The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-01-26
THE AUTOMOBILE
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Automobiles Of Honolulu as well as
San Francisco will be deeply interested
in a bill introduced in Congress by
Representative MorrelI of Pennsylvania
to regulate the operation of automo-
biles between the States. In effect, 1t
provides that on and after January 1,
1907, it shall be unlawful for any per-
son owning or operating an automobile
or other motor vehicle to operate the
same for business or pleasure along
the public highways of any State, ter
ritory or dependency of the United
| States or in the District of Columbia,
| so as to pass from one State into an
other State, territory, etc, without first
| passing a special technical examination
as to his ability to control the machine
with precision and safety, and obtain
ing license or permit to operate such
automobile between the States, from
the regularly constituted authorities of
the United States.
The bill further prescribes that every
owner or operator of an automobile
who passes a satisfactory examination
shall be licensed, and such license shall
be good for 3 years from date of its
issue, and may not be renewed with
out examination. He shall pay into the
United States treasury the sum OF sou
for his license. Whenever it shall ap- |
pear that any owner or operator has |
been convicted on three several occa- !
sions in any federal, State or municipal |
court of violating the act, or any State |
or municipal law governing automo- |
biles the Interstate Commerce Com |
mission shall, after proper notffica- |
ton, cancel and revoke the license OF |
said owner or operator, and shall not |
reissue the same.
Morrell's bill has raised a storm OF |
protest from motor car owners, and it |
is the general opinion throughout the
East that sufficient pressure will be
brought to bear by the American Auto
mobile Association, the national gov
erning body, to kill the measure. The
very idea of a license has always been |
distasteful to automObilists, and it s
argued that it would be unconstitution-
al to require an automobile to have a
Federal license in going from one State
into another. l.
Charles B. Judd and wife of Grand
Rapids, who have formerly spent their
|
California They have shipped their
big automobile, and will spend con-
siderable time in touring the Coast
They may visit Hawaii l.
It won't be Lo! the poor Indian, much (
onger. The aborigine is wide-awake 4
% the delights of the automobile, and |
s taking to it as naturally as his
ancestors took to firewater. It is said
hat long before the white men of
Gregory County, South Dakota, could
tfford to have automobiles the Indians
lad them, and used them for all sorts
# purposes. The cars have succeeded
he buckskin pony as means of get
ing across the country, and the Rose [
)ud Reservation is one place where the V
horse is being crowded out by the gas G
line wagons.
Hemery, the winner of the Vanderbilt
up race, recently, sale at a reception V
n Paris that after he had won the I
American race an enthusiast offered ! V
lin $40 for his gloves, while another
Fought his goggles for $50. THE next
ime,' added Hemery, 'I am going to
axe with me half a dozen pairs of d
doves and goggles"
=
Experts predict that alcohol will soon :
e used in the operation of the auto 4
Mobile. When the time arrives that it 9
lecomes the customary diet of the au- =
omobile, it seems that it will be diff
ult for fleeing motorist to throw a
ursuing cop off the scent.
Willie Hearst, of yaller journal fame,
ought himself an automobile in Los
.ngeles. probably to run for Governor
f New York with. Reports from the
outh state that Willie chased about
considerably before making a selection.
nd became quite a catch before
e was landed