The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-04
SAN FRANCISCO
GOES A-MOTORING
Practically Every Automobile
Owner Has Left on a
Holiday Tour
All the Ferries Crowded to Ut
most Capacity on Trips
During the Day
By r. r. PHOMMEDIEu

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For the first time since the automo-
bile has established itself as being
beyond the experimental stage on the
Pacific coast it has proved its true
value. With the coming of the year
1903 the popular priced motor car made
its appearance. This class of car is
within the reach Of the man of mod
crate means. and yesterday it was seen
that he had taken advantage of the
condition OF affairs. The city seemed
deserted. The highways leading out
OF the city. and ali the ferry boats
were crowded 10 their full capacity
with motor cars. 1t seemed as if all
I san Francisco was going motoring.
Many who could not get accommodated
by the ferries went around the bay,
coming up the other side, and thence
going to Vallejo junction to get into
the counties north of Marin county.
Never in the history of the automobile
in the state were there so many auto
mobiles leaving San Francisco.
Louis H. Bill, Pacific coast manager
for Thomas B. Jeffery & Co, has re-
ceived word from
Rambler Makes the home Office
Perfect Score feef ae ecore p wae
added to the now
long list of perfect scores made by the
new Ramblers at the finish of the Al
Ian reliability tour from Denver TO
The Rembler model "A carried in this
contest greater weight than any other
car entered and finished perfectly over
a course too difficult for many cars to
negotiate. The car was equipped with
q Rambler spare wheel, but IL was not
necessary 10 make use of this handy
device on the tour This perfect score
car was driven by Carl Hurlburt, rep
resenting E. r. Cumbe OF Denver, the
owner.
The state legislature of New Jersey
recently made an appropriation for the
purchase Of q big 45 horsepower Ram
bier for the use of the executive de-
partment Of the state government on
all public occasions in which Governor
franklin Fort participates, the Ram
bier appears driven by the chauffeur
employed by the state.
c. F. Fisher has just completed an
unusual trip through the logging
ToDr Trin gle mills of Cali
in Buick fornia and oT reg On
end considers that he has accomplished
a feat that will not be duplicated soon
The entire distance for the trip, which
consumed JUST SIX htthSs " elS S4tE lily
over 4.200 miles, or an average of 100
miles per day.
when the character of the roads
over which we Travelled is taken into
consideration" said Fisher, in speak
ing Of his trip, III really and unmistak-
ably Is worthy of comment, and the
little car is certainly a wonder, desery-
ing the keenest admiration.
we traversed the entire lumber dis
tricts of California and Oregon and it
would be hard for one to imagine such
awful roads even in this rough and wild
mountainous region. One puncture
resulting from the picking UP Of q
nail furnished the only cause for one
moments delay on our entire trip.
Another run Of some length in a
Buick white Streak" is that of P. r.
Weinman. who has just returned to
san Francisco concluding his second
extended trip over the state. Vein
mann reports a most pleasant trip, free
from troubles Of any character, his
speedometer indicating that he had
Travelled 3.2ls miles since leaving San
Francisco.
10. and expects to be gone about two
weeks.
The San Francisco motorcycle club
members viii hold the most strenuous
LII I'm lI iaId mas ever Z
Mo'oreyel.... t Ssa6 S3aay r. a ono
this city to San
Luis Obispo and return. Leaving the
clubrooms at 40 Haight street this
morning, the first division Of four rid
ers will start at a. m, followed every
Is minutes by divisions of four until
the entire number Of entries have been
started. The first days running will
be IA hours steady riding, as the mo-
torcyclists will not reach San Luis
Obispo until 5:45 p. m. On the return
tourney they will finish at the Oakland
Courthouse tomorrow evening at b:45
The starters are: D. Hanchett, r.
McCloud, z. Perry, T. Schlueter, C.
Heise, z. Z. Stone, Walter Dreyer, r.
Emerv George Faulkner, f. Brock
Peterson. A. Cheline. Fred Heiduska,
J. w Perry, A Halstead, z. Moore, G.
C. Hopkins r Roseberry, n. Robin,
r. E Leach. L. Cocks, Carl Coudiet,
Z. Eckelsberger. c. Chapman, F. Kars-
lake, p. Lawn.
D. A ShelIooe left town Monday in a
q new so horsepower Thomas flyer to
:. make the trip to
New Owners of willows
Thomas Cars Slanlsiaus coun.
strong with the au-
,somobile business last week. To the
town Of Newman the Pioneer autono-
bile county sent three cars, Archie Ste
venson taking six cylinder 40 horse
power Thomas; Ben Levy and H S.
Stevens a Chalmers "30" each.
Bert Dingley, a well known racing
driver, was in the city from Modesto
last Saturday for more cars. Dingley
sold one OF the large six cylinder, AZ
inch wheel Olds to Mccullough of Mo-
desto and drove the machine down in
record breaking time, and is now tax
ing some Chalmers -30's."