The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-22
LONDON A GREAT MOTOR CENTER
Number of Modern Vehicles Is
More Than Doubled in
Three Years

more desirable, and it is a. fact that the
right hand control is a foreign Inherit
ance, the birthplace of the modern
vehicle being abroad. The quicker the
realizes the advantages of the left
handed control the sooner will the
number of accidents decrease. There
is no need however, for a change in the
speed or emergency brake levers, as
the room in most cars and the way in
which they are constructed allow of
their being put in the center of the
car, where they can be used by right
handed persons. 1t is claimed that the
placing of these levers in the car would
greatly simplify the mechanism, doing
sary under the system of right handed
levers on the right side of the car.
Owing the the scope of the Stude-
baker line OF automobiles, embracing a
- large number OF
S'ude T,aa sh and electric pleas
..- sFe . v carnniette as Ta wsp
Of commercial trucks and delivery
wagons. it is absolutely impossible to
exhibit everything at the Madison
Square garden show, New York" states
J. II. Eagal, manager Of the automobile
department of Studebaker Brothers
company of California.
About eight models are shown in the
garden, including the new 80 and 40
horsepower. Both open and closed
types of electric carriages of new de-
sign are shown at the garden, and there
are likewise variety of roadster and
tourabout designs of striking appoint
ment and exclusive model. At the sales
rooms at Broadway and Forty-ei
street, New York, Manager Redden
displays during the entire period of the
garden show complete line embracing
over score Of models. This private
exhibition, which likewise was conduct
ed during the period of the Grand Pal
snow. Includes ar
trucks and delivery wagons. for which
there is no space in the garden
Those who have been waiting to see
the new 1903 Stearns cars win be glad
:. Ito know that they
c...- = fare on the way to
start West d dIS Man Manag Ess' R Hcb-
. sardSon of the Reli-
ance automobile company received word
that the first carload of the 1890 horse
factory that day. In the car are two
roadsters and a touring car One of the
roadSterS and touring car have been
sold. The other roadster will be used
as a demonstrator. These are built to
the specifications of a new model never
before seen in this city. They are ex-
pected to arrive by the end of next
week
H. L. Pelton, manager of the local
branch of the Auto vehicle company,
reports that since
Pelton Sells the first Of the
-. pany has sold 90
Tourists. Sixteen
of them were four cylinder touring
cars, seven were two cylinder road
sters, four were two cylinder touring
cars and two were four cylinder road
sters.
e. S. Kelly of Springfield. o.. is at
the st. Francis hotel. Kelly, with Mr.
:. Grant of the same
Kelly Arrive. city, invented and
In the City iy-sprinsheid sol
id two wire car
riage tire in February, 1895. In the
year 1900 Kelly sold his interest To
the Consolidated rubber tire company
| OF New York and Akron, o.
Recently these people have taken ur
the manufacture of pneumatic tires for
automobiles ]. f. Lennon. Pacific
coast manager, states that his com
pany has been trying out their auto
mobile tire In the eastern states for
the last three years in order to make
sure they had the best all around tire
before placing the same on the market
Lennon states that large shipments OF
automobile tires are arriving each week
and that he anticipates big business
in this line alone the coming season.
NOTES OF THE AUTO
Word has been received from Mr.
! Henry. who for six years has beer
general representative of the Electric
Vehicle company, and recently with the
E-M-F company, that he has severed
1 his connection with the latter firm
and will be sales manager of the newly
organized Interstate automobile COM
/ pany of Muncie Ind.
H. L. Owesney of the Winton motor
carriage company reports the sale an6
delivery of little six cylinder Wintor
touring car to w. III. Dillman.
William Mitchell Lewis and party
land trip to Los Angeles on account OF
the rain. They telephoned down the
/ line and found that the road had beer
washed out in several places.