The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-29
LICENSE SHOULD
GO WITH THE CAR
Would Rc Faircr to Man Who
Sells Auto i'm Mid
season.
SOME NEW SEASON STUFF

Ar interesting letter TO the automobile
Editor OF THIS SUN protests against the
existing law which permits a motorist
buying a second hand car to obtain the
tc"rse number on " by the payment uf
81 hut does not allow an automvhilist
Who dispoSes OF his car to take along his
license plate to another machine. Atten-
ton has been called to this condition of
affairs gu another occasion. whom one
man after using a car OF one make for
about threc months I'm a year traded II
for another OF the same make only
larger. and lost his original license fee
altogether.
The letter spoken Of comes from II. T..
1ngersoll. manager Of Eastern branches
for the REQ Motor Car Company. 1T
Is not often that I have the temcrity to
take a fall out OF the laws upon our
statute books" says Mr.. Ingersoll. 1T
seems 10 me-, however. that there Is one
law relating to and affecting the inter
esis OF automobile owners that should
be changed Immediately.
II refer 30 the statute governing the
licensing and registration Of motor We
hicles. Under the present law the pur-
chaser OF a new automobile is required
o. take out "A license. which on a car OF
the REQ class costs SO annually. II
Il" owner sells that car during the year
and purchases another he is required to
also purchase an entirely new license.
paving $40 therefor. and 80 on ad in
hnitum, according to the number OF cars
he may purchase during a given year.
The man who purchased the used car
can by making application have the
license plates transferred to his name
for 81. My contention Is THAT the num-
be- plates should follow tho owner and
no. the car. II frequently happens that
q used car costs Far more money than
. moderate priced new ear, 80 the ar
raugsmeut annot be justified on tho
theory that a used car purchaser has
less means than the purchaser OF a new
car.
Any one wfo knows the situation
will agree with me that endless Confu-
sion results from the present law be-
cause unless the owner advises the Office
OF The Secretary Of State that he has
disposed OF his car that car will be run
ming around in the hands OF ono or sew
sral other people while still recorded on
Tn books OF the Secretary OF State un-
de- the name Of the original llcensee.
If, on the other hand. the number
plates followed the owner OF a car In
stead Of the ear Itself this confusion
could not possibly result"
In the days grist of automobile news
there is nothing more interesting than
The news Of new models. whether they
b. entirely new productions of estaD-
hshed concerns or something in the wa2
OF 4 novelty produced by a company
that has been in business "A long time.
For Instance, as complete a novelty as
the days mail affords is the word that
the Eugcr Company In Cincinnati is
bringing out a twin-six car at the eX-
tThprdiuarIly low price of Sl,OsJ. 1t
wasn't 80 long ago that this was "A
= dDratc figure for a four-cylinder ma
chino. II comes as something OF "A
shock rs l2-cyllnder value. The Finger
last year built "A siX-cylinder car and
n" company is backed by a great deal
D. money.
TIE car not only has his motor. but
AZ unusually fine body on "A 1l5 inch
Rht"lba~r chassis. cantilever springs
make this wheelbase comfortable for
Fn'nE The motor is ~ inches bore
~ ''g inches stroke, the cylinders being
CO. 100 blocks of six, placed at 80 de-
T"'S angle from the centre line, The
rvr axle has spiral brvel gears, The
motor IS said TO be unusual In its fieN-
bj.'y and range Of speeds,
George T. Daniels. one time vice-presi-
ie'' and general manager Of the oak
land Motor Car Company, is now in
business for himself AZ Reading, Pa,
shd Is making a ear called the Daniels
egul The motor In 1t is made b..
HersrH'I-Splllnau and the car Is TO b.
It'll" above the average in price and
hrlsh The price Of the car is TO be
n the ueIghborhood of $3.50, and the
company will Specialize In closed bodies
for these chassis for the coming closed
car season.
Another letter received is on the al
WAYS H.yl subject ~ anAAI framing
II comes from |. Phillips. a velvet Inn
porter Of this city, who fell foul OF the
police nv Lawrence, and figures out that
De was fined at the rate of 81 "A second
and Is ironically thankful that the po-
hceman didn't follow him an hour or he
would have been out $1,000. There
appears 10 be more than "A little justice
II Mr.. Phillips's complaint, inasmuch
~ the policeman followed him only for
220 yards and then made AN arrest for
gong t~wenty-six miles an hour. six
miles an hour more than the law per-
N IL. Mr.. Phillips writes;
According to the sworn complaint OF
Policeman Wanser before Judge j. Rus
seu Sprague In the village OF Lawrence.
Nassau county, ! drove my car through
one-eighth OF a mile OF Lawrence ut
the rate OF twenty-six miles an hour,
exceeding the speed limit six miles
AZ hour, The policeman followed me
Tor one-elghth OF "a mile, | refused 10
plead guilty and was fined $40 FOR
speeding. At this rate Of speed. ASSUME
~ NJ complaint to be correct, the Of
hcer followed for about seventeen sec
onds, or about ~one-quarter of n minute.
IN this onc-eighth OF a mile ! drove
about five seconds too fast. or almost
u 20 a second. II the village OF Law
renee trying to equal Iiockefellers IN
come on the sixty second basis?