New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-21
TIMELY AUTO TOPICS.
Fate of a Good Samaritan Dangers
of Long Island.


some Long Island towns prosecution has turned to
persecution. A request Is made for numbers Of
cars maintaining excessive speed apd also for in
stances Of alleged unfair arrests.
A girl her way to work in Buffalo the other
day was struck by bicycle just she alighted
from a streetcar She was thrown to the pave
ment. unconscious from the force with which her
head struck the hard asphalt. a crowd collected
and a policeman sent in ambulance call. He
waited some minutes, and then, not wishing 10
delay any longer. hailed Charles Miller, tester
for the F. r. Thomas Motor Company and asked
him TO serve instead. Miller was willing. and made
"a good run across town to the General Hospital.
the policeman sitting By his side holding the
less girl. Within twenty minutes of the down.
town papers had received just fourteen calls tell
ing how automobile had injured a girl Accord
ing to these reports the car going anywhere
from forty to seventy miles hour when It hit
her and she thrown the varying distances Of
from thirty to eighty feet. Four people told this
one city editor that they had the accident.
and three expressed the belief that she could not
live through the day
Experience is a hard master and the lessons
! taught by last years Glidden tour 10 have
been taken TO heart. 1t Is interesting know that
in the tour which is now in progress almost every
car Is fitted with some shock absorbing device. In
fact. their is almost necessity owing TO the
poor roads and the high speed which the cars are
forced TO maintain. The Maxwell pilot car, which
starts out at daybreak each morning. is fitted with
thus far been reported.
Slowly. but surely, the horse is being displaced
by the motor car for commercial The big
stores OF New York and vicinity adopting auto
mobiles for delivery purposes Arnold & Constable
recently installed four Maxwell delivery cars.
An old muffer Will occasionally become so clogged
Up that an unnecessarily high back pressure is put
! upon the engine resulting IN a marked loss OF
power. Every six months or so the muller should
/ be cleaned out.
| Persons living near the Cadillac Hotel wors a
/ look Of apprehension last evening as policemen OF
the traffic squad gathered in solid phalanx around
/ its doors. Visions Of a spectacular raid caused
| gaping multitude TO note proceedings. A sigh OF
| relief went up when fifteen automobiles rolled 10
! the door picked up the dogs of and HE'D 70
4 no Gff1 % Te1
| ings are recorded only on the dim memory OF a
glorious night. Judge Grips delivered valedictory
nished the Stearns cars and L. d. Rockwell recited
! childrens poems and classic tales.
/ A. L. Newton, OF the statesmen for the A G.
! Southworth Company. Incorporated New York and
/ Brooklyn agents for all the Pope automobiles
made the fastest sale Of a touring car ever re-
corded last week From the time the prospective
! purchaser entered the New York salesroom at
| No. 1913 Broadway until he walked out leaving a
| check for a Model l. Pope-Hartford touring car.
| exactly two minutes elapsed. Mr. Newton was
| talking TO couple or customers when George
| West. OF New York and Saratoga. entered the
store. There stood on the floor brand new Pope
| Hartford touring car How long viii II take TO
! have top put that caro- Mr. Vests first
query. Not long" the salesman's reply.
/ Very WELL said the customer; have that
| ready ship the Albany boat tonight. Give
me a pen and ink and III give you my check"
Mr.. Tanning OF the Haynes Automobile Com
! pany, reports interesting case OF fuel economy
recently called to his attention by of the
/ pany's customers. ". A. Norman, of Portland,
/ Ind sent his new Sl-horsepOWer runabOut over the
| roads 10 New York The distance travelled was
/ 800 miles and the car was in the hands OF
seventeen yearold boy OF limited experience. The
| boy had no trouble whatever and made no adjust
Inent OF any kind during the trip. At the end Of
the journey he astonished his employer by pre-
senting him with bill for only fOrty-eight gallons
| Of Easolene. The had averaged twenty miles
TO the gallon. and the condition of some OF the
| roads makes the record remarkable
! A recent test OF a Model 16 Studebaker electric
| victoria phaeton over a measured coarse on the
streets of South Bend Ind. shows that the claims
OF its makers have been fair. This machine after
| hard and continuous use Tor more than SIX months
was tested each OF its four speeds 70 deternins
| its mileage capacity with a single charge OF the
| batteries Although the test conducted under
severely adverse conditions, l54 miles covered
| on the low speed l35 miles the second speed. lGl
| miles on the third speed and So miles the high
! est speed. other words, the test showed an av-
erage mileage capacity Of about lis miles charge,
or nearly 200 per cent higher than the claimed ca
| Iacity 81 the machine which is advertised as only
| forty miles.
S F. Edge. who broke the worlds record FOR
twenty-four hours in England recently. has written
the Jones Speedometer Company 10 tell 10 OF the
work Of its speedometer in the long test Mr. Edge
thinks the test extremely severe. and his speed
| Of sxty-six miles an hour bears this OUT
| Motorists who believe that the two-cycle motor is
| to be the motor Of the future than de-
| lighted with the showing being made by j. H
| Becker with his Gilmore on me Gndaen Tour. me
| Elmore is the only two-cycle car IN the contest
| and has thus far met not only the severe cordi-
lions OF the tour itself but the handicap Of having
| its mechanism sealed.
| The latest addition TO the runabout ranks is the
| American Mors with body OF unusually beautiful
| finish and design placed the regular 14lS-horse-
| mower stock chassis. noteworthy feature is the
unusually large space for baggage in the rear when
| the rumble seat is removed
| f R Hollander. n prominent member OF the
| importers Automobile Salon. has not deserted the
ranks Of the importers. enormously stated in
This column Before sailing for Europe he formally
exnressed his intention to the officers of the asso-
! citation OF continuing actively In the importing
! business and agreed TO continue his duties as a
/ member OF the Importers Automobile Salon. Mr..
halt IN
| cars.
No matter how the Vanderbilt Cup race matter
| comes ont in New Jersey the Schooley's Mountain
climb which had to be postponed from July TO the
97th will surely be given as the local committee as
eres the drivers that the road Is now in good con-
acton and will be further improved If possible. A
| e+r,nnad stock car event. open all. has been
| ali the rules and other particulars in regard TO
] tha climb can be obtained from W. ]. Morgan,
| Rretton Hall s5th street and Broadway, New York
! City.
Next winters speed contests the Ormond-
r,avtona Beach, Fla, still in the air as far
| . nnrogramme definite dates. and especially the
| funds are concerned, according 10 W, j. Morgan.
| Who returned to New York from the West last
| Monday While in Cleveland Mr. Morgan had
| conference with Major A B. Foster. the new
| president OF the Florida East Coast Automobile
| A association and meeting OF those interested in
| New York about the first week In August was ar
| ranged A committee has been appointed to con-
| fer with President Foster and Mr.. Morgan, and
from the present outlook the sixth annual tourna
| ment will be given in March. and the races will be
| chiefly notable long distance ones 1t is pro-
| nosed TO put the freak through a long
when If they survive. they will be eligible for the
| mile and other sprint races
| to In lie