The San Francisco call., 1909-01-29
Three Owners Plan a Trip
Along the Del Monte
Course
By r. K. PHommedieu

L
racing motorists. The first signs OF the
roads drying up. have caused aut9ists TO
get ready to break records. IomolroM
and Sunday three different owners VIII
go over the road to Del Monte to IN
vestfgate its condition If there is
any chance of the record held by the
Auburn being lowered they will go
after it. 1t is almost a certainty that
at least one attempt will be made next
week.
big White steam car has for sew
eral weeks been attracting unusual at
81 banl.s This is not
White Steamer ffe first automo-
Greatly Admired bile seen in Fair
-----------------s. banks. but, ac-
cording to letter received from resi-
dent of that place by the COMPANY ny
it is the iprettiest." The steamer be-
longs to Carroll & Parker, pioneer lum-
bermen of Fairbanks. Speaking fur
ther Of this machine the Correspondent
says Great, luxurious. spring bounc-
ing seats invite one to try them ana
make one feel like reclining in them
and taking nap, even II the mercury
ranges somewhere about 20 below. And
with big, warm robes, Carroll and
Parker will find they have more friends
than they ever thought they possessed
when they get rugged up for bush
ness
An announcement that will create. a
great deal OF interest among the
I. nlbiic % is that OF
Chalmers Make the Chalmers De-
the Limousine. troit company to
.,,9w 81 sa..a. the erect i.s ina, Ine
troit cars can now be had with
limousine body This style of car,
especially with the famous short
coupled body, should prove popular in
this city. where the demand for town
cars and taxicabs is growing so rapidly
The first shipment of the new Chal-
mers go" limousine is expected to ar
pany's salesroom within the next few
days.
Mrs. X r.. Otis of Cleveland, O..
sprung the big sensation of automo-
s.. drivine 9riS neom her "eo power- ~
Drives stearns fuI sfearns car
on Hard Trip from New York to
and returning in the car on Thursday
to New York. This establishes
woman's endurance record. Every
phase of rough going was encountered
and at times snow three feet deep.
through which the big car, guided by
the powerful muscles of the pfuckiest
woman driver in America, plunged at
tions- For stretches of 20 or 80 miles
the big highway was entirely covered
with unbroken snow, no vehicle having
passed over it during the recent frtgid
weather. Mrs. Otis arrived in New
York Monday night and promptly an
nounced that she expected, to carry out
the run as planned Although her
attempting the feat during the severest
weather New York and New England
has seen this winter, Mrs. Otis only
laughed and assured them that having
been reared in Canada, the cold weather
gave her no concern, while her conf
dence in the endurance qualities of her
Stearns made her eager to take the
trip. Plans had already been made by
her husband. Kenneth r. Otis OF C1eve-
land: also a prominent motorist and
president of the Ohio Good Roads asso-
citation, who, on Saturday, made a pre-
Hminary trip to Boston to arrange for
the proper checking in of the car on its
arrival there, The end of the first days
on the Metropolitan parkway at Water
town, suburb of Boston. for violating
the ordinance prohibiting the use OF
skidding chains. The brave little
woman barely escaped spending the
night in the Watertown jail. Bail was
go TO the home of Mr.. Otis mother in
Cambridge, where she spent the night
After paying her fine IN court at 10
o'clock on Thursday morning she
started back to New York at 11:40. The
winning time from New York to Bos-
New York ~ hours, a record which
no man has ever made, with the roads
in their present condition. That the
feat Is little short of marvellous is
generally conceded. On her return her
friends toasted her again and again