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Show More Autos Registered Increase Highway Fund In 1922 motor vehicle registrations more than maintained the rate of rapid Increase which has caused the total registration to grow from 3,500,-000 3,500,-000 In 1916 to 12,238,375 motor cars and trucks at the end of 1922, according accord-ing to the bureau of public roads. Last year the Increase amounted to 1,775,-0S0 1,775,-0S0 registrations, as compared with an average yearly rate of approximately 1,390,000 for the preceding five years. The table Issued by the bureau gives registrations by states which total as follows for the whole United States: Private passenger cars 10,890,112 Tuxlcabs, busses, and cars for hire 69,459 Motor trucks and commercial cars 1,278,804 Trailers 29,328 Motorcycles 182,714 A comparison of the truck registration registra-tion figures with those for the preceding preced-ing year shows an increase of 30 per cent, indicating that this phase of highway transport is undergoing rapid development. The Increase in truck registration Is not confined to industrial indus-trial sections. Such agricultural states as Virginia, Indiana and Florida show Increases of 33 per cent, SO per cent and 29 per cent respectively, which seems to indicate that many farmers are changing their method of hauling as a result of road improvement. The total gross registration revenue amounted to 152,047, S23, of which $117,093,110 was npplied to road work under the supervision of the state highway departments. Eighteen states taxed gasoline, deriving a revenue of $11,923,442, not all of the states reporting re-porting for a full twelve-month period. Of this amount, $0,474,17S was spent under the supervision of the state highway departments. |