The San Francisco call., 1910-09-22
new 1911 MODEL OF
REQ HAS ARRIVED
First of New Motor Cars
Received by the Pacific
Company Agency
By R. R. L'HoMMEDIEU


Few cars have the reputation or the
number of friends that the REQ has.
These have been made by the way the
car has always stood up to it's work
From the improvements made in the
new models the car will greatly in
crease its prestige. The specifications
of the new car are:
Pressed steel frame. front springs half el-
hptic, rear threequarter elliptic. axles front
beam drop forged. timpken bearing spindles.
at gear, high duty roller bearings At wheel
"a inch artillery wood wheels; "a BY S1s inch
MicheliD quick detachable tires with Goodyear
rims; los inch wheel base: cylinder engine
case in pairs; by 41 inch; 30 horsepower.
radiator in honeyeomb pattern direct to exhaust
valves low tension magnets. with auxiliary
batteries, jump spark: spark and throttle con
selective transmission shaft drive multiple disk
clutch. with positive release; three speeds for
ward one release; two breaks on rear wheels in
ternal and external: IA inch diameter drums;
automatic force feed and return oiling system;
speed 80 miles per hour; equipment consists Of
complete tool and tire OUTFIT, baggage rack and
tire irons.
Sales Manager W. c. Hood of the
Chalmers factory. who is visiting San
Francisco. takes a
Hoods Answer very lnterestIhng nb In
- ers' controversy. IN
speaking of h q
bankers talk OF Ine DeOpie UlOIISdSAliR
their possessions to buy automobiles. he
said:
IT'S not the people who are mort
b tbs SankeT aTF foe fbaf is tfis bs Business Is
if collateral is safe, That is not the
trouble, but il is the depositors' draw
ing out the balances which they have
heretofore been able to count on TO do
a banking business with. The bankers
find that deposits which they could
count on for steady balance have
been lowered almost in every case by
the price of an automobile. Now the
aggregate means a big loss to the
banker and he is trying to hold on TO
what is left. In the case of where a.
an automobile. if il is not an actual
necessity from business point, he IS
knows this he is right in refusing 10
make a loan. BY actual investigation
these cases are so few that there is no
ground for the argument that some
bankers have been putting up.
AN automobile means much to the
farmer. for liz moves his farm that
much nearer to the city In many cases
he does not have to depend on the rail-
road as he did before. met one case.
on my way west. where / went out
with an agent to visit a farmer. He
big three ton truck The farmer was
25 miles from town. Before he got the
automobile truck he had to get up early
and ship part of his produce to town,
while a horse drawn truck had TO be
sent away even earlier to make the
city 20 miles away. so that he could
consumer. With his big automobile
truck he left at a. M, was through
his business and back to his farm long
before noon. His big $4,000 truck had
placed his farm within 1ve miles OF
the town."
The three speed 25 horsepower four
cylinder Overland has been received by
J. M. leaVItf x
New Overland Co 1t is the first
Ha. Arrived O6II1ist of the toy sonne4a "a
reach the coast
agents. Leavitt has taken the car out
and hammered il over the hills and is
enthusiastic over the work il did. The
his expectation, which means that he
will increase his order, as they will
prove popular.
The branch managers of Chauslor &
Lyons motor supply company have been
in conference for
Managers Hold two days in this
= vice president of
the company and
manager of the Los Angeles branch.
Seattle branch. and w. III. Whipple.
manager of the Fresno branch, were in
attendance. Among. the things decided
upon was the opening OF a branch in
Portland and one in Spokane. This
will make six houses under the control
of the company.
The tire manufacturers are turning
their attention to the commercial vehi-
Gle. They have
/ Goodyear for been paying some
| Mater Trucks attention to the
= motor trucks and
as they are max
ing their appearance on the coast are
now reaching out for the trade here.
A G. Leonard, manager of w d.
Newerf rubber company in this city
has received word from the Goodyear
solid motor tire with the hard rubber
base in San Francisco. The factory
has shipped the NeWerf company about
100 cases of tires so far this month and
the latter are now catching up with
their orders and expect by the first OF
the month to be up with the demand.