New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-19
OPPOSE AUTO TAX
DEMAND low SCALE.
State Association Pats Itself
Loudly On Record.

.,.,..- a the annual meeting 81 the
- SOTO Automobile Association IN
-,-,o.,l,n yesterday put themselves on ree-
- - orDosea 20 any state tax or license
- -, r,.,,or vehicles. u was resolved fur
- tbst n the LEGISLATURE insists on I'M
80 a tax the association would night
,,sbe, scale than one running from -
% SO. ---...,...,.. -
-. -, she Rim which has been introduced
a,n,,v received special attention AZ
-. ,,oefinC. After a general discussion
,.,,.-.,,s tbe exhaustive report ~ oliver
,o,,o,le chairman 81 the legislative
- ,l,e fouoWing resolution. offered by
carries Thaddeus Terry, was adopted
,,-,.-oss The New York stale A@tomo,
,iIe Association has always inali..s 80 siiie
,,vobnhiy always viii inslsl lileA til,to -. p
no justification In Ia" os motoT vehicles
80 y faN upou them az ptfSutaA
rrorerf. under general Iue 1913 "a
H-sei ,,--.,r,s.rfv according 10 ~ value atp'
eylal 49, ~. 9fafa association AGAIN
" ~. ~, \ .,''.-.r, A. onpOsing any toA, Nnethef
T, - called registration Tee ~ ilNeilSe -,
OF plainly 2 tax Rlie' nriSiisre ~ usi1s
motor vehicles TOT N.' iN''-'1
rs R,e efSiN eyertheess that. II the Legs,
etaIe ,loo moior vehicles for the use OF
te Sst.-s-ovs whether ID be called regis
,-eefon re-. license fee ar by some other
name. the association Noela nrssI &C! ~
- on remain passive N any attempt rs
,,o6e 10 impose any registration fee or tax
Sivher Than the following, 90 Wit s. on
care ~ 20 horsepower ~ less, y on a. is
al on an cars ~ greater than - horse
power
The meeting was held al the home ~ tie
80 Island Automobile club. and Frank
4 Webb. OF that organization, was elected
r,sifent 10 succeed n. A Medium of
,ts Automobile club Of Buffalo The other
s~~rs elected follow:
Fl-sf vice president. s. 4. Tallnan Auto
rotlle Club Of Auburn. second Kioe-presi-
asrf Clay " Holmes. Elmira Automobile
cluh. third vice president r. b Nosirand.
n Peskskill Automobile club, secretary,
Per, Van TuAle. Automobile club ~
Rochester. and treasurer n. "A. Smith.
au,o1ohne club Of Syracuse. H. A. Mel
srum. Charles Thaddeus Terry and A. q.
Kstcheller Rere elected directOrs-at-large.
a chsnre was made IN The date Of the
annual meeting SO that tho officers elected
yesterday all hold over until December.
az.
IRE secre,ary's report indicated plenty Of
activity or his part. fourteen new clubs
harinr teen added 40 the state roster. with
four others reorganzed, giving a total az
foriy-siK clubs with a membership OF more
than SIX thousand. which represents an in
crease o. over ffteen hundred members last
war
The report ~ the treasurer showed that
me finances Of the association were in
prosperous condition, with a comforta bile
surplus Tor continued recruiting and other
work
President Allen a.. Alderman az the Long
Island Automobile club extended the hand
% welcome 20 tho directors. who were en-
isTiained az luncheon and later al dinner.
loloUing which came an interesting lecture
o. sviation by IA r.. Kimban, a well
kn0Un memter II the Aeronautic Society.
& e. Tallman. O. the Automobile club
y Auburn, reported that road construc-
non through the MOntezuma marshes. and
also the northern route. would close these
iEo roads for the entire year. ana stated
nat this would neCessitate the establish
nsnt Of q ferry across Cayuga Lake. This.
h said, would not De assured untii a
EnFantee had been given thar the service
Nuld b. conducted without loss. Hence
NJ Auburn club asked the ala 81 the
safe association IN supplying tins guaran-
lss and the sum az SEQ was appropriated
ioT tins purpose. n was announced that
ne Buffalo. Rochester and Auburn clubs
uould assist financially In establishing this
isHy.
The association adopted ''Thc Central
NeW York MOtOrist' as the official putlica-
Ton o. the organization.