The San Francisco call., 1909-02-14
By K. K. PHomnledieu


The endurance run proposed by the
contest committee of the San Fran
cisco motor club, as announced ex-
clusively by The Call yesterday. is the
main topic of comment along auto
mobile row. The time, as suggested by
Tony Nichols. chairman of the COM
mittee, does not seem to meet with
favor, for it is feared that it will mean
| too fast a pace over the mountains.
A. E. Hunter said yesterday that to
travel at that speed to Santa Cruz was
dangerous. He based his opinion on
actual experience When the conven-
tion was held in the Surf City his com
pany took a contract with a San Jose
paper to make early deliveries of the
papers in Santa Cruz. BY actual tim
ing it took his Mitchell car two hours
to make the run. They got it down
to one honr and three quarters, but
that was as fast as they dared to take
the turns. The run was made in the
summer time, when the roads were
good and when they did not meet teams
on the mountain. Those who followed
after the paper car said that it left
deep marks where it skidded around
the corners.
To set a time like the committee
suggests would undoubtedly result in
a serious accident, for some driver IS
certain to take a chance and go down
/ the mountain side. Another objection
J Hunter had to the run over the noun
! tains was that the cars would have to
/ be sent away under too much headway.
If they are not they will speed to Los
/ Gatos and will then be in a process
! sion going over the mountains This
! VIII mean If one of the leading cars
should get in trouble and have to stop,
the road is so narrow that it will tie
! up all the others, and the run will
not achieve the desired results. What
! Hunter suggests is that they be sent
around by way Of Watsonville. This
viii give them a course that Will test
! out the cars and at the same time do
away with the dangers that will ac-
company a run over the mountains at
/ this season of the year.
j. w. Leavitt who has had some ex-
perience going over the Sequel road,
does not favor run at that speed
at this season of the year
That the fate of the bicycle, it's grad
ual loss of popular favor, will not over
:. =. take the automo-
| weaver Tell. bile is the the asseT- Y,
of Auto Future Tss,a Wsaver. vice presl;;
manager of the Studebaker Brothers
1 Company of California who returned
/ recently after several weeks absence
in the east attending the big automo-
| Die SHOWS. w eaNer bases his aSSef-
tions upon his observations while in
\ New York city and other great auto
4 moDlle centers. and the tremendous
sales which followed closely upon the
opening Of the monster shows in the
eastern metropolis.
1T seems certain that the automobile
is not destined to lose in popular favor
as did the bicycle" said Weaver. There
is a wide difference between the BIZ
\ cycle propelled by human power and
the automobile propelled by power
ful gasoline motor. The bicycle car
ries but one and requires great muscu-
lar eXertion, while the automobile takes
the entire family out with much
greater speed than can be attained by
Besides. it gives the luxurious ease
/ which is so desired by all classes, espe-
cially when they are tired from the
present day strenuous life.
W. F. Duzan of George p Moore &
Co. had an experience the first of this
:. week that he will
YDuv.o Io.o. not forget soon.
H. automobile sSan foE% N Ssss SSsadsS 5sSss
negro youth asked him for a job on his
said he was in hard luck, could drive
said he would be willing to wash the
car. Duzan felt sorry for him and told
L|him to come around Monday. That day
he showed UP and Duzan seNt him to
out and was not seen for more than
"a hours, when he was found in a
livery stable, where he said he had
taken the car to. clean it. When the
car was recovered it was badly used up
and it will have to go to the repair
shop. The negro is about % years old
small of stature, gives the name Of
Lawrence Goldman and has a chauf-
feur's badge, No. 1895. He claims. to
at once time he drove for DR.. Baciga-
lupi but the doctor says that he
never had negro working for him.
Duzan when he recovered his car de-
cided not to prosecute the youth and
let him go.
George E. Johnson, Pacific coast
manager for the Fisk rubber company,
sr,-,- a,---' to the Chicago
Lead in show Seem been attending: Tsiidh re ans fn
...---- regard to the Chi
cago show it is positively the best show
that has ever been held from every
standpoint. The decorative scheme far
surpasses anything that has ever been
used. Everybody is doing business and
really the only complaint exhibitors
have had is that there is not room
enough to handle the crowd notwith-
standing that the weather is bad
The Fisk company has the distinc-
ton of having more removable rims
on cars in the show than all other
makes combined. The first car which
was sold in the show was a big six
cylinder Stearns, on which the buyer
specified 40x5 inch Fisk removable rims
We are we'll represented on the clincher
tire equipment"
NOTES OF THE AUTO
II. l.. Owesney of the Winton motor
carriage company reports the sale of a
little six cylinder Winton to Charles
Lauffer.
c. S. Howard has been elected a mem
Der of the Dealers association, and will
drive a BuiclH white streak" in the
Pasadena Altadepa hin climb on Wash
ington's birthday.
The Republic tires with the staggard
tread made a splendid showing in the
endurance run last Sunday. The Au-
burn car was equipped with this spe-
cial make, and Norman de Vaux. who
was at the wheel, says that he was
greatly surprised at the way they pre-
vented skidding
Don c. McCord of the wilIys-Over-
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