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Show MOTORING IN NEW YORK. RimsrksbU Inerssss of Aulimobllss In Nsw York 8tst. Br rHArlCIIM.HUCO.frUry of Stilt .Sowheru during the last few years has tho progress of automoblllsm been more rapid than In New York stale. Fourteen years ago the nnmber of motorcars mo-torcars running on the highways of Uie stnte was negligible, and less than 1.000 registered with tho stato license bureau bu-reau during IWt. Today there aro no less than 170,000 registered In tho atato alone, to say nothing of tho 1,760,0") rrglMerrd in other states. There an therefore In round numbers num-bers I .MXMiOi) automobiles In use In the United Wales, moro than duublo the total of all Iho other countries In tho world, and a large number of theso cars registered In other slate motor through New York during tho touring season. One outstanding feature which makes thl development so marvelous li that there are nt present but n few thousand thou-sand mile of good highways compared wllh the vnst system of Improved hlghwajs which I yet lo lie undertaken under-taken by the stnte. Permanent road made of hnrd stone nro being gradually constructed throughout ths state, but these exist nt present In comparatively few place, principally outsldn tho vicinity vi-cinity or center of population, while dirt road nmll(ute oler 70 per cent of the available highways on which motorcars nro ocnitcd. lu some plut'ci n maximum speed u lx miles per heiir limit is IUhI. while In others ten miles, n speed slower than thnt of nu ordinary horse drnwn light tr.iuV, Is enforced. Tho police lu other InMBiiee Imie Ihmii given i ' tmorilluary powers to effect mi Instuiit nrrest In ruse of small offeiisrs ngnlnst bjl.iw or trnllW' rule. Hut many one (tinii innnirestnllons or prejudice have already dlnpcnred, and the more progressive pro-gressive renters am devising moru rea-souabln rea-souabln rrgulntlnns and aro conlder-Ing conlder-Ing how auloinolillrs nin lie made more useful fur public service. In mnny ca-v "Joy riders" have, or course, to lm dealt with tike those persona per-sona wlm have mure money than brain, They drlio recklessly and endanger en-danger life, Irritate Ibu public and give motoring u bail name. Hut they are rew In rompnrl'on with the numlier or motorists who drive reasonably nnd show ecry ilhlc consideration ror others. As to the Mlure motoring In Nuw ' York, lliere Is no doubt thnt Iverore long there will Ik nt least 200,000 registered In New York stale nnd up-ward up-ward or two million cars In u in tho I'nlted Stales, ami public attention hcreurter will more than ever be directed toward proper highway eon- strucllon and ronlntennnee. |