Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-08
MOTOR GOSSIP

MOTOR GOSSIP
The National Automobile Exchange
is a newly organized company to deal
in second hand autos and has pur-
| chased a lease of the Manhattan Auto
mobile company and also acquired the
building occupied by the Alco and Dor
ris agencies. Their frontage now ex-
tends from 1916 to 1928 South Olive
street.
Recent press notices of Harroun's
performances with the Marmon car at
Atlanta are particularly gratifying to
| the Michelin tire people, who point
with pride to the fact that Harroun
not only won the 100-mile race at Ascot
! park the 100-mile race at the Motor
drome, the two-hour race (149 miles)
at the Motordrome, but also the ZOO
mile race at Atlanta, all on the one
set of Michelin tires, and at no time
had to come into the pits for tire
trouble.
! The work of the Great Western car
at the Coalinga- Fresno races has
caused much favorable comment. Har-
old Stone not only drove a great race
in winning one of the big events from
| good field, but the car shows that it is
| built for keeps" as the race won is in
! all probability worlds record under
| the same conditions, for the course OF
| fifteen miles included thrtytwo turns,
and yet the winning time was 1853;
| and the road was very rough in many
places.
Burkhard- -Crippen Motor Car COM
pany, agents for the Lexington, have
| delivered a 50-horse power touring car
| to w. A. Hurry and a 40 horse power
| touring car to G. c. Dennis. They sold
! during the past week a 40 horse power
Runa bout with the new Torpedo body
to Wesley Haskell and five-passenger
touring car to M. CLANCY.
G. c. Dennis toured to Riverside and
Redlands list week as tryout for his
new Lexington touring car. He re-
ports the roads in very fair condition
and Il very enjoyable trip.
Wilson & Burlington, SAP to S46 South
Olive street, agents for Thomas Flyer
and Moline automobiles, report the fol-
lowing sales and deliveries:
William Hale, Fullerton, model M,
six-cylinder, 40-horse power four-pas-
senger Thomas Flyer w. l.. Mayfeld,
Bakersfield a sX-cylinder 40-horse
power fiVe-passenger Thomas Flyer; I.
H Mcfarland, a six-cylinder 40-horse
poWer five passenger Thomas Flyer;
w j. Smith, 3445 Vermont avenue,
Moline four-cylinder 30-horse power
five-p passenger touring car; A. II.
Gregg, Whittier, a four-c cylinder 30
horse power Moline passenger tour
ing car; J. C. Southwick. Whittier
four-cylinder 30-horse power Moline
fiYe-p passenger Moline touring car.
The Isotta is another car that did
good work at the Fresno -Coalinga
races. John Marquis is a driver that
must be reckoned with by the Califor-
mia contingent quiet, unassuming
fellow, he lays low and digs in to the
good things, and is backed up by his
masterpiece of q car. Winning the 100
mile race in 2:15:6 on country roads IS
a feat worthy of any car, and only pos
sible with the best of them. The course
was fifteen miles, and in the contest
with six other entries the Isptta Tapped
every ear once, and some of them twice,
finishing thirty miles ahead of the sec
ond car in the race. Though favorite
in the Coalinga Fresno 15-mile race,
the Isotta was forced to withdraw be
cause of accident
The Motor Car Import company is
selling carload of Halliday cars each
week. and the factory is sending the
cars through on schedule.
Carrigan Bros. received another car
load of the popular Midland cars last
Wcek-two touring cars and roadster.
The Renton Motor Car company is
selling and delivering three carloads of
Overland cars weekly. The 1911 Mathe-
son Silent Skies are due this week.
Demonstration of an Overland de-
livery wagon at Hollywood last week
convinced a local groceryman that one
of these wagons could do more work
than he formerly had performed by two
horses and two men. and in a fraction
over so per cent of the time.
NJ. S. Bulkley drove a commercial
Autocar last week to San Diego. 144
miles, via the coast route. in fourteen
hours. carrying seven people and bag
gage II was the first large motor
truck that ever went over the grade
and attracted much attention all the
way down the coast.
II. w. Hahn, as sales manager of the
Abbott Detroit motor car, is the latest
genial gentleman to enter the lists as
purveyor to the public of motor cars.
His car is a good one, and the gentle
mans sunny disposition should bring
him a host of prospects. His first car
load of machines is due to arrive this
week. The agency headquarters are at
1926 South Olive street
Thorpes popular illustrated road map
has now reached such proportions that
it is necessary to branch out in the
publishing business, Sc the new firm
name reads Thorpe Hamilton Road
Book company. Engineers and photog-
raphers are now in the field working
up the coming June issue.
Ellen Beach Yaw. the human night !