The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-07
AUTOS ARE TIED UP
BY TIRE TROUBLES
Touring Motorists Report the
Warm Spell as Cause OF
Many Blowouts>
Holiday Outing Proves Most
Enjoyable to Automobiles
Who Left the City
By r. R. PHOMMEDIEU


Those who came in late last night re-
ported that there were many motorists
to be seen during the holidays laid
up for repairs along the roadside. The
chief trouble seemed to be with tires.
The local owners left the city with
their tires properly inflated in most
cases, and as they drew away from
the cooling breezes of San Francisco
they encountered the warmth of the in
terror and forgot that 1t greatly ex-
banded the air. in their tires They
realized this fact too late when the
castings could not stand the pressure
longer and blew out. helping the small
boy celebrate the fourth with a little
extra noise. Outside of this inconven-
tence, the tourists reported pleasant
Journeys to all sections.
H. Michel of Santa Monica arrived in
San Francisco recently after pleasant
S. run up the coast
Roads Good IN MS VIZ ~ morse l4Is1,
car. He was ac-
companied by his
wife. Miss Margaret Michel, hissdaugh-
ter, and Mrs. f. Seger- .
THE roads are fine this side of Paso
Robes. The worst stretch we encoun-
tered was between Gaviota and Santa
Barbara. The going. is very rough and
there are innumerable dips along the
ocean at this point All the passes are
in good shape. San Juan grade is easy;
we even helped, another car along. NO
trouble of any kind delayed us min
ute
The visiting motorist will drive
home by way of Fresno. stopping off
a few days at his ranch near Newman.
The road from Ukiah to Bakers
Springs is exceedingly steep and rough
Rough Roads eTq 9sdsnEs to County Geopty
- Norn A. Johnson. who
successfully made
the run last week in his Stndebaker
EMF 80 touring car. The so called
road has not been worked this year
and comprises series of chuck holes
bumps; grades and SANDY nd d stretches mes
road to Potter valley is in fairly good
shape, but there trouble begins. and
many times during the run autoists
to vary the monotony.
The oldsmobile is becoming quite
popular with the local gas company.
oId.mobiIe them. and of late
Popular t Trans Oakland h Leach Conf Of
using an Olds in his regular rounds,
following the lead set in Oakland by
C. A. Wilson of the same company
George E. Johnson, Pacific coast
manager of the Fisk rubber company,
- -. has received "a
Chassis Race state States that the
performance of
Fisk tires in the western stock chassis
race at Chicago was one of the most
oil motor SUcG1
contest Bourque, who drove into sec
ond place, losing the race by very
small margin, carried Fisk removable
rims and bolted on tires and had no
The car went through the 39s mile
grind on one set of front tires and
damaged two rear tires in the twelfth
lap only as a matter of precautiOn, for
the rear shoes were in good condition
even at that stage of the contest.
These were the only tires he used
throughout the race and in view ofsthe
badly cutup condition of the course
on account of the small car race of
the day previous, it is remarkable to
think that rubber and fabric will stand
the strain of such a long race Bourque
also made the fastest lap over
the 1927 mile course. when he covered
1t in 22:24.
The recent decision rendered in the
special term of the supreme court IN
New York with
Law on Of Use Road. ton tSs' 70 r recover a
behalf OF the automobile manufac-
turers committee has oeCasioned a
great deal of discussion among those
Interested in the gameA- The amount
was paid to guarantee against the
damage to the roads of Worcester
county during the Briarcliff road race
of April "a 1908. and wars paid to
Frederick Skene, state engineer or New
York.
verted in further proceedings, will
make ii less expensive in future to
hold speed contests. 1t may come
about. on the other hand, that with
the inability TO obtain actual guarantee
against damage to the roads the COM
munities concerned may be less will
ing to allow such contests to be held
over. their thoroughfares. Judge Truax,
in reviewing the case and the points
brought up by the.state engineer, says:
There is nothing in the statute
giving the state engineer a right to
sue and recover damages OF any kind
for any cause. 1t Is plain that his au-
thority is only to recover penalty and
not damages, and that the penalty is
the damage done by the disobedfence OF
the person or persons guilty 1nasmuch
as he had no authority to- recover
amount of the damages done he had
no implied power to exact deposit
from those whom he believed eonteIn-
plated doing Isomse,tlhirg which would
result in damage. The demurrer IS sns-
tanned with costs. with leave to- the
defendants to amend.
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