The San Francisco call., 1910-09-09
ELECTRIC VEHICLE
Men ORGANIZE
National Association Formed i'm
New York City to Have
Coast Branch
By R. R. L'HoMMEDIEU

By r. r. LHOMMED1EU
Fully to appreciate the important po-
sition that the electric vehicle has as
sumed in the automobile world one
has only to consider that the manu-
facture of electrics has grown to such
Importance that it has been possible
for the makers of these vehicles to
form a national association. The or
ganization has been formed looking to
greater cooperation between the max
ers and the producers of electric power
current. The new organization, which
is known as the Electric Vehicle Asso-
citation of America, has been incor-
porated at Albany, N Y, and is to
have its principal offices in New York
city. The new association is in no
sense q combination of makers of cleo
trio vehicle and battery manufacturers,
as the active membership is equally
open to central station corporations,
makers of motors and electric vehicle
body manufa cturers. while owners of
electric vehicles and others who are
interested in the electric vehicle trans
portation problem are eligible to the
honorary membership list.
Chief among the objects of the asso-
citation is the promotion of the adop-
tion and use of electric vehicles by the
public for pleasure and commercial
purposes and active cooperative work
among the concerns supplying electric
power and the companies making the
vehicles
An organization known as the Elec-
tric Vehicle and Central Station associa-
tion. which has been active in this df-
rection in New England, is to be abb
sorbed. and the Pacific Coast electric
Il -
sire to affiliate with the new national
body. In addition to the Offices in New
York branch Offices are to be estab-
to be established in the near future in
Boston and in San Francisco, while the
branch Office system later may be ex-
tended to include practically every
large city in the United States.
The incorporators include Hayden
Eames of Cleveland. William H. Blood
Jr and Frank J. Stone of Boston,
Charles BLIZZARD of Philadelphia, Her
bert H. Rice of indianapolis, Weldon
H Freeman of Brooklyn, Frank J.
eyer of Orange, N. j.; Arthur Williams,
HarryC. Cushion Jr. and Harvey Rob-
inson of New York city.
AS an evidence of the long tire serv-
ice enjoyed by Winton owners. Harry
l.. Owesney, man
"bSS by winten % Car branch tS house &c, Of Of
carriage company,
written the home Office by Newton Ell
lis of Haszlehurst. uda , Miss. The letter
been run about 5000 miles and ms IS r@n
ming as we'll as it did the day un-
loaded it from the car: 1 drove it last
without nd any - chains nins cs 2s miles M
around here, after q flood Of rain, in
/ hour and 20 minutes and never
dropped below high gear but three
gear The car has now been driven Is
months and has never given down on
me for one minute
The n. o. Harrison company has
done a good trade in Everitt and Peer
less cars the last
New Owners of wsem' seson ssysn so lar 1a15 fai5
-t Ever... o Peerless cars have
been sold by the
company The present sales of Everitts
power touring car; Morris Staulsaft. a
demi tonneau; l.. L. Long, touring
car; A. C. Hurrett of Burlingame, a
and j. McReynolds of Santa Rosa. tour
ing cars.
A. s. Holden, manager of the factory
prancn of the Stearns motor car CON-
pany in this city,
Record North ifgo~iNe from North ths Yakn Ikil
ina, Wash: THE
Stearns So stock machine holds track
record here. covering mile in one min
ute, flat. Stearns also wins 5, 10 and
% miles races, covering 25 miles in 2S
minutes "a seconds. This was Stearns
is manager of the Stearns agency in
Seattle. This record beats Oldield' S
time by 1-5 seconds. on the same
track
Miller & Lux of Virginia City, New.
have just taken delivery of a Doris
car, which they
Nobbv Treads had equipped with
- . nobby tread tires.
The mobiles, &C.
cording to this firm, are very much
used on the desert roads throu ghout
Nevada, giving traction in the sand that
can be obtained otherwise only by the
use of chains.
The president of an automobile man.
ufacturing firm of Cleveland O.. was
recently offered an entire stable of
fleet trotters and PAGERS in part paw
ment for an outfit of motor cars