New-York tribune., 1910-12-19
AUTO NEWS OF THE DAY
Dealers Ask Better Facilities for
Obtaining License Numbers.
DELAY CAUSES TROUBLE
Office in New York City Would
Help Greatly and Do Away
with Inconveniences.

The automobile manufacturers and deal
ers of New York City and vicinity are de
nlanding Of the Secretary Of State better
facilities for obtaining license numbers FOL
motor vehicles They have been put TO
great deal Of Inconvenience and trouble, or
account OF being compelled 70 loan pur'
chasers license numbers, while they are
awaiting the receipt of the numbers Of theil
machines from Albany This usually takes
about ten days.
In a number Of instances manufacturers
have been sued for damages. which upon
investigation were found 10 be caused by
customers who were using the rlanufactur-
er's license One dealer at the present time
has three such suits pending In other
cases manufacturers have been summoned
for speeding cars through local towns ad-
jacent to New York, and investigation OF
these charges proves that they were caused
by owners, and not by manufacturers
The automobile manufacturers and deal
ers feel that they should have the same
facilities for obtaining license numbers that
have been extended by other states For IN
stance, New Jersey has a number of or
fees in this city where license numbers can
be obtained without delay
Charles \. Stewart, general manager OF
city of New York, has taken up this mat
ter with the Secretary Of State, requesting
hin, to open and maintain here an offfce
where license numbers can be secured at
the time the application is made In sup
ncr+ of this request a petition was clrcu-
lated among members of the association
and this was forwarded TO Albany for the
consideration of the Secretary Of State
r. an of,tce is opened in New York City
n will greatly facilitate the autonaooile IN
Sus+rv and do away with one OF the great
es+ nuisances that il has to contend Will
That popular priced American cars are
r,r;aIr ssinins favor In foreign fields Is
shown bv the fact that w H Lons'
,,r,n,inent engineer of Auckland. New
zealand. where heretofore public opinion
bss heen preiudiced against anything ouo
+be extensive European cars, recently maoe
tbe following statement after disassemohns
and personally inspecting an Overland CAL :
have examined the gearing parts. 70,
nnschinery OF the Overland car Inc
transmission gear throughout Is wen ue
signed and all gears well cut from ms, nlsr
grade steel L noticed thaI la1 ofi tight
gear box; this is great adVanlase vr-l ~
the ordinary type OF planetary gear: ~at me
three point suspension IS also spoo IgaI
nre Also the arrangements OF the tuDu-
lar radiaI bar in which the driving snaIs Is
inclosed, and its universal 1olnIed connsS..oi = %
to the clutch is far above tne general ai
rangenent of this type of car
There should be q nigh proportion OF 1ne
power generated by the motor transmlttso
to the road wheels. which you would PROB
ably ind 10 be the case If you tested IL
against other types under similar condi-
iions- The pistons; pins and parts o, 1e1,, motoa
<iv,iSf Ios1 10 anRRmGnt
rings is good, also the fact OF cynnoers
being cast singly reduces risk OF fracture
and distortion in casting and manutac.ure.
of any other engineer who has had ac.uai
experience in manufacture and repairing
shon where one sees the various weak
nesses and defects OF the many different
systems Of power transmission adopted az
the present time.
finding car. en- route from New York 10
San Francisco to blaze g new route from
coast to coast by way Of the Southern
States. The party. which is composed OF
E. L. Ferguson, the American Automobile
Association representative. who is spread
ing the gospel of good roads for his orxani-
zation; G. W. Finnsy. representing the
Ohio Motor Car Company: Charles Thacher
end Fred D. Clark. has left Helena for Dali
las, Fort Worth and Ell Paso. BY fast
driving across Texas and through the deserr
the automobilists expect TO reach
the Golden Gate In time to deliver Mayor
Gaynor's good roads message TO Mayor
Mccarthy on Christmas Day.
Paul LAcroix, vice-president and general
Of Renault Freres selling branch
announces the removal OF the Renault sales
rooms from their former quarters on 5Ith
street. near Broadway. TO the DernareSt
at the southeast corner of Broad
way and 57th street The new quarters
make available a floor space area Of 10. 900
square feet, and provide the opportunity to
display the various Renault models fitted
with bodies made by A T. Demarest 4 Co.
A 1911 Flanders ''2o" which Is making
a nonstop run. has covered <,9Sc miles.
II is now after the worlds nonstop record
of ten thousand miles. The car Is doing
all It's running on streets and roads, and
Is averaging four hundred miles a day.
ARRANGE ATTRACTIVE BOUT
'Packy" Mcfarland to Meet Jack