The San Francisco call., 1909-02-16
AUTOISTS TO RALLY
IN GARDEN CITY
San Jose Enthusiasts Will Ex-
flibit Latest Models Dur
ing the Week
San Francisco Owners Will
Drive Down and Take Part in
Closing Ceremonies
By K. x. PHomnedien

dealers is centered In the snow at san
Jose. The enthusiasts of the Garden
city have always been prompt in help
ing the local motor car owners when
there has been contests calling for CO.
operation of the owners of San Jose.
Now that there is to be a show in that
city the local men are planning to go
down in a body and help out. num-
Der of the dealers will go down to-
day and stay over until after tomorrow
night when the show opens. They will
go down again Saturday night to wind
up the affair. 1t is expected that it
| will be a great closing, and II the
weather continues clear the rest of the
week the local men propose to go
down in automobiles and make it
gala night. The show has the indorse-
| ment of the Merchants association and
the chamber of commerce. The two
bodies will attend Thursday evening.
Friday night will be society night and
Saturday night has been given over to
the San Francisco friends. The show
will be opened tomorrow night by an
automobile parade, which will be sew
eral hundred strong. One section will
be given over to the Mitchell family
which numbers many owners in San
Jose. In fact, it is one of the strongest
Mitchell towns in the state.
The following will be among the
exhibitors:
w. F. Hunt. San Jose garage
Thomas Flyer, Chalmers Detroit, Buick,
Oldsmobile.
Lechter's rage-Cadillac, Pierce,
Peerless. Apperson.
Osen & Hunter auto company-Mitch-
ell. Studebaker electric
Harrison p. Smith-Reo. Stoddard-
DAYTON.
Wallace brothers-RambIer, Regal
Winton motor carriage company
Winton.
J. II. Bennett-Tourist.
The French view of an ideal road
as popular after the good roads con-
=. gress recently held
French idea In Paris. was, that
of Good Roads have has rGsd well dTained SaHHsd
ol foundation,
being built of some hard aggregate
bound together by tough, Ella astic binder
| Waterproof and free from dust and
mud. hard enough for automobiles, yet
/ soft enough for horses hoofs. There
to the main points, disregarding the
material from which the road was con-
structed. The points on which the rep
resentatives were agreed were that
| ever possible. be air lines between i'm
portant eenters, with branch roads
connecting the main lines for local
| traffic. There should be no curves on
the main line of smaller radii than
| 300 feet in. the open country and less
than $50 feet in the hills. Reverse
curves, should be avoided. also steep
grades with curves. and level railway
| crossings and the outer edge of curves
should be raised. With regard to width
of roads opinions vary greatly, but the
average is minimum of about 80 feet.
Strenuous times are before the auto
mobile for the next three months. with
] .. all the shows TO
be held in various
Contest. soPtssts soPsSai.a alre&Sy &Ss
shows will cover the country from
coast to coast and from Canada to
the present. time, each of eight days
already include the three day Mardi
IN iaS New Ras Orleans, s Fesrasary 'aa6lsSi aossi
liability run IN and out Of Pitts
March 1913; the annual speed contests
on the beach at Daytona, Fla. March
1926; the small vehicle competition
under the direction of the Automobile
club of America. May 6-9 and the an
nual hill climb up Giants Despair
mountain, at Wilkesbarre. Pa, May 81
dates have not been fixed. such as the
annual road contest to be held by the
Long Island automobile club some time
/ in March.
Three propositions are before the
motor enthusiasts of the southern part
I, of the state, and
! great deal of
A"iS for % the south Seen had sion as hfo to
er to hold an endurance run from San
Diego to Cuyamaca and Julian and
| return a race meet on either the Lake
side or Coronado tracks, or a road race
of not less than 100 miles. The popu-
lar event seems to be the latter, and
several routes are being planned. The
route that is the most talked of is
through San Diego and the city park
/ to Miramar thence TO La Jolla and
| return to the foot of c street, @coming
| by way of Pacific Beach and Morena.
| The course would have to be covered
! four times in order to make 125 miles.
| The course will be patrolled by two
| companies of the coast artillery, IL
possible, on account of the constant
passing through the city
NOTES OF THE AUTO
The water in the San Joaquin and
Sacramento valleys is rapidly falling.
according TO S. NJ Phillips of the state
capital and c. S. Whitmore, Chalmers
| Detroit and Oldsmobile representative
! in Stockton, who arrived in this city
recently Both agents say they expect
good year in motor cars, notwith-
| standing the heavy losses by water
| THE water did not do as much damage
| as reported" said Whitmore 1T did
not stop me from selling cars, and
with the exception of a few sales in
| the lower part of the valley l expect to
sell just as many machines as / had
| counted on before the storm" Whit
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