The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-25
AMONG THE AUlOMOBILISTS.
JOSEPH II. WOODON REGULATION
OF TRAFFIC.
President Of New Jersey AutOmOb lie Club
Asserts That Law should he Applicable
TO All Users OF the Highwa y-Pittsburs
Ply sIclan's Economy RecOrd-N0tes.

Physicians Economy NecOru-N Otes.
An excellent economy record was made
sccntly by a Pittsburg Physioian In a trip
OF ss7 miles from New York to Boston and
return. different routes being used going
and returning. Two passengers were carried
in A n horsepower runabout. which made
the 6s7 miles in forty-three hours two minutes
actual running time. an average speed OF
dfteen and "A quarter miles an hour. The
cost OF carrying the two passengers averaged
s4s-i 900 of a cent. including all expenses
connected with the car-gasoie enc. lubricating
oil. repairs and even the fastening of the
license plate being figured. The repairs
were a broken spark plug. rs cents; fastening
license plate. s cents, and punctures and
tire repair. $3.50. The car was driven by
the owner and not by a professional chauf-
feur,
Joseph II. Wood. president Of the New
Jersey Automobile and Motor Club OF Newark.
has made some important recommendations
concerning automobile regulation. He is
Of the opinion that all users of the public
highways should be subject to the same
regulations. and proposes changes in future
legislation which would insure Justice to all
road users. In discussing automobile legis-
Iation recently Mr.. Wood said:
NO great public question is ever settled
until IL is settled right. The subj ect OF auto
mobile legislation has become a great public
question, with which our legislators will
have 10 deal in the future. 1t cannot be
settled right until such laws are passed as
will be applicable to and guarantee 10 all the
same rights and privileges OF the use of the
public highways. A highway Is for the use
OF the public in general. without distinction.
The restriction MS on its use should be only
such as are necessary to secure Its safe use
70 this public. Certain inconvenience must
be submitted to by all users TO accomplish
this end. At the same time a highway estab-
lished for the general benefit of passa ge and
traffic must admit OF new methods Of use
wheneve r IL Ia found that the general benefit
of the public requires it. This has been
established clearly by the permits granted
throughout the conntry to trolley lines on the
public highways. also by the right granted
to railroads to cross navigable streams with
bridges. Vessels have a prior right to
navigahle streams until the public demands
are such on the railroads that the vessels are
obliged to give way and share equally with
the railroads the rights Of passage.
Thus il is that the improved methods
Of locomotion compel the old to give way to
mobilists are unjust and unreasonable be-
cause they do not, apply, TO all alike. They
al sni0 users q the Highway. The same law that
compels an automobile to carry, a light should
compel the horse Sr avn, Vehicle zen cosd ana olcySSle
speed regulations should be Incorporated in
the law that do not apply t., AL. 1t should be
hicle should be driven at a greater speed than
is safe for. the general public. The automo;
the driver required to have a. license, For
violations Of the law suspend the drivers
license, and for a second offence lake II away
be made. and last, but not least. the Federal
ent ought to issue, on application. TO
and licensed in his own native State. a tour
ist's license which would take him through
to foreign Countries. and I am quite sure that
our citizens should have the same privilege
In our own country nm ~ our iegssiaS9Es
that we would have an deal law and one
sutomobiist but by all the users Of the public
highway"
Considering the speed at which IL runs and.
in consequence. the distance which its run
ming nmSiS a. 4 ~, r1 sIes sS,t Fe tSe sGersE per pu hSOT dt .ss
70 car VIII stand Is amazing. True enough;
the fidelity and eniclency with which it does
it, work. Barring the passage OF some hard
and its arrival At the pumpI1a happening so
rare as 20 be almost classed among the i'm
RFedsce tSe eficfsSey t n the Sei GEAR 1n Type t Of pump Gap
IL undue wear Of the pump bearings or OF the
bearing glands; The f9Emer prevsnts ,he
permits leaka ge around the bearing. and Is the
one item about the pump that requires regular
renewal.
There is probably no task in the mainte-
nance Of a motor car that the amateur mo
self, nor one he will procrastinate more about
sending to the repair man when he noes not
down the engine in order to clean. the piston
head and compression chamber OF accumu-
isnifio s9G e s anS s cd 20 70 se eoo i siHs r's Sui fS Rgs.
methods of avoiding this unpleasant Job have
been evolved such Eoas as T 1SsGI,@s W sUd ot beI SUBJ SUBJ
rious drawback Of lacking in that thoropsh-
than none. as the disturbed deposit is formed
descent and cause trouble far sooner thar the
amount Of carbon would II left untouched. A
pow r Columbia car has discovered during the
past season that ease in removing these de-
posts is an advantage that may be added to
SAYS: There is one great convenience about
my motor and that is the ease With which the
E pisfSn head STpGp' COMPRESSION Chamber and the
wallis Of the cylinder without taking down the
and SHddn fEe isniteT and BRING the piston to its
highest point OF travel, when can Scrape the
entire surface with the aid Of a long hooked
have also made two other scrapers with
which can reach the walls Of the compression
the inside OF the cylinder Without loss OF
time and with very little trouble. After
cleaning | wash out the whole interior with
kerosene, l have found hts to be a good
plan and very effective for the purpose,
though as a matter of fact If the mixture and
the supply of lubricating oil are carefully
watched the necessity for performing this
operation on a properly designed motor is
rare"
There are now almost 1000 automobiles in the
State Of Indiana. according to the first report
OF the motor vehicle system Of the State.
which has Just been made by Secretary Fred
Slmms. His report covers the entire period
since the law went into effect on April /. 1905,
as well as for the quarter ended October 30
Since the law went into effect the registration
fees have amounted to S4.253, representing
more than 4 1000 machines, while the ~registra-
ton fees for the last quarter amounted to
e464. so. Secretary Simms returned an un-
expended l,l05. 80 out of an appropriation
OF 81 200 he was allowed for the expenses Of
conducting his work. The Indiana Law does
not prsvl0e iOr me registering OF motor
Cycles. .
horns are now being made
decoratively, like electroliers. The cleo
troler in the beginning was simply a glass
bulb a. the end OF a cord, but II Is now a beau
tlful girl holding a radiant lily or a winged hoy
with a shining star in his hand. So the auto