The San Francisco call., 1910-10-09

and a half to three times the speed
win occupy but half the space and per-
form twice the work"
Probably no man in the automobile
industry has more interesting history
than that of R. z.
r. E; OIds Father olds the father of
cording TO adviceS
received by the Pa
nc motor car company, the local
gents for the REQ cars. Olds has built
1000 automobiles since he began his
oareef IN 1886. He is a man OF tireless
energy and his executive ability is
lenonstfated IN the fact that within
me year after the ground was broken
Tor the REQ factory there We're built
I'd delivered very close TO 1000 Reos.
ne Reo factory now covers "a acres.
mere are Il large brick and stone
-ll0lngs. comprising more than 600.-
- square feet of floor space, 209 500
of which was added during 1909
We than 100 men are now employed,
All of whom are working overtime 10
meet the constantly increasing demand
- -@t me nleh quality, low priced REQ
D. ne following story is told of Olds:
one day a friend visited Olds and
during the course OF their converse
uon he happened TO remark that IT
was really wonderful how the gradual
Development Of the REQ business had
come about, incidentally comm snting
on the rise Of the farmer lad TO the
wealthy. much travelled man Of affairs.
In reply 10 this Olds remarked with
out the slightest trace of egotism Cbe-
cause tie ego doesn't enter into his
ma keup); i suppose II is hard work,
and then. YOU know" laughing slight
lE, Il never gave up; I always ala the
work myself. and even now I never
experiment at the expense of others.
50 long as ? thing is an experiment 1
won't recommend it. and I never work
on borrowed ca pital, not a single dol
lar Of IL Yes. hard work, and the con-
hdenee Of my friends have, as you say,
have done wonders.
The EMF car. which has been put
through a test Of a 1000 mile endur-
Hard Test for having been used
Goodyear Tires G0@SfSntly ,SoatSs z for it,d} 1S
last test by Robert Feen. was equipped
with Goodyear tires. A. {. Leonard
manager Of the ". d. Newerf rubber
company. has received word that the
service given by these tires was little
snort OF remarkable. Two round trips
were made through SnOoualfnia ia
IN endless series Of rock strewn roads,
which were particularly hard on the
driving wheels on account of the strug-
Ele Tor traction. The machine was
equipped with the GoOdyears as a be-
ginning of the test, and they proved
A. selves capa bic of hard usage by
handing the bad roads TO which
Icy Were subjected Not a puncture
was recorded. but the castings were
worn down TO the last layer of fiber.
Passing through the streams huge
nouldeTs were encountered, and Fem
drove over these in order to save the
dimeUential, yet AT the end Of the trip
the tires We're found to be worn regu-
-arly an the way round, not in spots,
nor cut ~ places In some places IT
was so difficult TO get traction that the
wheels would spin around until the
blue smoke would arise from the tires
which warned the driver to stop
awhile. Chains were used, but even
with these devices il was hard to get
traction Fem reports that next to
The wonderful performance Of the little
E-M-F. the splendid work Of the Good
year tires is most praiseworthy.
That speeding will be condemned by
every good driver is the opinion of B.
. accorded the War
Warren-Defroit rem Detroit 80"
Is Well Liked PsTnnnqeP Rsmna Dai,I IoT Tir6ee 1ee
run under the aus
agent for the two cycle valveless high
duty ElmOre cars, Becker says; Econ
omy Of naintenance hangs squarely on
economy of speed. 1 expect to see a
radical limitation Of speed by laws Of
well nigh national application, and
shall welcome that day. OF course, we
make speedy carS-none are faster
but that IS not their only recommend
alton Nothing knocks out a car so
apidly as long and continued fast
work. and this spells eXtrava gance and
seless stress upon every part OF the
car as well as on the tires. ] think
VIII be condemned by every thought
fll driver. and the nonthinking kind
wiz GRADUALLY see that they are beng
olked down upon, Just as is the case
2 av with those given 70 wanton
-Nste in other respects Few acci-
dents take place that are not pr+anar-
Iv ca used by excessive speed On the
other hand. I think that most men who
have driven as long as have viii agree
r. hat a speed Of from IS TO Is miles a n
hour affords not only the most COM
ing Anything above that detracts
rom the interest in the surroundings
that is q large part Of the wholesome
pleasure TO be found IN autoInopIing-
A & Holden. mana ger Of the local
branch Of the T. B. Stearns company,
has received word |
sIrS Otis Makes 81 aho,net5 OF he recosd rosd |
A""'"ef by Mrs. H x. Otis |
. in her 30-60 horse 1
,ovrer Stesrns. This time the record |
-rss over the roads from Montreal, Can. |
.o Rouses point The roads were in /
.errible shape" said Mrs. Otis, when
spesking Of her trip, "and the average 1
N 25 miles an hour doesn't begin TO /
ten anything about the trip. In spots
could pick my car UP TO 90 miles per
-our. and almost Immediately 10 would
be- necessary 10 shut II down 10 dodge Il
-noruOus holes or nasty little depres-
ions. II the roads are ever hxed up /
believe I can materially improve my
Mrs. Otis broke the previous record
.r 20 minutes.
Ii is interesting to note that all Mrs.
ltis' driving including her many road.
rack and hill records. has been done
2 little more than two years During
lat time Mrs Otis has had but the
me car and has covered 64, 900 miles.
She is almost a slave to her machine,
lrives constantly and always uses her
ar instead Of trains no matter where
N is going. She drives as much In
4 nter as summer and she holds the
36ston-New York midwinter record.
The Locomobile, owned and driven by
}. F. Mccarthy and carrying repre-
sentati of the
: Fo-o,nohsle Portland newspa-
S-on,rIeT.~ F,.,, pers was one of
two cars, ont of
about Is machines
nat started to complete the muddy