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The Buffalo Voice
Buffalo, Johnson County, Wyoming
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Rio de Janeiro faces taxicab surplus due to installment sales of automobiles four years ago, with 6,000 of 8,000 machines operating for hire. Bad roads limit use, but new highways to Petropolis and Sao Paulo by 1925 expected to boost demand and imports.
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Rio de Janeiro.—Since an enterprising American concern started four years ago to sell automobiles to Rio de Janeiro chauffeurs on the installment plan, the city has become overcrowded with taxicabs.
Of the 8,000 machines in the city, nearly 6,000 operate for hire, and the owner-chauffeurs have constantly to work overtime to meet their payments.
Relief, however, is expected from another direction. At the present time the roads are so bad it is impossible to drive more than four or five miles outside the city with any comfort; hence long-distance trips are unknown.
A new and good road is being built to Petropolis, a summer resort 30 miles away, and by the end of 1925 there doubtless will be a fine highway running from this city to Sao Paulo, 250 miles to the west.
These improved roads, it is believed will make automobile riding so popular that thousands of new machines will have to be imported.
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Rio De Janeiro
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improved roads expected to popularize automobile riding and necessitate thousands of new machine imports, relieving taxicab surplus.
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An American concern started selling automobiles on installment plan four years ago, leading to overcrowding of taxicabs in Rio de Janeiro. Of 8,000 machines, nearly 6,000 operate for hire, with owner-chauffeurs working overtime to meet payments. Bad roads limit trips to four or five miles outside city. New road to Petropolis (30 miles) under construction; fine highway to Sao Paulo (250 miles) expected by end of 1925.