The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-18
AMONG THE AUIOMODILS1S.
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800 prrrt IN the basis ~ the total
10. thua eliminating ~ rlsssif.
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me-, HrutttIop stll ~" NJ foilrta
Ia. #. ftf NJ the ,af. passengers.
$50 f.irt rnrts and equipment, In
a.. actions. WIN be multiplied hy
,he .t.plr,l sivina what 10 KNOWN aa
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Zoo ...H .,at nr charges AGAINST each car
4. ar.. r.. 'nr observers reports. when di-
,..I .. .I. ton mIirs travelled viii give
,,sf,s. ... isr ton mile Total cost will
h.. r. ~ ui ,hatgra aanint each car,
.r.I.H ,plolr. oil. repairs. adjustments.
,st f.... .0ras fines tolls aud storage Zach
or.sr.. 10 report tho weight Of the cst he Is
,a.sr,I 'n Vt the start and finish ~ each
a,.s rr iIo time consumed In making al
,sfi.rs Nd .uatmrnts and rrplenishments.
tho f....H hereof. tho maine ~ the part or
,f,...ur u..I. Zach purchase and rcrlenlsh.
usrr or ut and rR-olene and the quantity
col rho implement of any other than the
driver tho time OF such employment, the
suouur paid out by the driver OF any other
tsf.on lpr anything In connection with the car,
Irrludins mechanical help. tows. tolls. ferry
,harrr.. fecs. lines and storage. The OBJ
server. viii report charges ~ follows: storage
A. Albany aud Springfield, 81 a night gasO-
lsne. .0 oenta n gallon. lubricatinR oil. 10
cents u yHt or fraction thereof time OF all
repairs. adjustments and rcplenishments.
one cent a minute for the driver and two cents
a minute for every other person employed.
this 10 include all work done in connection with
tires The FIRST prize will be a gold cup. the
second prize a silver cup and the third prize
a bronze medal, each prize becoming the prop
.rty Of the " inner. In addition a certificate
Of award will be given to each car completing
the test The contest will be- open TO four
wheeled automobiles of any price or power,
OF the types known as touring cars and run
sbouts. The entry fec for each car is 500.
and no entry will be acceped later than Sat-
urday noon. June ~.
When entries are made by a manufacturer
or an agent he must agree to accept orders
for duplicate cars at the price named in the
entry blank. Every car. entered must be
registered in either one of the States of New
York, Massachusetts, or Connecticut and
must carry It's registered number plate. No
car will be allowed to carry advertising signs.
except that a monogram OF, name plate may
he placed on the front OF the radiator. and
each competing car must be equipped with
hell or horn and lamps. Each days run will
begin between the hours OF o and o o'clock
In the morning and cars will arrive at their
daily destination in the official garage between
the hours of 4 and 10 o'clock j: NJ. Every
entrant must nominate one observer for
every car entered. Observers will be pro-
hibited from assisting drivers with sugges-
the nominated driver, throughout a days
nun, unless he is incapacitated, when his place
zion Of the observer. Drivers must observe
speed limits, and fines after arrest for over
Speeding will be charged against cars, No
s extra ! oSo o} en- hss cS S.h based Ss sn oS two og passen snr
for the front seat tdriver and observer =. and
for the tonneau, one PASSENGER for each OF the
Of seat cushion, Cars must. be driven with
due regard to the rights of other highway
users and with consideration for horsedriven
vehicles and pedestrians.
lOlhlloue vi. 'hio i''' " '''' - -
the committees opinion, tending 70 bring
sutomohilists into public disfayor, viii result
In disqualification. The committee also
testant for excessive speed and will institute
special checking system en- route to watch
for speed law violations, III test VIII be
under the direction of the contest
and a referee. a superintendent of garages.
a Quartermaster. a superintendent OF OBJ
servers and a chief inspector, The contest
man: 4, l.. Kuli, board member; Welton H..
Finn, Georges Dupuy and Joseph Troxell.
Cevs, A, D, juilliard. James n. Jaryie, Paul
N, Warburg, Alfred de Cordoya, Arson +.
Flower, James @. Cannon and Egerton'L l.
W,in'hron were among the new mem6ers Of
governors, other active members elected
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tSlssr !; y, ,aa;l'ssSS, ]; +. %iIEeoT, S H. n.
.on, F %iITia+,d '? 3, M No; s,"R |S2Iiia T; 4 sp sheer n
S, T. Smyth, Eli K, Robinson, stephen S.
Palmer R. iloRT. Livingston, Ernes, A. Lin
SSG slS. JofssiHHh h + ssam&Hn a,hI r E. N H!'EEdip WsIdJ
mayer, aud Adoiph s. Ochs. Cortlandt f:
Palmer Of Col2rsdo Springs, j. 81 81 rr rord BE- OF
were elected associate members.
car, even. a. n ship, must find itself"
and il IL well for new owners OF automobiles
and all others who have bought new cars to
remember this and act ~,accordlngly; If a
mar, has a chauffeur, the latter should be re-
minded that n new car should he gone over
with especial care before akinR it out each
time, in order to see that all the bolts, nuts,
and other part are snugly in place, and men
Who are their own ohautfeurS should attend
read kipling's story of The Ship that Found
Itself, will remember the agony. of the rlvets
and plates and timbcrs in get ting naturally
10 work loose under new strains and TO re-
9ure adjustment until they were settled IN
their relations, 1t Is much the same with
motor cars. Tn best are pretty well tried
pat at the factories before being sent TO the
buyers and are more or less tuned up, =" but
they do not get really well settled, till they
have had weeks of work on the road. This Is
unavoidable and the care in making frequent
ADJUSTMENTS on new cars should be accepted
" part Of the responsibility OF ownership.
Rules Of road usages. formulated into a
code and subdivided under ten headings,
By the Automobile Club Of France, by the
curing Club Of France and by the French
IiSSs e' aGods Gd G "a ROUTE, ehe ssd are are R s%ppose cd
70 be observed by all members. Here are
aieT translated excerpts:
4 the road is free. the, driver may keep
% the middle of the road, but he must leave
nme road.
When passing through villages the speed
i Iaould always be so reduced as TO permit
y Stopping The car within a distance of thirty
,nsst II the road is broad. and of ten feet II
'e road IS narrow.
When nearing men, horses or cattle, the
syrn should be sounded so as to awake their