The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-14
VOGUE OF The
AUTOMOBILE
LIST OF SCRANTON OWNERS
GROWING RAPIDLY.
City Now Has Large Number of
Ardent Automobilists They Have
Formed a Club and Club Runs,
Races, Etc, Are Some of the
Events That Will Shortly Be
Arranged-scranton Men Who Are
Owners of the Horseless Vehicles
Seen on the Streets.

The merry sport Of automobiing is
The latest form of athletic diversion to
take hold upon Scrantonans, and the
srip which II has obtained certainly
has the fun Nelson on any other patent
grasp beaten to standstill Tor tona'-
lty.
All sorts and conditions of autos are
teen on the local streets, and now that
on automobile club has been organ
lied. exhibitions. tests of speed and
races VIII be soon familiar sights. II
L. estimated that there are from TWEEN
ty-fivc to thirty horselcss vehicles now
owned by Scrantonians, and besides
these there are many rented autos in
daily use.
The first one to be viewed in Scran-
Ton was the Wnton gasoline machine,
In which w. W. Scranton was FREE
puently seen riding about the city or
spinning about Lake Scranton. 9. ;.
Weston was the second gentleman To
Invest in one of the heavy putting Hu-
tomobilcs. and since then all grades
of autos have been introduced, the last
being graceful duublc-seatcd surrey
owned by &. u. Jones, which arrived
two weeks ago. and * such an easy
moving. light ana comfortable equip
ment that there will no doubt soon he
many more of them owned by Scran-
tua'unS.
SEATS SIN PERSONS.
It will easily seat six persons, and
moves noisclcssly and smoothly. one
Of the first horSoless carriages to hC
used in Scranton was that owned by
II ,,f t,,,
which can be still seen and heard as
St Whi2acs over the city streets. Young
strong, who is considerable of a me-
chdnical genius. built the machine him.
self While he was yet a student al the
Scranton high school and soon after
he graduated from that institution in
1892 the automobile made its initial dp
pearancc, since when it has been "A ia
miliar spectacle to Scrantonians in
general.
Those in order after Mr.. Scranton
end Mr.. Weston as the first mObiinl
enthusiasts came n. l.. Jones, Dr Rice
L.. q. Conncrs. \ =. Bedford. DIR. Heer.
mans, Frank Silliman. jr Ralph Me.
Eargcl, j. l.. Athcrton j. II. Brooks
&. -. Jones, Or. Peck. J. :. COX
Charles Iiill g. l.. Watkins. l.. r
Garfield, Or. II. Is. Ware and Nichnla,
Rice. The majority Of these and RoliC
Manvillc, of Carhondalc. are the mem.
bcrs of the Automobile club.
\ number of the earlier machines
were run by gasoline, W II. Boyer pos.
sessinG one for awhile, but later dis
posing of it. The steam mobiles are
now becoming recognized as the most
easily managed and least cumbersome
machines, and are in vogue So far
there have been few long runs, but Oi
late decided enthusiasm has been
shown along these lines. and it was
only last Friday that A. T. Bedford
and Dr. Peck left i'm their automobilc,
for PhiIadoluhia.
Harry Jones run tu Buffalo. mad,
I'm record time, is now matter of loca
history, nc making tho trip in twenty
eight hours and hfty-hvc minutes. an,
the return in tWentY-oiGht hours. Mon
day he viii start out on another trip
Philadelphia and Baltimore being the
terminal points this timr. He may b,
accompanied by Ralph McGargcL The
same auto will hc used by Mr.. Jones as
In his Buffalo trip.
CLrB II TO MEET.
President Weston has called a meet.
Ing of the Automobile club for the lat,
ter part of this week and il will he hclt
either Thursday or Friday to cffcc,
permanent organization, John II
brooks, one of the clty'S most cnthusi.
aStC moholistS, is secretary. but there
are still treasurer and c-prrsidonr
- he elected
The associations objects arc the bet.
tcTinG of scranton roads. the prutcc,
ion of automubilists' interests and fol
social purposes. club rooms will sOor
," secured, and il is very likely that .
club house will he Il possibility of n,
near future. This is the Ouy club a.,
ia" kind in Northeastern Pcnnsyl\a,
MIA. Philadelphia has its Automohil
lists clubs and 50 has Pitishurg. bur
.here are no banded aggrcgations 81
auto owners IN this section Of tn,
state.
\ Pennsylvania State association
nay be formed of the clubs of In,
,hreo places and ntcr-citv meets ar
anCed. For the present. however. IN,
o,al club men will content thcmsclvo,
With Inhibition runs, short country out
lGs and easy racing. The first rur
viii take place the second week i,
september.