The San Francisco call., 1909-06-03
Auto Car
Truck Arrives

r.. demonstrated; in
:, recognized as
practical possibil-
ity and a necessity Many merchants
of the city have decided to install auto
mobiles for parcel delivery and dray-
age. They have reached a point where
they are now figuring with the dluef-
ent agencies and as soon as they have
decided on which vehicle is the better
for their business they viii place their
orders. This demand for commercial
vehicles has been so great that waiter
c. Morris has brought out one ton 70
two cylinder Autocar
truck This vehicle was received yes
terday and he is now demonstrating
its power and. capacity.
Murray Paige, the coast representa-
tive of the Locomobile company of the
!. Pacing. mas VIII VIII
Ioeos North ssn to |. I I : Mqref' 6 the g
manager, giving
some very glowing accounts of the
trade in the northwest. Paige has
done an extremely good business while
away and Morse reports. that Paige
the first part of the week sent in a
batch of orders containing specifica-
tion for 13 cars. Paige said that there
were several other lots coming right
along as soon as the specifications
he concludes his business appointments
he will proceed north, going as far as
Vancouver before returning to this city.
w. V. Bucher. sheriff at Hanford,
Cal, has written the following letter
s. to the Thomas b.
Good Run Jeffery company:
of rambler MY new seven pas
!. =. n & e I Rambler,
purchased about a
month ago has run a little more than
200 miles, enough TO try it out. and it
has made good. So far the limit of nv
expectations have been realized, and II
the car stays in commission as steadily
and as long as my model e. which |
have driven continuously since 1908,
over $4,000 miles in all. it will be a
wonder The old model. by the way. is
good for $4,000 miles more 1T is do
ing just as good work as it did six
years ago.
The first three days of this week
have been extremely busy around
the salesroom of
oyerIana. the Overland cars.
Being Dellvereo manager. reports
the delivery of a
WHY'S Overland six to Mrs. Nellie
Broadie of Oakland. Marion 30 horse
power 1 cylinder toy tonneau to James
Tollman; a 80 horsepower cylinder
double budket seat. Overland roadster
r n
power cylinder Overland roadster ito
Samuel Frankenheimer.
l.. V. Lynch, manager of the Speed
we'll motor car company of California.
mas written TO ).
More speedwelI a.,oa9 H; Gordon T6oI t, to the the
closed with the
Speedwell factory
for 30 of their high grade cars. The
1T
likely arrive in this city the last of
this week. the others following closely
L. V. Lynch will arrive
home today from his visit to the fac
tory.
]. P. Gillespie of Palo Alto, who has
toured the Santa Clara and San Joa-
=. =. quin valleys con-
! Big Mileage In tinuously since the
!. :. has scored a mile
age of nearly 1000
miles in his Studebaker car without a
single expenditure on repairs or trouble
of any kind. Roads of all deserip-
tions. says Gillespie. have, been mas
done to the car is to clear the plugs
oncei
Mrs. H. H. Hart of Berkeley and a
party of friends have just returned
wh,t. s,ea,.r Monte and vicinity
at Del Monte in their w hi e
port a splendid
trip, having had no trouble of any
kind not even a puncture. The re-
turn trip was made in hours and 4S
minutes and was made on the high
gear including the famous San Juan
grade, the motorists bugbear
James Houlihan of the Durocar auto
company of San Francisco leaves today
for a tour of the
uo,,;.,.n VIII northern part of
20 North the state in
Durocar to close
with several peo-
pie who have made applications for
agencies. He will be gone between a
week and 10 days.