New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-06
JERSEY GOOD TO AUTOS.
THE CONSTABLES LIE LOW
Decision of Motor Car D1uers to
Fight Checks arrests.

FG0ht thecFS -ATT6StS.
Morri-sown N J. June (SpeciaD.-The Jersey
town officials didn't have their usual SUNDAY
report OF arresting automoblists To-Day. inquiry
by a Tribune reporter AT six offices OF 1usuces Oh
the peace between Morristown and East Orange,
sbe combined records Of which showed forty-four
automobile convictions the previous sunday
with revenue the towns aggregafing 500 IN Anes
and revenue 10 justices and constaoes IN coSss
amounting TO SIS So found three Offices closed two
o,hers omen with no Justice, and in single IN
stance the Justice at hand. AS for business ana
revenue from automobiles. nothing doing the
uniform explanation was
.svrhnt is the trouble?" was asked a Justice who
seemed incliaed 10 be communicative. Wei, he
,erl,ed .1t 4, about this way: I don't believe in
automobiles In the town anyway and We made up
our minds that II they would go through here Inc!
might as we'll pay IL. OF course. that Is II they
ran faster than the law allowed. and never hnew
one who was arrested who hadn't so we passe"
some ordinances and we collected a lot OF fines
Then the legislature passed the Scovel act ana
that provided that the town ordinances should be
no good but we fined them all the same Ihey
All Maidstone kicked, but paid in the end Why.
even Thomas N AicCartsr who the Attorney
General paid although the Justice was nearly
psralyzed when he found out who he was You
rec those automobilists don't want to De stopped
and they pay right on
1T got 10 be a paying business sometimes we
would have on a pleasant Sunday or holiday
dozen cases and they would always pay sl3 apiece
and about 81 costs.
we never thought q man could not be arrested
who breaking the law Every town afFesAeu
them, and they always paid.
Put added the Justice IT suppose the boys
went little too far. for last week there was
trouble. That Wren got lawyer ano ne
put the court in hole and held up the judge ana
the clerk for a $50 fine. because the summons was
not properly indorsed and now no constable wants
TO make q complaint in his own name. because II
the automobiles appeals then the constable mas
got hire & lawyer TO go 10 Morr1stown ana tGy
the case. and who's going TO pay the lawyer? And
~ the other fellow wins the constable got 10 pay
the costs.
''It was all right to have the sued. but under
the law the town can't be sued and the constabie
Is the fellow TO complain That was good point,
and the town counsel tells that It's good law
and VIII stick.
But that's not all. II looks as II We couldn't
arrest them at all now.
NOW look out there" said the justice. pointing
20 a big steam motor car. Talk about traps TO
catch automoblistsl There is trap TO catch the
oonstables
See that man on the front seat-thats scarritt.
one OF the men that Coons arrested, and he's got
a lawyer and a stenogrnrher with him. He is
hunting trouble.
81 got ono Of those cases last week. The con-
stable Brought him in. and the lawyer put in his
work. and The stenographer took everything down.
but fixed things all right just had the con-
stable change the charge TO disorderly conduct,
him not guilty
This is a fair outline OF the state OF affairs
shown by automobile trip taken by a Tribune
reporter yesterday. beginning at Newark and run
ming up through East Orange where the first officer
was encountered. The reporter asked the officer.
who. by the way, r bicycle policeman. how
he regulated the automobile traffic in East Orange.
Well" reulied the officer, our instructions are
interfere with the Automobiles unless there
IS accident one takes a risk; we would notice
in case of a horseman We don't pay much atten-
tiOn whether he is going five miles an hour or
twe-ty miles an hour 1t all depends on circum-
From East Orange. the party, Of inquiry passed
through into Monclair. where in Ridgewood-aYe.,
the machines probably running twenty miles
he simply Said: Bad crossing at the next block;
you had better 60 carefully" About a mile
was passed q speed of about fifteen miles an
hour. The only thing the officer said was Good
From Montclair, over through Great Notch.
through Little Falls. singac to Danvlle not an of,
fcer was met. Automobiles running BY at an
rates of speed from ten to thirty miles an hour;
but in justice to the automobiles, # must be said
that the road was level and WIDE and there
on the return trip it was noticeable that through
Morristown AL automobiles were driven slowly.
and the mounted of1eer AT MorTistov W. aeafTs;
whom there have haen reneated ~ aEsiSr
eutomobilists for his discourtesy, evidently was
sutoTnobiie was scanned and great Show = was
made OF taking the number. but nothing further
From MOE Tas to Madison no officers
apparent through Madison two policemen
seen. but nothing occurred the trip until Chat
ham was reached. There the usual trap was not
IN operation. The Justice Of the peace was not on
the steps Of his office waiting for Automobiles 10
contribute. SO far as could be learned arrests
had been made.
Eleven automobiles 2 passed as the party stood by
excessive rate Of speed They We're going fast
enough OF course 10 pass the carriages, but not
disturb The horse traffic and with danger all
20 pedestrians who crossed the street
over the hill commonly called the Orange Noun
tain toward Milburn the automobiles were more
numerous thaA me carriages: At the foot of the
hill they separated those TO the right going East
Orange through Springfield, and those TO the left
toward Madison through the Oranges 70 Newark.
AT Morristown no officers were visible. nor were
any constables or officers from Madison
through South Orange 10 Newark
IL the complaint heretofore made by AUTOMOBILE
sss that revenue rather than Justice object
OF the combination OF the country constable and
The country Justice Of the peace il Is evident that
the occurrences Of the previous week have made
movement in this direction much more cautious
The Vigorous declaration OF independence made by
President Scarritt OF the Automobile Club OF Amer
lea and the firm decision OF automobilists TO fight
20 ni9lsh what they call persecution by Jersey