The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-20
AMONG THE AUHOnOBIuSrS
rRAW ENDED a Most CNPLEAS-
Ant CONDITION.

streets werr Fuii Of Bumpy Places and
ILumps sf Frozen SNOW Departure
! Of Lytie- Fs<c Door. reur Door Net
for the nenent sf the Chaan eur Aleae.
The thaw pm, an end TO q condition on
' upper Broadway that was not only annoy
ing hut dangerous To automobiles and
, their drivers The snow was cleared away
partly from the road. but a great deal of
~, pressed down hard 10y the traffic. fairly
! frole Ia the pavement beneath As a result
! not only Broadway but q great many other
( of the north and south streets were filled
with solid humps Of black-ned snow. tars
bumped across these places to the pre- udice
OF their springs and iolted the occupants
about mos, unpleasan'ly. The streets In
, some places were ruppy and rough and II
was hard Ia make progress CONVENIENTLY.
A. for the side streets, they were practi.
raliy impossible for automobiles. The
SNOW Law p,-d there and worked into
all sorts Of dangerous ruis by tn. various
! conveyanc"- In ia. ou,lving districts.
places that ~ - hard to realize arc in the
, eats limits. the roads Nrrr even worr
| few Of the folks who do sunday touring
found that they had to go very carefully
indeed on some OF the most popular ways
1 The snow caught and twisted wheels about
and m AIDE 10 indiscreet to go at speed In
many places. Cars meeting on such . road
had to observe all caution for fear that
! they nigh, be thrown together by = sudden
! twist on the treacherous snow surface.
| Herbert Lytie, recovered from the acct
dent in which he broke his leg At Indian
apols last MAY. has sailed for Europe.
| Automobile row has heard. Mrs. 1ytis
accompanied him. He will be back here
| a -
take up racing again
4 lot OF folks think the fore door. four door
arrangement in automobiles IL desi gned
for the benefit Of the driver and they waste
lot OF time commenting ON the philan
thropc spirit that imp~ls people to fx up
"a comfortable. a place for the driver in
winter Df course a. a matter of fact
the comfort OF the driver Is considered
IN a measure in tins arrangement h9' the
another seat alonRs,d. the driver IL gained.
one more person besides those whom the
tonneau will hold ~ able to tour IN com
for, in the automobile The chauffeur
comfort Is more or less incidental.
One of the committee chairmen appointsd
by David Beecroft. president Of he Chicago
Motor club. Is John y. Dods Tie Is AZ the
head Of he runs and TOURS division Dods
50 long ago either He was In the class NJ
ltns M Cornell and mad. the crew in his
Tha, crew in his freshman wear iaos wa.
The hes, that ever I'd at Ithaca and won
10y "a quarter Of mile or 40
some other appointments nv President
i."hn"al. .. Edwards, nnan". H.nry
.i"hn Kelly entertainment, y l.. Fsr"v.
and publicity christopher q Sinsabaugh
When Frederick u. Ecker. treasurer Of
the Metropolitan Life Insurance ,ompav,
wanted To get his new 1911 Pore Hartford
"hnmfl"mr ny 10 IN" factory in hartford and
The limou-in" is one Of the finest the com
rap~ he's turned "n' IN" interior. which
seats Ave persons, - finished In light whiD-
cord with ln"e trimmings. a characteristic
of tn" finish of closed ears this winter
n about whore IN. monorsil road 'ro-s~s
~" Pelham road. there - a small police
~ Ncv YORK. IN" of IN" chief duties 81
m" f'oli' amen stationed 'hers. ou'-td" ~
to warm folks entering the city again.t the
'I~~ "f IN" high power sear"hligh' lamps
4 great many drivers. who NAV perhaps
sroN Of N" ordinance against the n-- NJ
'hs-e lights don't know Just where the ci'v
limits begin and they get their first informa-
policemen Drivers leaving rhe city fire.
Inen'lv light up too soon and they are
warned about repeating the offence by the
policemen
The reason an automobile runs better
on 'IamI u8ts NNan on ~pFf'e OUTFITS. Sai1
u university nstruc'or Occurring 80 n class.
- because 81 the greater amount NJ water
vapor in the air This is a help 20 the eN-
plo-iV. ,JIial'i.S of tho mixture
I, - NO doubt an example or the eternal
H'nes- 81 things thai v 'ohD NJ the I've
iroi's uses Diamond tires on his car.
Tho entry blanks sant ont for 'ha IN mile /.
sweepstakes 80 h' run on the lndianRp polls /
Motor Spe"dvsy on Nav ~ contain 70
prov ision that Gar- IruSt show - miles
arr hour 20 qualify Tie race - for Cars
in class .. with ET r,IhI" inches piston dis .
i,la""mrn' or l"-- and minimum weight .
an ponnds IN" prizes 10 he given are I
these tirS. slO.no second s50na third .
s. ESQ. fourth a. gN nth. 81 .IS. siyth .
o. .ssn. seventh. So" eighth. $50" ninth
t6no tenth. s5nn
christmas season has @nan great in
erase IN rhs nnmh"r ~ commercial motor b
ears IN phila'!alphA IN" difficulty in
making deliveries he"aI-a of III. had
weather lmp"ll"d many 81 III" ~'or'' keeper
80 invest III motor trucks One ri Th, com
pani"- that has Uro-p"r''d much nv ~i~
condition !, N. Au'orar ~ trdmorr Pa
Peing ClO@a a. hand ~ was sn-i"r 80 GET
muck deliveries ~ v'ICkS I gr"a' MANY
concerns hav" discontinued
N. lI-e ~ hor~" drawn vehicles entirely
n III" last few weeks only