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Show j ONE MOTOR CAR FOR EVERY 5.8 PERSONS i I I Government Clerks Ride to Work in Washington, and They Ride in Their Own Machines. This Picture Shows the Rear of the Navy Building. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) More than 20,000,000 motor vehicles were in use on the highways of the United States in 1925, according to the bureau of public roads of the United States Department of Agriculture. Agricul-ture. The total registration reported was 19,954,347, but there were in addition ad-dition 00,929 state and federal government-owned vehicles not included in this figure. The 'Increase in registrations during dur-ing the year amounted to 2,3G0,G70 or 13.4 per cent. Florida reports an increase of 46.S per cent, while Utah, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, North Dakota and Texas all report increases of more than 20 per cent. Truck registration regis-tration Increased 14.5 per cent for the entire country. New York Leads. New York leads in total registrations registra-tions with l,62o,5S3, followed by California, Cal-ifornia, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinois Illi-nois in the order named, all with registrations of over a million. There Is now one motor vehicle for each 5.8 persons in the United States. California has only 2.9 persons for each motor vehicle, while Iowa has 3.6, Nevada 3.7, Kansas 4.0 and Oregon 4.0. At the other end of the list is Alabama with 12.0 persons per vehicle, but ranking among the highest high-est in increase during the year. The total revenue from registration fees, permits, etc., amounted to ?2G0,-619,021, ?2G0,-619,021, of which $177,706,587, was made available for state highways, $19,124,014 for state road bonds and $48,396,471 for local roads. The total motor vehicle registration registra-tion by states, not including official state and federal cars and eliminating so far as possible re-registratlons and nonresident registrations, was as follows fol-lows : Alabama 1S4.5S0 Arizona OS, 029 Arkansas 1S3.5S9 California 1,440.541 Colorado 240.097 Connecticut 2,"i0,6ti9 Delaware 40.140 Florida 2S6.SSS Georgia 24 S. 093 Idaho S 1.506 Illinois 1,263.177 Indiana 725,410- Iowa 659,202 Kansas 457,033 Kentucky 261,647 Louisiana 207,000 Maine 140.499 Maryland 234.247 Massachusetts 646,153 Michigan 9S9.010 Minnesota 569,694 Mississippi 177,262 Missouri 604,166 Montana 94.656 Nebraska 33S.719 Nevada 21,169 New Hampshire S1.49S New Jersey 580,554 New Mexico 49.111 New York 1,625,583 North Carolina 340, 2S7 North Dakota 144,972 Ohio 1,346,400 Oklahoma 424,345 Oregon V." 216:553 - Pennsylvania 1,330,433 Rhode Island 101,756 South Carolina . 16S.496 South Dakota 168.028 Tennessee 244,626 Texas 975.083 Utah 90,500 Vermont 69,576 Virginia : 2S2.650 Washington 328,442 West Virginia 217.589 Wisconsin 594,386 Wyoming 47,711 District of Columbia 103,092 Total 19,954,347 |