Show Vehicles Spur I Utah Economy MIA ARIA Stud Study Shows Economic Importance of Highway Transportation Enough jobs to support a cit city with the combined size of Salt Lake City and Provo Pro THAT'S THAT S WHAT ILA T Ut Utah's airs air's motor vehicles mean to the state as I indicated in a new statistical report released by Robert E. E OConnell O'Connell regional government relations and il information representative representative representative rep rep- o of the Automobile Manufacturers Association The re report P ort I points ints out that 1 the mam manufacture sale servicing service e t ing mg and commercial use of f motor vehicles in the state ac ac- J x counts for jobs Based on a national employment employment- population rat ratio o these workers and their families represent a population of THE TAE MAJOR role played by highway transportation industries industries in in- in the states state's overall economy is broken down in inthis inthis inthis this new report For example automobile dealers and gasoline gasoline gasoline gaso gaso- line service stations account for far about 22 percent of retail trade Special studies conducted by byA byAMA ARIA AMA A show that manufacturers of motor vehicles not oat including including including ing independent suppliers op operate OP-I OP erate crate 18 plants or offices in inthe inthe I Ithe the state with witty an annual payroll payroll pay pay- paY paY-I roll of 3 53 million Annual taxes paid by these f firms to state and local governments exceed MOTOR VEHICLE makers also spend more than for goods and services from some 60 different firms in the state stale Utah's Ulah's new car car- carand and truck dealers represent a n total investment investment investment in in- vestment of 23 million employ employ employ em em- ploy workers and pay 25 million in wages and salaries salaries sal sal- aries annually ABOUT residents of the tiro Beehive state ar are e stockholders of automotive firms Motor 1 vehicle registrations in the fire state reached an estimated estimated esti- esti mated last year This was about cars and commercial vehicles more than the 1967 totals UTAH residents supported their their highway transportation system through payment of 38 million in state highway user taxes in 1968 Included are million in gasoline taxes some 6 56 million in vehicle vel ve ve- l hicle cle registration fees and about 35 million for other motor user charges The state stale also provides about aboul 28 million to lo the Federal government gov- gov in automotive e excise taxes Trucking continues as a major business in Utah with I some same workers involved in the commercial use of motor trucks tr trucks Trucks make up near- near percent of total vehicle registrations in the state and andRay pay Ray more than 43 percent of special state SOME school buses transport transport trans trans- P. P port port ort Utah P pupils u P its to and from lasses lasses' and more mor more than buses r ed d commercially 1 crap Y I i py 1 S |