The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-06
INTERSTATE TOURING PLAN
TD ne HEID
MIR 10 DEIELOP SCHEME.
,sr, !. to ASSURE To Nny Me,sra>t In an,
Eastern state That the Payment Of
Ice In ili, Home GeTnnunit> Wiii Let
~ min, Tour lilac " here for same ahaFGr

e.
~, \..rnrh.r Il ut officials from sixteen
,r5 ,a,--Inlv seventeen States m an effort
,n,--t,, ~ uniform touring privileges for
,f,-ruaplhSis III" con'er'nc" Was called
ry ~. Touring club ~ America aud is
:, I've. held II ~" clubs quarters. seventy
.vh street nd Broadway Their" will
IL. luncheon after the conf"r-nc" or
,.rn,f, to break In-o II. and tho dele
.,,.- NAV De- invited tn the Chamber OF
commerce dinner which ~ To I've held
hat night
n., White has been invited to open
IN. conference and although h" NAV NOT
n. rh.,-. tn do that he IL almost certain
>, r.. ~ the luncheon. Samuel = k""nig.
...cr,,'a-v ot State, Edward r OMalley.
,,,oru.v General and Ass"mblyman Cal
IA, vii n. there II was rh" last named
~, framed the automobile law that
Gusts m 'hIS state now
The. states that will be- represented.
according rn present expectations. are
N,r.. New Hampshire. Vermont. Mas
.l,hu,.t's Rhode Island. Connecticut.
New York New Jersey. Pennsylvania.
n.hwarr. Maryland. Virginia. West Nir-
rnla Michigan. Ohio. Kentucky and per
hat. Indiana Tn. idea IL to work to
frame 4 provision such that non resident
r.u-orlSr~ visiting th"s" States will I've
untitled to all privileges without paying
~ .'Ntrl f"".
Tn. plan - that by registering IN their
home states and complying with the
PROVISIONS IT the AUTOMOBILE" laws there
,N.y will h.' entitled without further
.Nr.nsa 20 VISIT other States. This scheme
. ,hs-rn-., from the Federal registration
rt., h,cau>., that involves not only the
p,vrn"nt ci the fee at home hut also one
~ M, national Government. The pro-
rrs-rs " rh- Interstate idea sugg"s,
that II = free from red tape and can he
worked simply Hence they believe that
II has decided advantages.
Tn. plan Of having this conference
a-rrrnatad about "A month ago with tho
Touring luh There has been much talk
and much cnmplalnt from motorists about
The steps they must take when they go
touring. II only fora few days. in other
~rat"- III" Callan law provides for re-
riprucIty with States that recognize the
New YORK license tags. In tn. case II
N.w Jersey. the state nearest at hand
ami much visited by New Workers. this
privilege does not exist Tn. New Jer
-avi'a- extend TO non residents now the
privilege Of an eight day license, whereas
formerly tn. only wav one might tour in
that State Was by brlying a yearly license
Thor. wa- tiruc when there
-, ,n-- traps not only in New Jersey
b. ~ Pennsylvania too. As soon as a
Or .,u I.s,,l crossed the State line from New
nrn into New Jersey. say. or from New
jersey into Pennsy wanna. even though
h. might not he exactly aware that he
was IN the new territory. he was trapped
hv some fine collecting constable. who not
ouly gouged him for hi- offenc. IN touring
NIihout the proper license displayed but
also made him put ny az once for the
license In some cases there were folks
VINO already had IN" license tags but
did no' know they had crossed into an
other State They were fined for not
having the tag displayed
All this tim. New DIRK wss the easy
mark This State recognized all the out
-ld" tags. assuming that the persons dis
laying them were tra nsients A.
matter 1T fact man might obtain New
Jersey ic.n-" or Connecticut license and
wear II around here on his car 1ght along
before III" jalAan bill became Lava and il
VA a. good a. a regular New York license
With IN. incoming Of the Callan law
al his was changed Reciprocity with
-.i" and II became IN. task of the New
J"rs.vlt"@ 10 seek a change w their auto
mobile aw 80 that other states would
give New jersey a chance. The New
l"r~"y automobile clubs believ" that
'f'- ar. sure Of getting their way this
wear no matter which party wins at the
polls. and perhaps they are right
Logan Waller Page. director OF the
OHce 90; Public Roads. will attend the
conference on November IL Will. "
ha nv nf . h.,
Government In arranging for the inter
state touring laws he will ha able 10 pre-
sent hs views on the subject TO the dele
gates
one matter that will come up for dis
crlssion doubrl-ss Is that OF making a
Uniform touring license tag. That will
be possible only IL the Eastern States
can agree to non-resdent privileges
dependert on the payment OF tho home
fs.- For instance for 1911 IL has been
proposed III This stat. TO have the LICENSE
tags IN orange and black. These would
- course lie Confounded AZ once With
m" New Jersey tags. which doubt less F,
will b. orange and black next year too
THIS u perhaps minor matter 70 some. /
tI' n II caiI le led upon each season
J p-r what color IN. tags are to be in each I!
STAT" much confusion will b.s avoided !
4 pufIsIou will hav" so We avoided IL there
i 20 30 "a general touring law for all the
IA. All States
A. rt.-d fir~' Frederick II. Elliott secretary
~ ~" Touring CLUB Of America. wrot. .
- shrious Stat.. officers to see what they ,
tr"IEht about the idea Mr.. Elliott was
f.i"t-.d and surprised TO see how eagerly .
-" liea was taken up Ever many u
~" stat" officers said they thought that "A .
uniform touring la was the solution OF .
-" present difficulties nd that II was the (
r.'v + the various States 10 make ~
E "4-snt for tho-. visiting them instead
~ masking 1t hard for the tourist and so
q - -IraRlng him from coming
y = possible that this conference will
t+n" y too IN. question 81 attempting TO
a--arz" through the Office VI public roads
4. tar" In" State license tags on this side
ro"Dr ..zcc. Ivy IN. foreign Governments
y 10. any american d"-ire To tour abroad :
! %" foreign department ~ the touring
.i' r+- made arrangements for the .N-
rtrge II privileges 81 foreign cpgntrI.-
p MT man entering on IN. Continent
nay tour all IN" way through without pay
2 deposits at the various frontIer-
" nat can he extended further and
--7VEh ~" good offices Of the public
0tf- department. be presented To foreign
> r""runent-. tn. Touring ClIb confer
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