The sun., 1910-05-16
AMONG THB GUTOMODLISTS
MOTORISTS OPPOSE CALLAN
AND CULLEN BILLS
AOtiOa Against Measures 70 Ne TAksa ~
Meeting r0-alght &C LonE Island
AutsmObIle ClubS Headquarters n
nroellyn -Olllnela m Grand PSlgs.

A mass meeting Of the sutOnobillsis si
Greater New York Il to 10 held tonight ~
O'closk a. tho clubhouse Of the Long
Island Aut0mObils Club. 80 UniOn street
Park Plaza. Brooklyn. to consider the
grave situation confronting them through
the Callah and Cullen GOodspeaa bills nov
before the State Legislature a. Albany. In
letter which will reach a great many
owners Of motor vehicles to-day Herbert
q. Andrews. chairman Of the Long Island
AulOmobile Clubs lAW aud legislation CON-
miitee. aaYs IN part:
-On April 7s a mas meeting was held Al
the clubhouse of tho Long Island Auto
mobile Club 10 protest against proposed
/ legialation detrimental 10 the Interests Of
motorists. % sxemplined BY the Callph bill.
~ a measure 10 be substituted for the pres
cot motor vehicle law. and the SchulZ-lee
/ bll. which proposed prohibiting motorists
from using Ocean Parkway. 20 a. 70 allO "
! the same to be designated for the exclusive
uss of thoss Interested IN horse racing. 10
the exclusion Of all other users Of that
highway Thls meeting was adjOurnsd sub
ioct 70 the call Of tho Chair.
since that meeting tho CallAn bIIl has
been reported by the senate Committee on
Internal Affairs with many minor amend
mentH. hut utintaet - 20 the essential features
one Of which IL 20 allow any city, town or
hAmlst 10 make lts own trafio regulations,
Whioh would permit LynbrOOk. for example.
20 exclude motorists from using the Mer-
rick road and compelling ~ 20 use q side
rOad no matter how poor, or the town could
require every car. for example, TO carry a
battery Of ten lamps acroas the front. whils
fEl wsa9aIA ku90
Tho only sans law h ono that should be
uniform throughout the State.
The Schulz-Ises bill has been defeated
since that meeting. but in ts stead the
horseraclng interests have introduced an
other measure known a. the Cullen-G oOd-
speed bin. which comes out openly 70 ac-
cOmplish the same result to exclude from
the Parkway. between Twenty-second ave-
Rus and Kings Highway. not only al motor
vehicles, but all others. including motor
cycles and bicyclss except hOrss drawn
vehicles.
III passed this means the end Of your
many pleasant short trips 10 COney Island
and the Concourse at the foot Of OCEAN
Parkway at the ocean. Il means the loss
Of Thousands Of dOllara 70 the business meh
Of Coney Island. not to speak Of lnnumerable
@AA8NAAa AAa AAH1N aNA NNHAANtN A8.N "
life In compelling motorists TO use the
small roadway on the west eide 70 accom-
mOdnte tranic In both directions. This
roadway n now ~ narrow hat q car cannot
pqaH business truck travelling In the sane
dlrecsion Il occupies he centre Of the
road. The enactment Of the bill would
take from mot 0rists the only decent highway
We have 70 the best patroniAed summer
resort IN the world. q highway which No pay
Tor maintaining IN our taxes. The bil is
now before both b Ounea Of the legislature
for DasSAEe and the situation is acute
Jegas FrOehlich. managing director Of
the BenE agency In this country. has an
nOunced that Barney Oldheld Will drive one
Of the three Benz cars thar are TO compete
for the Automobile Club Of America
grand prixe gold cup on OCt0baT ta Old
heAd will take IN" Dlaoe Of Hanri0t. whose
this country iu time for the race A has
been previously announced the other Benz
drivers VIII b. Hemery. who Was second In
The hrst grand prile race ~ savannah In
1905. and David L. Bruoe-BTowh.
