The San Francisco call., 1909-11-11
NEW TIRE MANAGER
REACHES THE CITY
Benjamin H. Pratt Comes to San
Francisco to Assume Control
of the Fisk Agency
Gives Glowing Report of the Au-
tOmobiIe Trade Throughout
the East
By R. R. L'HoMMEDIEU

Benjamin H. Pratt the new coast
representative of the Fisk rubber COM
pany. has reached the city TO take
charge of the company's business. vice
George z. Johnson, who resigned to
take the agency for the Mitchell cars
in the northwest Pratt has for years
been connected with the Fisk people,
and is thoroughly conversant with
their output.
In discussing the outlook from the
viewpoint of one who has just left the
east, which is considered as showing
the general trend of the automobile
trade, he said that business never
looked so bright. Users of motor cars
had come to consider the Fisk product
as among the few which were profit
able to purchase. The increase has
been general all over the United States
in keeping with that enjoyed on the
Pacific coast, and from what he saw at
the factory just before he lett the stock
being turned out was exceptionally fine
The main source of worry in the east
at the present time is to get enough
crude material to supply the demand.
The enormous amount demanded by au-
tonlobile manufacturers for their 1910
product has caused the Fisk people to
also the case with some of the other
big tire companies, which practically
shows that 1910 will be one of the
greatest years in the history of the
motor car.
The w. B. Selbys of Marietta. o., who
passed through San Francisco some
). :. time ago on
,c,- a n continental
Resched Hn Hane trip. have reached
----.. a most ENJOYABLE
time. Selby has written a note to II. l..
Owesney of the Winton motor carriage
company stating that his Winton Six
finish as when it started and that he
was still using the Goodyear tires on
the front wheels with which the trip
was begun. He sends his regards to all
whom he met while in this city.
George A wootten of Portland. who
has the Washington and Oregon terri
- tory tory Ior n the Kam- EisI9
Wootten Visits ing ing the city with
Rambler Agency his wife. they be.
ing the guests of
Jeffery. of which L. H. Bill is the man
ager. WoOtten. who is one of the lead
ers in the automobile sport up north
and among the dealers in that section,
states the outlook for the coming sea-
son is the best it has ever been since
he has been in that section. The de-
mand for motor cars is not restricted
to any particular class, but is general,
there being lots of buyers for both
high and low class vehicles Wootten
will remain in the city until the end OF
the week, when he will proceed home
by rail.
A F. Hunter of the Osen & Hunter
automobile company left last night for
doI q
A. e. Hunter RLe'eH1u H Johnson so uI1ge for
Goes North merly manager of
So :" the Fisk rubber
eompany's branch in this city. john
Hunter people and will handle the
Mitchell cars all through the north
west, with headquarters at Seattle
Hunter will cover the territory with
Johnson and does not expect to return
to San Francisco under three weeks
Calvin C. Eib. vice president of the
Pioneer motor car company. who has
his home for the
Big sales ns last 10 days. was
Pioneer Company si able to. to return to
and take up his labors. Eib reports
that a carload of Hudsons, a carload of
Chalmers Thirties and a carload of
Chalmers Forties are due to arrive this
week. This has been banner week
with the Pioneer company. Within the
last seven days they have sold IL cars
to individual buyers.
A. ]. Smith, the Elmore agent in this
city. has been doing booming busi-
:, ness this week. In
three days he has
wore % IuIcna~ses ~ disposed of five Ell
oi 'ofe SaS more cars, t h e
: latest sold to Doc
tor Lavery of Sierra City, who pur-
chased a 40 horsepower two cycle
Elmore roadster.