The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-30

The old letter symbol used on
 special types of registrations will be
 replaced by Identifying words acrote the top of the plate. such is the ise
 of the word Livery" for plates on vehicles used in livery service. The | word "commcrciaf' will appear on all commercial registrations.
 New Type Plate.
 The new type of plate and mum ber arrangement has been develop cd by inc department. according 10 the announcement. after long study
 and research. Numerous tests have been made tO determine the visibii- l fly of the new letters and figures and the praeticaIity of Inc plate when in | usc on the highways. Comparisons
 were made with the plates of other states to find the most desirable | styles and sizes. 4 block letter was l finally chosen and Inc figure selected 1 Is a modification of Inc character | now in use in tbis state. The prin-
 ciple was approved after conhnltn : ton with engineering experts of Yale University.
 indentification of car ownership ta expected to be aa simple as under Inc present plan in Inc practical
 reading Of numbers on Inc highway while the process of checking in- complete idcntiflc3 ton, when only part of the registration number is available. will bG sitnplified nt the offices of the department because of the grouping of numbers in units of 900 under the letters symbols. Letter symbols nov reserved for passenger car registrations nt Inc various branch offices will be set
 aside much the same as formerly 1 for usr by rcRiHtrantH in Inc districts , represented b ythese offices.
 First D,9B0 Without Letters. l The first J.590 numbers. which are
 to be without letters symbols, will be i reserved fo the present holders. pro. l vldlug application is made hs fl, 1 present. Holders of other numbers similar 10 any which appear in inc | new series wiii also be given pre- 1 ference upon early application. The i first 10 apply for letter and number combinations in Inc new system will : receive first consideration under ] present plans, The early ressrva l tiob period is from October l t1 1 November E. and no registration number will be set aside until Octo, l bef ]
 All passenger plates will be sp- 1 prozimateiy Inc size of the present -four figure" plate. This standardi, | zation of size will effect fl reduction number of plates which formerly contained five and six numbers 1 of the reduced size. it k expected 1 While no great saving in the cost of 1 of two tO six inches fu the great manufacture Is anticipated because ! That Inc saving to tho state will Dc | Ff 7tf1 1f.tss,f ttn af mailing charges and more facility in handling and storing. The color for 1892 will be blue and white, il blue back ground with white letters for all plates.
 In substituting alphabetical rot1- lion for the old numerical order Of
 registrations, practically all of the
 alphabet Is used. q few letters being
 reserved To designate certain special
 types of registrations.
 Each Letter Co DDb.
 With aaeh letter ihere will bG fl
 series of uumbrfs running from l
 10 33J. inclusive, Each letter series
 will then be subdiVided, another Iet-
 ter series will then be sub-diyided. another letter appearing under tbs
 first letter, as A over A with each
 number from to J3J. A over F
 WIAH DDD UbIHDfIE4 ~ DFGE 'sg uUI sO on. until each Of the available lct- ters has been used. When two let- ters are used on plate they will appear in fractional form as A-A.t or A-A919. Many thousand combinations of letters and figures are available for use under this sys- tem, far more than enough to care for the Connecticut registration. In reading the registration number when two letters appear in it. all letters will bs read first, Tine regis traitor 4 E 951, for instance, will read AB1G9.
 The following letter groupings show ths combinations which have been assigned 10 tbe various offices of the department for distribution. 1'bs letter W, and tbs various com. binatt0Ds Of 1t necessary 10 care for