The San Francisco call., 1908-03-23
Parade of Historic
Automobiles
BY r. r. l'1on1n1edieu

bile parade. 1t will be the feature Of
the dealers carnival week, April 6
to IL. It will be senihistorical event
given as an object lesson in the ad
vancement of the motor car. The first
of the horseless carriages came into
New York just 10 years ago in April,
which will make the parade a sort of.
birthday celebration.
The first division will be made up. of
cars built in 1903 and earlier. Next
will come all the famous racing cars
now in New York that have taken
part in the Vanderbilt and Bennett
cup contests. Then will come the stock
cars that have been entered in the
Briarcliff trophy race in westchester
county on April "a. The next division
will be reserved for the dealers and
will be divided into three sections
steam. gasoline and electric. The last
division is open to all automobile own
ers and viii be the decorative section.
prizes being given for the best decorat-
ed cars.
The taxicab has become of such i'm
portance in London that there has been
some question as to the accuracy of
the taximefers There have been
! charges of dishonesty, and the public
! alleges that ii is the fault of the in
i! strument. This has resulted in the.
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1 taximeters be inspected and sealed.
| Fred j.. Linz of the Maxwell-Briscoe.
Pacific company reported seven sales
of Maxwell cars Saturday. Four of
these sales were made between 4 and
o'clock. The demand for small cars
has become so great that the company
has decided to open direct branch in
Oakland.
For real novelty in the use
of the automobile. the perform
ances of F. c. Fenner. with his old
Is horsepower White steamer. take
North Badly peak. There the snow is
now SO feet deep. SO in winter he works
his ARIZONA claims. Being a long way
from water, the car carries all water
| for the camp in gasoline cans. At
present he is drilling a well and is
down 500 feet, sinking the well like
vertical mine shaft. The old grey
way being used. WheIR the big ore
bucket is ready the car Is started and
kept going until the receptacle reaches
i the surface. Fenner goes 90 miles ev-
cry Saturday night in his White run
/ about to take a bath. his men drawing
straws TO see who Will accompany him.
It has been necessary recently to haul
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! four logs being hauled each trip be-
hind the White.
Julian Hayden, a civil engineer, has
built a log cabin at Estes Park, Colo,
! all the logs of which have been cut to
length by a buzz saw driven by the
] power Of his model Winton car A
/ belt ran from the saw to a pulley at.
/ taehed to the hub of the right rear
wheel. which was elevated to allow it
TO revolve, while the left wheel was
/ held stationary by contact with the
| ground Hayden says that, consider
i ing that there were 700 or 500 cuts
TO be made. this method proved great
| saver of time and labor over the arm
strong" method. besides resulting in a
much better job. Haydens car is in
its fourth year. 1t makes frequent
/ runs of from 80 to 40 miles. carrying
wood. stone. camp outfits and some
times as many as six passengers.
A peculiar automobile accident oc-
CURED recently near Eureka. when a
Maxwell runabout was crowded OFF a
i mountain road by touring car which
| was coming from the other direction
ltoo fast to STOP A young man and
woman were in the Maxwell. and see
ing the speeding car a few feet away
drove to the edge of the road A sheer
4 and a rock wall above. The Maxwell.
when hit by the other car. toppled OF
the grade and turned two complete
/ somersaults. before being stopped by a
| tree On the first turn, the young
woman dropped out. but the driver
i staid in, and fortunately neither was
/ hurt. The car was later rescued with
ropes and driven back to town with
nothing broken
4 Charles j. Glidden of Boston writes
that he and Mrs. Glidden completed
| their auto tour of Egypt on Feb
ruary 81. It was begun February 13-
They drove $40 miles. increasing their
world S mileage to 1907 in 36 countries.
According to Glidden. the roads of
Egypt are limited. but good. the long
est continuous drive being SO miles
from point on the desert east, of Cairo
4 through that city to the pyramids.
i Glidden and his wife will now go to
Syria. and will be the first to tour with
4 the automobile In the holy land. Their
objective points are Jerusalem, Beth
lehem. Jericho. the Jordan, the Dead
sea, the sea Of Galilee, Damascus and