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PART 111
'Duro' Mountain Car Used on Daily 60 Mile
Stage Route Between San Diego and Campo
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AUTO COVERS 3000
MILES IN 6 WEEKS
R. A. Dallugge and Party Go from
Los Angeles to Mexico in
Pope-Hartford
DESERT RUN IS HARD TEST
Many Natives of Adobe Towns
See Automobile for the
First Time
One of the longest trips of the year
was completed last week by B. A. Dal
lugge and party in a 1910 Pope-Hart
ford touring car. In six weeks' time
the party covered 3000 miles over some
of tho worst roads to be found any
where. They went through the sage
brush country where there was nothing
more than a burro trail to follow,
crossed railroad bridges, pulled through
the deepest of desert sand and climbed
terrific grades. From tho advanced civ
ilization of Los Angeles they went to
the country of old Mexican adobe man
sions, where life Is In Its most prim
itive stage. Many natives saw an au
tomobile for the first time and at ono
email town the entire school gathered
around the machine and refused to
leave, despite the frantic clanging: of
tho bell by an excited teacher.
The party Included Mr. Dallugge and
Wife, Mrs. B. Oulrado, John D. Cooper
find a 2-year-old boy. Mr. Dallugge's
story of the trip was interesting.
"Our route out of Los Angeles," said
Mr. Dallugge, "was over the upper San
ISernardlno road and over the Cajon
paaa. Dropping down to Vlctorvllle we
found the going good all the way to
Daggctt. From there on stretches of
Band became more frequent and at
some places the car was forced to get
down and lug. Our road led us through
liUdlow to The Needles. Reaching the
Colorado river we followed tha west
side of the bank to Parker, which is
Hlxty-flve miles from Needles. There
is a primitive ferry at this place, but
In order to save time we went over the
railroad bridge.
The railroad company discourages
this practice and tho approach to the
bridge wav very steep and dangerous.
At one time the car slid and we found
the front wheels suspended in midair
with the entire weight of th» car rest
ing on the fly wheel. "When we saw
the condition we felt that our trip was
at an end, but after a little work we
managed to get the car on the track
and found that in spite of the terrible
strain it was uninjured and ready for
the hard trip before It. From Parker
to House we found thirty-two miles of
Bandy, washy country. At one place
■wo wore forced to go down the center
of a sandy wash in order to get under
a low railroad bridge. The top of the
car hit the bridge and it was necessary
for the men to dig the sand away un
der the wheels In order to get tho car
tinder.
"After leaving Bouse we began to
approach the alfalfa district around
Jinekeye, Ariz. It was certainly a
pleasure to get off of the barren des
ert country into this district of green
ery and cool breezes. From Buckeye
to Phoenix wo ran over thirty miles
of sand and rocky, rolling country,
From Phoenix to Tucson we found a
fair road and made good time. At
phoenix we loaded up with supplies to
take into the Altar district. We found
nftcr potting our load on that we had
4"'0O pounds of passengers and baggage.
"It is seventy-five miles from Tucson
to the Mexican border over fairly good
rond We crossed the line at Sasabe,
where our baggage was searched for
firms and ammunition. Guns are not
permitted to b« taken into the Mexican
district r.n account of the Taqul trou
bles Our district was a day's run Into
Mexico and after reaching our head
quarters we spent several weeks In
touring through the different districts,
traveling about 1500 miles In Mexico.
MANY ORGANIZATIONS PLAN
CLUB RUNS TO BAY CITY
An Indication that the good roads
meet at Tanfomn track May 29 and
80 will be a great success Is the an
nouncement that the automobile or
ganizations of Fresno, Modesto, Mer
oed, Santa Cruz. Watsonvllle, Del
Monte, Monterey and San Jose are
planning club runs to San Francisco
(or the occasion.
Among the most enthusiastic- sup
porters of this meet are the annexa
tionlsts of San Mateo county, who be
lieve that the proposed road improve
ment to be made with the proceeds
from the races will tend to bring them
closer to San Francisco and in conse
quence increase their chances of an
nexation with that city.
LOCAL FIRM CONSTRUCTS
FINE AEROPLANE ENGINE
It has remained for a California company
to brlnß out the most perfect aeroplane en
•rtne 111 the world. There Is now on display
at tba RarSße of the Pacific Motor and Avia
tion company, on South Flower street, one of
tbaM handsome new engines with a guarantee
of 30-horse power, and which weighs but 158
pounds for It Is built of the new metal,
■•mecadamtte." which la no heavier than
aluminum, yet has three times the tensile
■ tn-ngth. This enßlne Is capable of a 200
--pound thrust with the propeller, and will force
a Rale of wind that will drive an aeroplane
(t 7l> nillPd an hour.
