The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-04-12

at least six passengers. will be required and
American motor car builders should lose no
time In putting themselves In communication
with the officers who will make the purchases.
One OF the men who travelled ass passenger
on the Studebaker that recently made a mid
winter trip from New York city TO Fort LeaN-
enWorth, Kan, Ia Of the opinion that farmers
are, rapidly becoming fast friends OF, auto;
WObilists. The hrmers In Indiana helped
us dig through snow drifts In the New YORK
TO Fort leavenwOrth run and brought their
horses out to assist us through drifted roads,
where Ordinaril a farmer would not think
OF asking bis horses TO so, says the returned
: tourist, 'Consid ering the service rendered
! ] believe their charges we're At eXorbitant,
furthermore many of them showed great
interest In our trip that was very cheering
TO us. All along the line the farmers gave
us the same kind Of treatment, and nowhere
were we more Enthusiastically welcomed
than IN the great farming State Of Kansas
! think that almost inyariRb bly, II will be found
' that farmers will be glad 10 treat automO-
! blllSts. with courtesy and consideration,
provided they are treated In a Ike manner.
When a motor speeds mp in impressive
style while the car is stationary but misses
! fire when the car is moving Il may be taken
as an indication that the batteries. are weak.
II 10 a good plan to have two setsNof batter
les and use them alternately, as q single
weak cell will seriously imperil the enciency
ofa whole set.
The American Automobile Association
has sent out some additional information
regarding the new automobile measure IN
trOduCed In the Senate at Albany by Senator
Armstrong, chairman OF the Finance Com
miuee. Tho bill is understood to represent
the results Of several conferences between
prominent members Of the Legislature and
representatives Of the New FORK State Auto
mobile Association. Its principal provisions
are very similar 10 those Of the so-caled
uniform State motor vehicle bill drafted BY
Charles Thaddeus Terry, counsel o.. the
National Association OF Automobile Manu-
facturers, which y now under consideration
nv several State Legislatures. II the bill is
passed il will 20 into elect on July l 1905.
The bill provides that each car shall carry
two number plates, to be furnished by the
to the registration fee. New number plates
wild be required annually and the color OF
the number plates will be changed from year
10 year. The number plates must be dis.
played on both the front and back parts or
cars. the number plates must be iIed rigidly.
80 as not TO wins and the number on the
rear OF a car must be Illuminated a. night.
The bill forbids any number being displayed
except the New York one. Cars used solely
as commercial vehicles are TO- be registered
at one half the fees required for pleasure
cars OF corresponding weight, the fee TO be
limited to $40: but commercial vehicles Will
not be exempt from ordinary taxation as
pleasure cars will be.
Provision Is TO be made for county clerks
TO enter records Of violations OF the speed
provisions opposite the names OF offending
drivers on the lists OF registered drivers fur
nished by the Secretary OF state. The penal
ties provided for violating the speed pro-
visions Of the law have been largely increased.
While the present arbitrary limit OF so many
miles an hour Ia removed and permissiye
speed made dependent solely on the width.
condition and use Of the highway at the time.
and the general and usual rules Of the road.
Magistrates will have wide discretion In the
matter of nlptghmpnf OF nnnnnpTg khOulH
the bin he passed a Magistrate may punish
speeding by imposing a 1ne OF not more than
$3.50 for a first offence and a fine not exceeding
$500 for a second offence or Imprisonment
not exceeding six months. or both.
The measure prohibits local authorities
from regulating or taxing motor vehicles
10 any manner. II provides that non-skid-
ding devices may only be used when the
highways are wet, slippery or covered with
ice and snow. Automobile manufacturers
and dealers are exempt from the annual
registration provision OF the bill. There
also is a provision requiring automobile
drivers to stop on signal from those driving
or leading domestic animals on public high
ways.
Pittsburg's second annual local automo-
bile show ended last night and If the reports
Of sales made be taken as q standard by
which TO Judge II, the a1air must be accounted
A great SUCCESS. The exhibition began on
Saturday afternoon. April. Z. in Duquesne
Garden and was the second annual show OF
the Pittsburg Automobile Dealers Asso-
citation. Red and white were adopted as the
official colors and these tints were used in
transforming the interior OF Dnquesne Garden
until Pittsburgers familiar with the building
in its usual state could scarcely believe il was
the same place. while those who visited the
building for the first time said they had not
thought the Steel Capital had such a fine
President Murray Of the Dealers Asso-
citation snj I.Vniss j. C09iIan, general
graduated all week on their success in ar
ranging the exhibition spaces and working
out the decorative scheme which was car
ried out 80 successfully. The ceiling OF the
exhibition hall was entirely covered by strips
of red and white bunting, while two i'm
mense gilded ca giles were mounted at each
end OF the hall. Artillery wheels. shields
and stars we're used as ornaments TO deco
rate the overhead arches and a big drop
curtain with a heroic sized picture OF the
Motor Girl" drew many admiring COM
ments. Potted plants we're used profusely
and the upper section Of the main floor was
the entire length OF the hall. All Of the
windows were covered with large paintings
and electric light supplied the illumination
at all times, about 10000 incandeSoent lamps
+ Le Roy Pelletier OF this city, who spent
several days at the Pittsburg show last week.
declared last night that the exhibition was
one OF the finest local automobile exhibitions
M Hhu NNtI EFtuH ~ hhFu lhb NhAAlgukN I
issued by the local Maxwell Arm there had
stirred up lot OF talk among Pittsburg auto
mobilists, which had become, more animated
when the Roe agent came back with a counter
is looking after Maxwell Affairs at Pittsburg,
was not disposed TO agree to go into a road
race. as the rural authorities OF Pennsylvania
do not look with favor upon such contests,
but It Is likely that some sort OF q contest
between a Maxwell and a Roe will be the
ultimate result.
automobiles and iorty-two exhibitors dis
lene automobiles that were exhibited included
the following makes: Acme. Apperson, Belden, |
Buick. Cadillac, Cameron, ,Corbin, De Luxe.
mobile, Lozier. Mitchell, Moon, Mora, ODDS
mobile, Packard, Payne-Modern, Peerless,
Pennsylvania. Pierce, Pierce Racine. Pitts
burg Six. Pope,H Hartford, PoPe-Toledo, Pope
ens-Duryea, Stoddard- Dayton, Wayne, WEIGH
and WintOn. Steam-White. Eectric-Bab- |
cock, Baker Columbus, PittsbuTg. Btude-
baker and Pope-Waverly' T~rucks-Couple
Gear and Rapid.
In direct practical results probably no
one will be able TO- trace any benefit TO the
enthusiasm aroused by carnival week In this
LEGATION board. 1T IL hardly TO be expected
that automobile buyers can be swarmed, as
bees. by pounding on tin pans, Advertising,
however, Is q subtle thing and one often has
10 go into the psychology Of II in order TO
trace its benefits. Many big advertisers
cannot trace direct results 70 any line OF
advertisements. but they know that their
begins 10 fall on when they cease
10 advertise. More than probable is II that
the interest aroused tipped the balance for
who were hesitating about buying their
first car or replacing an old one with a new, |
There probably will be more business done
in New York because Of the carnival, but |
il will be impossible 10 point 10 the increase. !
az there Ia no telling now dull II might have
been had every one kept quiet. The good OF
such events Ia something that must be taken
on faith. but 1t is a faith that has scientific
gr ounding.'