New-York tribune., 1922-11-26
icerlse Plan
To Save Time
For AutOists
ZACH Red Tape Eliminated
i, This City by System
ii Rating Cars by Weight
Instead of by Horsepower
blanks Are Siinplifietl
aene Early and Get New
Plates 10 Avoid Rusl,, =
Il Warning Given Owner

!. v.sine automobiles by weight, in
,..s II by horsepower, IS formerly,
- 4. vssor vehieie Bureau Of the State
$ 8, Commission has eliminated most
~ red tape for the applicant FOR
,sas license plato. Last year the
s. oxner had 10 wressle with an APP
sI;,a,Ion blank that looxed like an
is.or,s TX sheet; now all he has TO do
:.rssa ,ix sentences and answer four
,.,a syiei eaest;ons.
Il .sdit;ca to the simpiifea appIica-
.,ss forms John T. Mcneil, who Is In
.Saree II tie Msnhattan Offices OF the
Tax EFanission st 12T West Six4y-
sfh sst has taken on force ef
editions ks TO handle the tre-
ssadoas ia VI expected applicants az
aea;iy as possible.
Early Applications Urged
If trey would only come early 10
i their rev. plates they would save
ss1selyes and us a great deal al
srhle, remarked Mr.. NSMeill.
They always wait until the las,
Msxs Of December and then come In
ssrsgs. Last year we had a lire al
nsiEg applicants that extended all
u way down the stairs, into the
sat ana around two sides of the
sea. 1t took an extra squad of
gssmen to handle them ana make
IA wait their turn"
astribution OF the new plates be-
Ea last Monday, and comparatively
s Tar owners applied, although they
e.& have been obtained without any
|sIng. This would seem to indicate
81 the last-minute rush will occur as
IaGl.
Plates for Manhattan are numbered
I'm 100000 up, so that the low mum.
j II fans living in the city will be
|aappointed this year. They are a
tn purple in color, with the letters
III figures put on in white. The
ses we're manufactured entirely by
safes Of the state penitentiaries, so
A the labor cost was but little.
aaother thing that will expedite the
sibuting Of the plates Is the fact
II ehauffeurS and drivers got their
ases in July. In other years It has
ri customary to issue these along
I'll the plates for the ears, adding
j he congestion and slowing up the
A,ks, since practically every person
so came TO the Office OF the bureau
Id to get two licenses instead of
aA
Branch Offices Planned
Beginning on December 4 four tenn
2lqy branch offices will be opened by
lie Tax Commission, One will be in
iae Bronx Boroagh Hail, at fremont
and Third avenues, another on Staten
lsara in Borough Hall at ST. George,
sad two will be IN Manhattan. at the
isi Fed Artillery; fArmory, at Sixty
agstk Street and Broadway, and at the
y Coast Defense Armory, 9n Four
gass Street, near Sixth Avenue. 1T ls
aNa mat these additional places will
a.igate the crowded conditions in the
saE sfiees. These branches will be
asgt apen only until December 80.
AVsaynobile licenses issued in greater
ss fork for 1922 netted $4,000, ,320.1t
~ The state. This represents the to.
lirealized from 3o6,as7 cars and LOIS
;silers.
The various kinds of automobiles ant
;ts amount paid in licenses for each
siud are as follows: 2t9,432 pleasure
tsrs whose licenses cost $2,53S, ,ofI.13;
1910 omnibuses, S285,644; 6S,76:
s5geks, 1882, ,45e; 1882 dealers cars
1880. officials of the Tax Commits
sion think that when the balance il
struck Of for the 1923 license ates j;
gill be even more than it was for this
gear.