The San Francisco call., 1910-06-12

Dorman & Buvinger distributors of
the Ernst Flentje's hydraulic Jounce
and recoil pre-
ShocL. Ahxorba- Venter in this city,
I - U-cI nc,,a;,-a5 are more than sur
- ~~ prised at the splen-
did business of the
last two weeks. During that period the
firm has disposed of as many sets of
this comfort giving apparatus as they
hoped to dispose of in two months.
Buvinger, in speaking of the business
already transacted, and the outlook,
not surprised that the device has taken
hold of the motorists in the way il
has, because we know that it is good,
but we are surprised that it has
gained such a strong foothoId in such
a short time. As a matter of fact, had
we disposed of the number of sets in
two months that we have in two weeks,
we would have congratulated ourselves
AS it is we are pressed for stock to
meet the demand.
'As an outcome of this splendid bust
ness, We have decided to open branch
in Los Angeles, feeling sure, from a
preliminary canvass, that the jounce
and recoil preventer will find as much
favor in the southern city"
Every one now acknowledges the
strength of the motor vehicle both
- in business and
/ Strength Of in pleasure. The
Mntar Vehicles felCn department.
- of finance, which
is a good criterion
to go by, has in recent statistics turned
out the following figures: In 1909, in
in operation. OF this number, there
were 59,256 private vehicles and 7,413
cabs, livery vehicles and omnibuses.
Divided into types or models, there
were in the privately owned cars, 1896
cars with more than two seats as COM
pared with 30006 in 1908 and 25,225 in
1907. OF cars seating one or two pas
sengers, there were 1854, as COM
pared with 1850 in 1908, and 7,1S7 in
1907. The estimate of the Chambre
Syndicate de PAutomobile shows that
there are $4,000 motor trucks and de-
livery wagons In use, which are tax
exempt, and that the total number of
cars in service last year in France
was S1,669.
The magnitude of the automobile in
dustry appeals to few outside of those
IN official posi-
What We Export tons of the United
in Automobiles SSeates sopernInenti s4+a1 nf
fact taken from
statistics, 3,1S4 machines, with a val
uation-of $5.3S7, ,021, were exported dur
ing 1903. From present indications it
is more than likely that the figures
will reach at least sS000000 for 1910
that only 1924 machines were brought
into the country in 1909, representing
about $2,905,391
The exports were not made to any
one part of the globe, but have been
sent to all parts, and the bureau of
statistics name at least so countries
Among the countries named which
are least heard Of are India, China,
Japan, Dutch East Indies, Canary
islands. Egypt, Gibraltar and Portugal
and the French and British islands,
A controversy has arisen between
some of the railways and the larger
livestock shippers in regard to the
space in the cars which must be af-
forded animals in transit in order to
make unloading unnecessary and still
comply with the rs hour law When
animals have proper food, water, space
and opportunity to rest they are not
required to be unloaded. The depart
ment of agriculture having been ap-
pealed to by both railways and ship
pers has announced tentatively that if
cars are not loaded beyond the mini
mum weight fixed by the tariffs the de-
partment will not, for the present,
raise the question as to whether suffi-
Client space is provided for the animals
to rest; but it is the intention of the
department to institute a number of
test cases and secure rulings from the
federal courts as to what space must
be afforded. The secretary of agricul-
ture holds that where livestock is not
unloaded en- route Into properly
equipped pens for rest water and feed
ing" the cars must be provided with
facilities for feeding and watering in
transit, and animals must, when so fed
and watered, receive proper feed and
water.
The Pacific motor car company re-
ports the sale and delivery of a close
coupled Stevens-Duryea touring car to
w. j. Stevens of Woodland. who drove