The San Francisco call., 1910-06-19
k-R-I-TC CAR COVERS
HARD ROADSEASILY
A. r. POett and r. 7. BrOdhead
Return From Trip Through
Southern California

The man who sits IN his office and
calmly waits for business to come to
i'm. or who covers the field in his i'm
mediate vicinity, may be likened TO a
stream that does not flow. He is not
fulfilling his mission. He must get out
and hustle. In the automobile trade, it
is safe 10 say that there are few, if
any, men who are content to let the
reputation OF the car bring business to
them. one of the latest to demonstrate
this fact is 4. r. Poett, manager of the
Wholesale department Of the k-R-I-T
motor sales department. who has just
returned from an extended trip in a
h-R-l-T through the san Joaquin val
ley 10 and through the southern part
Of the state. He was accompanied on
this tour by r. T. Brodhead Of Detroit
Leaving this city trip was made to
Sacramento. where few days were
spent From Sacramento the road trav-
eled was through Stockton. Modesto,
MERGED MADEIRA and Fresno to Coalinga.
The motorists report that they en-
c0untcred heavy sandy roads from Mo-
dest0 TO Turlock. but that the roads
from that point TO Fresno were in fair
condition. From Fresno to CoaHnga.
crossing the desert, the roads We're in
lima gdnable were encountered after
leaving COalinga for Paso Robles. by
way Of Dudley. Miles and miles of
sandy stretches over which y mule
teams have been hauling oil well sup
plies had TO be negotiated most of the
time on the low. From Paso Robles to
san Luis Obispo the roads again were
found To be excellent From San Luis
Obispo TO Santa Maria, by way of
DC in f.r l,aH
shape. being sandy and cut up with
deep chuck holes.
Leaving LOmpoc at o'clock in the
evening the road Ia ken was through
the san Julian ranch TO Las Cruces.
From there to Santa Barbara the roads
are I'm fair condition, until Naples is
reached. From there TO Goleta the
roads are in very bad condition. Re
turning from Santa Barbara, by way
Of GaViOta TO Los Olivos, the roads are
fair from GaViOta on, with the eXcep-
tion Of badly chopped up road at the
foot OF the NavOgui grade, caused by
heavy teams hauling cordwood. The
roads are in splendid condition from
Los Olivos TO Santa Maria, by way of
Foxen canyon. From Santa Maria TO
san Luis the road followed was by way
OF the Arroyo Grande TO Pizmo. From
san Luis 10 JOlon. after crossing the
Canta Margarita range, the roads are
splendid. running through a natural
park. Leaving JolOn at s a. IN. the
run 10 SAN Jose. 1875 miles. by way of the
San Juan grade was made by 5 o'clock
In the afternoon. with stop of an
hour and a half in Salinas. From San
Jose TO Oakland the roads were in ex-
cellent condition except in short
stretches.
The distance covered, according to
the speedometer. was 1.20O miles, and
both POett and Brodhead said that they
encountered no mechanical or tire
troubles OF any description en- route
Poett said.
The scenery from Santa Barbara up
the coast by this route is beyond de-
Scription. and were it better known to
motorists there are hundreds Of people
who would take this trip instead of
going to Europe for tours. The general
movement throughout this country
covered is for the Improvement of good
roads, and, in fact, throughout all the
coast counties This is manifested by
The excellent condition of the san Juan
grade, which last year was in a fright
ful shape"