The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-30
AMONG THE AUYOMODILISTS.
PROGRESS ~ THE. SCHEME FOR
s ENCET SIIE ROAD.
Long Island Motor Highway, Incorporated.
10 he the Name " New COmDsny-O,er
30 Miles OF Ground Already offered
Plan and Scope Committee Meets.


TO Re the Name ~ New C~Ompany-O,er
30 Miles OF Ground Already offered
n Plan and Scope Committee Meets.
The members OF the plan and scope CONF
mittee of the aItomObile highway project held
q meeting yesterday. morning in the ONCE OF
W.,K Vanderbilt, Jr., chairman Of the COM
mittee. In addition 10 Mr.. Vanderbilt, Chair
man jefferson pe Mont Thompson OF the
A. A. A. racing board, Ralph Peters, Dean
AlvOrd and A. X. Pardington we're present,
MIR. PArdiDHton acting a. secretary of the
meeting. Mr.. Alvord reported that seven or
eight miles OF the right of way ia Nassau
county had been offered Of no cost TO the com
pany. The rOperty Is situated near MineOIa.
Garden City and Hampstead. lie also re-
ported that altogether approximately fifteen
miles OF the proposed right of way had been
offered with cost, President Dave HenAen
Moxris OF the Automobile Club Of America,
who has been engaged in drawing up the in-
corporation papers and drafts of laws to be
introduced in the next State Legislature,
was absent on account of illness but sent
copies Of the he had been working
on.
Mr.. Morris wrote that be had consulted
with Gen. George Wingate, whose opinion
was that there were no difficulties in the path
of the project. New laws or amendments
to old ones would be needed. The com.
mIttee will that. Commodore J.
Adolph MoIlenhauer OF the Penataquit CORN
THAN Yacht Club and II. b. HOlllns, the
banker, be added to the list of lncerporstOrs
and directors. Mr.. Thompson was requested
to act as treasurer for the plan and scope
committee and MIR. Vanderbilt turned over
subscriptions aggregatlnE $4,000 TO him.
The plan and scope committee will recon-
mend that the company be called the Long
Island Motor Highway, Incorporated, TO
the full committee at its meeting next week.
MI. VANDERBILT re- the unanimous choice OF
the plan and scope for the once
of president.
II is likely that $500, 900 OF ga twenty-five
year gold bands OF $500 each will be issued,
as well as o. 600. 900 OF common stock and
o., 900, 900 Of so preferred stock. The plan
and scope committee will hold another meet
ing on Friday next,
Al a mtstihR of the Associated Automobile
Cluhs Of New Jersey. held last week At the
clubhouse Of, the New Jersey Automobile
and Motor cub Of Newark, the Rutherford
6Iotor CIub and the Automobile Club Of Union
county. ,he PlsinneH organization. were
Scted' 10 membership. Arrangements were
made TO issue a book containing list OF the
S club S SslT %n S1ns o oG the me m Ssa1s SFx AMI .dm:
description Of The work accomplished, The
Frelinshuysen law will be included in the
President Frederick II. Pratt and was attended
by Frank Eveland and J. II. Edwards Of
A. Post Of Paterson.
Philadelphia autOmobilists seem likely 10
be rid OF some their legal difficulties in the
near future, for ttrs' Philadelphia. City Councils
has passed the Seeds autoinOblle ordinance,
and sent IL 10 Mayor Weaver for his sigma
In philadelphia over THE Tag question, as there
is a state law which provides thar DOne hut
thP State license Tag may be carried, and
there has been aDIOcaI ordinance which re-
quired autOmObilists. 10 carry a Philadelphia
license tag also. The Seeds ordinance re-
moves The necessity Of carrying both city and
SKATE tags on automobiles, but IL does not do
away With the license fee imposed by the
local authSass&es % PhiiRdPiphiA. The city
HJpnse VITA be in the form OF a card. which
will cost q for the first year and 81 a year
thereafter AalI motorists who drive in, the
carry Ines ard, with them. 'ThS only tag