The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-28
AUTOMOBILES IN THE PARK.
winslow r. Buzby Gets Himself Arrested
to Test His Rights.

Wnslow T.. Buzby. banker. and whitney
Lyon. two OF the incorporators OF the Auto-
mobile Club OF America. attem pied to drive q
light automobile phacton. propelled by cleo
tricity. into Central Park Yesterday to test the
right OF the police or the Park Conn issioners
to exclude them. They were accompanied By
counsel in another carriage.
They were hidden to stop at the Fifth avenue
entrance Of Central Park by Policeman John p.
Keenan,. They stopped and had a parey In
which they said that under advice OF counsel
they believed that they could not be excluded
from the Park. Keenan, said that IL they per.
sisted he would arrest them. They then moved
slowly into the Park and were told to drive
to the Arsenal. Mr.. Buzby was put under
arrest on the charge OF violating park
ordinance. The ordinance was not men.
toned and inquiry failed to show any other
ordinance than one which provided that the
Park could only be used by pleasure carriages.
Police Captain England said that he had res
ceived instructions verbally from the Park
Commissioners to exclude automobiles lie
said that the rule as to pleasure carriages ap.
piled because he did not consider auto
mobile pleasure carriage under tho rule.
Mr.. Bn2by was held in 800 bail for hearing
in the Yorkvle police court this morning.
Mr.. Lyon went on his bond and he was re-
leased
Mr., Buzby explained that he was probably
me 0FSt person 10 ger n permit. Wnlcn ne eNs
hibited. to drivs his automobile on Riverside
Drive WHICH lately was thrown oren to these
vehicles Prosrect Park III Brooklyn was open
TO them, he said. aud so were all tho parks in
tho CITY having pleasure drives except Central
Park. although most of the owners OF automo-
hlIes live in this borough. They were excluded
from the parks in Chicago. but got In ON
appeal to the courts. he said, and they were also
| permitted to use Paramount Park in Philadel-
phia In the Bots do Boulogne in Paris there
are more automobiles generally than ordinary
| The members oftho club urge that under the
| provisions OF the charter tho Park Commits
| sioners cannot make rules for each park in tho
| boroughs. When practicable. as in this case.
| nny rule must apply to all the parks 1t 10
| further comtc ended that no rule has been made
| by the Park Commissioners which excludes
made by majority vote Of the board under
| the charter In fact. 1t is declared the Com
| miss ioners are acting under rules Of tho old
| board made in 1873 before automobiles de.
The Automobile Club OF Amer was recently
Incorporated with about hundred members.
and elected Adlutan General Avery D. Andrews
president. IT is TO have parade in this city
next Saturday lndirsc, ~. this parade caused
the Police Board yesterdnv, to classify all auto
mobiles that are propelled by steam power as
will hnv" to be inspected and each must have
regularly licensed engineer to run it.
The question was raj ed in communication
received by the board from SerRt. Frank Man
gin Of the Boiler inspection squad. who called
attention to the proposed parade and after
pointing out that many OF the vehicles are run
whether or not he should cause their boilers to
be tested as other steam boilers are and the
motormen examine ed and licensed as enRi.
neers The Commissioners decided that any
thing propelled by steam must have a boiler
and an engineer. and that a steam propelled
| automobile must therefore be subject to tho
steam uIe aSeines seret Manen 'u ace eo1
| was instructed 10 en- force the law