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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1921
Page
12
The article states that motor car ownership per capita in the United States is twenty times that of England and thirty times that of France, highlighting stark cross country differences in vehicle access.
The third annual Pike's Peak hill climbing race returns Labor Day. Drivers face a zigzag, one foot per ten feet grade with hairpin turns and narrow shelf-like sections along the mountain. Dt Loewcie and Al Cline, first and second in 1920, compete again in Lexington Specials for the Penrose Trophy and the title for Lexington Motor Co. of Connerville, Indiana.
Motor tourists from the East praise Denver and Boise camps as among the country’s most convenient and complete. Denver spans 160 acres with a 34 room club and full services. Boise’s camp houses shops, a large hall, trails marked within 900 miles, and voluntary contributions from visitors.
A new three wheeled Paris taxicab enters service with a six horsepower engine. It achieves comparable speed to larger cabs through lighter construction and efficient design.
A compilation notes over 6000 motor truck lines in the U S with California housing 160 plus. It states 3 000 licensed California auto dealers and estimates 12 000 000 motor vehicles nationwide in 1921. It lists abroad insights like Norway having 30 dealers and Calcutta about 600 taxis.
B. E. Hutchinson has been elected treasurer of the Maxwell Motor Corp., bringing a background in commercial and political organizations to the post. He has held multiple offices in related groups.
The Boise tourist camp reaches its third year. Vehicle capacity climbs from 715 cars in 1918 to 2,321 in 1919 and 3,402 in 1920. Denver camp records 7,906 cars in 1920, up 41 percent from 1919. Tourist cars average four passengers each.
W F Ramming of Wichita Falls Texas has driven his Marmon 11031 miles this year. Total labor cost 43.50 and parts 32.10 equal 68 cents per 100 miles. Labor covers all work including oiling. Other outlay was gasoline and oil. he says no way to avoid these.
The Eldridge Buick Co held its fifth annual employees picnic at Silver Lake with a morning start from Harvard and E Pike. Winners crowned in children and adult races included Rose Trick Ruth Van Riper Archie Gilbert and G E Kertis. A tug of war baseball and water carnival followed before supper and dances led by Long's orchestra. England reports 750000 motor vehicles.
President W. L. Day of the General Motors Truck Co. Pontiac Mich. argues that heavy duty trucks are as logical as the Mogul engine replacing the locomotive and require heavier rails. He predicts trucks will carry increasing tonnage and calls for permanent road construction to support heavy traffic.
About 282 plants operate in Pennsylvania to recover gasoline. The sites recover and treat gasoline components as part of refining and environmental effort amid industrial activity in the state.
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