The San Francisco call., 1910-04-20
GOOD INFORMATION
ON GOOD ROADS
E. P. Brinegar, President of Pho
neer Auto Company, Gives
Some Interesting Facts
By R. R. L'HOMMEDIEU

/ OUiilC iutCISStIlIS TdCtS
By R. R. L'HOMMEDIEU
E. P. Brinegar, president of the Pio-
neer automobile company, who is a
strong advocate of good roads, offers
the following interesting and instruct
I've items which have been collected for
| him:
Average cost to haul one ton of farm
produce one mile in the United States,
% cents.-United States Department of
Agriculture.
Similar service on European high
ways. cost cents.-American Encyclo-
pedia.
With equally as good roads as Europe
the saving in transportation of farm
produce in the United States would
amount to s250,O00,o0O per year.-L. w.
Page, Director United States Office of
Public Roads.
| On the 2,155,O00 miles of road in the
United States there is spent annually
S9O,000,000, while on the 10000 miles
of road in England there is spent an
nually $S0,000,000, or II times as much.
Il. w. Page, Director United States
Office of Public Roads.
The agricultural population of France
| does not have to spend its money re-
pairing vehicles and harness every win
ter.-Secretary of State Knox.
| There are worse things in this world
| than debt (for good roads,; for in
! stance. stagnation. loss of prestige,
emigration.-W. E. McClintock, Chelsea
| Board of Control (Boston, Mass).
| No class of people are affected to a
greater extent than are the farmers,
either by bad road or an improved
highway The one is a pickpocket, the
other is an interest drawing and ever
increasing bank account. H. McDon-
Stofo oh C0,,a
missioner.
1t costs 3.S cents per bushel to trans
port wheat from New York to Liver
pool, but it cost the farmer 5.4 cents
per bushel to haul the average of "a
miles from the farm to the railroad
station--Department of Agriculture,
United States.
New Jersey has the most economical
and best construction of highways and
the lowest maintenance for the class of
highways of any state in the union
Frederick Gilkyson, State Commissioner
of Highways, New Jersey.
The. Winton is rapidly becoming pop
ular in the San Jose smart set. as
George B. Pol
''fsDn sus. Hsnls Minion agent in San jose, s !
- has just delivered
Little Six"
Winton toy tonneau to Joseph Henry,
son of j. H. Henry of San Jose
Henry manages the immense inter-
ests which comprise more than $4,000
acres of ranch lands in the Santa Clara
and San Joaquin valleys, as well as
farther south. 1t is In his managerial
duties that young Henry will use his
new purchase. Henry owns the reser-
Yatfon at Atascadero used by the
United States army rs a drill ground
The ranchman gave his son the choice
or any car on the market, and after
two days of thorough investigating he.
selected the Little Six Winton. Hen
ry drove his new purchase to San Jose
the same evening and next morning de-
cided to make the run to Salinas. Later
Polhemus received the following tele-
phone message from the new Winton
enthusiast: Half inch of rain on San
Juan grade; roads rotten; car a peach"
The splendid success of the Buick 40
in the Los Angeles motordrome. when
Nikrert Ha. for ali the little car
Narrow Escape walked off with the
field and De Palma
was the cause of great deal of com
ment yesterday along automobile row.
NICK Nikrent, who has been doing
such sensa ational driving at the wheel
of the Bucks in Los Angeles, had a
narrow escape from death in this event.
when he threw a tire, the car Swerving
and striking the iron railing at the top
the greatest difficulty in controlling his
car at this terrific speed, and while the
accident. and that alone, caused him to
finish second in the race, there was
some consolation to Nick to know that
he had accomplished the defeat of the
great speed kings, Oldfield and De
caused by the accident, and to know
that he himself had escaped without
injNETy N,,!rant t,st,v fea,s ,,o, .,os
over his latest achievement, together
with his winning of the 3 and 10 mile
events in his Buick 40, establishing new
worlds records for these distances.
H. E. Doty, Pacific Coast manager of
the White company; and c. A. Haw-
white Fa:s s:tss sl @s.s ss.aas s%'fa
NJ. Wright and R. B. Houston, they
started for fishing trip in the Santa
picked up two more al passengers 1ssrs taeg aeg
thus loaded their little four passenger
machine topped the difficult Santa Cruz
fshermen put the car up at the Hotel
de Redwood and thence took to the
stream They succeeded in landing a |
a steelhead of IN pounds They left
the hotel at a. M Monday and made
record time to San Francisco. arriving
whole distance in hours and IS min
uteS. Doty and G. A. Hawkins alter
mated at the wheel.
NOTES OF THE AUTO
At a conference recently called by
the French minister of commerce an |
understanding was brought about be- |
tween the three Chambres syndicate |
and the Automobile club of France. |
with the result that there will be but |
one motor car exhibition in Paris in |
the year 1910 after ALL The show will |
be held in December under the auspices |
of the Automobile club of France. but |
the club will be in the hands of a COM |
mittee representing the constructors of |
automobiles. constructors of cycles and |
other manufacturers taking In all the |
Chambres syndicate, all of whom will /
share in the profits accrued