Show I Motor Vehicles Contribute Contrib ContrIb- ih- ih ute A Fifth Of Highway i Income I IAn An analysis of the various sources I of highway funds since 1911 1914 made by lW the the- Bureau of Public Ron ls of of the tho United S ats Department of I i Agriculture shows that there is a marked tendency to collect a larger I proportion of highway funds from I owners and users of motor vehicles i In 1914 1014 out of the thc total highway I income of the collet- collet collections collections motor from vehicles amounted to io or 5 51 1 per cent cont of or orthe I the total In 1921 seven years rears la later later la- la ter the motor vehicle owners and operators paid 1189 4 6 in motor vehicle fees tees and in gasoline taxes which together equal equaled d per cent cont of the total income income- for highway purposes A similar shullar compilation of or payments mad made by owners a operators of motor vehicles for licenses and permits permits permits per per- mits in 1923 shows a total contribution contribution contribution contri contri- on ou their part of In In tho the same year ear gasoline taxes levied b by 35 states amounted to The mol motor r vehicles ve- ve ve-j ve hides accordingly according contributed a total of or per percent percent I cent of the entire 1923 highway income in- in I mn IJ come Tn In tho h t Cf N N E 1 d tV A u AU LU A 11 1 ng H app IU States this contribution is per cent This increase is accounted for Cor b by the thc increase i in ift i the to tofal toral al number of vehicles registered and amI andin andin in the change in the thc average payment payment payment pay pay- I ment p per r vehicle which has risen from 1170 in 1921 to 15 per vc vehicle ve- ve hide hicle in 1923 A very substantial part of the thc total highway income per percent percent percent cent was derived from the sale of or orbon bon bonds s both State and local Ge General leral property taxes contributed contribute less than half the highway income or per cent This means worked out In another way war that of every doll dollci dol- dol l lv colle collected td by the states counties cities townships and other taxing districts districtS' only cents was used for highway purposes The average I annual expenditure per person per pel mile of road all over the thc United states in only cent cent 1 1 cent for Cor each miles of ot road This ranges ranged from Crom cent in the west North Centra States to cent per person per pel mile in tho the thoI I Pacific States |