Evening star., 1926-05-09
AUTOS IN DISTRICT
REACH HIGH MARK
$3.50 Passenger Cars,
Busses and TaxicabS Total
Registered for Year 1925.

That the District OF Columbia is no
sluggard in the race TO put the auto
mobile in every family and every fam
i,v into an automobile is revealed In
the figures compiled by the Bureau Il
of Public Roads on automobile regis
tration in 1925. There were $3.50
passenger cars. husses and taXicabs in
he District last year-more than were
registered in 10 Individual States. All
old. there were l03, ,092 motor vehicles
N the Capital for the period. OF this
number 1892 were tractors and
rucks.
In the matter of proportionate gain
N automobile registration, the District
ranked fifteenth In the entire country.
The percentage here was 1911.
The 10 states in which fewer cars
were registered than in Washington
were: Arizona, Delaware, Idaho, Ne
vada, New Hampshire, Nebraska, New
Mexico. Rhode Island. Utah and
Wyoming.
That 17.51a.63s Of the ie,954, ,347 mo.
ror vehicles registered in the United
States during 1925 were passenger
'.ars, taXicabs and busses. leaving an
eggregate of c.+4l,709 trucks and
tractors, is shown by the table.
Florida stood first in the rate OF IN
crease in registration during 1929
over 1924 with percentage of 46.S.
Mississippi was second with d gain Of
1916 per cent, while Utah was third
with an advance of 32.5 per cent.
arkansas was the only other State in
the Union 10 show a gain greater than
25 per cent, registrations there record
ing a 29.3 rise.
New York State naturally is the
leader in taXicah registration. These
vehicles numbered 26,079. In Illinois,
the second State, taxtcab registration
rolled up Il total Of 10374. Nevada has
only 1877 taXis running over its roads,
while Texas comes fourth from the
top with 6,454, following Pennsylvania,
the third State. with 6,931.
49,11l Registered In New Mexico.
There were but 49, Ill cars registered
In New Mexico, and OF this number
4T,470 were passenger vehicles. Little
Rhode Island showed 101,756 registra-
tons. while Wyoming had but 47,71l.
Delaware's registrations totaled 40,140
in 1925, a gain OF 14.c. According to
the bureaus findings, every State in
the Union showed an increase in regis.
trations during 1925 as compared with
the previous year.
New Jersey reports II heavy regis.
enrolled. OF this number 469. .156 We're
passenger vehicles and Ill 1898 tractors
and trucks. There We're c4.270 trucks
and tractors registered in Maine dur
ing 1925 out of a. total registration of
140,499. Tennessee had 22,914 trucks
and tractors enrolled while the total
registration was 244.626. Virginia
showed a gain of 7.9 to $3.50. while
Maryland jumped to 23+,247, an ad-
vance of IS per cent over 1924.
Ohio was first in bus registration
with a total Of 4.Io3, with California
a close second. The latter State rolled
up an aggregate of 4.017. New York
reported 1906 busses and Illinois $3.50.
Montana made a rather impressive
gain in egistrations-1S.S per cent.
The total was 1856. In the. far
South Louisiana made an advance OF
1873 per cent to 207 900. Another.
Southern State, South Carolina saw;
Its registrations rise AZ per cent. ins
1925. Its, total registrations We're
16S.416.