Show r lob N 11 EMS JEY FOR IMPROVED ROADS ROAD en million illion hf dollars in auto fees lent for building and maintenance during 1915 this the united states department of 0 agriculture bety per cent of tile the regi registration straton ene fees paid in 1915 by auto its ts to the le states S at s or spent pent for the building buil ihns anil and 1111 1 PC e ot of county and state road ac ac og to a compilation just published se e office of public roads U S de lent of agriculture in till nil 2 2445 lri sotor botor vehicles were register regi registered stet ed in fear rear and belr owners paid it to IS for registrations rations and rs and dealers licenses this Is iq trease of over 1914 and crease of in the number dumber chicles registered red automobile now defray nearly 7 per cent of hanl tall amount spent on rural road bridge aldge building whereas lit in 1900 acome from this source was less j three tenths of 1 per cent of tile the i fpx ture growth of the volume of fees registrations gist rations is noted by the fact to 1001 1901 new york the first firs t state juire fee fees collected only W 04 54 in only cars car were registered ghost the entire united states however the number had til td to the figure given so that is slightly more than one motor A for ench each ot of the lie ot of road out outside ide of tile the iou towns and cities i relation between cars and road 6 fee varies widely in different see sec there is only one motor car tor for abut six miles of rural road in kei but nearly six motor cars for brolle ot of such road in new jersey Is on an average of one motor car ration for every 44 persons in ignited states iowa apparently however with one motor car tor for f 16 persons while only one for 1200 persons Is registered for ala hut ut u t lie ile understood Lo conever li oever Never that gures agures of registration registration do not neily ily represent a total number of fass as some of the states do not re te finnual annual registration others group lire and commercial cars and mo kles aes lit in their accounts while still states do not require re istra jl motorcycles tte ire Is great inequality in the reg 1100 lon fees charged by the different t the average for the united was the state of ver however secured in 1915 a gross grosa ie e of 1810 for each motor car minnesota received only about aman evil man cutting weeds on road ts annually for catli car in i and south carolina no annual ration lion fees are collected the only III merit being a county fee of 50 antl tid 1 respectively tor for perennial t on most of the states slates how levy annual taxes on motor s and this adds importantly to ile revenue contributed by the B or 0 motor propelled vehicles A he e use of fees however there di to 0 be a general policy of apply e major part of the money coli 1 from automobilists directly to in 42 of tile states 18 union all or the major portion w motor vehicle revenue must be a ic led ed tor for the construction intent or of the pub ds s or for the maintenance of the wt highway department in 20 r all or the major portion of the gli tor vehicle revenues are es el 11 aej by or under tile the supervision or dpn n 0 of the e s state a e highway depart allin in seven states one half to bof of the state motor vehicle rev pro ire expended through the state and tile the rem the local authorities many is ain in addition to applying dicenso let road construction expend for i 1 t raposo a large part of the fines 40 lf 0 albies collected from owners Vs ie e number of registrations new late fate led in 1015 with was second sith call third with and penti t i a i fourth with |