New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01
Secretary of State Has No
Authority to Make Per
mitted" List
BY c. f. T. SCHARPS


after August l bring about a peculiar
state of affairs. Secretary Of State
Hugo says the law does not give him
the power TO designate any list Of ap-
proved lights, as is done in New Jersey
further. he says that the enforcement
of the law as 10 various communities IS
10 be left TO local authorities. u IS
easy % see that under such circum-
stances even so excellent law as this
is may we'll become the cause of great
confusion. What is proper in the way
of headlight glass according TO the
police in one city or town may not meet
with approval in the neighboring com
munity.
The four points Of the law are that
the light furnished shall be visible 200
fee. from the car; that il shall illuminc
objects $50 feet ahead of the automo-
bile; that the beam shall not attain
height greater than 80 inches from the
ground at a distance Of 70 feet from
the machine, and that il shall illumine
objects on both sides Of the car for 10
feet either side.
II any owner Of an automobile has
headlights that do not conform to these
points il will be up TO him to change
them, was the Secretary's statement
Yesterday. He added a comment that
no doubt between now and August l
police and other authorities will make
tests to determine how the various
lights in use come up to the standard.
Asked what could be done by an
owner who found his lights were re-
garded as all right in one place and all
wrong in another, the Secretary merely
repeated that the various points made
by the law governed absolutely the de-
scription Of lights to be used and that
any owner whose headlights were in
accordance with the statute was all
right anywhere. Apparently it is up to
automobile owners to determine for
themselves whether their lights are
legal or not and then TO await the de-
cision of local authorities to make sure
they're right.
This regulation will be interpreted
so far as New York City is concerned,
to mean that no dazzling or glaring
headlights may be used. ANY headlight
fitted with permanent non-giare glass,
or else painted with permanent paint
so as TO achieve the same result, which
at the same time gives illumination $50
feet ahead Of the car, is all right. This
is the opinion Of the traffic department
of the New York police force, which,
according to the idea of the Secretary
Of State, makes the ordinance for this
= city.
- Automobilists IN this city who have
cars already equipped with non-glare
devices need take no steps TO change
their equipment if thus far it has been
passed without comment by police
authorities. 1t is only those automo-
bilists who have plain glass in their
headlights and who have been relying
unon the use Of DINNERS in the city
who will have TO make a change. This
probably will be the way the law is IN
terpreted in most localities.
In the State Of New Jersey, where a
lighting law has been in existence Tor
q long time, the Commissioner Oh motor
Vehicles has approved Tor use more
than forty different devices as meeting
With the requirements IN that state.
The law there is much the same as that
enacted for New York State, so that II
seems fair to assume that most OF the
devices disable there will be all right
for New York. The list in New Jer-
tey is:
The Mac -Kno-Glare" Auto Light Bulb
u. c. Roberts Electric Supply Company. Phil
J. 81 Bulb and J. VI. Lens-H. w. Johns
Nanvine Company. Madison Avenue New
"Aderente" Non Binding Device-3l2 Cen
trail Avenue, Jersey City.
Osgood Autolite Defector-4o4 First Ma
tional Bank Building. Chicago.
Lancaster Safety Lens-Lancaster Lens
COMPANY. Lancaster. Ohio.
Vosburgh No-Glare Nitrogen Auto Head
U.ht-Voehurgh Company. Orange. n. J.
Goval Clareless Lens-Motor Car Equip
Tnent Company. - Warren street p New ioin;
Suttcrley Reflector no. 1t. l. Sutterley
Westinghouse Lamp Company Bulb-West-
!nghouse Company. Bloomfield, n. ).
Edison Mazda C-Edson Lamp WORKS.
"Amco'' Auto Light Delec,or-Art Metal
Manufacturing Company. Cleveland.
Corning Lens Cwhitel-Corning Company.
Corning. y. Y.
STRIKER Headlight Defector-S' L. StrSheI'
Buffalo
dries Company, 1777 Broadway. New York.
franco Auto-Glare Headlight--interstate
Electric Novelty Company. Newark.
O-U-Lite Electric Dimmer-O-U-Lite Com
rauy. Racine Wis.
scatter Light Lens--Aaron Cohen, Pru-
DENTAL Building. Newark
C. and a. Matis5e No-Glare Projecting
Iamp-llOth Street and East River. New
YORK.
Lancaster Star DiFusing Lens-Laneaster
Len. Company, Lancaster Ohio.
Empire Adjustable Lamp Dimmer-The ;.
3. r. Specially Company. East Orange. n j.
The Icgalite Lcnt-Ihc Lcgaite Corpora
ton 100 Boylston Street Boston.
Klesr.Iite Iens-Startcr and Battery Ser
vice Company. go Central Avenue. Newark.
Warner Warner Lens Company. sli
South Michigan boulevard. Chicago. $500.
NO-Gare Star LiGnt-No-Ilare star Llshe
Company Jcrtey City.
No-Glar-on-Iamp- Eo-Clar-On Company.
Natcrto0n. y. \. . g,
Prsmohtc- Standard Glass Specially COM
many MorgantOwn. ". Va.
Convex Auto Ieur-f,ter Hecht Glass
WORKS. SIS North Fourth street. Philadelphia.
gurb9r.t Lem Standard Glass SpeclalS
COMPANY, MorgantOFr. vs.. Va.
UasLint No-Glarc Lens motor Car Equip
mert Company. - Haley Street. Newark
saferlite Lens saieriitc Ions Company
20 Fifth Avenue. New York City
Nitrogen No-Ciare Automobile Headlight