Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 39

Crifitme APRIL 23, 1916. ZD SUNDAY MORNING I PULLMAN CARS TO INVADE THIS TERRITORY Auto Registrations Reach 167,701 MarK Receipt of the Motor Vehicle Department up to and lncludlnff' April 19, according to Superintendent II. A. French, Mi 1 Amount. 11,736.160.60 I are a follows: Registrations.

Automobiles 167,701 Motorcycles 21,711 Chauffeurs 7,244 Automobile Dealers 1 42,734.00 14.031.50 2M3I.83 79J.25 1.06S.00 Work Starts Monday on New Building Oakland io to have another modern automobile Itoine In Vppw Broadway auto row, according to the final papers which were signed lat la night by Kl Linn Matiiew-son of the Mathewaon Motor Company, the Chevrolet car dealer in this territory. The new Chevrolet liome will be a class structure, 144 feet knjt, facing on the two street of Broadway and Webster, at the tore where these two streets Intersect. Work will start Monday on the new building, which will be easily one of the moat attractive sakw-rooms in the west for the motor oar trade. Mathowison expects to be In the new building in ninety Jays with his Chevrolet car and I'im truck lines. 177 Motorcycle Dealers Miscellaneous Total Plans for Spedway on Coast Completed The actual filing of Incorporation papers this week by the California Automobile Bpeedway Association ha greatly stimulated Interest In that project among motorists and the general public.

With this important piece of preliminary work out ot the way, the road Is now clear for the accomplishment of the hundred and on problems that have be met before the, actual building of a project of the proportions of the new speedway. The most Important single question that now confronts the officials of the association Is the question of a site not that they have any scarcity -ot available locations to select from but on account of the fact that the site selected must have a number of natural advantages that car, 100 pounds for gasoline, oil, water and accessories, and the balance being the weight of the driver and three passengers. What makes the Maxwell gas test all the more remarkable la the fact that the car was not only stock, but It was the very first Maxwell of the 1918 type turned out by the Detroit factory, McNamara drove the car from Los Angeles to Detroit to test It out, and followed this up by beating the best tirne of any train between the Michigan metropolis and are indispensable if the pprmanent su -cis of th fliwed course is to be awiureil. The officers and directors of the shxo-clatlon state that they have this problem well in hand and that within a short time they will announce their choice. An Index of the interest motorlats all over the'Taclflo Csast take In the proposed new motor speedway Is illustrated by the number of letters that have arrived at the California Speedway Asso' elation offices In the Mills building, since they were opened, asking for Information about the new track.

Home of these have com from points In Wsshlngton and Oregon, while others are from motorists nearer home In various' parts oi California. Nat T. Messer, secretary of the association, states that every possible effort will be made to get the speedway work Into running order in the shortest time. McDonald ft Kahn, the engineering Arm that built the Syracuse Stadium a structure bearing aome resemblance to the proposed motor car speedway are busy at work on the plans for the new speedway, upon the completion of. which the work of surveying and laying out th.e track will start.

"The interest that motorists and motor car dealers are taking In 'the proposed speedway," said Messer, "shows that there is a widespread desire to provide this city with facilities to hold motor car racing meets and put Ban Francisco on a par with other cities in this respect." Dayton MotorBicycle Is Latest Innovation Pitt 1 lip Following close on the heels Ills Phlladelphii-Plttaburg speed record, when he drove the snow -covered mountain route between the two Pennsylvania cities In 8 hours and 10 minutes, Ray McNa-mara, has hung up another sort of a mark In a stock Maxwell by traveling forty-four miles on a single gallon of gasoline. McNamara, who la a California boy, arrived on the coast yesterday to spend the summer at home. The Maxwell economy test was made as near official as possible, and the ordinary roads around Detroit were used. Newspaper men from the leading Michigan papers acted as official observers, and purchased the gasoline used In the Maxwell at a regular garage. This was placed In the tank after It and the carburetor were drained completely dry.

McNamara's report shows that the gallon of gas carried a total weight of 2,780 pounds for the forty-four miles of the trip, this poundage being divided between the 2,000 pounds weight of the One of the latest Innovations In the motor trade Is the motorbike which Is really a light motorcycle designed to take the place of the bicycle' in town use. Among; the new models of the motor bicycles received In Oakland is the Dayton machine, which Is represented In Oakland by George A. Faulkner, the motorcycle The first shipment of the new Dayton Motor Bicycles arrived here this week and found Instant favor with the bicycle riders who formerly found the larger mo. torcycle too heavy and expensive for light town use. Differing; from the heav- ler motorcycles in weight, the Dayton alsWfeatures the motor plant driving the front wheel, thereby distributing the weight on the -frame of the bicycle and allowing of lighter construction throughout.