Ira ~ Cobe, president Of the Chicago
Automobile club. has appointed A. M
Robbins q member of the clubs cOntestcOm-
mittee. NJ Robblns u manager Of the
Oak land branch In chicago and was for
nerly a member u tho trade IN this city.
Clarence ". BisseIl. the recently elected
president Of the New Jersey Automobile
and MOTOR Club. has announced the fol-
loving committees Of the Newark club
for the ensuing year
iegai-H d. howman. Chairman. { visa
and W, Tchenor. .iood Roads Melville a
G, bradley kirkpairick Membership John n
Scaristt. chairman. Paul z. Heller and Lewis
itrsuss hSlse August Bsucke. chairman.
Neessr And Harry ID. bowman Conie-i-h Horace
hunnsil. ehairman. y. g. RsynoldA D 2. Hurd.
y g Slevenson. Georgs =. Simmonas and HsI
shsirnsu /. v rrisiss ana e Hc6Sysn
Finance lsNis Suauts chairmAn Paul 4 Heller
Early this morning q ~ hor e-pOWer
Mercer LEFT New York on q tTanscOnti mental
trip 70 i.Os Angesea. The car i IN charge of
pests TO make a new record FOR the coast 10
coast lourney. He hopes 10 open a neW
route 20 the Pacific coast and 10 arouse
enough iateTest 70 that appropriations will
ips made IN he Western states FOR new roads
10 order that tourists can drive from the
Atlantis Ia the Pacific In much less time
than II now required.
Aside. IRON his. good roads missionary
work Bigelow will Try 70 lower the record
for he journey across the country which
Was sde By q Franklin car iOurneying from
fhc parihc coast 10 the Atlantic The
frantlin record is 1e2 hours. and tho car
ra q night and day with alternate crews Of
drivers. Sir. Bigelow will travel only twelve
or fourteen hours day and viii Dilot the
car as fer a. New Mexico, where Harold
HAnshue, road and Track driver. VII take
charge % the car aud drive Il the remaining
distance Of sOO males
T. g. Westlake, an enthusiastic adherent
Of the ChiCagO Motor Club. which has do
the 1870 Clidden tour makes the following
cont ributiOn 10 contemporary motoring
literature IN the form of an open letter 10
the contest board Of the American AutomO-
What sTs you doing about getting repre-
sentative ears into the annual reliability
Thus far only q dozen machines have been
recorded for the tilidden trophy and ten for
before the country vita = field AZ small aa
this after all the winter talk shout way down
in Dixie and Ereate-t tour the A. A. A. ever
proiectedl Get busy with tho manuisc-
and need stirring W, Put the A. A. A. hot
water bottle 20 their feet.
The largey, single cash contribution sver
made 10 the Orphans AutOniobils Day
Association was. $500. donated BY Mrs. ,. D.
Smith, chairman Of the NOmen's auxiliary
cOmmittes. who i securing donations Of
can. and money for The event on June ?
In addition to contributions previously ac-
knoWledRed. the treasurer reports the re-
i,osomoblls branch IN this city, sss. Good.
manager SsiiOSai Associstioa q Auto
mobile MANUFACTURERS; t7S. Frederick
Strauss. J. a ". seligman. s2s, John
Lurie. Auto supply Company. t75, n. u.
Garden. haFrolda Motor Car Company.
i7S. Paul Iacroix, Renault branch s1s,
lngiis N. Uppercu. Detroit-Cadillac Motor
Car Company: so, Fiat Aut0moblle Com
pany; $50. Iadues a Co: 80 Atlantic Motor
Car COmpany; 80. n Willard smith and
samuel n Chllds 0f the Childs Csmpany
ea, Frank Waters. and q. President Platt
OF the Baker Vehicle COmpany.
While tbe members % the COMMITTEES are
meeting with fair success In getting dOna-
fsnns Of cars ana m0neV a aFaaf MANY mora