Motor Transportation Occupies Assured Place in American Systems
The December Commerce Monthly argues motor transport now shares freight and passenger duties with rail, predicting railroads will adapt as trucks prove efficient. Short hauls favor trucks while longer distances favor rail. trucks ease congestion and help farmers ship perishables from surrounding areas to cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Bank of Commerce
New York
Commerce Monthly
Commeres
Famous motorcycle races in movies
Local motorcycle fans who could not witness the 200 mile road race at Indianapolis will see the event in a motion picture. Harley Davidson will show the film free at Knights of Pythias Lodge, 1929 Third Ave, December 15 at p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indi
Harley Davidson Motor Co
Milwaukee
Knights of Pything
Third Ave
Ford workers to share seven million in year 1920 bonuses
Edsel B. Ford announces continuation of the December 1919 cash bonus for 1920. About 75,000 Ford employees nationwide receive a bonus exceeding 7 million dollars, with an extra 3 percent for six months on Ford Investment certificates. The bonus applies to staff on payroll before October 1 and on December 31, including factory workers at Detroit Rouge and international plants in Copenhagen Bordeaux Cadiz Buenos Aires Sao Paulo Montevideo and Cork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Edsel B. Ford
Ford Motor Co
Detroit
Ford Investment
Ford Blast
Rouge
Mich
United States
Copenhagen
Denmark
Bordeaux
France
Cadia
Spain
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Sao Paulo
Montevideo
Uruguay
Cork
Ireland
Auto Talk and Racing Notes From Early 20th Century
A collage of auto show notes, road building delays from gondola shortages, and tractors for Philippines cultivation. It cites the 21st New York auto show with 87 makes, confirms Missouri ruling on concealed weapons in vehicles, and reports 1920 Pennsylvania motor vehicle registrations totaling 324 473.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Missouri Supreme Court
Eee
Pennsylvania
Road Bulletin for King County Areas
Road bulletin lists open new concrete pavements from Kent to Renton and to Auburn with good travel conditions. Highlights include Maple Valley and Redmond sections, paved routes beyond King County line, and bridges under construction over the Snoqualmie and Green rivers with detours noted. Ferry services updated. Vashon Island ferries affected. contact Main 6900 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent
Dee Moines
Tecome Highline
King County
Renton
Kenton
Apie Valley
Impansadie
Odar Mountain
Maple Valley
Imeequah & Noteart
Mwan Lake
Pipe Line
Miack
Ood
Kent East
Woetinville
Dev
Pall
Redmond
Nellywood
Pall City
North Bend
Kedmelaw
Auburn- Mack Diamond
Auburn
Boosores Sunset Highway
Brown Mountain
Summit
Meramedae- Gres Water River
Enumelaw
Richmond
North Tronk
Detour
Vashon Heights
Portage
Vashon Heigis
Teland
Renton-Kent
Agburn
Bridgea
Pee Brridge
Ynaqualmic
Grom River
Aakean
Roads Crumble to Ruins Under Grinding of Heavy Trucks
Washington reports bureau of public roads tests show old worn tires damage roads more than new or pneumatic tires. Experiments compare three ton trucks with 4 1/2 ton loads and 7000 pound rear axle weight to measure wear, subgrade effects, and drainage factors. Experts argue vehicle taxation should reflect road wear to prevent structural breakdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Public Roads
Department of Agriculture
Bureau
Speed Ld
Prices Seen Drop as Oil output Soars in 1920
Government and industry reports forecast record oil production worldwide with the American Petroleum Institute predicting 460 million barrels in the US and 124 million in Mexico, plus gains from reduced evaporation and refined output. A large contract ties Mexican Petroleum Co. to Standard Oil of New York for 150 million barrels in 1971. Heavy trucking limits exist in Milwaukee for loads over 214,000 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Companies
New Jersey
Louisiana
American Petroleum Institute
United States
Bureau of Mines
Mexican Petroleum Co
Standard of Co. of
New York
Standard of New York
South America
Egypt
Fast Indies
Russia
Miwaukee
Wis
Parrot Purchases and Shipwrecked Wit in Soledad
In a humorous reminiscence, a narrator recalls buying a red white and blue cockatoo for Christmas from Hope Bibb the bird fancier. He then recounts a rambling tale of shipboard life with Liverpool Sam in Central America, a banana plantation, and the town of Soledad with colonial officials, a church run by a reverend, and a drunken celebration, ending with the parrot remarking Merry Christmas and the line Take him for six dollars.
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Bibb
Fourth Avenue
Porta
Joanna
Ecuador
Liverpool
Sam
Costa Rica
New Orleans
Soledad
Bedrock
Chica
Calle de Soa
Don Jaime MecSpinoza
McSpinosa
Don Jaime
Ada
New York
Smith
Great Britain
America
Hotel Grande
Acrose
American Club
Stanley
Arbright
Exys Pendergast
Gossem Pendergast
Sys Pedergast
Bunker Hill
Pendergast
Eays I
P Pool
Reverend Shack
Ted
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Aceegan
Stewart Products
E. Pike St
European Central States
Caecho
Slovakia
Philippines
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Peru
Zenith
Sunset Electric Co
Broadway
Samuel J. Humes
George B. Waters
Collier
Blo
Wight
Henry Story
Doubleday, Page & Co
Wheeler Syndicate, Inc
Skagit Bay Lands
Sparks & Dye
Second Avenue
Elliott
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