New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
MR.. DEPEW ON AUTOS.
SPE4KS At II. c. II. DINNER
Ambassador Jusserand Tells of Part
Played by France.

/ An OdOr Of gaSolene and the familiar honkI
| honk! were the only essentials missing to make
| complete the annual dinner OF the Automobile
/ Cub OF America, held at its headquarters in
/ west 54th street. last night Something like
/ three hundred covers were laid. and gathered
round the festive board were many persons
/ prominent in various walks OF life.
4 Al the guests table We're General George
1 Moore Smith, General Nelson A. Miles Colonel
4 John Jacob Astor, the Rev. Wilton Merle Smith.
Il senator Chauncey NJ Depew. Patrick Francis
l Murphy, Henry Sandurm. Augustus Thomas
1 Dr. Schuyler Skaats Wheeler, NJ. Jules JUS
4 serand, the French Ambassador; Colgate Hovt
president Of the Automobile Club of America:
pave Il Norris. Job E. Hedges Albert r. Shat
tuck, Jotham p. Aids Charles Jerome Edwards
/ ard Oliver a. Quayle.
1 There were only q few vacant chairs when the
1 members and guests took their places Immedi-
steiy over the guests table flags were hung and
there were floral decorations at all the tables
The banquet hall itself is a thing of beauty,
being modelled after a French chateau
Nj Hoyt had hoped to have Governor Hughes
present but the latter was compelled TO decline
because Of previous engagements. The mere
mention Of the Governors name was sufficient
70 provoke loud applause, mingled with such
shouts as our next PresidentI"
NJ Hoyt. who was POSTMASTER made the
opening address. in which he said:
We have accomplished much since our last annual
fT { tn g nI al Sf a2 IN DesemReI 1895 AT that
thousand. with waiting list Now the limit OF our
membership has been increased TO liaV and we still
waiting list as Large a year ago. our
total membership was then la and it is I.sD.
from being completed, and We see Il in its
our new hene ] believe 1 am within bounds when
! say is the most unique and perfect OF kind
ever constructed The garage is the largest in the
rst vice-preSdent Or VICE. - G @
hgKe
OF It's KIND ever constructed. namely. a dynamome-
clubhouse, and by which any member can find out
tA1c! 1-e iI i S I, a[ IS afle % oeVelop
consideration, and by he also test absolutely
l called question by the not always too friendly
policeman il can be thooughIy determined
Al the Elany-slded phases Of the operations OF |
tIis cgb curing the last year have been met not |
rnany respects, over heretofore untried gro1nd !
and The obstacles We have had TO meet and solve |
Thioh our enthusiastic automobilists may ind in |
their proposed trip from New York Paris VIA /
Alaska and Berng Straits.
What we have accomplished I. as your president, |
bat fo- The efficient constant painstak1ng and most
set-s&cT!1siI. efforts OF your various committees
Tor the club has been such that, without IT it would
Just now. Tor q moment, let me speak of the
ol-G-s conlInltIee. composed OF our hrst vice
man A r Shattuck; General George Moore Smith
committee has been incessant, day and night. in
al seasons 81 me year; IN us Loyal service IN
surnountahle 10 meet and overcome, such
lection above the ground Money could NOT NOT buy
ne services II has rendered, which have been
given ungrucgingly and enthusiastically for our
good
s @ 5o Pey ga far m Tgh a we s5e H9w % h095sG 05s1 S Sa
feen furnished as follows: BY the club. $1,000; by
which secured by the way. through the efforts
q our treasurer, Nj Fanshawe, without any com :
Per t oTgaEe fnnshed nj e GVG 5E the % ebePs at
eSg s ana Sesgat Rouse ore for eg GsH ontRs
,hrough the wise handling OF finances, we have {
been able % draw from the bonds held by the ,
] % a The pay ou 9 "6 Of GaSs ] eaTne at tRe F so1a
against $4,000 when We moved in.
When Mr.. Hoyt introduced Ambassador JUS
serand the orchestra struck up the 'Marseil- ,
laise" NJ Jusserand, who seated next TO
Senator Depew. replied TO the toast. France,
the Mother Of the Automobile" He said:
Machines which were recently the pride of the 1
lS iE@ae S9a which stil look quite new new are now q
automobile has invaded the world For some time I
ne French weIe alone il producing machines Il
e If fse Sshee eEea d epecay hd n
eoafa II rs Is as as II should n be- there yd should e, be
We 90 not and We fatter ourselves that the L
product q our shops continues to deserve your c
@ ttpI9Salon. And what is The secret OF this sue
esssE .3s among Competitors secrets should not Be
, ,I1o' & 90. We are among friends, and shall tell
s t care ~ = with US natural disposition, forti-
r.
jungle about t fra o az tb o Ia1as saI III Peo
!ae tookeQ Al the strange. forgotten thing. They =
lnolght i would be curious ascertain the kind {
q o. work it could have done in its day: 1t Fl
found that few repairs necessary, and the =
stlte was DUI in action. The results O.
lshing, and no better machine, the newspapers as
serted, was in operation the canal 1 afraid "
taeTe might he pleasant eEaggeration in the jr
as about Ruggtero's hippogTIf, but I have asked
o.onel GoeIials the man OF strength and intel y
q digging Jae Pansrla Canal and / have it on tie
- - mat machine had Certainly been built with X
Or , ara aIFald TO become ITS autocrat too II
sns - y lLe most important problems nowadays, III
l.p9arity & Of the art, IS the problem Of dust The
- - Aes no greater enemy than dust Dust spoils he
mostly existing In eisn n@axn @d1 tne Psinats aatn
toatsis has Ho greater cause. The problem must ra
y N'iFeGi dust must be done away with ii
Long applause greeted Mr.. Depew when he
Wa called upon His toast was America, the ~,
ser 81 The Automobile He said: "a
Ihls dub with its appointments. its membership
sss ~ @Lage IS evidence Of the remarkable prog DO
secon1plished alIe ard det5nPnsSnd sinbassadnr CO..
- -SIlct, Who has come from Washington for the
solpose q attending this meeting. shows the tui
--oiaI interest in the automobile industry.
ne automobile, for whose completion and By
e92eat France aud the United States closer To- De
s5s,,'i 'i1ia anything which has occurred since ~
!" ssf-nst0n. os
Il they could revisit the scenes of their activities ~
~ soeiG itcl al horne and happy the political
oud drive them b ia their celestial abode We FiI
~ - - imagine the feelings Of General Washing
- filie going from New York Washington I'm Re
= nouis. when in his time IL took that number lin
l,ks o@ks or of riding in trolley through the o.
ain - me capital which he was at so much =
i,aaaso so t5F out of talking thousand miles ro
rolgh the telephone. or Of sending a wireless p
= boae- = London and receiving answer within
Ei Mhen Communication between those points Csc
.pee5 a'lne took one hundred and twenty days