Show GOOD i ROADS aJ INCREASE IN MOTOR VEHICLES LAST YE YEAR R Prepared by the Ih United Stale St St. Ie Department of ot Agriculture On December 31 1 1023 there were well motor vehicles In III use In tho the United States according to statistics n I collected by the bureau of public roads of the United d States tates Department of Agriculture paring During the pa past a t jear year tar the number registered 1 d by 83 Sly 80 vehicles a greater Increase than thanIn thanin In any preceding year ear This Increase which Is registrations registrations reg reg- greater than the gain In any other year means that the public demand de- de mand for tor road Improvement already strong will wilt be I strengthened and a 11 amore amore more general use of the road particularly purtle- purtle In a n business and commercial n way will result As Indicative of the commercial trend motor truck registrations tra dons n w v total o over OHr er one and one half million the hundred thousand mark having haYing been passed II III In New liew York Ohio und and Illinois and the thousand fifty mark In Indiana Massachusetts Michigan Mich lIch Michigan igan New r Jerse Jersey and lenn Total registrations now exceed one CIne million In California New lew York Ohio and Pennsylvania While the owners of motor vehicles are insistent in their demand for tor more and better roads the statistics show that they are lire bearing a aery very ery considerable consider conC considerable able share hare of ot the cost of ot the roads especially of ot the cost of maintenance of the state highways Gross receipts from registration fees tees together with the thc licenses of drivers ers chauffeurs etc amounted to or 23 times the amount derived ell from this source In 1013 During the same SlIme period motor motor motor mo mo- tor vehicle registrations have hove Increased 12 times sIn s. s In 35 states a n gasoline tax ranging from one to four tour cents per gallon Is imposed Revenue Ite from this source amounting to Is spent very largely for highway Y purposes This revenue will be materially Increased In 1024 1924 since In many states such taxes have ha been In effect only a few tew months Past experience seems to indicate that registrations will continue to InI Increase increase In In- I crease materially during the present year There Is no doubt that road rood construction will continue at about the same rate which has been maintained for or the past two years Much of ot this construction will be on In roads never before Improved Motor Vehicle Registration and Revenue Revenue Reve Rave nue flue for the Year 1923 Total From Registration on Call Cara and anel F. F Fee Feea States Staten Motor dotor Truck and nd Alabama 3 Arizona Arkansas California 00 Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Co Co- lumbia Florida 99 l Jaho Jahn Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Mains r Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota to Mississippi Missouri i ritana Nebraska to Nevada New Hampshire Hamp shire to to 1 9 New Jersey to New Mexico New ew York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio to Oklahoma to Oregon Pennsylvania 70 Rhode Islan Island South Carolina South Dakota 11 Tennessee Texas to Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Welt Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Total 24 |