The San Francisco call., 1909-09-28
MANY MOTORISTS
TO VISIT THE CITY
Los Angeles Enthusiasts the
Latest to Plan Run North
During PortoIa Festival
By r. R. L'HoMMEDIEU

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The local automobile associations
seem TO appreciate the signs of the
times. 1t has been announced that the
enthusiasts Of the Sacramento valley
are preparing to come to the Portola
celebration, 500 cars strong. This has
excited interest in plans in other sec
tons of the state to follow the same
example.
The Los Angeles motorists are plan
ming to be here when Gaspard holds
his merry court At a recent meeting
of the automobile dealers of Los An
geles it was decided to start from the
south on October IL and make Santa
Barbara the first night. Paso Robles
the second night and come on to the
city on the evening of the 18th. The
run has been placed in the hands of
Alvin NJ. Young. President Hamlin of
the Dealers association has proposed
that they carry message of good will
from the mayor of the southern city TO
the mayor of San Francisco. The
dealers and owners are still undecided
whether TO make il social run or an
endurance contest. This question Will
be settled later. Fifty owners have
signified to the committee that they
Will make the trip Taking this early
entry into considera ton 100 automo-
biles can easily be expected.
The Portola celebration is going TO
make history for the automobile in this
city and it will be a question whether
If ever again so many automobiles will
be seen here at the same time. Some
thing has TO be done 70 receive these
visiting motorists, if for nothing else
to save the reputation of the city as
the home OF the automobile on the Pa
cific coast. The officers of the Auto
mobile club of California, the Califor-
MIA state automobile association, the
San Francisco motor club and the Au-
tomobile dealers association of Cali
fornia must get together and appoint a
working committees committee that
will do some work to receive the Wis
iting motorist whether he be a member
of a club or only an owner of an auto
mobile. The San Francisco motor club
has clubroom. This, however. Will
not be large enough for the occasion.
Quarters should be secured where the
visitors can go to get all the automo-
bile information. Time is short and
this subject should be taken up at once.
The local organizations have led very
quiet life the whole season and to be-
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them.
James ellison, vice president and
sales manager of the Mitchell motor
-------:. car company OF
ellison and Racine. Wis, and
Ryan Leave Joseph E; G. Ryan,
bile writer of Chi
cago. who have been visiting the city
for the last week, left last night for
home, going by way of Seattle, where
they will stop off to visit the fair. This
was Ryans first visit TO the coast and
he was more than enthusiastic over
the land that is washed by the waves
of the Pacific ocean and just before
he left said: Now 1 am only waiting
for an excuse TO come west again.
The Pierce-Arrow sales company last
week received two handsome Pierce
Arrow cars. They
ua.nttfu1 We're the landaulet
piece Car. and the suburban,
the latter of which
is on the orGer of
the limousine. Both are the six cylin-
der As horsepower chassis. The SUBJ
urban is finished in black and deep
wine color and is one of the classiest
looking vehicles that has been seen this
year.