The sun., 1909-06-22
AMONG THE AUTOM0BILISYS
DRIARCLIFF SUIT DECIDED
AGAINST MR.. SkENE.

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Justfce Truax SAYS Former state Enxi-
ueer md suryeyor Had Nh Power tn
E,.,, v.,,n.,, ,ron, Auon,oh,,e a
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ES"aouac'urers i"r nosu "a'""se'
The Automobile manufacturers conn
r,itt.s has anaIIv smccoeded in winn,n O
N, snit aoainst Frederick Skene former
Ststc rngineer hnd Survevor for the
ret,,rp of tha rooney 'denosit ed with the
iot,sr hefore, the rnnriny of tbe Rriarolifr
,rnnhv s,r;nnad .toot oh, s..s road race
in Westcbestsr county op Lnril "a. ieos
Tho ,,oneve was dsnosi,ed aa a eusreptee
T,nd IN nrovid. Tor renair,nu anv damage
,hst miah, hs Indicted on the state roads
Included in the circuit over which the Briar.
cI,o r.ce w.a contested !
A.reat ds,i 'of excIienoep attended the
depositinr of the, guarantee fund, the
a,,a,,r,, 20 ,,,h,,,, .,s a. aoo nd !, ioot od
amount mt oi which was MeO' al ana lTUnsa
Walter W Law, donor of the Briarciff
.emaindsr Dp, su was % m,bscrised @ By various mem
bers of the automobile manufacturers
committee. which conducted the race.
some time after the race had been run Mr..
skene sent a check for sSssit to the com.
mittee and informed them that the rest
of the money had been expended in repair
ms ,is .ne
oireus
Job Hedges. counsel Tor the committee.
name Of Robert Lee MorreIl. chairman of
astSssaoafyvsa bosra SY'sthe. committee
ne eAeouuye ooatu 1l 'ne .Vno., IN ,
deposited. The case was tried before
Justice ,Truax in the Supreme Court. who
has had the case under consid Grafton
since March . of this year In giving his
qfu'son Trusn de1irered te D lengthy opinion the
latter part Of which oh reads read as follows VS.,
"lnasmuch as he INT Skenel haa no
authority to recover the amount OF the
sss.s1ses a dsnosi. from those he beIieved
S0ye1sSs, .h;ah ,.a,,IS
contemnatea dong %hs ma s
tsIned. With costs. with leave to the defep-
dant 10 amend.
MIR. Hedges has taken steps to collect
Skene' Who is no longer in ofiice.
wALLA wALLA, Wash, June si.-Ford
mobile S race m arrived a here this morning and
left for Seattle after short stop. The
drivers expect to reach their destination
on Wednesday: The shawmus hS .r{ car sss passed
The % s6awmnt mutt passed Ford No. i at Weser,
Idaho.
The,board of trustees of the New Jersey
Automobile and Motor Club at Newark
made public encouragement Of Their their oppo, @
which the Touring Club OF America and
". j. Morgan have scheduled for July /,
pro- Protectors OF the run few days ago stated
That the affair would be conducted as a sort
on ceiebra aiiofi of the passage OF the amend
aSs g se tssr so n hs sesS Hg Yase sse
herefofore been the case
The offlcials of the Newark organization,
which has more than a thousand members
cSD Sec no good at ali in the proposed three
day jaunt OF New Workers and others
a roadabiiity run to Wildwood scheduled
FOR July q but IL is moi Thought that the
Jubilee tour would Interfere with the run
Adopted by the trustees of the New Jersey
Iutomobiie and Motor Club are as follows:
. -Resoired. That this club expresses its
The reasons. ''
-First-it does not promote the good of
sionai nron,oters
Third-The rood roads of the State will
not Be improved by such use.
Foprfh-That ornosition and esnmIty
would be incurred on the part Of the rural
districts F't-S - -
Eifth-aThe promoters had nothing to do
sns ~ ths tha ros5 '' Tue '@"e VI 'ne "'''u
The officiais Of the Newark organization
have directed lie Mass secretarv
lion RI cav Fort and ID j. n a. Smith
State TSnS,njss;nner ~ Notnr Vehicles for
Sew Jersax Sewera offcers Of Tho club
bsve been ,.L al to cnmment IN The resolu.
Tos,S or In STATE What measures if ANY
,ro,,id he toker 70 nrsvent The RIM bnt have
rsfused ~ d;snnss a. ,he nmes,inn f,ir,ber tba1
Nv G',oting The wordipv Of The resohition
sIiontedtby the trnstaes
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~, xv..- ru,.orad olon, eu,omo,iIs row
'x,.t.rdsy thop seyarnis n,omhars Of tbe
tfnsor Pso;,,g Association ware an1inus io
,star cars l., ~ 81 ,,,ora ,wenty-fo,T hour
saaes ~ nne - ,ha rseraSinS tracGs
,sar IN citv Jtv "a p,esid.n % Wwnrnf ~ the
sssncistion annointed a committee to in.
vestiaate the ckanoes of securing suitable
track for twenty-fonr hour races race several '.,add