The San Francisco call., 1910-07-21

Walter c. Morris, local agent Tor the
Autocar, has received an interesting
letter from Los Angeles telling of
trip made by r. w. Brown, a travelling
man for one of the large wholesale
houses of the southern city. Brown
drove his Autocar /, 1,405 miles, including
a trip to this city and return. He
writes:
During the trip we kept close tab
on the amount of gasoline used and
purchased at different points, and by
keeping track of the mileage between
different points we found that the car
every 16 mile run. The engine to my
knowledge did not miss a shot and Its
work on hills as well as on fiat country
was exceedingly satisfactory. On our
return we found by having the
mechanician at the agency here exam
inc the Autocar that the valves and
spark plugs were in good order. and
there was no break in any part of the
car. The roads from San Francisco
south were very rough in many places
and tested the car to its full capacity,
strength, and Casitas pass was all
made on the intermediate gear, with
but one drop into the low, which was
on a hill near San Luis Obispo, and
this was so steep that the gas would
not run into the carburetor. We had
one blowout and two nail punctures,
WHICH constituted our tire tTOuDlS
For the last six months the Regal
motor car company has been busily en-
- gagged in the es.
Regal Branches branch p fnmsnt housea For OF
years the company
has owned and operated a branch
house in Detroit and SO successful has
been this branch that it was decided to
open direct factory branches in the
largest 1aIfg distributing eenters in the the
many branches throughout the country
will always be found good stock of
Regal cars and parts ready for imme-
branch house. Mechanics who have
had a thorough factory. training will
of each branch. One aim of the
branches will be to give the best pos
sible service to both dealer and owner
lished are located in Detroit, Buffalo,
Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Kan
ga. sas :; City, Wichita OKLAHOMA l,3r City.
apolis, San Francisco, Toledo, Lincoln
Neb., and Toronto. Ont
Tony Nichols. president of the Vein
stock-Nicho1s company. is. touring the
Nichol. Touring with A / Philip:
he E.uaf wee president OF
n e Morgan &
company. All the large cities of i'm
portance are to be visited and the au-
studied extensively. Nichols. who has
been gone about month now, Is not
expected to return for at least another.
When only the beaten paths are fol-
lowed, whether in business. pleasure or
- social life. man
Party Enjoy. seG becomes nn;ptersafiog' nafTow
Unusual Tour lust lust ' as the he baths us;
themselves become
monotonous. This has been found true
ed the routes in the vicinity of their
homes they branch out and, also hav-
ing, gained confidence in themselves
and their cars, answer the. call to
transcontinental tours. c. y, Weaver,
Pacific coast manager for Studebaker
Brothers, recently received a letter
debaker 40" telling of q trip from
Reno. New, to Calgary, Canada, and
thence to Butte, whence the letter
was sent. while the party was resting
Mr.. and Mrs f. j. Williams and Mr..
and Mrs. Richard McGrew, reached Cali
of 1900. The total running time was
IL days, as weather conditions COM
pelled the motorists to stay in some
casions. The big Studebaker was thor
oughly equipped for camping and when
the weather permitted the party spent
the. nights in the open. A well filled
larder was strapped to the rear of the
machine and this was constantly re-
plenished at ranch houses along the
route, where fresh. e-gs, milk and meat
were procured. From the fact that
We're touched during the trip from
Reno to Calgary it may. be seen that
many of the roads travelled over We're
new to the automobile. Notwithstand-
ing this. an average of 100 miles day
was made; Williams says that in some
of the districts passed through the
farmers were startled and many We're
met who <he was satisfied had never
seen an automobile before.
The continental divide was crossed
three times. and at Junction, a point
near Salmon City. an elevation of 1850
feet was attained. From the time the
party left Tuscarora until they reached
the Mountain house near Salmon City.
a distance of 200 miles, the ranch
houses were few and far between and
not g town or settlement was passed
through in this stretch. Williams re-
ports that some of the most beautiful
scenery in the country was enjoyed on