The sun., 1907-04-21
AMONG The GUTOMOBILSHS.
NEW YORK MOTOR CLUE MAY RUN
TRACK MEET.
entertainment Committee Definitely
ANaRdOns Debate On -Four Versus SIX
SyIipSers and OrEanfEatlOn Considers
AAce FIans-TArun F1OrIe COntest.

Eyltp.Sers anh 0f6umsZatiOn Considers
. . uace Hans-TArun F1OrIe Contest.
The entertainment COMMITTEES Of the New
York Motor Club has found II impossible
20 secure proper speakers at this time of
10 year for the projected debate on the
'Ssur Cylinder vi the Six Cylinder" ques-
ian and have recommended that the pro
,sOvHd "argumentative smoker" be postponed
intil next fall. There is some desire on the
part Of a number ormembers to have track
race meet in May. and the club is now con
sidering the idea, However. the main ef-
forts OF the motor club at present are di-
rectsd toward the work OF the Orphan s
Day celebration to be held June -, in order
no make the event q success. Demands are
.nsistent on the part of institutions and many
cars will be required II all the little ones are
robe taken to Coney Island in automobiles on
chat day. About thirty cars have been
pledged but these are merely few drops
" Lha bucket compared with what is needed
20 hoska this red letter day for New NOIks
paT~ntless youn gsters the great occasion 1t
deserves 10 be.
a The great Italian touring car rsce-the
'&{Rrga Florio-is 70 he run to-day over a
sftIridt In Sicily ABOUT ninety-twO miles in
4rhgth. There have been hfty-twO entries
Nrfoeived for the contest, Italy leading with
H2etl year IN an ltals. No American cars are
ss@ntered.
= Though Lhere have been a few pessimistic
assertions that business along automobile
row has not Ueen " hat H. ought to be, the
tdR1lres regarding cars that have been regis
tered with the Secretary OF State at Albany
1or the first three months Of the year do not
laRree with this view, The figures show
that in spite OF the bad weather In this city
that there was an increase in the number of
registrations as contrasted with last year
3 The total amount of money received for
licenses was S25,4OS, a gain of ~, 444 over the
1mount taken In during the first three months
81 last wear In the number OF cars the In
yarease is something like Ss per cent
Charles f. Duryes. con sulting engineer of
bhe American Motor Car Manufacturers
+ association, has announced his conversion
70 spelling reform, but seems to prefer Waging x
n single handed crusade to alying himself
With other eminent reformers. II Is his idea
tkat substantial improvement Is possible
N the advertisements of automobile firms both
an the daily press and the various trade Jour
matter OF spelling is the word -carbureter.
which is written with double r. a double
n line He alsomentions the mispronuncia-
tons oi chassis and of garage. he
vaporizer. The former implies body Of
LIQUID and carburets the air that passes over
5 S5 TSpoa s 9 9poToD .ae
auction stroke He ls IN. favor of the word
mixer TO specifically describe the device
for mixing sasoene and air.
should one Of the automobile. bills which
% now under considerat ion by the solOns OF
The Michigan Legislature become a law the
!, l0t Of persons " no are addicted - running
\ On with other peoples cars III not be simple
6onstitnte such an offence mlsdemeanor
apart from any possible furtherr cOinpllca-
sbScihc clause which has the backing Of the
NArious organiIations ip he state says;
md WltSoSp suthoTiiY k'' take possesson Se TO Of
and drive away any automobile or other
motor vehicle belonging 10. another and
place, shall be deemed guilty Of misdemeanOr
and on conviction thereof shall We punished
nent in the county jail not exceeding ninety
days. or by both such fine and imprisonment
In the discretion Of the court.
The country constable. the man Nho has
been the bane Of the mOtorist In Massachusetts,.
we're sent 10 every chief of police in the cities
and towns in the state regarding arrests
vsb'cle laws About this season Of every every
yea the village constable " no ON week days
novs hay or chaSes cows changes his voca-
ilor on SUNDAYS and donninG badge and a
elui Is transformed into a representative OF
tAe majesty Of the law As such these men
With cheap watches have taken their places
IN obscure spots along the highways and
dropped on the unsuspectlng motorists In
aahS hcS. Ss9ts 0S bald hers osen Sens so
An ASSOCIATION has been formed in Boston
fhe system is to be extended to other states
sent TO all the chiefs Of police IN the Bay State
reads as follows A violation Of the auto
Inobie law; of ms state :, is , Only : : mis-,
authorize an arrest. aud such arrests place
the arresting o!ficer In danger of suit for
damages. THIS " notice to you that any
arrest OF members Of this association for
alleged violations of the automobile laws
III our State without warrant will not be
tolerated, whether such member Is a resident
Of this or some other State.-AutOmobile
legal Association. by William A. Th5odeau.
counsel
A simple and useful substitute for tho an
1unciaCor such a. II used ia limousine cars
forE communication between the occupants
and the & liver may be nIAdc' by Inc inStalla-
ion O. an clcctTic 6u5EESr 5E, AMI push button
thus be established. Varying in COinpleKity
With the intelligence OF the driver. and all
rhe general purposes Of the re gNIlar anRunci-
ltor thus fulfilled with far less IMPLICATION
4 good. loud buzzer ,is, Ot course, the most
suitable for the purpose
II has long been acurrent saying that none
Jut nl!llonaires could anord TO ride In cab
n New York. and though. like many other
things, much exaggerated. still It is founded
on fact says the iutomobHe. In no other
city OF importance IN the world are cab fares
30 high and, in consequence. cabs and cab
-tders 50 few. Paris. with popul alton OF
tO0o coo In round numbers, can boast Of
vice while like number are In storage. ac-
cortiinC 20 the season. for the Partisan cab.
tiLo the American street car. chan ges winter
and summsr. Next to Paris, London is the
Y0rld's greatest cab centre, but with a popu-
latlon Almost twice as great II has fewer cabs.
New York il scrarCely to be mentioned In the
Sarne category with many a city OF the third
1r fourth class where cabs are concerned.
for il is doubtful II more than a thousand or
.yyo are in re g1llar service.
Radically differing traiflc conditions. coupled
With New Yo-k's peculiar topography do much
70 expain this great Discrepancy. but these
and the vastly n highcr scale OF expenditures
nrevalert do not shed any light on the fact
that Il costs five to ten times moro to pa
tronile a cab here than it does in either Paris
or london, where the rate covers the trans
oortation of one person or two for the same
York has had an awakening-sho has come to
realize OF q sudden that the ancient and lum-
oeriuc aggre cations Of storage batteries and
1adly Aisaiigped running gears that go by
he name of elactriCs we're cast on the scrap
heap abroad two or three years ago. and
hat Hight aud speedy gasoiene driven cabs
have not only taken their places but also
-outed the horse cab To considerable eX-
renr Plans 10 do likewise here on a truly
amhlticus scale arc now under way. and II
predictions are fulfilled. year or two hence
with more gnsclene driven motor cabs then
thsy have ever boosted OF any kind. IL is
sincerely to be- hoped that the plans in ques-
zion " NJ not be carried into enect In the pro-
Frustrating and long drawn out manneE
+hot has characterized tho Oft her8ldcd
transformation Of the Fifth avenue stage
Inc
It's curious ana rather vivid commentary
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