The San Francisco call., 1909-02-11
ELECTRIC AUTO
OWNERS TO MEET
Convention Will Be Held in This
City the Last of the
Month
Interesting Papers on This Par
ticular Motor Car Will
Be Read
By K. K. PH0mmedieu


electric autos will be held at the St
teresting papers will be read and all
present will be invited to participate
in the discussions following. The cleo
trio vehicle, both for pleasure and
business, is no longer an experiment.
but is success.
II. B. Daggett, who will preside at
the meeting, said yesterday Before
attempting to hold such a meeting we
sent out letters asking several located
In different cities if they could send
representatives The replies were suf-
ficiently favorable for us to attempt to
hold the convention. We can count on
all those within the immediate vicinity
of San Francisco, and hope for repre-
sentatives from Los Angeles. San
Diego, Portland, Seattle and Salt Lake
city. The object of the convention is
to bring together the distributors of
vehicles and the central station repre-
sentatives, hoping that the representa-
tives will be convinced of the feasfbil-
ity of the electric vehicle for pleasure
and business in the larger cities. Any
one interested in the electric vehicle is
invited to be present"
Starting September Is from Denver,
Colo there will be run a flag to flag
:. :. reliability and en-
durance contest to
Hohs strn the City of Mexico.
scneouIed distance of 1900
:. - miles. This kind
of contest has never been run before
in the history of the industry, and
the ground lying between the two cities
and the two countries is one which is
Well adapted by nature and geo
graphical conditions to try out the
IL f0~
the event. 1t is figured by the origi
nators of the event that 10 days will
be consumed in making the distance,
ped pea tae aed tSe Aamo mes ee apdd
into 10 controls, which, taking into
consideration the territory will give
even the best drivers in America some
thing to think about
Forty thousand eight hundred and
seventy-two miles on one set of tires.
.. :. with no trouble
Long Run ON tuges pgy9nd i tho the reeord penc5
diamond Ilres claimed by J. L.
Ina. they are the largest figures for
a single set of its product ever re-
ported to the Diamond rubber company,
put analysis appears to verify them
LOOKING into the matter brought out
the fact that Martin made the mileage
reported, all within a period of Is
months, according to the record kept
by reliable speedometer. The car
used was of the roadster type and the
owner. being in the windmill business,
drove almost constantly in his daily
work in addition to evening and Sun
day driving for pleasure. His own estf-
mate, aside from the Speedometer fig
ures, placed his average daily running
at from IS to 100 miles.
The California Women's automobile
cluD mas passed out of existance Yes
tordaV six fbo
women. Club min nine I'm. members in
!. sa neorsanlzeo decided to close up
club After this had been done those
present started a new organization to
pc known as the Pacific Coast motor
club, as they felt that the old name
had been a hindrance to the advance
ment of the organization. After per-
manent organization had been effected
resulted as follows: Mrs j. w Leav-
lit, president; Mrs. ]. C. Perry. vice
president, and Mrs. j. H. Healy, secre-
tary-treasurer. The charter member
ship of the club will be held open until
25 members have been secured
The White steam car made a hit at
South Bend, Ind, during a snowstorm
:. =. recently, according
I Road work of to letter received
white steamer G a Hawkins. I gem n
- eral western sales
manager of the White company. Hawk
ins is attending the automobile show at
Chicago and there met Frank Painter,
manager of the White garage of South
Bend. While discussing the incident
in his town, Painter remarked: THE
White steamer was the only car in
South Bend out of 500 automobiles