The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-09
ZOO AUTOMOBILES
NOW in VERMONT
Estimates Secretary Of State Bailey, In
GLIDING Those III Agents Hands,
Which Are Not Registered
They Represent an Invest
ment Of sl,5oo,ooO.

Secretary Of State Bailey has Just
paid TO State Treasurer Deayitt S9,42t
lauiomobile registration and chauffeur III
ceuse money for the quarter ending Sept.
f Added 70 the amount collected for
the preceding quarter, Il makes total
Of SIS, 1890 collected for the half year.
From Mr. Bailey's records much inter-
esting data bearing upon automobile I'M
I yestnlent appears. Exclusive 81 ma
chimes in the hands Of agents, the mum.
Der registered this year Il now 1856, as
owned ii Vermont. II is probable that
enough machines are II the hands Of
agents 10 total ZOO. This means that
there Is one automobile in Vermont for
every $50 people, approximately. These
! ligHres differ somewhat from the mum
beers chat appear on Che plates. 1t has
been Mr. Bailey's policy 70 issue number
plates, beginning with the highest mum
Der, TO all machines registered for the
FIRST time this year. The method was
adopted because many owners Of auto
mobiles in past years wish to retain
their original numbers The highest
number now outstanding is 1896
Many Of the numbers issued In past
years, are now IN disuse As being at
tachpd to machines which are. for one
reason or another. either out OF the
state w very near Che serap heap One
Of the numbers that Mr. Bailey is sure
~ not being IN use Is 49, II was for
merry an agents number, but that agent
went out Of business and Il has been re-.
fused since then by everybody to whom
Il has been offered. The number Of u.
censed operators in the state i now l.
600,
As regards the distribution Of auto
mobiles in the various counties in the
state, Windsor county takes the lead
with $40, Rutland county comes next
with 23e. and Chittenden Il third with
i9G. There are but 4 owned in Grand
Isle county, and the next lowest Is Es-
sex county With "a. Washington county
has 1856. and Caledonia county l54 The
other counties vary from ~ m Lam0ille
% i0l IL Bennington.
Investment Of 81. 100000
The automobile investment in Yer
mont Is at least ST 100000 and The total
horse power represented by automobiles
Is probably slightly above 10000. AS
Stunning that this rating i equivalent 70
the power Of d renl horse and that the
average value of horse + Sf25, the
value o. sufficient number OF horses
70 equal his power would be s3,75o 600
This amount Of personal property taxed
on two thirds Of IL value at an average
town talk rate Of $780, would yield for
taxation purposes ss7,500
The difference then between the ap.
proximate sum ii $4,000 received BY
the state thls far this year In automo-
bile registration and sST 500 represents
a substantial advantage 10 automobile
owners a. far as taxation Ii concerned
coming from the new registration lhw
That Is, assuming this sort of com.
mrison may De- made with prepriety, ia
round numbers. automobile owners ate
saved st2,b00 il taxation over what
taxation would Be- IN sufficient mum
her 1T horses. equivalent IN power t8
equal the total of automobile power il
Vermont
The tota amount Of money from auto.
nobile registration sources now avail
allie "a be expended by Highway Com
missioner Gates IA the respective oouH.