The San Francisco call., 1906-11-29
By r. r. I'FIorr111edieu

There are few places where the
automobile even to this day is not
looked upon with favor. Most of them
are, however, at some remote point
out of the beaten line of travel But
it remains for the Leland Stanford Jr.
University, the seat of modern learn
ing and an institution for the fpFther-
Ing of advanced ideas, to bar the most
wonderful invention of the age from it's
grounds.
Outside the main gate there is a sign
nailed to two long posts which informs
the automobilist that The board of
trustees kindly requests that no auto
mobiles or gasoline bicycle trespass on
these premises The sign has been
standing outside of the gate for some
five or six years, ever since the horse
less carriage first made its appearance
on the coast. The motor bike" was
considered gasoline bicycle at first,
but now they are designated as motor
cycles In it's sign the university is
behind the times
As one approaches the main gate he
is met by guard who blocks the
course Of the automobile. No induce
ment can get him to stand aside. Those
in charge at the office on the grounds
know nothing but the action of the
trustees and would not a few days ago
issue permit to enter the grounds
An amusing part of the stopping of
the automobiles is the way the rigs
for rent come swooping across the rail-
road track from Palo Alto as the auto
mobilist is halted. From the way they
hustle to be the first to get to the auto
mobilist it looks as if the motorists in
the past have been a paying PROPOSE
ton
The information was CLEANED out
side the gate that the trustees are
building an automobile road into the
university, where they will all be kept
together 1t is like the privilege OF
the south drive in Golden Gate Park
when the automobile first made its. ap-
pearance on the coast matter of over
fire years ago
The rain of yesterday upset the plans
of the local motorists. They had been
planning trips out of the city this
morning in their automobiles. but the
wet weather came just too early.
But if the rain has stopped the tour
ing for the time being it has been well
coined, for IT will I'LL in some OF the
bad holes in the roads out of the city.
It will soften up the wavy surface, and
when the next dry spell comes there
will be some pleasant runs recorded
Fernando Nelson Is doing new stunt
with his Columbia car. He has it
on exhibition In the saIesroom of the
Middleton Motor Car Company, the
agents for the Columbia. 1t was set
up last Tuesday and the engine was
set of on a seven days run. The
official run on Tuesday began at D. m,
but five hours previous to that time the
engine was started At o'clock last
night 1t had been running thirty
four hours without skip. 1t is
planned to run the car night and day
for the whole week, there being en-
gineers always on hand to watch the
running. No artificial means have been
taken to keep the engine cool. 1t is
running just as IL it had been stopped
Many of the experts have thought that
1t would not be possible to do the
stunt, and Nelson asked the Middle
tons to handle the car. Another rea-
son why Nelson wanted the test was
the fact that some of the experts
claimed that the record run south had
shot the engine to pieces. The car or
the engine has not been in the shop or
overhauled in the least and this is why
the seven days run is being made.
The rules to govern the next big au-
tomobile race in France have just been
made public. The new rules include
total abandonment of the weight limit
on the competing cars. There is an
other rule. however. which to a GER
tain extent modifies the lifting of the
restriction of the rule of weight 1t