one referred to it as
the Almanac" anyway, was recently
issued by the Automotive Daily News
in Detroit.
1t is a 142-page, attractively done
and splendidly edited volume, con-
tanning facts current and historical
OF interest to automobile men. In
giving the annual a new title none
Of the features which made the first
two issues SO popular have been lost.
and the scope has been broadened with
several innovations. One of the most
amusing and important contributions
to this permanent record is the
chronological history of the motor
car companies, tabulating the year
OF starting, total sales, changes in
prices and construction milestones.
Makers percentages of years total
new passenger and commercial car
registrations, 1880 to 1885, reveal how
the manufacturers are doing, and
new passenger car registrations by
makes in States from 1929 through
1885 show trends of the past few
years on the Nations highways.
A list of manufacturers in order of
sales volume and in order of sales
increases, Department of Commerce
production figures, an analysis of
automobile financing, export activi-
ties and the sales of motor vehicles
outside the United States are in
cluded in the Automotive Almanac
for 1886.
THE 3,7O0 miles of highway lead
ing from Canada's Gaspe PENN
sula, across the United States and
down to Mexico City, is now far and
aWay the worlds longest automobile