Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-13
BUYS SEVEN AUTO CARS
TO REPLACE HORSE RIGS
Maxwell Factory Fills Big Order for
Central California Lumberman.
Big Garage Nearly COM
pleted in Los nAeeles

One lumberman the past week puI-
chased seven of the Maxwell cars at one
time of the San Francisco branch of the
Maxwell factory, to take the place OF
horse drawn vehicles. These little run
abouts will be used at his branch yards in
Central California, each replacing sew
eral carriage horses.
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The Southern California and Arizona
branch of the Maxwell factories Will soon
be at HON" in the largest garage in Cali
fornia, If not in the whole west, The
great building, which looks like all expo
sitlon building, looms up so large on
South Main street, Los Angeles, that peo-
pie passing on street cars ask about 1t.
1t Is to be used exclusively for Maxwell
cars, and, will not be a public garage,
though larger than two garages now 60
ing up near 1t. The big building is to be
opened early next month with celebra-
ton.
The White steamer runabout for 1908 is
being shown in Los Angeles in two de-
signs The thirty-horse power has q
straight line body and even side doors to
the rumble seat on behind. The twenty
horse power is fitted up as luxurious as
the big car, but on shorter chassis; still
this car has long list of victories to its
credit and should sell for more If cIassed
with its gasoline engine rivals.
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Within the past week two magnates
have ordered Studebaker cars, Andrew
Carnegie placing an order for a Stude-
baker go Limousine with the Studebaker
New York branch, and "Old Roman
Comiskey, the idols of the baseball fans.
ordering a forty-horse power touring car
from the Studebaker branch in Chicago.
On the door panels OF Comiskey's car will
appear the Comiskey coat of arms-his in
itials rampant on a pair of white socks.
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The Hartford runabout for 1908
bias two bucket seats on the cassion back,
so that four people can ride with COM
fort The backs of the rear seats fold
up when not in use and form the top of
the tool and freight chest, which takes
the place of a tonneau.
This new model is unusually handsome,
and the only one that has reached South
ern California is finished in blue black,
with most of the brass work in japan and
enamel, thus doing away with the loud
appearance and giving uniform tone to
the finish. Wheels and tires are larger.
body longer and the gear is made for
faster work, so that a speed OF fifty-miles
is actually possible, and springs and other
parts are built for this strain.
The Pope-Hartford trials last March in
the worst weather before the San Fran
cisco race gave the Hartford factory an
idea OF our California roads at their
worst.
It is quite probable that there will be a
hill-clmbing contest on Fremont pass
next May, as that is the worst hill In
America now used as public road, the
grade running as high as 45 degrees In
places.
Many automobiles have hard work to
climb this grade, and It is considered as
the best test of the power of a car that
can be found anywhere. If the Dealers
association in Los Angeles does not pull
Off a contest on this steep hill, private
motorists or the Auto club of Southern
California will Billy Reuss is even will
ing to bet his hunting dogs that he can
beat a lot of rival cars on this grade with
his big runabout.
The craze for a small single seat on
the rear of automobile runabouts--a rum
BILE seat. originally placed on vehicles for
a lackey to occupy-Tis going to the ex-
IRENE, and hundreds of cars are being
fitted with these tin bucket seats on top
of n large tool box. Even the Maxwell
runabout, with only seventy-two inch
wheel base. has appeared in Los Angeles
with the little red seat on behind for the
third passenger. One of the extreme
cases noticed in Los Angeles the past
week was a little old six-horse power
lust been fitted with, rumble seat,
though originally intended for only one
passenger or two very light persons.