The San Francisco call., 1910-04-16
WHY ELECTRIC CAR
IS WELL liked
{. S. Richardson Tells of Ease
With Which Women Can
Handle Ii
By R. R. L'HoMMEDIEU

Even with all that has been written
and printed and told about the sim
pltcity of running an electric carriage.
it would surprise you TO know how
many people have only the vaguest or
most misleading ideas about the cleo
trio" said c. S. Richardson of the Re
lance automobile company. agents for
the Detroit Electric. recently.
AS matter of fact the operation of
our car is extremely simple. almost as
easy, may say. as the turning on and
off of an electric switch.
Women who express timidity in
driving horse have the greatest con-
fidence after one demonstration of the
Detroit's simplicity The steering lever
and controller handle are placed where
the operators hands grasp them IN
natural way, and the application of
brakes, either by foot or by hand.
through the controller renders control
OF the car easy and positive at all
speeds. Both the forward ard .everse
movements of the car are regulated
by a forward shift OF the controller.
which operates in two parallel grooves.
while another movement of the con-
troller shuts off the current and ap-
plies special braking device"
S. G. Chapman, local agent for the
Hupmobile car. has received infOrma-
g. tiOn wchich signi
HupmObiIeS fies n &
for F,rone business has Oc-
. -1-oP Cured within the
III up motor C ar
company OF Detroit, Mich, IN the last
week, one being an increase in the cap
ital stock and the other the decision to
send to Europe a factory representative
to establish agencies in continental CEN
fQCra9 30 N ga TaI
of the company is the second that has
been made since it's Incorporation lit
company was formed the capital was
$25.OO0. This was augmented TO $4,000
and the recent expansion carries it to
S25O,00O. all of which is paid in
Taking advantage of the two big ex-
positions which are to be held during
the summer at Brussels and Berlin, the
company has practically decided to send
e. H. Dunlap, now assistant sales man
ager, to these to exhibit the Hupmobile.
Dunlap will also visit the principal
European capitals, in which it is the
cOmpany's intention to establish selling
agencies. The HupmObile already has
become we'll established in several of
the European countries, and a consider
able export business is being built up.
Two of the most recent owners to
equip their cars with Morgan & Wright
NObby Tread tires
Owners Change are RrsssS Mrs; ana NJ M M
] ONcr
drives a Franklin.
The White steam car is the one most
frequently seen in the Kern county oil
- fields. As every
New Owners of one knows the
- throughout the oil
district could hard
ly be worse and the Whites popularity
in that section is very significant of It's
ability to negotiate the toughest going.
Two recent White steamer sales have
Just been made to Bakersfield pur-
chaSers for this travelling in the oil
fields. One of the cars went to +. d.
Burge and the other to H @. Parrish.
Both machines are seven passenger
cars. The two owners left town Tues
day with the new autos driving them
through to Bakersfield in spite Of the
bad roads that resulted from the late
rains.
Ivan L. de Jongh, sales manager Of
the Standard motor car company. re-
ported yesterday
Buys Carload that ne had closed
Oh fOro Au'os carload of Ford
machines to Ben
l.. Brundage. city assessor of Bakers
field. The new cars will be shipped i'm
mediately from the factory and will go
direct to Bakersfield