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COAST IMPRESSES
KNIGHT TIRE MAN
H. C. Ross of Canton Fac
i tory Says East Does Not
Realize Possibilities
Pays High Tribute to San
Francisco's New Motor
Car "Row"
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H. C. Ross, general factory repre
sentative of the Knight Tire and Rub
ber company of Canton? 0., has been
spending the 'last week in 'San Fran
cisco with Manager D. W. McElllgott
of the Halliwell company, distributer
of th© Knight tires on the coast This
Is Mr. Ross' first visit to this part
of the' country, and he? is thoroughly
impressed with the importance of,, Cal
ifornia in the automobile industry?
"We of the east." says Mr. Ross, "are
hardly aware of the magnitude* of the
field in California, and I certainly have
learned much by this trip. I shall see
that the Knight company will exert
every energy to capture a big slice of
the # tire business here. As we are
steadily Increasing - our output, I have
BO ? fears that we shall be unable to
supply the demand." \
In talking of San Francisco Mr. Ross
says; "l am astonished at the appear
ance of San Francisco and the way it
has been rebuilt. In the east we have
no real conception of the vast work
that has been accomplished by the
people of San : Francisco. It will un
questionably be one of the best built
cities in the world. ? There is no city
In the United States that has an "au
tomobile row' that can compare with
that of San Francisco. I have been
■pending some time in Los" Angeles,
and I thought that they had some
•good automobile buildings there, but
they can not hold a candle to what this
city has. Not even in .New York and
Chicago will one find such uniformly
substantial and large buildings as those
which house the San Francisco indus
try- Van Ness avenue affords an ideal
street for ' 'the row,* too, and, in fact
the situation Is ideal." »?
SUGGESTIONS FOR ROAD
RULES IN YOSEMITE
C. A. Hawkins of White
»[ Company Offers Schedule
to Prevent Mishaps
7 C. A. Hawkins, manager of the Pa
cific coast branch of the White com
pany, .makers of the White pleasure
ears and trucks, who in the confer
ence with Secretary of the Interior
Fisher in Tosemite valley last October,
put up an aggressive fight to allow
the motorist the right to enter the re
serve, gives the following suggestions
as safe rules that might *be adopted
by Major Littebrant in his orders
er->', „' automobile traffic when the
roa*?.*- into the valley "are thrown open
to the motor tourist: . ??. ?
"The day schedule should be ? ar
ranged so that all automobiles should
leave the foot of the grade between
7 and 7:15 a. m. and all horses should
leave between 7:15 and .7:30 o'clock.
"Then, allowing three hours for the
slowest of' them to make 'the three
miles to the top of the ; grade, auto
mobiles should be started down the
grade between 10:30' and: 10:45 sum.,
and horses should follow between 10:45
and 11 o'clock.
"Then, allowing two hours for ; them
to come down the grade, automobiles
should be started back up the : grade
again between 1 and 1:15 p. , m., I and
horses started between 1:15 and 1:30
o'clock.
"Then, allowing three hours for-the
slowest of the ,horses to- get up the
grade, automobiles should be started
down the grade' again between g4:30
and 4:45 in the afternoon and horses
should be started between 4:45 and 5
o'clock, thus allowing three hours for
the afternoon outgoing traffic to get
•up- the hill. .-■ *• r y p - ". - 7 . ,-
"No automobiles should be per
mitted to run at a speed in excess of
JO miles an hour in the national park,
and after leaving, the rim] of the val
ley from any direction ; they should
not be permitted to : use their horns or
run with the mufflers j cut out or make
■any other kind of an unusual- noise.
