New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21
BUSINESS of Automobile
Bureau Far Outstrips
Last Year.
low POWERED CARS
ARE MOST POPULAR
Official Figures Also Disclose Big
Growth in Number of Com
mercial Vehicles.

Nearly a per cent increase over last
wear in the amount Of business was
transacted 10y the Automobile Bureau OF
vsw York state during the last ten
months according to the figures ta5u-
lated under the direction of Mitchell May.
Secretary of state.
The total net receipts from fees for
licenses and registration certificates were
$4,000. as compared with sl.O60.0o I'm
1872 and $4,000 in 1911. There were regis
tered during this year up TO December l.
,z2Ooo owners. 5000 chauffeurs and 1900
dealers. as against Jos 90 owners, i5.oCc
ebauffeurs and 100 dealers in 49,. In
1911 there were 5000 owners 500 chauf-
teurs and 1900 dealers.
In Massachusetts, the official figures
show gain of % per cent in the amount
Of business transacted over that Of last
year. when ssl6,2 45 was collected from
fees. as against s764,OoO in the present
year. 62.e Co machines being registered this
year and 5O,1S2 in 1912.
The increased use of commercial cars
is one Of the most notable features.
gain Of upward OF 81 per cent is shown
over last year. more than 1900, as against
500 being registered, while Massachu-
setts records an increase OF AZ per cent,
or 5s4S
The figures also spread interesting light
on the types of motor cars most in com
mon use. Approximately 5000 cars of .
HORSEPOWER or less were registered, as
compared with SS,OOo in 1912. There were
5000 cars registered under 80 horsepoW-
or. against 1900 in 1912, and 1900 ma
chimes Of less than 20 horsepower, to l4Wo
registered in 1912 A gain of only twenty
cars is shown In the number Of machines
Of 20 horsepower or more. increasing from
1850 to 1880.
The records in addition show that the
number Of new cars originally registered
after August / reached approximately TO-
ooO as compared with $500 in 1912, and
while this total reveals only slight in
crease over last year, the percentage OF
gain In the number of these new machines
OF twenty-five horsepower or less seems TO
be higher. reaching 1000. There were $40
more machines under thrty-hve horse
power. 300 more under fifty horsepower
and exactly 81 machines less over fifty
horsepower, only 81 cars, against % in
1912.
In the county registration figures, New
York still leads, with approximately
1900 pleasure and 5000 commercials,
Kings following with less than one-half
Of this number of pleasure cars and one
half in commercials. Erie County is next
with nearly 1900 pleasure and 1900 COM
mercials. Westchester has recorded 5000
pleasure and 900 commercials, while Mon
roe shows a slight decrease In pleasures,
with a correspondingly large increase in
commercials. the total OF these five coun-
ties amounting TO $500 pleasure and
1000 commercials.
The tremendous growth in the use OF
motor vehicles in this state Is demon
strated by the registration and license
figures, together with the total receipts
for the last twelve years. In the early
years, however. annual registration was
unnecessary, so that the figures up 10
1910 do not show the total number of
machines i'm operation: only those regis
tered in each year. When the present law
took effect in August, 1910, there was
Te-registration Of all machines.