The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-09-23
BIG SQUADRON
OF MOTORISTS
Half a Thousand Capital City
Enthusiasts Will Ride to
PortoIa Celebration
j. Rupert Foster and @. II. Mil
Ter Here to Make Final Ar
rangements for Trip
By r. R. L'HoMMEDIEU

fiNdpCll OSlcl, president OIL the
Sacramento chamber of commerce. and
o. II. Miller, secretary of the Sacra-
mento Valley development association.
arrived in the city yesterday. They
came to hold a conference with the
Portoia celebration officials They are
planning to hold an automobile run to
the city during the festival, and expect
that rully 800 owners in the valley will
come down together at that time The
only source of worry at the present
time is TO get proper TRANSPORTATION
across Carquinez straits. They have
ALREADY secured one of the largest gar
ages in the city to look after the cars.
To transmit advertisements by wire
Tess Is rather a new wrinkle and seems
just little in adj
ADVERTISE. by vance of up to
M.rele.. the automobile saen 5He
business This was
a feat performed by E. j. Leroy Pei
letter. advertising manager for. the
Studebaker automobile COMPANY the
other day
In company with Mrs. Pelletier. the
aaavertising man was trying to steal a
rev days away from business and
part of the plan was a trip By the
steamship Antilles from New Orleans
around to New York. On the second
DAY out. when in the middle Of the
Gulf of Mexico, it occurred to the pub
Ilcity man that he had forgotten to
prepare copy for a full page advertise
ment he had ordered inserted in a
ed by any untoward conditions. he
wrote the copy and then transmitted
the 1.500 words, together with instruc-
tio as to illustrations and compost
whence it was forwarded by mail to
the various journals
This. we believe. is the first case on
record where the wireless has been
used to transmit a long advertisement,
although Thomas W. Lawson is said to
have used the telegraph lines on one
Or two occasions for similar purpose.
In the new Rambler factory. to which
large additions are constantly being
made, there is now
Zig Hammer being installed
for Rambler. m miI eNen S whien
facilitate the man
ufacture of all the parts of the new
Rambiers.
Thomas B. Jeffrey & Co. have just
put In a giant forging hammer for
making all crank shafts, connecting
rods. front axle yokes and other heavy
forgings- The anvil block of this ham
mer alone weighs more than the aver
age 10 room story frame house. 1t
has falling weight alone of $500
pounds, making 1t capable of striking
DiOW OI approximately ID, w
pounds. The anvil block weighs 10000
pounds and the total weight of the
hammer is $4,000 pounds.
In addition to this 500 ton draw
drums, clutch cones and other heavy
drawn steel parts has been installed.
This press weighs $4,000 pounds.
Among several new buildings added
to the plant of the Diamond tire fac
tories at Akron.
additions to d a.. TINS ,i year Is one ne
Diamond Factory being ,esu the largest
structure in that
city. This building is 371x103 feet and
six stories in height Its floor space is
practically double the area of a three
acres and liberty" farm. Steel con-
struction is used throughout. but for
the floors alone 1.5oo 900 feet of lumber
which will also house a company res
taurant, is another of the new Dia-
mond buildings.
accompanied by Doctor and Mrs.
Larkey of Oak
Notort.t. In land. have just re-
Forest Fire. 5 fvTnsd weeks srsm tour a
through the inte-
rior of the state. Leaving Modesto in
Dallas so horsepower Thomas Flyer,
the party spent several days in visiting
different points in San Joaquin valley.
The roads here were very sandy and
travelling was found. to be difficult at
times, especially where it was neces-
sary to drive four miles through fields.
but no difficulty was experienced. r.
s. Luther, who drove the car, reports
that the roads for the remainder of the
reached, and in that section they are
worse than anything else in the state.
The party visited all the principal re-
sorts sDr,s in snSa Aetna , Whitney
Calistoga the forest fires were so
threatening that the people were very
anxious and many were preparing TO
leave. The smoke and cinders Were
bad all through that section.
Manager Kanzee of the Phoenix rub
Der company. agent for the Republic
.t .oes o wrl ties , Min.
wlnn.n. Car oismpie club
was equipped with Republic tires The
Republic tires took two first prizes and
one second prize out of three starts
the local trade has just been made by
-. w. NJ Hughson,
new Ford manager of the
Agency car Company. to
the effect that B.
B. Bretner of Los Angeles has been
appointed Oakland agent for the Ford
cars. The new agent will carry COM
plete line OF the well known Detroit
factory machines and will establish
headquarters in the transbay city
within few days.
This is one of the first changes
which is now being planned among the
local agents for the Ford machines
toward establishing system of branch
houses and agents throughout the
country. With the increased demand
for the light Ford machines the west
ern agents anticipate a large season
next year and are beginning to lay
their plans accordingly.
AUTO NOTES
Tire troubles and tire bills are a
source OF constant worry to the auto
mobilist This gives point to the ex-
perience of George T. Ingerso1l, super
intendent of the water works office of
Schenectady, who, after running his
FRANKLIN rs horsepower touring car
$3.50 miles has had tire bill OF but
$3.50.
All the principal French highways or
national routes" of which there are
% 656 miles are constructed and main