The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03

Use the same Rambler which went after
the Los Angeles record and was stopped
by the authorities. The car broke the
record between Los Angeles and San
Diego. Harvey viii try to set mark
that viii make the other owners hustle
TO lower it,
The extra large size Of tires which
are being made by the Goodyear fac
:. tory has attracted
Goodyear Tires fe5iian eS1 eEaons egal % +be +1a
1-alSl long IlIne automobile own
ers. A. {. Leon
ard. manager Of the local branch of W
j.. NeWerf rubber company, coast
agents for the Goodyear output said
yesterday that the new tires had
Jhey would so lar beyond the guar
antee in mileage.
The Howard automobile company will
open its southern California sales
=. :. agency for Buick
ut -. automobiles this
In The south week in Los An
-..s-- 97ebTsor Me- bes
lee9 a member of the selling force of
the agenty in this city since its es-
enlistment went TO Los Angeles Sat
lislaF. night TO assume charge of the
new establishment The Howard au-
lq.nQblle company but recently acquired
tIis additional territory Of southern
state: Johnson viii be assisted by
Frank Howard.
- a. f. Mathewson. Pacific coast man
aeer Of the Diamond rubber company,
- says: The i'm
rDfamond Tgras pOrtance Of the
for Light Cars the ss automoSiie Ga5 SSher i'm m
duStry shows both
Increasingly and strong in figures COW
6aas me volume OF tires 10 be made in
1Se5 py the Diamond rubber company
tires usually classed as light car equip
Alent are the sizes ranging from 26X2 y
10 s-N3s en- Dracing. all told. 10 different
cross section or diameter dimensions.
IN materials and skill in manufactur-
luS the smaller tires demand for the
DeeL results, and are given no less of
p -ler Jhan the larger sizes. norWith-
fLlliuiLs Lilat they can be built much
more rapidly. One order for light car
use recently given the Diamond rubber
com pany Tor 1909 delivery covers more
l1an 10000 complete tires. This repre-
senls, however. less than 20 per cent
OF the hight car equipment the Diamond
concern VIII build for the '09 season
IN both castings and tubes.
The features of the automobile show
which opened in New York on New
:. :. Years eve are con-
Features of the S SIensea IN the toi- -
eeW ORR snow exhibitors-67 ex-
hibits of the lead
---E amer ltdn cars IL commercial =
hlcfe EXHIBITS; il exhibits of foreign
cars, 22O exhibits By motor and acces-
sorry manufacturers.
Thirty thousand dollars expended for
decorations Expected attendance, 1OO.-
600 Expected attendance of automo-
'lle dealers, $500 Expected attendance
OF carriage dealers. 1000.
Value Of exhibits, 81 0OO. 600. Number
oI square feet exhibition space, 10000.
lowest priced car. $3.50. Highest
priced car. $4,000. Fastest cars-Fia
ano Benz racers. 100 miles per hour
Fastest light car-Lancia- 60 mile. per
Eo-r
Grand prize-Gold cup and light car
cuD. on exhibition.
decorative seheme-Early English
period, heroic statues. 5000 electric in
candescent and search lights, gardens.
DeNel glass mirrors. oil paintings.
The official auto road across the
desert 10 Rose station at the mouth of
pass n
New Road over southern California
the TETON Pass Ia IN ne ne Iuiare a5 VIII
Uon and the old
borax road. according to G. S. Bloss Jr..
who drove into this city few days
ago from an extensive tour Of the in
terror in his Studebaker 40" roadster.
or several years autOists have been
going south via the TETON ranch road
hle 10 effect a saving Of from 10 to
y miles. Bloss also says the road is
in better shape than when the borax
wagons cut il up.
The Oldsmobue viii not be exhibited
this season at either OF the two shows
- Instead private
OIdS 10 Hold eNhlbltion viii be
Privafe show he'll held in IN this this city in in
the o d S m o bile
company OF New York in Broadway,
Visitors 10 this city during show time
VIII be made welcome at the show
rooms. where a fun line OF Oldsmobiie
ears for 1903 viii be exhibited.
The FIRST carload OF Studebaker
F-M-F 80" cars 10 leave the factory
=. for this city was
7; carload OF :. shipped yesterday
E-M-F sent from Detroit. Mich.
:. Word TO this effect
was received by
Manager John T. Eagal of the automo-
bile department of the Studebaker
Brothers company Of California yes
terday. The machines now en- route
are for the local buyers who Were
promised January deliveries. Among
those who Will receive one of these
first cars is DR.. w. r. Lovegrove, who
suIuntarily paid a big premium for a
.1e1f fr a,r- tom