New-York tribune., 1915-07-04
WOMEN CLING TO
THE LUXURIOUS
ELECTRIC CAR
Gotham, Once the Capital
of This Gentle Vehicle,
Takes II Up Again.
NEW CARS RUN
so MILES ON CHARGE
Electric Tours the Vogue, and
New York May Have Wom-
ans Electric Driving Club.


New York at one time contained
more electric vehicles than any city in
the world. For a number OF years thsi
Electric Vehicle Company, Of Hartford.
Conn, sold thousands Of pleasure and
commercial vehicles here. The streets
were overrun with public cabs and
Central Park was filed with private
brOughams and phaetons.
As early as 1904 there were scores
Of women drivers. and the electric car
had attained a popularity for calling,
Shopping and theatregoing which led
many TO believe the electric would
never lose its foothoid in New York
After the Electric Vehicle Company
turned It's plant TO the manufacture Of
the Columbia gas car, which was after
ward sandbagged by the United states
Motors, the electric yeh h.cle began 20
lose ground IN New York and gradu.'
ally this city became the poorest elec-
trio Vehicle city Ia the country.
Several excellent makes Of electric
carriages and trucks have always been
sold here. Not long ago the New Yorl.
Electrlc Vehicle Association, assisted
by the New York Edison COMPANY,
took hold OF the situation and injected
little now life.
The electric car salesrooms we're cen-
tralized in model electric garage and
showroom building on Central Park
west, above Columbus Circle. and
campaign Of publicity was inaugurated
ior me electric vehicle as q car "ex-
quisite"
Remarkable results have been at
tanned, and once more the electric ap-
pears to be coming into its own in
Gotham
Vehicle 100 Per Cent Better.
BY constant refinement the pleasure
car has achieved a radius Of more than
eighty miles on one charge. In the
days OF its former popularity here the
best machine would not do more than
lfty miles without recharging.
Body construction has likewise i'm
proved 100 per cent, and the up-to date
vehicle IS luxurious and stylish, as well
as practical. clean and swift.
Batteries have been improved, and
tnere are now hundreds of well
equipped charging stations within the
metropolitan district and reaching in
al directions through New England.
New York and New Jersey. making it
possible 70 tour continuously for weeks
and always find charging facilities.
Book of Electric Tours.
A very complete little tour book ia
published by the Electric Vehicle As
sociation, which has HEADQUARTERS in
the Edison Building, Irving Place and
tteenth Street. Manhattan. II gives
the running directions on n number Of
tours around New York City. together
with a map showing the charging sta.
tons. 1t is mailed free upon applica-
tlon TO the association.
Many ladies who own and run cleo
trlc cars have travelled over these
tours unaccompanied by men. Some
nave taken their children and others
their friends. They have invariably
reported delightful trips and say il il
perfectly safe for women 20 tour alone
over the roads which have been mapped
out in the association book.
There is movement on foot q or.
ganlze a Woman's Electric Driving
Club with a view to holding runs ex.
cluslyely for women In this connec-
ton the Electric Vehicle Association
mas complied partial list Of the wom-
en- residing IN greater New York who
own and operate their own electrics.
Women Who Drive Electrics.
Among them are Mrs. George S. Bow.
doin, Elsie L. Brush, Mrs. Nannetts
Bryan, Amy l. Butterfed. Charlotte b. ,
Cannon. Elizabeth j. Chaplin, Elizabeth
). Coolidge, Mrs Jane /. De Witt. Mary
+. Drake, Susan $. Duncan. Mrs. " 4. .
de Arostogui, Mrs Rose de Haven, Miss
Gertrude de la Tore. Fannie G.. Ety.
Dellora r. Gates. Mrs. J. r. Gregg, 4
Corinne X. Griffin, Jeanette Hancock,
Mrs. ]. NJ. Hardesty Alice G.. Hardy, .
Mrs. S. Y. Anna NJ Harkness. Ottilie
Hertlein, Katie A. Hilbert Elizabeth II.
Hasslacher, Miss A. B. Jennings. Mis-,
Grace Jcnes, Mrs. c. +. Kernochan,
Mrs. Eugene 3. Klein, Fannie G.. Link.
Mrs. I. Lascaris, Mrs. 3. s. Lindemann.
Mrs. John G.. Mccullough. Mary r.
Markle, Mrs. G. A. Maurice. Louise
Mersereau, Sadie w. Mintzer. Esther
W. Mortimer, Dorothy $. McNanee,
Margaret D. Maynard. Elizabeth Miller,
Mary ?. Mott. Mrs. Walter Newmuller,
Maud r. Palmer. Elisabeth ~ Reid,
May K. Remington. Mrs J. G.. Respess,
Mrs. John d. Rockefeller. jr.. Esther
Schmall. Florence Som, Mrs. Lolita G..
Steinmotz. Isabelle W. Stern, Juletts
d. Stevens, Mary W. Stillman, Elaine
Sterne, Isabella ". Taussig, Mrs. Cath
crime B. Thompson, Mrs. f. +. Thomp-
son, Mrs. Alice Turner, Louise Nelton,
Mrs. Aldace +. Walker, Florence /.
Washburn, Ruth A. Watrous, Nina c.
Werner, Mrs. Laura Woodward and
Mrs. Esther Wolf.