The San Francisco call., 1910-08-20
Record Making REQ Speeds on to Los Angeles
In Try for More Laurels
By R. R. L'HOMMEDIEU

By r. R. III
Not satisfied with lowering the rec
ord to San Francisco. the crew of the
Whitman REQ, under the advice of the
officers of the Pacific motor car COM
pany started out yesterday morning
a o'clock for Los Angeles to set a
mark from New York to the Angel
away.
southern city it will be expressed back
to San Francisco. Then it is to be
sent all along the coast, the object
being TO try out this 1911 REQ not
see if there are any defects brought
on by going through the severest tests.
While the performance of the car
has been for the public benefit there
was still another object, and that was
to show to the factory officials the
power and staying ability of the car. !
Since the White company first turned
its attention to the building of the
- White motor truck
White Trucks the demand for
s inc d that
word comes out to
c. A. Hawkins, Pacific coast manager,
that the factory is now making ar
rangements to greatly increase the out
put of this type of car One firm which
IS now using the White truck is the
Cleveland, which has just taken deliv-
cry of two more of the machines in
addition to four that they already
own and have been operating for some
time. Spea king of the service that
these trucks have given, y. ID. Adams,
vice president of the firm, is reported
to have said
Depending upon whether the hauls
are long or short, we find that a three
to five ton truck takes the place OF
from two to four five ton horse. drawn
trucks. The expense for oil and gaso-
line on the three to five ton trucks
has avera ged 81 cents per day per
able usage the transmission should
last a least five years, and the re-
mainder Of the trucks are such that
they should have life of at least 10
years.
'As far as repairs are concerned,
would state that up to the present time
this item has been nil with use, and
while this item is bound to figure in
the long run. we are of the belief
that in our selection of the make and
the type of motor truck for our use
we have chosen the best there is on
the market
An interesting trip from Los Angeles
to this city and return has just been
accomplished by
Pheasant Trip Mr. and Mrs. c. o.
In Mitchell MalehtIne' M5tebtII rod9ster ID a
l.. H. Valentine and
family accompanied them in their Co
lumbia touring car The party crossed
the San Marcos grade. one of the steep
est grades in southern California, on
the return trip from this city. The
journey was so arranged that the
scenery along the route might be en-
joyed The first nights stop was at
Santa Barbara. The Mitchell covered
this 10 miles on eight gallons of gas
oline, which is considered remarkable
party drove through the Santa Ynex
valley. They also visited Pizmo beach,
Jolon, Pacific Grove and Santa Cruz.
The return trip was made by way of
Oakland to San Jose, to Jolon and Santa
Barbara. The actual running time of
the trip from San Francisco to Los
which is considered pretty fine, as the
autoists are not experienced drivers.
For the 1900 mile trip, the Mitchell
averaged Il miles to the gallon of
used for every 240 miles of going. The
roads were in far worse condition
through the valley on the return trip
than they were on the coast route.
A 1900 mile motor trip through the
Lake Tahoe country, has just been COM
PIeted py W. w.
To the Great Word ,oa and family
Lake i'm Haynes ~ az litei, ,,,,,bay nee os
side trips were
made, as the outing was largely in the
nature of hunting and fishing trip
and netted results which included two
bucks and bear. Word says that he
travelled over some roads which had
never been covered by automobile be-
fore, and were exceedingly hard to
negotiate. One of these in particular
was an old deserted grade which had
not been used even by a buggy for two
years. Two winters rains had flowed
down it, converting the old wagon
tracks into miniature gulleys. The
underground had also become dense
which interfered seriously with the
cars wheels. The party report a most
successful and enjoyable trip.
Word has been received from the
Studebaker factory at South Bend. Ind,
by the local branch
Snlendid Sfude- f st u d e b k r
phsh"ap baker Electric ian Brothers. that in
N. q recent shipment
of Studebaker cleo
trio automobiles is included one of the
of any factory. The car is finished in
light gray and trimmed in a lighter
shade of gray goatskin. The machine
is intended for Mrs. E. p. Kelners of
Los Angeles, according to whose order
the car was finished.
w. H. Durphy, local agent for the
Chase motor wagons, is strongly ad-
. vocatlng COM
Chase Wagons IneTcial venicle re-
on Economy Run naolllty ana econ
omy run, which
should prove inter-
esting to every one interested in the au-
tomobile. In speaking of such an event,
Durphy said: The commercial car en-
durance runs are being featured and
are assuming a position of great i'm
portance in automobile circles abroad
and in the east. In view of awakening
interest in this type of machine on the
Pacific coast contest along these lines