The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07
WILL
HOLD BIG
MEETING
Invited to Hear Dis.
cnsSiOn Of State Laws
at n. J. A. { NJ. c.


Thursday. December 10, has been Sc
lscted by the New Jersey Automobile and
Motor Club as the date for it's open meet
ing, at which the legal situation In this
State VIII be discussed and after an ex-
preston of opinion from representatives OF
other motor bodies the position which the
local club will take In the coming legal bat
tie will be determined.
Foremost among those questions which
Will be discussed is that of lights on all
vehicles. An attempt was made last yeaT
to have the Legislature pass a law calling
for lights IN all vehicles, horse-drawn as
well as motor, but the bill never got to the
Governor. This year the club will make a
still greater endeavor, for the officials are
unanimous IN agreeing that the provision
is n of the greatest import to motorists
generally.
In the request for such a measure, the
Road Horse associations of the State have
Joined with the automobile clubs, realizing
how much the law would be a protection
to the drivers of horses, even more than II
would be to motorists themselves. The
only opposition of importance that has IN
the past developed to the bill has come
from rural districts, where the farmers
have been of the opinion that a law ddvo
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the way of retaliation. This STAND has
largely changed In the last year, to no
small extent through the events OF a tour
ing nature which the New Jersey Club has
conducted. Everywhere along the route
both Of the t~hree-day endurance contest
last spring and that of the recent 24-hour
contest, the rural dwellers were especially
cordial to the machines.
One prominent official of the club, In
speaking of this point yesterday, said.
The time has come for the farmer TO re-
ali2e that we are not trying to monoponSe
the roads. and that the average motorisl
tesy on the road. We think, therefore,
that we shall be able to get much support
for the Observation-Disclosures bill this WIN
ter, and we hope to pass it II the opposl-
ton from farming districts is removed;
Another measure of Importance which
the clubs will discuss when their repre-
sentatives meet is that of recommending
that touring machines which have been
registered in other States shall be allowed
to pass through New Jersey Or tour for
a limited time within Its borders without
taking out a New Jersey license. Inc
present law requires that all motor We
numbers of a New Jersey license and
that the driver must always. carry not
only the license card of the machine, but
also his own license card. /,
This point Is sure to raise a great deal
of discussion n argument, for the lead
ers of the local motoring world are by no
means unanimous in thinking that touring
machines should not be made to take out
cations are that the majority Of the local
clubs board Of trustees are In favor Oh
such q course, however, and 1t Is not I'M
likely that the meeting viii vote to rec
ommend such action modifying the law.
Uniform license tags may also be recon-
mended By this is meant that license
pads such as used at present shall be pro
hibited, and the only ones legal In the
State shall be tags uniform In character
and Of a special design, issued by the
State Department of Motor Vehicle Regis
tration and Regulation. This plan has
been tried with good success in some
States, notably Pennsylvania, where. 1t Is
a common saying among motorists that it
does not pay to take chances with the
Minor in Importance will be the other
points taken up by the clubs. so far as
the New Jersey law is concerned, but an
interesting discussion Is promised on the
subject Of national control of automobile
touring. 1t will be remembered that when
automobile laws were first found to be
necessary 1t was the towns and villages
that set up regulations. These, of course,
differed widely in character, and no mo-
torist could become familiar with the or
dinances of all the towns he passed
through on a trip of any length. TIL re-
sudt was tnat an im nmnsolha;ie agita e.o for
started, to such good purpose that State
rule is now usual, and control by towns
and municipalities the exception.
Since touring has attained such proper
tions, however, many motorists nave found
1t burdensome to keep track of the re-
ouirements of all the States through
which they pass. and so have raised the
question of national control of interstate
touring. On a basis of the right to cuntrot
all interstate commerce granted by the
Constitution, it is held that Congress has
the power to regulate automobile matters
where interstate touring is concerned.
DsrNn 1A.4- kIA AEARAAafAA . N-ts4nT
by representatives of different clubs may
not be unanimous on all points. the meet
ing which w. G.. Crosby, as head of the
legislative board of the New Jersey Club.
clearing up the Indebtedness that now ex-
lists regarding certain points of the New
jersey automobile act.
Little OF no progress has beer made
this week on the plans for the long endur-
ance contest, perhaps of a 1,O00-mile dura-
ton, which the New Jersey Automobile
and Motor Gu has planned to hold next
year. r.. A. Bonnell, secretary Of the
club, has not yet completely recovered
from his recent attack of appendicitis. and
has had little chance to consider the prop
osition, although 1t is definitely settled
that the club will hold an event of some
such nature in the spring.
The board of trustees Of the New Jersey
Club will hold a meeting tonight at the
residence of Secretary Bonnell, in East
Orange. to discuss routine affairs of the
club, and to make arrangements for the
meeting of the club on December 70, tc
consider legal matters.
The Orrnond meet of 1905 will be the
greatest ever run. The Automobile Clut
of America and the Florida East Coasi
Automobile Association, with W. ]
C~"Senator'D Morgan as managing director
and Sam Butler, associated with Mr.. Nor
gam. will make" the event. MIR. Morgan
apparently turned "a trick when he mad
the combination, for the A. c. A. stand
has agreed to share in the management
OF the meet will d Importance to th'
event on the other side of the water. Mr.
Morgan was successful In arranging
combination with the A. C.. A., IN
throughout the country the event imn1edi
ately assumed importance. The name o
the "A. c. A. will make the success Of tn
Secretary Butler in complete charge, tn
mond meets in the past. The A. @. A
Will bring amateur entries for the even
and the makers Will enter the contest
with added confidence. The very an
nouncement OF the combination of the A
G. A., the F. e. c. A. A. and Senator
Morgan means success in every way.
A bit of inquiry and repartee that &C
Cured at the Chicago show opened wit
sentative OF Beriiet cars in the Wind
City: why do you hold this car at highe
prices. as being above the competition Q
both domestic and foreign cars?" Mr.. SHAY
answered: II might say. because 1t !
both. but the shortest n best answer !