Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-05
AUTO DEALERS
EXPECT LARGE
1910 BUSINESS
MANUFACTURERS HAVE BIG
SUPPLIES OF MACHINES
HoRSELESS CARRIAGES HELP
GOOD ROADS MOVEMENT
Men Hostile to Plans for Improving
Highways in the Country Become
Strong Advocates Through ln-
PRODUCTION of Motor Cars
BY ID. W. SENIPLE

The coming of the new ye- --@rks
the turning point in the season of au-
tomobile changes. 1t is true many of
the manufacturers anticipated the ap-
preaching season with their produc-
tions ready months ahead of the time
in preceding years in the display OF
the seasons output.
From this time until the roads are
dried out, the automobilist will ba
planning extensive tours throughout
the man. delightful drives with which
Los Angeles abounds and the eastern
tourists w assist in making the roads
contiguous to this city a parade of
handsome machines-many of them
brought from the east to remain with
their owners while passing the winter
months amidst the roses and orange
groves of Southern California.
Those who have watched with inter-
est the steadily increasing interest
taken in the racing part of the auto
mobile business cannot but be gratitied
at the results which have grown from
that department of demonstration of
the capacity and endurance of the sew
eral machines which have been before
the public on the racing track.
Never in the history of local auto
mobile selling has there been more
porous ear of everything pertaining to
the sales of cars and all of the acces-
sories which belong to the automobile
trade, and 1910 will in all likelihood
pass into history as having had the
greatest years business ever known to
local industry in the automobile line.
Good Roads Movement Benefited
What is most auspicious, too, out of
this enormous growth of the horseless
vehicle Is the good which is being ac
complished in the agitation and actual
work in the good roads movement.
Organizations and individuals are
bending every effort to secure the
highway improvemen which the au
tomobile and It's use have SO strenuous
ly impressed on the minds Of county
supervisors and officials of every char
acter through the state.
To this movement the farmers and
fruit growers have contributed largely
by their increasing use of the automo-
bile From opposition of the most Viru-
lent character the ranchers are today
being rapidly converted to not only
the sight, but the use of the automo-
bile. The use of the gasoline wagon
by these men has shown necessarily
to them the only means Of making the
best use of their machines is to have
good roads on which to operate them,
and there can be little doubt but what
the coming twelve months will mark
the greatest year for road work the
state of California ever has known
When this forward movement has
manifested itself to the extent to which
it is believed 1t will be done, then will
come more enjoyable touring, better
conditions and greater economy for the
farmer and fruit grower, easier and
more economical upkeep for the owners
of cars and generally much improved
. financial condition for the general
community.
The Christmas and New Years fes-
tivities have passed for another twelve
months. The diamonds and furs and
oriental rugs and expensive gifts have
of the house" will soon begin to figure
out the time he may save and the
money he may earn from more rapid
transit than the horse-drawn vehicle
or the trolley lines for running about
the city on business jaunts and the
mind will naturally turn to the ma
chine which has revolutionized busi-
ness methods as surely as the mes
senger boy service of the past has been
by the telephone.
With these suggestions in mind, the
dealers of Los Angeles in everything
pertaining to the automobile industry
may we'll look forward to the coming
year with the utmost satisfaction that
it is to be the most prosperous ever
known to their trade.