The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-08
AMONG THE AUTOEOBILISTS
EXAMINERS o. CHtIfFEt Ms
APPOINTED.
Freder,ck n. Eiiistt q chief for Another
rerm-Bad weather. Thass for thr
shifting sf Disabled rires-Wnat
dealers Ma, Do About Cars They Duy.

Dealers May Do About Cars They Huy.
| Frederick a. Elliot, OF New York was
reappointed Yesterday chief examiner OF the
| automobile bureau by Secretary OF state
Koenig lie will divide his time between
| Albany and the ONCE at broadway and
Seventy fourth street. this city. where
chauffeur examinations are conducted
daily To assist Mr.. Elliott In the frrt
district, " hitch comprises Greater New York.
Long Island and westchester county. thsrs
! will b. Herbert u. Patterson Of brooklyn
and Charles Reich Of New York.
The state has been divided into nine dis
tricts. examiners having been appointed
from the state civil service list. The ds-
ir,rts besides the local one over which Mr.
Elliott pr--id-s are these
Duchess Putnam. Columbia. Greene.
: Ulster. orange and Rockiand counties
Henry VI James. Hudson. examiner.
Albany. Rensselaer, and Schenectady
! Counties bernard Schmidt. Albany. r1-
Rminer
| sullivan. Delaware schoharis. otsexo.
| Chenanxo Broome and Tiosa counties-
| Clark 4. Sanford. MargaTetville. examiner.
| Herkirner. Montgomery. Madison. Oneida
| and Lewis counfies-Louis I. Lutes. Her
kimer. examiner.
| Washington. Saratoga. Fulton. Warren.
| Hamilton. Essex. Clinton. Franklin and
| ~. Lawrence COhntles-hODrft -. H"mluk-
| ton. Saratoga. examiner.
Cortland. Tompkins Seneca. Cayusa.
| Onondagn. Osw ego and Jefferson counties
Charlie. A. BENJAMIN. Syracuse. examiner.
Chemung. Schuyler. Steuben, Allegany.
! Wyoming. Erie. Cattsrauxus and thau-
| tauuua counties George l.. Long. Warsaw.
| examiner.
| Wayne. Ontario. Yates. Livingston. Mon
roe. Genesee. Orleans and Niagara coun-
amner.
Fixing q tire these days isn't the p,sah-
| ant test task IN the world II shoe happens
TO blow out or " there Is a puncture II -
mighty cold work getting out OF !he car
and lacking up the machine to remove the
OF ending shoe. With fingers bsnumbed
and stin and the tire casing refractory there
are many things that are nicer than having
to ~restle with an injured shoe. Yesterday.
when the weather was thawing q little.
Il wasn't so bad. but the daH before. with an
icy wind added 10 swiris OF snow. IL made
being a chauffeur q most unpleasant task
Shifting a tire - not the most detachable
sport in the world anyway. and 1t 10 easy
enough TO daunt an amateur by describing
the pangs Of doing that sort Of work Even
the prof essional driver doesn't relish the
task
10 one that the owner driver prefers 10 ie'
alone lie doesn't look forward 20 he
task With any great feelings OF aie~ u
there were a punc,ureproof tire thar AZ
forded sprinxy and easy riding and good
traction qualities the first applicants for
such shoe Guild be the amateurs. Women
too who drive their own cars would nave a
lot more courage about handing machines
II tires we're easy to shift,
Engines nowadays don't bother them 80
much because they have been perfected
up 10 a standard where they are pretty
nearly foolproof. There Is not so much
In the way OF mechanical attention that
many motors need but the tire presents
a problem that never ceases to worry.
Ii that punc,ureproof tire L. going 20 come
one will put on the market substitute for
the pneumatic tir. that will do the trick
4 d-cision rendered yesterday by A.
torney General - MRiey holds that dealer
may pnrcha." a ..cond hand han amtomcsn.e
vehicle under hi. dealer : or nsnufacfurers
registration number without paving the
IN. regis, ration number from the vendor
to the vendee Of motor vehicle
IN. tuerney. G"p 9 point .s,. om, that
should I've given TO the Secretary 81 State. |
even though the purchaser l. a dealer or
81 -aie Of a registered automobile 10 hs !
given 10 the Secretary Of sat. and pro |
vid.- that the purchaser may have the right |
upon paying a Zee "f 81 This fee IL NOT
required where the purchaser - a dealer
having . general mann,a"ti."r M, pnnmb ,n
h. l. engaged IL handling.
for ten DAYS 10 NOW under way in Philadel- /
phia n Maxwell car being tho one that -
sns.ssd in III. and . r, The svs ear
day until December ~ The company in
charge has invited any persons who desire
TO 90 along three a day being eligible !Or
IN. run Observers accompany the car 10
see that no repairs and requirements arc
made
4 popular form 81 the automobile body
now - with SHE ii running clear up over
snd The PERSON on IN. other front scat II |
looks very much lIk. an apron tied up u /
the neck "f the car. Az 10 speak. The ten
dancy Ot succeeding SEASONS OF automobile
body building IL to make the car less and
less lofty and 10 bring the steering column
down To the angle where the driver Is al
most lying down.
Tome un taxi, says a Havana paper
what's more. an after theatre ride 10 any,
part 81 IN" "isy 10 only ~ cents Lot 81
folks Sho SO that would like 10 have the
Havana system introduced here.
stefan KJsidsen has been appointed gen
salon witch - to b. held january : TO ! in |
the Hotel Aston Mr., KJ-ld-en's Office il |
at iTTs broadway.
One Of the trophies the 1ozier folke will
have on exhibition in the various shows u !
the prize won At Elgin by Ralph milford
on August - The cup IL near four feet
high and IL about tho most expensive trophy
given for an automobile contest. Tho cup
was 80 long IN the making that IL VAS not
done when the race WAS over and WAS
shipped to New York only recently. The
cup represents the national stock chassis
road cham pionship.
Ralph DE Palma will be the hos. at an
informal lmnC hson ~ the Hotel Empire
to-day. He u giving IL for his friends in
various lines who have helped make his
past season Of race driving a success.
The INSPECTOR and Deputy Commissioner
Of Motor Vehicles for New Jersey In now
ready to issue 1911 New Jersey licenses at
l757 broadway. RI" lic-ns. plates are
steel gray with red numerals. these being
IN. Colors Of the Stevens Institute Of Tech
nology. This year Princeton got the honor.
III" iic.ns" plates being orange and black
The Lees for 1911 ar. as follows | To 10
horse 1ov"r. o.. II TO 70 horse power. s.
~ or greater horse power. $40 Drivers
licenses will be .: for cars up To 70 horse
power and - for ears Of ~ or greater horse
power IL - required that the owner. a.
we'll a. IN" chauffeur. get a driving license
! he III eight tIny tourists licenses viii 10