The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
DEALERS REQUIRE
MORE SPACE IN
AUTO SHOW
By r. r. l'Horr1rnedieu

will not have enough space to exhibit
their cars in the coming show. Sew
eral prominent dealers called at the
headquarters Of the committee yester-
day and entered protests against the
cutting down of their space They fig
ured for long time with Superintend-
ent Cooper, but could not arrive at a
satisfactory understanding, and left
stating that they intended to ask for
special meeting to have the space re-
arranged. It is likely that the matter
will be taken up next Wednesday even
ing at the regular monthly meeting OF
the association.
The members of the California Won
ems Automobile Club are very active.
Mrs. Fred J. Linz, vice president of the
club, has received three new applica-
tions for membership. The applicants
are owners of automobiles. There is
movement on hand to get the name or
every woman who owns a motor car. on
the membership roll If it succeeds
the club Will be one OF the strongest
automobile organizations in the United
States. The annual meeting OF the club
will take place on the afternoon of
February 81 in the tea garden in the
Coliseum.
1t has been decided to hold an auto
mobile parade on Saturday evening.
February l6, two evenings before the
show opens The California Wonan's
Automobile Club will be represented in
the parade by the president. Mrs. ]. A.
Marsh, and the vice president, Mrs.
Fred ]. Linz They will drive their own
cars.
Homer Boushey of the Hovey-
Boushey Company, in speaking of the
demand for high-power runa,bouts. said
yesterday: I'VE purchased the high
power Pope-Toledo runabout that the
Pope Company exhibited IN the New
York show as an attraction for our
exhibit here. We hardly had been no
titled that It was ours before we re-
ceived an offer from a local enthusiast
for it. We do not want to sell it at
present, and told the intending pur-
chaser that 1t was not for sale. This
offer was followed by three others,
each one raising the amount they
were willing to pay above the cata-
logue price. These offers were fol-
lowed by another from a motorist in
Salt Lake City, who had examined the
car in New York and decided to buy
II. The home. Office informed him that
we had bought the car and he tried
hard to purchase It.
I'VE are not alone In this respect,
for I have heard from other represent
atives of high-power cars that they
are receiving offers of premiums for
early deliveries Of runabouts."
The Heine-velox 1907 cars have ar
rived. The Mauvais Motor Car Com
pany received word from the railroal
yesterday that the ears were in the
freight sheds. The shipment consists
of three f1fty-horsepower touring cars
with 127-inch wheel base. These four
cylinder cars carry FIVE passengers but
there is an extra seat for the tonneau
which = will accommodate two more,
making them in reality seven-passen-
ger cars. There is also q 40-horse-.
power, four-cylinder car with 110-.
inch wheel base that carries five pas
sengers.
r. r. Bray local agent of the Ell
more, reported the sale OF three cars.
on Thursday
Carlton wall's French automobile,
which has been in. two bad accidents,
again came to grief on Thursday
while trying to make San Rafael
Louis Mann, under whose direction the
car Is being run. invited party of
friends. consisting of Fred McWil-
liams. Captain Gleason and Thomas
McGue, to- luncheon at the Hotel
ffaIdelt 4Qey QdQ gone ABOUT nail way
to their destination when the car ran
into the soft going that recently
ripped off the tires of Rainier car.
The French car being suspended much
lower than the American cars stuck
hard and fast In the mud. The party
had to get out and wade through the
mud, missed luncheon and only
managed to get back to the city
by p. m. They left the machine
stuck in the mud.
G. A, Boyer of the Boyer Motor Car
Company has returned to the city from
the East. The shows visited by him
while away have made him an enthu-
siast over the automobile prospect for
the coming year. He arranged while
absent to make 8 large exhibit of
Royals. and Frank1ins.
The Association of Licensed Auto
mobile Manufacturers, which held an
exhibition IN Madison-sQuare Garden q
few weeks ago, has issued statement
showing that more than s3,000,o00
worth of automobiles were sold during
the show. OF that amount s937, 900 was
for foreign cars. Most OF the sales
were made to Individual buyers. The
record also shows that $4,000 persons
visited the exhibition.