New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
SOME INCIDENTS OF AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL

atrocious sensations about Mr.. Hartman last week
did not spare his estate. either in vagaries Of
their compositions In one Of their stories telling
about the midnight conference OF physicians at
Mr.. Harriman's bedside" they described the
dangers Of the road 10 Arden house, and told how
the eminent physicians often In danger OF
falling over the cliff the automobiles toiIed up
the steep and rough hewn" road As a matter OF
fact. the road from Arden station the top of
Tower Hill is about the best IN New York State
The grade is easy that one who walks il hardly
appreciates that he is going up hill until he looks
away into the valley below. and the often used
siImle "as smooth a billiard table" would not
be much Of exaggeration. If some of the auto
mobile racetracks in good condition as
Mr.. Harrimans road there would be fewer deaths
recorded in the papers.
The loyalty of the residents in the neighborhooi
of Arden to Mr.. Hartman is well shown by the
experience of one party of sghtseers that
from New York. attracted by the aarmist stories
about the inancier's health They by train
Monroe and got an automobile there run
them down to Tower Hill The driver took the
party TO the point where the road up the hin
leaves the valley road and said:
There is the road up 10 Mr.. Harrmans house.
IAN right" said the leader of the party; take
us up
Nothing doing" replied the driver Mr. Har-
rirnan don't want visitors now"
Honk. honki And the car went on to the funcu-
lar railway, which pointed out another Of
the neighborhood sights.
A man who runs garage in Highland Mills
ceived a call the other day to up to Newburg
and bring a party down to Central Valley. The
road from Highland Mills to Newburg climbs vari-
ous hills and runs through several cuts. When
the Highland Mills going through one OF
these cuts he heard the loud call Of siren behind
him and turned TO a racing roadster coming at
high speed.~ The Highland Mills man turned close
TO the bank, the siren continued TO Warble ana
at las the Highland Mills climbed the bank
itself lust in time the roadster went whzznG
nv And not fifty feet beyond the roadster tooh
to the bank.
There were two in the roadster. The car
pIoughed its length up the soft bank ana came 10
a sudden stop At the man beside the driver
hent slowly forward and toppled out of the car.
rolling underneath the big machine. The driver
shut off the power, jumped out and ran back 10
the Highland Mills man.
Are you hurt?' he exclaimed
NO" said Highland Mills why should De-
"Didn't we hit you?" asked the other.
NO you idiot" replied Highland Mills. 1 ran
up the bank to get out of your way
..AIiracuousr' said the other man. Il thought
we hit you, and l ran into the bank TO come pacA
and help you
Then the two pulled the third man out from
under the roadster.
Every road in the country has its quota OF auto
mobile accidents ut the roads leading out OF inns
cit are the ones that raise the average and those
ON the west side OF the Hudson GO their fun snare
The railroads. of course, enter largely into autoiho
bue history in the East. Not long ago IA big tour
ing car was speeding down hill toward raiiroau
Grade crossing night, and discovered too late TO
80, ,ha. tbe gate was closed The owner OF the
CO.. CAT beside the driver When he saw that ,Ee
-. ,,ae down he realized once that the machine
,a M, stop and that II could rot turn aside, as
,,e road was banked high on either side, ana 10