The sun., 1908-05-05
AMONG TIE GUTOMODILISTS
PAUL Z. HELLER NEW PRESIDENT
or NEW ARK ORGANIZATION.
No Opposition to Regular Ticket at Annual
MeetlnE Of New Jersey Automobile
and Motor Club State Association
TO Fight Oppressive Legislation.

TO Fight Oppressive Legislation.
Paul Z, Heller and the other nominees on
the regular ticket were elected to guide the
destinles OF the New Jersey Automobile and
Motor Club for the ensuing year last night AZ
the annual meeting In the clubhouse st Broad
aud Chestnut streets. Newark. less than
one hundred members were In attendance
at the meeting. which vas great contrast
70 the election year ago. when there we're
two tickets IN the field aud almost all Of the
members were ON hand for the balloting
This year the regular ticket was prepared
by tho trustees after all the members had
been requested 10 suggest candidates for the
offices % be filled
The club is the largest iu the state and the
third largest ono In The country, the Auto
mobile, club Oi NmCrlCa heiug largest and
the Automobile cub uf Buffalo next The
Newark organization now has SIC members,
shout $50 motorists having been elect ed
10 membership since the last annual meeting
The Officers elected astl night we're as follows.
President, Paul T. Heller. vice-presideut.
W. e.. crosby treasurer. Dr. James r. English
secretary. A. w. 10 Masseua. trustees
William e.. Shanlr,, II. A. Bonnell, T. \.
Crossemre. Dr. = H. Mecker and \ g.
Scherer. The retiring officers are. Angus
NntlhlIt lTFbNFl'f NhIi'N W 'NlfHluNf
treasurer. and II, 4 BonnelI, secretary
Joseph H. Wood. former president Of the
club, and W T. Kimber are trustees whose
terms OF Office have not expired. The mem
hers present discussed the amendments that
were recently made 20 the state motor vehicle
law and II was agreed 10 supuOrt auy fight
against them made by the state association.
The Associated Automobile clubs OF New
Jersey-the State association will hold
meeting tomorrow afternoon M Newark ~
the clubhouse " the Nrv Jersey Automobile
and Motor club Tho recently elected
officers will discuss the case TO b" brought
20 test the validity OF SOME of the prov islDIs
Of the Frellnghuvsau motor vehirl" law and
certain amendments tO II passed recently by
the State Legislature Plans viii also be
considP red ior the campaign TO secure the
passage Of more reasonable and just laws
during the next session ot the Legislature.
PHmAn ELPHIA pp May out oftNorty
six cars thai contested iu tho second annual
endurance run ot p" Motor ihlh " H1rrls
burg eleven finished N" 1rst dav> run vitN
perfect scores and there rs pOssb'llit
n four more being credited WITH clean r'cords
when the final tabulauon IS made Tho first
days run. Witch consisted ot iSR miles, ~.
tended from harrisburg 70 Lebanon. Read.
ing, KutztoVn Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton,
poylestoVn and IN" dral 'ho"krc in station
In this city
The perfect ,rore cars are ~ follows
Three Pulimsr~. Jackson, Pierce NrroN
Mitchell, Cadillac, Ford. Rambler, Pennsyl.
vania snd White steamer IN" four Car'
over which there o., som" question regarding
clean scores arc Pullman. Thomas, Apperson
and Maxwell lheso luachlre-, according 10
the Official timer a. tas'ou. checked in ahead
OF time, and II viii therefore ho M 70 tho
officials 10 decide thDr standing
Following The Duol and OticlalS cars the
hrst COntesia ant TO rCHCh here was PulluRn
owned and driven by h. & Irwin Of Steeitou.
pa nhntkai al 81 n' 'pltpk II fol-
lowed few seconds later by a small Jackson
runabOul From that time on unil dusk
OF q stan Ol detectives This was done 20
that no car disI,acementS or rpplenishments
70 the oil supplies could be- made The cars
leave here to-WorroN morning, returning 10
Harrisburg via NOrristoWn. IOtsiOUH, Read.
ing, Lancaster Hzabethiown AuddstoWn
and Steelton. The total mileage tomorrow
will DO 10.
