Show ALLOW FOR FUTURE TRAFFIC Count of Automobiles on Number of Roads In Tennessee Shows Surprising Surprising Surprising Sur Sur- Fact Prepared by the United United State States Department of In building a road liberal allowance should be made for future Increase in traffic sa says s 's the bureau of public roads of ot the time United States Department of t Agriculture A traffic count conducted b by the bureau In operation co-operation with Tennessee ee officials on a number of roads in Davison county in which Nashville Is located shows s surprising facts when compared with a similar count In 1916 1910 During this period automobile automobile au au- registrations have doubled while the number of motor vehicles on the roads is fl five times as great as in 1916 1910 In 1916 1010 horse-drawn horse and motor- motor vehicle traffic were almost equal In volume In 1021 1921 horse-drawn horse traffic had Increased only slightly In volume and constituted 16 10 per cent of ot the traffic motor vehicles constituting con 84 per cent Observations In this and other countries countries countries coun coun- tries lead to the conclusion slon that volume volume vol vol- ume of traffic may Increase In much greater proportion than the number of motor vehicles and will also depend to a large degree on the time condition of Improvement of the road and on the economic conditions In the adjacent territory |