Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-03-20
BIG MOTOR VEHICLE
INCREASE IS SHOWN
F0R'UNlTED States
ALMOST TEN MILLIONS or MO
TOR DRIVEN MACHINES RET.
IsTERED DuRING LAST
YEAR

A total o. s.2ii.gs5 motor ears lnclud'
ing commercial vehicles were registered
last year IN the ~ states and District
u Clumbla according 20 figures com.
piled by the Bureau u Public Roads
n the United States Department ~
agriculture IN a study g revenue avail
.,hle for road. building purposes There
tarc also registered "a total ~ -Nlt
motorcycles. The registration and y
esnse fees including those for chnui'
four. GENERATORS. and dealers amounted
b So. Ols.ios.2e As compared with
1873. N. da.a Or 1899 represent an ~
or,ls. 4 80 ncr cent. coz etj,4ss motor
eers Til increase alone lacks but
per cent Of being equal TO the total reg
Iirauons q the United states fiN years
afo
In 1890 IN the state % New York
alone. the nuKstse4 % motor cars rrgis'
tercsi. including commercial vehicles
exceeded the total cars registered 10 the
whoie United states In 1910. Further
more the revenues derived from regis.
tration IN the state - New York BOO
1870 was abou, equal o. the entire rcs
istratlon revenues % the United states
N 1919.
The use made q the revenues has
changed with the passing ~ years, 10
fsOs the total registrations were ap.
proximately 5000 ears. paying gross
revenue q about $4,000 ARIZONA ~
1890 raid approximately that amount
In 1906 the gross registration revenues
were equal 70 less than thrccicnths ~
4 per cent ~ the total ruad ana hridg"
expenditures for that year
The registration revenues in lf-"
we're equal 20 about 80 Ter cent 81 th'
total rural read ana bridge cxIendi'
lures for the calendar year 1913. IN
1906. practically none n ,hc motor We
hlcles revenues was applied 90 road
maintenance " construction, while IN
1870. 90 per cent, OF n total u S9'@s'.
5000 was used Tor this purpose The
remaining per cent not applied o.
road work was expended very largely
for number plates and In carrying out
the provisions u the motor vehicle res.
lstration laws In the several states. of
The total amount applied 20 road work
70 per cent. or ii7.55i.5s2.57, was eA'
pended under the control or supervision
Of tbs several state Highway Depart
u,ents
Increasing Amount Spen, for Road
Work
For a number q years the general
tendency toward deyoting an evcr.in
creasing portion oi the motor.vchicl,
revenues TO road work under the con
troll and direct supervision " the stat,
Highway Department has been ver'
noticeable. Prior 10 1912 only a very
small portion d the noior.vohicle regis
tration was devoted 90 this purpose. II
1890 Is per cent OF the revenue. a
sT7.5si ,sS2.s7 was applied 10 road work
under the direct supervision ~ N,
state Highway Departments and IN ad
di,ion s20.ss5.s7s.0t was applied % road
work by counties OF other local super
vision hut with little or no direct su
per,ision trvm the State Highway De
partInents
Limit Load % Motor Trucks.
Al lhc beginning OF 1891 there We're
Etlu seven stats In which motor trucks
were registered az the same rate AZ
81 Hfitcsr ,ars, but IN resent years
there his len very decided tendency
IN mcGl states % increase the fees re
clifCd f0r mtt6T trucks over and above
thnse required cot passenger cars Thil
fncslsc 4 usually hascd on the weight
al to- u.cks and is carrying capacity
- hur-rloN 81, - Pa combination u
thesf fActof. n, most general prac
tice seems 10 he toward definitely lm
Ting the maximum total weight o. IN
vehicle ard haaua H. regis ratios
lec on ihe ca.ac's 10 fh. truck Som
fcv Fsal,s have sdopf'i sale Il fees
which In actual practice. serves Z
n.lhe tht r!aiHh0I 90 tvt urav
tracAs .iInpnTillahls.