The San Francisco Examiner from San Francisco, California • 28

mn san FRA.vnsro f.xaminfr- -AUTOMOBILE FAGJi- -SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. 1907. MOTOR GAR OWNERS ARE BUjYJOUHMG Take A-J vantage of Holidays io Visit Many Favorite Resorts, Anna Held Steers Her Own Runabout LATEST NEWS FROM CLIFF HOUSE ROAD TO OPEOGT. 20TH Roadway Being Built Under Direction of Superintendent McLaren, USES A MOTOR CAR 0 New Model of Acme Car Shows Speed and Climbing Ability, Kirkland Blair Takes His Machine Over Many Mountain Trails. HCNCY TAKES 4 -DAY TRIP.

MAX R0SENFELD IS HOME CLIMBS STEEP LOG CHUTES' AUTO SERVICE TO OCEAN J. Dalel! Brown Makes Fast Many Towns Want to Have Factory Site Located in Them, Will Carry Passengers From Angler Autoist Camps Out and Time rom Lakeport to tho Bay, Sleeps Under Ills Motor, Van Ness Avenue to the Beach, AUTOMOBILE ROW TO FIND SHIM On Gotham's Famous Riverside Drive The Southern California Automobile The continuation of the Great High Club has recently put signboards on .1 A. Marsh spent the Labor Day lioli'luj." iii malting a trip to Clear I.a!.o uM'l fitter l-prliigs and other way leading up to the Cliff House will bo opened to uutomobiles on tho L'Oth the roads from Los Angeles to fcanta A Blx-weeks fishing expedition with his automobile has been the novel and Interesting experience of E. Kirkland Blair, a prominent motorist of this city. Blair left here in July for his tn frootfrfaln xwht.H loin's In l.ako county.

The big (3 of October. Tho work of widening tho Barbara, FTsno and San Diego, so that It Is an impossibility for a motorist to road Is progressing rapidly and Super lioriyn-r 1'lcice-Ariow that Marah ttrivi-s made fast time and Marsh says th" roads uo la goad ilispe In that get off the road. These directing islgns are supplemented by notices of grade intendent McLaren of Golden Gate Park announces that tho road will be crossings, dangerous curves and hills h-lnlly. ready for traffic by that date. and other Information useful to the 'Vetltrday he started for Del Monte The new management of the Cliff stranger at the wheel The first 1908 Acme car by way of the Santa Cruz mountains, nccompanled by Dr.

Solomon, Governor Solomon and Harry W. Bogen. The tourists will return to the clly on House applied some time ago to the Park Commissioners for permission to widen the road and agreed to contribute towards the cost of the work is now being tested on the roads near Heading, Pa. and Its extreme speed necessary if the commissioners would and strong hill-climbing powers sur give automobiles the privilege of using X'UGHiiuy morning. 5jS 5k Francis J.

Henoy anil Trunk S. Johnson han Jubt completed a four-day prise even tho builders. Tho six-cylin the highway as far as the Cliff House. The permission was granted and since then the rock on the eastern side of Srlp to Lake county. The autolsta had der car will develop between fifty and sixty horsepower.

It has a somewhat longer wheel base than the 1907 four-cylinder model, and as It is hung much lower it does not have that "up In the their wives with them and report an the road has been blasted away and the surface of tho toad is now being excellent trip. The Journey was made prepared for traffic. Tho new roadway will be 50 feet air" appearance. The clearance of the car Is about the same as the old mpdol. One feature of this car Is the new wide, 13 feet of which will be a sidewalk on the ocean sldo of the road, The balance of the thoroughfare will Acme carbureter.

Before adopting the uated between Boulder Creek and Santa. Cruz. Ho planned to hunt and fish during bis stay In the mountains, but Had no Idea that his White steamer would come In hanOy on these jaunts. Now that he Is back and has accomplished some remarkable feats for a horseless vehicle he swears by the automobile as tha best and most modern method of transportation for a lisliing tour. "I drove: my machine over roads that I would be ashamed to take a horse over," said Mr.

