New-York tribune., 1910-05-08
Itinerary Announced for Run
Around New Jersey.

The itinerary and stopping places for the
two days reliability contest around New
Jersey on Tuesday and Wednesday has
been completed by the Motor Contest Asso-
ciatiOn> The contestants will meet at 9Th
street and Broadway on Tuesday morning.
when the observers and drivers will be
given their instructions by Allen H. Whit
ing, the referee of the Automobile Club of
America contest committee and the Ameri-
can Automobile Association contest board.
Alden l. McMurtry, chairman of the
technical committee of the Automobile
Club of America and contest board of the
American Automobile Association, has been
selected as the chairman Of the technical
committee for the run, and both he and his
assistants will give the competing cars an
examination tomorrow morning on 9th
street, east Of Broadway.
The cars will proceed from the meeting
place via the 23d street ferry to Jersey City
and thence to Washington Square. which is
two blocks west and two blocks south of
the ferry, where the checkers will send
their cars on the journey
The first stop Of the run will be Lake
wood, S6.9 miles away, where a control will
be esta blished for one hour In order that
the contestants and the passengers in the
parry Iuul l1hC III Ilie taIlIett
Inn, special preparations for which have
been made.
From Lakewood to Atlantic City will be
the next leg of the run, the latter place
being II miles from Lakewood and the
total distance 1879 miles for the day The
night stopping place at Atlantic City will
be the Strand Pennsylvania avenue and the
Boardwalk. Mayor Stoy has accepted the
invitation to address the New York party
and the Harrisburg run party. which will
arrive in Atlantic City also on Tuesday
evening
When Edward Payson Weston shook
Mayor Gaynor's hand at the City Hall last
Monday he completed a feat which will be
mentioned hundred years from now.
when perhaps walking will be as seldom in
duged in as flying is now.
When Weston came into the crowded city
limits il became necessary to select car
for pacemaker and escort, press car and
leader of the procession that could be ham
died with the greatest f1exibilfty and pre-
cision IN the traffic
The Matheson Silent Six was the car Sc
lected because it has been proved several
times by actual test that the Matheson can
be held down to q slower pace while on
high speed than u man can walk backward,
so this was the type of car that was need
ed for this work.
After sixteen years connection with the
automobile industry, j. D. Maxwell, who
has been vice-president and general super
intendent of the Maxwel-Briscoe Motor
Company. has been elected president of the
COMPANY, following the resignation of
President BENJAMIN Briscoe, who has as
sumed the presidency of the United States
Motor Company.
Richard Bacon, jr, widely known among
automobile men and associated for many
years with the trade, is the latest addition
70 the sales organization OF the Hudson
Motor Car Company. Like many other
automobile men, Mr. Bacon is a graduate
of the old bicycle days and has an extern
sive acquaintance in the agency field
That the local branch of the Buick Motor
Company is a hustling concern was shown
last Sunday when with only two hours
notice twenty-five Buick cars were FUR
nished to take the Indians of the buffalo
Bill show on an outing trip to Coney ISL
and This branch house reports that IL sold
and delivered in the metropolitan district
in March 23S cars and 25S cars In April
Motorists interested In driving their cars
from this city to Prospect Park, Brooklyn
and so on TO Manhattan Beach or Coney
Island will find the best going by the fol-
lowing route: From the greensboro Bridge
along Jackson avenue, crossing NewtOwn
Creek bridge. thence along Manhattan ave-
nue. to Greenpoint avenue, to Leonard
street 10 Boerum street to Hayward
street. "a Bedford avenue. to Eastern Park
way,
Art Grlener, the we'll known amateur
driver. has joined the rank of National
drivers. He has bought National -four
forty stock speedway model, with which
he expects go after the honors In the
amateur events this season. Griener is ex-
pected to be a formidable opponent in the
National championship contest which will
be held on May 80 At the Indianapolis
speedway.