The San Francisco call., 1910-06-23

\ MdIIn county, so Well KNOWN Tor It's
beautiful scenery, is to be mecca for
the motorist. The
Marin County b being sorh5 done is ,ns go-
the personal su-
pervision of men who have the pros
perity of the county at heart, being
land owners. AT present convicts are
at work on five miles of road between
Ross, San Anseimo and San Rafael
While next week they will take up the
work on the Sausalito road. The bou-
levard to Greenbrae is finished to the
stage for the top dressing and although
the county of Marin is hospitable to
motorists. the officials request that mo-
ing over the new roads while they are
still soft. Arrangements have been
made with the Foster quarry for the
stone which is being used and the rail-
road and teams are constantly at work
hauling this material to the different
points.
1t VIII be. remembered that ]. w.
Leavitt, president of j. w. Eeavitt &
. Co, upon his re-
J. w. Leavftt turn recently from
Pinched by Proxy 9vov1sna visit to Faotdl1 the
praises OF the treatment accorded by
the officials of the county and the
towns in the vicinity of the factory
Leavitt had the. pleasure of trying out
a number of 1911 Overland models and
1T is needless to say that he did some
speeding. He reported that no one mo-
Tested him, no matter how fast he went
Now Leavitt is smiling in a rather du-
bious, If triumphant, way as he has
received a letter from the factory in
produce Leavftt for trial for speeding
through nearby township He is NOT
so sure now that they are more lenient
In ohio than they are in California.
NOTES OF THE AUTO
E. c. Collins, manager of the Carter
car automobile company, has received a
telegram telling him that up to the
evening of June 21 the Cartercar in the
Glldden tour still was enjoying a per-
feet score. Collins was rightfI1Ily
pleased with this news, as so MANY Of
the participants in the tour are heav-
lily penalized and the hardships are
great. Collins also reports the sale of
the following cars: A four passenger
Cartercar to F. c. Peters of Mokelumne
Hill; two four passenger Cartercars to
w. II. Bradley of Sacramento; a five
passenger touring car to E. j. Price of
Edgewood and a Cartercar of the same
model to w. Remelsperger Jr of this
city, and four passenger touring car
to A. w. Young of Stent. who drove his
car home overland. f. Morse also took
delivery of five passenger Cartercar r
and is about to leave on an extended
tour through northern California and
Oregon. The company also reports the
sale of a motor stage to J. Glenden-
ming, which will be used on the road to
TOnopah.
That good business is not only en-
joyed by the automobile dealers, but
also by the dealers in tires, may be
seen by the report of r. r. Thompson,
manager of the local branch of the
Michelin tire company. Thompson saws
that the business for the month of May
showed the greatest number of sales
made since the branch opened in this
city. Not only were the sales large.
hut they did not jump to the good fig
ure, having gradually increased, which
is encouraging in any business enter
prise.
Robert Rathborn, representative of
the Haynes cars in Sacramento. is pay
ing visit to San Francisco. Rathborn
says that the popularity of the electric
is most forcibly demonstrated in his
section, and there are hundreds of cars
of this type, and all makes. in use on
the good roads around the capital city.
Since he has had the Haynes gas car
in that city he has been surprised at
the amount of business he has enjoyed.
II. L. Owesney,. manager of the San
Francisco branch of the Winton motor
carriage company, reports the sale and
delivery of a Little Six Winton to DR..
e. o. Jellinek of this city.