The San Francisco call., 1909-05-11

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and the committee from the Auton
In the foreground can be seen he
smooth the road is at that point.
San Francisco county, which has b
across the line, in San Mateo cour
Colonel F. NJ. Joyce. president of the
Minnesota State Automobile assocla-
ton and third vice president of the
American Automobile association.
When ii was learned that Dai Lewis
and the path finder EMF were on the
way to Minneapolis, having left
Rochester. several cars went to can
non Falls. a distance of 90 miles. TO
escort the path finder into the city.
The run TO Minneapolis was made In
fast time, and on the outskirts anotner
delegation of motorists We're met IN
the latter group was Horace Lowery,
president Of the Minneapolis auton1o-
bile club and DR. C. E. Dutton, chair
man Of the tours and contest committee
OF the same organization.
Men in touch with the trend of the
automobile industry look upon IhS
ma, u.s4o-n deal conSummated
- noo1 last week as one
.O OF the most sig
nifcant events OF
recent occurrence. As there is conSld-
erable misunderstanding as TO Just
what the nature OF this deal was, lt
may be stated authoritatively that Fred
s. Fish and Clement Studebaker 1r
purchased the stock OF EYeritt K Metz
ger in the EVeritt- -Metzger-F Flanders
company, and that, further, the Stude-
baker automobile company has con-
tracted to purchase and market the en-
tire output of the EMF go" cars aft
er September /. It will be remembered
that the big South Bend company con-
Of the E-M-F factory soon after the
Detroit concern was organized last
July.
Hayden Eames. general manager of
the Studebaker automobile company OF
Cieveland-an Incorporation entirely
separate from the wagon company OF
South Bend, although controlled by
members of the latter concern-and
Clement Studebaker Jr., treasurer of
the Studebaker Bros manufacturing
company OF South Bend. succeed b. +.
Everitt and ". Z. Metzger on the
directorate of the E-M-F company.
walter f. Flanders, who has all
along been regarded as the power be-
hind the EMF company. retains his
title of general mana ger and succeeds
TO that of president, previously held
by b. f. Everitt.
James T. Narbett of Chico. during his
visit in san Francisco last week in
s. company with Ray
Good Jourpcy u. Head, purchased
OF inc HamDler left for his home
in the car and
wrote from Chico: eve left San
Francisco at =. o'clock in the morning
for a trip through Contra Costa copn-
y, along the bay shore as far 81 Mar,
tinez and back TO Crockett. We found
the roads in most places very rough.
One of the best pieces we found was
where we least expected it-between
Port Costa and Martinez. We stopped
over night at Crockett The next
morning we took the $50 boat from
Port Costa to Benicia. leaving Benicia
between Benicia and Chico for gaso-
line. We made the trip without
hours actual running time from
Benicia to Chico. In addition to the
gasoline in the car we used about 20
gallons. Not having a speedometer,
the exact distance is not known, buc
we judge from the time we left San
Francisco we travelled at least $50
miles. The machine behaved wonder
fully and / have only words of praise
for the Rambler model Forty four"
Sol Getz. well known in this city. left
Friday for a 10 days tour through
.:.-- La ke county In his
,rrour- of 30 h horse pow
White owner. Eefn %9jte ,s steam ener.t;ac car
the big car himself
The car was delivered two weeks ago,
but Getz was so enthusiastic that he
even spent q few days in the shop that
he might know how to take good care
J. A. Hin of the White company re-
turned from Fresno yesterday making
the the trip in his White. He reports iss sev
eral sales of 1909 White steam cars in
the raisin country and the automobile
business among the farmers as very
favorable.
II. o. Harrison, California agent for
the Peerless, who is in the city. says
that al previous
~. uo.oa records for the sale
for Peerless of Peerless cars
has been broken
this season. In
the southern part of the state, from
Los Angeles 33 cars have been sold to
date. and his allotment for that agency
for 1909 has been disposed of. He is
now taking 1910 orders. Harrison has
opened temporary headquarters in the
city at All Golden Gate avenue. He
has secured permanent quarters in Van
Ness avenue near Golden Gate, where
he is erecting one of the finest auto
homes in the city.
Los Angeles between Is and 20 cars
have been entered
iFcntrte. for for the big race to
Road Race RSese Rs held are July oy the 10,
high powered type
only, while in the light car class there
are already more than II entrants. The
course is one OF many turns and will
prove a strenuous test on the large and
small cars. Bert Dingley will drive.
There viii be Tourist in both con-
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