Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-21
STATE AUTO DEPARTMENT
 RECEIVED s269 9,257 20.
Business Increased s5s,ss4 Over a Year Ago.


 Secretary of the State Albert Phil- lips has issued the following statement concerning the automobile depart ment.
 During the present year the re- ce1pts of the automobile department, up to the first day of June amounted to $269,257.20. During the year 1912, the total business done by the auto mobile department amounted to $256- 638.49. Compared with the year 1912, Tor the same period of time, there has been an increase in the business of that department of $56,S94.74, or, in other words, an increase of 25 per cent. in the receipts of that depart ment for that period of time This business has been done with the same office force, excepting two young wom- en clerks, who were taken on as ex- tra help for period of four weeks so that the expense of running the automobile department has not in- creased more than $150 during the pe- riod in which these receipts were col lected
 The total registration of pleasure motor vehicles this year, up to June 1, numbers 17,945. The total registration of pleasure motor vehicles for 1912 numbered 17,947. Over 800 registra- tions have been issued during the first 16 days of the month of June, which brings the total number of registra- ed pleasure motor vehicles up to 18,5O0, far in excess of the number registered during the year of 1912
 NThe total registration of livery cars for 1919. up to June 1. numbers 663, while the number registered for the whole year of 1912 numbered 517
 The total number of dealers regis trations for 1913, for the same period of time, was 347, while the records of the office show a total of 425 dealers rPQ1Strlf1nnC "a xHy1p IA nf 1912. The number of manufacturers registrations for 1913. up to June 1, was eight. while the number of man. ufacturers registrations for 1912 was nine
 Tn other words. there have been 1S,963 motor vehicles registered during the present year up to June l, as com pared with 1S,S20 registered during the whole year of 1912 The same per centage of increase in the business of the automobile department has been made in the registration of motorcycles and the issuing of operators licenses.
 There will be an issue of 25,000 books of the revised auto list, a suffi- cient supply to meet all demands, and may 1 be permitted to add that the cost for the issue of 5000 Auto Lists this year is far below the cost of issu- ing 15,000 during the year 1912, COW ering the registrations for the same period of time. and the Auto List up to June 1. 1912. contains 40 pages less than the book will contain this year. During the year 1912 a second edition revised up to September 1, 1912, was published and the book was reprinted, although there were only 40 new pages contained in the book. This year that extra expense will be avoided by hav- ing supplement of the new numbers published without reprinting the old part of the book. which also means saving in the cost of printing, postage and express.
 This is another fact that those who have taken the trouble of criticising this department have had no l<nowl- edge of. This department has been so busy during the closing days of the legislature and since that time that I have felt that the work of the state department was of more importance than theA few and far between criti- cisms that have been made, but 1 take the opportunity at this time to present this statement so that those outside may know under what difficulties the department has had to do its work with the same force, in the face of 25 per cent increase of business.
 'I believe that the clerical force of the automobile department deserves commendation, and I take this oppor- tunity to praise them for the efficient manner in which they have taken care of the business of the depart ment"