The San Francisco call., 1910-10-15

the philippines what is believed to
cooling automobile
in the Philippines. 1t is, a four cylin-
der, 16 horsepower Franklin.
Although this motor car has had
five years Of service it is IN constant
operation by it's owner, A. n. Peterson,
an engineer of linus. province of Ca
vite, near the city of Manila. Not long
ago an army wagon, became stuck
while being dragged through a road
way thick with mud. Its load was
$500 pounds of meat and ice, and be-
tween it and its destination lay three
and a half miles of the sticky mud.
Hitching the loaded wagon to the rear
the wagon out of the mud to the place
for which the load was intended. Tell
ing about his car, Peterson afterward
said:
II could have sold it lots of tim ss.
but I don't want to, for of all the
other cars here there are none that will
come up to the Franklin. L have re-
paired cars of many makes and find
that there is no car so easy to get at
as is this one. You don't have to dig
to find the parts
on the hottest day. 1t was taken to
the Philippines by an army officer and
from him Peterson secured it.
Frank Hanna is with the Fairbanks
Morse company of Los Angeles and his
Drives Cartercar tercar. Formerly
! Acreage Ceuufyv he was a 1ocono
= tive engineer on
the Missouri Paci
fic railroad. After leaving the road
not stop travelling. He was lonesome.
Therefore he bought an automobile and
selected the Cartercar because the fric-
tion transmission appealed to him as
Hanna are now starting out with their
new car on cross country trip to ST
Louis. They expect to travel the
take in most of the side trips along
the way.
The Union Metallic Cartridge com
pany of Bridgeport, Conn, has added a
Novel Feature in electric truck to it's
Electric Truck trcl5 equslpmehht, hss hsae y e
constructed along
new and original lines, one of its chief
features being hermetically sealed com
partments, which are friction and igni-
tion proof, in which high explosive
powder is to be carried. The control
ler and sparkling parts are immersed
in oil. The vehicle will make regular
trips between New York. city and
Bridgeport.
The Diamond rubber company has re-
ceived letter from II. N. Reno of
> ,,---,- which readx. 'AoAa'
Gooa woTH rs or .Nrhe writer has
: " -o1 14 . just removed from
his Lozier machine
a 3s by inch Diamond casing, to be
retreaded. that has made 5,100 miles
of Arizona desert and mountain roads
without a puncture or blowout, the
tube or casing never having been re-
moved for any cause until today
Just 1885 miles in 10 days, or an
average of 2S3 miles per. day, making
e
/ Clever Run in Cleveland to Buff
Rambler Car falo;; Boston, New
Philadelphia, Ham
ilton. Ontario, and Detroit, was the un-
usual record made by w. Fl. X. Heron,
a Cleveland Rambler owner, in his
seven passenger 55.
Canandaigua, N Y, the speedometer
registering 295 miles The next even
ing he was in Pittsfield, Mass, $50
ing he was at York Beach, Me-, 235
miles from Pittsfield. On the tenth
day he returned to Cleveland.
The car was not shipped at any point
except the spark plugs were cleaned
once.
From the eastern states come glow
ing reports of the success of Eugene r.
Ely, the aviator Ely was. at one time
connected with local automobile firm
and later went to Portland. The air.
ship used by Ely is Curtiss biplane,
owned now by Robart Simpson of the
Auburn motor car company of-Portland.
Ely went east and placed himself under
the tutelage. of Curtiss. from. whom he
has learned the fine points Of aviation.
Ely will enter the Chicago Post and
New York Times flights for a $4,000
purse: He will be entered against Cur
tiss. ElyS most important flights were
during an exhibition week in Rock
Island, ILL.,, recently.