The San Francisco call., 1910-06-22
FINE RENAULT CAR
REACHES The CITY
First Torpedo Body of Euro-
pean Concern Makes Its
Appearance
By R. R. L'HoMMEDIEU

one of the most striking cars that
has been seen this year was received
yesterday by Rene ]. Marx, Pacific
coast mana ger of the Renault Freres
selling branch. 1t was the first Renault
torpedo-to reach San Francisco and was
at once delivered to Leon B. Sloss, for
whom it was ordered. The car is fin
ished in French gray, with stripings of
the same color. Even the lamps and
horns have received the attention of
the painter, giving perfect harmony
in gray. The upholstery is something
new, inasmuch as it is in heavy pig
skin, giving tan relief to the French
gray.
The motor is 35-45 horsepower four
cylinder Renault. The car also has the
American clearance. The design, which
is different from anything else seen so
far this year, was the conception of
Rene j. Marx, who laid out the plans
for the commodious tonneau and other
accommodations to suit Sloss' desires.
The Franklin trek motor car, which
made tour of $500 miles through 13
.1,---,-,.-. go. and recently wy wy 3
Is Doinr Good e used as the start
&-- ers car in the
automobile run, finishing with per-
feet score and no tire trouble, is on a
trip of several weeks through Penn
sylvania and Maryland.
With the car are l.. z. Hoffman and
Harry L. Gardner. representing the H.
II. Franklin manufacturing company OF
Syracuse.
On the first day of the present trip
the motor car went from Washington to
Cumberland, a distance of 137 miles, in
six hours and Is minutes. Eight noun
tains were crossed and the roads were
in bad condition. Among the other
places to be visited are Chambersburg,
Harrisburg, Reading, Wilkesbarre, AL
lentown and Williamsport.
wide experience and reputation, is in
San Fran S o.
Expert Spice Is Spice has for some
Visitor in City inently kea1s been eondeeted prom
mers-Detroit factory, having had
charge of the repair department and
been supervisor of the stockrooms. He
is making headquarters here with the
Pioneer automobile company.
J. C. Hatch the widely known. repre-
sentative of Monogram oil, who has
been located at Sc
Auto Trade in attic for. the. last
the Northwest year, year, has just re, re-
Francisco for a
brief visit Referring to automobile
conditions in the. northwest at the
present time, Hatch said that Portland
seems to be leading Seattle by wide
margin in sales of the popular cars, due
more or less to the fact that the fair
at Seattle last year aided the automo-
bile dealers, in so far as many bought
machines sooner than they would have,
had it not been that they were anxious
TO get the cars to entertain friends or
to use for visiting the fair. Generally
speaking, this year there is not the
usual average of prospects.
Portland, on the other hand, seems
to be wide awake" said Hatch, ION the
automobile question, and therefore the
rapid sale Of the well known cars.
Spokane dealers also seem to be selling
all the cars they can get. while east
ern Washington in general is following
closely in, the wake of the larger cities,
North Yakima and Walla Walla partic-
ularly buying all the cars their dealers
can obtain. On the whole I believe the
country is showing a good healthy de-
mand for motor cars and also believe
that in the next year or two there will