The San Francisco call., 1909-04-09
ENDURANCE RUN
Is DECLARED Off
Contest Committee OF San Fran
cisco Motor Club Postpones
Santa Cruz Event

of Salinas. He viii leave
Saturday on an investigation tour. and
when he returns Monday will announce
the place where the run will be held.
1t is to be an outing for the members.
There will be no hard and fast rule
governing the event. In fact, he pur-
poses to turn the event over to the
R. Johnston is chairman 1t will be
the first time that the members of the
club will have a chance TO meet one
another at rendezvous The plan is
to go to hotel that viii be able 10
accommodate all who take part and
in the evening to hold a hop and other
social features IL may be that before
returning home that gymkhana games
will be enjoyed
There are few motorists in Alameda
county prouder of their cars than
Robert Love of
Good Trick Piepenburg. man
ager of the White
company In Oak
iand, yesterday received the following
letter from Love: Il am writing YOU
few lines in regard to my trip COM
ing home in my White steamer. OF
which am prouder than ever. One place
between the Fish ranch and Lafayette
l overlook six men in a big car and
they were covered with mud from head
TO foot. They had been trying for
one hour and thirty minutes to get
through about 60 feet OF mud 80 inches
deep and big chunks that would cover
the 'front.' OF the car. They finally got
through, but they were as good as
they were muddy and offered to help
car couldn't make il why should I
try. but l had TO get home even if
/ did stick in the mud. so started her
up l dropped in the big chuck hole.
n Ee.
through fine. As / ran through so easy
the others cheered the White and
certainly was proud OF her then.
didn't have one speck of mud on me.
That the development OF good roads
In this country has only begun is
n own by the
Good Roads statement of the
in America national depart
.:---------.. me1t OF pu c
roads that of the
2.15O.OO miles of public roads in this
to be improved The federal good
roads department says that the direct
saving TO the farmers of this country
from properly constructed roads would
be s25O, 100000 annually. that there
would be a saving OF over SO 900. 600
in marketing the wheat crop, OF over
$4,000. 600 in marketing the corn crop,
ton crop. In countries OF Europe
$4,000. GOO. 900 has been expended in the
construction of 900, 600 miles OF roads.
and in maintaining which s150.000. 900
is expended annually. In France ST.
025.000.O00 had been spent on macadam
roads.
A fifteenth perfect score car has
been added to the finishers OF the mid
winter run from
Renault Gets this city 10 Bos-
Perfect Score tpn' ton ednrsnt March II. bodog fo5
of the A a A AT
a meeting recently gave Paul LaCroix.
who drove his Renault. a clean score.
The decision of Referee L. NJ. Bradley
16 points for lateness at Hartford. in
asmuch as the rules provided for that
contingency. But il was shown that
the Renault was held up by police on
a charge of which he was cleared. and
inasmueh as he was not at fault. the
board voted to restore the lost points.
Mr. Bradley. as referee. did not have
the authority TO do this.
Success in equipping automobile fire
apparatus with Fisk tires in the past
has influenced the
Fisk Tires ON FISK company TO
--e tention TO this
branch of the
trade, and recently the Fisk tires have
been adopted as equipment by a fire
apparatus manufacturing company of
ST.. Louis. and an engine company of
Elmira, N Y The pneumatic bolted on
type has been popular, as well as solid
tires