The San Francisco call., 1909-03-03
MARKING OF ROADS
TO Be CONTINUED
Members of Automobile Club
Decide to Keep the Good
Work Up
New Board of Directors Named
to Govern Body During
Coming Year

to Govern Body During
Coming Year
By K. K. PH0mmedieu
AT the annual meeting of the Auto-
mobile Club of California last night
in the Pacific building it was decided
to continue the work of systematically
marking the important auto roads in
the state. Already automobile routes
have been marked from San Francisco
to Sacramento and from San Fran
cisco to Salinas and from San Luis
Obispo to San Diego, but there yet re-
mains a section of highway from Sa-
linas to San Luis Obispo that has not
been marked. 1t was also planned
last night to mark the roadway to
Redding and to Lake Tahoe, and funds
to carry on that work were authorized
last night.
A new board of directors, in whose
hands the government of the club re-
mains was elected at last nights meet
ing. This new body consists of the
following: Captain John Barneson, Ar
thur Watson, r. H Pease, George p.
Fuller, George Cameron, Edgar L. Hoag
and Frank Burke.
1t was announced last night by S.
C. Buckbee, president of the club, that
steps would be taken in the future to
localize the club, and to provide suit
able headquarters for the members in
San Francisco. Buckbee read his an
nual report to the club members, in
wh-eh he praised L. p. Lowe, pioneer
member of the club for his work, and
also recommended that the work of
marking the roads be continued.
With the proposed Improvement of
the roads in the northern part of the
/. state that section
r--------- will prove one of
Roads "a North iRs iRs @Gst 0n the stt5asst coast
..------ for motor tour
ists." says F. ]. Cox, a prominent
Sacramento automobilist,. who has re-
Gently arrived in this city. The capi-
ltal city motorist is the owner and
driver of. q 40 horsepower Chalmers
Detroit and has toured over practically
every road in the northern territory.
With better roads the majority of
motor enthusiasts who have made it
their practice to tour in southern Cali
fornia will undoubtedly be attracted to
the scenery and pleasures of Sacra-
Cox The roads of last season offered
fine touring and with the proposed i'm
provement next season will be much
better. A great many Of the automo-
bilists who have heretofore gone south
will be attracted by a scenic tour to
Lake Tahoe. This trip, especially from
Sacramento, offers one of the finest
pieces Of motor road in the country and
will undoubt tedly prove popular among
the thousands of automobile tourists
the coming season.
Leonard f, Block and a party rep
resenting the Automobile club of Calf
ic.a,n.. o-....' had an exciting
ON Hard "Trip eeaayysahmaaaesss IN eouns uns
out in Cadillac go" and were forced
to remain all night in the hills above
Lake Cuyamaca. One of the members
of the party nearly perished from ex-
posure. With the cooperation of the
San Diego branch of the club Leonard
was out preparatory to placing signs
throughout that country This work in
this country is attented by great
deal of danger, and the going is very
difficult. A great deal of the way the
machine fioundered in the slush and
snow, and about o'clock became
begged for good: One of the party de-
cided to tramp to Schillers camp, four
miles away, for assistance. Those who
remained with the car were set upon
by timber wolves, which gazed on the
lonely motorists, and, is the outlook
seemed dismal, they at last abandoned
the car and trudged toward the camp.
Block declared that the trip was one
of, the, most strenuous he had ever
taken, but he says that he will continue
with the posting of the road signs so
that others will not meet with a like
experience.
Notwithstanding the fact that many
of the prominent French makers have
!, b en- declaring
Auto Show for bs that no thege iges TSgia paria
French Maker. salon it is now
December. this year. may see another
automobile exhibition in Paris. 1t ap-
pears that the notorious agreement.
which was supposed to carry heavy
penalty for any party to 1T who should
venture to display his product at the
French capital before July. 1910. con-
tained a clause in the shape of pro-
viso to the effect that 1t could be
facturers could not be induced to fol-
low suit It is further understood that
the committee of the Automobile Club
of France is going ahead in the ex-
pectation of holding the salon this year
usual.
F. E. Porter of southern California.
accompanied by his family, has re-
turned from a
-----------.t drive to Palm
Good work Springs. Por e r
of the Auburn used his two-cyl-
inder Auburn, and
had no trouble whatever on his long
trip of 800 miles over the desert.
He said they enjoyed the en-
tire Journey having had the best
weather all the time The Porters left
Los Angeles with the gasoline tank
filled and seven extra cans of lubricat-
ing oil were placed in the car. At
c. Tlo- o,-f7f fnr W. roIl Of