The San Francisco call., 1909-06-06
WILL DISCUSS
Z BETTER ROADS
Automobile Club of California
VIII Hold Good Road
Meeting
County Supervisors Invited TO
Attend Convention at
Del Monte
BY R. R. L'HoMMEDIEU

By R. r. L'HOMMEDIEU
The Automobne club of California
and particularly a. B. Watson. one Of
trs directors. has started movement
which must receive the support of not
only every member Of the club. but
svery owner OF an automobile, and in
Tact every one who has the welfare Of
lae state at heart. The club has called
for a general meeting of every one in
terested in good roads. TO be held at
Del Monte on June 2e and 81. An in
Allauon has been extended 10 the su-
perNisors Of San Francisco. san Mateo.
Alameda. santa Clara. Santa Cruz. san
Benito and Monterey counties TO be
present IT is the purpose of the meet
Ing 10 he held on Saturday evening
i ine Zbs TO thoroughly discuss the roads
In the counties named and to adopt
measures for the betterment Of the
present conditions. Watson. in speak
ing OF the meeting, said last night. that
me cluD was going 10 better the roads
in the counties mentioned. and that the
movement was not going to end with
rfD meeting al Del Monte. The plans
r-'- oi--t'lUA al AlaL time are 10 he fol-
lowed out as Tar as IL is feasible and
the rendezvous fn behalf OF good
W ds VIII only be the first OF many
k7re 10 follow until the end is
achieved Sunday. June q. there viii
BE big squadron run from the hotel
.of the motorists TO Pebble beach, where
q barbecue VIII take place.
From figures compiled by the Massa-
cnusetts highway commission il is esti-
mated that more
RegfSfration than 100000 viii
Paws Well be received BY the
...- state this year for
the maintenance
e its roads. This amount will remain
after the expenses OF the registration
department have been paid.
In q statement issued recently the
commission says that registrations are
noL unusual Tor the of1ice TO take in
$1,000 a day. From January l. 1909
- cate. the department. has. received
Just sSl.lI5- This exceeds the same
period Of 1898 by more than - per
cent Up TO May 1. 1898. the commits
sion issued 1870 operators licenses,
while 10 May IS. 1s0ss 2.154 new ones
have been issued. The number of
chauffeUrs has also kept pace with the
number Of private operat tors A year
ago there We're 321 manufacturers and
dealers holding registration certificate
in Massachusetts. At the present time
there are 42S, or an increase of 80 per
cent almost equal 10 the percentage
or the increase in cars.
Those who are planning trip in the
motor car through Tehama county from
now on viii find
Coed Road some good strips
at REQ Bluff o;n1,a Of Eosds e & = shs 4s,, VI i
man X king Of that city. who has
been doing cOnsidera BILE touring in that
portion OF the state in his Studebaker
car. According to King. several miles
az the road leading out of Red Bluff
has been thoroughly oiled by one Of
the supervisors OF that county and il
is only a question Of time until the
roor road conditions which have kept
aItOists from touring in that section
VIII be thing OF the past.
In connection with the AIaska-Yu-
kOn-Pacinc exposition. which opened
in Seattle June /,
win Give Good N o. Eldridge
-.. road management
in the United
states Office Of public roads. has pre-
pared l5 models Of roads which show
Tie improved construction and also
SHOWS roads in their varying stages Of
construction. Gravel. sand. clay, tar
crushed stone. etc, are used in com
hination TO bring the results which
The Office Of public roads has found TO
lfe most satisfactory. The destructive
inuLence OF the automobile on the
nacadamized roads has been neutral
lzed by a coating Of tar.
Types OF oiled earth roads Of which
there are 5000 miles in California the
haked gumbO roads OF Mississippi.
where there is no available stone. the
sand clay roads of South Carolina and
the crushed stone roads Of Washing
ton VIII be shown.
According to statistics just received
of Frances export and import trade
during the first
auto Trade three months Of
Of France the the PTsssst xorat yfsr; bas
passed as far as
the industrial depression is concerned.
as the figures for export reach Sc .9e9. :
200. in cOm65Tison with S59S2. 600 FOR
the same period ia 1908. A decrease in
the auto trade with the United States
Germany and Brazil is noticeable. while
on the ether hand England has not only
bought. but also sold. many more cars
from France than formerly.
Another woman motorist to make
The transcOntinental trip in her car
with a party OF
Woman 10 friends, a m &
-.. included. is Mrs.
j. J. Sherman of
planned 10 arrive in Los Angeles some
time IN July and VIII then proceed up
the coast TO this city before her return
% her home. she viii make the trip
fn her Buick car.