New-York tribune., 1911-01-31
AUTO NEWS OF THE DAY
Governor Wilson Of New Jersey
Favors State Reciprocity.
BIG CLUB WORKS FOR BILL
Christie Invents a Double Drive
Racing Freak, Which VIII BE
Seen at Jacksonville.

The amendments 20 the present Ne" Jer'
sey motor vehicle act suggested oy '
,notorists OF New Jersey in mass meetings
held throughout the state have oeen pr
scented TO the House OF Assembly, py 'no
legislative committee of the Ne" jersey
Automobile and Motor Club.
Inasmuch as James r. Nugent. VINO
heads the clubs committee is also 'no
chairman Of tho Democratic state oon"-
n,ittee and Alfred y. Dalrymple. anotner
member OF the clubs committee is chalf-
man Of the Republican County Commit'ee
Of Essex. and both are influential men ~
their party councils, the motorists looN
.or favorable results az the hands or Ne"
.Ter.ev's present lawmakers. Governor
Nvoodrow Wilson Is on record as faVorihs
the establishment Of reciprocal relations
ne we'll as the several other motor oiils
introduced by the organization.
AT this time il may be proper 70 draw
attention 70 the fact" says Harry u DO"
man. vice-preSident ~ the New jersey or
ganization. that our organization mas
battled efficiently and almost all alone tor
the certain features OF the remedial lesie-
lation desired by the twenty-five 'nou-
sand motorists Of the state. ana thoso
motorists who are content 10 permit our
club 70 fight their battles we'll realize ths
great strength OF our organization.
"ThIs motor organization OF ours has
.r,onq ,ts members almost every innuen-
tiai and public spirited citizen OF tho
northern section Of our state who owns an
automobile and also has great many as
acetate members prominent in all walks
OF life
In addition. our organization has pub
Iiclv made known the needs Of the motor
lists and has clearly indicated the value OF
the motor industry 70 our states prosper
itv. Remedial motor vehicle Legislation
will ultimately beneht every citizen OF this
state"
Walter Christie has produced another
freak" racing car. and this time II 10
double action affair with two motors-one
IN drive the front wheels and another 10
drive the rear wheels. IL certainly SOUNDS
like a speedy apparatus. but 10 may be
that when both motors are turned on the
thing will he TOO speedy and run away
with the driver Two years ago Christie
invented a front driver. which he drove
ferent results George Robertson drove IL
for Christie at Daytona, but IL was never
looked on az a wonderful car.
The front motor Of the present "freak'
has four cylinders. The car Will frst ap-
pear az the Atlantic sblo Beach meet. near
jacksonville in March. Christie does not
plan to handle the car himself. Caleb @.
Bragg. the young Chicago driver. will
pilot IT, Perhaps Christie thinks that
Bragg is the best man, remembering his
performance last summer at Brighton
Beach when he ripped the fence down and
then decided 10 win the race and ran back
or 70 the track through another section OF
the fence which he took along with him.
Other entries at the Florida meet are
three Case cars, three Nationals. two
Bucks and two e-Hartfords. Entries
are expected from the Simplex Company
and the Fiat Company Ralph De Palma
will probably drive the Simplex entry.
Three Hudson cars will also be nominated,
it is said.
Standard oil made a new record yester-
dav when its Dreadnought six-ton Gag
gerau Germany army motor truck estao-
lshed a mark for a run OF 275 miles from
New York 10 Boston by pulling into the
Standards Boston Office on schedule time
at : o'clock yesterday morning ready for
business.
The actual running time was thirty-fvs
hours. at an average hourly rate Of eight
miles STANDARD Oil officials assert that
this initial record for this country for
truck of such heavy carrying capacity is
remarkable in view Of the prevailing road
and weather conditions. Long stretches
OF mud from six inches TO a foot deep were
| encountered. and at Bridgeport Conn. the
truck was stuck in the mud 10 the hub
for three hours
The run from Springfield, Mass, into
Boston vas made on Sunday night in
binding rainstorm. This Is the first time
that A siX-ton heavy motor truck ever
. made such long distance on continu-
Gus run. Reports received from the Boe-
ton Office say that the truck stood up in
every way under the most trying condl-
tfors