New-York tribune., 1919-06-09
Motors and Motorists

Returned members of the A. f. F.
can tell stories about the performances
OF American made cars and trucks on
the other side. that do not ALWAYS
agree with the claims that have been
made for certain marques by their pro-
ducers.' AS far as can be learned
three American automobiles made good
absolutely. Other makes did not.
although there were occasional cars
of other than the three types that
did perform. Watch what cars the
overseas men who have the price want
to buy and you'll get an idea just what
ones made good in the war.
Regarding a summary Of road con-
ditions published in The Tribune on
June 6, Mr.. w. H. Stanlee, of 100
Hudson Street, writes: 81 am quite
sure you could not yourself have gone
over the road from Hightstown through
Windsor to Trenton or received re-
liable information regarding it. l have
just been over that road twice this past
week and can assure you that it is in
very bad shape. This road s. of ma
cadam, but it is old and the surface
is worn off and the road is full of
ruts and holes over it's entire distance,
and from Hightstown to Windsor par
ticularly is in bad shape.
81 have just been to PHILADELPHIA
and back, and, as has been my expert
ence over this road for the past five
years, there is really no good going
between New York and Philadelphia.
Here and there there is a good stretch,
like the Cranbury Turnpike from New
Brunswick to Hightstown. which is
good, but, generally speaking, the route
from New York to Philadelphia is very
bad. From Elizabeth to Metuchen it
is terrible; and, of course, as you
know, it is impossible, with any de-
gree of comfort or safety, to take the
direct road through Princeton. 1t is
my experience that the roads in North
ern New Jersey are very, very bad and
that Mercer County in particular holds
the palm for very bad roads.
ut seems to me that two big centres
like Philadelphia and New York ought
to be connected by national highway
of permanent construction. There is
good deal of truck traffic between
the two cities and certainly a highway
is needed. / hope you will keep up
your agitation for good highways be-
tween all main points,"
Said Richard Croker the other day:
Il notice good deal of discussion
about labor and capital. 1 think it will
continue until the plan of profit-shar-
ing is generally adopted by all the
great employers of labor" Which is
respectfully commended to the notice
of WHY'S Overland, Timken- Detroit,
and other companies in the automobile
field that haven't found sharing
panacea for labor troubles, by a
whole lot.
Whatever car it is that Dario Resta
is to drive in the International Sweep
stakes at Sh-epshead Bay speedway
next Saturday it must be something
pretty fast, because it is reported that
on his first turnout at the Bay he
averaged better than 110 miles an
hour for 21z miles. Resta is reported
as saying that his car, which he has
spent year working on, can do close
to 120 miles an hour.
Jean Ballot, the wealthy Frenchman
VINO brought over four cars bearing
MS name to compete at Indianapolis,
expects to have some of the cars start
at Sheepshead Bay, if they can be
overhauled and shipped in time. II
the Ballot cars 60 to the line it will
mean a superfne field for the sweeps
O. p. a e.