Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-26
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
HAMPER DRIVEAWAYS
{ bgtACics Put in Way Of Dealers
Efforts 10 Conserve RAN
road Cars.
LACK OF LAW UNIFORMITY
j rivers Threatened with Arrest Be-
Causc They Did Not Garry
State Licenses.

! Patriotic efforts Of the automobile
tadc to avoid use of railroad cars
| y delivering moto- cars from the
nctorics by highway under their
'%n power are being Intcrfered with
ly over Jealous local officials act
Ing under tcchnIcuIiucs of the vari-
'IS state laws.
From 80 to 40 per cent Of the
automobiles produced by the larger
manufacturing companies are being
delivered overland because OF the
difficulty Of obtaining freight cars
Tor shipping but In many places In
t.aicS through which the strings Of
new cars are driven en- route to des-
nation the drivers are held up by
the local sheriff or constable and
threatened with arrest and fines.
For example, string OF sixty cars
tIat was being driven from Lansing.
Mich. 10 New York city was halted
s. York, Pa, by the sheriff because
only the first and last cars had
lccnsc plates The sheriff insisted
! lnt every car should have plate.
TO take out a Pennsylvania license
would have cost $40 tor each car,
4 though the train was merely pass
: X through ono corner Of the state
I I'd all tho vehicles were being de-
IYerod TO single dealer In New
York city.
II was necessary for the dealer to
securc fifty odd duplicates of his
New York Dealers license. at So
Q 'ch, and ship them to York before
'e drlvc-sway could continue. This
& cruscd delay OF more than a day.
{ II expenses aggregatlng 1850 Thus
) costs more than $1,000 Just to
drive once through the northeast
orner of Pennsylvania.
I'm another instance q string Of
1lore than thirty automobiles was
] I'D up III Wilmington Del. and the
trivors threatened with arrest be.
ctuse they did not have state opera
t'rs licenses. The cars were being
d 'iven from New York to a dealer
Norfolk Va. Neither New York
or Virginia requires such licenses
. I'd the Norfolk dealer contends that
is unfair and unnecessary to re-
,alre drivers OF cars passing through
g corner OF Delaware on a single
business trip to take out license
T. operate for year, il~ that aate.
Duplicate Liccnss,S Desired.
Tho police OF FredefiSk, Md. OBJ
.'cted because some of the cars had
1he dealers license number painted
On cardboard instead OF the regular
metal number plates In Virginia
only six or eight duplicates of the
Dealers license plate are issued to
Q single dealer, who Is permitted to
J AXE temporary duplicates himself.
] 1t the authorities In Maryland
threatened him with fine for this
Numerous other technicalitics Of
iie laws In these and other states
Fave been invoked TO cause inter
ference with such driveaways The
automobile trade is becoming In
dgnant over the legal difficulties
placed In the way OF their efforts to
continue In business despite the OBJ
s'acles arising from lack of railroad
shipping facilities.
The nnnoyanccs aud additional ex-
rense involved are due to lack of
/, Uniformity in state laws and tn the
flct that legislators did NOT fnrsec
GHd make provision for the delivery
g automobiles overland from fac
Try to dealer This condition and
TIE strict enforcement OF the exact
tier OF tho laws will cause an in
r stent demand for federal licensing
nHd regulation of motor vehicle
operation. with the increase in in
t'rstate operation OF motor trucks
rrd passenger automobiles, the pro-
,incial system OF state regulation
ls became intolerable and owners
70 urging that the United Statos
follow the long-estahlishcd custom
II European countries OF issuing ma
{ onal licenses.