The San Francisco call., 1910-09-13
: Apperson Climbs
| Mt. Washington

rabbit has been
driven uD + n .
course. over the steepest pitch to +be
summit of the grade
Bill Curtiss of Leon T. Shelters
sac sSsles Ioree. was the pilot of the car in
the daredevil stunt. Harris Hanshue's
mechanician, Ferguson, was the ONLY
other man willing to take the risk of
the climb. ~ VI
peated. Aside from the fact that tbe
Mount Washington railway compsnv is
lioI anxious to have automobiles inter
ceTlhs cerns w wlth the regular trips OF the
where they don't belong. the risk of a
preak is too great Should any mart
ot Inc mechanism give way under the
strain with car on the sleeper paris
OF the grade, serious accident wo1id
almost inevitably result. "ouiu
Inc easy grade at the foot of the in
cline was taken easily, but when tbe
car reached the steepest nytcb IT,
guson climbed on the rlnnfnp hoa-d
In order TO be ready to jump If snvtbina
gave way The engine ran smoothIv'
the crest OF the bad pitch with littia
apparent effort. A sigh of RELIEF frono
the spectators showed that there had
% tbe car Hss ttIt nervous strain while
The rest of the trip was compara-
The climb from the foot to the sum-
NIT took just three minutes. Tbs All. dis-
tance is about 1000 feet. The rsj11us u.s-
cars, propelled by an eIectrica11,t rl,ss- aS
ated gable, counterbalanced by The de-
sbe bSenuin8 LIZ car take eight minutes for
After coasting down the windinz
wagon road. Curtiss offered to maLs
g snT 'riP asaln with load of passen-
invitation for a ride. so Curtiss and and
ferguson made it alone again On ~ =
second attempt, with the knowlesi1a of
tne course gained from the previous
%.
minutes. ~ t"O
For the sake of obtaining a series
OF. .pnotographs of the car on the worst
machine sent up the grade again TTs
declined with some energy on account
or the risk of the undertaking.
NOTES OF THE AUTO
That there will be a good market for
popular priced automobiles in the Ha
wailan w islands next year is the opinion
mobiles in Honolulu. who has inst
closed a contract with Bert s. Bingham.
western Regal representative. There is
sald 10 oe plenty of money In the ISL
class of automobiles. They have good
roads and are just beginning TO ap1rs-
ciate the advantage. of the motor car.
In his estimate of appropriations that
will be. required for 1911, T. A. Winter
rowd, building inspector. has notified
he must have automobiles for each ~
his two deputies. or else have third
inspector 1t is probably the city coun-
Gil will allow the money for the two
automobiles rather than authorize the
employment of third deputy The
two deputies use horses and buggfes
and are expected to make approximate
~ $4,000 inspections year.
The report OF the Ohio automobile de-
partment for the three months ending
August Is shows that 6.632 automobiles
were registered in that period and SIS
manufacturers and dealers received IL
censes. During the same time chauf-
feurs to the number of 1.227 were IL
censed- The earnings of the department.
for the quarter were $ss,5s0.
And now comes Chicago Judge who
refers to an automobile as "a deadly
weapon. When chauffeur was haled
before Judge Gemmil of Chicago on a
charge of assault, the magistrate re-
marked. There's been an inexcusable
mistake on the part of the police. You
are charged with plain assault. The
maximum fine is 500. Your offense
really Is assault with deadly weapon
carrying a sentence Of six months in
the workhouse."