Blair yesterday. "When I started out I thought I would Just run down to our cottage at Brookdaln and perhaps take a few trips over the regular roads in that county. I had no intention of piloting rny auto over tlie wood roads and back through the logging camps. I went with the car In many places where you could not take a horse and buggy. For instance, up log chutes in quest of the head of certain streams.

These chutes are not in use at the present time. They were built some fifteen or twenty years ago, and we went up a couple that I am certain, are steeper than any grade I have Been nbout this city; yes, steeper than the Flllmore-street hill. These chutes are very slippery, but are more or less lumpy as the result of the logs rolling down, otherwise you couldn't get any traction to go over at all, they are so slippery. The capabilities of my machine certainly surprised me." Mr. Blair made Brookdale His headquarters and went on short excursions from there.

Whll away he-would camp out at night and sleep underneath the- cur. During the entire trip the only cover the auto Had was the trees. It was not in a garage once. Ho went south as far as Salinas and north up to the' other Bide of Bean six-cylinder idea the Acme Company made exhaustive Investigations of this be macadamized and the surface dressed with red rock like the driveways in the park. At the Cliff House a garage will be construction and became convinced that the six-cylinder is the proper principle for high-powered cars.

The new model operated for the storage of the machines of tho guests, under the super vision of a fir.Ht-cIass mechanic. There should become as popular with users as was the four-cylinder car. will be two pits in the garage. When the Cliff House opens on the Agent Levey of the Matheson car re first of "next month K. P.

Brlnegar of ceived a carload of the machines last week and has delivered number of the Pioneer Automobile Company will Install a motor car bus system from Van Ness avenue to the Cliff House, the fare for the ride being $1 for each the automobiles to purchasers who bought prior to arrival. 'fi 1 The Mobile Carriage Company re 1n lleney's Thomas car. D. Hiupard of the Pacific Improve-Dent Company was In town on Friday purchasing automobiles to be used In taking i Isltora to Del Monte on trips around the seventeen mile drive and other points near the famous hostelry. He purchased an Oldsmoblle and a Cadillac and the cars will be at the hotel In time for the Admission Day visitors to line them.

.1. l'ulzull Brown makes frequent trips lo his summer homo on Clear Lalio In his 6i-horsepower Tierce-Arrow. Uecently tin: machino covered the d'statico from l.akeport to the buy In lour hours and half. Malt. V.

Karris has recently returned Trom a trip thiuuli several of the Siort horn eountlts ami reports that the roads aro In much belter shape than he oii" lcil. Harris spent week In l.ako a fid Konenia couuticH unit wont over niHrlv ull tho toads thai uulotiiohllen can use, Harris tavii ho Ishe It had VieiMi an enUuiancii run uh ho would lnvi' nmdo a pcifccl score with his car. 1' Lester IlamtiH-ramith and his wife pert two das oil trip to l.ns liutos, tidii lwse. Palo Alio and friun Mateo last I luniiiiert'iult li gets a lot of i n-Jo i'lciil out of hla Autocar runubout. passenger.

Tho transportation will be furnished by Thomas seven seated cars, and the automobiles will follow a regular route to the Cliff, picking up ceived a shipment of two carloads of Fierce-Arrow machines a week ago, and all have been delivered to waiting purchasers with the exception of a runabout which the factory shipped fill passengers en route, wnen mere is room In the car. It is planned to run the autos every half hour so that vis Itors to the Cliff and beach can re up one or the railroad cars. Si I The Pleroe-Arrow runabout costs over and Is a handsome and powerful car. There is only one other turn when they desire. BERKEIirlilS creek.

On one trip Blair drove tho auto down Boar creek road for about plxtecn miles, then branched off and itfy-lvfr irft. A of the kind on the coast, and it belongs to Vlckham Havens of Oakland. went up tho Deer creek road and from Since the Maxwell factory has an there followed a trail which was formerly a road. Many times; he was obllgcsd to back tin a half mile before nounced its Intention of establishing AN AUTO PIONEER Ho could turn uround. an automobile works on the coast the Llnz-tjauboru Company has been Inundated with offers of land for the MOTORISTS SELDOM TAKE Zgmm site.

