The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-25
AMONG The AUFoMOBILISTS
JERSEY MOTORISTS TO WORK
FOR RECIPROCAL Law.

Associated Aatsmsbns CHabs Arrangins
fer Mass Meetings IN Many Cities ana
Towns 90 Werk fsr Passage % More
l.iberal Motor Measure IN the ssAte
New Jersey motorists. under the leader
ship of the Associated Automobile Clubs
Of New Jersey. are making plans to start
an immediate cam paign to obtain the pas-
sage OF reciprocal motor vehicle leStsia'
ton In that Stale during the next session
| Of the Stale LEGISLATURE. Joseph n. Wood
| Of Newark. president % the State organt-
ration Of automobile clubs. says plans are
being made 70 hold mass meetinss all over
the state to urge the need OF Law allow
Ing non-resident auiomobilists to tour In
New Jersey without an extra registration
fee provided they have registered their
machines in their own State
| u h expected that he first Of these meet
ings to advocate the passage OF reciprocal
! motor vehicle legislation will he held at
| Piainfeld under the auspices OF the Plain
field Automobile Club within the next few
weeks The other clubs In the State will
arrange meetings later and Il h planned To
/ have meetings in all the cities and towns
| In which there are utomobile clubs. Ate
August I New Jersey automobile owners
will not be able o drive over the borders
Of their State without obtaining reGtstra-
tions. - New York. Delaware and Penn
sylvania will have laws In force which con-
tain reciprocal clauses
member OF the NeE Jersey Automobile
and Motor Club at Newark comments on
the situation a. follows:
We knew what wAs coming right along.
and yet there seemed to be an Apathetic
feeling about the matter Every one seemed
to think u was some ono elss's business to
take care OF IT, Both Delaware and Penn
sylvaniA gave u an idea of what We could
expect when they passed retaliatory mea-
sures last year Later an Interview was
published With the men In New York Who
were then framing the Callan bill. and We
we're told that unless New Jersey did some
thing to change the present Law that would
permit New Workers to come into this State
under the same or similar condit ions
New Jersey Automob,lists were enabled
to tour New York state q re,aliAtory ella Use
would he embodied In the Law then framing.
No action was taken nv our I.ssisIatur.
except to defeat such = measure and the
bill went through Nov there - howl
The Jersey motorist cannot go out of hts
oWn state uniss-s he takes out another
license Even Massachusetts y sdding
pressure. The police Of Springfield. Mas
arrested DT. Frank y. Hustac OF Mont,
clair this week and fined him tIS for oper-
AtinG hiS automobile IN that city without
a Massachusetts license Il - all very well
for Commissioner Of Motor Vehicles !
u r smith To write a letter to state Nigh
way Commissioner Hunter ~ pennsyi-
privileges from the Pennsylvania motor
lists. bat the latter ar. not 10 blame and
should not b. made to suner Two wrongs
PrActicaily every state in this section ~
the country mas emhodied a reciprocal CLAUSE
IN tta laws and Ne should do the same
True the legal committee Of the different
ciub- In the state did make an effort 10
last se-aion of the Legislature. but II seems
10 me they waited too long u Was a good
ga ga n scl.n . .S 400, stIT np,i ne hoGs
the close of the session before they got
busy. HAD they started IN a. the hesinnlns
Is no question that tAir legislation could
have been enacted Now that the pocket
touched they are waking up and shore j. |
4 btg howl We are going 20 have melting
and IN. automobiilsts arc going into poiirirs
These same meetings should have he-n held
year ago and the wishes of the motorists
Of tnis state would then have had q great
to the power. ina, ~ at Trenton thar they
apparently did have Nov u looks a.
by the action OF neigh boring states
The New Jersey automobilt-tS have
all along wanted a Tree interchange OF tour
ing privileges, and " seems ridiculous that
a mere handful OF men at Trenton should !
successfully oppose fair and Just leRis- !
automobIle owners In New Jersey. and
figuring that each one can control hut one !
, rS.s m Vote 20 as,cS can he ;SIo
AGAINST the man or men Who refuse To give |
Justice to the automobilists
4 sir hour race for Class e cars from iao |
to soo cubic inches piston displacement !
track at FhiIadelphIa nv the Quaker CifV
Motor ,lub on August .. The club offer- !
o. .ccc IN ash to attract the best drivers, !
Of which t'sO will go to the winner and 1
$3.50 to the second man. The long race will |
be started at = = NJ. and finish at 10 . 'clock /
short distance events are To lie run between |
4 and 4 q clock
barney 0ldaeld will make his dabu, in
the Ea., With hue 2" horsepower Rem, |
for speed on the Florida beach, III. one /
mile dirt track record and both the Indian |
records The record for the Point Breeze /
track for the mile " ! minute, second. |
held by h haa p. Palms and The Pat
city Motor Club obligate- the driver TO
cover one mile in s. seconds or better
a risky course for such car a. the big
Bcnz, with its great surplus power and
mile track record 20 ~ rs at 81 Paul. wiping
out the old mark Of S0.-i, held hyde Palma
oldneld also VIII compete in the six
hour event. driving his EiX cylinder Knox
chassis Hen Kcrscher. who drives The
old hemery Darracq. will be a starter in
lowered De .Paima's one mile record a.
~ Paul. driving two miles IN 1 minute
Palma's single mile in 50 as seconds IN
rnort will be made by the Quaker CITY Motor
lub onictais 10 induce ne Palm TO meet
Dldned and Kerscher
Four makes Of cars that competed in
hts years Glidden tour have been entered
In tho Nunzey historic tour which "A
" heduled To start from philadelphia on
August 10. and the tour off"ial- aHp@cT |
ihiE number tn b~ increased before the
entry lists are closed. on August s. These
Tour makes 81 cars are the MAXWELL, the
Premier. the Ohio and the Cino 4 C;rsst
v estern, one of the Glidden tour press ears.
b as also been entered
The oficial cars selected are as follows
Pilots. Seden and E-M-F pacemakeT
..olumbia press ears. Thomas. E-M-F and
" aehinzton starters car. American t,ho-
.o9rapherS car. Brush The cars entered
Tor the tour up to the present time are a.
iollowr Fillmore. Corbin, Selden, 'oIuu bia 4,
Maxwell. two Brush riiuabouts, Warren.
Detroi. Regal two kriis, Enssr. Pierre