The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-01
AMONG The AUTOMOBILlSTS.
AMERICAN MOTOR CAR NANUFAC.
TTRERS MEET.
Decide to Admit Agents Of Foreign Cars
TO Associate Observation-Disclosures
Against d:lidden Tour Rules May Re.
suit I'm striking Out " eight Limitations.

It was announced Yesterday that an i'm
pOrters' branch would he established by
the American Motor Car Manufacturers
Association, whose eXeCutiv i've committee con-
Guided a two days session az the Hotel Man
haitian last night. MANY requests have
been received from agents for foreign cars
who wished to Join the organization and
they will be admitted as associate members.
Regarding the Glidden tour rules. which
have aroused so much discussion recently.
a resolution was adopted saying II was the
sense of the meeting that the proposed rule
limiting the tour 10 cars of any special class
or weight was not good craftsmanship and
would be unfair both to manufacturers and
individual alIomohilists, Furthermore, II
such q rule was officially adopted the asso-
citation would favor asking its members TO
refrain from entering the tour. Otherwise
the association would favor and support the
Glidden tour and all other similar contests
conducted by the American Automobile
Association and other organizations because
of their value to automobiling in general.
Alfred Reeves, secretary of the New York
Automobile Trade Association. was en-
gagged as general manager Of the association.
II was decided at a former meeting to move
the associations general ofhces to this city
from Chicago and Mr.. Reeves will euuip
Offices In the Spalding Building. at 20 and 81
West Forty-second street. Those present
at the meeting were James Couzcns. chair
man. Ford Motor Company. Detroit. Mich.
Benjamin Briscoe, Maxwell Briscoe Motor
Company. Tarrytown. \. Y; William Mitchell
Lewis. Mitchell Motor Car Company. Racine.
Wis; W. c.. Marmon. Nordyke and Marlmon
Company. indianapolis. Ind: Charles E.
Duryea. Duryea Power Company, Reading,
Pa; Charles Lewis and ]. Mathews. jackson
Automobile Company, jackson, Mich. and
W. II. Vanderyorst. Moline Automobile Com
pany, Moline. Ill.
Chairman Paul Il. Deming Of the touring
citation came to New lork YESTERDAY 10
s ser%!f rules. 0S sec 1%e ry" Sidney Syef 5. &c Gor hiraue Of
the 4. 4. 4. also arrived AT his office and with
contest FOR the Giidden trophy, was in CON
s~ultution with MIR, Deming, nearly all day. 1t
is understood that all weight and price limIta-
ali oontcsting vehicles must be, legitimate
touring cars with, fixed ~tonnequ bodies and
passengers or their equivalent in ballast. 1t is
probable that u point system will be adopted.
charging a fixed price Tor every minute, spent
I'm adjustments or repairs. A time schedule
will likely be made by which any car arriving
at its daily destination. before the specified
sbas W Of the 4 + pschedHie' It is probable that
the rules In their tinal form will be given out
to-day or tomorrow.
A great number of motorists seldom give
{ thought TO the matter of letting out the old
20 they just snap up their lubricator buttons
and allow the engine TO go on as usual, The
chamber Uucoo5 a EooS9 or AqI !, ibG,I out h with
mcmbered that dirty oil is charged with metal
particles in a very finely divided state. and
consequently forms a first class grinding
medium.
why not a Judges. Aptomob lie day. when
Special Sessions would be taken for an after
Moons outing to convince them that some
speed" said an automobiles Yesterday, who
recently returned from a visit TO Paris. lie
Y Ysrk "S MGioT cfu f'y wbo had mG% bSan 1 fdlI 'hs S Sfm
of the Orphans Day parade and also of some
recent trials for alleged violations Of the
told of several instances when trial Judges
had utterly refused TO believe the testimony
iSs,i rep VI ! ia the s9 bicyele paf'ro Tmem ' thSt ' 6sd
arrested them. II often happens that a bicycle
policeman win go into coprt and swear that
forty-nvc miles an hour when he overlook 1t
and arrested the driver, AZ there is no menu
Der Of the police force able TO make any such
II is a constant source of wonder to auto
mobilists how. Judges give any credence to
retGrncd Visitor had been up in The Bronx
noI ice mus nf' ,hSt t G@S H We're oe soin maf too 9 fSst q
though several cars that had passed them
aroused no protest from tho policeman.
As the automobiles had spent q great deal
Of time driving around Paris in the last few
seemed particularly irksOme to him. as the
Partisan police allow. almost, any speed as
long as no one is endangered. IL was after
this experience that the suggestion was
made about giving an automobile outing
to all of the Judges in Greater New York
who are called upon to decide alleged speed
could not be classed with such. a Ctopian
project as Orphans Day. ii would have a far
more practical side and would undoubtedly
lead 70 a more reasonable attitude on the
part of the Judges. He suggested, that each
automobile used be equipped with n speed
recording device 50 that thc lcarned ~ ssengers
would know az all times just how many miles
per hour their vehicle was travelling, 1t
was suggested 10. him. that the cycle police
men be included. but this was objected 10 on
the ground that the average bike cop seems
TO think TINT he must average so many ar
rests a week and frequently makes no effort
10 catch a big. fast. high powered imported
car. while he bothers the driver of a small low
powered runabout.
The New York Motor Club would like to
care for 5000 children next Wednesday when