The San Francisco call., 1910-02-05
RACING KNOX CAR
ARRIVES ON ROW
Reliance Automobile Company
Receives First "RaceabOnt"
of 1910 Models
Machine Is One of the Fastest
Looking Vehicles Seen
This Season
By R: R. L'HoMMEDIEU

One of the most striking automobiles
that has been seen this season has just
been received by the Reliance auto
mobile company. 1t is a Knox 40
horsepower raceabout which has all
the lines for power and speed and from
general appearances would bear out the
factory's claim of 40 miles per hour
for this type of car.
The body and gear are painted Mer-
cedes red with blue hood and tenders.
black and red stripping, red upholstery
and brass trimmings 1t has seating
capacity for two passengers. with de-
tachable chauffeur's seat on the run
ming board. large gasoline tank. tire
carriers and patent leather trunk
mounted behind.
The body is of special design, all
made of aluminium. with seats low and
placed well back; with slope of the
dash and hood made so as to afford
protection from the wind This is the
style of car the Knox factory has used
in all its races during the past sea-
sons. and Is guaranteed by the makers
to do 40 miles per hour where road
conditions will permit
The car comes fully equipped with
magnetic, top. so mile speedometer.
clock, shock absorbers, prestolite
tank, tire carriers. demountable rims
and Fisk Sc inch tires.
Paul Lacroix. head of the Renault
selling branch in the United States, and
S. Rene ]. Marx. coast
Lacroix Leaves representatives, ieft
for the North feStprIdy feF Porfiand hogf,e Where
they will look over
the trade situation. especially the taxi
cab outlook; Lacroix will proceed east
nf he Iarr- fUcr hi
cago before the show is over.
The great demand for automobiles has
created unique position. 1t is that
S. of stock chaser"
"Stock Chaser, These men have to
1-- -D----on tory to another fol i.
for stock and see that it is shipped to
representative for the Overland, re-
concerning the present conditions at the
factory:
There is likely to be a. scarcity of
material this season. We have twenty
stock chasers' out now securing the
country for materials. Some of these
it is next to impossible to round up,
and we are paying fancy prices because
that is the only way we can get the
stuff. Other makers are doing the
same. What the conditions viii be in
three months, with every one demand
ms cars, Can Only pe cohJectuIeu'
With the last two weeks more than
100000 worth of new machinery has
.s.--- ---... been set in place in
Big Increase in me the neW EorP plant 7no+0r OF
"".I company at High
land park Detroit.
The old plant with all its machinery
none of it two years old. remains un-
changed, for 1910 has opened up with
such rush that both plants win be
rnx. u
4. J. Smith. agent for the Elmore two
cycle valveless cars. yesterday reported
the arrival of an
More Elm EImore GImGre RaheP CARLOAD ears' al of of
.s.------.. ). which have been
sold and will be
Immediately delivered Another car
load will arrive either Saturday or
Monday. part of which have not been
sold and will be on the salesroom floor
for immediate delivery.
C. E. Mathewson. Pacific coast man
ager of the Diamond rubber company,
...--- has received word
Writes of Big from from ,1cads.o a r. Mires
Diamond Mileage OIL, OF ,e Modes5o TO- OF Oh
the Diamond tires.
Mires writes that after trying several
some 10000 miles over all sorts and
conditions of roads he finds that Dia-
mond mountain tread tires have given
more mileage and better satisfaction
than any other makes he has used
This has been a busy week for the
White company. Among the sales re-
So ported by their
flRir sales of repr e n tatives |
White Chr. We're: Miss Bar
...-----I- M" . Der of San Ra-
fael. model 90" |
steamer: Mrs. Danahar of Tacoma. who /
has bought model M M" steamer here |
with the idea of using it for tour to |
Los Angeles and through Southern Cal
ifornia: J. Ehrman of this city, a White |
gas car; H. r. Brink of Winters, a |
White gas car; II. c. Freeman of this |
city, model 90 steamer: II. r. Rob
ertson of Santa Rosa. a White gas car |
G. Mcdonald of Eureka, White gas car |
toy tonneau; DIR. F. Reinhardt, who will |
tour Europe in his new White car: J. |
Scharlach of this city, White gas car. |
NOTES OF THE AUTO
Arnold Bros. of Sacramento have pur- |
chased a Hupmobile from s g. Chap |
man. the coast distributor for the little |
runabout.