The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16

san J Ose and return. So delighted was
she with its performance that she has
planned a tour TO Los Angeles and
other southern points OF interest. On
account of the self-starting device, as
we'll many other OF its attractive
features said Miss Clark the Win
ton is the only car for lady TO drive"
The Cadillac motor car company of
Detroit has mailed a letter TO Cuyler
Lee in which 1t
Contests ages participatioo1n,
+ in speed, hill
ance contests on the ground that no
test. OF whatever character, can be so
conclusive and convincing 5 the test
Of actual. continual everyday service.
This stand has been taken because
of the opportunities of Cadillac dealers
everywhere 10 prepare cars for racing
and send out factory experts to tune
I'D and drive the cars. and 10 partici-
pate in other ways. These requests
became so numerous that the Cadillac
officials determined TO adopt policy
for all time and 10 notify every dealer
In the racing contests II IS I'M
possible 10 make a proper showing I'M
less we should thoroughly prepare for
II, hire experienced drivers, build rae
ing cars and go after the prizes in a
whole hearted manner. making thor
ough preparation for the work to be
done: but as before stated. we do not
believe that the advertising secured is
commensurate with the amount of eX-
pense and time necessary 10 look after
these affairs.
we therefore wish to state our po-
sition in this matter, so that it may
be clear TO all our dealers. 1t IS not
the intention of the Cadillac company
10 assist in these matters in the, future
i'm any way. We have occasionally
sent out our best men 10 tune up cars
and give their assistance to drivers,
etc, but this we can not continue 10
DO We need every man that we have.
III var
valuable 70 U.s. and none of them can
be spared
Dial Lewis who has driven over
most OF the roads in a majority of
:. 1.-the states in the
Trip of EN- union. and who. is
F Pathfinder .be pi c:fiddsr u nsths
finder. the EMF"
has written regarding his experiences
IN the state of Wisconsin. He says:
The most devilish conditions I have
ever met The first really serious mis-
hap to the car occurred about four
miles from Elysion; when the car was
rs4nning against a binding snowstorm
and a 80 mile gale. rock projected
Is inches in the center OF the road.
It was covered with gumbo and was
not visible The ruts at this point
were very deep and in consequence the
car crashed into the obstruction with
terrific force as II was coming down
q sharp decline. The car was nIted
first the steering rods, the front axle,
the fvwheeI. and last the transmission
case tearing a great hole IN the lat
ter The steering rods were bent, the
fvwheel thrown an eighth of an inch
out of line and we supposed the crank
shaft was bent. It was dark, the party
was nearly perishing with the cold, and
there was nothing TO do but TO run into
Elysian with the gears running open
and with no grease On low speed the
car worked beautifully over the re-
naming four miles, apparently none
the worse for the hard usage The
transmission was patched up In the
morning and the gumbo fight was
again taken up
Sonora, one of the largest lumber
camps in the state, welcomed the flrst
Roads Coed go car a few, few
~ --o- Charles n Seger-
'strom. one OF the
leading merchants of the town drove
home in one Of the little Studeba kers
which he had driven from san Fran :
cisco. Segerstrom reported the roads
TO be IN excellent condition all the
way. recent review of the automo-
/ bile industry throughout the country
quotes figures showing that there are
more than 5000 distributing agents for
! the Studebaker automobile company in
the United States and says that the
I financial resources Of the company
+ lead all the rest.
/ Don c. McCord of the Willys-Over-
land automobile company reports the
sale of several
j OverIauds Are automobiles the
i Being Delivered last few days Nc.
- Cord , reports ., that
1 der Overlands have been delivered to
! J. /. Whitmore of Stockton. Hugo Null
Ter OF Oakland and r. r. Bray of San
Jose. The company has delivered a 80
horsepower four cylinder Overland
touring car 10 R. r. Bray of San Jose
and 10 r ID. Head of Chico. Also de-
livery Of 50 horsepower four cylinder
Marions have been made TO Homer
Smith of Oakland. z. g. King of this
city. and Hugo Muller of Oakland Ell
mer Lee Of Watsonville has also taken
Marion touring car.
The so horsepower Winton Big Six
/ rOadsters ordered by J. z. Crow and
r. M Walker ar
winton Owners rived here last
...- 1870 .Ie --- delivered TO their
purchasers. Crow
! tested his car by touring around the
bay on Sunday, while Walker shipped
his machine to Nevada. where he will
7 use IL driving 10 and from the various
mining camps.
+. c. Easton of Auburn drove his
Z Little Six Winton 10 this city on
I Saturday last and. in company with a
party of friends viii leave for Santa
Cruz within a few days where he will
remain for two weeks touring around
I in his machine.
] Much that is OF Importance to motor
ond national good roads congress,
Z which has haen caIled nv (.overno,.