Several local air craft now In course of non
■tructlon will be equipped with this engine,
«nl under right conditions Los Angeles should
produce an aviator who will be the peer of
all the man-bird*.
DUROCAR PROVES WORTH
ON MOUNTAIN HIGHWAYS
Local Factory Turns Out Remark-
able Machine for Work
The Durocar factory has had a de
mand for special cara to fit unusual
demands, and has met It with great
success. By the use of the remarkable
two-cylinder motor, geared according
to the use and load, splendid results
have been obtained.
An Illustration of this was the suc
cess of the mountain car used In San
Antonio canyon to roach Camp Baldy.
It carried an overload all the season
and made the 12 to 15 per cent grade
on the high, with eight to thirteen pas
sengers and baggage, with ease. Dou
ble chain drive was used.
The success of this type of mountain
car reached the Campo stage people at
ban Diego, anil they Insisted on ono
being built for them, and as they have
a 60-mllo hill grind instead of the five
miles in San Antonio canyon, tho Du
rocar factory put on two sets of trans
mission hooked tandem, which gave a
possibility of nine different speeds and
a power for every work.
This Campo car has shaft drive and
is finished up as handsomely as a large
touring car. Every day It fulfills its
mission, taking the place of three
horse-drawn stages, and carries its big
load In less than half the time of the
old stages.
The Durocar factory Is now filling
some orders for trucks up to three-ton
burden, and has a Bteady demand for
the delivery form of wagon. With tho
factory hero customers find the advan
tage of great value to them, being able
quickly to pret any part or have any
change made.
CARS SHOULD NOT CARRY
MORE THAN CAPACITY
Oakland Man Says Overcrowding
Cause of Breakdowns
The average motorist, as he spins
along In his car, never gives a thought
to the amount of ingenuity and labor
required to perfect the machine he
rides In. "Take the springs, for In
stance," says M. L. Pulcher, secretary
of the Oakland Motor Car company.
"When they are designed their carry-
Ing strength is figured bo as to take
care of the weight of a top. gas tank,
wind shield and other accessories.
"Quite a number of owners are care
less as to the number of people they
carry They seem to forget that when
a car is built to carry five passengers,
it should not be loaded with seven or
eight for the extra weight has a
tendency to strain the springs and
lessen the elasticity of them.
"Springs are manufactured with
graphite between the leaves to make
easy friction and to prevent squeaking.
One must be positive that he under
stands the construction of a spring lr
he is to take It apart, for the novice is
not likely to do this properly, and un
less the leaves are marked, he Is likely
to make a mistake.
"After all. it is the little things that
count in the care of a motor car. When
the car Is being washed it is well to
clean the spring shackles, washing out
all sand and grit, for neglecting to do
this causes the sand to wear away on
the spring bolt, making the spring fit
loosely. . .
"Inspect the spring clips often and
make sure they are drawn tight. Loose
spring clips are sometimes the cause
of broken springs, the strain being
thrown on the center bolt, causing the
breakage."
The Oakland Motor Car company
broke all Its previous records last
Wednesday by shipping seventy-five
cars.
GOES OVER PASS DESPITE
UNUSUAL FALL OF SNOW
Owner of Cadillac Says Car Over-
came All Obstacles
A. n. Bowman, who loft I,os Angeles to
drive to Chicago In a Cadillac 80, Is finding
the trip replete with adventures. His car
wai the first to cros. the Chlco pass since
laßt summer. He mounted to the height of
7000 feet after a very rough Journey and at
the top encountered five mile* of snow.
In a letter to M. H. dreer of the Don Lee
company. Bowman wrote as follows:
••Monday, May 16. we left Magalla to cross
the Chtco pass, elevation of about 7000
feet Wo came this far north because we
were told none of the passes south of this
onuld be crossed on account of snow. Wo
reached the summit at 3 p. m. after having
enrountered five large trees across the road.
Celled by Btorms. In some places we were
compelled to remove them before we could
go on. After we passed the top we en
countered four to five, mllos of snow. In
many places we were compelled to drive
down the face of mountain where no road
existed over rocks and logs, and In places
while trying to crosi on top of snow we
found ourselves supported by pan and fend
ers on top of crust, our wheels having lost
traction.
"Monday night we were forced to camp
near top of pass, ami tndny noon wo reached
the bottom. Our engine Is working per
fectly and thanks to good luck, we had no
trouble or breakage except one spring.
"We have the honor to be the first to
cros* the mountains this spring, notwith
standing the native* predicted our failure.
