Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-27


There is hope for reciprocity clause
In the New Jersey motor law. An
amendment providing that automobile
owners who have complied with the mo.
tor vehicle laws of their own states may
use the highways of New Jersey for not
more than three periods of ten days each
In any one year without registering the
vehicle has been introduced in the lesis-
lature by the majority leader in the as
sembiy. j. b. r. Smith. state commits
sioner OF motor vehicles, says he per-
sonally thinks the proposed amendment
a good one.
Motor Age has suggestion for the
1910 Glidden tour-namely, the appoint
ment of Glidden route committee. COM
prised OF three representatives from each
noon stop and three from each night stop
that the tour will make. II a twelye-day
run were scheduled this would mean
committee OF seventy-six scattered from;
the start Of the run to the finish. This
committee would know every mile of the
roadway, would be familiar with the dir
ferent attitudes Of the states passed :
through and would be in position to as
sist to a marvellous extent the good roads
cause in this territory. Through. this
committee the interest Of such organiza-
tons as boards OF trade, chambers or
commerce, local roads organizauo etc,
could be obtained and general spirit
for road reform carried out 1t would be
possible to award prizes to those coun-
ties constructing or improving highways
and awarding grand prize to that coun-
ty which has done most for the improve
ments of it's roads up to the time the
tour passes through.
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With Frank X. Zirbies, one OF Amer
ica's famous road drivers. at Its wheel.
the Mitchell Ranger. which recently act
ed as pacemaker in the national highway
tour from New York to Atlanta, after
having q few months before successfully
carried war dispatches from Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood, U. s. A. in New York.
to Maj. Gen. Weston. u 8. A. In COM
mand at the Presidio. San Francisco,
in the first transcontinental war mes
sage mission ever essayed in this coun-
try, started from Cincinnati. Ohio. at
noon Wednesday last to cover the 1910
route of the Glidaen tour, which begins
In Cincinnati about the middle of June
and winds up about three weeks later
in Chicago
The early start Of the pathfinding au-
tomobile over the Glidden tour route
that traverses ten states. nearly half
Of them below the Mason and Dixon line,
and much Of the itinerary over terri
tory never before invaded by the big
annual touring cavalcade. is In response
to an unparalleled demand from motor
lists over all the country, as well as the
big manufacturers, for data on the course
selected for the greatest reliability con-
test OF the western hemisphere. That
the sixth Glidden tour will be a supreme
test for the mechanism of the best cars
made in the country Is the verdict OF
the technical automobile men who laid
out the touring route
AS planned for 1910, the tour will be
about 200 miles. The principal cities In
NH tpfn rnl a
leaving Cincinnati, are Louisville, Ky;
Nashville and Memphis. Tenn; Little
Rock and Texarkana, Arkansas: Dallas
and Fort Worth. Texas: Oklahoma City.
Okla; Topeka and Wichita. Kan. st.
Joseph. Mo-; Des Moines, Cedar Rapids
and Davenport, Iowa. and Rock Island,
Moline and Chicago. Ill.
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Favorable action on the federal regis
tration automobile bill at an early date
is confidently expected by the automo-
bilists of the country. as the result of
the presentation OF the merits of the
bill before the delegates In Washington
at the recent legislative convention OF
the American Automobile Association.
The encouraging feature in this respect
is due to the keen interest shown I'M
the reasonableness of the bill by the
members of the committee on interstate
and foreign commerce. before whom the
hearing was held. the last day of the
convention. Several Of the members
expressed themselves as heartily in favor
Of the provision of the bill, recognizing
its Justice toward automobiliSts of the
country, and the benefits that II would
naturally confer, not only upon tourists,
but upon the industry at large.
While favorable action in Congress is
therefore reliably expected, another bene-
fetal result of the legislative convention
will be the wider acceptance by various
n mi riot.
motor vehicle bill. as drafted by the legis-
lative committee of the A. A. A., the
more important provisions OF which al
ready have been incorporated into the
states.
With the exception OF a clause reqir-
ing the promoter to file with the contest
board ten days before the helding of a
hill-climbing contest a surveyors certifi-
cate of the hill the rules for this event
are, with the exception OF a few minor
points, unchanged. Work on reliability
runs and tour rules has not been COM
pfeted.
A change has been made in the defini-
ton of a stock car. To be stock car
in the racing sense of the word the car
must be a certain per cent of the max
er's total output and must be built on the
same lines. The per cent varies with the
total output of the maker. In no case
shall 1t be under twenty-five cars.
The classes are divided into A, b, G,
d. E, F. G and III. Glass A has the prics
classification basis. There are given d.
visions in this class. There are seven
divisions in this class, ranging from cars
listing at $500 and under to $1,000 and
over Class B has piston displacement
and minimum-weight stock cars. There
are six divisions here, ranging from LOO
pounds and a piston displacement of 100,
cubic inches and under to a $500 pound
weight, with 601 to $50 inch displacementl
Glass c is known as the piston displaced
ment class, without minimum weight re-'
strictions or stock car qualifications
This Is known as the experimental
class.
Its six divisions have the same piston