The San Francisco call., 1910-01-18
AUTO SHOW OPENS
ACROSS THE BAY
Oakland Dealers Hold Their
First Annual Display of
Motor Cars
Many San Francisco Agents
Send Exhibits OF Their
New 1910 Models
Bv R. R. L'HoMMEDIEU

The automobile enthusiasts of Oak
| land were in their glory last night. For
| from a motorists standpoint Oakland
| is now more than ever on the map
Heretofore in the east it has been con-
sidered an adjunct of San Francisco
But last night the doors of the Pied
mont pavilion were swung wide on the
first annual Oakland automobile show
Nor was it a purely local affair, for
many of the San Francisco dealers who
are not represented by an agency across
the bay sent over exhibits.
The show has the support of the bust
nessmen of Oakland, which is more
than the San Francisco show had. Last
night being the first, the cars were
hardly all in place, but by tonight the
exhibitors will have arranged their dis
plays to their liking and the show will
then be in full swing,
There is a special program for every
night and it will pay any one to make
the trip across the bay.
The fun started with a big auto pa
rade, which wound through Oakland's
principal streets at 1880 o'clock.
IT seemed almost inconceivable that
there were so many motor cars on the
other side of the bay. The parade
ended at the pavilion, where the formal
opening took place.
A. D. Plughoff and William Pedler
of J. w. Leavitt & Co. slipped away
---------.:. last saturday 10
TH,d See the Los Angeles to see
M.. n.p. . aviation week. The
the sport were too much for them to
withstand.
H. L. owesney. coast manager of the
Winton motor carriage company. re-
fa,r ss;nm.n,of the present time sS
winfon Cars Of Of the he ,arsuoSlInr six egIinr
--:. Wintans 1er, aS hprsepPweP pa~a bssp
shipped to San Francisco. This in
cludes those en- route. These are
pra actically all sold. The number is
twice as many as for the same period
of last year.
Robert Thompson, manager of the
San Francisco branch of the Michelin
). -------------.. tire company, has
Robt. Thompson }qst returned IRON ron
Back From East 70 m +ba faoaorx and
the big shows in
the east. Thompson is more than op-
tiD1istic over the trade outlook. and
believes that this year will break all
records.
Chester N Weaver. the well known
automobile man, who has established
Lne reputstIon OF OF
Up Neronautic& customer take a
-... Studebaker car out
of the local Stude-
baker branch every day in the week.
has taken to aeronautics with an en-
thusiasm which is akin to his ability
to dispose of cars. Saturday he left
Los Angeles, where he will be an in
terested spectator at the aviation meet
for the next several days Weaver
is a disciple of the heavier than air
crafts and has Joined the ranks of
those who firmly believe in the COM
mercial value of aeroplanes.
The Hudson motor car company of
Detroit has taken advantage of auto
New Model when the entire
Announced country is looking
nounce new Hud-
son model. II is a five passenger tour
ing car, distinctly Hudson in every line
and feature, and from the seats for
ward is identical in appearance with
the previous Hudson model. the road
ster.
The officers of the Hudson company
say that the new car is being built in
response to a demand not only from
their dealers, but from owners of Hud-
same type but Of FIVE passenger ca
pacity.
Among the many prominent purchas-
ers of the Diamond grip tires last week
:. were p. G. Hunting
fD,amond Tires ton, Doctor Burn
Still Popular ham. Kimball-Up-
-...s son company, G. A.
Muller. J. C. Chad
dock and the Park garage.