The San Francisco call., 1910-11-15
QUEEN NORM HERE IN QUEST OF BIT NELSON'S GOA
ENDURANCE TEST
AUTO SHOW CARD
F0rfy-eighf Hour Grind viii Be
Attraction of First Night
at Exhibit
By R. R. L'HoMMEDIEU

BY r. r. L'HOMMEDIEU
The Oakland automobile show, which
will open next Saturday night. Will go
down in local automobile history as one
of the events of 1910 The opening OF
the event will be marked by the begin
ming of one of the hardest endurance
and reliability motor car tests that has
ever taken place on the Pacific coast,
or, in fact, in any part of the United
States 1t is to be 4S hour grind un-
der rules that will allow only per-
fectIy constructed and rightly designed
car to come through with anything Ike
/, a perfect score. Those who go out early
to Idora park will see the cars sent
away. These cars will not enter the
/ contest with everything taken off so
that they have no similarity TO an auto
mobile, but they will be in the same
condition as when they are sold 10 the
motor enthusiasts. This is the kind or
a test that the man who is going to buy
a car likes to see, for it shows him just
what he can expect of the car which he
purchases.
Throughout the two days during
which the run will be IN progress the
events of the course will be bulletined
in the exhibition hall. This will mean
much to those who go out to the show,
for they will have a chance to see the
stripped chassis of the cars that are
grinding out the miles on the roads.
They will be able to closely examine
the working parts and see why 1t is
possible for the different motor cars to
keep up such a wonderful test
Many experts think that when the
contest has ended there will not be
car with perfect score. Those who are
entering are enthusiastic over what
thoV n with Thair It is
certain that the full worth of the cars
will be developed.
On Sunday night at about 10 o'clock
the contesting cars will make a round,
passing the entrance of Idora park so
that those in the show can have a.
chance to see how the cars are running
after "a hours of the grind.
AS an evidence of the superiority of
Ford construction, DR.. w. B. Howards
- Eo-s-o- f5r; fhrougS TniGh the "sns FIRE
'Rs Replace ela Ford 20 at Renstrom's gar,
>- - age T, few nights lights
When representatives of the Standard
motor car company, agents for the
Ford cars, arrived at the scene of the
line was still In the tank of the car,
and upon turning the starting crank 1t
was found that the engine had plenty
of compression and that the car could
Dc run WITHOUT lTOuDtc. lie IlAC
aged the body and wheels TO a certain
extent, but the engine and chassis
were unhurt.
The Cooperative Land and Trust
company OF Merced has added a 1911
Model EMF to
Buys Another its e9ulpmnent.< zen This TINS
= that with this mo-
tor car 1t can
transact all the business handled by
the horse drawn vehicles.
James O'Brien, head of the road
force of the mechanical department OF
the Chase factory.
Chase yl.,s s.F-t CT, Fl sssaaHslss4s
ply, the local agent for the Chase mo-
tor wagon. O'Brien will be in the
city for the rest of the week before
proceeding to his next stop at Los
Angeles.
Mayor Fred Busse of Chicago was
one of the busiest men in the United
States on election
Chicago Mayor day. but he took
Buys Rambler tDmobfle tonne 5G buy as an @eii Sgi
The mayor has purchased one Of the
big Rambler "64" touring cars equipped
special limousine body.
The Rambler has been largely used
by the heads of the municipal depart
ments of the city, and the mayor re-
use the same quality Of service as
that demanded by the city departments
Mayor Busse will drive the Ram
bier himself.
F. o. Nelson, manager OF the Los
Angeles branch of the Diamond rubber
Diamond +. ss tho of,sinI eit1 San Francisoo to
tails of a greatly
enlarged branch at that point.
That automobile self delivery is more
satisfactory in many cases than serv
East Has II frequently demon
East ON nth the West strated By. buyers
drive home their new vehicles from
the Franklin factory at Syracuse, n. Y,
rather than wait for them to arrive
that of Ira j. Fox of Lock Haven, Pa.
who made the drive of ESQ miles from
Syracuse in IL hours of running time.
was driven to Montreal. Can; one to
Hackensack, N. j.; one to Pittsburg.
Pa, and a number to other towns.
The automobile owners claim that
the trip gives them an excellent oppor-
tunity to become familiar with their
cars Thus far these long distance
az are ese in pos possession Of their : Vehicles I s
much earlier than they would have
been If they had waited for shipment
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