New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-29
AUTO NEWS OF THE DAY
How One "Road Hog" Learned a
Lesson and Heard a Lecture.
FEDERAL ROAD BUILDING
DR.. H. L. B. Ryder Starting to
Recross Continent by Auto
A Factory Outing.

One OF the racing automobile drivers who
registers from New York when he IL away
from home. and who shall be nameless.
brought back from q two weeks tour in the
New England States a grievance. He has
discovered the road hog. He related his ex-
periences at luncheon Yesterday and seemed
to believe that he was the Columbus OF all
the species. lie has been driving so many fast
racers for the last few years that he has
failed to come into contact with the road
| hog much Of late But his kind, he says
showed their hoggishness only II they hap
pened to be driving a car that sold for
more money than the moderate priced car
which he driving.
! He had a party along and said that one
! afternoon he met a man driving a high
! priced automobile. or rather being driven
/ in it by japanese chauffeur.
The car gave no sign Of taking the side
of the road and came on al a good pace.
The result was that he was obliged To drive
/ into the ditch at The side Of the rather mar
! row country road He was mad and said
50, but the offending party was beyond
! hearing. So, turning his car with some diff
! hculty. he chased the japanese offender for
more than eight miles. He then passed him.
! found a narrow place f. tho road and came
up all standing with all his brakes set. Sd
that the bigger car. with the owner and his
wife in the tonneau. could not pass him.
/ There he kept them for nearly half an
/ hour. delh erins meanwhile an entirely ade-
qste lecture on the sin and discourtesy 81
road hogging The owner first swore, then
pleaded. then his wife cried. and then the
japanese tried 70 back away. but the racing
man was close after him. 50 that he could
not turn. When he thought the road hog
had learned his lesson ho went calmly on.
Federal aid in road building may be-
come an actuality within the next twelve
months. From over all the country accu-
mulates positive evidence II the belief that
the national government should give atten-
ton to better interstate communication by
road. am men prominent in affairs Of state
are declaring themselves one after another
as being in accord with this progressive
/ policy. OF the nations leaders none -
more emphatic than Speaker Champ
| Clark, who, In a communication 10 President
Robert =. Hooper Of the American Auto
mobile Association. expresses this opinion
II believe the time has come for the
general government actively and powerfully
10 cooperate with the states in building
n great sy stem Of public highways. / be-
sleve the building of the Lincoln Highway
would be the entering wedge for the cre-
alton of n splendid system Of roads that
would bring its benefits 20 every citizen in
the conntry."
Congressman Borand. Of Missouri who
is putting forward the Lincoln Highway bill
in the House Of Representatives, summar-
ICES the matter very briefly:
What We need IS a monument that will
he of some use to the people now living
on earth. II We could have the views on
the subject of the great commoner Abra-
ham Lincoln. himself / am satisfied he
would be In favor of such tribute. There
IL no monument so enduring as a high
way"
In commenting upon the proposed route.
Chairman George G. Dehl Of the National
Good Roads Board. says:
"A good broad highway, connecting his
toric Gettysburg with the capital OF the
nation will be travelled by thousands.
where now the route is followed by hum
dreds. owing TO it's serving as "A road I'm
name only. Motor driven vehicles are
interstate as well "a intrastate. and that
which they accomplish IN celebrating
state lines will prove more effective than
any other means in cementing this nation
into sodifed whole, for whore men meet
and exchange views there has been
broadening of the viewpoint and a more
thorough understanding of the wants II
one another.
With the time saving and distance
decreasing vehicle at our disposal, II fol-
lows as a natural sequence that We must
supply the right kind Of road and main
tain II properly IN order TO secure and
retain the benefits that have been brought
about by the coming of the automobiles
thing more valuable 10 the farmer than 10
the urban resident. fact which is daily
becoming more apparent to the man in the
country"
DR. n. I. e. Ryder, the Poughkeepsie
physician and motor enthusiast who I'm
! ished his great 'cross-continent run from
New York to San Francisco last Tuesday.
left San Francisco last Friday for his re-
turn run TO this city Or Ryder drives
Velle 30" and is accompanied by Lloyd
S. Perry, OF Troy. lie is driving for pleas
ure only and made the long run across
the continent b. easy stages.
When he started from New York, on
July 20. he intended to ship his car back
home. but he enjoyed his trip so much
that he decided to drive back by another
route.
DR.. Ryder. it is said. laid out an entirely
new route through the Rockies and passed
through country which had never been eN-
! nlored by automobile. From Denver he left
To-, Ieadville on August 8. and from there
| he went 10 Glenwood Springs, 10 Rifle, 10
Meeker. TO K-Ranch, to Roosevelt, 10 Col
for and Salt Lake City. once upon this
stage Of the Journey he was l75 miles from
any railroad and forty-hye miles from
casolene. He had no trouble OF any kind.
however lie arrived in san Francisco on
! August %.
on his return trip he intends TO follow
rhe southern route by way OF Santa Fe.
II he makes as good time on his return
trim as on his outward he will have ac-
complished the 7,2O0-mne journey In less
than thirty days actual running time.
The Mack Bros Motor Car Company
held IT'S sixth annual clambake at Allen
town on Saturday. August 20 The shops
AT Allentown. Brooklyn and Newark shut
down for the entire day and special train
| of four cars was provided 10 carry the
employes and guests from New York.
WHERE TO Dine
| TRAVELLERS CO..