The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-29
One Man Arrested for Speeding
Complains Of Way lie
Was Heckled.
BOAT SHORTENs JOURNEY
Half Hourly Ferries Between
Clason and College Points
Big Time Saver.

| among members OF several automoh,.
clubs In New York. New Jersey, ponn,y,'
vania and Maryland to urge Motor vchi.
Gle Commissioner Lippincott OF New Je,.
sey to make changes in the system =,
arresting motorists who break the sos,,
laws OF that State. These motorists hay.
no objection to the laws or the enforce.
ment of them. but what they do objer, IN
IL the "cat and mouse" method used 10 On.
tice motorists to break the laws, az thew
claim has been done.
! One OF the motorists who wa. ihu.
arrested last Sunday told OF his oxp,rl.
| ences In this way: II believe | ha,.
! reason to be lncensed at the backward.
/ treatment accorded me by two New lev.
sey State inspectors who exercised thol,
craftiness in the section which lies hetpee,
Ledgewood and Lake IIopatcone. hay,
never been arrested before for sneedIns
and have always lived up 10 the law M,
human endurance can he taxed 10 its NJ.
most IL pushed In a way like that exercised
, BY the two inspectors who arrested ma
for speeding.
These men were garbed in citj,s,,
clothes and drove their car behind min.
In such a way as TO indicate that they
/ wanted me to speed Several times thew
blew their horn as II to pass me and vhen
! pulled to one side they did not 60 ahesa
but kept directly behind, literally pushing
me to that annoying stage where there
was nothing else for the to do but io in
crease my speed and get on, OF their v,v
Then I was stopped and was told that
was exceeding the speed limit and arrcu
followed.
This method is enough to make a,y
/ motorist desire 10 break speed laws To- ..t
out OF the way of the annoyance Of IN.
inspectors, and IL COMMISSIONS Lippin.
colt does not know about this practice
every motorist. as well az others who be.
lieve In fairness to users OF the hichyay
should inform him to stop the coutemp,l.
Bile and uncallcd for practice. Another
thng: The inspectors should wear uni.
| forms or else have their cars marked in
such "A way that they can be distinguishod
as inspectors cars. Much better work
can be done by treating motorists by far
rather than sneaky methods"
Motorists DESTROYS OF reachin; FLUSHING.
Jamaica. Hampstead. Mincola aud other
| places on Long Island by A short route
from upper Manhattan. The Bronx and
points in Westchester county may Use ths
point to point ferry which has been Cd.
Grating Tor the past three summers
between Clason Point. Tho Bronx and Col.
lege Point. Queens The 2is milo bouls.
Nard known as Clason Point road has lust
been paved with asphalt and the roads on
both sides are now In good condition ~.
toists going to and from the races al
Aaueduct find this trip a saving in time
The automobile ferry steamer Oueens.
boro is making half hourly trips from
each side, 80 \. NJ. to s 80 T.. NJ. From
the foot OF North Tenth street, Corag.
foiht, the boat leaves every half hour
from $40 a. NJ. to 6:45 r. NJ. Surdsl.
the schedule is from n. NJ. to 8 T. ".
Tho ur,iIcnt
son IN the recent Speedway race viii
IN All probability stop Howard Mar,non.
chief engineer OF tho Nordyke & Mar.
mon Company, from ever again building
Mnrinon racer. according to Frank q.
Carrie, the New York manager. psV.
son Is getting on as well as could no
expected. Last reports from the hos.
pital are that he is on the mend
| IL Is unfortunate that this accident
should have occurred, for Msrmon en-.
tnusiastS ali over the country had well
nigh convinced Howard Marmon that
1t was his duty to come TO the rescus
ana build another Marmon in an at-
tempt to bring back to America tn.
lost speed crown In the international
500 mile classic.
Increased territory for the Saxon car
has been awarded TO l.. A. Van patten,
New York distributor, on account Of tho
| iheiease III JUSTICES SHOWN IN the last
sixty days over tho amount specified.
The new territory includes the heart
OF New Jersey. and contains the FOL.
lowing counties: Union, Essex, Morris
Somerset and Middlesex, taking IN thu
cities OF Newark, Morrlstown, Plain6ed,
New Brunswick, Elizabeth and Perth
Amboy.
Van Patten already has disposed ~
half OF the original number Of SsSons
allotted TO him in the metropolitan ter
ritory, and on account of his increased
zone OF business additional allotment will
be made covering tho New Jersey section.
twenty dealers are now handling
the Saxon in Van Patterns territory
, which number he expects to increase 10
thirty-three. taking in the new territory.
ic already has begun the work OF clos
ing up the five New Jersey counties
+, Tho Willys-Kneht motor car Is coming
: into Its own In this city. c, 7. silver.
president OF the G. 4. Silver Motor Com
, pany, has made "A record In handling an.
other line built by John North WHY'S and
the methods employed proved so satlsfac'
tory to the latter that he decided 10 hays
& Silver handle his entire pleasure car
4 line.
. Some OF the features on the WHY'S
9 Knight are worm drive, Manchester
y springs and wire wheels. Tho rear axis
0 has worm drive, which adds TO opet'
0 ating silence and little vibration.
The Manchester spring suspension dr.
, fers from the ordinary kind in that the
inverted and seml-elliptic spring is car
| ried on the frame Instead OF on tue
| axle.