The San Francisco call., 1909-11-01
CHAUFFEUR PROVES
GROWING PROBLEM
San Francisco Motor Club May
lnaugurate Tests as to
Ability
BY r. R. L'HOMMEDIEU


"A question that is going to be a
serious one in. the world, and especially
in the United States, among automobile
owners is THAT of the. chauffeur. 1t
has already been a trying one with the
owner in California. If one were. to
consider the number of licenses issued
by: Secretary of State Curry to .chauf-
feurs it would be hard to realize that
the chauffeur should be for one instant
a subject of serious considera tfon. Yet
most of those who take out licenses as
chauffeurS are merely the same n maine
only. Their. knowledge; only encon-
passes the, ability to drive a car. The
automobile is one of the most delicate
pieces of machinery when considered
from the point of unison Of action that
has ever been conceived. Yet hum
dreds Of men monthly take out licenses
to manipulate motor cars. -:
r.: The high wages offered is the cause
of the, present conditions. The. owner
hires a chauffeur hoping that he will
be ii man competent to handle his motor.
ear. bnt too often finds TO his. expense
that he has been deceived as to the
ability of Ills employe. There should
be a remedy to- this situatoni and the
only solution that seems ait hand is the
motor clubs. which are supposed to be
composed of the owners Of automobiles.
The local. or organization that will. create
a department for the thorough testing
E.of the. ability of @hauffeurs will do
more good for the automobile than
anything else that can be conceived
outside of the work for. good roads.
This is a suggestion to the officers. of
the SAN Francisco motor club, which
has fer it's motto: DO Something.
III ,,,t,~a rs MI = -, o9f ~+l,a I,ra ~
lin automobile company left yesterday
j, -. !. fer the Franklin
McIlain Goes 10 factory at syria:
Franklinf'actory snua enTg ~ a3rtp a3nfepetce nee
of branch manag-
ers. McIain, before leaving enthusiastic.
ally discussed the. sales of Franklin. cars
In. this district so far this season, stating
that already he had sold %: OF these
he has delivered six cylinder vehicles
to Wickhani Havens. r. *. Clancy and
leave on "a tour that will extend into:
Mexico. In the carload whichis on its.
way and is. expected to arrive this.
week one will be delivered to a. b.
ward of Fresno. In the same carload
will be vehicles for j. r. Burnham of
Oakland and r. w. Hind of this city.
w P.Fuller and AbneT Weed Of o. ". Weed ed
short chassis. Both of these cars are
TO be used in mountain work. which is
The cause for the special order.
In a communications to- the firm of
Osen & Hunter auto company the facts
....---------.--- -. were Cleaned that
Mitchell Agency the Mitcheli com
Now in Europe bran branch III in Paris.
:. France, for h
purpose of establishing agencies in con
tinental~ Europe and Great Britain. 1t
is said that there is large market
for the cars of the types manufactured
by the Mitchell motor car company OF
hibit their models at the Olympia auto
mobile show. which will be held in
London next month. A London agency
for the Mitchell ell cars aT;4 has already been
shipped cars to various parts of the
world. including the Philippine islands,
South America. Australia and several
other foreign countries. It's catalogues
are published in the French and Span
ish languages and steps will be taken
shortly for the opening of agencies III
South America.
Mrs E. B. Smith of San>Luis Obispo
was in the city this last week, when
She purchased
New Owners of Wlnton % SIX from m
winton Cars the the win Winton OF : me, motor OF
carriage company.
Mrs. Smith drove her car home.
s. N, Feldheim of Oroville started
home last Sunday in his Winton six.
He writes that he took the boat to VAL
leio l4f miles From there he went
by way of .Cordelia, Suisun, Elmira,
Batavia. Woodland, Knights landing,
Yuba city and Marysville to his home
in Orovi1le, covering this distance In
six hours and FIVE minutes. Manager
Owesney of the company reports the
sale of a Winton Six to S. Pelton of
San jose and to R. p. Lathrop of Hol-
lister
The 1910 catalogue for the Peerless
output has been received and is in
Keeping with the
Peerless Booklet cars which it ex-
Is ~ work Of AT. trates Not only
Is the matter well
written and the specifications so ex-
plicitly put as to enable a purchaser
or enthusiast to select his car without
a model before him. but the whole book
is we'll dressed. Encased in heavily
embossed double cover, the paper used
is of the highest elegance and the
plates are works of art in themselves
There are number of attractive little
scenes used as head and foot notes
which make the booklet most artistic
In the words of the firm, at is all that
the name implies
So devoted to motoring has Miss
Blanche Bates become that a. few days
.:.-- ago she placed an
| Blanche Bates order with E. P.
Buys Chalmers dI,i Sdr,negar' presi-
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