Price now since April 15; $1090 Detroit 4 It THlS CLEVEIt NEW PUIX.MAN COrPE MODEL, ONE OP THE POPULAR TYPES OP THE PUIXMAN UNE OP CAUS WHICH ABE NOW REPRESENTED IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BY THE UNITED ELECTRIC VEHICLE COMPANY OP OAKLAND. IS Bringing Oakland still further in the limelight as an automobile distributing center for the motor car industry is the announcement made late yesterday by B. Bwauger. head of the United Electric Vehicle Company 6f Oakland to the effect that his company had been appointed as Northern California distributor for the famous line of Pullman motor cars. The first shipment of the various models of the Pullman cars are expected to arrive here early tomorrow morning and will be ready in time to take their place In the coming big Pacific Coast Motor Power Bhow which opens to the public in the Oakland Auditorium Wednesday of this week.

The Pullman cars are made in all body types and every car features the outstanding feature of the new cars Is the magnetlo gear, shift principle which makes the new cars ideal for the women drivers or In fact every driver to whom Quality First Here, directly under the steering; wheel, are shown the fonr push buttons that give first, second and third speed and reverse. I II ISfyDe'OWInriailtttfiiiil'iViT-V'T 'I i a I i In Uie lower right hand corner of this picture may be seen the socket from which the old hand lever gear shift has been removed, leaving a clear floor board. to the extreme-position; but you may find that you can reach the top of the hill on high gear in which case you do not push the clutch pedal at all, but having reached 'the top of the bill you continue on at high speed without having shifted gears at all. It you like, you may continue on with button No. 2 depressed ready to drop back to second speed whenever the circumstances require It.

"A similar condition occurs when yon are traversing a city street and see a congestion of traffio ahead of you. You push button No, 2 or No. 1 in order that you may Instantly drop back to second speed or low speed as soon as you are I nil I II 1 1(1 I close to the spot where there Is a congestion of vehicles. But if a lane opens up for you before you reach this; spot you can continue on at high speed, since the gears are not shifted when you press a button but only when you push the clutch pedal to the extreme position. All changes of speed are effected by.

these two operations, pressing a push button with your finger and throwing the clutch pedal down to the floor-board with. your shifting gears has been an annoyance. The Unltsd Eleotrlo Vehlcls Company Is one of the leading motor car firms in Oakland and has for years handled the Detroit Electrlo cars for the North- ern California territory nd recently opened a branch house in San Francisco. The new gear shift of the Pullman is destined to become popular not only on account of its convenience in operation but also through the fact that in the hardest tests It has proven entirely dependable. Concerning it Bwauger says: "On a factory test with a C-H Magnetic Gear Shift connected to a 80-am-pere-hour battery, gears were shifted 894,491 times In a Pullman car before the battery had to be rechanged.

This Is 1 equivalent to shifting gears three hundred times a day for nearly four years. "If you start to climb a hill on high speed and think that It may be necessary to drop back to second speed before you reach the top of the hill you press push button No. 2, which partially closes the circuit to solenoid No. 2. Tou are now ready to drop back to second speed the moment you push the clutch pedal This 3400 r.

p. m. Chalmers Will Last Any Man 5 Years or More. '1 III SHOW WEEK 1 She hasn't a weakness. And the sturdiest part of her anatomy is her 3400 r.

p. m. engine. Now there has been a lot of talk about 3400. I find some of my prospects come in here a little bit doubtful about 3400.

They have been told by my contemporaries that an engine turning up 3400 r. p. m. is doomed to short existence. That's absurd.

Why, there are at least three cars in America that do 3100 r. p. m. or better. Ten years ago in Europe there were cars that did 4000 r.

p. m. Take the electric fan. It does around 4000. A turbine reaches about 4300.

the srgumentsetforth against 3400 is the "wear and tear on bearings." How ridiculous! Of course, if we had an old-fashioned engine with heavy iron pistons and arm-and-hammer type, of connecting rods then, to be sure, I'd. have little to say. 1 But, to the contrary, this is a very modern engine. The pistons are aluminum, which cost a whole lot more, but weigh a whole lot less. Then the connecting rods are much' Mohr.

just enough to make a very foxy, silken affair in action. And then, too, in traveling 10 miles an hour her engine speed is only 500 r. p. m. At 20 she turns up 1000.

