The San Francisco call., 1910-09-11

S. c. Chapman. local agent for the
Oakland cars, has received WORD OF the
opening of the Ar
thur Bunker motor
oaA1ane Ia RnsS Ne, car company, Seat
!. nus. nan tie agents for that s
intended to have an opening week
but he announced that rush of bust
ness had made it imperative for him TO
the owners, and it was also impossible
for him to have on display the four
models as he intended. as business has
depleted his autumn stock. He has
written that he will fulfill his intention
IL the two shipments which are now
en- route to Seattle are not sold before
allotment of the doctors Oakland Spe-
cials, and four additional ones.
On the return from a surveying trip
to the new road being opened through
ILocomobiIe the, San Fernando
Climbs Mountain val valley, in the south the :
state, F. B. Noble,
county surveyor, and a party of friends
made a side trip over Lookout mountain
in a Locomobile. Noble wished to see if
it were not possible to make highway
connections with the new road, and it is
possible that in the near future Ianker-
SHIN and Laurel canyon WILDE con-
nected, which will make one of the
finest circuit boulevards in the state.
The Locomobile in which the party
travelled over Lookout mountain and
this route took the grade without pro-
test. The party voted this one of the
most picturesque routes in the state.
Thomas K. Kase of Los Angeles has
just completed a trip from his home
= to this city and re-
state Toured turn turn in his inter- inter
in Interstate Ssaee Sere he eO- made Mhiie
number of visits to
points of interest, In all his mileage
ence is one of unalloyed pleasure all
the way through, as he did not have
mishap of any kind. Kase reported
that the mountain passes were al in
where heavy teaming had been done,
they were almost impossible. Ga
vieta pass was in particularly bad
stuck every day, and casitas pass was
pretty nearly as bad, Kase having TO
pull number of cars out of trouble
On his way north to this city.
Kase also said that the best time
to travel between Kings City, Soledad
and Salinas was early in the morning
on account of the desert wind that pre-
tion of the state. Again in some places
this road is sandy and renders fast
travelling almost out of the question.
He is more than pleased with the
consistent showing made by his car,
and said that despite conditions he
had no trouble whatever with his In
ter-SL2Ie az.
The unique sociability runs, which
have become so popular in Detroit, were
recently an event
sociability Runs in tt that city. The
Popular in East dmra is ont IF The
ordinary and is
somewhat in this way: A course is Sc
lected over which it would take an
average automobilist the goodly part
Of a day TO travel. A pathfinder goes
the route in whatever time the driver
chooses and the time consumed in the
entire trip is kept secret. An affidavit
stating this time is made is sworn
to. sealed and placed in a safe.
When the run takes place he who
made by the pathfinder is awarded the
trophy. Such a run took place recent
w and IA cars were entered. The
course traversed included the towns of
Dearborn, Plymouth, Worthwhile, Pom
tiac, Utica and Mount Clemens. The
one of the newspapers of Detroit. Ten
cars finished the run, four having
dropped out.
A Columbia car operated by William
3. wreford came the nearest to that
of the time made by the pathfinder.
The pathfinders time was z hours, II
minutes and seconds. Four Regal
fifth nearest the given time
The management of the Calhoun
{ Mich.) fair has decided not to
allow the exhibition of any automobiles
al its fair next month. as it fears that
IN these were shown the farmers would
be so absorbed in them as to forgetall
}. .1a.snr NM n