Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-05
AUTOMOBILE NOTES

A federal automobile bill will be introduced
IN congress by Cocks Of New York state.
backed by the Automobile Association OF
America. It is intended to remedy present
hard conditions so that motorist with a fed
erai license for his car. after securing a license
IN his own state, tour In other states with
out having TO secure additional licenses This
is a much needed law. and should be urged
through your own congressman.
Before the bridge was built across Ventura
river in the Castas pass the motorists in their
cars had harl time getting through TINS no
torious ford, and the coast route between
Los Angeles and San Francisco 1t was neces-
sary to go tn; way. A farmer near the ford
there were five channels to ford-made small
fortune hauling cars through the river with MS
horses One day a party OF five motor cars,
one of which was Maxwell runabout, reached
the ford in Casitas pass. The little Maxweli
being so light. 1t was pushed through the deep
est ford by its two passengers, as the water
there covered tn engine The Maxwell was
then used TO pull the other four cars through
by aid OF a Ions rope and tackle blocks, and
took two OF the largest cars through at once
the two being towed tandem.
Redlands motorists complain because the
Automobile club Of Southern California With
headquarters In Los Angeles. has not marked
the roads about their Piedmont city with the
emblematic road signs. With the exception OF
the towns Of Orange county. all Southern Cali
fornia main roads are carefully and expensively
terviewed the club officials they were asked
why Redands motorists did not Join the
Automobile club OF Southern California and
thus aid in this expensive work, there being nc
members IN Redlands. Redlands auto owners
can organize a club Of their own and put up
the signs themselves as was the case in Fresno
last summer.
Walter c. White vice president OF the White
company makers of the famous White steam
err has just returned from the Paris and Lon
don automobile sfC ws. and asked for his oplh-
ion of the European trade said;
although there Is undoubtedly an over
supply of certain types of cars in the European
market the business of the White steamers Is
unaffected. On the contrary our foreign ousi-
ness is growing season by season, and we nave
opened additiona. houses in Manchester ano
Edinburgh Much Of our success Is on ac-
count of the Whites splendid record IN I'M
portant competitions. For example. last sea
son the White won all three of what are known
as the 'desirabilitv contests namely, the Lon
don town carriage competition, the dust trials
and the South Harting hill-climb All this
work has helped American goods considerably
In the eyes of ou4 English cousins"
Miss Annie Marie Nelis Of Los Angeles. who
| ,s making tri- around the world. writes hei
| sister, who is an enthusiastic motorist, thai
che has seen bu. one automobile since reacnlnt
india and that was White steamer driven oy
| An FenRlisnman ir Rangoon. In Japan she saw
& number of motor cars, which were mostly
| American cars. the majority of which were
! White steamers, many pelnB useu ny ene sON'
eminent
| ]. D. Maxwell must rank as one Of the fore,
| most of merican automobile designers, anC
when asked what he thought was the mos
! important thing for owners to learn said
aside from the technical phases of the auto
mobile question. rothing is more important e
the average operator than knowledge of wha
not to do 1t seems a mania on the part o.
many owners an operators to needlessly speed
III their engine when the car is at rest, FOL
| lie PURPOSE of locating fancied troubles or list
| eplng to the clattel of the valves, and have
Known cases where motors have been run by
| chauffeurs without load at their maximum
seed for interval. as long as ten minutes at {
time More actual damage is done TO the motol
y this way than by hard days use in actua
service.
w NJ Phelps, sales manager for the Pope
| Hartford factory who has attended all th'
| Vanderbilt cur races and big motoring events
| in the east. the Pasadena tournamen
/ OF roses He says that he never until the Pas
adena affair sa'T so many automobiles together
ut once which goes to prove the often made
| statement that more automobiles are used II
| California than anywhere else on account of oui
weather and magnificent distances.
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