The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-19
ELECTRIC AUTO MEN MEET
FRANZ o.. DYER TELIS az EDI-
son BtTTERI'S NCCESS.
Reviews With the Help % Motion Pictures
the Achievements Of the Inv entiOn
Predict. q Great Future for % when
o.. thrApness J. FuII) InderstOOd.

About 5u0 persons attended the first
annual convention ~ the El"Ctric Vehicle
I Association IL America Yesterday When
Pres ideut Millian u Blood. Jr 81 BOs-
ION called the c-unv ent!0n 20 order in tho
concert hall II Madison square Garden
ha saw before him representatives 90
most Of the important electrical appliance
manufacturing concerns IN the country
The programme included addresses IN
the morning. followed hy an informal
luncheon The afternoon was spent in
an inspection Of the electrical show now
on exhibition al the Garden
A feature 81 the convention vas an adj
dress bv Frank l.. DIVER. vice president
and general counsel Of the Edison Storage
Battery Company 81 Orange His sub
iect was Recent Electric Automobile
Performances With the Edison Battery
Other speak ers were W p Kennedy. l.. A.
Ferguson. y {. Harris. Day Baker r NJ
Tat. J I HutChings. q. VI Graham. Dun
can curry and Chhrles l.. Edhtz.
Mr. DyeTs address dealt with the Edi-
son storage battery. For the electrically
driven vehicle which to-day hnds itself
occupying two small fields Of useful
ness. first a. a commercial truck and sec
ond "a a town car suitable for women
and invalids 90 drive. but in the eyes Of
the public 81 strictly limited utility. Mr.
Dyer forecasted great thing- When the
present craze for undue and dangerous
speeds comes 20 an and and when Ameri.
can business men have the moral cour-
age To- really find ont what a large gas
car costs them to rim the electric auto
mobile will come into Its own.
10 convince himself that the electric
can he efieCtIys Used A. family car
Mr. Edison planned and carried into exc
cutipn "A series of one day trips covering
the country around New YORK
Mr. Dyer went on To- toll how the ord-
nary automobile roads in the suburban
towns of New Jersey. Long Island and
Staten Island were chosen Each TRIP
Wa from sighty-iive to hundred miles
on a single battery charge. and In every
case II was stipulated that the vehicle
after the return should be- run 20 a stand
still entirely to exhaust the battery and
determine the excess mileage stiN retained
in the car These day tours were open 80
any manufacture Who was in a position
To Use the Edison battery The =. X
Bailey Company 81 Amc>bury. Mass. the
Anderson carriage Company Of Detroit,
Mich the Baker Company OF Cleveland
aud the BabCUck Company OF Buffalo
Each car carried two pazssngsrs-
Mr. Dyer explained. "a driver furnished
10y the manufacturer and AN o'ze rver.
one Of the Edison laboratory assistants.
whose duty " was To- note and record
road conditions grades aud readings ~
the odometer. volt meter and ampere
meter Tn" cars were weighed with their
loads. showing $50 pounds for III. Bailey
and , ifs pounds for the Detroit The
Baker and BabCock cars were entered
~ recently that test runs have not a.
vet been made with them bu' both Of
their manufacturers have made nufDer-
ous runs that have been highly Sat's-
factory Strict care was taken that ths
pressure in tires should remain constant
80 To obtain true odometer readings.
and all tire troubles 'y"re carefully noted
,.Ss wsr. then thrown on the s,.reeu
showing the routes followed Tho De-.
troii car started from New YorX AZ rs
A VI proceeded 20 south Ferry 10 ~
George staten Island. thence by way
- N" Richmond turnpike and Old Stone
road through TOtt.nyile hack over the
AmbOy road through Richmond 10 tho
EliZabethpOrt ferry. From EIizsba'h-
port 'hs route continued through Eliza
both. th.ncs by way ~ Morris avenue
10 Union. thence by lrvingtnn avenue
20 Orange. thence through BlOomfiALd
70 HackensaCk. from thsro 60 Fort Los
and i'nderrltf. across tho ferry ~ iSOth
street. down Riversii- Drive 10 the start.
ing point. which was rearhsd ~ s O7
.. VI Taking out the time for lunch and
delays ~ tho rhrsa ferries tho running
time vas hours and So minutes ths
distance being eighty-four miles. giving