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Table 18.—Motor Car Registration!
Qtate and year
" States:
Seaman
Men
322s
SL ——
Sie
925 _
1095
Alabam@.......
Arizona. coo...
Arkansas..._...
California. .....
Jolorado.......
Jonnecticut....
Delaware. ......
Aoridac. eno.
teorgis ce nun
‘dah. uo
inois. waeeann
diana. noo!
IWR wane nunes=
ATS0S eee
“entucky..___.
wouisiana..___|
Taine. ...._.__
Aaryland.._.__j
‘Tassachusetts
Jichigan......
Vinnesnta. ___
Jrand total
1,711,339
3,231, 941
3,463, 295
2,238,375
5,002, 177
7,593, 877
9 954. 347
194, 580
68, 029
183, 589
440, 541
240, 007
250, 669
40, 140
286, 388
348, 003
81, 506
263, 177
"95, 410
159, 202
157, 033
161, 647
07, 000
40,499
34, 247
46,153
189, 010
180. 604
Passenger
cars, taxis,
and busses
J
3,225, 859
3,483, 391
0,959, 571
13, 539, 608
15, 460, 649
17. 512. 638
171,387
59,798
159, 511
295, 796
221,513
213,486
32, 550
237,435
27, 578
73, 896
101, 943
530, 554
313,412
109, G68
135, 020
76, 000
16, 929
22,175
554, 81
385, 524
594. 879
Motor
trucks
nd road
ractors 2
&)
1, 006, 082
979, 904
278, 804
1,562, 569
2,133, 028
2 441.700
23,193
8, 231
24, 078
214,745
18, 584
37,183
7,600
48, 953
30, 51
7,610
161, 23¢
94, 856
45,790
47,065
na) 637
1,00;
“2%
v5 07.
41, 34(
63, 45¢
4 R15
State and vear
1095
Aississippio....
Tissouri.ooen..
Jontana..._._.
Jebraska. .....
Nevada. —-
New Hamp-
SHB vig
New Jersey. ...
New Mexico...
New York...
Vorth Carolina.
Jorth Dakota...
AiO. ns
klahoma......
STEZON ccna
ennsylvania.
“hode Island.
»uth Carolina.
»uth Dakota...
TDNesSSee....n.-
WA cnnmmwnnns
abc
mont...
rginig........
"ashington__..
"est Virginia...
Jisconsin....._
Tyoming.._...
Yistriet of Co-
lamblia. ______
Grand total
177, 262
304, 166
94, 656
338, 719
21 169
81,498
580, 554
49, 111
, 625, 583
£340, 287
, 144, 972
", 346, 400
424,345
216, 553
, 330,433
101,756
168, 496
168, 038
244, 626
75, 083
90, 500
69, 576
282, 650
eg 449
ne
103. 002
Passenger
cars, taxis,
and busses
159, 134
543, 426
82,135
301,716
12 069
72,472
169,156
47,470
1. 346, 665
311, 384
133,791
1,179, 400
393, 047
199, 517
i, 149, 074
34,337
153,343
154, 141
201,712
386, 362
79, 170
64, 566
246, 950
781, 452
190, 257
28; 090
19 B47
3G. 700
Motor
trucks
and road
rantors 2
18,128
60, 740
12, 521
37, 003
2100
9,026
111, 398
1,641
978, 918
28, 903
111,181
167, 000
31,208
17,036
81,359
17,419
15,153
©13,887
59,914
£8,721
11, 330
5,010
35, 700
46, 990
97, 332
1 66,206
5,164
13. 302
t Includes passenger automobiles, taxis and ears for hire, and busses; and the commodity carrying or
aonpassenger motor vehicles, which include motor trucks and road tractors (excluding farm fractors).
# Previous to 1924 excludes road tractors. .
} Not shown separately.
+ Includes busses, as reported by State. .
* Only six months’ data reported, July 1 to December 31, as fiscal registration vear ends June 30.
Source: Bureay of Public Roads. Department of Acrienltire.
The use of automobiles as public carriers is steadily expanding as
shown by increased registration of taxis, busses, and cars for hire.
There were 203,356 such vehicles reported in 1925. The number in
the State of New York was 30,045. The use of auto busses is in-
creasing within cities, between cities and their suburbs, and between
smaller towns and villages. Railways are using a considerable and
growing number of flanged wheel motor busses on short and feeder
lines. Electric railways are increasingly operating busses in con-
nection with their other services. Both steam and electric railways
in many cases complain of loss of passenger traffic through compe-
tition of bus lines and through the increasing use of private auto-
mobiles. Most automotive travel, however, represents a net addition
to the total volume of movement of persons which would not nther-
wise have taken place.
There is also decided increase in the use of motor trucks for trans-
portation between cities and towns. While some assert that this is
injuring the railroads, it is perhaps the more common belief that
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