The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31
TWITCHELL AIR
GAUGE FOR King
-.
]. D. Garyey Sells California
Product TO Custodian OF Eng
lands Royal Garage

A. c. Leonard, manager of the local
branch Of the w. D. Newerf rubber
company, distributors of Goodyear tires
and the Twitchell air gauge, has re-
ceived a letter from James D.. Garvey,
who is travelling in Europe in the inter-
est of the Newerf company. which con-
tains the following interesting infor-
nation:
Yesterday being the fourth of July
I considered it my patriotic duty TO re-
call the ringing of old liberty bell In
Philadelphia by celebrating that event
in a fitting manner. did so by sefling
the king of England-George Va
THitchell air gauge, so that now we
aAe having the dealers all over the
United Kingdom advertise with head
lines, the caption If they are good
enough for the king. they must be. good
enough for you. So you see now that
Twitehell air gauges are being used in
the royal garages.
ut may interest you to know that
I had a great time trying to interview
the kings chauffeur, and when did
see him. I was certainly dumfounded-
The dignified gentleman wore full
frock. coat, and as they call them here,
top hat. But / had only started at
that, for 1 was Informed that I must
see the chauffeur's secretary. Just i'm
q gine making an appointment with
chauffeurs secretary
e'The latter was very much interested
in the Twitchen air gauge, so much so
that he purchased one for himself. This
done, he obtained royal requisition
from some other snappy looking indi-
vidual. who wore a monocle in his eye.
and after various other and divers sig
natures had been appended thereto, off
1 went TO deliver the goods.
Again the. capability of the motor
driven commercial truck to take Ele
hardest going Of
Truck Makes fered by the steep
Good at Work Streets q : has has been n
demonstrated, and
the unmistakabIe evidence of the supe-
riority of this method. of transporta-
tion over all others is still further
strengthened. Under the direction of
w H. Thompson. sales manager of the
Standard motor car company, Prayer
Miller truck has just succeeded in haul
ing 5000 pounds of cement to the top
of Twin peaks for the big reservoir be-
ing constructed there by the city. The
haul was made from the ferry and was
completed in II minutes. Those ac-
quainted with the progress OF. automo-
bile affairs can remember that less
climb was rated the supreme test for
the most powerful touring cars. The
4 first machine to reach the summit, al
though ii carried practically no load.
was heralded as the acme of perfec-
ton in auto possibilities and was the
chief topic of discussion in local auto
circles for weeks afterward; In view
of this the achievement of the Prayer
Miller loaded, as 1t was, with two and
a half tons, signifies the wonderful
advances that the last two years have
brought in motor car construction.
F. L Hansen's Palmer Singer. which
recently made such a record run from
this PitV IN Del
asA.h,-,, Monte and return,
ISar.ar,s Car was equipped with
Schebler carbur-
eter. In speaking
of the service of his car, Hansen recent
IL told Ed Mohrig of the Moore motor
supply company, agents for the Scheb-
Ter, that since his car had been equipped
with that make be had obtained from
six to eight miles more per hour over
the speed that he had previously en-
joyed. Mohrig says that II is also a
noticeable fact that all the cars which
have previously held the Del Monte rec
ord were equipped with the schebIer:
The Schebier carbureter up to date"
SAYS Mohrig, holds ali worlds track
and road records for stock ca rs"