Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-09-13
TRADE CONDITIONS
BETTER IN THE EAST
WARNING FACTIONS ARE NOW
SEEING THE LIGHT
A. A. A. and A. c. A. Racing Boards
Decide to Settle Their
Differences-Other
News

NEW YORK, Sept 12.-Fall racing Is
close upon the automobile industry, and
the manifold activities of marketing
products and outlining plans for the
winter campaigns are engrossing the
attention of manufacturers and agents
alike. The vacation conditions which
have ben responsible for the dullness
which has been apparent lately are
passing, and this month the real open
ing of the new season.
Under these conditions the most OPP
timistic feeling prevails at present
Even the tangled racing control ques-
ton is being sifted, and we'll denned
efforts to straighten out the tangle are
being made. Representatives OF Doth
the A. L. A. M. and the A. M. Z. M "A.
have been considering ways and means
for the reconciliation of the warning
factions, with what success is not now
apparent. 1t is the earnest hope OF
most of the manufacturing and sellihS
interests that a treaty of peace may
be concluded, but many of the makers
of automobiles refuse to be worried
over the situation, and devote their best
efforts to the perfection of 1909 ma
chimes and the arrangements for ran
tours, races and the winter shows.
On November IS the yacht Idler will
start from Philadelphia with large
party of enthusiastic automobiles for
Savannah This steam yacht has been
chartered by the Gyroscope Automobile
company of New York, and number
of friends of Messrs. Fleming, Kull and
Hamilton have received invitations to
"come aboard" The Idler is $50
horse power steam yacht, 1876 feet long,
sa1 Ia 90 Isf~Xy
members of the company will take
aboard the Idler the two Gyroscope
cars which are entered in the small
car race, which precedes the grand
prize. 1t is intended to moor the Idler
at the Thunderbolt landing of the Sa-
'Vannah Yacht club, which is about one
half mile from the automobile course.
Capt William Umbehauer, who will be
in charge, is one of the best known
yachtsmen in Philadelphia. He has
guaranteed swift trip to Savannah,
and a very pleasant voyage is expected
by the score of guests, among whom
will be several automobile writer's from
New York and Philadelphia. After the
races the yacht will proceed to jack
sonvile. and thence to New York.
e. B. GalIaher, manager of the Amer
lean branch of the Maja company, Ltd,
has received notification from Rees
Jeffreys, secretary of the Motor union
of which Mr.. Gallaher is American
notwithstanding that the Motor
union has appointed an agent at st.
Nala for the purpose of passing men,
bers' cars through the French customs
and obtaining for motor drivers driving
licenses at this port. The name of the
agent is Mons. +. B. Hamon, Rue dos
Cordiers, st. Malo. This makes the
sixth agent the union has appointed in
France alone.
The other ports at which Motor union
agents have been appointed are: Havre,
Mons. II. Burton, Rue Beranger;
Boulogne, Mons. P. Sergent, IA Rue
Victor Hugo; Dieppe, Mons. Maurice
Peck, "a Rue de Sygogne; Marseilles,
MN. Gellatly. Hanl1ey & Co, Rue de
la Republique: Bordeaux, Mons. ]. Car
ceau, 16 Place Fondaudere.
The Acme sextuplet, which is to be
driven by Lewis Strang in the 24-hour
race at Brighton Beach September II
and II, arrived in New York at noon
on Wednesday of last week. The car
started from the Berks County club,
about one mile west of Reading, at 5
o'clock in the morning, with r. H. Nor
ris of Philadelphia at the wheel and l.,
w. Keller of Reading acting as mech |
anician. The car worked beautifully
from the first turning of the crank and
a swift run was made. The nineteen
miles of road to Pottstown was in very
poor condition. as portions of it had
just been repaired. In that section of
the country road building is done by
blowing the road side and then throw
ing the sods, stones, etc, onto the road.
From Pottstown to Hickorytown the
roads are in fair condition, and from
there to Philadelphia the roads are in
almost perfect shape. Philadelphia was
reached at 7:05, which is exceedingly
good running for sixty-one miles, as
the morning was very foggy, and in
some places it was necessary to drive
very slowly. Leaving Philadelphia at
7:15, a fine run was made to Trenton.
On this stretch some very excellent
roads were encountered, and at times a
sped of from siXty-fiVe to seventy-tWo
miles an hour was made. No adjust
ment of any kind was made on the
car on the whole 166 miles, the engine
never missing an explosion. This car
is a stock chassis and but few changes
were necessary to put it in racing con-
dition. The gasoline tank has a capac-
ity of forty gallons, and the oil tank,
which is under the seats, holds ten
gallons. A mud shield of aluminium is
fitted on the right side of the car to
protect the hand brake and change
speed lever. This guard was suggested
by Strang, who declared that in some
of his races he had lots of trouble in
changing gears by reason of the gear
sets becoming clogged with mud The
car has been turned over to Strang and
is now being worked out daily at the
Brighton track.
Harry Fosdick of the Hol-Tan COM
pany has been in Boston in the inter
ests of the new Lancia car, the first
of chassis of which is due
at an early date. The entire consign-
ment will be fitted with town bodies of
an exceedingly fine character. Orders
have been received in New York and
Boston for practically all the cars
which the Hol-Tan company will have
available during the month of Sep
TENDER. The order to the Lancia fac
tory in Italy has been increased and
every effort will be made to get as
many of these superb cars for the
American trade as possible