The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-21
AMONG THE AUTOMOBILES
MOTORTST CONDEMNS SPEED OF
TROLLEY CARS.

says NIOtOrmeD should NE Forced to Do
serve Limits Provided for AutOs-Com-
mlttee Gives Perfect scOre TO Another
Contestant In "a Hour Road Event.
An automobiles who has driven thousands
Of miles in this country and abroad remarked
yesterday that he thought the law committee
OF the Automobile Club or America ought to
take up the subject Of limiting the speed Of
trolley cars on the streets Of this city. He
said he had observed "A number of narrow
escapes from collision between speeding
trolley cars and automobiles and believed
something should be done TO keep the motor
men down to a reasonable rate OF speed.
The subject had been brought to his mind
forCibly by an accident he witnessed In Forty
second street in front OF Bryant Park a few
days ago. when a flying trolley car narrowly
missed ~ riking an automobile that had turned
around in the street. A horse dra n vehicle.
however, was not so fortunate and was struck
brOadsidP. The occupants were thrown out
and appeared 10 be- badly injured. h
moi Orist said the trolley car was travelling
fast or than twenty miles an hour, which he de-
Clarcd was an outrageous rate. ns lifetime was
early evening. when there were a great many
vehicles Of all sorts in the street. he was Of
the opinion mat trolley cars should he COM
PEELED 10 observe the same rate Of speed in
city 81 reefs provided for aut omobiles.
The race committee Of the New Jersey
.Nut omobilr and Motor Club Of Newark has
removed the penali2ation Of ~ points against
the Oldsmobilc driven By J. =. Hopson in the
clubs tvcnt y-four hour road endurance con-
test last Friday and saturday. The clutch
of the ear slipped while climbing n hill oil the
first Of the five rounds Of the course over
which the event was run. which was due to
the splitting OF oil on the clutch Just before the
starr. which the committe decided was un-
ayoidablc. The car was eI9cred by n. A.
Greene, who Is also n member of the Auto
mobile club Of America and who made a per-
feet score in the run with his Locomobile.
Milton J. Budlong.. general manager. Of
the Association of Licensed Automobile
manufacturers announced Yesterday that
the members Of the mechanical tranch OF
the association would discuss the ~sLandaId-
izatiOn Of automobile bodies AZ the meeting
in chicago during the aut snow there.
Cooueration hetWeen automobile engineers
and coach builders. tho reduction Of weight
and the proper wheel base Tor a practical
car are Grro TO be discussed. The meeting
tion clubhouse and is TO be attended by
representatives OF the leading automobile
body builders.
some Of the Philadelphia newspapers
friendly TO a~utOnobilists and not fond OF
the toll road owners recently published maps
| showing routes by which drivers who were
, moi i'm anv particular hurry could avoid
several Of the tOllgates on the lancaster PIKE
nv making turns at points that were indl-
Gated. The turnpike company officials evl.
IDENTIFY took notice Of the maps for h at
| the city line OF Philadelphia and Ardmore,
which had the effect Ot closing the most
used route of the drivers. who IKE TO dodge
( does not increase the toll demanded oil
/ through travellers. Its only purpose Is To
catch the toll dodgers.
The iud ges appointed by the Roads I'm;
prOVement Association for its tests IN England
last May to decide the best tar spreading
machine and the best tar preparation Tor
road purposes have made Their, report. Two
prizes were offered for tar spreading ma flnes
and one prize for the best tar preparation.
The report stated that while It Is generally
accepted that an application OF two Coats
surface, and the Judges had wished 10 carry
out the trials under that condition., ",
weather and other circumstances would
peCted that the surfaces treated. with ono
coat only would be durable. and the trials in
respect to durability do not reflect on the
7 favorable nature Of The weather the judges
considered the results on the whole sntie-
factory and that much useful information
had been obtained in connection WIN the
comparative merits Of the various materials
used and thP methods Of applying the ma
terials. Enough. IL was believed, already
has been done TO show that machinery C,aI
br safely applied for THE purpose and that
bv the use az such machinery the spreading
OF tar Can hs carried on with great rapidly
after preliminary preparations have beer
made. The cO-i OF spreading tar by ma
chiuerv. it was found. worked out AT a muCl
lower figure than the cost Of applying the
same quantity 10y band. Eight machines
aud nine preparations were entered in the
competition and the judges reported in part
a. follows
speaking generally. the whole of th'
machines tested showed considerable orig
inHIIty and fUTethOught in design, and con
sitrring the short tim" the demand for this
machinery has been before inventors tbs
results Obtaiued are exceedingly promising
No doubt most Of the machines exhibited CRT
he improved, and when using the proper ma
terIal in correct quantities they are all hkelN
to give -atISiaCOty results. suitable tai
COMPOSITIONS are practically inSOlubie. yielC
no matter hahle 10 h" washed away into tbs
waterCourses to pOllute and to cause dana 90
nor should there he any considerable quantity
Of tar dust ground OF the road surfaces after
treatment. The judges believe that tbs
complaints made under this head previous
10 these trials have been due to the use Oi
I improper materials that Is to say. tar from
which the more uusuita bile compounds have
not been extracted previous 10 the tar beinG
used on the road. Now that this IL under,
stood IL j. probable that most OF these din
! entities will diS0 ppPnr."