Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-28
MOTORING
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Maxwell Briscoe branch and there Is every
indication that those who attend VIII De
we'll entertained.
The opening will be held on the afternoon
and evening of Saturday next In the
afteroon special attention Will be given TO
the ladies and in the evening several feat
ures have been arranged for that will afford
considerable amusement and pleasure
Mr.. Wilcox has extended a general in
vitation to the public and an especial one
to all dealers and garage men. shipments
of the 1908 Maxwells are coming in in rec
ord-breaking lots seven carloads having
arrived in the past ten days, and large
number of cars were delivered last week 10
local customers
The rain of the past few days has made
business little slower along automobile
row, but the dealers are in an optimistic
mood. They argue that the rain Will insure
a good crop condition, and II will result In
the larger sale of machines to the orchard
ist and rancher When the rancher is pros
porous trade conditions are good IN most
lines and so with the rapidly increasing
business since the holidays the automobile
men are glad to sit back for few days
and let 1t rain.
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As an instance of the volume of business
now done the report of sales at the White
garage is interesting. This place has been
hustling hard and their returns up to date
In machines sold and delivered not consid-
ering sales that have not been consum-
mated but which deposits have been
made, large that they have exceeded
all previous records for any month In the
history of the establishment. Fourteen
White Steamers have been sold, and also
two big Pope-Toledos and four Pope-Hart-
fords The price of the cars with the
equipment made total of over 100000.
Besides the cars that the White
garage have turned out during the past
month they have sold large number of
secondhand cars, the aggregate selling
price of which would amount to over S10.-
900. Many of the dealers report numerous
sales of new and used and the indi-
cations are for a large seasons business,
and the row consequently feels that it has
all the reason in the world to be optimistic.
s.
Two carloads of the beautiful Haynes ma
chimes arrived this week and on the
floor at the Woodill garage. George Barnes,
the coast representative, has made num-
Der Of sales and has some other contracts
ready to close UP. The new cars are among
the most beautifully trimmed of any that
have come to the coast. Extreme taste is
shown In their decoration and a most at
tractive effect is obtained by the clever
of various color schemes. The model W."
which is new to Southern California, is
among the new arrivals. 1t has fly wheel
at either end of the engine which is
novelty in automobile motor construction.
Three of the cars that just arrived have
already been sold this past week.
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Two races that will attract considerable
attention and prove intensely interesting
Will be pulled off in the near future n
Haynes, a Stearns and Packard had a
little brush on the Pasadena boulevard the
other day and each machine came off with
a heat apiece to its credit To decide the
superiority of the machines the Haynes and
the Stearns will race from the end of the
car line on Adams street to the street car
crossing just this side of Venice. There is
a bet of $50 that will be taken by the win
ming car
The other race will be between a Haynes and
Packard roadster, owned by C. II. Stimson.
The course will be the Palisades at Santa
Monica for a distance of five miles, The
stakes on this race will probably be $3.50.
George Barnes will drive the Haynes 6O-h. D.
roadster against tine Stcalns u ii. ii. Hit.
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p. A. Renton is happy again he has
ceived another lot of Great Smiths. Part of
them were sold previous to arrival, but Rem
ton now has an OS model for demonstrations
and does not have to resort to the use of the
'o7 model.
H. E. Gilley loves nothing more than to get
a motorist into his autocar roadster and show
him how nicely 1t takes the hills and levels.
On trip the past week he took a party of
four through Elysian park on the high gear
and held the down TO the ten miles hour
limit all the way. He never rushed any of the
grades and turns and in only one place did
the car refuse to negotiate That at the
Sunset boulevard exit, where there is strong
Pitch. With a slight acceleration Of speed
trip through the park a run was made out
Sunset boulevard for a mile or two until a
sharp hill was reached than went up directly
from the boulevard without any chance to rush
it, yet the little roadster with its small cylin.
ders never labored in the least 1t climbed
up the grade, which the writer measured after
ward with level and rule and found to be %
per cent.
The Apperson "Jackrabbit" is the first
car to be entered for the Altadena hill
climb
As the Pope-Toledo will be entered as
well there will be a slight opportunity af-
forded the public to judge of the relative
speed of the two cars that have been In the
limelight much OF late.
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All is business at the Durocar factory these
days, as they are putting the cars out as fast
as they be made and assembled Mr.
Shugars has made unqualified success Of
the car they are not building, his previous
experience in building the Auburn making the
success of the company almost assured. Mr.
Shugars is also the patentee of a detachable
rim, that has proven successful and from the
sale OF which he gets a considerable royalty.
Deliveries of Durocars were made to the
following parties during the past week: N.
L. Claberg, j. NJ. Cornet. e. Rowan Hoven.
Edward Helm, DR.. Ozmun, C. ]. Collier and
]. w. Rabbit.
Manager Shugars feels elated over the
good showing that the factory is making
and is certainly justified as the car is oil
that they claim for it,