The sun., 1907-09-10
AMONG The AUTOMOBILES
cot RSE tSkED ron ROtD PHT
~ NASSAU C0vNTI.


devbut Circun PveJ~~tesi nv the Wet.
repssttan Autesuebsie Association
Active steps toward the promotion cf = h's
road race for stripped stock touring car
chasses were taken yesterday when the Bosrd
Of Supervisors Of Nassau county was asked
10 grant permission for the contest to he run
over a course In that county. The r~pues'
was made by r. Francis Moore for the Metro
poitsn Automobile Association, which "a
Gently conducted hillchmb on the Fnr
George grade. and the dates named we're
Wednesday and Thursday. October ~ and r.
~ IN the plan Of the Metropolitan sssorisr"n
to run an event of 500 miles. Of which 2il
miles would he run each day. and limit the en-
tries TO stripped chasses of stock touring osrs
with permission To equip them with larger
gasolene tanks " the entrants 50 desire The
entry fee In 10 he $500 for each car.
II has been suggested that three trophie-
be offered for the race. one prize for the car
making the fastest elapsed time for the two
days OF racing, one for the six cylinder ca
making the fastest time for the two daVs and
another for the four oylinder car msAnt
the fastest time for the two DAYS. There is
possibility that special race Of about ?n r,ie-
day, limited to cars costing less than 500
event and under the same general rules and
The board Of super visor. seemed favor.
and told Mr.. Moore TO put in fcfmal AZ.
plicstion for permission 60 ,i-s the roads,
ss'ns ,s. sm ,.sr ,ss nrs tS9.s y"
Of the board c. Psinisi of Sys.sv Bsy, swift
Coz Of Hampstead and Philip = ems, o'
ing. Il Ia proposed TO use the same cour.s
a. wss nssd for the Vanderbilt cIp con'es'
~ turnpike, cas-, M of Minsois. thence nc " to Jsrcbo
10 Fast Norwich, to Bulls Head. to Albert
sons. TO Lskeville. 70 New Hyde Park AND
Xutomobilists who heard Of the project .vea.
terdsy expresscd themselves IN favor ~ me
thirty cars will be entered,
The New Jersey Automobile and Motor
new members since May. afty-four Of WHOM
are active members and eighteen associate
Export returns for the month Of Iuly.
1907, show an increase to s7ae ,s25 from sSiS,l7a
for the corresponding month last year. nv.
and ,ss.sss worth Of parts For lSe seven
months ended July. 1907, the total il S.2Il..
400. representing the value OF 2.oSs cars.
The automobiles who has = car on which
the nuts will work loose despite the frequent
Paint the end Of the thread or drop on q h'ls
varnieh and the small annoyance viii he -
an end. single drop u solder will be equally
effective, TO slacken the nut u little s1trs
force will have 10 he used. hut n will not he
suff1cient to cause any damage TO either tNs
nut or the thread.
Time was. and not SO very long ago either.
whom II was popularly considered that ne
automobile industry was supported MANI.
models with each recurring season. say 'n'
Automobile. From i000 to 1904 models nn
only followed one another 40 CLOSELY lMl
din cred 40 radically that cars became anu.
quated both in appearance and design WIN
the isassing Of a twelvemonth. u was me- -
aary TO invest In n new Car every year IN 4" TO-
10 be M TO date, This certainty or excessive
depreciation deferred many a Irospc,,,yc
nately, the idea has not been diSpelled aI'o
gether by any means. There are r'ill 'ho'r
who regard the automobile as fecting IN 'm'
AZ a matter OF fact things have gone o 'he
opposite extreme, The active life o. me
modern car has been extended so msnN NrF-
that there H. every reason TO believe ma IT.
chinery owing To the superior material ana
work nship employed. Moreover mo
fsllacy Of early day Impressions l. NOV o,
dent In the number of old cars that Ht' -,
do active duty for some time TO come Ih'n
what is TO become OF the automobile manu-
facturer. ask n few short sighted alarml-''
With oars built to last indefinitely. wher"
Were Ia not for the fact that the r"c'n,
financial upheaval In the industry appe' o.
TO lend color To them such Quer!es vow
scarcely merit comment, As " Is; W." o.,
that autosts as n class comprise BODY 'Ni
II stationary, or ~ least that never inrI Sc
IN numbers. II goes without ssylnG wa
there Ia no longer any need 10 purchase h',
to have one that will operate satirfaCi nr'N.
bus that the industry should lmlnedh o.
wane on that account hardly follows a.
increase In the number OF autoists with ea,p
passing season, as well rs the production ~
machines 10 suit u far wider range NJ rW