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Show New York State Figures Show Trucks Increase in Favor. Nearly 1 n "'o pjorc motor cars almost al-most onf!-:Li;-fi of the entire number ha e been registered since Febi uary, fI 6. than during tlio yonr of 1015. In irin':r word:?, per cent infrea.se In the Tni'nhf-r -"if cars i Cf,lst-r'-I. per cent in t he. n umber of lii-rnsr-s i.-pucrt to chtiuf-."eurs chtiuf-."eurs and "3 per 1 j i in addition to the I'.n.ounr of 'nonrv p,i M to the state by mot i in -t - -1 h ; -. in bn-!'. telK ! he sror' oi t iu art M:v in mot'iiinc m New York S1;i'- for r;:,. :,n,)r j-st cl .v.--, . 1 With I::' : -1 , 1 ; 1 1 ; iif inon-v -a id in froin :'incs lov s ,i i um of t:..; motor rar l.iw, i the com bind iniai of mmiev to be srt .'M'-irt tlii : yr-nr lor inn m;i i u tena nre and j lopair o! toe inii'iu-. d highways of the ! '-.Yiipi ro my ti- wiil roa-n almost the j S.7,".0.000 mark. Last year exactly 44VCf.'j persons re-eiveyl re-eiveyl their motoring credentials from the secretary of state s of'i'---, arid before, the close of the licence yc-.ir ending on January Janu-ary SI, It. Is possible that tliia total may reach 4"0.000. as t hem are more than 200 dealers holding New York recrist rations ra-tions who have all t!ie way from one to lr( cara each. Of t he total number registered last yrar, 81ff,&83 were owners, representing 273,930 pleasure and S-i.nS commercial care, while 2194 dealers and 25, SI 2 motor- ! A. E. DAVIS t V I ! ..... ' A fi ' i Vice president Western Motor Car Co. Pullman. 4 - -! E. M. GRADY I ' s t . 1 j , - " ' - . " j. i l . - - A Manager (Svady Motor Co. Reo, Chevrolet, Chev-rolet, Stearns-Knight, Eeo trucks, Stewart trucks. cyclists received their certificates and 104,414 chauffeurs their licenses, ft 11 contributing con-tributing S2.642.16S, or $742,2 15 over 1915. These figures, while they reveal a big grain in the total registration and licenses, are ali the more remarkable for the evidence evi-dence they yive of the number of commercial com-mercial vehicles. Although the entire pain in cars has been over Sfi per cent, the rate of pain In the resist ration of trucks and delivery wagons over 1915 has been almost double the general increase, the percentage being 5 per cent. Tn 1914 there were registered 17,1 41 commercial vehicles; In 115, 2&.SS0. and in 1916, 34,- One of the explanations for this remarkable re-markable increase in the gain of the commercial type Is due. no doubt, to been welcomed by the commercial houses and also by the fa rmers who are using t housands'' for the combined purposes of business and pleasure. Farm hands are taught to run the machines, ma-chines, and it soon becomes easier to keep laborers where there is an automobile. automo-bile. But this fild has as yet been only partially exploited, as there are over 22.V00O farms In the state, and among them Is still a laree, unsatisfied consuming consum-ing power. |