New-York tribune., 1908-01-21
TIMELY AUTO TOPICS.
W4NT DRYERS LICENSED.
Foreigners Eligible to Handle Cars
in Races at SaUdnndh.

Edward Traphagan, secretary, OF the society Va
Automobile Engineers. whose headquarters are IN
+h .rcade RuiIding at No 1917 Broadway, issued
a statement Yesterday advocating the passage Oh
bill in the State Legislature making II coihpuiSoiS
for chauffuer to secure a license l" uii'e " ~
He said: -.
soo-os of them are old locomotive engineers or e1-
perience 1t is earnest desire 10 secure tne
massage of bill in the state LEGISLATURE hhahhis
it absolutely necessary for a chaunuer 10 seruie
state license As it is now, Owners anu ah
chauffeurs (stosers) who cannot even MANURE q
monkey wrench. may send their names addresses
and a small fee Albany and receive III Ie'"'h
badge bearing a number A..
"A brickIayer's helper or a cnbbers appreh'ice
NAV thus secure number and have their names
.r.yistered' although he they never have rlodeh
in a motor car or automobile of any sort or max
They need know nothing of the mechanism oI
MACHINE They need undergo no examination
They, need not even go to Albany to register out
can urite from their bakeshop or slaughtefhouse'
and provided the fee is inciosed in the appiicauo'
10 and behold: they are duly registered
The automobile or motor car is the most aeauiy
and dangerous vehicle the road IT Is as oau'
-, i,.x,erienced hands as the hIggernaut of Neros
davs II is these noviccs who MAIN ana XIII citi-
zens. 49,,
"a chauffeur should be a Thorough mechanic Jusl
"a is the locomotive engineer. He should be able
=. - oror+ ard nut together his machine as cor
rsctIv as does the MATCHMAKER tmeplece- Inc
average novice has telephone OF Telegraph luz
repaircr whenever his machine goes "fo"s
,r,o aira -u1es governing the Savannah stock
car contest to be held Savannah Ga on
March IS and 10. admit foreign as wen DIS ~
can drivers, despite the report that 1oreis"
would be barred. ,z
Il cannot understand how such report co'i"
have gained credence" said Frank G. Weoo
member of the racing board of the American AUTO
mobile Association. except. perhaps, because 'i'e'e
tentative rules thought to have been approVe'
by the racing and technical oodrus ol 'iic E''''-
Automobile Association.
TO nlace such a barrier in the rules governing
the Savannah contest. especially IN vteE| of me
fact that the include only stock cars W'liu
he a fatal mistake. just as the writer IN morning
newspaper says in criticising the supposed fuie
The truth the matter is that tentative rules were
made last Wednesday, in which artice reads.
All cars entered in this contest shall be manned
by drivers and mechancians who are citizens OF
the United States This clause was stricken cut
The rules as adopted by the racing and tech
nical boards of the American Automobile Associa-
ton to govern the Savannah contest will be ready
for publication Tomorrow superseding the tentative
rules which caused the misunderstanding.
A new automobile measure. generally known as
the uniform motor vehicle bill. will be introduced
at Albany shortly. The essential features Of this
bill are based the present motor vehicle law.
passed on May 3. 1904 with new provisions as 10
speed and departure IN the way OF an annual
registration fee based a sliding scale. probably
according to weight. the total proceeds from which
will go toward the maintenance of the state high
ways
The so-caied Uniform motor vehicle bill is the
one drafted by Charles ThaddeuS Terry. chairman
Of the legislative board of the American Au:omo-
bile Association. II has been before the public
time being featured in the American Auto
mobile Association yearbook and otherwise brought
TO the attention of motorists.
This bill has been carefully drawn It allows a
car complying with the registration restrictions IN
one In other states without
registration. The speed regulations are. in
brief. to the effect that person shall operate
a at rate of snecd greater than is reasonable
and proper. having regard the width. traffic and
the of the highway and the general rules of
the road TO endanEer property the life
and limb of any person. This section replaces the
many miles an hour s,ipulations in the pres
ent Law.
1t is tho purpose OF the motorists Of the country
have uniform bill become law in every
state OF the Union, from which purpose II takes
its When this end is accomplished. the
laws governing automobiles be uniform In all
parts of the country The State OF Ohio already
taken steps 10 adopt the
The entry OF a Benz received yesterday
for the Westchester stock This raises the
total so far received TO fourteen.
Washington. Jan 2O-The petition for a writ Of
ceTtiorari in the of the United States agt J
T. h. Hillhouse involving the question as 10 what
duty should be paid automobile which has
been extensively repaired abroad, was denied TO-
day by the Supreme Court OF the United States
leaving In force the decision of the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals for the second circuit
which held that tariff could be assessed only on
the parts OF the machine added abroad and not
on the entire machine. contended by the gov
ernment