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Show ff AUTOMOBILES BEING USED FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES During Juno tlio Ohio State Motor Vohiclo department issued registration Jiumbors for 2378 machines. During f the samo month driving licenses were I issued .to 450 chauffeurs, and twenty-two twenty-two manufacturers and dealers took out registration numbers. Twelve numbered taxis is the esti- 'jJ. mate of tho number now operated in INew York City. London lias about iff; 3000 and Paris 2000. Local livery 9i people say that the horse-drnwn equip- is nE 8 Again, coming into favor, and 'J: that this is true of London and Paris v as -well as New York. Four motor truckB are now in operation opera-tion on. tho Philadelphia & Reading j , railway. Tho trucks carry two and threo men and are used mostly in the I ; automatic, signal department of tho i i . Toad. They have been known to at I I " tain a speed of fifty miles an hour on jj n straight track. i , A bright red electric auto truck has 1 1 recently made its anpearanco in Bos- x ton. It is businesslike in btiild, being i ! of the express body type, is fast, easily I i 'liandled and quiet-running. This wagon : carries two tons, and is used for tho I ! , collection of bones and grease from . the hotels around Boston, j An automobile passenger and freight- jj; carrying line between J3owling Green S i . and Scottsville, Ky., between which jjl there are no railroad connections is M proposed, and.- it is announced that ma- Jj : chines will bo purchased shortly; The U mail contract will also bo sought by jji tho now company. |