The San Francisco call., 1908-07-19
Southern Autos TO
Visit This City
Los angeles Motorists Will
Travel Northward by Val
ley Route
By K. K. PHommedieu

NOA
cisco on August H. 1t is to be
run of the owners of Tourist cars. The
start will be made from the City of An
gels, going by way of the Newhall
grade, over the valley route, as far as
Sacramento. From the capital city
they will proceed to San Francisco,
where a stop of two days will be made
From here they will go to Del Monte
on an endurance run. At the latter
place they will be banqueted by the
Auto vehicle company. A day will be
spent at Del Monte, during which time
a program of track events will be
given. 1t is expected that rs owners
will take part, fully so of them coming
from the south. In the pilot car will be
j. S. Conwell, head of the Auto vehicle
company.
BRINEGAR AN AERONAUT
E. p. Brinegar, manager of the Pho
neer automobile company, has become
a sky piloE Not being satisfied with
the speed Of the Thomas cars, he, while
in Chicago. Joined the Aeronautic club
of Chicago. One day, while there at
luncheon with Colonel Charles Andrew
Coey, the glowing descriptions of aerial
navigation, as told by the latter, so
enthused Brinegar that he bought a
membership in the club. After joining
he found that he had taken obligations
that do not now quite suit his fancy, as
he will be required to go up in the air.
The earth these days seems exceedingly
sweet to Brinegar when he thinks of
what is before him. He said Coey ex-
pressed his desire to bring out his bal
LOOM called Chicago" which is the
largest in the world, and try to make
the trip home by the skyline. Brinegar
will try to get the government to
patrol the ocean if the attempt is made,
in case Coey is blown out to sea.
BACK FROM NEVADA "TRIP
NJ. w. Levy and family have just re-
turned in their 40 horsepower Stude-
baker touring car from a long distance
tour, having taken in most of Califor-
MIA and Nevada. Levy states that the
run was made from San Francisco by
way of Sacramento, Folsom, Single
Springs. FL Dorado, Diamond Springs.
Placerville. Smiths Flat, Pacific House,
Riverton. Strawberry, Meyers and then
Tallac In the run from Sacramento to
Placerville, a distance of nearly so
miles, they beat the railroad train by
81 minutes, even taking into considera-
ton stop of nearly an hour for
luncheon. The road between Sacra-
mento and Placerville is rather rough
and sandy. From Placerville to Tallac
the road varies, part of it being very
good, other parts rocky, with a grade
of over IL miles. The scenery all along
the road is grand, following the Ameri-
can river on one side and the high
mountains (part of them snow cappeO
on the other. The summit. before go
ing down to Tallac, Is nearly $500 feet
altitude, and from this point especially
the scenery rivals Switzerland There
Is. fine road from the Summit to Tai
lac. A stop over night was made at
the hotel and from there the party took
the road to Carson valley, crossing the
mountains once again and going down
the great Kingsbury grade, one of the
steepest and most dangerous mountain
roads in the country. 1t took nearly
three hours going down and only an
hour and a half going up. This grade
is some IL miles long with very nu-
merous and short turns. From Carson
valley they drove to Carson City, Reno
and Truckee and finished the days run
at the Tavern on Lake Tahoe. Most all
of this trip was on a fairly good road.
During the weeks at the tavern the
lake was encircled as far as possible
every day. Leaving the tavern the car
was ferried across Lake Tahoe on a
barge to Bijou and from there crossed
the mountains again over a very rocky
road on the steepest grade between
California and Nevada. called the Clear
Creek grade. to Carson City, from
which place the tour continued through
different parts of Nevada, and then to
Alpine county. Only one stop of three
hours was made at Markleeville, AL
pine county, the birthplace of Mrs
Levy who was the first white child
born there. From there the return trip
was made to Sacramento. Levy states
that the car gave the very best salts
faction. having given no trouble what
ever. not even having a puncture on
the long trip of S00>miles.
IN STAGE SERVICE
| L. J. Schuman, president of the Lake
county automobile transportation COM
pany. is in San Francisco, and in speak
! ing of the good work of the auto
mobiles on their line stated that their
seven passenger Thomas had been
utilized more as a carryall than as an
automobile. In their efforts to trans
port passengers from Pieta to Lakeport
and Highland Springs the machine had
on numerous occasions carried from 1O
to IL passengers up the one mile Pieta
grade. Many times 1t had been neces-
sary to transport passengers from low