"In case an automobile or a horse
drawn vehicle should break down on
the road they should be -compelled to
promptly move into ? one of - the? side
places' arranged for* passing vehicles
nd pull-to one side so they will not
impede the traffic until such time as
they can put into condition to again
tro on their way.'' - ' ' *
EVERY DAY IS PAYDAY
AT. THE FORD PLANT
Continuous System Neces
sary for 15,500 Men
" $40,000 Paid Daily
The man who sighed in the song for
aver day to be payday should have
been employed, in the Ford Motor com
pany's ' plant at Detroit, because every
day is payday there with the exception
of Saturday and - Sunday. ? ?? V
It would be utterly impossible for
any accounting force to handle .the
payment of the 16,000 employes in* th§
plant and office on any one day, so the
men are paid off in battalions, each
roan receiving his wages every two
•weeks??- ? "'.:*■ ? -"'?? ;???■*-.:* X
Just- now the number of men em
ployed in the;factory is close. to 15,500
and there are in addition between 600
and 700 workers in? the general offices^
The monthly payroll is * around $880,
--000 and averages; about $40,000 per day.
In order to handle the vast amount
of detail /connected with keeping the
time of;the men in the plant the work-
Bra are divided into sections by the
time clock system? as follows: A. 1 -to
r,ooo:B, 1 to 3,000; C. 1 to 10,000; D, 1
to 6,700; X, 1 to 6.000. - f It takes two
•Jar? to pay'each section, one-half ;of a
lection being paid? one day and the
other half the next. The labor is
"further divided by.< paying of s one-half
of those who are to receive their money
en a given day between 11:30 and noon
jind tbe remainder? between? 4:30 and 5
p. m, thus making it unnecessary for
the men to wait around the plant sev
eral hours for their pay.
.MOTORCYCLE TRAVEL I* CHEAP
Three hundred and . forty-two mile*
In T 10 hours at a cost of 10 cents Is the
record of *N.? 8.? Bobbins, a * minister of
Kalerton, New Brunswick.
East Awakening to Possibilities on Coast
Visitors See Big Future for Auto Industry
Buick car entered in Los Angeles-San Francisco race, L. Nikrtnt at wheel (upper left). A young Regal car booster y(upper right). . First picture of
the Ford company's assembling plant being erected at Harrison and Twenty-first streets (lower left). E. P. Brinegar, head of • the Pioneer Automobile
company, who left for the east this week to -work for San Francisco in the: ocean-to-ocean highway project.' .7? .
MOTORIST PURCHASES
CAR BY CANDLE LIGHT
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S. G. Chapman Tells of a |
Novel Deal That He \
Consummated ]
"The i unique experience of selling a
motor car at midnight and by the liglft
of a plumber's candle is alone mine, I
believe," said S. G. Chapman,. Hudson
and Hupmobile dealer , for the Pacific
coast, just before leaving for the east. y
"I have heard of cars'being sold un
der very peculiar and unusual circum
stances, but until last Saturday f night,
when I was introduced to the oddity in
l salesmanship, I believed these to be but
trade stories. ? .-; "-., ' ,y . -.. •
"At midnight* Saturday.; the housebell
rang; it kept on ringing, until, awaking
from a deep - sleep, I »reached over and
smothered the? alarm I clock under the
bed covers.?; But the alarm clock .wasn't
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I Each individual tire is tested I
I time and again in the Diamond factory |
I for weight, air capacity, quality of the
I Vitalized Rubber, strength arid elasticity.
I A tire that is not absolutely cor-
I rect in every way cannot possibly pass the
1 final inspection it must undergo before it
I is turned over to the shipping department.??
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§ That's why Diamond Tires are
I making good in actual service*
.Diamond
(No Clinch)
Tires
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■ ''XjSL' jBL.JaY. ■
I made of Vitalized Rubber
I Before a tire leaves our factory,
I know by actual tests that it will deliver the
I "More Mileage" you have demanded.. :
■
I Why continue to pay for "Short Mileage"
§ when Diamond Tires made of Vitalized Rubber
■ cost no more— and in addition you will enjoy the ad-
I vantages of Perfect 3-Point Rim Contact, also the
I fto-Pinch : Safety Flap for inner tubeprotection.? /
I So this time buy Diamond Vitalized
i Rubber Tires—you can get them
■ to fit your rims at any, of the
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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 1913.
