The San Francisco call., 1909-01-14
AUTO CLUB IS
DOING GOOD WORK
Secretary Burks Reports That
Many Miles of Highway
Have Been Posted
Subscriptions Guarantee That a
Big Area Will Be Covered
Before Work Is Finished
By K. K. PHOmmedieu

The westerly part of San Joaquin
county and both sides of the San Joa-
quin river as far as Fresno have been
posted. The crews are working in
the direction of Sacramento and will
next take up the road to Lake Tahoe
After this they Will commence work
in Lake county.
The club has posted 1900 miles of
road within a radius of ESQ miles from
San Francisco. From the support re-
ceived from the supervisors of coun
ties, hotel people and merchants the
success of the scheme has been as
sured, and the work will be carried
on until completed 1t has been found
that the enameled signs were not the
best, as the small boy damaged the
enamel, which, when knocked off, al
lowed the wet weather to rust the
signs. The officers are japanning the
signs, which guarantees longer life
for them.
A carload of Winton little six cylin-
der cars will arrive this week. This
:. shipment has all
More Wintons Owesney has sold
VIII Arrive two Wintons this
= - week, in spite of
the wet weather. In the next shipment
to arrive will be one finished with
toy tonneau, which is likely to make
sensation. Advices from the factory
state that the new big six six cylinder II der
hilly cities of the east.
Although the weather has been any
thing but encouraging for the automo-
bill bile business % ).
Popular lar REQ ssPsanus ssIss. 3sstsfSay e 6sRSsS
nounced that it had shipped 10 horse
power, one cylinder REQ runabout and
20 horsepower two cylinder Re3 ef
Stockton. The company yesterday re-
ceived beautiful gray Stoddard-Day-
ton roadster of the 1909 model. me
car is 40 horsepower, four cylinder
vehicle.
L. B. Harvey. who has come into
prominence of late by breaking the
re ord between
= Los Angeles. San
Harvey Gets Diego and return,
oe :. mark anG sets1ee betWesn sane saa
Francisco, Del Monte and return
in his Rambler roadster received
a surprise in the way of a New Years
gift from Thomas b. Jeffery. the head
of the house that manufactures the
Rambler. The gift was very fine open
the inner cover reads: Presented to
L. B. Harvey by Thomas b. Jeffery in
recognition of his skill and daring in
lowering with the Rambler car Decem-
ber Z, 1908. the Los AngelesSan Diego
road record"
The f. B. stearns company has Sc
cured an agent in this city for the
~ ....,- B. Warren western
for stearn- eiosed sssss this mansgeE. week
': with the Reliance
automobile company, through its man
ager, c. S. Richardson. For the pres
will be at Fulton and Octavia, but
Richardson is considering several of
fers for locations lin automobile row.
Ness one of which he will accept The
agency agreement covers northern CAL
ifornia.
match race with Barney Oldfield.
which the White company has so long
desired, has at
:. 2. last been assured
Seyfried and Immediately after
=. park c. A. Hawk
ins. western sales
offered sae to wager es sfooo With fiHmpohy oid,
field that the White Flyer could
beat him in match race. Hawk
ins was in the city the first of the
week. He posted 81 900 with Colonel
and oldfeld.. Moross agreed to wager
feat Seyfried in the White Flyer, and
both parties have posted their money
with disinterested party in San
Diego. Fred w. Gregory, the manager
leave with the two Whites about the
middle of the week fer Coronado.
Gregory is confident that both the
Flyer and the White stock car will win
several events. Fred Dundee will drive
the White stock car.
r. Il. Prosser formerly with the
Harrison automobile company in Los
/. Angeles, has Joined
,.---,-.- : the selling forces
Loeai Force @ tdm1Sle S5 t5e ei0nseT sompanr an
- - local agents for
the Thomas, Oldsmobile and Chalmers
Detroit cars. Prosser reports that the
prospects for good automobile trade
in the southern part OF the state are
bright, most of the agents having en-
larged their allotments for the coming
season
Another shipment of Thomas Flyers
arrived yesterday. The new lot con-
sists of two go horsepower touring cars
and one runabout.
the Pioneer automobile company are to
j. e. Neumann, six cylinder Thomas
Flyer; S. NJ. Phillips, Sacramento,
ing car and an Oldsmobile runabout;
l.. J. Francis, Oakland, and Samuel
Jackson, Thomas Flyer.
Chester N. Weaver local manager for
the Studebaker Brothers company of
:. :. California, left last
Tx,7-- night for New
leaves York city. where
ior the E"st he will attend the
automobile show
and also the private automobile show
to be held by the Studebaker Brothers
company of New York, commencing
January %. The Studebaker show will
be held in the company's building at
Broadway and Seventh avenue
On his way east Weaver will stop.
over two days in Nevada, visiting the
prominent camps, principally Tonopah
and Goldfeld
While east Weaver will tour the
state of Massachusetts. and before re-
turning to San Francisco will stop off