The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-12
AMONG THE AUIOMOBILISlS
ELECTRICS NAVE PIONEER
RIM N PHILtDEIP HIt.
FIFTY Niie Tr,oui for the silent Cars
TranscoOtinenam nj Tour about Three
quarters Through The saiian Law
Not Enforced by Village Oiiiciais.

Not Enforced u, village Officials.
Philadelphia had yesterday the FIRST
bility run OF electric pleasure carr
this country has seen The total entry
for the run was for,y-one The cars started
at Broad and SAMSON reefs and ran Ia the
Merton {. 4. at Haverford. where all com
petitors had 10 check IN. The run back
was made after luncheon. The distance
covered was ffty miles
Al. Westgard. who left here on October
II To map out a transContInental run, WIS
in Ration v NJ on November IN. about
thres-auarters OF the way he i TO travel
On the whole. Westgard and his Premier
car have encountered good roads. - that
the crosscontinent trip il one that may
be taken for most OF the way with little
discomfort
The roads from here 20 Buffalo are chiefly
good The tourists dropped down into
Indiana. after Leaving Buffalo, and then
ran to Chicago. From Chicago M into
Iowa. the paths were good and night through
the river to river road and down the santa
Fa trail CONDITIONS have heen fire Tn"
worst part Of the Journey - to come" Mr.
Westward writes back that he has sp-'ut
SO cents thus far for repairs on tn" car.
This was for porcelain for a spark plug
The POOR old horse IL still getting IT
The Maxwell peopl. made a test here tsR'
proved the superiority Of the runab"ut
over the Guadrup~d. and now the Brush
folks are conducting n try out in Detroit
with the same object in view What :
more. they are leading the horse around.
day after day. in the rear 81 tn" autorno-
bile, 80 show they have him captive. II
II rains. YOU hav. to feed the horse. they
say. But the automobile stops costing
the moment the engine stops,
The West SIDE NJ e. 4 mas made M
a folder containing the. essentials Of the
Callan automobile Law. which ), being dis
tributrd free The information Is put in
the form Of "mu-tS for the owner. operator
and chauffeur The folder was made ny
orr xinally for the use Of tn" automohtl"
school. but later on the edition was eN-
tended.
Oh. after a while children PLAYING in
the street don, no'her Won a little biz.
the experieno ed chauffeur remarks. \ on
get so YOU can dope ont about what th"v
are going to do. although 10 he sure d
would take u pretty -mar' man T." u" -lr'
exactly what som. 81 these New \ ork Kid
are going To he M to. The most unpleasant
thing they do l. 10 throw stone ~ auto
mobiles Where they learn tricks like THAT
/ don, know bur Their. are som" parts ol
the city where -tons- dom -esin even 2,
b~ indable that your ear ar" ~aluted hy Z
spanked one al those kids you'd probably
he mohbed lust about a. quick a. II you had
run one OF them down
There Is a condition in the Callan ant o
mobile Law that cities or villages may make
speed laws only on condition hat each
not, og. Sr ON T's m rs1 r "fS hsh%ey Were
the city or village line crosses me sam"
and on every main highway wh.r" III" rae
81 speed changes signs Of sufficient u"
TO h. easily readable by person using the
highMay. bearing III, ,lr,. words '''I OF sI,,,
down to = mile-' ,'hs rate being Inserted
and also an arrow pointing IN th" direct ,pn
where the speed = to he reduced 'T
/ changed
This j. a good thing for motorl-ts 10
keen In mind On on"asion som" VIllrE"
justice VIII" j. rndeaNorins 70 rnt one "i ~
villag. has not obeved ia" law. In ia' :
there are places bigger than Villages and
clos. to New York .ity that have not com
Piled with this Law II would com" - a
, rushing blow 10 some of them - mt ''U'
that they haven, any rlsht 10 n2Id u;
Themselves " tho motorists wrrr ~ - ger
To mix flaws IN the conduct of ih" town.
a. IN. towns w"r" '" md hing o. "nm n
spirited battles hefor" a decision = fei' he'd
\, recent meeting; 81 ~" hoart ~ q
ASSOCIATION Two new directors wer'' elected
TO take the place ~ N"~-r- t"~d' 5 -u'
RPDus.ft " no resi- gnsf som" tlilS ~ i''''
newly ee, ted dire tors are w l'NN-'N
Of the white company aud W. Nr"I' .
81 the ,.dIllac Motor ear ompanN NJ
arpl.- tine general manager 80 ~" 1850.
cia'ion banded IA his resignation - 'u"
executive committee He announced lhaI
his duties A. general man ger Of m" Dam
Ter Import Company, who WI hHnd'r Woe
Mer'eds- IN america. prohibited NJ ''N
tinuinR in his position with III" Dealer
S,yANN,H Ga Nov. ~ E"h"T' i.""
NorreU chairman 81 The contest 'urur1ti toe
Of ,h.. Automobile club Of tmrri'1. -s,l'
,o.niyht that h.. expected, seventeen car
10 tart to-morrow in III" iit- ui'l"~ i''
,ern,tionaI contest for III" trand fCIEc
gold nm II all tho ears that chairman
Norrell thinks will face ia" star ter appear
nj th., tap. the following viii 'vmprl-'
TN. field for the second Grand PRIV" event
Rochiing- Piau-hs " \ R""hiluE
"a q Marquette RuIcs Arthur th"vr ul"t
, Tozicr Ralph milford T. P"pe-iIHr' -
ford charles Ba-ls J. NlCo. Harry Grant
= Narmon, Ior Da~ -Dn. -. hen. victor
u..Ynrry 10 Fiat Echcr \RZIaro ~. Mar
ItIst To- Buick Hugh Hughes J.. loHt"r.
Toe fIorau H. P0p"- Hartford. I.OuI-
Di.brow H. Narmon RAY Harroun -.
hem, David Hruce-Brogn -. FIAT. Lou
Wagner ~ Marquette Buick. Robert Bur
man ~. REM. Win" Haupt 10. Fiat. Ralph
-. Palma
1, was r,imorcd tonight however thai
neither the big Rosbl'ng Pian"h" nor the
Marquette Buick which Hugh"- - -'h 81
uIed to drive would star