The San Francisco call., 1909-08-22
FRANKLIN CARS
EASY TO HANDLE


proved Over Those of
Previous Years
John McLain, manager of the local
branch of the Franklin automobile
manufacturing company, stated yester
day that in the control of all Franklin
automobiles for 1910 there is nothing
for the operator to handle but the
throttle lever. unless he desires TO
change the speed ratio. There is only
this one lever to vary the speed of the
motor.
on the forty-fve and thirty y-eight
horsepower engines. the magnetic is
provided with a governor which auto
matically controls the ignition, retard-
ing the spark at about twelve miles
an hour.
On the eighteen horsepower engine
the spark is fixed. The entire ar
rangement is productive Of simplicity
for the benefit Of the operator, the ig-
milton being always kept right without
any action on his part.
Each year additions have been made
to the Thomas factory, and nc the ,ootar f. y;
- y---.----- company has made
Being EnIarged Rlfhns p r e fnis bg more gere
space is TO be
added The company has let con-
tracts for an immense addition TO the
Buffalo plant No. !, and is using
plant No. 8 for the construction Of tax
icabs only The new addition, which
is already under way, Is of cement ana
be $50 feet long by 100 feet deep, and
will be used TO house the inspection
department, tool stock room. and small
parts assembly. The factory ofhce Will
also be located in this building. The
company viii then have an additional
floor space of $1,000 square rect wnlch
makes a total of almost 100000 square
feet In addition to this, short dis
tance from these buildings, plant no;
is located, with floor space OF ll3,00o
square feet. Much new and foreign
machinery has been purchased and IN
stalled which will insure the manufact-
ure of parts with absolute accuracy
and reliability.
The Howard automobile company
has received tie first shipment of 1919 1919
! FIRST shipment are attracting
of oldsmObiIes in IN e automobile CIR CIR
cles at the pres
ent time. There is marked advance
ment in the 1910 Oldsmobiles in the
has always borne an enviable reputa,
ton for roadability and reliability, ana
is now up to the standard of automo,
bile perfection whlcn mas peen ATTAINED
by American manufacturers.
Next Sunday motor hunt is to be
given over course from san Mate9
- H.. as far west as
Next sunday Gafos5 SsTatosar rha sna eve1t I1t
is a novelty in this
section and, in fact. has only been
tried once. and then with great success
in the east Entries for the event T,t, can an
| California the San Francisco motor
club or the San Francisco News Letter.
NOTES or THE AUTO
Frank G. Miner, agent for the Stearns
cars leaves next Tuesday for an ex-
tended trip through the east, which
will include a visit to the factory Of
the F.. p. Stearns company
! w. Leavitt who has been east and
was undoubtedly at the Indianapolis
! track Yesterday, will reach this city to-
morrow night.
Two carloads Of Buick White
streaks" Were receiyea py the snd HoTaee tgree
carloads of model Is Bucks were re-
ceived on the day following. The lat
ter is the same model car as is being
used by Chevrolet. Strang and Burman,
and which is making such record for
itself under the daring driving or these
/ experts.
The Pioneer automobile company re-
ports the following sales: I. II. Hewer,
/ Thomas flyer; G. l. Harris of Fresno,
/ Hudson: W Ii. Wright and J. II. Algeo,
two Thomas flyers, and three Chal liners
Detroit cars; F. W. Kern, Chalmers
Detroit $50: william w. Slater.
/ Chalmers-Detroit 800; Bert Dingieyi
! Modesto. Chalmers Detroit "3O" and
Tom Minturn Of Fresno Thomas flyer.
For the first time the United States
/ was officially represented, through the
American automobile association, in
gress which recently took place in
/ London. Powell Evans, chairman of
the touring board of the association,
/ tries were represented by 81 delegates.
/ Among the subjects discussed by the
| congress was that of securing more
! tfons The proposal of the Motor
Union of Great Britain toward obtain
visitors to England for limited stay,
was heartily indorsed The annual
congress for 1910 will be held in Brus-
Young and daring drivers are con-
stantly coming to the front, but none
has. more notable record than has
Arthur W. Greiner Of Chicago. Greiner
drove his big six cylinder Thomas run
about in the Chicago Motor clubs an
nual hill climb at Algonquin, defeating
| won the amateur championship, de-
feating his nearest competitor In the
coo class. and over, by eight and
half seconds. This was his first ex-
perfence in driving a big car in a hill
/ climb, and is a forerunner of what can
be expected of him in time to come
! used by George Salxman at Savannah
when he made the worlds record of
1880 miles in 162 minutes and 25 Sec
1 onds 1t also came in third in the
twenty-four hour race, covering 1.148
miles