Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-31


long, weary path ahead of the auto
mobile making industry which will re-
ouire untold study, research, expert
mentation and practical demonstration
before it may be said that the last
WORD has been spoken in construction
perfectness.
Tourist Has Sensation
AS a real sensation the Tourist man
utacturers, a local concern, may can
dIdly be said to have struck upon an
idea shown for the firstvtime at a Pa
cif1c coast show, if not elsewhere in the
United States, which is a prediction for
new effort in new field. This idea
was embodied in a dining and sleep
ing car, which never failed to attract
its scores of interested admirers, and
accounts, perhaps, for the long list of
sales reported by this popular concern.
Another distinctive feature which
quickly caught the eye of the visitor
was the extra wheel idea which is put
forward by the Rambler makers in this
years models. The unusually well dis
played car carrying this extra wheel
in the Rambler booth left a mental i'm
preston which will last after the show
has been torn down. A third distinctive
departure whichh differentiated from
other types in changed construction
was the 4Ginch wheels shown on the
American cars, lifting the car many
inches in its clearance and offering food
for thought as to what the future may
offer in this direction of increased
wheel Sizes
To enumerate distinctive changes in
body, engine, motor and shaft construc-
tionS would be to describe in detail
every car shown, and to fail to emu
merate such changes is not a slight
but a compliment to the diversity of
mechanical genius embraced in the
scores of cars shown.
Many dealers are backward in report
ing their sales publicly, for ethical or
other reasons. but many dealers have
some idea of the amount of business
done during the show. From these fig
Ures 1t appears that the Tourist COM
peny leads all other dealers in cars
sold, this company reporting the fol-
lowing sales:
Tourist
H. W. HeIIman building, city, one type 20"
roadster.
Charles Stern & Son, 500 Macy street. city.
one type "B'' touring car.
John S. Catlin, White Sulphur Springs,
Mont, one type .'H'' four-cylinder car
G. w. Haight, 118 East Second street, city.
one ''B'' touring
j. w. Booth Wasco, Ore, one 'B' touring
car.
DR., R wernigh, stimson building, city. one
0U-nOrSe power touring car.
A. H. Stton, Fullerton, Cal, one "G'' 4
cylinder touring car.
Grain Bros, Highlands. Cal, orange grow
ers, one type "O'' roadster, one type ''G''
four-cylinder touring car, type 'H'' so
horse power touring car.
NJ. H. Potter, Pomona, Cal, one type H.
touring car.
T. W. Rosenheim. 112o West Chester place.
city, one type ''H'' 40-horse power touring car.
Gorham Rubber company S1S South Broad
way. one two-cylinder delivery car.
In1lr1 hNyf1I fv,rp
one two-cylinder roadster.
Fred K. Colby, 915 Vermont avenue, one So
horse power touring car.
B. F. Small, Long Beach, Call one type
'G' four-cylnder touring car. w
r. S. Wilson, Portland Ore, one type "H''
y40-horse power touring car.
Charles Holloway, 1131 Wall street. one type
''B' touring car.
Frank A. Miller. GIenwood hotel, car for
daughter; also car for hotel
Noted physician, city, name withheld by re-
quest, one 50-horse power touring car
Ed Helm, S1s South Broadway, one 5o-horse
power roadster. :
]. s. Cassel, Pasadena, CAL one two-cylinder
touring car.
Burch & Gwynn, sss South Hill street one
two-cylinder touring car.
B. R. Durgan & Son, grocers. Redlands, one
delivery car.
Newett Advertising company, city. one two
cylinder roadster.
j. B. Gill; San Bernardfno CAL one two
cylinder roadster.
George H. Miller Pomona, one type .'G''
four-cylinder touring car
Total sales during show twenty cars:
amount $52, 165 IS. Several agency contracts
on Tourist cars also closed for cars to
be taken during the year, which are not in
cluded in the above list.
Locomobie
Walter Douglass. Bisbee, Ariz, IT, touring.
August Marquis, Los Angeles, 'L'' touring
Charles Orr, Los Angeles. IL touring
l.. A Wright, Los Angeles, ''L'' touring
NJ. L. McCray, Los Angeles seven-pas-
senger .'I' touring.
Several deals are pending which are ex-
pected to mature within the next week.
WoodiII Auto Company
A. J. Eaton. Pomona, model 40 ''F"' touring
car complete, $3.50, with top, brass front
speedometer.
T. B. Fredenball. Pomona, same.
Auto Exchange. Salt Lake City, fifteen Oak
land touring cars.
Newton S. Gansby San Diego, one HAYNES
artillery car, $780,
Pat Doyle, Los Angeles. one 40 horse power
Oakland touring car with top 1925
Many deals are pending which will be closed
within day or two.
Doris Motor Car Company
J. H. Zitt, president San Diego Brew
ing company, five-passenger touring
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