At 30, 1500. How often do you travel faster than 30? So unless you want to sink the little button to the floor board and hold her there all day, you're not using 3400 r. p. m. all the time.

I hope none of my friends will swallow whole any story deriding 3'400. You know you will always find the largest number of clubs under the best apple tree in the orchard. This car has doubled my sales. As Mr. Postsays, 'There's a reason." One little ride and you will want to pass up your old gondola.

Ask me about our service inspection coupons." They are negotiable with all Chalmers dealers everywhere. This system is an' important consideration in buying your car. $1235 F. 0. B.

San Francisco Touring Car or Roadster, $1215 San Francisco Three-Passenger Cabriolet, $1585 San Francisco Colors: Touring4 Car and Roadster, Oriford maroon with hood to match, or Meteor blue with black hood Cabriolet, Oriford maroon or Valentine green hoods to match, or Meteor blue with black hood. A. B. BWAUGKR. head of the rnlted Electric Vehicle Co.

root. To start the machine from a standstill you press button No. 1, push the clutch pedal with your foot and the car starts on low speed. Now press button No. .2 and the clutch pedal and you slip Instantly, silently and smoothly into second speed.

Press but ton No. 8 and push the clutch pedal onre more and you are In high speed. If Value of Educational Exhibit Is Shown by Interest In Big Event. Tne Interest that the general publla has shown in the "Tire Show Week," held last week in every city and town In the United States by the United States Rubber Company, has demonstrated "that any display of goods that has an catlonal feature will receive mora attention than is usually given to purely trade topics. The success of the tire show week has been so pronounced that the officials of the United States Tire Company have decided to continue the display for another week, Automobllists who are anxious to learn something about the construction of their car's tires, the history of the pneumatic tire and the story of how these Important adjuncts to their cars are made, should avail themselves of tie opportunity to visit, one of the United States dealers and get a valuable lesson in tire lore and construction.

T. H. Wilkinson, manager of the San Francisco branch of the United States Bi'Ur Company of California, a great belfrver in the efficiency of illustrated you wish to back your car, press button depress the clutch pedal with your foot and the gear shift brings the re verse gears into engngement' with the engine shaft. To neutralize the gears the button Is pressed and the clutch pedal pushed out the same aa in shift lng. "It will be noted that no muscular et That takes a lot of weight off the bearings, fort Is required to shift gears with the permits about 500 r.

p. m. more engine magnetlo gear shift other than a slight pressure with the finger on the push but That isn't a ver.v r.v big increase, I know, but it'j ton and the same effort and operation that is required to release the clutch by depressing the clutch pedal. Tou are not obliged to lean forward and wrestle with a hand lever which may be temporarily lost In your lap robe or coat. The hand lever, In fact, disappears from the car entirely leaving a clear floor-board in L.

H. ROSE, President L. H. ROSE-CHALMERS San Francisco, 1230-1236 Van Ness Avenue front from door to door. Your position when shifting gears Is the same as when driving erect behind the wheel with both SEE CHALMERS CAR EXHIBIT ATT PACIFIC COAST MOTOR POWER SHOW displays as a means oi euucaung mo public respecting the value of any given f' product.

In the present case motorists have learned many interesting facts con- cernlng the different processus that rub-fcer has to go through before it becomes an Integral part of the tire, how special Sea island cotton has to be treated to bring it up to the standard exacted by tire makers, and a thousand and one interesting facts about the building of tires that they had but a very haiy idea of before United States Tires Show Week. "The more the motoring public Knows tires," stated Wilkinson, "the bet- a A nLomifdi'tlirar. eyes on the road ahead and both hands on the wheel except for the fraction of a second when you drop the right hand to the gear shift buttons directly under the steering wheel and supported by a bracket attached to the steering column "Think of what It means to he able to shift gears In this manner. It means that at last the high powered gasoline Oakland fuller Auto and Garage 1448JWebster Phone Oak 2522 tourtng.xar has been-madeas easy to because It means that motorists wiU drive operate as an electric coupe. u.iere unaerstanouigiy ana conserve ui "The electric self-starter was the first seepowajwl wtaktns ths gasoline1 car "safer ttrS'snoyTreelt lias to operate It made starting easy.

And now the tnagnetlc gear shift completes the work by making the shifting of gears iuiersi aij ver inn cuuiiu tyv have received word that this special lls-' play will be continued for one week eu.ua.ly simple,".