The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-21
BAR HARBOR Cables REDH.
INVOKE AUTOMOBILES AG4yNSp
THE SUMNER COTTAGERS.

A New Ph1se In the war tive the NatIV..
and the o Hundred Hack DrlVsr'
ln Revolt Because Of the Latest MssS
ure OF ExefusiVeness-A Hot COnte,,
BAR HARBoR, Me-, Oct. 2O.-aIf YOU "a a.
high and mighty that our carriages can,
come near your driveways then we'll evar,
man jack of us help to bring in those autos.
mobiles you don't want, and you will "a.
how you like It,"
This is the latest phase in Bar Harbor,.
automobile war, which has teen smoldsr,
ing along steadily since last sumner win
now and then a particularly noticeable ont.
break. This time it is the public carriar.
drivers who have taken up the fgbtins
and who have laid down the above NH,
matum to Bar Har6ors summer COLONY
Snnarting under a grievance the drivers Al.
now determined to resort to retaliatorv
measures.
This movement OF the hack drivers I.
only another development Of the hit,sr
feeling which exists between the resident
and the sImmer population Of Bar Hartor,
a feeling that has been growing in bitter.
ness for the last ten years. With tbs
possible exception Of Newport, Bar Harbor
is like no other place ON earth.
1t has been growing more and more or.
elusive ear after year. until now the con.
troll of matters social Is vested in the cottage
colony Of about 400 families, a Four Hundred
even more exclusive thar New York's.
The hotel guests are in n minority, and
with some few exceptions receive lit,ls
attention.
Their patronage is not asked for No,
= - ~ C-.--s- CI-t -
Club, the Reading Room or the other clubs
which are restricted in membership to tina
cottage colony and the intimate friends os
members. As a consequence, in the lasb
ten years Bar HArbor's hotels have do.
creased from some twenty TO six, none %
which is uncomfortably crowded. for tha
~autocrats Of the cottage colony have de-
clared that nobody who is anybody goes
to the hotels"
The cottage colony doesn't want auto.
mobiles. The permanent residents ara
about evenly divided on the subject. While
few Of the summer guests have votes they
have bcen using their influence to keep
automobiles out, and for the last four or
more years motor cars have been prohibited
in Bar Harbor.
Ahh yCNL ~ NONNoGV NoNVhN dNlIIlltl n
new measure to insure exclusivencss. Tbs
management of the swimming club, which
controls the bathing here, decided. al The
request OF a majority Of its patrons, that
no strangers or outsiders should trespas
on its grounds.
No one was to be admitted into the buld.
ing unless he was a member Of the organiza.
ton. No one was TO battle urlees vouched
for. Furthermore, hackmen were not al
lowed TO drive to the door of the club,
They must deposit their Passengers at the
entrance to the driveway and then depart
az swiftly "a they came. No wore they to
no allowed TO line up on the other side Of
the street to wait Tor q fare, az they might
do ut the hotels.
Within the club restrictions were ns riEid.
No outsider was allowed to pass further
inside than the managers desk.
A wealthy New Yorker, who wa spending
the summer at one of the prin- lpal hotels
and who was not accustomed II he denied
admission to any function, no matter how,
select, strolled in one day and looked around
the pretty clubhouse. After he had gone
a little distance he was stopped by an at
tendant, who knew that he was not one Of
the devotees Of the club.
will you kindly show me your member.
ship ticket2" he was asked.
The gentleman pleaded guilty TO being
without one. -.
Are you a guest Of n Of the member''
he was asked.
Again he was compelled TO reply in Tho
NEGATIVE.
Then l must ask you to leave the build
ing" was the firm rejoinder.
But I am Mr.. - of the - Club Of New
York, :" mentioning a well known club.
Cant help that" was the uncompromiss
ing answer. you'll have to get out"
And get out he did.
Cameras were barred in order to prevent
sUch a mishap a. happened the year before
when a photographer took some views about
the pool. and subsequently there came out
a series Of colored post cards showing them
terror Of the club with a number of members
in various postures in their bathing co.,
tunes, which any n might buy.
The carriage drivers, indignant over ths
restrictions, have determined to fight ana
to strike at the summer guests in a weak
spot by voting in a body for the admissions
automobiles next March.
They think they're little tin gods on
Wheels" one Of the drivers declared vehe-
mently the other morning TO r companion.
AN they amt no better'n We he. I'm
tired of bein' treated e If | want no better
than the hoss I'm drivin'.
They'll set up there an preach that Us
for our best interest to keep them automo-
biles out an all the time all they want If Jey
their own selfish ends. There amt no money
in these ~cottagers. anyhow. They BRING
their own team an their W coachman, an
everything else. an don't spend a darn Ot
Of money in Town more'n they can help
They even lave their own provisions
come from the city, for fear they're goin' 70
help out a dealer here. Gimme the hotes
full o. good lively guests, an then ia 40
somethin' better n hang round here all Gay
waitin' for a twenty five cent fare.
I'm gcin' to vote to repeal this here AUTO,
mobile law next spring, an there's a loto
others who are goin' TO do the sane hing.
The annual March town meeting IL llEey.
to see the hottest contest ever waged IN bar
Harbor.