1 guilty..* Realizing, that /some* one with
| out? wanted me, I?dressed and ■• opened
the door, to be confronted-at once with
! the 'most; profuse apology from a gen
| tleman standing-there. It proved to be
iA. H. "Patterson*, of , Stockton, and 'Mr.
Patterson wanted a car. at once, because
he had planned to start the following
morning;; from Stockton on a long tour, ;
and delay would be disappointing. ? ? ?
•'Ordinarily, supplying him J with a. car
would have-.been a' simple procedure—a
quick, ; trip ?-. to 7, the 7salesroom, j the
,switching on of f lights, and the car
started, for}he* had already selected the
big:iHudson? he wanted; but we had
just i moved Into?the .new building |in
Van Ness avenue and Sutter? street and?
unfortunately, no lights were connected.
"Many .matches ?were** lighted? before
we?finally discovered?a? remnant of 3 a
plumber's/candle, and, with Its yellow
flare,? filling the ?room with elusive
shadows, selected the right 7 car ?and
drove it out into? the open.*?Patterson'
started- home without further delay, de
! pending on ' his ; electric I lights to' reveal :
| the lay of the. road sufficiently for fast
i travel."?' --' - " '" , v '-' *'•"' ' »
i NEW HAYNES CAR OWNERS
Rank* ?of 7* Boosters for Kokomo ' Car
shown Big Gain < '"'"
, * Haynes owners -, Increased: by ? leaps
[ and • bounds ? during the? last week, jas
the following list of names J attests:* F.
H. Abbott Jr., San Francisco; Sussman-
Wormser & Co.?*- San Francisco; Mrs.
Nellie? Michaels, San Francisco?*; R. E.
Sunderland, Oakland; Mrs. E. Chambers;
Oakland; ? George : . Mohr, Berkeley;
James ? Harris, Berkeley; E. E. Todd,
Redding; Hull Bros., Gazelle, and Louis
Leonette, McCloud. Mr. Abbott *and the
Sussman-Wormserscompariyy;tooky de
livery of the first three?l9l4?Haynes
"4" 7 roadsters? to reach the yd ty,?? the
-latter,;, taking two for the use of com-*
pany officials. ?7*" '? ""''.,'
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I Don Let the Big One 1
| Get Away
I * THE Lozier "UGHT-SlX"—a true Lozier I
Ii„ x * —is the first six-cylinder car of high- »
I est grade construction offered at a medium 1
1 price. This beautiful, powerful, luxurious I
I car at $3250 is too good to miss if you I
1 want a car in the Lozier class. It's too 1
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I big an opportunity to let get away. I;
I _> The demand for this Lozier at less 1
I than $5000 has been a factory-capacity demand, 1
1 but our allotment, secured?by,early contract, II
■ enables us to guarantee deliveries on all,orders 18,
is received within the next thirty days. 1
I Come see the Lozier "Light-Six." 1
1 Gome see the Lozier "Light-Six. |
I Come satisfy yourself that > there is in : the design ffl
H and workmanship and in the strength and fineness I
■ of its material all the true Lozier quality,—quality ffj
m which for years has made the Lozier pre-eminent H
H among fine motor cars. Come see its "perfect* H
« equipment. Over 62 actual horsepower. H
1. ? Many body designs. Prices $3250 to $4450. I
H ' \ Demonstrations at your convenience.! M
I LOZIER : BRANCH 1
I LOZIER BRANCH I
■ 540 VAN NESS AVENUE H
H TELEPHONE MARKET -1033 (■
« .? LOZIER MOTOR COMPANY, DETROIT; MICHIGAN ??.?:;. -.:?;,? M
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MERGER STANDS HARD
GRIND IN BIG RAGE
"The 7 enthusiastic spectator, seated
in the sheltered .7 grandstand of ? the
Speedway at Indianapolis, watches'* the
various cars with keen, interest,; and
while he is well ; aware of the terrific
strain to which the Tears j are subjected
In; a long grind ; like the 500 mile? race?
yet It is doubtful if lie actually un
derstands 7it7 In figures," says ; Bert
Latham of the Simplex > Mercer agency
for the coast. ' "*" -? ??"? : "" : " ?7?7?
