In 1900 ​ — about 21 years after the first Watch Tower was printed — ​ only 8,000 automobiles were registered in the entire United States, and there were just a few hundred miles of roads good enough to drive them on.
در سال ۱۹۰۰ میلادی که ۲۱ سال از آغاز چاپ مجلّهٔ برج دیده‌بانی می‌گذشت ،‏ فقط ۸۰۰۰ خودرو در تمام کشور آمریکا به ثبت رسیده بود .‏