New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-01
AUTO NEWS OF THE DAY
New Jersey Takes Steps to Clear
Up Legislative Chaos.
PLANS STATE COMMISSION
Other Commonwealth Will Be
Asked to Join in Adoption
of Motor Vehicle Law

Out of the maze OF automobile hills
which has helped TO choke the Legislative.
mills in New Jersey, has come this woaL
measure which is designed to clear mr.
the chaos surrounding automobile mai.
ters. and which. in a measure, may effec,
the anti-motor car legislation now threat.
ened in New York.
The New Jersey act is in the form of q
Joint resolution OF the House and Senate
authorizing the Governor to appoint
three commissioners to act with com.
missioners TO be appointed by other states
TO see II they can agree upon laws regu.
lating the use of motor vehicles and th,
registration of same
This resolution, which was signed by
Governor Wilson on Thursday in the las,
few hours OF his occupancy OF the chief
executives chair in New Jersey prior 10
his advance into the White House al
Washington, will. It is believed halt the
great batch OF automobile bills now be.
fore the Legislature and against which
the motorists have waged a sturdy fight
The most important one OF this lattet
batch is the one which called for an In.
crease OF something like % per cent IL
license fees.
The resolution calling for a commission
to investigate the automobile question.
along with representatives of other states
is what the Jersey owners have desired
for some time. They claimed that the
motor car owner has been discrimipa,ed
against I'm the matter Of fees, etc, and
they want somebody else TO help pay the
road tax. They assert that the horse.
drawn vehicle should bear It's proper.
tionate share Of the taxation. and TO pro.
vide for this they have put in a bin thli
week calling for such a tax. This bill
will probably be held up with others &c
await the findings OF the commissioners
Yet to be appointed. The whole automo.
bile matter WIZ. IN all probability. now
go over for a year.
With q view TO organizing for a fight
against the adverse motor car legislation
now pending at Albany, meeting va.
held at the headquarters of the Moto,
Truck club in George Rectors yester.
day. II. &. Fenner president: g "
Fletcher. chairman OF the legisatire com.
mlttce. and Ellis ). Rowland represented
the Motor Truck club. Of which seyera
other members we.e present; tho Auto.
mobile Dealers Association was repre-.
scented by w l.. Day, chairman Of the
legislative committee: w. T. Stewart
secretary, and r. II. Johnston: the New
York Electric Vehicle Dealers Associa-
ton by Harvey Robinson. tho Society 81
Automobile Engineers by ". !. Kennedy
and the Merchants Association Of New
York by f.. l.. Pratt
Mr. Fletcher outlined the purpose Of tie
bills that have been introduced. and his
address was followed by a general dis.
cussion. In view of the fact that there
will be- a general hearing before the Joint
Committee of Internal Affairs Of hotf
houses at Albany on March -. taking 10
practically ell TIE bills. the conferrees de-
cided that a campaign among motor see
hicle users. in addition To making strong
protest at the time of the hearing. Woulo
probably have the effect Of arouslnS wide
spread opposition. This means that al
the New York dealers will clrcularlZt
their customers, asking them 10 write g.
their Representatives prior 10 the hearing