These sites are located In various places between Siskiyou and Sun Liego, and inciudo all sorts of towns, from the THEIR TOURS IN COMPANY Ities with big populations to the vil Considering the amount of enjoy- lage struggling -to get on the map. 5 Mwy' LvvM 11. McLaughlin of Oakland whs on a trip lo Haiila Oru. lust week In ment that the company of another Has' Tried Various Makes and Says All Have Their Merits, ii Rosenfeld. recently returned lili' Sir us Durv in, Imvo is develop from the Fast, says that the tire fac car gives it is strange that two owners so seldom take a Joint, trip.

Club runs and other events In which a largo number of cars are held at In lug Into almost good a iiihIioiiI iih Ills IVIi'llHT, llceseuilin, ho has tcvii 1 1 I in' 1 1 in la for Hntno llm tories at Akron, are Improving the quality of tires and are continually experimenting with processes which it tervals, but where there are so many Two liutch cointdlaiiM were lost the car owners are not so liable to get to I he m.i ye when they deelded to go is hoped will make automobile tires Otto A. Putzker of Berkeley claims to have been tho first owner of an uu- together as in a party of Intimate friends. The company is of benefit In III lor tuiuleiii' cliaulteui Ihk. tomoblln In Alameda county. Putzker SIIhm Nellie U'alors, daughter of the pleasure of exchanging Ideas and Impressions and In the event of something going wrong another car handy Is a great comfort, while a serious Kattalioii I'hlef Wuiers.

niuile the trip has been a close observer of the evolution of the automobllo in the past ten years, as he has possessed several, from to ,01 lust odlicsduy In her 7 7n- iri(7 known French o''rr. eW. ir10 oik? 0 Xcw York's favorites, is an enthusiastic oW-iinibilitit. uirnn a Maj-irell, runabout and the beautiful com to opera tar driving her car it a familiar sitiht on Kircrsttlc avenue. breakdown makes the second car even Totnl-I ear.

Mi-s Waters In ttu expert el tile wheel and Iihh toured In more helpful. Two cars of well-matched power can easily keep to the small Locomobile type to the up-to-date machine. gether without having one car always "Besides having the first automobile in tho county," said Mr. Putzker. "I ahead ana tne other dragging behind last longer.

Lr. J. C. tjnead of the City Motor Car Company left for the East last week. Ho will visit the Htearhs factory in Cleveland and will make arrangements for the handling of these cars during the coming seasoa.

It ii expec ted that the local market will be awarded a largo allotment of the 1908 Stearns model and that a goodly proportion of them will be stx-cyllnder cars. Tlie factory advises its agency here that the new models will bo shipped some time this Ttvmtb. The Stearns will be represented In thl)el Monto races by a sixty borge-poWcr machine. Pave Bonnoy will be the man at the wheel. W.

C. Murdock Jr. and Max'Kosen-feld havo returner! from an extended so far out of sight that the Keuse of companionship is lost. DRIVERS OUGHT TO was also the owner of the first bicycle. I have fifteen medals that won in some of tlie earliest races on this coast.

I started automoblllng with a snurll AMERICAN CAR WINS THE WilOflS ill ALL BE SDCGYLINDERS DUST TRIALS IN ENGLAND Locomobile steamer. Slnco th.eu I have possessed three Fords, two Intons, a JTS OF ROOM LI American cars have proved their su Itambler, and now ride In Dolsou. My experience with sutomobiles lias taueht me that all have their merits TOURISTS RETURN FROM TRIP Road to Carson City, Is-Found to Bo Flooded and Impassable, periority over those of England in the dust trials that were recently held and all their defects. There Is nothing luanv party of the Slate. She expects to rclinii 011 Tuesday.

Fred. JleyerHteln and Judgn Frank 51. KerriMii start for a. I hrce-day's trip this liny. The I Inu imi will tie ilocided on when tho iiioioiista enter the en.

