Show HORSEPOWER QUESTION UNDER liCENSE LA V Of WIDE INTEREST With WIlh the passing pul of the Browning automobile measure which provides that owners must pay r a a. elate license b based upon tho the horsepower cr of cars dealers and own owners s have rained the question Will the factory rating bo be b accepted or orwill orwill will the state stAle work out a rating formula of or Its own Tho The measure provides that th all cars cara under horsepower twenty shall pay paya a license of or 6 iii Ii twenty twenty- twenty five ve to forty- forty horsepower 10 over forty horsepower Some facto factories i e them rate rato th Ir lr cars cara low while others rate r them higher hh her gher than tho the actual horsepower In many states where similar measures mC are In force the state engineers have havo a rating formula formula formula for for- mula of ot their own oVon which Is generally based on formulas established by automobile automobile automobile auto auto- mobile engineers In California a the following Is used In figuring the horsepower of automobiles for this year Add AcId the bore and the stroke In Inches Multiply this sum by ly the boro bore In Inches Multiply this thin product by the number of cylinders Multiply this product by An example 3 Inches added to 6 Inches equals 9 inches D 9 Inches multiplied by 3 4 Inches equal equals s inch Inches 31 inches multiplied by 4 Inches equals s Inches inches multiplied by inches equals Is 28 2 horsepower The following are the annual fees In California Automobiles of ot less lesi than twenty twenty- hor horsepower 5 o. o Automobiles twenty to twenty nine horsepower or fraction n S1 10 Automobiles thirty to nine thirty horse horsepower ower or fraction traction 15 Automobiles forty to horse forty forty horse power or traction fraction 20 40 Automobiles fifty to fifty nine power or traction fraction 25 5 Automobiles aix horsepower y and above 30 |