New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-13
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Great Turnout Of Motor Trucks
for To-day'S Parade.
Tn IMPRESS BUSINESS MEN
Massachusetts, Recognizes Jersey
Law and Will Open Roads
TO Her Motorists.
IN IMPRESS BUSINESS MEN

Nth nearly four hundred motor trucks
.,...dy entered and prospects Of half as
- more by the time the formation Of
~. line is complete. the second annual
sao,or truck parade of the Motor Truck
club this afternoon promises to be the
,-4atest turnout of motor vehicles ever
s0d, Every type of motor truck and deliv-
.,v wagon will be represented, including
S,g trucks. little delivery trucks, utility
.srs semi-trailers and the so-called motor
sorse" A large share Of the city's business
,ouses using motor trucks will be repre-
,.r,,d and il will be the best opportunity
ave, afforded business men to study motor
transportation In actual operation under
had.
while lacking some of the spectacular
chat frequently attaches TO parades, this
croo.ssion will be replete with interest not
onIv for the business man but for the gen.
sraI public, which has little idea OF the i'm
raense strides made by motor trucks in a
comparatively few months. These trucks
will very generally be on actual duty, car
ryIng the merchandise Of their owners ana
actually delivering It to customers at the
close Of the parade. There will be little OF
the gala day aspect to 1t, but lots Of the
genuine vigor that marks the motor truck
as a great traffic agency.
The parade will form at the Battery, be-
tween Y 80 and o'clock. and will move at
$50 promptly. directly up Broadway TO i2Oth
street save for a slight detour around the
matinee district. passing through I'D street
Fourth avenue 9th street. Fifth avenue
and 18th street, at which point Broadway
will be rejoined The chief marshal will
bs stationed at Bowling Green and entrants
will be assigned places In line upon report
ing to him on arrival at the starting point
E. w. Curtis. jr.. is chief marshal, with
C. W. Fletcher and T. A. Aspect as his
chiefs of division. They will be assisted by
a corps OF aids numbering probably twenty.
Eve and scattered through the line, each In
charge Of his division. At the head OF the
line will move mounted police, then a big
Fifth avenue bus carrying the band. Next
will ride the officers Of the Motor Truck
Club and the press cars will follow.
The trucks will be arranged alphabetical
", according to the list OF the entrants.
and broken into three general divisions.
Ample police regulation has been secured
10 keep the line we'll closed and to avoid
trafic complications at street crossings. 1t
Is prohab BILE that the line will cover stretch
Of something more than three miles-proo-
ably the most powerful traffic display and
the most valuable ever shown In this or
any other city.
The State Highway Commission OF Massa-
chusetts yesterday rescinded Its action OF
two years ago in barring residents Of New
Jersey from driving their automobiles IN
Massachusetts under the nonresident free
touring privilege. Hereafter New Jersey
motorists as we'll as those Of other states
may tour the state for ten days IN calen-
dar year without taking out registra-
ton certificate. They were deprived OF the
privilege because their state refused 10
grant reciprocal touring rights 10 motor
lists on April last. however, law was
enacted granting these concessions to resi-
dents of ali states which gave similar priv.