.1. Newbauer and Ms wife, ne-roinroiiieil by Mrs. Alcv ,1. Vountf, Klai 'il t-Merdiiy 111 I'eirh sa i ar for thrtu-day'a trip in eoutity. XfBLinni- and his party will lruel tiiiouyi' I'eur A'al'- aiul ii( 101110 ot the uiii towns.

The Newhauera have or. I n-ieiitl I'Hunied Irmii Santa Ba' tra, where they made their head-uuaniri while making: trips to many vows of interest In the south. iurr J. Moore, accompanied by IiIm llu two friends, sturted ester-ria- witernoon tor 1-1 Mmile In Ida 1 rauUim car. X'T 11.

J. llarbal and bin wlfo made to mv mind so exhilarating as a good Manufacluierls Convinced of abroad. Tn these events Class 1 for cars of standard design tho winner was Frederic Coleman's White steamer. Motoric Asserts That Poles1 in Middle of Street Hindei Traffic, Whethei the steam car can the Superioiity of tho Typo, classed ul. of the gasoline car In trip in the Eastern States.

They made a run through the States of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois in a Peer-lets machine. They started at Clove-land and ended their Journey by going across New Tork State and winding, up in Manhattan. The chief American articles at pres the matter of not stirring up dust spin In a good machine, and I upend all the time I can spare In my automobile. "I intend to try some racing, as I enjov the excitement there is In It, despite tho risks. I have made some good runs In my machine, among them one from San Leandro to Berkeley In a little under fifty-five minutes.

In regard to roads, I have generally found that they were much better after leaving a. city than they were within the city limits. Although I liavo taken plenty of chances. I have never jet Had a r-erlous accident." A prominent automobile enthusiast For tho inton Motor Carriage and, if so, why will be something over whbJh the engineers may ponder. Whatever merits the steamer may have over the gasoline cat- in this respect, it is something of a victory for American cars and one which the British, if renorts from the other side ba true.

ent on bale In the district of Dresden. 'oinpilu- of Cleveland will nianufa Germany, are shoes, office furniture. lure Under cars e.vcluslvely. typewriters, agricultural implements, tools, hardware, candles, canned goods. decision, Mr.

Vinton, "demon tin) 10 Nippon llaru, tho Jap.tui.-bo uur coiilld-'iK-e 111 the th as lie- have very cheerfully admitted. and electrical appliances. best motor cur, at tho ultlnuite stand aid of design. If wo were at all doubt lliage near Mi aiugn, on the Labor holidays. Tho trip was made In cn Autocar runabout.

A. H. t'lark of Fresno and V. Kd-n of Santa Cruz have returned from two months' trip which etc -ted on the 6th of July. The two owne each of whjm drives his own car.

left Fresno Hi their White steamers and made for Lake Tahoe. They went by way of Stockton and ITaoerville. a few days in each of these towns. The roads to the Lake weru found to bo in excellent condition, although Clark reports that ho heard that since ha passed over them the roads have been pretty badly cut up. The party returned to San Francisco by way of Sacramento and Stockton, and tlun proceeded to Snnta Cruz, where a week was spent In short tours to Vatsonville, Glenbrook and other places near tho Surf city.

Vhile the motorists were in the I fill 011 that proposition we could easily ftraddlo the (U--tion and produce both fours uud sixes, but, so exhui'stlvely liao we koiio Into tho relative merits of the two patterns that wo are conclusively convinced of tho alx-cyllnder points out to motorists In general that It hi a misapprehension of the spirit of the rub- of the road to Imagine that In passing another vehic.lo one-half of the road belongs to each oquipane. He eluluis that each driver should lake up only as much of the road as Is necessary for tho passage of his own vehicle and that a driver should go over as close as possible to tho right hand sldo of the road, especially1 when he Is passing heavier traffic. By fol-lowtnir a system of jtlvo nnd tako nincli friction and annoyance is avoided. this connection he r.lso asserts tliat electric light poles and other standards which are put in tho middle of streets are, a hindrance to trallic CV CM? rtfi superiority. The new Vinton, styled the "SIx-Tren-Six." has its 4 'i cylinders cast in pairs, compactly mounted and completely housed.

