The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-29
EWPIERCE-ARROW
AUTOS ARE HERE
Latest Cars to Arrive in City
Show Best Examples of
Highest Art
Popular Vehicle Displays Many
Refinements Over Previous
Models Sent to the Coast

The first of the 1910 Pierce-Arrow
cars arrived in the city yesterday At
The salesroom Of the Pierce Arrow sales
company. They are by far the hand
somest vehicles turned out by the
pierce people, which means that a re-
dned. car has been refined. It is i'm
possible TO describe In detail the many
dne points in this product except 70
say that the maximum degree of trust
pv6rthiness and extended service has
Been secured for these cars by the most
9Tainslaking attention TO details of de-
s. gn- and construction.
They are silent of operation. com
hined with a wide range of fexibilftv.
ha%e great power for all purposes, as
ISOLATED with the absence Of vibration
and freedom from mechanical shocks.
Ease OF start and OF operation. united
with: a reduction Of wear and tear.
they are built Of the choicest and best
Els terial. where weight saving and ap-
pearance are paramount considerations.
al GnEinum; in positions of responsible
1t5i. high grade steel.
They have a unique lubricatine svs-
ten1. Of extreme simplicity, absolute re-
liability and efficiency of operation A
-Ifansmission system, In which control
Is spilled with exceptional ease and GER
fat1ty while the BODIES are capable Of
IakiDg on the very highest finish; CAL
culated to meet all possible conditions
Of. comfort, convenience and elegance,
I'd Hume has Just completed a trip
TO the Seattle exposition in his White
EQUIPPED with Re
three Records public tires. He
49,. distance without
-. pumping his tires.
he used Staggard treads all round and
lrsNeleo 800 miles.
Leo Pockwitz made the same trip and
several side trips, with but one pune
ldEe. He used Staggard treads in the
rear and plain tires in front
=. q. Fl. Levy Travelled the entire dis
lance with but one puncture. LeYy's
9tloe ker IS equipped with stag CARDS
IN the rear and plains in front. He said
III at the roads were in bad shape and
efe tires went through without any
s9ouble the traction on the Staggard
1resds coming in very handy when
striking the hills and sand patches.
captatn T. W. Cole. Z. s. A. retired.
has purchased the interest of ]. NJ. Cos
> ------s, tigan in the Pa
- -Hoeo ~o--R any devote his entire
mobile business in the interest of the
SreVens-Duryea company, both here and
In Oakland He will assume the vice
presidency A. b CDSUESn. president
Of the company, reports the sale Of a
$3.50 four cylinder Stevens Duryea to
" B. Dunning Of Oakland.
: THE first time that a touring car
has. climbed up the mountain TO Skyuka
g. in North Caro-
F'ranklin's una, SAID Man
-. Of the Franklin
Darv in this CITY. was when q M
Wing Of Greenville, with a party of
four in a Franklin recently made a
s. mile run from Spartans burg. s. c..
TO the mountain top. Skyuka is 8. 900
feet high, most OF the rise sccruing in
the. last four miles of the trip. The
climb was undertaken by Wing pri-
l7arily as test for the Franklin's air
cooled engine"
E.. OF the climb one Of the participants
said: Air cooled, the engine kept cool.
and the. test on arrival at the top Of
the mountain showed the cylinders to
be. as cool as when the start was made.
The. four miles coming up the noun
tain had to be made almost entirely on
the low gear. with the engine racing,
and any automobilist knows that this