The San Francisco call., 1909-12-26
EXPORTS OF AUTOS
SHOW AN INCREASE
American Made Vehicles Are
Popular in the Home of the
Motor Car
ImportatiOns Not Restricted to
ANY Particular Price OF
Automobile

AulOTll0Dilc
By R R. LHOMMEDIEU
The imports of automobiles into the
f-nited states during the month Of Oc
tober last by the government reports
show slight decline to IA cars valued
al S29O-S57. and parts valued at $S4,0S4.
from 1Tq cars valued at $32z.5l1 and
parts valued at S5s.349 in October, 1905.
ct the cars imported last october %
were from France, 49 from Italy, p
from tile United Kingdom, 9 from Ger
lfany and : from other countries. Dur
jng the 90 months ending with october,
1909 there were imported l,552 cars,
values at S250927l. and parts valued at
s1f0-55- as compared with l.l53 cars,
saIued al S2I31.A00. and paris valued
al S105.sfS. during the same period the
nrel-ioue YEAR or the 1852 cars I'M
ported during the first l0 months of the
tsirrent year Isl were from France, 543
from lfaIg. IS from the United King
dom. So from Germany and So from
either countI les
The export returns for October show
a heavy increasc in the exports Of our
cars there having been exported dur
inG that month 55S cars, valued at
f8a@25. and parts valued at SS3.443,
total of S522,769. as compared with 100
cars valued al $685. .S37, and parts val
ued at sI-.9sS. total OF S213.775. dur
.5ng tHe sanit month last year. During
the 70 months ending with October
laerc were exported 2.164 cars, valued
.tf s5.g2l. .e33. and parts valued at SOL
$685. n total of s6.622. .626. as compared
sgfth 1913 cars valued at s3.971.406, and
Iarts valued al S525.097, j total Of
S8.ss6.503 during The same period In
1905
The Goodyear tire and rubber com
pany has closed contract which
amounts TO So, 200
000 with the Gen
Biar Contract eTal Motors COM
Fer Auto Tires paany This, This Is for or
Bucks, CadillacS,
Oaklands. Oldsmobiles, Elmores. Detroit
Electrics. Cartercars and WEIGH cars
The Goodyear people viii also have the
equipment on Overlands, Marions, Peer
loss. and Jacksons-
From the southland comes the word
that there is 10 be a big two mile race
=. track at Lakeside,
Speedway Car Attle ,.y way out = o1
SAN Diego ss6tiy san Disso- tfe owner Rsr
of Lakeside. Colo
mel Gay. sent Tor Nick Nikrent and
Harris Haushue TO come to has place 10
7neet. with one or two engineers and
-tlese two drivers suggestions as 10 the
best method TO be employed TO bulld
this track TO make it one of the fastest
I'm the United States.
The two well known racing drivers
went and with Colonel Gay and the Two
euEi ueers went over the course, with
near future on the construction OF the
. course.
Il wiz Re two miles il lepgth and and
viii be balloon shaped. The short turn
Is TO be banked u feet, and the full
width rebuilt with materials best
adapted for automobile racing.
The Fisk rubber company Of Chicopee
Fails Mass. has concluded arrange
-. ments with an
: Fisk Company anti-skid g b a n
Controls Chain he HE ma nspufactlIpe M e
of a chain which is
anchored neither 10 the tire nor rim.
the tread cross pieces being longer than
the usual type so that they cover a
large surface of the tire, whereby dam
age 10 the tires is claimed to be avoid
ed This chain viii be handled by the
Fisk company.
Dust, deep mud and heavy rains were
draw backs TO pleasant motoring which
failed to discour-
E-rantxf5, ar age H. Chadwick
on Rough Roads Hunter T on ar. a recent G.1I
air cooled automO-
bile from his home in Washington. D. c..
10 Denver. Colo Although the roads
in places were almost impossible Hunt
er thinks the trip was worth the hard
work II involved.
Clouds Of dust were the only un-
pleasant feature until Indiana was
reached. Then black clay roads with
deep rULs We're encountered and these
2reW worse as the parI~ neared Iowa.
NeaF Muscatine of that state the roads
were vile" as Hunter expressed it.
IF 1T costs three and a half times
"a A VI Iasa han
on French roads he said 1T must
cost 10 times more in Iowa
Leaving omaha the route led through
roads of mud and sand. The journey
ended in heavy rains, which made the
going SO bad that it took four and a
half hours 10 drive over one stretch
Hunter said that for similar trip
be would suggest different route west
OF Chicago.
Frank FoyaL the Oakland agent for
the Rambler cars, has sent word to
.,.- Mana ger L. H Bill
Rambler Cars Of the coast branch
-.,. fiery & Co. that
he sold four Ram
lers last week and three this week
So far this season he has sold more
1910 cars than the cars he sold of the
9o9 model. The latter was the banner
year up 10 the present season.
Tine last week has been a busy one
at the Winton branch in this city. Be
= -.----... sides the sales and
Rtts. Week nj deliveries already
Veimfon Branch announced n n
s ager il. l.. Owes
ney reports that
he has delivered six cylinder as
horsepower toy tOnneau Winton TO
Doctor Williams Of Palo Alto and one
to Frederick Marriott. car of the
same maKe and power but with a tour
ing body was delivered 10 c. NJ. Daug-
erty.
Charles $ Howard Of the Howard
auto company has received word from
.,. ofo,. ne Qidsm9hlie 3bi. o ol
Change in StaT factory that Rob-
at oIds works ert Pierpont has
49, succeeded r. r.
owen as factory
manager at the plant OF the Olds motor
works Lansing, Mich Pierpont has
been connected with the Buick company
AT its Flint and Jackson plants for a,
number Of years.
The White company in San Francisco
has just received the first 1910 model
~ l1tE town