Kvery worktiiK part, lncluilinK valve HiuinKS and WOULD LIKE TO USE flLCOHOJJl FUEL British Motor Union's Committee Reports on the Possibilities, TOO plungers, is Inclosed, even tho over tho valves bolus; covered by de country they.mado a number of hard At, tachable Rteel plates. Tile lVKUlt IS instead of a benefit. The effect of the trips in Placer, county. They found extremely clean iippi-arlni; motor. The divided roadway Is to mako two narrow streets out of one wide one.

and aluminum crunk cbho has tho custom nry Vinton Inspoction handiioles and thus defeat the object of having the la split Into riKht nnd left halves to roadway wide. 1 allow easiest removal of crank shaft, eoiinecilnsr rods nnd pistons. Motor mac me road to Carson City wias Impassable, being; flooded. There was a snowstorm while the motorists were at the Luke and a snow-slide In one of the canyons made drifts 40 feet deep. Clark was accompanied by his wife and his daughters, Georgia and lira, while Kden's car carried tho owner and his wifo and daughter, Zoe, and Mr.

and Sirs. Chance. bearings are not disturbed bv removal or lie detachable halt of the case. 0 1 AUTOS Tho clutch is of tho multiple disc typo. Having Flxty-flve discs, on which tension Is evenly distributed by six springs placed at equal distances uround them.

Tho clutch runs in oil and Is ront lined In the forward end of SOLO TJMPMSE A Tope-Hartford touring car was the first to tinlsh with a perfect scoro in the "sea led bonnet contest" of tho Automobile Club of America, held June 18lh to 2 im. Tho car was so regular in Its dally arrivals at the last cont V1 that one of the Judges remarked that ho "could set his watch by that car." Tn this event this car was driven 600 miles without an adjustment of anj-kind being made, all working parts li'-'rr sen led in. Will Be Shipped From Factory at Los Angeles to Yokohama, .1. S. Cutiwell, manager of tho local aweney for the Tourist car.

reports that Ho has negotiated a sale of live DEAFNESS CURED By New Discovery Tourist curs, which are to so to Japan. Tho cars will be shipped from the fac the transmission case. The transmission has three forward speeds and one reverse, direct drive beins on the third. The carbureter is of too inton typo, and has two noitx.les and two throttles. These throttles operate progressively, the smaller opening first and later aii-tomatlcnliy pickintr up tho larsjcr one and carrying aloner.

This system allows economical operation at low piston speed, at which, by reason of overlapped power strokes, most of the motor's work will be done, reserving' high piston Fpecd for hill-climbing and last road work. Tho Ignition system lie ludes the F.isemanu high-tension magneto nnd t-inisle Inir coil, with storapre battery as auxiliary source of current. The tnelve-Kad mechanical oiler is of tho constant siirht-feedlns type, leads being adjunable. Cooling Is by gear-driven centrifugal pump, with extra large radiator of copper tubes with fins. Fans behind tiio radiator and In fly wheel.

The car Is shaft driven, the rear axle belus of th floating type, which carries no load but merely transmits driving; power. Aile shafts can be removed whilo car remains standing on wheels. Manganese bronie front axles are used, as In previous Vinton construction. Internal and external band brakes of extra large eize are applied to rear axle drums. 1 tory at Los Angel- to this port and will hero bo transferred to the trans- faoitie liner, which will tako the.

cars their destination at Yokohama. There is jNo Way We Can Prevent our Knowing the Keal Reason Why We Have Sold So Many of These Wonderful Little Roadsters. They Give The Motor T'nlon of Great lliitain lias iii ently received a report from Its fuels committee, which goes deeply into tho of using alcohol In place of sauoline for motor enrs. The principal ilif.leulty is in tiie Kovernment to sanction the ise of alcohol and for this purpose the tplrlt has to be prepared in tueh way that It would not be fit to use lor most of the other purposes which alcohol reives. To Ret this result some substance must bo discovered tliftt will make tho alcohol repugnant to the coaret palate and yet not offend ti tense of smell.

