The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-07-31

The Tourist Association of San Fran
cisco Bay and RIVER Counties. which is
an organization created BY the Asso-
cfat ed Chambers Of Commerce or flat
district for the purpose of promoting
tourist travel. is going to make a
strong appeal to automobilists to- visit
central California and to encourage
touring among our own people.
With the idea, of mapping out a
grand tour. for motorists In this sec
ton, the Typographical committee. Of
the Tourist association recently held a
meeting at the san Francisco CONNER
cial club. There were present 16 rep
FresentatIves of almost as many COM
mercial organizations in the bay and
river counties. These were H. III. Bush.
Martinez; J. j. Mazza. Marin county; w.
j. Martin, South San Francisco; George
H. Cowfe, San Leandro; H. *. White,
Benicia; j. W. Colebird, South San
Francisco; w. Drummond-Norie, Los
Gatos; N. Rosenthal, Alameda; c. IF.
Wieland. Berkeley; Frederick Whitton,
It. S. Robbins, George Fl. Eberhard, Will
liam Leslie Coombs, and F.. j. Roster,
San Francisco.
A tentative route was laid out as a
grand tour" This route, roughly de-
scribed. is from San Francisco through
San Mateo. around Crystal Springs lake,
back to Redwood City and thence south
to Sunnyvale. Saratoga, Los Gatos and
Santa Cruz. From Santa Cruz the route
will be Via Watsonville and Castrovile
to Del Monte around the Seventeen
Mile drive to Carmel Mission and back
to Del Monte; thence north through Sa-
linas, San Juan. Gilroy to San Jose; to
Mission San Jose, Niles, Hayward, San
Leandro and to Oakland.
From Oakland, east by the Tunnel
road to Walnut creek. Martinez, Byron
Springs to Stockton: Stockton to Sac
ramento; to Davis, Dixon, Suisun, Cor
della and across the ridge to Napa; to
Calistoga and thence west through the
petrified forest and Alexandria valley
to Healdsburg, to Santa Rosa. Petalu-
ma, San Rafael and Sausalito and back
to San Francisco.
1t is proposed to outline large num-
Der of such trips which will take the
motorists into unexpected beauty spots
of central California
One purpose of the committee is to
ascertain every unexpected beauty
spot in this district and TO tell visitors
as we'll as our own people how to reach
tEem-on foot horseback, motor or
otherwise.
Already large number Of sugges-
tions have been sent in for such trips.
The Tourist association is seeking the
cooperation of all the automobile peo-
pie in this movement, as 1t IS very
desirable that visiting tourists should
use this means of seeing many of the
beauty spots in the bay and river, coun-
ties.
Any one knowing of particularly
attractive spot which has not been
exploited. and which is probably un-
known to most of our own population.
is requested to send details of Its loca-
ton and how to reach 1T to the office of
the Tourist association in the Mer-
chants exchange building, San Fran
cisco.
GOSSIP ALONG "GAS ROW.
The Indiana tourists spent yesterday
in visiting their friends and relatives
living in this city and attending to
business connected with their TRIP
While many 1ounged around the lobby
of the ST Francis hotel, others visited
places abouSthe bay region.
This morning the Hoosiers will leave
San Francisco for Los Angeles. going
via San Jose, Del Monte and Santa
Barbara.
THE red Apperson cars have covered
themselves with glory. says Norman
de yaux of the REQ Pacific company.
Apperson dealers here. The cars kept
well in the lead and had no trouble.
The crew had time to shoot a few jack
rabbits and christen them Appersons.
w. d. (Eddie) Edenburn is the deadly
man with the rife"
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The pioneer Automobile company has
received information from Pontiac,
Mich, to the effect that T.. lie Roy Pei
letter. Don G. McCord and DR.. James B.
other prominent capitalists. have pur-
chased the Flanders factory and will
resume business at once. Their plan
includes a revival OF the beautiful little
Flanders electric. which was so popular
here last year, and they will also pro-
duce a higher priced model. Under this
new arrangement the company is We'll
financed and it Is predicted by knowing
ones that within very short time IT
will be turning out as many electric
cars as any other manufacturer In the
country.
Suit to restrain the directors Of the