| Show EUROPE USES OPEN AR AIR A CARS New Bicycle With Double Dou Double ble Stroke Is Per Per- Perfected Perfected In G Germany ordinary bicycles are rB equipped ith small mail motors not much bigger than the th size Izo of a couple ot of teacups These are sup sup- supposed sup supposed posed to make mako close to 10 miles per and some ome of ot those de- de designed dc- dc de signed In are double that that I li Is they have compression on both ldoa of ot time the piston Another Interesting feature was wa the fact act that most moat autos were open not cars not d limousines limousine or and sedans nd thit th practically all I I hesitate to say 99 per percent percent percent cent ot of the automobiles automobile had bad theft tots tops do tt donIt down n-It n It being an easy mat mat- matter matter ter to put the top up It II It stArts t to lain Thus Thu the th European Europeans rIde In the th open air and In the sun and have a 0 good view of ot the surround surround- surroundIng Ine Ing co country try as they ride FEW rw AUTOMOBILES It would surprIse any resident resilient of oth the he United States to ride rid for or miles and miles In many European coun coon countries tries trios and See se only one ono or t tao 0 autos auto The bicycle and foot oot travel take most people here they want io 10 co so In Europe Of 0 courbe In where the tho roads nInd Ind and forth In n and around there are ari not many automobiles md not many bicycles eIther cither Another peculiar feature of 01 ti about London Is b that th there re are many steam trucks The Tho boll boiler r and nd smokestack nI ale aie e the thic end ot of the th automobile and anol tie Ue team steam engIne Is just behind the bollo These trucks are used to carry 10 or 20 tons of ot coal or cOnSent and building material and ale aid all hours of ot the tho day puffing a anay aay ay along the London streets street At 1 half haf past seven seten one on mornIng on may m way nay to the tho aIrplane field nr London I must have base seen 30 of these thee steam team trucks truck hauling COll coi flom the rl river riser er Thames docks to- to to toward ward the city of ot London CO Ly by v ay ay of ot contrast to condItions In Europe here are aro facts acts about autos auto In the United States State 1 million motor cars and tru trucks ks aie ale now noVo In the States Stales One One motoi motol to e eer esery er eight persons Ilvo rIve times lines as many automobiles as a there at ama aie e freight and passenger r cars combined on all the railroads ot of the United Sta States tes I to carry half halt the tIme peo- peo peo people pIe pIc of o America In a single cara cara- caraan cara- cara caraan caravan van an an The Lincoln highway a from the tho banks of ot the Hudson to the Gold GOld- GOlden Golden Golden en Gate I Is miles mile long lone To put them the the United States autoS all on that n en e In trot traC tic trat-tic tic Jim jm formation would thaI the Lincoln ay be WI WId- WId WIdened wid widened ened ned so that 15 dais cais could stand abi t The mileage ale ot of all these automobiles Is SO billion miles This Is three times tunes as many mo motor mo- mo motor tor miles as the tha cai cal miles mile of ot the ll lall On On the tho a elage every ery automo automo- automobile automobile bile carrie carries 2 la passengers This flus means that snore mere mor than 30 million p persons tike to automotive e wheels wheel ery e dt d dor or more than 9 billion eight eight times as many as asare asare lire are can led by the railroad MILLION I IV IN C Y The The automobile gh elves es dIrect to more than a 0 mil mil- million million mil million lion men and Indirect employment nt to two too or three times time as many It bu s the of the is i's pInto gla glass aast a vast tast share of Its Iron and steel most mot of 01 Its aluminum much of oC its leather Il II gives rives the tir railroads much moro more freight to haul than it takes m them It It his lits sent ent hundreds ot of thou thou- thousands I sands bands of persons into the lie suburbs here i 1 are arc cheaper an and l lit 11 liv-Int liv Ing conditions better belter and shele e ethe the Ings In 1 lent offset the car c maintenance cost cost leasing lea the bet bet- bet tei tOt lit 11 log Jug conditions as dividends The retail prIce pric ot of gasoline for 0 II nary consumer In some Euro pen cities Is as k follows based NI on American gallons nn and l folio mone Per Gallon London Jondon 34 i cents Gle a 45 5 cents cent Amsterdam 33 33 gentS cents You know what costs In the l Stiles r thine con con- con ed cd |
