The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-17
AMONG The AUTONOBILISTS
PROFESSOR Of MOTORING FOR
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY.
students 10 he instructed In Operation.
CONSTRUCTION and Repairing OF Diner
ent styles a. Cars Trouble Over y
New Jersey Driving IAcense-NOtes.

ent Styles a. Cars Trouble Orer y
New Jersey Driving ~IAcense-NOtes.
washin gton University at St. Louis Is
preparing to establish a chair OF motoring
In it's manual training department. This
distinctively new feature will be added TO
the curriculum when the school opens next
September. IL will be under the direction
of Prof. Calvin NJ. Woodward, dean Of the
manual training school, In this department
students will be taught all there Is to know
about an automobile In the workshop Of
the school the different parts Of the auto.
mobile will be constructed. The students Will
lie taught how to build gasolene ngtnes.
electric motors and all OF the parts that enter
into the complete machine. In addition TO
that they will recei We n thorough course Of
instruction on how 10 operate a car and how
TO keep II in repair. The university will main
tain an employment department to1ind places
for its students and graduates during the
summer months.
The Atlantic City Automobile Clubs coun-
sel are preparing TO fight what they consider
the first step in the usual ca mpaigH Of over
Zealousness. which the constables are wont
TO %inaugurate with the opening Of each sue
cessive season, Charles IomiInsOu OF Pbiiu.
delphia WAS compelled recently TO leav We
histcar at Ma gholia owing TO Il breakdown.
Continuing TO Atlantic city by rail. lie wired
the Philadelphia agents OF the car to send u
man down to FIX the machine mp temporarily
and run II back to Philadelphia When the
mechanic arrived and attempted TO run the
car. after making a temporary repair. he
was arrested for operating The car under a
license not made out In his own name. MIR
1omlinson having left his own credentials at
Ma gnolia for the mechanics use. The latter
was fined $40, which TomlInSon has refused
10 pay. and the matter will be carried up
10 the State Authorities al Trenton Jointly
by the owner aud the Atlantic cay club.
There ia now pending before the Connect
cut State Legislature a bill eliminating the
toll bridges across the Connecticut River
at Warehouse Poibt and Ihompsonyille.
n. n. Coffih OF Windsor Locks. who rep
resents his town in the House of Representa-
tives. is doing his utmost to bring about
the enactment Of this measure. lie has
occasion. TO cross the river many times during
the day in his As horsepower Columbia tour
ing car, and he spends enough on tolls ~
keep him supplied with gasoline.
The lower House Of the Wisconsin Legis-
lAture has passed a bill which gives the
motorists, a right 10 pass "A frightened horse
an accident. AlsU the bill repea led the sec
tion requiring the motoTist TO stop his engine
on a signal from the driver of a horse or
team. II IL expected that The Senate will
also pass The measure.
ANdIitlUuh NObRuNt hffDFTS III PA Nleln
Ohio have been curbed in their desire to
o~verchRrge automobile tourists from over
the, West Virginia line. who have been COM
PEELED TO pay 3 cents a mile while residents
Of the State have been required TO pay only
az cents a mile. The visiting motorists
frequently protested against the eStortion,
but nevertheless had 10 pay HE : cent rate.
BY making a test case and securing II court
decision the Ohio Valley Automobile club.
succeeded in having the toll charges reduced
on all toll roads 60 the "a cent basis for visit.
ing Automobiles as well ~ for the local
drivers.
Charity. when it takes the form Of brighten
ing for one brief day the pathetic and monot-
onous life of New York 5 orphans by treating
them to q day of unalloyed pleasure, begin
ming and ending with an automobile ride.
and crammed full OF multifarious pleasures
In between. does not strikeEa responsive
chord In the breasts OF automobile owners.
sion Is possible In view OF the nieugre num- |
her Of non trade cars loaned for the orphans
day outing on Wednesday. TO be perfectly
candid. II, was a trade and II newspaper func-
tion, probably four-itfths Of the cars and
drivers being furnished by these two classes.
II naturally follows that without them there
would have been no orphans day outing. |
Instead Of lending a hand in the work. with
the great motoring. public doing the lion =
share, the local trade and press have had 10
step into the breach and carry the sfsir
through 10 success or leave it to certain
New York is a big andywealthy city. aud
its people are NOTED eN%fery,where for heir
tnbTlUdDlt ulNDbSltlOi. ~ II "lUP centre OF !
automobiling, TOO. New York State las a
owned. while New York city has more thsn
any State u the [ mon. Yet. after months OF
hard, intelligent and conscientious work, ia !
which the newspapers gave literally OF their
space. all that the committee in charge of the |
outing could do was to secure the loan of some
40 cars in which TO carry twenty or thirty
Chanted. II not fabulous, city by the sea OF
their dream-Coney Island.
That is less than per cent. Of, the cars
little less. And this number. as already
stated, was furnished for the most part
by the men who maxi" sell, store or care
newspaper men fortunate enough to own 7
cars, What Il Commentary on the open
handed generosity Of the largchearted own
ers of automobiles! Thd man who refuses
TO let his left hand knoy what his right hand
S does ~ = , eby'dSe 1nSra not md m9%L9 9ndrod me Nr 0%n-
large. powerful. luxurious cars were deal 10
the appeal TO brighten, momentarIly at least,
institutions for orphan boys and
girls. They had Use for their cars. A tour
or a trip had been arranged months before
arrangements! Or perhaps tho cars were
out OF commission or the chauneurs on a
vacation; or. finally, the, owners intended to
place their cars al the disposal OF the COM
mittee but forgot the day. Perhaps "Tis
said tina, charity covers, a multitude Of sins.
unmtentional. Mex, year let the committee
nnnounce that Il will publist the names OF
III M VI 'hlNt hlll ~ VI nave olfItu "
more cars than II can find orphans to occupy.
II ts q mistake to believe that the sole utility
OF the speed measuring and recording instrii-
lnent is that of CheChIng the velocity OF tho
ear with regard TO the Observance OF the
speed laws or for the sake OF Illuminating
he tale of n run. Its usefulness in checking
the performance oil the motor over known
stretches OF road. thus denOtnlg something
it's condition. as we'd Is the facility which
II provides Tor arranging schedules and thus
the serviv" ol the car within the
realm nf tire" square meals at regu-
lar hours. also is Oi the greatest value to
the user.
The law Of the hiphwav has been 30 often
PLACED before aItOmohilists hv (onpe ent
authorities taat IL Is prcllY generally under
stood, says the N0ip~ World. Not 80 the
Of the wlysirlr. The vest pocket OF the
great American ntgi"I ~ system, aud doubt.
less many "a Grabbed tlTuer" mas received
his hostile impressions oil the man behind
the red devil" through some real violation
of his rights by people who believed them
selves conforming strictly 10 their own,
Moet OF the difficulties had their foundation
In the one zoo common mistake. the belief
hat the highway Is public property, subject
nnly to the control of road commissioner
acting under State laws. This IL no. the case
In most communities. although there are "A
few that have acquired Their roads by out.
right purchase.
Usually the highway IL only a strip OF land
uhi.I fha fntbI,,. Inns tho TigIV 80 ,.n.