The sun., 1909-11-29
AMONG THE AUTOMOBILlSTS
NEWARK ORGANIZATION TO
HAVE NEW HONE.
Trustees or New Jersey Automobile and
Motor Club Plan to Issue Bonds 90
Buy Or. wards Residence In Broad
street-COmmIttee ON Subscriptions.


street, Committee ON Subscriptions.
Because the present clubhouse at Park
place and East Park street. Newark. Ia
no longer large enough to accommodate
the fast growing membership the board OF
trustees OF the New Jersey Automobile
and Motor Club have decided on plans
for securing a larger home for the organiZa-
tion. 1t IL planned to get the residence
Of Dr. Leslie d. Ward in South Broad street,
which is large enough to provide quarters
for the organization. which is rapidly ap-
preaching the 1000 mark.
| IL is planned to Obtain the property by
an issue OF 500. 900 in per cent. club bonds
to be secured by a first mortgage on the
club property. A portion OF the bonds
are to be retired each year under a per
cent. sinking fund provided by the club.
Members are 70 be invited to subscribe
for the bonds and no subscriptions are to
be binding unless at least $751; 600 OF the
| issue is subscribed for.
W. Give Crosby. president OF the club.
has appointed the following special COM
| mittee TO solicit subscriptions In accord
ance with a resolution OF the board OF trus-
tees: John F. Dryden. Uzal H. McCarter.
James Smith, Jr.. c. II. Bissell. Jacob Hauss-
ling. Austen II. McGresor. r. 8. Ward
Wallace NJ. Scudder. Franklin Murphy.
August Beucke. c. W. Baker, Albert q.
Headley. j. II. Wood. william N. Sommer.
Kencil l.. Ryman, william Diamond. Richard
NJ. Woods. william T. Hunt. Lewis Strauss.
G. X. Simonds, william scheerer. W. Give
Crosby ex oficio.
The board OF trustees has issped the fol-
lowing statement OF the plans for securing
the new clubhouse:
late that IL has become an imperative ne
cessity that we seek more commodious
quarters for housing the otgenizstion
agitation among the members for providing
a permanent home for the club which win
for The automobiiists Of the State. such a
clubhouse to be located in the city OF New
= committee appointed by the board of
| trustees thoroughly investigated the matter
and after looking at several sites decided
Wsrd es on EDs Broad street Sfa facing lincoln Park
wis the most desirable quarters we could
h0pe 70 secure. The property has 'front.'
ming 200 feet in depth TO a large alley com
municatinR with Camp street, with q sub
sssntial Dwelling and large stable now On
trustees have decided that the acquiring
se. sy ss fo Ss SGad ss
provided sufficient money were raised
among the membership st large TO carry
OUT the scheme properly"
Lewis r. Speare OF Boston, president
Gsat hs hsd ths nity from Bns,nn last ssiSrSsx
time he viii be the central nSure at the
Bile Hssocistion. Which includes the boards
Of directors meetings Tomorrow and
Wednesday, On Tuesday the old hoard Of
directors will receive reports, winding up
new hoard OF directors viii meet on We'd
spesTs S1
at the interest shown throughout the coun-
try In the annual meeting. especially in the
viii be we'll Represented. He predicts
| that the reports TO be submitted will show
that the national body IN addition TO en-
prosperous condition at the present time
than ever before.
at the present time. says Mr.. Speare, is
interest OF the FEDERAL automobile bill. TO
and II, This measure is Of extraordinary
interest to automobilists In general. Its
passage would simplify touring to a great
owners of automobiles.
I am more than ever hopeful that the
a1tomoblls bill will bear results. The
recent speech Of Senator Ellhu Root before
shows n. rend of opnoh in G ths
direction we are working.
mir. Root said that the people OF the
in certain important respects local laws OF
the separate States have become inade-
Quate for the control Of the business and
activities which extend throughout all the
States. and that such power OF regulation
and control is gradually passing into the
nANS Wsile Mf. M % Root did ss not reter specifically
TO the matter of the highways. his opinion
is exactly in line with our contention that
various States should control the highways
OF the country IN 40 far as Interstate traffic
! he Ia
tremely significant.
mobile Club Of America has received appli-
cations for active membership from r. a.
BARCLAY; Dickinson Q; BroWn, FSederisk
Theodore S p % sSonts. G. C THOMPSON 1 80 1U and
R RRsyid W]sEasLd ] sii q New Y9rf E fSSiitX siitX Tracy
f9S Theodore MeTsepes SeH Jersey CitS Snd
H. s. Morton. Hoboken. Sherman l..
ate % or % Don,resident reside t1I membership' ana 0i +.
n. Broadwell OF this city has applied for
clubroom Membership.
ship. .SoO-has been reached, tn. board
OF governors increased the limit to 900
ns ss: e.ctea rssasT %.ms.r q s6a
board Of governors. his term OF ONCE ex-
piring the hrst Tuesday in April. 1912. to
OF Cornelius Vanderbilt.
| Automobile owners can now secure
| applications for 1910 Pennsylvanla regis
| tration numbers and while the licenses will
/ not be issued until January I. those who
make early application will get the lower
| and more desirable registration mum bers
According to the provisions OF the new
| Penns ylvania law, all cars are registered
! according to a graded schedule as follows
| Cars Of less than 20 horsepower, IS; cars
l OF 20 to 90 horsepower, $40 cars OF so horse
power and over, SIS. An automobile owner
! il nok required to have a driving license
but professional chauneurs and paid opera :
tors must get driving licenses and pay o.
for them.
Encoura Qed by the success Of the recent
Oa akla nd Portola road race. the officials
Of the Automobile Club OF California are
discussing plans for conducting another and
greater speed contest on the road. The
men interested wish to have the event run
in OF near San Francisco as the citizens OF
that city are enthusiastic over the plan
and began search for a suitable circuit
The course selected is within the bounda ries
Of the city and ns proposed the circuit
goes through Golden Gate Park, down the
| Great Highway, over Sloat Boulevard and
back into the park through Nineteenth
Portola race, saws every turn but one can
be Founded at sixty miles an hour,
, The proposed circuit starts and finishes
drive In Golden Gate Park. IL swings into
the Great Highway where the Norwegian
ship GJoa, the first vessel to aail throu Rt
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