The San Francisco call., 1909-04-22
Enterprising Farmer Does Big
Business When Motor Cars
Strike SinkhOIe
BY K. K. FH0mmedieu

De Rowe and party of friends had
an interesting experience last Sunday
while touring in De Rowe's Tourist.
The party had planned to visit Walnut
Creek and the neighboThood, and while
going along the road between Red
wood canyon and Lafayette they ran
into a sink. which took them four
hours to get through. While there
several other machines in attempting
to get by came to grief An enterpris-
ing Italian farmer camps beside the bad
spot and charges s. for the use of
single team and $40 if four hourses are
necessary. De Rowe would not = be
held up, and while getting his own car
saw five others pay the toll.
De Rowe reports the road otherwise
in very good condition.
Richard A. Ballinger. recently ap-
pointed secretary of the interior.
STAGE Line auto stage line.
.,,.------ .-1---.:. which rs being run
from his home
tance of so miles. Two Studebaker
touring cars are used over the service
These machines run so steadily tEat
the owner has a standing agreement
Will HIS pdSStIlSeIS 10 Ie1uHu l4iSii
money il they are ever delayed more
than five or ten minutes from any
cause except tire trouble. secretary
Ballinger owns a Studebaker at Seattle
and is figuring on buying one for his
use in the national capital.
c. A. Hawkins, general western sales
manager of the White company, is In
49, -. receipt OF the fei-
Its worth the White steamer
--... ambulance used by
Chicago: Report
tagious diseases only; 7O5 calls from
all parts of the city; 1854 miles trav-
eled; average, So miles per day. Com
pared with first quarter 1905: 594 calls
and generally three horse drawn We
hicles; time saved by ambulance about
two-thirds over horse drawn; limited
only TO nerve of driver and traffic:
total mileage to April 8, 10000 miles.
There is a shifting taking place in
the automobile business in San Fran
s. cisco. The manu-
i Agency facture have
""1 that California is.
tand will be. one of
the best markets for motor cars In the
the forelock TO establish themselves in
the local market in such way that
they will be in closer touch.
This year has seen several changes
that of the Locomobile interests, for
merly handled by +. G. Miner The
manufacturers have decided to open a
branch house and have sent /. j. Morse
who for some time has been the man
ager in Philadelphia, to take charge
| here. He and Murray Page. the Pa
cific coast representative, are deciding
upon permanent location.
This 1ilkeiV to be the last
change, according to rumers on auto
mobile row. 1t is probable that -four
other representatives will be changed
George f. johnson, Pacific coast man
ager of the Fisk rubber company. re-
ports that he has
Rfr coutraet closed yearly con
fer Fisk Tires eanipme1t fafis 10t oaSlfh. on fbs
coast. He will
equip % taxicabs for. the Pacific taxi
cab company of San Francisco with
Fisk tires and removable rims He
cab company for the same amount and
similar equipment. Manager Gibson OF
the San Francisco branch reports the
change over to Fisk tires on a. p
Welchs big touring car and also or
f.. V. de Laveag gas.
L. HI. Bill. manager of the Local
| branch of the Thomas 3. Jeffery COM
pany. has received
RambIcr.s Good the following let
| Demonstration ter describing {
demonstration OF
| the new model Forty-five Rambler:
What do YOU think of this impo
sition? W. w. Liter driving a Ram
bier Forty five touring car on the Shell
| byville pike which is parallel with
the Louisville and Eastern railroad, il
Kentucky. in O brush for five or sis
miles with the Limited express subur-
1 han heat the no n &
on the main pike. speedometer show
| ing so miles an hour, the limit of TIL,
meter.
The vanquished motorman and con.
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