The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-20
"Fathcr Of Regulation" to BE
Guest Of Honor
at a. c. A.
rACKARD'S BRIGHT REPORT
Business Is Best Yet. Says Joy
Other News Of
Motoring.

at the Automobile Club OF America. given
by the Citizens Street Traffic Committee
in honor of william Phelps Emo, who is
known AS the father OF traffic resula-
tion." lie took up a study OF road rules
and management Of moving vehicles
almost twenty years ago, just as a hobby.
Later he became so interested hh the sub
iect that he spent most of his time in the
study and for the past fifteen years II has
h,en practically his exclusive occupat ion
II wss upon his suggestion that the traffic
souad was introduced in New York city.
He has been called upon as a traffic ex-
psrt by many large cities In the United
states. as well as by the cities OF Paris
and London.
The speakers at the dinner tomorrow
night will be Robert Grier Cooke, chair
man; W. W. Miller, POSTMASTER, Gen
Theodore l.. Bingham. Borough President
Marcus NJ Marks and Mr.. Emo.
r., Packard Motor Car Company re.
norris that its sales from September, 1913
20 the LIST OF April. the first seven months
of the companys fiscal year. were 2.Oll
automobiles considerably better than the
company's best preceding year. which was
in the 1910 season. Then l,SS2 cars were
sold. President Joy says that the week
ended April II, when 100 cars were sold
was the biggest week in the history OF the
concern. on one day. April 8. orders Tor
three cars were received. He says
The expectation is the company will be
500 cars short OF market requirements
in the full fiscal year. The concern Is
now 422 cars ahead OF last year.
The calendar OF contests issued by the
American Automobile Association includes
,hirty-two events for the season OF 1914,
~ which practically all are TO be run
-. TEAe ID N
track meet scheduled tentatively for May
80 at Br ghton Beach. a reliability run
June in Philadelphia. a track meet at
Boston on June 10 and track meets at
Providence on July and on october 2
end 3 at Trenton. These are the extent
of the contests in this section Of the
country.
More than 10000 automobiles were
registered last week." says Secretary OF
State Mitchell May. Less than half that
number was recorded for the correspond.
ing week in 1912. The figures were 4.o35
in 1912 and 5.s6S in 1915" II Is apparent
that the approach OF real spring 10 having
its effect.
An important deal was closed last week
BY the r. & L. Company. Eastern agents
for the Garford and Willys-Utility trucks.
whereby ten trucks were sold TO the
BrOOklNn tlOIc VI ~ - AsAosN
,hews' Sons. OF these eight are WHY'S
Utility wagons and two are Garford
trucks Mr.. Dmond. president OF the Mat
thews frm. has driven Garford cars for
number Of years. which had an I'M
portant bearing on his choice OF trucks
when a further move toward the motor
izng OF the company's delivery service
was made
l. J. Ziegler, manager OF the milling
machinery end OF the Nordyke Marmon
Company OF Indianapolis. has closed
contract with the Fle!schmann Company
at Peekskll TO remodel and rebuild the
cereal milling machinery in the plant.
Nordyke & Marmon have been building
milling machinery for more than sixty
years. They are also the makers OF the
Marmon automobile, and there are no less
than seven Marmon cars owned by mem
bers OF the Fleischmann Company.
'The automobile adapts itself TO the
farmers needs more perfectly than TO the
needs of any other class of people" says
William II. Stewart. ar of the stewart
Automobile School THE farmer Is in a
measure isolated from his neighbors; the
automobile eliminates this barrier OF dis
lance and puts him and his family in close
touch with neishbors and with the town.
II simplifes the transaction OF his busi-
rsss. makes marketing easy, gives MS
family social opportunities that were i'm
possible without IL and makes them hap
pier. more comfortable and more con-
tented
rhe automobile is rapidly gaining
recognition as machine OF practical
utility for farmers and most cars already
owned by farmers are being used for
Light hauling and marketing, and the
general use OF the automobile truck on
the farm is a matter OF time only