The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-26
DETAILS FOR
ENDURANCE
TEST :.
Arrangements Completed for
Local Auto Clubs 24-hOur
Run Next Month.

Jersey roads November 10 and is. At e
meeting of the race committee Thursday
night the contest as a whole was dis
cussed and the club officials reached AN
understanding on several points that have
been hanging fire for some time. The
endurance test, which is unique in SO many
ways, will start at q O'Clock on thea2fter-
noon of Friday, November 10. At Nhis
time the first car to enter the competition
will be sent away from the clubhouse OF
the local organization on It's long grind.
Following in the order in which their
entries are received, the other machines
will be dispatched at two-minutes inter-
walls, each manned by a driver, an observer
furnished by the automobile club and the
cars full complement of passengers, COM
puted on q basis of one passenger to
each eighteen inches of room in the ton
neau, measured along the widest part of,
the rear seat.
As the cars swing away on the test they
will cover a route slightly different from
that originally mapped out for the con-
test. In order to make the mileage right,
so that five complete circuits will mean
just twenty-four hours of travel at an
average rate of nineteen miles per hour, a
few miles had to be cut off the course in
one or two places.
Embraced in the circuit are the follow
Ing towns and cities, which must be passed
through in the order named: Newark
Bloomfield, Glen Ridge, Montclair, We
roma, Caldwell, Pine Brook. Parsippany,
Denville, Rockaway, Dover, Kenyil, Succa-
sunna, Mt. Freedom, Morristown, Ber-
nardsville, Far Hills, Bedminster, Plucka-
min, 5omerville, Bound Brook, Dunellen,
Plainield, Scotch Plains, Springfield, Hill
ton and %Irvington.
In order that the contestants may pass
over nearly, if not all, of the circuit be-
fore darkness sets in the committee decided
to. start the contest as early as possible.
some of the officials were in favor of send
ing the first ear on Its way as early as l
o'clock. but this was found to be impossi-
BILE because the students from Stevens In
stitute of Technology at Hoboken will be
unable to reach Newark in time for such
an early start.
Much thought has been given by tho
committee TO the subject of feeding the
contestants and providing for the drivers
and other occupants Of the cars who ae-
company the machines as ballast. As the
club now has no steward to superintend
such matters it is not unlikely that some
local caterer will be called in to- take
charge of the culinary preparations. TIL
club still has the appliances in its kitchens
that are necessary for caring for a number
of hungry motorists, and is thus fortunate
ly fixed.
Chops, fried oysters, beef stew, sand
wiches.S coffee and milk will be kept con-
stantly on HAND during the race so that
at any time a driver may stop his machine
as he passes the clubhouse and take as
much of a meal as he cares to, having re-
gard for the time schedule. But this ar
rangement is made primarily for the COM
fort of the observers, many of whom come
from some distance and who will be unable
to get to. their homes for meals. AS the
club, CONSIDERS them its guests during the
contest the dining room will at all times
be. open to them. With the drivers and
other passengers In the cars 1t will be diff
ferent. however. AS the club is under no
such obligation to them some Arrangement
will likely be made by which they can pur-
chase at reasonable rates whatever they
desire.
Since the cars will all be on their way
between . and 8 O'clock, the vanguard will
reach Newark at the end Of the first round
between 8 and 7 o'clock. This will mean
that the drivers will want some sort of
dinner. and it is not unlikely that on this
first round the contestants will drive fast
enough to allow them time to stop over
for perhaps fifteen minutes and be served
with a nouriShing supper that will last
them through the night, or until midnight,
when the second round will be finished.
The Committees plan of handling OBJ
servers is to have them ride a full round,
then rest for a rnnrt1, and again go on
duty. BY this arrangement no one OBJ
server would be on duty for more than
a fve-hour trick. Some OF those who will
he observers, however, have requested that
they be allowed to stay on for two full
rounds and then be relieved, in order that
they can get eight hours continuous sleep.
A special schedule will be devised for these,
To> act as watchers the club needs ut
least twice as many observers as there
are cars competing. Several member or
tho club who have no Affiliations with local
automobile dealers have volunteered 10
act in the capacity of checkers. and the
rest of the observers will be students from
stevens Institute, as first announced III
these columns last week These students
are men skilled, not only in the theories
OF machine and automobile design, but
who, through an extensive course in the
Stevens shops, are qualified to act IN the
capacity of observers. Not a few OF them
live in Newark and the Oranges, and SO
these will be able to so to their homes 70
rest and to get their meals except WINE
on duty.
Eor tbc accommodation of the others, tile
club will temporarily install IN the clup-
house twenty cots, upon which observers
and drivers may rest between their ROUNDS
on daty.
The club has not yet selected q referee
for the contest, but Louis q. Wiss, vice
president of the club, has this matter IN
charge, aud is considering several names,
Thu announcement of the appointments Will
not be made until next week, however
That there may be a mininlHm of con-
fusion, the race committee has been di-
videa into several sub-committees, WHICH
Will look after various details of the con-
test. r. A. Croselmire has charge of the
observers; Joseph H.. Wood is attending TO
the press and official cars for the race,
while Mr.. Wiss is looking after the OBJ
tanning Of officials, and Horace A. Bonnet
is supervising the printing of the program