The San Francisco call., 1913-08-25
AUTO|STS START
FOR YOSEMITE
Touring Parties Make Jour;
ncy When Announcement
Comes Park Is Open


Quick to respond TO the advantages
OF the opening of the Yosemite National
park to automobiles by the federal
government last Saturday. numerous
touring parties left this city and sur
rounding bay counties yesterday for
the invasion of caIifoIsffa's wonder
land. 1t is freely predicted by local
autoists that there will be a nbig rush
of machines to the park for the balance
of the summer.
Under the rules and regulations pre-
pared by the department of the in
terror only two roads are open for
auto travel into the park One is the
Big Oak Flat and the other the Coul-
terville An endeavor is being made
by automobile associations for the
opening Of the Wawona road.
The Big Oak Flat road, otherwise
known as the Toll road, runs from
Stockton almost directly east TO Crock
ers. 1t touches the following points:
Pennington. Oakdale Knights Ferry
keystone, Jacksonville, Groveland and
Hamilton. The toll bridge is located
just the other side of Colfax.
It is this road that State Senator
j. B. Curtin of Sonora is endeavoring
TO purchase for the purpose of turning
il over to the state as public high
way and eliminate the toll system. He
figures on buying the road for $4,000
by selling stock to automobile owners
throughout the state.
While the park has been officially
declared open to automobiles, the rules
g. l. 49, y1<s~.~
on the floor of the valley. A large
concrete garage is being erected by
the governmnt to house the cars and
the owners will be compelled to keep
the machines there while they view
the sites.
GOSSIP ALONG "GAs ROW"
Mat Iverson of Paso Robes toured
north this week to have his Velie car
overlooked by the experts OF the Auto
Sales company. Iversen has toured
some $500 miles in his car. and feels
that 1t should be overlooked by the
factory mechanics.
a. i. Dawson, Lozier representative
in California and other parts of the
Pacific coast. has Just returned from
an extensive business visit to Sacra-
mento. He describes business prospects
in the capital city as promising. The
farmers in that section of the state
are reaping an excellent crop and are
turning their attention toward the pur-
chase of motor cars
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Wallace Hood, we'll known In auto
mobile circles in San Francisco, having
been general sales manager and coast
representative for some of the most
prominent makes of cars and recently
colt, has been appointed commercial
manager of the Empire Autonobile
company of Indianapolis
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c. E. Starratt assistant to the dis
trict manager of the United States Tire
company. has returned home from Ho-
nolulu. Mr.. Starratt closed for his COM
paDy with the two best accounts over
there, and looks forward to a steady
and healthy increase in business during
the coming season. He says there are
1000 automobile in the islands at the
present time, 1900 of which are in
Honolulu.
..Tbe work which some of big
Jongh, general manager of the Pioneer
Motor Truck corporation, the Pacific
coast representatives Of the General
motor trucks, sis remarkable. One big.
brewer in the countrysis covering as
high as 1s5 miles day with one of our
trucks, making deliveries to distant
suburban points. The truck starts out
at 3 a. m. and returns at S or at
night. Another interesting case of
service is that of a big express COM
pany in the east, which owns a feet of
our trucks. Part of their machines are
operated with two shifts of drivers %
hours a day This sort of transporta-
tion service is strikingly contrastcd
with horse haulage, the efficiency of
which is maintained with the greatest
difficulty during the hot summer
months.
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.sThe three Pcurest ears that partici-
pated in. the grand prfx of France over
the Amiens course recently were
equipped with Truffault- Hartford shock
absorbers." says Henry y. Mccoy, gem
eral manager of the Chanslor-Lyon
company of the coast agency.