New-York tribune., 1905-12-17
DANGER IN AUTO" TOURS.
Warnings Being Put Up By the
american Motor League.

More than three hundred accidents to motor eat
tourists have been reported in the United st.e So
and Canada during 1895, many OF them rssuie.e s
fatally. It cannot be said that these aeelaeh'S
ero rboll,, dire to rapd speed or reckless driving
for soma OF the most serious ones happehso -
automobiIists who are known to be pruaens aitu
careful In the management of their venlcies' Mos. MOS
of them could have been avoided py 49,
knowledge of the danger points or by soths wan. am
ing by which the tourist could have peeh aos'Se0
OF the proximate peril.
The truth is that in many parts OF the country
and especially in those sections which are most
picturesque and attractive TO the tourist. the nigh
ways are too narrow and winding ana are otlen
skirted by deep unguarded bitches and dangerous
glllies and crossed by railroad tracks at points
where the tourist would have little reason to an
ucpate them.
TO lessen these peri1s as much as possible the
American Motor League has called upon its con-
suls members and proprietors of official stations,
IL All the important States where touring is most
Signs ana gIideboards by which the tourist may nay
az Sgofdance dance atdf0p Of fhese sfo pitfalls
Many Of these danger signs haye already been
put up, and the Pittsburg Board of Consuls OF the
American Motor League has been 4bJ partigpia@Fg rE @
can be easily made by man OF ordinary skill ana 1
| in seme cases the completed signs are sent OUT
Blanks are being sent to automobilists in several
points where these signs should be erected and q
has 9s been ara mad9 69ber b5h Of s e " Which viii
he put yip in place within next few months II
is believed that before the end OF 1870 more Inan
three thousand of these signs VIII pc placed IN
different parts Of the United States. Pun inLof-
American Motor League, Vanderbilt Building New
York
News from Parts to the effect that the Automo-
bile Club of France has decided in favor Of holding
| several races next summer makes it seem possi-
Bile that the club may decide not to return the Van
derbflt Cup. Formerly the French club declared
| itself in favor Of only race during the year.
Because OF the reduced rate at which members OF
| the American Automobile Association will De able
| to travel to the New-York shows. the individual
membership is experiencing boom No one will
be able to get the advantage Of the rate by Joining
| the a. A A at show time. They must be mernoer
beforehand, and the railroads have become strlce
| on this point
Il Is settled fact that If denaturized alcohol is
put on the free list by Congress this term the
organized engineers of the licensed factories Will
begin experiments in their labora tories to develop
an engine to use it fuel The denaturized alcohoi
used abroad is poisoned to be unit TO drink,
/ and gives q brilliant purple or pink hue IN tne
same process,
I There Is a continued demand for endurance
contest of automobiles In the snow, for one OF the
arguments advanced against the use of motor We
hicles In business their inability to travel
as we'll as the horse drawn vehicle when snow, is
/ ON the ground. Motor truck builders refute this
| statement and wish chance to prove 1t ohelaly.