The San Francisco call., 1904-02-16
FIRST OFFICERS
ARE REELECTED
Alameda County Automobile
Club Shows Confidence in
Men 1t Named a Year Ago
REPORTS ARE PRESENTED
Good Work Accomplished by the
Association is RecOunted by
the President and Secretary

OAKLAND. Feb. 1.-THE members
Of the Alameda County Automobile
Club elected their officers for the en-
suing year and heard the reports on
the first years work Of the organiza-
tfon al their first annual banquet, held
this evening al the Hotel MeTopole.
The officers that served the club dur
ing the first year Of its existence were
unanimously reelected as a mark Of
appreciation of the splendid work
done by them in perfecung the or
EanizatiOn OF the club. The officers
are
President DR.. " H. Chamberlain;
vice president DR.. G. W. Rodolph;
secretary, r. r. Weston; treasurer, r.
j.. NCMullen.
After thanking the members of the
club for the confidence they had
shown In re-electng him 10 the Of
nee OF president Dr. Chamberlain
SAID:
1t is with considerable pride that
] look back over the first years work
Of our club. the details Of which Will
De given by the secretary in his report
IN general we have modified legisla-
tion- we have exercised our influence
in favor Of good roads; We have pretty
well overcome the antagonism and
prejudice OF the community against
automobiles, and have succeeded in
placing our club upon a sound and
permanent basis.
NEW ORDINANCE.
4 wish TO take this opportunity TO
explain the provisions of the new Or
dinance regulating the use of auto
mobiles In this county.
The ordinance provides that auto
mobiles always take the righthand
side Of the center Of the road on meet
ing a vehicle: that the maximum
speed shah not exceed twenty miles
an hour. that upon signal from an
approaching driver the autoist shall
slow down TO six miles an hour and
on second signal he shall bring his
machine TO a full stop until the driver
shall have passed on mountain
grades the automobile shall take the
outside OF the grade. AS a compensa-
tiOn for this just and liberal law we
have agreed TO support the law and
prevent as far as we can its violation
and we have also agreed to keep all
automobiles of the tunnel road
The chief work ahead of the club
for the coming year is TO discourage
The reckless use Of the auto and to
agitate constantly for good roads"
HISTORY Is REVIEWED.
Secretary Weston in his annual re-
port reviewed the history of the or
ganizatiOn OF the club and then read
the following
The fear Of the Merchants Ex-
change about the safety Of a certain
road known as the tunnel road. in
which IL had invested d large sum of
money FOR The benefit Of Oakland,
was brought 10 the attention Of the
club. and il decided TO aid the mer-
chants in restraining the automobile
from using il, at least temporarily,
until IL could be improved. The exec
uuTe committee Of the club met with
them and while expressly denying the
right of any one 70 keep an auto off
public road. agreed in the wisdom
and eEDediency Of exercising a moral
restraint in this particular case and
has posted notices TO that effect on the
tunnel road"
Mayor Olney was among the invited
guests at the banquet and delivered a
short address.
The members Of the Alameda Coun-
~ Automobile Club are II. r. Jack
son. DR.. I. f. Kelly, W. K. Knowles,
Berkeley: ". @. Manuel. c. S. Mey-
ers. O. p. Moore. San Francisco; H.
Q. Morris, r. II. Morris, Hugo Muller.
Dr. I. +. Nicholson. W. J. Roth, H y.
Turrell. ". II. Weilbye, H. A. Wilkin-
son. RepressO. Cal; II. A. Brown, c.
G. Clay, p. T. Clay, John Conant, w.
+. CubersOn. DR.. A. L. Cunningham.
G. ID. Cummings, Berkeley; w. j.
EmriCk. DR.. J. NJ Fearn. W. NJ. Car
diner San Francisco; z. NJ. Hall Jr..
J. c. Hayes, NJ. J. Herby, w. Horner,
L. A Hicks, Berkeley.