The San Francisco call., 1906-04-16
AUToIsTs ARE BUSY.
Motor Enthusiasts Make Runs in Balray
Weather on Many Roads.

Motor Enthusiasts Make Runs in Balray
Weather on Many Roads.
W. r. Prather and family, who arrived
! here from Los Angeles last week in their
Cadillac. which is now at the garage of
that company on Golden Gate avenue, are
taking in the sights about San Francisco
in their machine, and on Tuesday will
leave for Lake County. Mr.. Prather is
his own chauffeur and mountain roads do
not deter him. He expects to conquer
craggy Lake County without much diff
Guilty.
Cuyler Lee. agent for the Cadillac, is on
a business trip to Stockton.
A. D. Renfro of Tonopah has concluded
the purchase of two large Stearns cars
from the Pacific Motor Car Company on
Golden Gate avenue which he will have
shipped to the mining regions. In com
pany with his wife and two daughters and
w. D. Frye of the Stearns garage, Mr.
Renfro left for Del Monte yesterday in
one Of the cars, expecting to make a fast
round trip run. and at the same time
give the machine SIS severe a test as is
possible on the roads between this city
and the Monterey resort
The Pierce Arrow machines were flying
H.
made the run to San Jose in one of these
cars. Mrs. F. c. Talbot and a party of
friends started for the southern part of
the State, intending to take in Del Monte
on the way. j. d. Brown, in his new
forty-fve horsepower machine. took the
San Jose trip. T. B. Potter and family
left for the Santa Cruz Mountains, where
they will spend a week autoing along the
scenic roads OF that beautiful section
Gustav Sutro and party crossed the bay
for whirl amidst the pretty scenery of
the suburban country.
". s. Porter, the oil man, is one of
those who think the American is better
than the foreign made machine He will
spread over Europe the fame of this coun-
try in the way of automobile manufac-
turing by touring the old world with
Pierce Arrow car, built especially for him.
Mr.. Porter will leave this city some time
during the latter part Of this month. His
machine viii be shipped on the same YES
sci on which he takes passage. He in
tends seeing every part of Europe from
this car.
H NJ. A Miller made the run to San
Jose yesterday in his Cadillac. Mr. Miller
has long string of miles in the automo-
bile to his credit. He is one of the most
enthusiastic and successful of the Califor-
MIA motorists.
Recent purchasers of Model X Win
tons are A. Manlock Of this city: J. J.
Mullen, Tonopah, and Mrs. G. McCabe
of San Francisco. carload of three
has been sent to Osen & Hunter, San
Jose.
/ G. Hellman has ordered one of the
specially built four-cylinder Oldsmobiles.
1t Will have a guaranteed speed of fifty
miles per hour. The body is built along
French racing lines, and will carry but
two passengers.
z. R. Thomas E. P. Briniger and w.
H. Hunt spent Saturday and Sunday in
touring the bay counties in a Thomas
flyer. Mr.. Thomas has announced his in
tention of spending all his winters tour
ing California. "It is the motorists Par
adise," declares the millionaire manufac-
turer.
The Pioneer Company sold carload of
Bucks Saturday to j. D. Jacks of Napa,
Dr. William Harvey, city, and the Santa
Rosa Cycle Company, Santa Rosa.
A. NJ. Rosenstern will receive his four
cylinder Olds this week.
l. " OpuIdleS DOuBnL merry OiQS-
mobile" but he declares 1t will be used
for business only, the song notwithstand-
ing.
A. F. Brown, a real estate dealer of
Santa Cruz, was the first man to receive
an '06 Buick. He ran the machine over
land beyond Gilroy. He claims that the
roads defy description. There was so
much teaming during the rainy season
hat rf% Al
from one to three feet in depth. Motor
lists, take notice.
Frank Critchett received his new Buick
yesterday, and spent his Easter in driy-
ing about Golden Gate Park and the Pre-
sidio.
Fred Ward, the First-street hardware
man, and family made a run to San
Jose Saturday night in Mr. Wards Win
ton, returned yesterday morning and ran
to Palo Alto in the afternoon. Mr. Ward
says the roads are in fearful condition
between here and San Mateo. recent
car line construction having much to do
with their bad state.
A NJ Shields of the Equitable Life
made a fast run to San Jose and back
with his family yesterday in his new
White.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Reis and party
Of friends made the run to the Refs
ranch. back of Liyermore. in a new
model X yesterday and returned by way
of Walnut Creek. Mr.. Refs says the
roads are very bad the other side of
Haywards and in the vicinity of Wal
nut Creek.
John DAILY and Alfred Bowen toured