The San Francisco call., 1908-03-05

experienced on long tours Of which he has made
many IN ne past and expects to do great DIAL
An interesting feature Of the recent autoaobIls
show at Providence. r. l.. was the visit OF JOhr
b. herreshQd. the blind hOst builder whose IN
tersst Ia the exhibit equal 70 that Of these
VINO could see the machines. Much OF his tirns
was spent in the Franklin booth. where with 'fft
fingers aud the cane with sghich he makes meas
urenents, he examined closely the Franklin an-
glne- he asked many searching questions az 20
the rrankin principles. studyiag the auxiiiaTV
exhaust 10 detail. also showing much interest h
the air Cooling pFactioability. 'sTAis is A re-
nessFka2ie Piess. Of engineertpg. said HerFeshaG.
mired the limousine which be considered the
ideal vehicle for winter service.
Lake ST. Chair since the last heavy storm has
been used Tor automObiling instead OF fee boating
The Packard motor car company was quick "a
see the adYantaSe az testing meters 50 dae 3
course and corps OF testers has been there sysl
since Recently an impromptu racing earniyal
was held on the lake aud witnessed By many
SPECTATORS In addition to such testing. the cAna-
highways in the vicinity Of Detroit many of
which have been blocked to all ordinary trafac.
The tire equipment OF the Thomas car. ths
Is Ssx4 front and 36x5 rear Diamond wrapped
trsad tires Of quick detachable type. atted y
each size and four extra tubes OF each size. bit
from New York to Chicago only one tire change
was made, and that was due 20 puncturs. The
original tires were stfll IA excellent condition
when the car left Chicago. This is tha ninth
time that the American continent has been
crossed BY a motor car, and IN seven OF the R3ns
trips Diamond tires haye-been ths equipment.
When the rain and slush were at their worst.
says the New York Press OF the 2fst mat.
crowds Of cheerng pedestrians, forgetting the
soak eIogged the Broadway Sidewalks naat
Twenty street to witness rare spectacle.
Horses were spEawling aad falling IN the street.
It was one OF those greasy" thaws which We
see aheut once IN i've years. when the four feet
Of horse have no adyarfage over the two feet
OF man. Il would have been difficult for
centiDede to get along. People like to So
troHble, don't they7 Apparently they were de-
liShted VITA the show, and not man offered as
slstance. The $. p. c. A--oh, what's the use
mentioning Il? But-an auto Samaritan
giant Studebaker auto truck wheeled snd
go to the rescue of any fallen horses. Its op
erations were a sight to behold. Gable toWs
were threwn out here, there and every where.
The fallen equines were Jerked to their feet and
helped along with their loads. II they rafuseJ
to Full, the Studebaker ear heightened Its ca6ls
tow and took along lock. stock and barrel 4
splendid peiF OF discouraged dapple gray NOs
mans, Weighing about 1000 pounds apiece
weEs forced to get into the auto and take ride
%tile vs 5as en9srm9us truck which bad stalled
saeh eAseFing. This sort Of thing was kent m
for some time, until the thoroughfare was ones
more opened and traffic had resumed its noEnal
col ditfons.
What about this as an object lessoa4 A littls
while ago we heard that automobiles we're use
less in the sB0w.