The San Francisco call., 1910-09-14
DRAWING IS Held
FOR AUTO SHOW
Licensed Manufacturers Prepare
for Big Annual Display
in New York
By R. r. L'HoMMEDIEu

By r. r. L'HOMMEDIEU
Drawing for space for the eleventh
national automobile show to be held
in Madison square garden, January
to 21, 1911, was the most important
business transacted at a meeting of
the board of managers of the Associa-
tion of Licensed Automobile Manufac-
turers, held recently at the headquar-
ters of the association. East Forty
second street, New York.
Plans have been perfected by the
show committee which provide the in
creased number of licensees under the
Selden patent with space at next years
exhibition equal to that which they
were able to obtain at the show of
last January. At present there are So
manufac cturers and importers licensed
under the Selden patent and to house
their exhibits it will necessitate al
most complete rebuilding of the in
side of Madison square garden. using
structural steel to very large ex-
tent The show committee for 1911
consists of Colonel George Pope. chair
man; Charles Clifton, Alfred Reeves.
and Merle L. Downs, secretary.
The first to draw for space was the
Buick, followed by the Overland,
EMF, Cadillac, Chalmers and REQ.
The other cars which will occupy space
on the main floor are as follows:
Stearns, Thomas, Olds Franklin.
Dayton, Oakland, Lozier, Elmore, Win
ton, Loeomobile, Hudson, Mitchell,
Stevens -Duryea and Peerless.
Cars in the exhibition hall and bal
comics will include the following
makes:
Amplex, Moon. Mercer, Corbin, Bar
tholomew, Marmon. Knox American,
Matheson, National Selden, Buckeye,
Moline. Premier, Autocar. Columbia,
Alec, Studebaker, Walthann, Interstate,
Ohio, Palmer and Singer, Kissel, Hol-
ton, Chadwick, Speedwell, Regal. Me-
Intyre. Marquette, Acme. Pierce Ra-
cine Flandrau, Hupmobile, Midland,
Brewster, Courier, Simplex, Atlas, Dor
ris and Cartercar.
At the meeting 1t was announced
that a license to manufacture under
the Kissel motor car company of Hart
ford, Wis.
E. L. Waldron has returned to Los
Angeles after an interesting trip in
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make the trip more interesting to
themselves they kept a log of the en-
tire journey.
The party left Los Angeles August
"a and travelled leisurely, arriving in
San Francisco August 81 and leaving
this city August 20.
According to the speedometer the
party rode 1.075 miles. Forty-seven
gallons of gasoline were used aver
aging one gallon for every 22A miles.
No tire trouble was encountered.
L. H. Bill of the Thomas B. Jeffery
company reports the sale of a "a horse
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Rambler touring car to peter Grimm of
Those who knew the genial ]. S.
Conwell, who was one of the best liked
Columbia Car I. yill b :, pleased j as to to
lumbia automobile
will be handled hereafter by the United
Motor-LoS Angeles company. of which
gonwen is nth the southern California
best of the United States motor COM
S. G. Chapman, the local agent for
the Oakland cars, has received very
interesting report
Hard os stun. Oakland 753 f6s REPORT Ts Tesds TeH5s
"A hunting trip
with an Oakland
automobile can be made very enter
tanning stunt. This fact was thoroughly
demonstrated last week when Gilbert
Woodill of the southern California
agents for the Oakland drove a model
X 40 horsepower Oakland off the beaten
path and over hills and fields and rocks.
over plowed ground and then some
The car is undoubtedly one of the
best hill climbers manufactured, and
Woodill put the car through MANY
stunts on the steep hill back of Echo
a road up the hill, so WoodiIl struck
out in straight line, while parties in
nearby houses gaped- in wonder at tI,e
strange sight. After reaching the ton
of the hill, which in places Is about
10 per cent grade, Woodil1 drove the
machine down, and at all times had II
under perfect control, despite tbe sin.
perry ground.
"Woodill believes that hunting could
be made more of pleasure in an Oak
land, a s 1T would not be necessary 70
leave the car by the roadside and tramp
weary miles. Just take the machine
along, said Woodill. 1t will go.'a
Fords are becoming popular as livery
vehicles in, Spokane. G. C. Riegei,
president of the
Ford Taxicabs camna1v cam,eab M m tor or
Are a Success city phas has sent 9r word soai
son of the Standard motor car company
that he has been using seven Fords for
the rough and ready business fhe Ia st
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