The San Francisco call., 1909-01-27
NEW WHITE CAR
HAS ARRIVED
Big Forty Horsepower Steamer
Is a Most Striking
Vehicle
Finest Appearing Auto That
Has Ever Been Turned
Out by Company
By K. K. PHommedieu

The first 1903 model NJ White steam
car to reach San Francisco was received
yesterday at the companys salesrooms.
This car is one of the most stylish auto
mobiles of the season. The car is seven
passenger, of the straight line design. 1t
is similar to the 20 horsepower ear, only
built on larger scale, and IS the sue
ceSsor of the model K of last year. The
machine is rated at 40 horsepower, which
is based on the actual power delivered
cylinder is of three inch bore, the low
pressure of five inch bore, and the
stroke is four and a half inches. The
frame is of armored wood, reinforced
plates of nickel steel being fastened on
both sides of the wooden sills. The
water tank is under the footboard, and
the fuel tank is concealed in the rear of
the car. The engine before being placed
in the car was given severe tests. The
car was driven for more than 10000
miles to demonstrate its staying quail
ties. The White engine has been SIM
plified this year and contains only one
third the working parts. AS in previous
sure are kept constant without any at
tention from the operator. The 1909
Whites already used in this city and
across the bay are successfully burning
distillate, which is resulting in a great
saving in the cost of operation. The
model M is on exhibition in the new
salesroom of the White company's mag
nificent building at the corner of Van
Ness avenue and Market.
The exact use and distinction of the
runabout has at least reached a recog-
8, nized standard. The
i R,.ho,,. proposition of car
rying a body with
So --- !. a seating capacity
y for more than two
persons has, in way, done much to ad-
vance the runabout, as the wheel base
ana other dimensions as we'll have been
Increased as a result. The early exam
pies OIL TUnaDOllt IVneS dnuiUnnd
with wheel base as low as so inches
while in the present models it is not un-
base exceeding 80 inches. This. of
course, increases the speed limit Of a
car If car is light, too light, 1t will
also be limited in speed, as it has a ten
other hand, if car is too heavy for the
power of its motor, it will drag An
authority has recently said that the
harmonious relation of the elements
tnat go to indicate easy riding quali-
leSr speed. hill climbing ability and
radius or action was not present in cars
even up to recent times because the re-
lallonS were not well defined and expe-
rlence was necessary in order to bring
about the desired harmony. The more
recent productions come very close to
s1gners are alive to the fact that it is
useless to add power without affording
the conditions essential to the best use
of the same.
mental for use on the runabout type
Among the virtues of this type of gear
is the absence of any considerable weight
IN pounds, occupies a small space, and
on account of being completely housed
may be placed ins obscure situations
When it is in working order 1t requires
no attention whatever, unless to keep
the case full of oil, and when it wears
out the expense is so small that it is
replaced by a new one. This type of
gear gives two speeds, forward and re-
verse. The control is perfectly simple
and so free from complication that TT
has come to be known as fool proof"
Runabouts are, however, not all of the
shaft driven kind, although the shaft
drive predominates. Another point in
advancement of the runabout-the best
types Of single cylinder runabouts will
make from 20 to 80 miles on a gallon
of gasoline, and the quantity of lubri-
eating oil required per mile is almost
too small to be mentioned.
A reflection of the trend of the run
about industry leads to the thought of
it's great Importance in the realm of
motor vehicles. 1t makes no difference
If a man owns a number of big automo-
biles, he must have a runabout, and, as
some one has said, can no more be
without a car of that type than a bat
tleship can afford to be without torpedo
boats.
The first Studebaker EMF $50" car
to be sent to Oakland was taken across