The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26

cars. The most popular type OF the
Maxwell car is. without doubt, the
Doctor Maxwell" which is also be-
coming familiarly associated with the
medical profession. j. d. Maxwell of
the Maxwell Briscoe company. when
in this city few days ago, stated
that in the fall he would again visit
San Francisco and would be accompa-
MED by Benjamin Briscoe, as 1t is the
object OF the company to establish q
factory on this coast. and in all prob
ability, Maxwell stated unofficially,
the plant would be established near
this city.
Probably the car that has done more
than any other car to bring about
fraternal feeling among it's owners is
the Mitchell AS good all around
car this car has brought to every
one who has had actual experience
as an owner or driver such a feel
ing OF satisfaction and such a de-
sire to talk IT over" with a synipa-
thetic soul that IL is becoming quite
common sight to see groups of two or
three Of these cars drawn IL pto the
curb or TO the roadside while their
owners are hobnobbing over their ex-
periences with what they consider
the only car" II is this fact that
has won for all the owners of the
Mitchell the name of the Mitchell
Family" which is the foundation Of
what will become strong club. as
cludes many OF the leading physicians
and influential men of the city and
state.
J. c. Snead. local agent for the
Stearns car, in discussing the splen-
did showing made by that car in the
Briarciiffe race yesterday. stated that
he was more than pleased, as there
had been some rumors and sugges-
tians that some of the cars entered
for this contest were not strictly
stock cars, and that he knew that the
Stearns was indisputably such. The
fact that the Stearns stock car was
the first American car to finish over
this, one of the hardest courses a con-
test of this sort has ever been held on.
proves conclusively its strength and
speed, and merely goes to show that
California is not an unusual one for q
car Of this make
The freak legislator has made his ap-
pearance in Boston at the state capitol
with a bill that is entitled ITO Prevent
Accidents" The FIRST section provides
fine of $1,000 and one years imprison-
ment for any motorist who may injure
a person or corporation; the second
$5, 900 and three years IN prison for
gross negligence, and where life has
been lost $4,000 and 10 years. An
other queer bill provides that motorists
must equip their machines with any
device now or hereafter invented that
will give q continuous warning of the
approach of the motor car. Just what
the bill expects to have put on cars is
an enigma to the Massachusetts,
motorists.
The fact that gasoline of the proper
quality for automobile use has been
constantly getting scarcer for several
years past has led numerous expert
menters, both here and abroad. to try
the virtues of alcohol apd a number OF
other promising substitutes for gaso-
line. One of these that has come to
the front is benzol, and Joseph Tracy,
who has made a close study of the fuel
situation for some time past, made
some interesting experiments with this
fuel last week in connection with the
dynamometer of the Automobile Club
Of America. A runahout was mounted
on the rollers of the dynamometer ana
first run on gasoline for a considerable
length of time, and later on benzol.
The car was geared high and special
attention was paid to the results shown
by the grademcter
No carbUrcter adjustments were re
auired or changing fuels. the results
showing them TO be perfectly inter
chaageabIe. The use of benzel showed
a Slightly increased power output and
greater drawbar pull. With :his fuel
the power developed was sufficient to
climb grade of 12.1 per cent, which
was increased to 1872 per cent by max
ing special carbureter adjustment.
the drawbar pull being 39S pounds,
while the maximum with gasoline was
3S3 pounds, representing an equivalent
grade OF l1.9 per cent. Tracy carried
on his experiments throughout the
week, eliminating in the power tests
On the club dynamometer, and he said
that as a result OF these tests and the
close Investigation that has been made /
Of the subject abroad he felt con- |
vinced that much of the doubt In the |
fuel situation was solved and that i
auteists need not fear anything from
the rising price of gasoline for the ]