New-York tribune., 1908-01-19

paving ina gina bic with evident reliance upon the
inability Of the park board 10 Ill up the holes II
has left gaping in its ordinance. So long the
park board has only set Its face against one
specific and closely defined thing. namely. chains
why should they not avail themselves OF this gold
opportunity to make and market non-skfddirg
devices which may tear the roads all TO pieces IL
they will? And when their harvest Of rsveuus
has been exhausted from this kind Of device, II
the park board should chance to awake and IN
cIude that specific device in it's prohibition. thsy
will then be able to make other kind OF con.
trivance which will be equally evasion Of this
strangely and wonderfully phrased measure
Information has been received that the third
Stearns entry in the Westchester County stock
car road race is the recently purchased by
Harlan P. Whipple. of Boston. Mr. Whippls IS
vice-p president of the Bay State Auto Club. of
Boston, and formerly president OF the Auto
mobile Association OF America. He il ot
Americas pioneer automobilists. his connection
with this branch OF sport dating back 70 the ea-ii
est days of steam cars and has owned many ears
both American and foreign makes. His decision
TO enter his S9-horsepover Stearns means de-
termination to win the elaborate Brarclir trophy
The much talked about race from New York to
Paris by way of Alaska has brought about lot
OF comment about races which will prove practical
rather than impractical The proposal. for in
stance. has been made that be around
the world by stated route. and IL also has been
proposed that race be around the borders o<
the United States Automobiles are at present
working their way through many stretches OF SIP
posedy impossible territory. and the confidence ex-
pressed by some that automobiles sent through to
Paris by the proposed route will ultimately reach
there is Indicative of the times. The present high
state OF the automobile manufacturing Industry
has aroused confidence among many Elvood
Haynes the pioneer automobile maker OF the
United States expressed confidence in the capasih
ties of the present day automobiles when speaking
of the New York to Paris race and Mr. Haynes
believes that contest around the world would ee
interesting and always practical while contest
around the borders Of the United states Vould
prove not only possible but mighty interesting
The Palmer & Singer Manufacturing Company.
of New York. has completed arrangements Vhlch
place 1T in a commanding position in the world OF
rrotordorn For years il has confined Its efforts 10
the distribution and marketing of the Matheson
car but for 1903 will have the exclusive handling
Of a complete line of cars so varied IN types sizes
and prices that no single manufactures VIII ap-
neal n so many classes of either the trade or
consumers. II has replaced the Matheson WIN
the Simplex which will be the leader or the me-
This car will be made in one model ony-0e or ~
r,orzanover-IistinE at $50. and in view or 1ts
a~+-so-dinarv reputation will attract much atten-
tion AZ this figure. The Simplex IS well known as
one of the leading American cars beng con-
struCted on the principle Of duplicating the ad-
vsntaCes Of the best foreign machines and adher-
ing closely to the most advanced ii7ii
DDS Of construction
plan. ara now complete for the JacksonviIs to
,Jiar,f Fla road race. which takes place the
second week in March James Laughln. Sd OF
Pit,shurg and Vice-President George Z scoring.
~ the Florida East Coast Automobile Association
and Charles @. PercfvaI. sales manager OF the
Cleveland Motor Car Company. have been ap-
roin+sd through the efforts OF Senator W j. MOT
par rs pioneer pathfnders They viii survey 1he
I.,-ort Of the $50 miles o. swamp and everglads
hatUeen the untraveIIed depths OF Jaeksonviite
and Miami This road has never been cornpieteiy
covered bv an automobile. Ralph Owen made tne
trip from Jacksonville 70 Ornlcnd' steamer ms
- q e. as Rock Ledge Beyond that will
5s-rsss Of canebrake. swamp, sand and tang1-
bic vegetation exists which has never been ira
versed except by an occasional OK team or PACK
mule