New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-13
AUTO NEWS OF THE DAY.
GIidden Tour To Be a Strictly
Amateur Fixture Hereafter.
NO INSPECTION AT FINISH
Coal Dealers Are Thoroughly In
vestigating and Experiment
ing with Motor Trucks.

At a recent meeting OF the active rules
committee OF the Manufacturers Contest
Association the question of the amateur
status of Glidden tour entries was taken
up, The committee issued this statement:
zone of the important matters discussed
at the special meeting of the active rules
committee OF the Manufacturers Contest
Association, held at the Automobile Board
Of Trade on September = was making it
possible for the Glidden tour TO be an out
and-out amateur contest. The contest rules
have all along stipulated that reliability
events were open only TO registered STOCK
cars. This has worked a hardship on some
owners who have purchased cars from man
ufacturers who. DESTROYS of keeping thelr
product out OF competition. refuse to regis
ter stock models. At the Detroit meeting
of the Manufacturers Contest Association
it was voted to recommend change in the
rules, TO go into effect on January !, ILL.,
that would permit OF the conducting oil
sanctioned tours among other than regis
tered stock cars.
AT a meeting of the National Associa-
ton of Automobile Manufacturers, held on
September g. the question of the Glidden
tour was taken up. II was the OPINION OF
the majority of those present that the
amateur element in contests for this tro-
ply should be brought into the foreground
again. Resolutions were drawn up and
presented to the Manufacturers Contest AS
ISOLATION, requesting that it recommend,
to 20 into effect at once, the proposed
change in the reliability rules to admit
other than registered stock cars.
In view of the representative character
Of the National Association Of Automobile
Manufacturers, many of whose members
are enrolled in the Manufacturers Contest
Association, the resolutions Of the former
body could not be disregarded, and IT was
voted by the Manufacturers Contest Asso-
citation to make the change i'm the reiia-
bilty rules, to take effect Immediately. AS
the Glidden tour cars will compete on
time schedule only. it was further recon-
mended that there be no technical eXaml-
nation at the end and that ties for the
different trophies be decided by lot.
The coal trade, large users Of the horse,
las been quick to see the advantage OF the
motor truck over the horse.
Many concerns already have done away
with their horse equipment: others are
moving more slowly and are experiment
ing. George S. Weller. coal dealer In
Newburg. y. Y, has i'm his service three
ton Alec. This he uses to haul coal from
the railroad coal pockets TO his coal yards
With the motor truck he can maui 80 To
40 tons Of coal in a day. With the horse
fifty tons was considered an extra good
days work.
Among the more conservative and larger
coal dealers is the New England Coal and
Coke Company. 1t is also of the expert
menting group Eleven months ago last
October this concern bought a hve-ton
Alec. A thorough try-out was given. 1t
was pushed TO its utmost during the WIN
ter. 1t was watched closely during the
summer 1t has been in continuous service
since it was purchased. As an apprecla-
ton of the trucks good work an order Tor
two more five-ton Alcos was placed with
the American Locomotive Company build
ers of the Alec.
1T is especially gratifying said Harry
$. Houpt. manager of sales o. the automo-
lille department of the American Locomo-
tive Company, Ito receive a repeat order
for a truck after it has been given such
thorough test 1t shows that the coal
dedier Is SoIHS lhIO 'i'V iii"' -,
This company knows what the truck VIII
actually do. having had the truck In SER
vice throughout last winter and this sum
mer."
Judge Chatfeld, of the United States Cir
cult Court of the Eastern District OF New
York, has directed the Loyell-McConneH
Manufacturing Company makers OF the
Klaxon horn to show cause why the cir
culation of a circular issued by them ON
August II should not be permanently en-
Joined. In the mean time he orders a sus-
pension of the circular. The circular pur-
ported TO be approved by him. The action
was taken at the instance of the Automo-
bile Supply Manufacturing Company, max
ors of the Newtone horn, also device for
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