The San Francisco call., 1908-04-12
By e. r. I.Horr,rr,edieu

hShaEe KsRsP gasa. Of Rene kOy3 q
horsepower four eynnder. stearns roadster
Frank H johnson Of San Rafael has just re-
turned from trip to Clear Lake IN bis Fr nklin
six cylinder johnson reports the roads to
Cloyerdale fne. from CloyeEdaIe to Pieta through
the Russian river canyon something feres and
lndescribable The Pieta grade road TO High
land Springs and over to Lakeport is excellent
L. B. Brown of Medford. Or, has purchased
Tho Maxwell Briscoe Pacific company reports
the sale and delivery OF IA Horsepower two cyl
Fred A Jacobs and A H wiInein.
Thomas B. Jsfreys Co. report the sale and
delivery Of the following Rsmblers: Joseph Ia
van Of Martinez, % horsepower four cylinder
touring eari Alraer Armdald Of knights landing
power two cylinder touring ear; J. ". Francis Of
Auburn, 22 horsepower two cylinder roadsteri
saIs q ssd esT X e
cifs. ~ horsepower two eynnaer touring car.
Of six cylinder 40 horsepower Pierce Great Ar
row touring TO 4. Alpers and 20 horsepower
four cylinder Pierce Great Arrow touring car to
Il. @. Cspwsn
O. B. Grout, who has been city salesman IN
the home Office OF the Auto vehicle company In
Los Angeles for some time. has been transrerred
to this city 70 assume the duties of mau2ger Of
the local branch. The company reports the ;l sale
ear TO L Il warpouth Of Parasnta. Cal
Thomas Il. Williams. the capitalist, has re-
model 3 Thomas Flyer. Mr.. willisns shipped
bic car to San Diego and from there visited Tia
Juana, Mexico, Coronado, Riverside, Los An
geles and Ventura sixteen hundred miles were
covered IN two weeks. and the only trouble exps-
rfnr,ra ad pvQ me
F. S. Fennsr has been spending most Of the
winter down on bis mining claim. ms, about 6 90 niles
runabout that has twice won the North Badly 100
mile race and which is one OF the most useful
things TO be found the claim, being used TO
draw water. lumber and as means OF convey
ance over the hills of the mine and into town.
the place OF a horse hosting machine to pull the
big mining bucket up with the rock from the
| shafts.
The latest report from the Automobile as
ISOLATION Of America gives most interesting
been introduced IN the New York senate. As
the present law Of the state Of California is
based on that now II force IN the the empire state.
gested, which seem to have the sanction OF
the automobilists Of the east. To meet the
injure the improved highways and should there
fore contribute considerable sum to their
lion I fe. an annual tar graded
upward from IS for small vehicles and dependent
upon the weight OF the vehicle The revenue.
IL il estimated, Will amount TO about ~, 100000.
which win be used exclusively for road up
keep. The tax includes the two number placards
carry Recognized that this fee is tax. the
bill erempts motor vehicles from taxation as
Commercial purpose win be registered at half
the fees required for pleasure vehicles. The
bill also includes ssrsrsl ,. laws making & Tor
annually. the number plates TO be Of different
colOrs, eaeh year: It requires that these mum
Of the car and Hxed rigidly so thev win not
swing and the rear number must be Illuminated
e. .n s one lhs By New IS
The arbitrary limit Of miles per hour is elimin-
upon the width, condition and use of the high.
way at the time and the general and usual
rules Of the road. The penalties for the viola-
severe, the limit for the first cTense being
$3.50. $500 for the second ofense or imprison-
bin takes from local authorities all power to
regulate the use or to tax motor vehicles. The
Pin also provides snas nonsrioa,ns aevicS; ,s1 may
OF covered with ice or snow. The BILL also pro-
from annual registration.
The members Of the New York athletic club
who own automobiles have formed automobile
held recently at the clubhouse in Central park
South. This section, which practically takes
a auIOmoDlie
tude. was started with nearly 400 members. all
OF whom own machines The new organization
viii concern itself largely with touring, and
possibly to some extent with racing In or near
New York.
party of automobilists were discussing the
statement made By some Of the foreign crews
that the motor Of the Thomas car was changed
four times on its trip across the continent.
Charles s. Allen, mechanical expert for the
Pioneer srssson Of Opinion a. to the engh
OF time required for changing motors. He said
that 1t took from two to three days to change
and tbe THOMAS car must have been going some
at other times In order to have accomplished
this four times.
home after q most enjoyable tour In Hayden's
Stearns The party, consisting of O. II. Kilborn
and wife Miss Rita Curtis % and 6 Emmett Hay
Los Angeles. From there they took short trips
in all directions and returned to town Thurs-
day Hayden IN speaking bstaen 81 the sale
and San Luis Obispo than farther south. saying
that in the vicinity Of Los Angeles they were
sndsbIe features Of the trip were the road
and danger signs Of the Southern California
automobile association. clearly marking the
tgip the French car. De Dion. was one day
ahead of the Hayden party. Hayden said that
barring few punctures the automobile was
not touched
cuyler Lee. local agent Of the Packard. has
received word from the factory that the entire
ssasons pas5 : DaI outp Already 1000 isos PACKARD
'thirtfes' have been delivered to purchasers
and it Is the ai@ ef Of the Tsn1 somPeny to complete
with this company. as the production of cars
Is 80 a 0 On sos It pefs
the work 1909.