The San Francisco call., 1909-03-28
STEVENS-DURYEA
SIX RECEIVED
Car Has an Exceedingly Long
Wheel Base for an
Automobile

The latest model OF the Stevens
Duryea to reach the city came in
yesterday to the Pacific motor car
company 1t is the new six cylinder.
It has a wheel base Of lao inches and
reminds one of a powerful locomotive.
In fact. it looks larger than any car
that has ever been seen in San Fran
cisco 1t is built on the straight body
lines and has a speed of over 7S miles
with the low gear, with which it is
equipped for California hills. The car
is much superior to the other cars
that have heretofore been manufae-
tured by the Stevens -Duryea company.
Three times the number of White
steam cars that have been allotted for
8. . the northwest could
White Steamers be sold IN the states
PounIar North otOregon and Wash =
!. .lngton alone, writes
C A. Eastman from
Seattle w c. Stetson, the millionaire
White agent at Seattle. has had very
successful show" Of his own the last
week with complete line OF 1909 White
cars, the stripped chassis, which shows
the simplicity of the White steam pow
ef plant the famous White flyer and
the collection Of trophies won by White
Eastman in his letter says that Stet-
son will be unable to supply the de-
mand for Whites this season. The farm
ers of Washington and Idaho are now
beginning 10 look with more favor upon
the modern vehicle, and this territory
In another season should be one Of the
best in the country for the sale of au-
tomobiles.
The head vulcanizer of the Goodyear
factory at Akron, O., ays that about 20
---...pe per cent of the in
How to Replace ner tubes which
Inner Tubes Sot,.e Son,.t,ll INTO ,he repair til
Goodyear factory
for repair showed signs of dirt having
been dropped into the cover when one
side. and having afterward set up fric-
uon between cover and tube when the
tire was replaced. Consequently when
ever a tube is changed by the roadside
before the new tube is inserted the in
terror OF the cover should be mopped
out from top to bottom on each side
with a dry rag first of all; the wheel
should then be spun to loosen any road
dirt or grit in its interior, and when
one is certain that all foreign matter
had dropped to the bottom OF the cover
At the lowest point of its circumfer-
ence that part of the cover should be
carefully mopped out with a rag slight
" dampened. The cover may then be
relubricated with French chalk in en-
tire certainty that the new tube viii
behave guilelessly.
After the toughest trip in automobile
history the Studebaker scout car"
.::.--- >. which left Denver
s.scout Car" March 2 last for a
Is I'm Chicago run from that city
.,---- TO Chicago, arrived
in the Windy City
yesterday morning, according to a dis
patch received by the local Studebaker
branch. The machine, Studebaker
30. was 40 plastered with mud that
spite this the engine and car were in
splendid condition. The drivers, G. W.
Smithson and II. 3. Ewbanks Jr.
showed the strenuous experiences they
had endured
The arrival Of the car in Chica go
was greeted with the widest applause.
all the automobile enthusiasts that
could possibly do so turning out to
welcome it. But the climax of the
demonstration was reached when Driver
Smithson handed the message from
Mayor f. ". Speer of Denver to Mayor
Fred a. Busse Of Chicago. in which the
latter, together with this years Gid
den tourists. were invited to include
Denver in the coming run.
The run from Denver to Chicago
was hard one. For days the driv-
ers were pitted against snowbanks
from 3 to 10 feet in height, mud up to
the hubs and all the discouraging ele-
ments OF nature that an autoist could
possibly encounter. The run is con-
sidered even more remarkable than
that made one year ago by the cele-
brated Studebaker army dispatch car"
A. c. Leonard. manager of the local
branch of the W. ID. Newerf rubber
company, has just received word from
the home Office in Los Angeles that
the manufacture of the Twitchell air
gauge for automobile tires is assuming
substantial proportions. An order for
1000 air gauges has just been booked
from the Morgan & Wright tire COM
pany- The Firestone tire company has
asked for a price on $4,000 gauges. The
increase in business demanded larger
quarters and the plant is now located
IN a large building on North Main
street and the working force has been
enlarged, number of girls being en-
pioyed to assemble the parts.
The basis Of the French highway system is the
School OF Bridges and Roads. one Of the finest
technical colleges in the world. where engineers
are trained for positions in the public road ad-
minStraffve system. These engineers eo-operar ~
with 1he local authorities. and the result Is that
there Is available for the work OF road consfrnc-
fion an effective body Of competent adminstra-
tors whose influence extends throughout the
whole country.
Captain O'Brien of the Chicago CITY
detective bureau has proposed that a
foRueS' gallery for the porfraifs of mo
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