New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-18
THE MOTOR WORLD.
IMPORTANT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. STARTED
IN MURRAY-ST. FOR STEEL ROAD.

An important meeting OF the American Automo-
bile Association was held at the clubhouse of the
Automobile Club Of America, at Fifty-eighth-st.
and Fitth-ave.. yesterday. 1t is the intention Of
the officials of the association to increase the
membership and incidentally the scope of the or
ganization. Those present yesterday were " E.
Scarritt. president of the association, A r Shat
tuck Of the Automobile Club OF America; Frank
q Webb. of the Long Island Automobile Club: W.
J. Stewart, of the Automobile Club OF New-Jersey.
and Dr. Julian Chase. Of the Rhode Island Au-
tomobile Club. The association will make a de-
across The oo1tfna7f grc,9 H. ,7srti - ~ ~
Pacinc 1t IS hoped that the road will start from
Boston and end at san Francisco IN order TO in
6 erase The memlbershiP an amendment will be
from 81 10 81 Q head At present each club pays
Automobile Club Of Cleveland was admitted to the
sSSoGa Ion, and apPlicauonS for membership we're
Jersey and the san Francisco Automobile Club.
held OF the Eagle Rock F4iI at 10 m on Thanks
gNlRs Pay i IS proposed TO lay out mile course
on the NIL which will be the official course for all
S9mPett2ns Of this sort in the future The exact
device Will be arranged
The annual election Of the Automobile Club OF
American was held at the clubhouse last night
Bulky reports were submitted and It was a late
hour before the members were able to leave All
the reports particularly satisfactory The
treasures report showed that the receipts for the
year had been about 1900. with balance hand
or So-lFs The active membership at present Is S94
and the associate membership - The new mem
hers elected are Colgate Hoyt II. P. Jones. John
A Drake T r. Griffin and Frank " Haskell
There Incorporation last night and the officers
elected were follows President. Albert r Shat
tuck. first vtce-president, Winthrop r. SCarritt.
president ". K Vanderbilt. IT.: treasurer Jeffer-
SeliRrnan, governors. TO serve for three years
Coloae John Jacob Astor. George F. Chamberlain.
Peter Cooper Hewitt governor, 10 serve one year.
Harlan W. Whipple
In letter dated November u from state Engi-
Bond the officials OF the Automobile Club of
about the roads Of the State. He estimates the
length OF new roads finished TO date l56 miles
handicapped the road workers have been by the
IS about two hundred miles. The length Of new
roads surveyed in excess OF the above mentioned
$50 miles. is about seven hundred and nifty miles
Plans have been approved for eighty-two roads
covering about three hundred and ten miles. at an
estimated cost or $3.50 900. OF which the different
counties have contributed their half The annual
good roads convention viii he held az Albany in
January
Ground was broken yesterday. 70 De more ex-
plicit cobhlestoues were torn up. in Murray-st,
preps the laying OF the steel rails for
new experimental roadway the idea Of General Roy
Stone The work is under the direction OF Major
and the cavity filled with broken stone which
Vil he laid the steel rails The rails forty
long. twelve inches wide and have fianEe under
Meath three inches long. There IS only small
tracks will be laid In the centre OF the street and
effort will he made not 20 impede traffic any
than possible Charles VI. Schwab gave a
mile of the rails for the experiment