The sun., 1909-02-20
AMONG THE AUTOkODILISTS
NEWARK'S LOCAL SHOW OPENS
TONIGHT.

second Annual Exhibition in Essex TroOI
Armery Under Auspices OF New Jer
sey Automobile and Motor Club
and the Dealers Associa on-G ossip
Eewark's second annual local automo.
bile show under the Joint auspices Of the
New Jersey. Automobile and Motor Clut
and the New Jersey Automobile Trad,
Association Is to be opened tonight in tn,
Essex Troop Armory in Roseville avenue
near the Roseville station OF the Lacka
wanna Railroad. The armory. which only
recently has been completed, has more
than twice as much exhibition space as wa,
available in the Electric Park Casino, which
was used for the first Newark show last
winter The size Of the armory has en-
abled the show management to have more
elaborate decorations than we're possible
last winter.
Twenty-eight different makes OF cars are
scheduled to be displayed by the exhibitors
the Ford having been added to the list In the
last few days. Reports gathered by II. A
Bonnell. general manager OF the show. from
as many OF the exhibitors as he could reach
up to yesterday showed that at least nifty
complete cars and three chasses will be
shown when the doors OF the new armory
are opened this evening.
Members OF the Denver Motor Club are
delighted q wiih the work dom done by the sign
he work OF the committee one OF the most
important things the club has done since
its orga anization. Last fall the committee
and soon the roads at every crossing were
dotted with boards giving directions TO the
traveller signs were placed as far south
route, north TO Greeley nd west to Golden
Other routes are being mapped out and
before the touring season opens these signs
VIII be placed over several hundred miles
along the various crossr Dads and up the
cahons.
The signboards are designed in the form
OF an arrow, the Tip being black and the
jet black The letters are ~, inches In height
and may be read at distance OF several
hundred feet The signboards are just the
1om osT al hs % 80 sa ,bs% ss
t&-tA best advantage. The black arrow
tn e used on an signs to indicate the d.
reetion l1 addition to the usual distance
grade also have been placed.
The chairman, Of the signboard COM
mit,ee Is &. p Allen and he has been espe-
ward +. Dean superintended the work OF
erecting the signs last fall and will begin
this sSason operations as soon as the clubs
q re slgnboard COMMITTEES are George b
c, G. Bell, s,Z. Siitersparre
In connection with the agitation of the
question OF suitable lights on all wheeled
vehicles. during the hours OF darkness
Archibald Church. a member OF the Chi.
th4corpmissioners ofthe three park system
Of the city, directing their attention specif-
ically 70 the danger which he believes at
tends ne use OF headlights OF great size
-Eccssry one ,yho has ridden at night,
upon ,,a3 approaching such q vehicle there is
~ the line Of illumination are entirely
blinded TO everything in the direction OF
the approaching car. This has resulted
row escapes from serious accidents to peo-
pie who have passed into the roadway be-
hind the car so equipped for the purpose
by vehicle drivers approachng in the oppo-
site direction because Of the binding glare.
Though such lights are of value to the
driver Immediately behind them. they are
. source Of great danger to every one pass
ing or following in the wake OF car so
Il am Informed that they are not allowed
OF New York nor in Detroit on the houle-
wards. They are absolutely without eI-
cuse so far as utility Is concerned on the
II they were regulated by being turned
down, to reasonable point, as can he
readily accomplished. Il would improve the
conditions of street traffio TO mat erial de-
gree and result in the saving Of some lives
An experienced motorist declares that
Il Is very necessary to protect the joints
or the steering gear, and for this purpose
many cans are provided with leather COW
cred joints. This is a most desirable pro-
vision and one which should he made by
weather. The joints should be thoroughly
washed with painters brush and kero-
sene and then good supply OF motor grease
a flexible leather casing which can be sewn
around the points by any harness maker
or shoemaker
4 smoker was held last week by the
Automobile Club of Bridgeport, the chief
ent ertainment being furnished by moving.
pictures showing the Savannah and BriRr-
clin races. as well as some foreign events
and comic scenes. At a recent meeting
Of the board OF governors twenty neW
members we're elected to the organization.
Three more automobiles will be addel
to Newarks municipal departments in
the near future The. finance commit;
/ thorized the purchase Of Three anio%"-
biles OF the runabout type to he ls,l in
place OF horses by engineers nr the sewer
and q :, water ,tet depSrtme4ts Comm,ssipnrr
he purchased on the suggestion Of Engineer
Sherrard. who said they would hc more
expedient and less expensive than horses
The machines will cost Si0S cHch. They
will be used by Edward s. Rankin, engineer
of the sewer depart ncnt; Herman Rosen-
treler, assistant engineer of the water de-
part tment, and Harry ID Frnnklin, an engi-
neer in the sewer department.
WILKEsBARRE. Pa, Feh N. The nomi-
mating committee Of the Wllkeabarro Auto
mobile Club to-day completed its report.
The following names have been decided on
by the committee: President. George T.
lee. e-president. Samuel i Nicholson
governors. r. 4, Wright and George W.
Lewis Under the rules OF the organiza-
I ion the nrst three menti ioned officers act
the governing board The nomination COM
mittee was composed Of W. p. Billings j. II.
Perkins and Frank Matheson. chairman.