PITTsRUEG MAY Because OF the strIr-
gent laws against Automobiles laid down
by the state of New Jersey that Slate H. 20
be com pletely sldestcppcd by the Gldden
auto tour OF llOS, which Is nov booked to
wrigRle It's way from Buffalo through uOst
OF the middle Atlantic State- the New ing
land States and back to Saratoga SPRING.
II has been found in mapping out this route
20 sdestep New Jersey that Philadelphia
must he ignored TOO
Long and earnestly the uath1uders Of the
Gldden tour, resting m Pittsburg to-day,
tried to devise some way by which they could
include Philadelphia which has been one
OF the most earnest supporter 9i The t,lldden
finally decided tonight by Dai u Lewis OF
Bunalo, y. ] asarneCk of Erie, Leon VI. Brad
ley Of New OH city and Ray Mcnamara of
Indianapolis, who comprise the pHtll'indeTs,
that Philadelphia could not be included
II has been decided that instead OF follow.
ing the national Tiks aud passing through
Greensburg. Pa. that the route shall he
through Export and Blair-yile, Pa, to Bed
ford, thence to Harrisburg, and through the
northeastern part Of The state rout. viii he
picked to Albany; and lhS Hudson River viii
be then followed to New YORK city.
From New York Tho path will be back
trAiled for bit entering finally ia" New Ing
land States. 1h, White Mountains will IN
part b. explored, aud there will be q and
finish At Saratoga Springs on july - The
pathhnder5 spent the entire day In Pitts Urg
resting 40 the guests Of 7 T.. seeiey;
-SlnCc 1898 the State OF New ork has COM
pleted 91s miles Of improved highways at
State, county and town eApense. says W.
Pierrepont White Of Utica. The state nov.
has 034 miles Of road under contract and
va miles OF road awaiting the letting of con-
tracts In 1906 the state appropriated for
highway improvement GmODOO, IN 1907
eS,00O0oO and ~ lns s3,0o0o00 making
81 900 900 available now and s2OnOOO avail
able in the fall. The appropriation, there
fore, Is as large this year as Il was last An
examination Of tho state Engineers Bulle-
tin No "A disc loses the fact that three counties
in the State have completed and under con-
trnct al least i4O miles, one county lOO miles,
two counties % miles, two counties N miles,
two counties ~ miles. nve counties ~ miles,
four counties 10 miles, four counties 30 miles
and twenty-seven counties, One-haf the
entire number OF tho state, less than 80 miles
each
THE present statute is so drawn that the
mileage to be improved IN any one county
in each year II dependent not upon equitable
distribution 10 each county hut on ratio
determined by the number Of miles on the
highway map approved by Chapter 7i5 Of
the laws Of l9O7, 70 which must he added
the total number Of miles IN each county
completed, and then this sum j. multiplied
by two aud a ratio then established which
the appropriation aud the mileage so de-
termined Ia each county bears TO the $1,000
600 bond issue. II is very evident that the
statute so drawn carries larger annual appro-
urlations TO the counties having the large
mileage on the man plus the large mileage
improved. and that they are being taken
care Of faster than the other counties Those
who have studied the law do not consider u
fair or proper. The law Is repealed by the
new highway code but the repeal does not
so into effect until January, 1909.
Carl G. Fisher OF indianapolis has offered
20 donate a $500 cup for the road race which
the Indiana Automobile Club Is arranging
for July 4. The contest will be the first road
race ever held at Indianapolis aud one of
the first ever held In the HoOsier state The
orRsnization is opposed to track racing.
hut thinks an automobile speed contest on
course TO be- used i about four miles around.
starting at the Thirtleth street entrance
Of Riverside Park. thence west up the hill
at the west side OF the park 10 he hrst road
way running south from where there will
be a straight run 10 Ernrichsvle,. return
proposed TO begin the contest at o'clock
IA the morning aud TO cmpley $50 special