The San Francisco call., 1913-08-07
MOTORISTS WANT
| YOSEMITE OPENED.
Government Asked That
Machines Be Permitted
Into Floor of Valley

Believing that the Yosemite valley
with all its wonderland should be open
to the tourists of the world that ma
tures beauty might be fully appreciated
and that California might benefit from
the travel, the Tourist association of
the bay and river counties has sent
direct appeal to Washington asking
that all the roads leading into the val
ley be opened Immediately for automo-
bile travel
A resolution to this effect has been
forwarded to Secretary of the Interior
Franklin K. Lane by the executive COM
mittee of the association.
At the present time only one road
| is open, and that is via Coulterville-
Even by this route. it is understood,
| automobiIists are not yet allowed to
! take their machines to the floor of the
valley This it is pointed out benefits
| only the railroads and prohibits the
average citizen from touring in ma
chine the wonders furnished by nature.
| If the Wawona road were opened to
autos, tourists and others might so into
| the valley by way of Wawona and thus
be able to see the big trees and the
| sights of the valley without having
to make q special trip from Yosemite
| to big trees, as is the case at present.
| Following is the resolution:
| 1 Whereas. the Tourist association OF san
Francisco BAY and river counties representing -
Chambers of Commerce and other commercial or
| ganzations, associated for the purpose of pro-
noting tourist travel and to develop among our
own people appreciation of the Importance or
| the tourist business factor in our CONNER
ena Mosr Of be made c
cessible to everybody and that every encourage
ment and facility should be given TO the people
| OF the world to them: and.
Whereas. Yosemite valley and the Big Trees.
| the greatest of these natural wonders are noe
/ accessible to automobilsts except by one route,
| viz. via Coulterville:
| Resolved. therefore. that this association make
an earnest appeal to Secretary of the Interior
Franklin X. Lane TO open all the roads for vehi-
cles into Yosemite valley and the Big Trees VIZ.
| via the Coulterville. the Big Oak Flat and the
| Wawona routes in order that tourists as well as
our people. may become better acquainted
with these wonders which nature has given us.
GOSSIP ALONG "GAS ROW.
! H. c. Mcyey. factory representative
of the Westcott Motor Car company OF
Richmond, Ind, and with headquarters
| at Dillon & Goodwin company, West
colt agents here is at present in the
south, visiting Westcott dealers and
agents there. Mcyey will return in
| a about two weeks, making several cit
| les on the return trip.
A. p. Karbach, sales manager OF the
| Reliance AutOmODile company, Hdo
| been away from San Francisco for two
weeks. making a visit to most of the
big cities along the coast. Also Stock
! ton, Sacramento and cities to the south
will be paid visit. Dealers and
| agents in these places will be called on.
| L. A. Renif of the REQ Pacific COM
pany has just returned from a trip into
| the Sacramento valley calling on deal
ers, branches and agents there. He re-
| ports the prospects for next seasons S
business unusually bright.
An fnteresting test of the doxameter,
| the new fuel control device invented
| by John A. Doxey, was made about the
streets of Indianapolis Saturday after
noon with a PaigeDetroit 49, five
passenger belonging to DR.. J. ID. Nus
baum. Doctor Nusbaum, who had never
seen the device before, drove the car
himself Motor spirits were used in
stead Of gasoline. On the first test the
engine was throttled down to it's mini
mum speed The car was then run
eight miles an hour. Without touching
the fuel supply the domameter was
opened and in a distance of approxi-
4 mately 900 yards the cars speed rose
| to IS miles an hour, a gain In engine
| efficiency of 100 per cent.