Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-24
THE SPORTING NEWS.
GREAT AUTO SPEEDWAY
Sixty Mile Road Proposed For
 Long Island.
WILL HAVE NO GRADE CROSSINGS

Highway to De Built by Vanderbilt
 Race Projectors Will Be For All Who Pay Toll-Inns and Garages to Be Established Along the Route.
 VIII Cost e2,OOO,OOO.
 Automobiles of New York and its
 vicinity are to have speedway of
 their own on Long Island in the near
 future, says the New York Times. The
 exact course has not yet been determin-
 ed upon, but 1t is settled that it will
 be sixty miles long and will probably
 start from somewhere near the eastern
 end of the BlackwelPs island bridge and run along the north side of the is-
 land.
 It is to be real highway. following the natural grades and turns of the surface as Q regular road does, but it Is to be kept entirely free from all but automobile traffic. It will run along q private right of way and will be se- icurely fenced off. Races will be pos sible without the danger to life and limb which decided the Vanderbilt cup committee never, again to use the course on the ordinary roads. There are to be no grade crossings, sufficient width Is to be allowed to make passing in safety possible with reasonable care, and the danger from pedestrians and slow moving traffic will be nonexistent.
 Although the speedway is to belong to private corporation, it will be open to all pleasure motors. Access will be given to 1t through tollgates placed at convenient intervals to allow com munication with the public highways. At each tollgate will be established an inn on the plan of the comfortable hostelries of England, where automo- bilists will be able to obtain refresh ments. To each inn a garage will be attached, where gasoline tanks and storage batteries may be charged and repairs affected. Moreover, the garages will be equipped with oil sprinkling and road repairing outfits, so that the track may be kept in the most perfect condition.
 Engineers under the direction of Ralph Peters, president of the Long Island railroad, will begin to survey the probable route immediately, and Dean Alvord, who has large holdings of Long Island real estate, Is looking after the right of way. Probably 1t will be necessary to go to Albany to obtain legislation to establish the speed way, but no serious opposition is ex- pected. Many landowners have ex- pressed a desire to have the route through their property and will make the acquisition of the right of way easy.
 To build the course s2,OOoooo is nee essary, but of this $400.O00 has beN subscribed, and it Is believed that all the stock of the company formed to construct it will be under written very shortly. W. K. Wander bilt, IT,, Is the president. and plan and scope committee has been formed, of Mir. Vanderbilt as chair man, Ralph Peters. A. R. Pardington, Jefferson De Mont Thompson, Dean Afford and David Hennen Morris. pres ident of the Automobile Club of Amer lea.
 A meeting was held few days ago at the Lawyers club, in New York, to launch the scheme. Those present were August Belmont. W. K Wander bilt, IT,. Ralph Peters. L. c. Weir. pres ident of the Adams Express company: Commodore r. c. Bourne, Colgate Hoyt, Jefferson De Mont Thompson, II. K. Burras, Anton c. Hodenyl. A. R. Pardington and David Hennen Nor ris. The following were unable to he present, but sent to express their ap- preciatlon of the plan and promised to serve as incorporators and directors: Harry Payne Whitney. Clarence H. Mackay. F. Russell Thomas, W. J. and John Farson.
 At a subsequent meeting of the scope and plan committee Mfr. Van ierbilt reported that he had already received promises of S40o.000 out of the S2.0o0,O00 required. Mir. Parding lon stated that two manufacturers had $500 apiece and that one ,f them would increase this if ncces- ,ary. Work will be begun upon the speedway at the earliest possible mo neuf httf if will nof hs, raodv far r,Sa