The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-02-03
AUTOMOBILES ARE
SAVERS OF SPACE
Occupy Less of the Street
Than Vehicles Drawn
by Horses
Statistics Show the Economy
of the Motor Car on COn=
gested Highways
By x. K. PHommedieu


use of motor vehicles in cities may
be said to be the economy of space
involved and the relief of traffic con-
gestion which it brings about. Figures
bearing upon this have been recently
published by the London traffic branch
of the board of trade, wherein IL is
shown that between 1903 and 1907 the
by 700, while the horsedrawn vehicles
have decrea sed in number by 1000
Motor buses have increased in the
same period by 1900, while the CORE
spending horsedrawn vehicles have
decreased by 1000. The figures are
accurate. being taken from the grant
ing of licenses.
The results of the measurements OF
space involved by motor vehicles is
as follows: Twenty four horsepower.
with length over all of II feet, 59.l
square feet; So horsepower, length IL
feet, 60.7 square feet; 40 horsepower,
length IA feet inches. 81 square
feet; 4s horsepower, Is feet. 20 square
feet; 60 horsepower, length Is feet
inches, " square feet inches, and
IS horsepower car with a length of
Is feet 6 inches takes "a square feet.
With the exception of the last the cars
measured We're of the pleasure type.
The horsedrawn vehicles chosen. how
ever, were of the varieties more COM
monty found In city traffic. and the
results were as follows: Horsedrawn
cab of 10 foot length takes up S0.7
square feet of surface: two horse cab.
20 feet. S3.3 square feet; one horse de-
livery wagon, 20 feet, 1873 square feet;
two horse delivery wagon, 90 feet
long. 1913 square feet; moving van. "a
feet long, H. square feet; brewery
l
scenery wagon, short, % feet long,
1853 square feet and scenery wagon.
40 feet long. 1881 square feet
An even more striking illustration is
that furnished by comparison of rela-
tive street areas occupied by the big
motor truck and its nearest animal
drawn equivalent, the brewery truck.
The latter while not capable of carry
ing as great a load as the motor We
hicle mentioned, occupied 121 square
feet of street space, while the motor
truck only requires 81 square feet
The Auburn motor car company re-
ports the sale and delivery of "a horse
.. power two cylinder
-, Auburn touring car
Car. Are sold to the Gorham rub
i. --:.Gorham company
purchased the car for the use of o. E.
Reed, who is in charge of the Van Ness
avenue Drdnch, where tho Goodrich tires
are distributed Two cylinder "a horse
power Auburn roadsteTs have been sold
to Al Griffin DR.. Pischel and G. j. Nc
Govern Of San Luis Obispo. A four cyl
inder so horsepower touring car and
two cylinder touring car have been sold
TO the w. Parker Lyon-De Vaux COM
pany of Fresno.
Rainy weather does not affect the
sale of Republic tires. says Mr.. Kanzee
| of the local branch.
. h. ~ # I'm
Republic Tires very wet one. was
:: the biggest month
we have had since We started. We
now have orders for several carloads
| of Republics at the factory and are or
dering another carload today. Our
/ Staggard tread non-skid is having
| great run.
/ The general superintendent Of police
! of Chicago has by a few strokes of his
law that ali We
All Vehicles bicles even horse
/ Carry Lights drawn. must carry
:. lights. An unusu-
/ ally warm discussion of this situation
| at recent meeting of the board of
| managers of the Chicago automobile
! club resulted in a resolution author
/ izing Fred ". Blocke, chairman of
| the good roads committee, to lay the
| argument of the automobiles before
/ the superintendent of police. Chief