New-York tribune., 1908-08-08
TIMELY AUTO TOPICS
Former Magistrate ON Arrests
Plan WeIcome to Thomas DraUers.
The Vast event OF me. Olympic games 81

Alfred z. Ommen. a FORMER CITY nIdSiShl1I0
for several years acted special counsel for the
Automobile Club of America, has issued pam
INLET entitled The Motorist and the Police-Ihe
Motorists Rights and the Value OF Police EVloeHce-
The Enforcement and Abuse Of Motor Car Laws.
1t contains interesting reading for all automoblsts
and tells of the injustice of some arrests
Mr. On1men starts by telling how an automobile
owner is likely to have his machine speeded IN mis-
haste to have dinner when delayed by punctured
tire Then he says:
After ALL should there be speed limit? Should sIld
nroper. depending upon the conditions of traffic?
if l my on Broadway and Futon siteet q ; az aI
noon on week day at ten miles an hour, ast - an
unreasonable rate. but II run it there at teen ed
miles hour on Sunday 1t Is not unTeasonapd
by running cars within the speed limit as beyond It,
rswn are rhiees nS comparatveiy than by auomo
biles. The man who goes through me stFeeLs ,,o o
An hour IS lust as liable to over child who
dashes out from the sidewalk as The man "ho Is
The enforcement of the law has been abused and
made ridiculous. An automobile be stopped in
much shorter distance and with greater safety 70
its occupants than a trolley car An 8ccldehI
caused by trolley car running over M nan U faI
killing him is noticed in the daily press by lev &
lines if noticed at all But II long N oe soPv o and it is
generally said that the automobilist was careless
ad anon has created an intense situation between
motorists and the people who do not I oWn fars at an
engine is liable get out of order or nfake t not
to work we sn sspecaf N fe With rope
tbe hiEhWay: or the operator may have the sun
vii " be serious accident and the town of Green
burg which uses this method mace 70 Pay Gefend
and say they knew nothing about It Stretenlns S
law and any one who does it and causes injury
Is be recess automobilist who with regard
for conditions of traffic tears through the sLIeetS
efon6 or 1h be eTterminated and the only way
this to lock his car for certain period ana ana
eniovment of the automobile. He causes all the
trouble The men Tho gs ass ne he regaPd f6r other
neon1e should not be unnecessarily arrested and
gfaseeg e 6 and sppear seveTai times in court pay
a heavy fine, just because he may have for
open country where the legal limit was fifteen
The Thomas Flyer winner OF the New York-to-
Paris race and the first car 10 encrcle the globe
in an endurance test, was shipped from Paris TO
New York Yesterday on the Lorraine, and is due
to arrive here August II or 1S- A message to that
effect was received by Harry S. Houpt Of the
Harry s. Heupt Company. Great preparations are
being made to welcome the car and It's sturdy
drivers George Shuster and George Miller. The
Houpt company is already making plans for the
Homecoming and a delegation from the E. R.
Thomas Motor Company factory at Buffalo Will
come TO New York TO join in the greeting. Invita-
tions to the affair will be forwarded to every
Thomas owner in New York City and all surround
ing state. It is the intention of the Thomas peo-
ple to make the affair the greatest in the history
of the company. parade of Thomas owners,
which. will probably be Joined by all the automo-
bile clubs will take place. and it will be followed
by formal welcome to the men who alone and
unaided upheld the supremacy of the American
motor industry.
.-Our plans have not yet been completed said
Harry S Houpt, "but going TO give the
hovs a royal welcome. This is the first round-the-
world endurance run held, and 1t will probably
he long time before such another race will be con-
Quoted It is one of the most remarkable achieve
uents Of the century and the Thomas car has set
a record which will stand for years to come.
Thomas owners throughout the city and neighbor-
ing states have been wiring and teephoning asking
when the car is TO reach home.