New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-07
TIMELY AUTO TOPICS.
Engineers to Meet at Hartford This
Week-Vari0us Notes.

Arrangements for the three DAYS meeting to be
held Hartford this week by the members OF thu
mechanical branch of the Association OF Licensed
Automobile Manufacturers We're announced yes
terday The members Of the test committee will
conduct a series of tests at the laboratory to-
morrow under the direction of Henry Souther. tho
associations consulting metallurgcal expert.
On Thursday full session OF the branch will be-
held at the HeubIein Hotel. where the discussion
OF cooling and ubrcating systems and their merits
will be followed by the annual inspection OF tina
laboratory and the new machinery which has been
installed for the extensive tests of the metaurgcaI
and physical properties of metals being used for
automobile construction
Friday will be occupied by the annual run and
practical demonstration OF the work Of the branch.
The Will be about seventy-five miles through
Connecticuts most picturesque and historical Sec
tons The start will be from the laboratory on
fsPi{9l pveppS a{ M the route being from
control The engineers viii change at this
the other mans car. From AIiddietown the itinerary
VIII De along me oanhS or the connecticut River
and through CfOOdspeeds Ferry, where the river
be s se2Ted to East Hadda where luncheon VIII
The return trip WI be made on the east side
The third control viii be az Co5aIt Crossing a.
each control an opportunftv vii he afTorIsd re
engineers 70 inspect the different cooling and Iu-
selected contains the various kinds Of roads usually
one or two str grades The following cars S wrTs
been entered and II Is expected that between sixty
Locomobiie Pope-HaTtford zl Knox. st2de6aksr
E EuIocar Pierce. C0rbin Thomas FLYER, Thomas
Haynes and OldsTnobie N''
The Association Of Licensed Automobile Nsnu-
facturers has received information regarding a
new ruling OF the Custom House TO take er-sc.
on May l. relative re-entry OF cars and eoutD-
ment taken out OF the country. IN part. the ruI-
Ing reads:
Upon proper application and examination OF thu
car autonODlleS or foreign manufacture which
previously nave been regularly entered and duty
paid are entitled. upon being taken abroad by tho
owner Tor touring purposes. 10 a certificate author
Win the owner or within thirty days. without the
payment OF duty, provided. however, that thers
ditons made to the said atopb xce1t OF sb s
lutely necessary repairs exceeding 10 per cent
tihcates Will be issued when requested for Amer
lean aHtomo6iIes covering them and foreign tires
taken abroad for touring purposes under the abovs
certificate the owner will be required 10 order
20 be accorded free entry, TO make oath that the
automobile has not been advanced in value or i'm
proved in condition more than TO per cent OF the
original appraised value or cost Of the car and
that all repairs have been necessary; falling
which proof. duty Will be charged upon the fun
Upon such re-importation, the owner viii also
be required 10 make oath that the accessories are
certificate, and should L appear that new access
sories have been substituted Tor those taken
yhee1S. if he certicate cavered SEE of Pnrsig5
tires upon expectation, set of foreign tires viii
be permitted upon the wheels upon re-impOrta-
ton: but extra tires Will not be allowed 70 enter
duty free unless proven be the same covered by
the certificate
on May the executive Offices Of the American
Association moved from No. !
Madison avenue No 4S9 Fifth avenue. where tho
headquarters of Secretary F H Elliott will be
hereafter. Since February ! Of this year the num- .
Der of state associations in the American AutOmo-
bile Association has trcbled and the total member
ship has doubled. The membership is sixteen
thousand. The American Automobile Association
IS now the second largest automobile organization
in the world. the only similar body with greater
membership IS the Touring Club de France, and
that IS made up largely OF bicyclisIs.
One Of tho peculiar virtues that a vanadum alloy
mparts TO steel Is that OF non-crystallzation-
Chrome nickel steel will crystalline. but vanadiura
steel win and yet the latter has higher ten
sional strength
4 new interest is added 10 the Gndden tour By
F. B. Howers donation OF cup for runaooutA
This will be competed for on the same basis as The
CIUdden Cup, and will be prize 10 be won by
club team and not BY individual This will invest
the tour with contests instead or one. and
solve the perpexing question OF what 10 90 with
the runabOuts
AMERICAN SPORTSMEN IN SESSION..