The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-18
Phillips Praises
 Auto Department
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 Gy of -ihs 'OpeEatlng FOTee
MEMS SECTION

[ Secretary Of -eha State Albert PfasI- Rips issued the Following statement SeEterday concerning the automobile Department:
 During ghe present year the re- ceipts of the 4automnbiIe department, up to the drstt day Of June, amounted 10 s76e. .25T2n During the year 1912, Hhe total business done sby the4 auts.- mobile departm snt san1ounted to $256.- F9S.49. Compared with the year. r9fA f0r the same period Of time, there has heen an increase tn the business of That department Cf $56. .S94.74, or, in Pther words. an increase of g per cent In the receipts of that department for ahat period of time. This business has been done with the same office EoTCe. excepting two young wo-pen clerks, who were taken on as extra help for a perio1 of four weeks, so 2hat the expense of running the auto mobile department has not increased more than $50 during the period in which thesss Eeceipts were collected.
 ssThe total resignation of pleasure !. numbers 1T.945- The total registra- Fion of pfezslre motor vehicles for hsl2 numbered IT. 9E7. Over 800 neg Hstrations hswes been issued duEing the Hrst sixteen days of the month of uune, which brings the total number pf registered pleasure motor vehicles ap to 12, 800. far in excess, of. the num- ber registered during the year of nS1z-
 ' s-The e-4otal.registration- -of- .Iivery-car 1or 1918. up to June 1, numbers 66S, while the number registered for the whole year Of 1912 numbered 517-
 The total number of dealers regis arationsftfcr 1913. for the same period Of time. was 34T. while the records of fhe ofnce4 show a total of 425 dealers fegfstra&fous for the whole year of as12 The number of manufacturers registrations for 1Sa3, up to June 1. Ras eight while the number Of man ufacturers' registrations for 1919 wax pine
 ' @.rn other words, there have been Rs oSs .rnotor4 vehicles registered during AI1e present year, up to June 1. as compared with 16.s2o- registered durin g percentage of increase in the business bg the automobile department has been made fin the registration of motorcy- eIes and the issuing of operators n- renses- 2 ~Asfde from this work the clerical korce has prepared a revised list of Automobiles registered up to June 1, k91s a copy of which is now fin the bands of the printer. for the publica- tion of the book known as the Auto List This book will be larger than the second issue of 1912 which con- knfned a revised Hist up to September ' of that year It Wf11 contain more khan 800 pagesTaud will be more handy Tor use than the book published last kear. The 'Aarto List win be ready Dor distribution a few days before July
 ~'In view of the fact that there has been a decided increase in the busi- hess of the automobile department, Ind furthermore since this Auto List EilI contain a complete list of all mo- Dor vehicles and motorcycles register kd up to June 1, 1913 I believe that khe printing of the Auto List and it's konpletfon within one month thereaf- Der Is a very. creditab1e showing cer- lain newspaper criticisms to the con- kary notwithstanding. It has been kny experience that a certain class of people criticize without having made kny Investigation and without having kny knowledge of the facts.
 There will be an issue of 25OoO books. a sufficient supply to meet all demands, and may I be permitted to ldd that the cost for the issue of k5eOo. Auto Lists this year is far below the cost of issuing 15,OG0 dur hg the year 1912. covering the regis kad the Auto List up to June 1, 1912, koutains forty pages less than tlle sock will contain this year. During l=& year 1912, a second edition revised hp to September 1, 1912. was published md the book was reprinted, although tnere were only forty new pages con hined in the book This year that lrtra expense will be avoided by hav- nz a supplement of the new numbers published without reprinting the cid karf of the book, which also o1eans a. levfng in the cost of printing, postage Ind express
 .~This is another fact that those who lave taken the trouble of criticising hfg department have had no knowI- (