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Show SUMS SPENT FOR HIGHWAY TRAVEL i Much Money Spent for New Motor Vehicles and for Their Upkeep. I . . . f In most people's minds the amount of money spent for highway travel In state is usually thought of only as f the money Invested In highway lra- I proveraent. Tet that Item In a state's transportation bill Is always the small- est In comparison to the sums spent I tor new motor vehicles and for their p operation and npkeep. Of Value to Car Owner. An Interesting tabulation published I In the South Carolina Highway Bulle- f tin for January, 1025, sheds some light j on this matter which Is of value to f the motor car owner. J During the year 1024 there was ex- pended In South Carolina approxl- mately: ! For new motor vehicles . . . 125,000,000 For sasollna 16,000,000 i For oil, tlrea, repairs and up- I keep of motor vehicles, . .. 11,000.000 I This makes a total outlay In for motor vehicle operation of ?I2,- I 000,000. Also there hus been expend- I j ed some 7,000,KK) for rond const rue- I j tlon and maintenance, which is ns I i much a part of motor vehicle opera- I i tlon as Is the buying of oil or goso- I i line. The sums used for road pur- poses were furnished In part from : i gasoline taxes and motor vehicle 11- cense fees. In addition to these there j i have been expended ubout $2,000,000 X, In the Improvement of city streets. f J Altogether, Including miscellaneous j and depredation not covered by re- I i placements, the total bill for highway 5 transport In South Carolina for 1024 :. was approximately $75,000,000. V Equals Value of Crops. Tills one Item alone Is equal to about one-half the vnlue of all the - crops produced In the state during I I the same year and It constitutes a R Tery large proportion of the total t budget for living expenses. The portion por-tion actually spent for highway Improvement Im-provement Is only 12 per cent of the i total transportation bill, yet It Is In the building of better highways that lasting and definite economies are made In the largest Item In the bill ?; the cost of operating and maintaining i the motor vehicles. i k |