The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-08
WILL POST ROADS
WITH SIGNALS
FOR AUTOS
By r. r. pHon,n1edieu


The plan of putting direction and
danger signs along the roads of the
State for the guidance of autoists is
progressing favorably. w. S. Weaver.
manager for Studebaker Bros, who
! some weeks ago stated that the com
pany would post the roads of the State,
has returned from the East, where he
was in conference with the home Office.
Among the many propositions consid-
cred was the erecting of these signs.
1t is now proposed ito first post the
roads between San Francisco and Los
Angeles and then to take up the other
leading highways of the State
Weaver said yesterday: Il am glad
to get back to San Francisco The East
is all right, but l want to be ir Cali
fornia during the winter. There is no
place that offers the attractions in the
winter time that California does. Re
alizing this TO be the case l had a
lengthy conference, while away. with
the people East concerning the erecting
of the signposts through the State.
made arrangements for these signs.
They Will be constructed in this city
and will be in conformity with those
used through the East. This will give
a familiar sign to those who come from
the other side of the Rockies. As there
are no signs erected in the State, out
side of short distance from Los An
geles. they will not be confusing
BY the time the roads are open in
the spring we will have them placed
between this city and Los Angeles.
We have agents who have control of
every road in the State and we are
going to have these agents see that the
signs are kept in place.
I'VE are going to issue monthly bull
letins of the conditions of the roads.
In this way we hope to help the auto
mobile game along.
What l would like to have is sug-
gestions from the automobiles con-
corning this work. We want this prop
osition to be as near perfect as money
can make it and it is better to make
corrections before we start than to
have to do 1t after the work is com
pleted. The first of the year will see
the first of these signposts
The Mobile Carriage Company has
received offers from various Pierce
Arrow car agencies throughout the
country of from $3.50 to $500 premiums
on all Pierce-Arrow cars they would be
willing to dispose of. The same scarcity
of Pierce-Arrow cars prevails on the
Pacific Coast in that all cars in the
allotment to the company, especially
for San Francisco. have been sold UP
to late spring delivery.
specially built sixty horsepower
Thomas Flyer has been ordered by the
Pioneer Automobile Company for
George Wingfield of Goldfeld. The car
will carry seven passengers and will be
built to meet the conditions of the
roads of the Nevada mining district
The new Columbia runa bout has ar
rived a the salesrooms of the Middle
ton Motor Car Company. 1t is strik-
ingly painted in light maroon A
novelty in this car is that there is
tiger" seat where the chauffeur can
ride when the owner wishes to take
along a friend. 1t is a folding seat
and can be closed when not needed
The car is exceptionally powerful and
splendidly adapted to city use
E. p Brinegar, president and man
ager OF the Pioneer Automobile Com
pany will leave today for the East,
where he will visit the Thomas. Win
ton and Olds factories. He will make
trip of several weeks.
The largest display of cars in the
late automobile show in New York was
made by the manufacturers of the Max
well. There were Maxwell light tour
ing cars. runabouts, speedsters, Doctor
Maxwells,' and two GLASSES. The new
four-cylinder touring car attracted
general interest.