The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-05


Washington street. has sold an olds-
mobile roadster to Charles Dorman, of
Long Branch.
In ten days the beautiful new home
of the Ellis Motor Car Company at .124-
126 Washington street will be complete.
The company has already installed its
I offices in the building, but carpenters
and electricians have not yet finished
with the interior. There is a flood of
light at all times throughout the two
stories. The salesroom and offices are
on the first floor and also the adjust
ment and emergency repairs depart
ment. On the second fioor is the stock
room and repair department. There is
a special driveway, INC an Otis ele-
vator is being installed.
Mortimer Davis has returned from
the shore in his natty Oldsmobile.
DIR. Frank T.. Heustis, of Montclair,
is on a touring trip to Allentown, Pa
f. C. Finley and his Oldsmobile have
returned from the White Mountains.
A. C. Bloomingdale, of Elizabeth, has
returned from West Point.
Halsey Larter, of Newark, is on a
trip to Goshen and return.
ConstabIes on the Job.
II. r. Rolffes reports a speed trap in
Central Valley and Highland Mills. Or
ange county, n. Y. A constable is sta
toned at a place one mile before Cen
trail Valley is reached. going north to
tuxedo. On entering the main road to
Central Valley, on a sharp left turn
after descending a long hill, two con-
stables take he ime of a machin
from that point to the drug store in
Central Valley. A speed of ten miles
an hour through this section Is insisted
upon.
Any member of the automobile club
needing chauffeurs can obtain them by
applying to the secretary.
Speed traps are a constant
to pleasurable a~utomobiling. Autoists
believe tina all reckless drivers should
be ~apprehended, but it happens thai the
most careful are obliged to undergo
punishment due to the over-zealous
methods employed by energetic con-
stables with badges as large as armor
plates.
Justice Housell a measured off a
new speed trap on the old bridge road,
Just the other side of New Brunswick,
beginning at the water works.
George H. Powell, of Arlington, re-
ports that a trap is in operation at
Brownstown.
A large German policeman is holding
up all cars. at Maplewood beyond the
Hilton flats. This guardian of the road
is stationed at the foot of the hills, as
the car track turns into Valley street.
Charles j. Glidden predicts that the
1909 Glidden tour will be west of Chi
cago to Denver, and the 1910 tour will
be made through to England. 1t Is pro-
posed to run special trains from New
York to Chicago, and return, to convey
eastern motorists to the starting point
in 1909.
The scarcity of automobile accidents
in the central portion of the city is a
source of pride to all well-meaning
Newark motorists, who know that &C
cidents are avoided only by the most
careful driving.
l.. c.. Rushing reports a new speed
trap on q quarter-mile stretch, from
Court street to Arlington street, In
Irvingtop.
The meeting of the Vanderbilt Cup
Commission, scheduled for this week,
has beer postponed until after w. X.
Vanderbilt arrives in this country from
abroad.
worlds Queerest Auto Club.
What is probably the queerest- auto
mobile club in the world has been
formed by the inmates of the Daugh-
tiers of Jacobs Home for Aged Men
and Women. in New York. All its
members are more than 100 years old,
n the president has reached the ripe
old age of 10Y years. The club will
make one automobile trip a year, the
expenses to be borne by the home.
Scott Ingerton, of South Orange ave-
nue.. is motoring throughout New York
State n Massachusetts.
BY offering cash prizes for chauf-
feurs who pilot their cars to victory
the Automobile Club of America will
go far toward gaining the enthusiasm
of the chauffeurs.
In the South and West it is proposed
to call on congress of automobile clubs
to form a new national organization.
William e. Thurston, of Elizabeth,
has ~returned from an automobile tour
of Maine, New Hampshire and Ver-
mont.
Ethel Roosevelt's Enthusiasm.
Miss Ethel Roosevelt is following the
example of her sister. Mrs. Nicholas
III IL otAh go
astic advocate of the automobile.
Prominent members of the American
Motor Car Manufacturer Association
and the National Association of Auto
mobile Manufacturers are trying to adj
just their differences. The manufac-
turers are trying to devise some basis
of compromise to lift the ban from the
Vanderbilt cup race, but Newarkers be-
lieve that the pipe of peace will not be
smoked until after the grand prize in
ternational race is decided in Savannah
on Thanksgiving Day.
The following names have been pro-
posed fer membership in the New Jer-
sey Automobile Club: Dr.. Robert S.
Watson, Orange; S. II. Lockett. East
Orange: George A. Oil, jr., Newark;
w. N. Coler, jr., Summit; Joseph A.
Riordan, Harrison: Stephen S. Day,
Morristown; Joseph B. Williams, East
Orange; Robert K. Wehner, Newark;
William IL. Boiler, East Orange; Ed
ward W. Drew, Allen n. Terbell,
Charles o. Peterson. Newark; Charles
N. Mcfarland, East Orange; DR.. An
colo n Riopchi Neyark. William n