The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-01
NOTORIOUS PLANS
UNIVERSAL LAW
Advocates Adoption of Measure
That Will Be a Great
Benefit to Motorists

which are being sent the supervisors of
proposed ordinance grew out of a brief
prepared by H. NJ. owens, club attor
ney and director in a case against
Fernando Nelson, president of the club.
The district attorney of Marin county.
upon hearing the brief, moved to dis
miss the case. The ordinance regu-
lates moving, travel and traffic upon
the roads, streets, bridges and other
public places of the counties of the
state, and provides a punishment for
violation of any of the regulations.
Every wagon, hack, coach, carriage.
omnibus, pushcart, bicycle, tricycle.,
motor bicycle, automobile or other
conveyance. except baby carriages or
children's wagons. no matter in what
way they are propelled, comes under
the rulings of the proposed ordinance.
Section provides that every per-
son riding, driving. propelling, or in
charge of any vehicle upon any of the
roads or streets. must do so in a care
fGl manner and with due regard for the
safety and convenience of pedestrians
and other vehicles upon such streets
or roads.
Section 3 provides that every such
person in charge of any vehicle. upon
meeting any other vehicle upon such
roads or streets, shall turn to the
right, and when it is practicable to do
so shall travel on the right side OF such
roads and streets.
Section is on the same lines as
section 8,
Section requires that every vehicle
shall pass to the left of the vehicle 1t
overtakes.
Section 6 requires that those in
charge of a slowly moving vehicle
/ - ~ ha
curb ~as possible. so as to allow more
swiftly moving vehicles the right OF
way.
Section Z provides that persons in
Fcharge of vehicles shall, upon turning,
stopping or changing the course OF
such vehicles, first see that there is
sufficient space so that such movement
can be made in safety, and they shall
give an audible or visible sign to per-
sons in charge of such vehicle behind
| them of their intention to make such
/ movement, except when followed by
rapidly propelled vehicles, in which
event no turn shall be made until such
vehicle has passed 10 the left.
Sections and 8 deal with turning
the corners; section 10 deals with the
crossing Of streets intersecting each
| other Sections II and II provide Tor
the stopping of vehicles In the way IN
which traffic is headed. Section Is
provides that no vehicle shall be left
| backed Up to a curb unless actually
being loaded or unloaded.
The sections following deal with
regulations very similar to those gov
erning our city streets.
Motorists who are looking for an
"out of the beaten path" tour are ad-
3 vised by L. kutner
s.. T-,-. r. of Selma to take
/ "0"u StnSebsker the following trip,
Gently lrt made with
his Studebaker touring car and report
! ed exceptionally delightful: Down the
coast from San Francisco to san Jose,
! thence to Gilroy, turning to the left, 10
/ San Filipe over the Pacheco pass to
1 Los Banos. Dos Palos, Mendoza, Whites
/ bridge; then over the famous kearney
Park avenue TO Fresno. This is an
/ at Los Banos for dinner. 1t may De
made with a night stopover at the same
place and an early start for Fresno In
| the morning. One can make the re-
| turn trip by taking the road parallel
i ing the Southern Pacific tracks TO
! Tracy. then through Livermore valley
on via Stockton to San Francisco
j Al Piepenburg, manager of the
White companys branch at Oakland,
returned yester-
Two Weeks of day IRON ins an t lno
..-- 0OO1 -O---1. weeks tour with a
White steam car.
Piepenburg was accompanied by. his
; wife and DR.. and Mrs. Wadsworth OF
they Travelled 800 miles the first two
days. On the first day lunch was taken
at Woodland and dinner at Marysville.
On the morning of the second day the
motorists took an early start and
: breakfasted at Oroville, had lunch at
/ Coutolenc and rested that night at
Prattville. During the days journey
; they got stuck in a snowbank at an
elevation of 1000 feet. After an hour S
} work with pick and shovels they dug
: their way out. Otherwise the roads
were in splendid condition. To reach
Marysville a detour of 45 miles was
necessary on account of high water.
Ten days were spent touring about
that territory making Stovers ranch al
Prattville the headquarters. One day
they would go on fishing trip and on
another occasion go hunting. They
also visited the famous Cinder Cone in
Lassen county, known to be the most
recent of the extinct volcanoes in the
United States.
Quincy land / would advise no one to
take that route" states Piepenburg
We encountered grades so steep that
il was actually necessary to tie q good
sized tree on the rear of the car to
keep it from skidding sideways. They
were the heaviest grades l ever tray-
eled over.
lOrovflle through Quincy was ITO miles
Besides the steep grades the going is
very dusty. On the next day we tourned
to Woodland and from there came home
via Benicia, crossing on the Solanc
ferry. This is the best way. On the
entire trip we only had to stop once
and that for blowout"
Five Knox cars will compete in the
second national stock chassis compe-
Il, = tition of the Amer
). -. n lean automobile
nnVA mi nae association to be
held under the
auspices of the
Lowell automobile club at Lowell
Mass September Gil. Three of the
cars will race in the heavy car event
on September s, while the other two
will take part in the light car class
on Labor day, September 6. William
Bouroue and Al Denison, the Knox
racing team, will drive the two cars
in each race, while the driver and sub
: stftute for the third car are not yet
named 1t is said that the fact that
the Knox company has entered will
: the maximum number of cars will
cause a number of other manufacture
erg to do the same, for to. enter this
contest means business.
George E Johnston of the Fisk rub
] her company's branch house has just
hot