New-York tribune., 1910-05-25
AUTO BILL PROVISIONS
Speed Limit Thirty Miles all
Hour on Highways.
HORSEPOWER FIXES FEES
Added Section of Long lslano
Motor Parkway To Be
Opened on Saturday.

The Callan automobile bill. which -.
passed both houses of the Legislature
thousand and one amendments "eio
sdered, is almost sure to be slgneo os
ernor Hughes, according to huiiiov
motorists who came down from
yesterday.
The bill provides that no car may Coz
more than one license number. the speeu
must NOT he more than thirty miles an hour
on the state highways. the license hu
must NOT swing and must be d1splayeo po'i
In front and rear of the machine the ieo'
Number must be Illuminated at nlght' ho
one under eighteen years of age Is p
mit+ed to drive a car unless hcehaeu
chauffeur accompanies the autoiio
every car must be licensed annuaiy any
the amount of the fee Is 10 De oeiei
by the horsepower of the car
| The provisions limiting the speeu
+h;rt,, miles an hour on the highway docs
not prevent the passage by towns anu "
lagos of ordinances regulating the sp
within their limits, except that III no 1a'
NAV they pass law bringing the iiiiiic -
low fifteen miles an hour lhls pio','
exempts, again. cities of the nrst
which may reduce the limit Deio"
IF will he a difficult matter for car 10
dent. when the new law goes into eiIec'
Tho number plate on the front must ne
ff+een inches long and six high, "hi0
numbers must be four inches high. Inc
nrovision limiting the license tag 10 one
number nreyents the confusion arising lIoiii
the dispIay of several tags OF olIleien'
states. .-;u
The cost of registering an autofnophe "ii
he from s. to So according to horsepoWei
and it is compulsory that the reSisei d''o--
be renewed each year.
However. if the same car Is owned at the
end of four years the rate for resls'ra alioN
after that will be one-half the hst fd'e'
Cars of % horsepower or less VIII redu
q fee of s5; from % to 50 horsepower Slo'
from Is to so horsepower, S15, and all dpo'e
30 horsepower will cost the owner s1V
wear to register.
One provision which will tend 10 nidhe mo
drivers more careful is the one whicn
makes it a felony for the driver 10 run
avav after his car has caused any acci-
don't This offence is punishable with nne
of s5no or Imprisonment for not more thah
two vears or both 1t also Will be mis-
d,rreanor for any intoxicated person 10
drive car and should a person Vloiate
either of these regulations the second TIME
the offence may be punished with lmpr1s-
| onr,ent of not less than one nor more imam
! five years.
| Tho hill also laws special stress on the
| nrovision that drivers of cars must ooeS
tbe renuests and signals of riders OF horseS
or drivers of wagons or carriages 10 re-
| fuse to obey such signals will be a mis-
demeanor.
Automobilists may enjoy another section
- the Long Island Motor Parkway after
saturday. The portion which will then be
ononad tn the public extends westward
| from the Meadow Brook lodge to jericho
pike about half a mile east OF hrus
| Corner. The road surface, differing from
) that portion which has heretofore been IN
use. will be springy and lively. The sur
| face is asphaItic in nature, mixed with
clean, screened sand and gravel
| It Is asserted that this surface is abso-
tlutely self-healing and will resist the wear
| of motor traffic much longer than the sur
| face of the parkway now in use.
| 1t is expected that this new surface VIII
be revelation to motorists who have been
hoping for a perfect roadway. The new
portion will be open constantly after Satur-
day next and the section from Jericho
turnpike to Bethpage will be opened about
June IS w. X Vanderbilt, jr-, president
| of the association, announces special ex-
| cursion rate of 81, good on Saturdays ana
| SUNDAYS, until the entire western extension
| is completed through to Great Neck ThlS
| is done so that motorists may realize What
| great deal of work has been done In
! their behalf during the last winter
The amateur hill climb at Anderson Hill.
White Plains, on Saturday, is arousing a
great deal of interest among motorists
| The entries have now reached forty, and
| one of the latest is the 90-horsepower Sim
| bert. There has been some betting as TO
| the comparative times up this hill by anna
teur and' professional drivers. and 1t is
| probable that after the amateur contest
some professionals may climb the hill. un-
| officially, for the purpose of comparing
| times. If this is done 1t will not be on
| Saturday, but on some day next week.
The committee in charge of Orphans
Day held meeting yesterday afternoon at
headquarters in the Thoroughfare Build
ing. 1t was largely attended: 1t was an
| nounced that an unusually large number
| of trucks had been offered. The commit
| tee has a bigger problem to solve than ever
| before. 1t is planned to take about four
thousand children this year, and when the
| day was first observed, four years ago,
| only four hundred were entertained.
| The pathf1nding party headed by Ray
mond Beck, which started out TO blaze a
| trail for the round Long Island run next
| month, had interesting expedition. Mr..
Beck's car was in the rear momentariy as
| he had lost his way, and the other car, with
| Morgan and Newton, was leading. Their
driver had valiantly found all the thank
you mans in the island, not missing one,
| being a faithful driver. and was indus
| triouSly trying TO add to his collection of
| impossible roads, when suddenly the car
| sank to its hubs in perfectly good swamp.
| 1t was then that Morgan scrambled out,
ran back half mile, stuck up a forked
stick in the road with paper sign read
! ing: Beck, turn back; do not follow
! Go the way this is pointing" Then Nor
gan ran back to his
| When Beck reached the sign the wind
had carefully blown the paper SO that it
| pointed down the road the first car had
| gone and soon there were two cars stuck
| to their hubs instead of one. But ii was
| ''Montauk Light or bust, and they got
| back Monday afternoon very. very late.
| The pathfinders say that the run will be
| real run. with no 10y riding in it, and the
| cars will be put to test that reliability
| tests seldom require.
| This is Arthur Jerviss birthday. He is
| oh. well. ring him up at Columbus $500 and