New-York tribune., 1911-04-18
AUTO NEWS OF THE DAY
uoov Entries for the Parade OF
MO Motor Trucks on Saturday.
sc4eME FOR BETTER ROADS
,,s.,ufacturer Suggests All LII
- ceuse Fees Be Turned Into a
Fund for Highways.

nnnGe 4 COo 49,
Fund for Highways.
Entries for the motor Truck paiaue "'..
,s,d IN this city on Saturday are
l,.spning to pour in. Up to Saturday noon
.,..o- Truck Club had received entries
twenty-five Individual arms in
.ormercial motor vehicle dealers
- manufacturers and owners These arc
rs rom one 20 ten vehicles apiece
,na indications are that this pa
~. arsi OF its kind to be held IN
- YORK will oe a success
% %se 4r-ns which have already made for-
sntr,ss are: The Hecker-Jones-Jewell
.,',,,-g Company, the Mosler Safe Com
Eswsrd Davis. Joseph McGinness.
s-otbers. tne Rupert Brewing Com
,bs Alden Sons Company. z. Green
-. so,s the New iork Geological So
2. Dean. Smit.a Gray s. Co.. the
Co. ,,su Motor Transportation Company,
- G Rees. the New York Telephone
~s-,,anv. j. G. Leikens. Joseph Boilander'
= Grey. George :. Pickeli. A D. Eyre.
=. ganpy Express Company. the Hudson
'-.,r,v Towel Supply Company. the SAM
49,, rovel supply Company. the A. 3. See
~-.,.s,or Company. Paul Steir, Never *
- me United states Tire Company. the
,..v Cr1eb Rubber Company. the Junction
,,,,o- Company. the Metzger Motor Com
- the Alden Sampson Manufacturing
r,,,csny. the Renault Freres selling
-
no, souton. the Remington Standard
..,o,o- Company. the Buick Motor Com
,.r, the Chase Motor Truck Company.
u,vro1. Church & Partridge. the Kelly
,.o,o- Company. the Knox Automobile
r,rnsnv The Diamond Rubber Company.
"a coodvear Tire and Rubber Company
.,5 the Frestone Tire and Rubber Com
gany
IN letter sent 70 every user Of CONNER
,al motor vehicles In this city the Motor
Truck Club says In part;
-rhis will be your frst opportunity 20 diss
NAV vOlr vehicles In q strictly motor truck
ssrsGe u New NOrk City. AS means or
sctsrtis.ug your own business and your
r-ogressne spirit IL cannot be surpassed,
frr 4 win be the greatest commercial spec
ssria tnis city has yet seen. Anasmuch as
rdadlt VIII 6NdAA a. AsON Atto tS ONSA
srrut clock. you will not lose more
~ agOut three hours service, and the
s5,erusing gained thereby VIII Tar more
rSer 1aeel the snort time given up 20 H.
i ful load can oe carried, II desired, and
distributed % your customers after the
rarEde Is over.
There Is no entrance Zee. and suitable
hsrrsrs VIII be provided 20 mention the
rlrne OF the truck. but not 70 interfere
ell vour own painted advertisement or
,se ei-70oards This parade is being held
N 'mrress he put lie with the tremendous
IN nrrovennent In delivery and transportation
ssrv.ce. 10 advertise the business acun1en
az nrng~esv Cr the MOTOR truck owner. and
n prcr1ta the motor vehicle industry.
Ms Joan Newton Cuneo. OF Richmond
Hn Long Island. drove Louis Disbrow's
Pope-" Hummer over e halr mile stretch
q .he Long Island Motor Parkway yes
re-sav In the fast time OF Is1 seconds. This
was ar rate OF " miles an hour, and
while the dining was unofficial inasmuch
as American Automobile Association rules
viii not permit official timing under the
circumstances she was caught by four STOP
watches 30 this mark. and there IS no doubt
Of The c'ocking being authentic.
The car .s tire same one with which DIS
ROW broke numerous worlds records be-
-vesn afty ard three hundred miles at
Pablo Beach. Fla.. scre weeks ago, where
e averaged better than 10 miles an hour
Al times.
BiS5row declared that il was the most
ta.r--ais.nr ride ne ever took in his life.
and saws ,nat ne even held MS foot under
ne throttle lever % keep her throwing y
vide cpsn 20 let the car run its fastest.
Win the increasing thousands or auto
mobiles 10 use. the question Of better roads
,oor.s 10 prominently as one OF the impor-
tsrt topics of the day. George 2. Daniels.
general manager Of the Oakland Motor Car
conpanv Pontiac. Mich. In discussing this
rteres-.nr question recently. said:
1T Is tine that some concerted effort
vas made 70 improve our roads. for II is
apparent 20 every one familiar with the
subisc, that in the future the entire road
system Of the country Will have 20 1e gone
over
u seems 70 me that IL would be proper
tor each state 20 turn It's tax money re-
GVed from issuing automobile licenses
INTO a road fund. to 6e used for the better
r1t o. the highways. This license fund
saegh be augmented by an APPROPRIATION
Nfi,a should be In proportion to the
amount Of money turned into the state
ressury 5y automobile owners. Take
Michigan. for instance. There are to-day
sppr0xinateiy twenty thousand cars in use.
saca owner PAYS g yearly license fee.
haking total amount OF $50 200 collected
nm them each year. II the state would
eo1o.e or triple this amount. the total sum
would be- sufficient 20 make much needed
improvements IN various parts OF the state.
Just think what q gigantic road fund
''-.o ne made II every state In the Union
Solio do this. BY tripling the amount of
'Noney turned In by automobile owners
a. year Il would not take long 10 build
"tr tne entire road system Of the country.
ne countries OF the Old World have
'"V roaos, and they are to-day tie master
van builders. Their best roads are COM
Y.soo OF crushed granite. which f. mixed
az me gravel, rolled and oiled. The
-NtS' roads iu TIE world are found through
ana Northern France. Those around
are especially fine and afford popular
''S 'or many American tourists"