New-York tribune., 1903-01-25
DISCUSS GOOD ROADS.
automobile Shoe Ends 7ciM Dinner
at the Waldorf.

| The Automobile Club Of America signalized the
end of the Automobile Show last evening by hold
| ing its fourth annual dinner at the Waldorf-As-
tora, where more than three hundred admirers and
owners OF the devil wagons were assembled when
| President Albert r. Shattuck let fall his gaVeL
The guests were seated at twoscore round tables,
which were scattered about the grand ballroom
while the boxes In the galleries were filled with
the wives. daughters and mothers of the diners
below. Each guest received souvenir of the oc-
casion in the shape of a miniature of the Presi-
dents Cup. which won by seventeen automo-
biles in the recent reliability contest held be-
tween New-York and Boston.
With President Shattuck at the table Of honor
sat State Senator w. W. Armstrong, Colonel AL
bert A Pope Theodore F. KIutz Simeon Ford.
Winthrop E. Scarritt, Elliott c. Lee, Willard A
Smith, State Senator J. P. Aids, W. Pterrepont
White, Job z. Hedges. State Engineer Edward A
Bond, Charles E. Adams. and J. A. Ockerson, chief
of the department of liberal arts Of the St Louis
Exposition.
President Shattuck started the post-prandiaI ball
rolling with brief address IN which he pointed out
that the automobile doing and destined TO do
a great work for the of good roads He
urged autonobsts to remember that roads were
common property and to have the utmost consider
alton other persons who had occasion to the
public highways, especially for the farmers. which
exhortaton got about the heartest applause of the
evening. Mr.. Shattuck predicted that in few
years this country would be the principal manu-
facturer and exporter of automobiles in the world.
calling attention to the rapid growth OF the busi-
ness by pointing the fact that the attendance
at thi. years automobile show was twice that Of
year ago.
State Senator Armstrong, whose record as tire
less advocate of good roads in this State is well
known created amusement by prefactng his re-
marks with the phrase Mr.. Toastmaster and
fellow farmers Later on he described the guests
as "a brilliant assembly of man killers" The Sen
ator lauded the early good roads work of the
League of American Wheelmen and its president,
declared
must be urged not to make the mistake about
the automobile that they made about the bicycle
They should see that their interests and those Of
automobfsts were really identical, namely, the
provision OF roads which traffic could be car
ried on with the least expenditure of power. He
regretted that the farmers did not have many rep
resentatives at the dinner of the Automobile Club,
in order that they might be convinced.
Simeon Ford jovially declared that not every man
who automobile was jackass. but he was
firm in asseverating that every jackass
automobile. He ore himself he added He
took exceptions to the automobile horn. When he
ran a man down. he said. he did it politely and
decentIy. He did not add insult to injury by
frightening him to death before he hit him Con-
tinuing in the same strain. Mr.. Ford evoked roars
of laughter by remarking solemnly: Some achieve
automobiles and some have automobiles thrust
upon them"
an automobile runabout, which shot suddenly from
the corridor and wound its way between the tables
the das. Mr.. Carleton was made up to repre-
''Afr. DooIey," and delivered himself of much
musical automobile advice to the Mr.. Dooley'
tune made popular by frequent repetition at
of the city's theatres. This the most popular
Dave Morris. Astor Vanderbilt those chaureurs gay
Dispute with Bostwick. Bishop Whit. your laurel
wreaths Of fame
True sportsman's blood theirs. boys tinglng
flying wheels,
But running faster they Devils flashing
OH Mr. rooIey OH Mr. rooIev
hayseeds and clanl-diggers give en1
Tenor the cooier''2
With Mr.. -ooiey-ooley-oo
Colonel Albert A. Pope spoke on Improvements
in Highways" w Pierrepont White on "The State
and Good Roads, General Roy Stone described at
length the experiment with the steel rails laid
for trucks in Murray-st.. and State Engineer Ed
ward A. Bond told What Know About Auto
mobiles
Among the guests Russell A. Alger. jr-, w
]. Arkell. j. S. Bache, NJ. NJ. Bedding. jr Frederick
G. Bourne Cortlandt +. Bishop, James l.. Breese.
Stewart NJ. Brice. Wade Chance. s. F. Chamber
lin. J. A. B. Cowles. Bird s. COler Philip L. Dodge.
Colonel p. 5. Dyer, Thomas A Edison. j. H. Flas-
ler F. r. L. Gould. j. H Hoadey. V Everit Macy.
Alderman Armitage Mathews. b Stanwood
Menken Frank \. Munsey Eliot Morton, Alderman
Joseph Oatman, H. W. Poor Professor Pupin, A. l.
Rker w j. Riker Jefferson Seligman, Isaac
Stern. George r. Torrey, H. II. Vreeland and John
Brisben Walker.