The San Francisco call., 1909-01-10
TELLS OF LONG
MOTORING TRIP
Mrs. c. A. Waller Tours the
Coast Down Into Old Mckee
With Friends
Thomas Flyer Covers Many
Miles and Finishes in Fine
Condition

The San Francisco to Los Angeles
trip is one Of the most attractive for
motorists according to Mrs. c. A. Wal
Ter. who, accompanied by her husband
and a party of friends, recently re-
turned from an extended tour of the
southern part of the state and Mexico
in their Thomas Flyer. The tour, which
occupied six weeks of motor travel,
took the local automobile enthusiasts
from this city to Luna, Mexico, inelud-
ing stops at Santa Barbara, San Diego,
Del Monte, Pasadena and LUNA.
1--WE had great trip said Mrs Wal
Ter yesterday. I'VE found the roads in
fair condition, with the exception of
Santa Barbara county, where they are
terrible. The touring in the southern
part of the state has the same feat
ures as in Mexico, with the pos
sible exception of the heat, the roads
in the two countries being very
much alike. We spent some time in
Los Angeles and made short tours TO
the surrounding country. later going
TO San Diego. In great many places
we had to travel on the low speed,
going through the deep sand and and mud
fine all the way and at the finish was
running as smoothly as when we
started" Mrs. Waller, who has made
two tours to Los Angeles in her car,
says that she expects to make another
long trip as soon as the roads permit.
According to John Lukens of Corning
the roads in the northern part of the
state are in bad condition. I'VE man
age to travel. Notwithstanding the mud
and slush' said the upcountry motor
ist. Il have toured all over the north
ern section of the state in my 80 horse
N a1T71e ST hc1f 10
time in deep mud and using mostly the
low speed, and j have not had to stop
once. My car is running fine and !
expect to do great deal of touring
this winter
The Pioneer automobile company re-
ports the following sales: Samuel
Lansing. Fresno, Chalmers Detroit 40
horsepower touring car; ID. II. Whit
more, Stockton, Chalmers Detroit; E. L.
Davis and William Potter, Chalmers
and Oldsmobile respectively. Whitmore
who is in the city, will drive his new
Among the prominent local automo-
bilists who viii attend the New York
show is E. p. Brinegar Of the Pioneer
this week for New York. Besides at
tending the annual motor exhibition in
the metropolis the local agent of the
Thomas, Oldsmobile and Chalmers
these machines. The trip will take
about two weeks.
The new six cylinder 80 Thomas au-
tomobile recently ordered by Charles
Dickman, the we'll known artist OF
Monterey, has been held up on account
of the colors. The manufacturers
while much pleased with Dickman' s
color scheme for an automobile, say
It will require considerable time to get
the car out.
Charles Wheeler, the well known at
torney, received his six cylinder Thomas
f1yer yesterday from the Buffalo fac
tory. The machine is the same in
which, Wheeler and family toured Eu-
rope last season and was left at the
factory to receive new coat of paint
Notwithstanding the hard usage of
the six months tour through the old
countries, the Thomas showed no signs
of the trip with the exception of the
body being slightly scratched
Charles H. Snow, who is getting
wonderful results with the Oldsmobile
in stage service at Battle Mountain
New, sends the following New Years
greeting to the Pioneer automobile
company: This is the way we started
the new year / left Gold Circle al
u M, arrived Battle Mountain at 2:3C
p. m.-distance so miles. Left at 2:35
p:. m. for Hill Top with two OIdsmo.
biles, and from that time to 2:30 the
next day we made five round trips OF
40 miles each, climbing each trip over
1000 feet, and / made 250 miles an6
the other car 200 miles, and had nc
trouble whatever. Pretty good for twc
'07 cars, bum drivers and rough winte,
roads" This record is especially inter
esting. as both cars have done more
than $4,000 miles hard running.