Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-25

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Now that the Pasadena hill-climbing
contest is history, interest centers In
the Agricultural park races scheduled
for three days, commencing March 2.
The entries are coming i'm fast and
from present indications a large num-
Der of cars will speed over the circular
course. Whistling Billy" and the Stew
art Ciarbutt car were at the track yes
terday afternoon and some fast miles
went reeling away under the motive
power of the racers.
A REQ, Napier, Mercedes, White,
Maxwell, Premier, Cadillac and Apper-
son have been entered, and at least
o. dozen or more first class cars will
appear.
Leon Shelter received the ten pas
senger REQ bus yesterday afternoon.
The car is the first of its kind to ar
rive in Los Angeles and is specially de-
signed for hotels or sightseeing parties
Bush and Shields, representing the
Pierce Great Arrow, will move open
their handsome new garage at 953-955
South Main street tomorrow. The new
quarters are among the finest in the
south and the garage is the most thor
oughly equipped in Southern California.
An attraction in connection is that
The garage will be open both day and
night. The services of thoroughly COM
petent experts have been secured.
Mrs. II. M. Robinson of Grand ave-
nue., Pasadena, has become the owner
of the finest Columbia electric Victoria
phaeton ever brought to the coast. The
sale was made through the agency of
the Auto Car and Columbia garage.
DR.. Albert Schol of South Main
street has secured one of the 1906 model
runabouts.
Two Whites were disposed of Thurs
day, one to c. M. Whittick and a Sec
ond to Walter Vail.
A meeting of the engineers and fac
tory superintendents who comprise the
mechanical branch of the Association
of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers,
took place in New York recently, and
the rapid strides toward constructing
perfect cars was made strikingly ap-
parent.
The subject under consideration was
brakes and brake shoes and the best
material with which to make them.
While the talk on this was interesting
and valuable, it was overshadowed by
report from the test committee on
the results obtained in the laboratory
In a search for the best materials for
various parts and in an expert report
on the mechanical features of the cars
exhibited at the Paris show.
HC IGpOlI VI llC tSob uc-
tailed a number Of practical expert
ments with the various alloy steels
made by Henry Souther with an "al-
ternate stress machine" Some of the
results were said to be of the utmost
significance, but the technical details
were not announced.
In the Paris show report there were
diagrams and minute descriptions of
the various parts, which the engineers
said will be of immense value to them
during the present period of construc-
tional activity. Chairman A. l.. Riker
presided at the meeting, and twenty
manufacturers were represented.
A unique industry is to be estab-
lshed at Trenton, N. j., under the
name of the Philadelphia Portable
Stores company The charter recently
issued to the company enable 1t to
conduct a general store, but it is said
that the real object is to conduct an
automobile peddling service. Huge cars
are to be fitted up as stores on wheels.
With Camden as a headquarters these
will be run through the state, selling
principally to people in the country
districts.
A bill was presented in the Massa-
chuSetts legislature last week to re-
quire that all fines for oVerspeeding
the state highway department to be
applied to the building of state roads.
Automobiles believe the bill will ac-
complish two excellent results, by being
a material aid to the highway depart
ment land by taking away the incen-
tive for unjust persecution of autoists
in some sections, where towns work
hold-up game for the purpose of get
ting fees.
All Cadillac types will be exhibited by
the Foss-Hughes Motor Car company,
of Broad and Race stretS, at the Phila-
delphfa auto show next week. These
machines have earned popular favor
through their durability, speed and
easy-riding qualities. They are adapted
for all sorts of conditions, and will go
where nothing else on wheels can
bulge an inch The model Fl Cadillac
touring car is particularly sought this
season. They are thirty-horse power,
with a four-cylinder four cycle engine
and water-cooer. Every detail of the
parts shows first-class workmanship.
An exhibitor at the New York show
remarked that the only reason French
cars would sell in this country this
year was because the home makers
would be unable to supply the demand
which, by the way, may cause the
foreigners to do a little hard thinking,
as to the future at least.
A "See America First crusade, an
endeavor to divert the stream of travel
ing Americans from foreign lands, has
been started in the west. Autoists
will be urged to tour America before
visiting Europe.
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