The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-11-27
President Morris Of the Au-.
tomobile Club Of America
Says q New Speed Law
Will Be Drafted.
WHAT THE NEW MODELS SHOW
IMMENsE GARAGE IN COURSE OF
CONSTRUCTION IN CLINTON
ENUE- HEAVY DEMAND
FOR FAST CARS.

At the annual meeting OF the Autom0-
bile Club of America, held at the club
house in West Forty-ffth street, New
York, Monday night, President Dave
Hennen Morris was re-slected for an
other year. Other officers chosen were:
Vice-presidents Colgate Hoyt, Frederick
G. Bourne, General George Moore
Smith; treasurer, w. S. Fanshaw; gov
ernors Ito serve for three years. Colonel
John Jacob Astor, George #. Chamber
lain and Schuyler Shoots Wheeler; gov
eror Ito serve two years., William Pier
son Hamilton; governor Ito serve one
year,, John e. Borne.
President Morris, in his annual report,
announced that new automobile speed
law is being drafted by the club, which
will be introduced at the forthcoming
meeting of the Legislature, whereby the
prudent driver win be given more free
dom. He also suggested that branch
garages and repair stations should be es-
tablished in different parts of New York,
Long Island and New Jersey for the con-
venience of club members.
Mr.. Morris stated that new agree
ment with the German Automobile Club
is under negotiation, the purpose of
which is to give American Automobihsts
convenient touring and custom house
benefits in Germany. Mr. Morris suggest
ed that a touring department be created
| in the club.
The club has now $50 members.
Enough has already been seen of the
new 1906 models of the American cars to
| show that they are the result of months
Of work on improvements, some Of them
Of the most radical kind. In general they
are far better adapted for American
roads than foreign cars, every point in
them seemingly being centred on stabil-
~ anu 1cAaDiilJ. Oue lulHS IAdt IS
most noticed in particular this year is
that the leading manufacturers are grad
ually getting away from the cone clutch
of former days, substituting in its stead
new improved disk clutches. -Four SPEEDS
forward and one speed reverse are now
| the general rule on the better grade of
| American cars, as is shown by the new
models. Among the other points noted
are the back stop safety devices replac-
ing the old and dangerous spray for hold
ing cars from going backward when stop
| ped on grade, anti-striping gear de-
vices, the general use Of Hess Bright
| bearings on the wheels, sprockets and
transmission and roller bearings on the
main transmission shaft, heavier chains
and dust proof bodies of more graceful
lines than those of ormer years.
As result of the heavy demand for
more speedy cars the Thomas Company
is building new ffty-horsepower ma
chine that will have guarantee of sixty
lines than those of former years.
The large building at 213-215 Clinton
avenue, Newark, which is now used as a
livery stable, will be converted into an
automobile garage. A deal was consum-
mated Thursday whereby the building
became the property Of the Newark Gar
age and Repair Company, Of which
George Paddock, Of the Auto Vehicle
company, is president; i. B. Zusi, treas
urer, and Andrew Schwind is secretary
and general manager. While this will be
the holding company and occupy larger
part Of the building, there will be two
other automobile concerns connected
with establishment. They are the Auto
! Vehicle Company, which will handle the
Thomas Filler and the Calvert and Zusi
Automobile Company which will handle
the Winton. Each of thesesconcerns will
have salesroom facing on Clinton ave
nue., while the balance Of the biulding,
which will consist of 1900 square feet
of floor space, will be used By the auto
mobile company for the storage and re-
pairs of automobiles and the sale of sun
dries and supplies. The idea is new
one, and will amount to a considerable
saving to all concerned. The building is
now undergoing repairs and will be
ready for occupancy about January 1.
The building will have a frontage on
both Clinton avenue and Somerset street.
The promoters of the enterprise had a
number of sites in mind but the present
location was selected on account of the
| popularity of Clinton avenue as an auto
mobile driveway. For the past FIVE Sun
days the number of machines travelling
that way have been counted, resulting in
the average of 500 from 8 A. nj. until Z
/ P. NJ. Less than half that number of
cars passed BelIeville avenue and Broad
stree, where it was formerly intended to
arect q gafage-