The San Francisco call., 1909-02-28

MOTOR SEASON
IS NOW AT HAND
Owners of Automobiles Are
Preparing for Extensive
Touring
By r.. e.. FHOmmedieu

By r.. e. PHOn1medieu
The automobile touring season Of
1909 is at hand; To. realize this fact
one has only to 90 around the different
iepalr and. paint shops and. see the
-n.snees. of ears: :tIiat are being over
hauled There are many now being put
INTO condition 10 make a, creditable ap
pearance that for the last l2 mohths
have not turned "a wheel.
Many owners a year ago. put IN their
cars, NOT feeling that they could afford
Ire pleasure of motoring These. owners
are now. getting their cars ready for.
tle season of 1909. Added TO this Num-
Der .ls that lot the. owners who have
kept their cars ..on the go the whole
sear around and TO make the number
= en- sfeater, are .the':new recruits WHO
nave bought the '-hNndreds of popular
priced cars that have .heen seer. for 1he
1lrst time this season
The Whole world will SO a motoring
next summer. and the man. who can. not
telI Of "a series Of pleasant journeys 4out
l9lto Tie coi9Eltry: when the rainy ason
sets IN either in his own car or that Of
ms friend win be like a man. without
2 country. :.......,
Max Rosenfeld. president of the An
.terRo. bile dealers association Of Califor-
MA. said yesteEdav:. -:
ftt IS something wonderful the num-
her OF. People who are taking uD au.o-
fnob}iing. It seems. that every. one is
centering his pleasures on. the motor
car ihls sundoubtediSwil affect other
pleasures. but il is going to have its
good effects on mankind. cor he is going
tor at least one year to take his pleas
Hrs out Of doors Recognizing these
conoiuons, the. automobile dealers and
the olnerent clubs formed for the fur
tnerauce of the automobile must plan
early to give events that will make this
q banner year The ones who DO this
viii get the support Of the owners and
viii acquire a strength that will guar
antee their future existence"
Along the: san Fernando. road. near
Los angeles, persons who get up at
: daylight frequent
auto TO T.,.sslE,. Carr Commercial vehi-
e'aeseN Gle rolling smooth
" along with a
Ton -ot boxes ana crates piled high on
ne, body. IN these boxes and crates
are celery, apples, beets. onions pota-
lQes lettuce. cabbage and caulifioWer.
p 2 his auto track is a Ra bier chassis,
with a special nterchangeable body
9uilt Ia Los Angeles. J.. Q. Adams OF
Eagle Rock has adopted this method
OF making his morning deliveries OF
garden produce in that section. This
market gardener had been using three
wagons to transport his merchandise,
bui found that in muddy weather there
vas a great loss of time on the road.
The car is making good and carries
three. ordinary wagon loads Of produce
81 q. faster rate than 2 horse drawn
Eehlcae could make single trip with
= tara OF the load The car has q 30
horsepower snotor and is driven. with
SIDE chains The tonneau Of the car
mas been removed. the frame length
eued 10 inches. thus giving the car
have been placed on the rear wheels.
and the car has a capacity of a ton or
more.
On Wednesday H. L :Owesney re-
ceived word that carload of Wipton
siS, cylinder cars
Sells EEintOn at the station. At
or the Car. the ssl,,Sg time 70 he : nyoss wss
and not caring TO leave leave him. Invited
the gentleman to accompany him to the
station and see how the cars came
customer. who happened TO be L A.
Norris Of this city accepted the invita-
ton and went down to the freight
sheds After the cars had been taken
drove Up with Norris On the way
Owasney took route that led over
several hills. It was fine piece OF
deNsonstration.. for the cars were just
as they left the factory and had not
been tuned up. as IS generally the case
with most Of the makes of cars that
come from the east When they ar
rived at the salesrOon1 Of the Winton
d. company Norris quietly announced that
he would take the car in which ne was
rioinEs II was run into the garage
and the mechanical force looked II over
10 see II. Il was properly supplied with
oil, grease and gasoline, and in hardly
the .tinre 1t takes TO tell il the new
owner was leaving with his car
i. While I expect TO see a healthy and
stesdv growth IN demand for the high
= automobile indus
si11S IA, a1tos 1 go try finds its great
WIZ Be sold est promise of
= permanency In the
Weaver. manager Of the local branch
Of the Studekaker Brothers company OF
California. Few. even of those whose
optimism was an established condition
before the automobile was generally
accepted seriously. could have dreamed
four years go that there could develop
the tremendous demand that now exists
Tor cars selling at popular prices This
10 year. always keeping ahead Of the
supply. now amounts TO $4,000 cars per
year-the United States will actually
absorb rhat number Of cars of the fam
iiy. touring and roadster types in the
next six months / base these figures
upon the tremendous orders we have
received for our Studebaker EMF "304
car The large number Of sales we have
made recently of Studebaker- -Garford
cars is also a good indication of
growing popularity for the high priced
machines.
Chairman y p. Hower of the contest
board OF the A. A. A. announced yester-
:. terday that the