The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-04-13
White GAS TRUCK
ARRIVES in CITY
Local Branch of Well Known
Company Receives Two
Demonstrators
BY R. R. L'HOMMEDIEU

BY R. R. L'HOMMEDIEU
Automobiledom was given a surprise
yesterday afternoon, when a big motor
truck made its appearance in automo-
bile row. 1t was one of the most
striking commercial vehicles of its kind
that has been seen here. At first glance
1T had the experts guessing, until the
bonnet over the engine was noticed
when 1T was seen that it was a White
gas car. The bonnets OF the White
cars are a mark that distinguishes
them from the ordinary cars.
The local branch received two of the
demonstrating trucks yesterday. One
is three ton wagon and the other
a ton and half vehicle. The three
ton wagon was the one which caused
the sensation on the row
The two received will be put into
active demonstrations at once, as the
White company is going TO make a bid
for the commercial business as well as
handling pleasure vehicles
The SpeedweI motor car company of
California, which has been located at
500 Golden Gate
New Quarters give give VI up I that i9cs; :;
the present build
| a permanent structure. L. V Lynch
manager of this company, has secured
Gate avenue. with the Auburn agency.
The full line of Speedwell cars NAV be
seen on the salesFoom floors at that To-
cation.
One of the most delightful short runs
from san Francisco at the present time
| Owner Tells Bay run. according
| of Good Roads to W. H. George Of
sniS VINO
Tuesday in his Studebaker go The
roads from here TO a short distance out
of San Mateo are not in the best shape
Bay they are excellent" says George,
and the scenery is thoroughly delight
full Being on the ocean. this spot is
more than loo miles up. and down the
Halfmoon Bay coast with my car II
arrived home without having to lift the
hood or the engine once during the
day"
A remarkable trip has just been made
by A G. B. Ridley, demonstrator OF the
Standard motor car
|. veIie Makes comp a ny who
Fast Run fra@ ss the "TRIP trip
cisco to Bakers
field in the fast time of II hours and 80
minutes, or an average of 19 miles per
hour. The fact that this trip was made
at night time and over not the best of
country roads makes the durability of
the Velie machine which Ridley drove
all the more noteworthy. At the finish
of this trip he reported that the car
was running just as smoothly as it did
at the start. Notwithstanding that some
stretches of the road were unusually
bad.
The Chalmers go" which has been
| making daily round trips between Den
yer and Colorado
Chalmer. Doe. Springs, ran double
Difficult work dsSs Tece on Two to
make up for lost
time in the heavy snow which made
large part Of the mountainous road i'm
passable. On the double round trips
the car travelled 800 miles a day. The
average total running time was IL
of 40 minutes between runs. The car
carried a full load OF passengers and
made the double runs without an ad-
justment, despite the fact that the
roads were heavy with mud and slush.
The car has now made 81 trips in 81
days. This feat. is attracting wide
spread attention in Denver. The auto
bilists of that city have planned a big
turn out to welcome home the car at
the tn c3mpletien Of It's schedule. In the
adjustment has been made on the car.
A white motor car trimmed with gold
will soon be seen dashing to fires
through the streets
FRANKLIN for of Oklahoma City:
Flre department of the IRE depart
ment This fire
chiefs car has been ordered at the fac
tory of the II. H. Franklin manufacture
Ing company of Syracuse. 1t will rep
resent the latest in construction and
equipment for such service. The car
will seat four persons. For immediate
work. when the chief arrives at a Are.
the motor car is to be equipped with
two fire extinguishers. two freman's
axes and two fire lanterns, the latter Of
WI Instantly dafaRhahla
balls at the sides of the car. To give
warning in its run to the fire the auto
it has searchlight which. in addition
TO the headlights, is mounted on the
dash.
J. H. Baxter, who runs six cylinder
Thomas, is an ardent adyoGate OF Nor
gan & Wright tires
Long r. W. f, Ge WSYdP i. book 7,9l i
chine is tabulated for each date. Fig
uring from the date on which he
bought his last set OF tires the book
a puncture. He also states that he
gives his machine much good strenuous
work, 200 to ESQ miles a day being no
unusual run.
Following its established policy of
securing the best men possible. the
Columoia motor
JOINS seIiine rSrce Hartford. Conn.
- one of the units
of the United
States motor company, has added to its
forces +. z. Dayton. one of the best
known statesmen in the industry Dav-
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