The pr-pared l'-nhol imu-l in all tho nt-t ribt-t. -J hich luak-- It valuable for i 1 1 1 11 1 ui 1 1 (5 or o.ntiui-tioi. a-ni at tho tiie- the inutt bo flu-up eiioui, to 111: ke it worth while. N'heo tney. results arc n-'couudiyhed Motor Fuion may be dblo to per-'Jud-! ti ltiitith government to remit the duty which make? ti use of al-eoool prohibitive at auto rvvTiirtiJRtRS WFIR PRIZE FOR ESSAY Any one who Is Interested In automobiles and has a literary ability has chance to win a $100 prize.

This Aiuuiiiit has been offered by C. Lull, manager of the Auto Vehicle Company rf Los Arseles for the best article on 'Tho automobile and what it has done Sor California." Articles not to exceed 3.000 words err to be addressed to tho contat de- riartment of the Auto Vehicle Company Los Aiipelea und must be received Ibefore. November 1st. The jude to make the aw-ard ave AIaor A. C.

Harper, the He v. Hobort Hur-jetto and W. It. Newf-rf, the Coast represen la tivo of the Joodyear tire, They will announce the winner on Jn'o ember loih. The company extends an Invitation to who devire to iej how nn auto- nobile made to visit t'o- factory in 1 j.n the To'iriit car Uj Conwell Is pleased that he was able to Introduce the California-made car Into the Oriental market and conrl- dently expeeta that the first shipment in proauca many oraers.

I havedem-onstrated that deaf ness can be cured." Dr. Guy Clifford Powell. TONNE AUS OP ACM 12 CARS CATCH BUT LITTLU DUST For a long time the officials of the SATISFACTION At a Value Where You Get Dollar for Dollar on Every Cent of the $775 You Pay Write for Catalogue Acme Motor Compuny have been Itcctai gular tw cuty-two-gallon tank is claced astern. This tank has throe-Kalion reserve compartment for eiiicrirt ncy u.se. Uy 1,11 ana of compaet design ti new "VVinton car.

even with fix cvliiidors. d-ies not reach excessive length in wheel base, this nieisurcnient inches. The bodv is Rplendid in apneyranco and has tiiore than ample room for seven Passengers. C.tiard arc presse-1 Ktool. flarinir rb-sisfn, und completely protect the car from road wh--I tplash.

Tires art Stix 4 'S iueh-s. Tito ear comes from the factory feiiy u.Vt Kts, i 1 -nit, lamps pas uiok tools noticing that touring cars of their make, equipped with their standard body, when driven on the roads, seem to distribute lfttle dust over tho occupants of the lonneau. They have never made comparisons, however, with their cars, and it Is only within tho last mouth or two that they liuvo como to realize thnt owing to til'- peculiar construction of the back they have achieved, quite by accident, dustless toiirinir ear. Look ins; back over tho record of sales for a. year.

President Sternhoruii thinks that tills has hal a deal to do vvitii the steady d. iiKoi.t for Aem- cm of hvm to me tlis my-tpHmii nd imi-ibJ nv! 'ire fvrvn tor tfco cur of Itniufts and i -i-r has 1 ttst Nren trei bv 1 1 ie Utimi r. iiuy l'lifffnl INn-rll. I tit-Bil dwii tt'!" a if by maci: ttiitier tin- ot Uii- new nd 1 uiiJsrfiil fiiscuvry. Hi mii sU rio Lhttuet-i arvi J(-a(l N-js.

f'ill how Lhey can bo Lurs kiliit'iy li-rv, n- matter h-w long thfy haw vf-ii Oi'if. kit Mbat cauiJ their drifne-, Thi '(r-'aUiit-nt ii imr, turI anJ tfiitt v'iilcr ifJiy it wiu -(ol ti-i'crnl r- U-Ti. Hre Fttjriit5in; it mfc-el at (tie miik Any t(, ou -n liavr i if tvo to If ''ured rimi t-i at icr t. rU- t-" I'r. fiiif-ni Vx.xV Haik It hi.x.

ff--t ill if tliii iltf'" STANDARD MOTOR GAR CO. OAKLAND SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELEP.