New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-05-20
AUTOMOBILES IN PARKS.
HORSES BECOMING ACCUSTOMED TO
THE NEW VEHICLE.
LIST OF OWNERS OF ELECTRIC PLEASURE
CARRIAGES WHO HOLD PERMITS FROM
PARK COMMISSIONER CLAUsEN.

PARK COMMISSIONER CI.AUsEN
The recent runaway at New Rochelle in which
two persons were hurt because a spirited horse
took fright at an automobile in which Mrs.
Duncan Elliot and Mrs. Frances +. Hunter were
riding, led a Tribune reporter to inquire yester
day at the office Of the Park Department
whether the use of automobiles in Central Park
had led to any accidents there. Willis Holly.
secretary Of the Park Board replied that,
thanks to the caution which Park Commissioner
Clausen had used in admitting automobiles
runaways had occurred, either Of the machines
themselves or Of horses alarmed thereby. Only
electric automo bibles are permitted to enter Cen
trail Park, because Mr.. Clausen still objects to
the noises made by steam autos and the odor
from the naphtha driven ones. Mr.. Holly added:
When 1t was first proposed that automobiles
should be allowed to run IN Central Park, Mr..
GIausen opposed their tndiscrtmlnate admission.
tives were rnisconstrued. Time however has
shown that his plan to admit them only gradually
was the wiser way There have been accidents
and prevention is better than cure. Mr.. Clausen
W An Iatseiy oy tne very genera demand
Park in ordinary vehicles that the autos he X
would be scared and their own lives jeopardized.
As the Park is intended to give pleasure to the
majority should not be sacrificed to a few. At the
of new methods. He therefore adopted the middle
course OF admitting only few OF the least noisy
toned to them. and the public has sustained him
IN that decsi9n Even the automobilists are rea-
have no doubt that the giving Of permits will
gradually extended until some day all styles of
autos may be run in Central Park by experienced
drivers
Automobiles of all kinds be run without
permits in Riverside, Bronx and the other
parks In Prospect Park certain roads are open
to autos, and others are closed to them. Less
than fifty permits for Central Park have been
CO..
form in which they are issued
Permission is hereby granted to -- 70
PARK With eectrfc eesIra carria 9 Ls e9tTal
tinue revocabe at any time at the pleasure of the
tions. In accepting this permit the holder agrees
TO exercise the greatest care TO avoid frightening
any danger or annoyance.
1t will be noticed that permits apply to pleas
ure carriages only. Now that it has been demon
strated that the electric autos do not scare the
horses many persons think that the gates might
be thrown open to livery autos also drive
through Central Park in an electric carriage
would be combination Of two rare treats to
out of town visitors to the city which would be
hard TO resist. Here is a list of the persons who
hold permits at present:
R. A. c. Smith, No 100 Broadway.
J, M Hin. No. 100 Broadway.
Alert {. Bostwtck No s. BroaGway.
whitney Lyon, No ST. West Eighty-eighth-st
Jefferson Selgman No. II East Sixty-ninth-st
Martin MaIoney, No. 100 Broadway.
James B. Brady, No. West Eighty-stxth-st.
J. j. Aston. No IS West Twenty-sixth-st.
w. E. Busby, No. Ill Broadway
Theodore c. Marceau, No. IA Water-st.
A. r Frank, No 66 Broad-st
John Post jr.. No. 10 Wall-st.
Charles A DugrO No 2 East Fffty-ninth-st
Walter Luttgen, No. % Nassau-st.
A l. FGker, No 800 Lexington-ave.
A. H Whiting, No. 800 Lexington-ave.
Edward W. Curtis, jr., No. 80 West Twenty
iftil-st. ~'
6 J. GItdden, waIdore,,Astoria
w. K Ryan Nc. al Bifth-aVe.
George H Penntman, No. 1071 Fifth lave
II V. kibbe No East Thirty-second-st.
Q. E. Corrigan, No. 434 West Thirty-stxth-sr
Edwin Adams, No 104 West observation-disclosures
ninth-st
J. o. Paine. No. so Broadway
Allen T. Carver, Hotel Beresford.
LorIlard Spencer, Union Club
A. E. Chandler, No, y West Ffftieth-st
9. T. Yerkes No. S64 Fifth-ave
Walter 5. Martten, No. East Forty-frst-st
ffth-st.
A G. Mills, No. So West Thirty-third-st.
Sergey Friede, Hotel Netherland.
Augustus Post, No 81 Nassau-st
r: :. kenney, No. 10 West Fifty-fourth-st
DR.. w, 3. James, No. II West Fifty-fourth-st.
Alden L. McMurtry, Waldorf Astoria
Bedeu Harmed, No. 3 West Eighty-seventh-st
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