The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-11
AMONG THE AUTOMOBILISTS
LICENSED DEALERS ~ BOSTON
ORGANIZED.

FHINl lNMLDLIZAN1U
,. %. MaeAIman ~ PvcHldent-IOeai
Tradesnea IBsscus sale % E-Ss-F.
Announcement was made Yesterday Of
the formation in Boston on "Wednesday
night OF the Boston Association Of Licensed
Automobile Dealeru.a Massachusetts corpo-
ration having for tts purpose the advance
ment OF the interests OF those Who handle
cars licensed under the Selden patent.
There are about forty dealers in Boston
ha ndling licensed care. some OF them two
OF three different makes. - that nearly
sixty manufa cturers are represented IN
the New England metropolis. There are
thirty-six dealers In tbs Boston Automobile
Dealers Association. the orRaniza ton which
is conducting the annual Boston show.
Every Boston dealer In licensed uaTs
will he eligible 10 member ship in the ueN
association, for which the following officers
have been elected: President. John u
Ma AlmAn. Stearns and Columbia. vice
president, !. y. Hathaway. white. treasurer
=. A. HinchcIine. wintOn. secretary. Ches-
ter !. Campbell The board Of directors
Is made up OF IN officers and the follow in e
additional members: }. W. Bowman.
stevens Duryea and Everitt: 4. ID. Gilmore.
Chalmers and Hudson: =. W. Mcclure,
Pierce: 3. p CnderhiIl. Knox. c. r. Whit
ney. Alec. and ?. T. wing. Msrmon.
The principal topic Of CONVERSE lion along
Automobile Row yesterday WAS the settle
ment OF the trouble between the Everitt-
Metz ger Flanders Company and the Stude-
bak er firm through the purchase of the
ma Jortty Of the EMF stock for the in
ierest OF the South Bend firm. President
FLANDERS was praised for tho ma nnsr In
small s,ocEhoIdsrs in the msTvelIousiy
successful Detroit concern as well as for
the generosity he displayed toward Ad-
por,ant empioyse- OF The comSsny. Il
WRs reported that Hayden Eames. genera !
ina M ger of the Studeha ker nrm. IL 10 re-
tire ~ member Of the EMF board OF
directors.
The receipts Of the Massachusetts, state
trsi ions mp to March were far ahead OF the
amount received at the corresponding date
a year ago both As regards the number of
money taken In. lp to the date mentioned
this year the automobile department. Of the
Highway Commisslon's ofsoe had taken
ago. While the different method Of impO--
ing fees provided by the new law y partially
received the NUMBER Of cars TeRisTeTed
80 lar this year is 1880. a. compared with
: sos registered year ago.
The officials Of the Norristown Automobile
Club expert To receive betwern seventy
Ave and 100 entries for the clubs two day
and return. a. many cars have already been
entered and many on ner- and dealers have
Declared they VIII compete in the run.
william BusSe president Of the Cook
county board. told rs members % the
Chicago Motor Club q. their banquet in the
night that they ought to start . campaign
Of education TO 'onViDc~ the residents OF
outlying districts that the motorists ere
moi IN s1f ha Ol he
Highways. He declared that RutOmObile
owners should encourage them 20 provide
better roads, which would In the end he
more profitable 20 the residents along the
improved highways
a b-lieys in s,sn- added Nj Busse
benefit of all travellers whether they he
ana / commend the chicago Motor Club for
he great work q has accomplished at it.
own eND-nse in this particular line
Others who we're introduced by Presi-
dent Beecroft of the club. who acted as
Dornev. Prank Z, Fowler. superintendent
Of streets James r. Drought Of Milwaukee
snd Charles J. Root. president Of the Illinois
State Automobile Association.
white driving a car BACKWARD il not
,s.S % y S.1r rasasIe a 10 una ms
m~nt and should he praCtised by every
automobiles. Ia some Gases the speedy
and sktltul Innntpubtton Oi the TeVer--'
gear " tho means ut preventing serious
ace bIrnt The ability 10 steer backward
he, ONES Of ST-a, value Il through N. fault
OF the operator the motor should sta Nhile
A-c~niing a steep hill nd when loose IRA kes
rstuse to hold the AR on he incline Ia
this conne' ton u inishi ~ lated hat some
Operators manage =" 'Iuh hills that are
otherwi@s too steep even Tor the low ,sa
"y runnlng ~" ar backward. for the gear
ratio Of the T~v~T-- a. even lower than thai
OF the ir-' forward $p~ed
Mhsther or not rsTs 60 man can Aaep
the "ar Of a customer In li@lt Of ia ynent of
bills Incurred 10y client j. n question thai
D ltrn comes 10 the ~ ind Of a sara ge keeper
Not all ATTORNEYS are familiar with this
potnt Of law. hut Aenophon = Huddy OF
this c''v di-cu~-s~ the point In the Law OF
the Automobile pointing cat how aid
when such couT-~ may he Ia A~n. discussing
Us-- "a this state Va which the point vas
les ids-d.
Ths. de, i.Ion Nas thai unless the garage
man has the foresight 10 ~ttpulate before
hand the right n Oh ain possession Of the
var Isl "a OF non-pa ymsnt Of char Yes he
"a mot hold the machine where the owner
j. allow I'd 10 u-~ " 80 any time h. de-
,rss. foT where the ar - used bv the owner
the cara - keeper possession - not ron-
tinuOuS. ~ that the keeper has no lion for
hts char ge- and sannOi retain possession
Of The car 10 snfor'~ - yment
The law says. according 10 Mr. huddy.
hat surrender "i ISo-se--ion -utrenders
the right to - len ana that The credit IN such
case - supposed TO have been furnished
on tho hailor'- psrrOnsl responsibility only
and no re- OuT-s AzAInsl the property baiied
Whore. however. continued uubToken pos
session II had by the garage keeper he IL
like The waTehou-efna and whaThnger
under the common law and VARIOUS ststu-
tory provisions 0f the states entitled to
retain the properly for his ,harge>
Practically al Of the western portion Of
tho Long Island Motor PARKWAY a. origin.
ally planned ha- been conDlet I'D and opened
to autonObilists nov that the twenty mile
section between B@thpas- and Great Neck
has been finished cement surfacinE has
been laid from RiveThead TO lake Ronkon %
koma and arrangements are beink made tu
build the -tNteen mile stretch b.t cen
lake RonkoukOmS and R~thpagr ~ soon
a. the weather - favorable The Original
plans - arranged nv " n Vanderbilt, " ,
and other parkway Otirials are being carried
out the cost Of the sixty miles OF parkway
being estimated ut q. Ooo, Oso
Numerous plans have heen broa~h@d for
connecting the parkway ~ new roads with
exclusive residence -ectOns since the park .
way waa started. The terminal AZ Great
Neck j. already accessible from Port Wash
tngton. MhHs-tone. Mslbs and other places
on tho western end Of the Islands north
shore. Plans srs nov being made for new
roads to connect the parkway with other
sections