The San Francisco call., 1910-08-16

l.. l. Whitman, who holds the trans
continental record, is now trying to
1UWer 1r, ms mar X.
whitman is rms time he is
eI last few words
were re civ e d
from him at ogden Sunday midn ght
when he wired that he was eight hours
ahead of his schedule and that the car
was running without hitch. He is
coming this way
Thursday that he had left there at Z
a. m. sixteen hours ahead of his sched
ule, Notwithstanding the fact that he
has been delayed five hours by rain,
mud and ferries.
He made the run of 1,5oO miles from
New York to Omaha in G9 hours. He
says the car is running in perfect shape
and says that barring an unforeseen
accident, he expects to land in. San
Francisco ahead of the present record.
The first continental record breaking
trip was made by Whitman in 1903,
when he drove a single cylinder Olds
mobile across the continent in u days.
The run proved a sensation and was
the talk of motordom for some time.
The following year Whitman lowered
the record to 80 days.
The present record was made in
six cylinder Franklin air cooled car in
1906. The run was made in relays,
with a crew of five men. The car was
driven night and day. 1t was re-
markable trip, as almost day was
lost Wnlle the L RANKIN plOW S0 IT'S way
through q mud hollow.
The present record tryout is 10 be
a night and day run, with whitman
and Hammond alternating at the
wheel. The only stops to be mace are
for gasoline and OIL
Lewis y. Merritt of Pasadena is in
San Francisco. He is on the way
- south after trip
hPag PsImer-siumer ersf N Seattle He is loud
>------ his palmer singer.
''Dreadnought," as this is his third trip
overland in an auto TO the northern
city Never once has he had any trou-
BILE, this last trip being the most per-
feet that he has ever made. Through
out the trip his Diamond tires have
withstood the hard mountain Work IN
wonderful shape.
Hugo Muller and Neal McKeon of the
Hugo Muller auto company have just
returned from their
p-e,,,i.r .s,en.. eastern trip to the
fr9,nier Rntnrn agsas Mame Premier and Mo
line factories. On
the way back the
two went as guests on the knights of
Templar special train to Chicago, where
the Masonic lodge was in convention.
Here according to McKeon, automo-
biles were lined up for a continuous
eight miles to view the knights parade.
From Chicago Muller and McKeon
went to the Premier and thence to
the Moline factories. AT DOln eSldD-
lisnments every 1910 car had been sold
and the buildings were completely
cleared of machines. Extensive prepa-
rations are being made for big 1911
output.
Muller brings back word that Ray
Mcnamara, the famous driver who
brought the Premier number through
this years grueling Glidden tour with
the highest score of all the contestants.
will leave the factory for San Francisco
the latter part of this month and will
spend four or five weeks with Muller
here.
Manager Chester n. Weaver of the
local Studebaker branch is showing an
interesting detailed
lIntere~tirr Factsl statement of the
-, ESa.trie a,tos work of an EMF
IoH car which is be-
ing used in rental
service in Riverside, On January last
an EMF car was purchased and put
into the rent service. Six high priced
cars were already in use by the garage.
The EMF was purchased as an ex-
pertinent Up to July this car had
earned enough to Day for all expenses
of operation, including repairs, oil, gas
oline. tires, washing of the car and
drivers wages. In addition to this the
car had paid for its entire cost and left
a balance to its credit of $I77.11.