We leave in the morning for Wlnnemucca,
Nev 200 miles away, and hope to reach
there not later than noon of Thursday. We
are now convinced that the Cadillac Is as
good as the b«*t and then some."
It* as easy to securo a bargain In a used
automobile, through want advertising, as It
used to be—and HtiU U—to secura a .horse
•nil carriage.
Look for Betty Bray.
LOS ANGELKS HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING, MAYI 22, 1910/
INDIANAPOLIS TO
HOLD FLYING MEET
Managers Knabenshue and Mo
ross to Handle Novices
in Contests
MACHINES WELL IN CONTROL
Aviators to Assemble at Motor
Speedway for Flights
June 13-18
That practically a new era tn avia
tion will be ushered in by the Indian
apolis meet is definitely assured by
reports from the Wright aeroplane
camps at Montgomery, Ala., and Day
ton, O. The men who are to fly the
Wright machines at the Indianapolis
motor speedway June 13 to 18 have
been making remarkable flights, at
times ascending higher than 1000 feet
In a strong wind.
Walter Brooking is making dally
flights, while Arch Hoxsie is another
promising aviator.
The Indalanapolis meet will be fhe
Initial opportunity for these men to
demonstrate their skill. There is keen
rivalry among the Wright aviators,
now that they see the possibilities of
the aeroplane, and they are anxious to
start the season of 1910, by establishing
a complete set of records. If Manag
ers Knabenshue and Moross will allow
them to do s« they will go after the
world's records every day of the meet.
Orville Wright proved in demonstrat
ing the Wright aeroplanes for the pu
pils at Montgomery that the new ma
chines may be held under control for
the accomplishment of feats heretofore
tleemed impossible. He Is rising under
adverse co^-Mtions and frequently in
the face of extremely brisk winds.
3 CARTERCARS ENTERED
IN THE GUDDEN TOUR
The Cartercar company, Pontiac,
Mich., has entered three cars in the
Glidden tour, a model G and a model
H for the Chicago trophy, and model L
for the Glidden cup.
This is the first time that a friction
driven car has ever been entered in
any of the big national tours. "The
reason the Cartercar company has nev
er gone into these tours heretofore,"
Btates an officer of the company, "is
that previously we have never been
able to spare the time nor the cars.
With our present greatly improved fa
cilities in both space and equipment,
we are now putting three cars in the
tour thl3 year."
AUTO TOOLS
Sixteen automobile makers are ad
vertising automobiles to the farmer in
the 450 farm papers of the country,
and most of them are arguing that the
automobile will keep the boy on the
farm and make life more livable for
the wife. Automobile men are con
stantly being astonished at the price
fanners are willing to pay tor the best
cars, and the way they are paying
is in cash, with as little fuss as if
they were buying a new draught horse.
During the coming summer experi
ments with materials for the construc
tion of roads that will withstand motor
traffic better than those now in use
are to be made under the supervision
of the road inquiry division of the de
partment of agriculture. Probably the
most interesting work will be a num
ber of experiments with mixtures of
Portland cement-concrete and asphal
tic base oils. It is hoped that this
combination will give the high tensile
and compressive strength of the ce
ment and the great toughness and
malleability of the asphaltum or bi
tumen.
The manager of a taxlcab company
of Boston has requested the Massa
chusetts legislature to pass a bill mak
ing the evasion of taxicab fares a pun
ishable offense. He declares the city
ordinances of Boston aro sufficient for
that city, but says the measure he
suggests is needed outside of Boston,
a;i the state courts have decided that
evasion of fares cannot be punished
under the present state laws.
Baltimore physicians now have the
rißlit of way with their automobiles in
all the streets of that city, the same as
fire apparatus, police patrols and ambu
lances. They are allowed to speed to
sickbed calls, to the aid of injured
workmen and the like without being
halted by the police, while trolley cars
and wagons must make room for them.
In order to distinguish the physicians'
cars from those of other owners, the
police department has provided each
physician with a sign about tive inches
square, bearing a red cross.
France leads the world as an exporter
of automobiles. The United States is
second in rank. Statistics compiled
from official publications show that the
exports of vehicles from France in 1908
amounted to $24,569,000; the United
States in 1909, $8,667,397; the United
Kingdom in 1909, $7,610,267; Italy in 1908,
$5 533 000; Germany in 1908, $3,031,000.
A new process for paving streets with
vulcanized rubber has been invented by
a Brazilian, and promises to revolution
ize the rubber trade in that country.
Vulcanin, as the compound in called, is
a mixture of Crushed stone or coarse
sand with a vulcanizing- medium, the
coiiiposition of the latter being a secret
of the manufacturers.
Betty Bray is coming to Los Angeles.
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