The San Francisco call., 1909-05-13
PENINSULA LEAGUE
fAVORS The AUTO
San Mateo Supervisors Asked
to Accept and Repair the
Boulevard
Roadway for Motor Cars Along
the Bay Shore Is
Also Urged
By R. R. L'HOMMEDIEU
+ ISnec;ol D;soo,eb 10 The Call

REDWOOD CITY, May 12.--The quar-
terly meeting of the Peninsula improve
ment league was held here today with
representatives present from nearly
every district from San Francisco to
Sunnyvale. Resolutions were passed.
urging the board of supervisors of San
Mateo county to accept the present au-
tomobile boulevard from San Francisco
to San Mateo. and keep such portions
of 1t as are in San Mateo county In re-
pair. The board was also petitioned
TO secure an estimate of cost for an
automobile boulevard along the bay
shore. After the meeting today about
125 of those present were guests of the
Redwood City board of trade at ban
oret The delegates present were as
follows:
South San Francisco-w. J. Martin. president
OF league G. III. Chapman, e. W. LagenDach, D
A Cunningham. E. X. Woodman. DIR. H. g. CIV
mire. c. +. Hsmsher. A. Mesweeney
San Mateo-H. c. Ross, H. \. Royden Bel
Redwood city-C L. Chamberlain, G. w.
LOWE, A. p. Walsh.
Suunyyale-W. T. Crossman.
Mountain view--D. f. Burns.
Mayfeld--F. NJ. Cuthbertson, J. j. Mover, ,.
Palo Alto-w C. Allen Ernest Wilson
San Francisco--G. W. owen OF the Bay Shore
district improvement club: W. s. Williams. en-
glneer bureau OF inspection of Civic league; a.
NJ Robertson California Promotion com%l,see nrses
Watson. Automobile club of California, and
Leslie Burks.
l.. V. Lynch. manager of the Speed
well Automobile Company of Califor-
----.,. tic tile over W an n unso-
Praise Praise SPECIE. spseS licited telegram m
left the city
Tuesday in his new Speedwell, and be-
fore he reached Sacramento. where the
telegram was fled, sent two postal
cav car was % doing. The Telegram says:
Arrived safely. Speedwell against the
world for speed. efficiency. bad roads.
cred 159 miles, 10 hours, minimum
cost.
r. NJ. Bower. who is connected with
the Durocar automobile company re-
eeiyed u iel.er sas
New Aseneaes ~ land. the sales
Ior nurocars manager masar Of rastar the
day. Sahland is well known in San
Francisco, as for a time he had charge
of the local branch of the Auto Vehicle
company, and was in charge of the del
the Zust car in the race from New
York to Paris. Sahland has written
that he mas closed with agents IN
Fresno TuIare and Kings City for the
allotment of 1909 and 1910 Durocars.
C. A. Hawkins, general western sales
manager of the White company is
fTavL,n. !. for the east in q
to Go East few Eo direct dhys. hs 10 wbls yhe
factory at cleve-
land. O., and his visit will be an i'm
portant one. Hawkins says: The de-
mand for the White steam cars this,
and am in hopes of obtaining a few
more of the 1909 models for the Pacific
coast trade. The cry of every agent for
the White from Vancouver to San
Diego. with one or two exceptions, is
more cars and a number havs sent
in deposits on additional machines
without any. assurance that they can
Dick sSearles who has gained distinc-
tion as chauffeur to presidents. is
drive the white at oyster Bay, when
the government steamer was in the
service OF Roosevelt. He is now driv-
ing the White for President Taft.
motor car owners in Riverside is Lew
w. Irvine. who has secured White
steamer through the southern agents.
The car is a Eve passenger of 20 horse
power fully equipped, and is attrac-
lively finished in maroon. The White
is the first automobile Irvine ever at
tempted to handle, and he, already
operates it like a veteran and is most
enthusiastic over his car.
w. L. Gruss of Round Mountain re-
Gently was in the city in his two CYL
.,--- inder "a horsepow-
Hard Trip er Iourlst car. He
=. --... four states, and
claims to have had
a most successful journey At one
place in Nevada he ran into a sand
hole and found big touring car that
had been stranded two hours. He was
warned not to make the attempt to go
through. but feeling that his car could
negotiate the soft spot made the at
tempt He got through successfully.
and afterward hauled out the big car.
His most exciting experience was going
through the sagebrush. where there
were no roads. The tall brush opened
the petcock on his carburetor. which
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