Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-19
ORGANIZE COUNTY
AUTOMOBILE CLUB
Plan Recruiting Station at
observation-disclosures CrOs-
by, Temporary Chairman.
TO. PROMOTE SOCIABILITY

Assemhlyman w. Olive Crosby was
chosen temporary chairman of the
Essex County Automobile Club at its
organization meeting in the Board OF
Trade rooms last night. More than
enc hundred auto owners from New
ark and vicinity banded together in
an effort to promote sociability among
owners and to protect themselves
from auto legislation which they are
opposed to-
II is expected that the membership
viii soon reach 800. Plans toward
this end are now being made. A re-
er'uiting station will be established at
the annual automobile show to be
held in the First Regiment Armory.
The club at once proceeded to dis
cuss pending automobile Legislation
and formal protest was entered
against Assembly bills Nos. 367 and
294. The latter of these two bills
aims to exempt automobiles from per-
sonai taxation. Such a bill 1t was
declared would be unconstitutional
The former bill. it was stated, will
change the license fee on autom obiles
basing it on horsepower and weight
It was said that the bill would not
only be an additional burden, but
that it had a provision which would
turn the revenue into the treasury
of the State instead of using it for
the improvement of the roads. a copy
of the resolution viii be sent to each
Assem- blyman and the members were
also urged to be on hand at Trenton
on Wednesday next when a public
hearing would be held on the bills in
question.
The new organization will be afil-
lated with the Associated Automo-
bile Clubs of New Jersey and the
American Automobile Association,
By resolution adopted unanimously
the club absorbs the Newark Motor
Club. which started about three
years ago, and ]. B. Taft, Its presi-
dent, on behalf of the latter organ
ization, signed as charter member.
The other temporary officers are j.
II. Wood. treasurer. and w. F. Shell
worth, secretary. A constitution and
bylaws were adopted, and the chair
was requested to appoint nominal
ing committee to report at the next
meeting, which will be held on We'd
nesday. March 4, in the rooms of the
Board of Trade.
George c. Deal. chairman of the
good roads committee of the Ameri-
can Automobile Association, in a
spirited address, prophesied great
future for the club. Aside from that,
he said, the club would be a fine adj
vertisement for the city of Newark.
In speaking of the need of concerted
action Mr.. Deal stated that there
never was a time when the good
roads movement" needed the agita ton
of automobile organizations more than
at the present. After period of great
activity in behalf of better roads
which was effective a reaction was
setting in.
This, the speaker continued, was
noticeable in various States, and not
the least in this State. New jerseys
roads in a general way Mr.. Deal
stated, were good. but they lacked the
necessary maintenance. The facts
have shown, Mr.. Deal concluded, that
good roads are always a sign of the
stai1dard of civilization.
A. G.. Bachelor, chairman OF the
executive committee of the American
! Automobile Association, spoke on
what Congress was doing in regard
No helping. the various States to i'm
rove the roads. He stated that at
resent bill was under consideration
arrying with it an annual appropriaL-
ion OF $25, 000,0 900 to be apportioned to
the various States.
The third speaker of the evening,
paii II. Lewis, secretary of the Auto
.mohile. Club of Buffalo, gave PRACTICAL
Yhints@as to the best ways of stirring
lup Interest in the club. He showed
printed matter used up by the Buff
falo club and gave a general idea as
10 what the members in Buffalo get
in return for the nominal dues of the
equalization.