Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-31
MOTORING

The race between the Haynes road
ster and the Packard roadster of c. H.
Stimson will be run this forenoon on
the Palisades at Santa Monica for a
distance of five miles. The race was
to have been pulled off the latter part
of last week, but the weather pre-
vented.
There is considerable rivalry between
the drivers of the cars as to which is
the speedier, and Stimson is willing to
back his driver with a hundred and a
half to win.
Another race that the Haynes has in
prospect is with Stearns belonging
to H. H. Hit, an eastern man, here
for the winter. The race with the
Stearns will probably be for the ten
miles between the end of the car line
on Adams street and the first street
railway crossing going into Venice.
This stretch has been made in ten
minutes, so that some speedy going is
anticipated.
There is practically no limitation to
the various uses to which the CONNER
cial motor vehicle may be adapted.
Not a week passes but there is
recorded some new use to which these
modern method" vehicles have been
put
The Studebaker Automobile company
have been very active in the CONNER
cial field and have lately built a num-
ber of motor vehicles for totally dis
similar purposes. For instance, a few
| weeks ago they delivered an electric
| delivery wagon to one of the largest
| banks in ST. Louis. This wagon was
fitted with a safe or strong box for
the transportation of currency, and
was very finely fitted and finished
within and without. This wagon is
being used for the offices and other
points within the city, and has at
tracted great deal of attention and
favorable comment.
A few days later the Studebaker
shipped two immense electric trucks
to an iron and steel firm in Cleveland
for the transportation of steel rods,
strips, sheets, etc. The unusul feature
of these trucks was that the driver s
seat was placed at one side, leaving
both the front and rear ends clear, and
that the tires were made from blocks
of wood instead of the usual hard
rubber.
How many automobiles are there in
Southern California, is often asked,
and in the various towns the newspa-
pers and dealers have been counting
noses. Los Angeles claims over 1000,
Pasadena owns up to a full 1000 and
Long Beach shows over 400. while San
Diego has 275, Riverside IT'S, Redlands
165, Pomona 81 and in Orange county,
with Santa Ana, Fullerton, Orange,
Tustin, Anaheim and some smaller
towns there are at least 300
This gives a total of 65S2 automobiles,
and does not take account of the 200
or more in Santa Barbara and Ven-
tura counties, as many more in San
Bernardino and the other towns of that
county, exclusive of Redlands and all
the cars in Hollywood and the beach
towns. showing that there are at least
$500 cars in the seven southern counties
alone OF this number fully one-half
are Maxwell and other small cars,
which are in constant use.
s.
Stewart Edward White, the story
writer, who was allowed to join the
fleet on it's trip around the Horn, but
who makes his home in Santa Barbara,
secured the first 1908 Maxwell touring
car which arrival in Los Angeles, and
had it driven overland to his Santa
Barbara home. For two years Mr..
White has used Maxwell runabout in
gathering material for his popular
stories.
Los Angeles now has a chauffeurs'
club, which is known as 1.-THE Ma
hout club" Joe Keough, the presi-
dent, chose the name. Mahout means
an elephant driver, and was first ap-
piled to automobile drivers by Mark
Twain. 1t is very appropriate and the
term is much used by eastern news
papers.