The Daily Missoulian., 1912-06-09
OUR AUTO HIGHWAYS
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New York, June S.--Lord Montagu
OF Beaulieu, foremost autonobilist
OF Great Britain and an ardent sports
man and journalist has been inspect
ing the highway and motoring condi-
ttons In and around New York city
during the past fortnight prior to max :
ing an extended tour OF the western
states. ri
Lord MOntagu u editor Of "The Car"
ono Of the best known English motor
ing publications: holds a seat In the
house OF lords, where ne represents the
motorists interests; is vice president
OF the Automobile club of Great
Britain; handles. all of the engineering
and motoring News for the Londo,,
Times. and IL also "a special corre-
spondent for the Daily Mail
During his sojourn In New York,
Lord Montagu has been extensively
entertained, a luncheon being given In
his honor shortly after his arrival. at
the Engineers CLUB, by Horace NJ.
SWetland. president of the Class Jour-
mel company, publishers Of the "Au-
tomObile." Motor Age" Commercial
Vehicle and the Automobile Blue
Book" the leading motoring periodicals
In this country. This luncheon was
attended by many prominent automo-
bilists. publishers and weil-known au-
tomobile manufacturers.
The Touring Club Of America ar
ranged q novel entertainment In Lord
Montagu's honor which included road
the party, besides Lord Montagu, were
Chief City Magistrate william Me
Adoo. Ralph Folks. majority leader Of
the board Of aldermen: Alderman
Marks. c. Gordon Reel, state superin-
tendent of highways; Harold Parker.
former chairman Of the Massa chusetts
highway commission. several officials
Of the Touring club and many others
prominent In automobile circles.
After inspecting the new state roads
on the island, the party drove over
the Long Island motor parkway as
guests OF w. X. Vanderbilt, Jr. Lord
Montague expressed himself as high
ly pleased with the new roads ana es-
pecially with the construction of the
Motor parkway. which he said ef-
fectively solved the dust problem.
Lord Montagn was given IA ride over
the Motor parkway at high speed In u
l2O Isotta. driven by Joseph Tracy. the
we'll known automobile expert, and on
one stretch q speed of over 81 miles
an hour was attained
The Touring club entertained at din
ner at the Garden City hotel, where
informal speeches were made by Lord
Montagu. Chief Magistrate McAdoo.
Alderman Folks. II. NJ. Swetland and
,C
club.
During the course of his remarks.
Lord Montagu said that the motorists
Of the United States had every reason
to feel gratified with the automobiiing
and highway conditions and predicted
u great advance within the next year
or two. He said Il would only be a
question Of time before the highway
authorities would effectively solve the
situation by building the roads OF q
suitable depth so as to give them per-
manency and make the surfaces dur
able for a longer period and particu-
larly dustless.
The road board In England. which
has built up the road system there SO
splendidly, attributes It's success to the
perfect corporation which exists be-
tween the various counties and locali-
ties. The road board contributes cer-
tain sum on condition the places bene-
fitted contribute Il like sum: as "A re-
suit, they have splendid roads and
motor users are practically free of rail-
road travel, except for very long dis
tances.
Lord Montagu will remain In this
country until July. his itinerary in
cluding visits to Washington. st.
Louis, Indianapolis, Chicago. Cleveland,
Detroit. Buffalo. Syracuse and other
cities where automobile factories will
be inspected. Some of his time will
also be spent In Montreal and Quebec.