"Wishart's little Mercer 7 that? suc
ceeded in nosing out second place
against a formidable field of American
and ? foreign cars, in , order -to accom
plish this was l put; to a most grueling
test. ? The engine, for .', Instance, turned
more ; than y936,000 times during the
race, which?? Is -X pretty close to. the
1,000,000 7, mark. These figures ? are
reach ed *by estimating * that 3 the ; engine
turned at a speed of 2,400 revolutions
per minute for a total of 369 minutes.
the Mercer'B time * or ? the?6oo? miles.
?» "A \ performance of fc this | kind plainly
speaks: perfect corelation of parts with
regard to : their tensile strength and
freedom from excessive vibration." ?i
PUNCTURE SEALER IS
LATEST AUTO COMFORT
Always Air Company Intro
duces Novel Fluid to
Save Tire Trouble
Opening its doors in Van Ness ave
nue and Jackson street to business one
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day, and doing a record breaking busi
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ness the next, was the way the Al
ways Air Sales company made its
debut, before San Francisco motorists
during the last week. The * new con-'
cern, with -.its liquid instantaneous !
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puncture ■'sealer, made a? decided im-'
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pression on v automobile owners seek
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ing relief from tire expense and labor,
and bids fair Ito- gain f decided? honors
for itself In "a short time;
Barney? Oldfleld, who recently * broke
the one mile dirt track world's record
at Bakersfleld; with his big Christie
.xaceijvfisfatf; the head of the local Al- •
ways Air branch.::? The speed king -be
came interested in the puncture sealer
after he had tried it on his racer dur
ing his v fast circuit of the? southern
track, and so convinced was he re-?
garding its merits that he immediately
accepted f the! northern J California in an-]
agement of the Sales company. Old
field will spend a? great deal of his
time in San Francisco loking after his
interests, and is convinced that he has
the? only puncture eliminator on the
market. - ?'*??'? '':: ??????i? y "XXL ■?.;
The force of p Always 7 Air salesmen,
six strong, * was kept on % the move \ yes
terday showing crowds of interested
spectators J just how y the;?* hew ; fluid
works. According to the demonstra
tions. Always Air Is V nothing, .but •; a
liquid preparation which •?? adds less
than eight pounds to the weight of a
big car; tit does not solidify and is in no
sense of the word a tire filler. y
?? According to the illustrations made
yesterday with ?a?3o*? penny nail,? the
fluid seals punctures the second . they
are made, and yJ consequently?- keeps
pressure In the tire* at "a constant
poundage. It is guaranteed Ito * have no
injurious effects on the rubber.
Associated with Oldfleld in the north
ern California agency here | are Walter
Hempel, district *? manager, .'* arid *? Jack
Griffin, sales? manager, S. E. • I^ord: and
W. T>. Powell, two of {the best known
Always Air salesmen ■* in the country,
are. on hand to keep things goingi with
a -| jump, and ? indications are that the
new fluid - will have hundreds -of \ con
.verts ? in ? and ? around ?«San??Francisco
within? a? remarkably short time. •
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{§-• /GREATEST mileage is' - jl ..
m Via Firestone -Skid - m
jf _ ./- advantage, proved by my
■w%> the tire records of thousands. But .|p
S '- ' -there are other big values and econ- ji|
pi ' ? omies possible only with ' - |pi
1 Firestone I
if " ■ NON-SKID TIRES \\■ • $
|H The i "give" and* road-grip of the ;^?^
« ? deep, buoyant, Non-Skid tread, pre
« vent skid or loss of traction; econo- / : ||| ?
|||? mize on gasoline; reduce car repairs «*?
and increase car efficiency. A?"
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■ .'"..- " WORLD'S GREATEST TIRE JOBBERS ■
I AUTOMOBILE TIRE COMPANY :?#
I ■"•• 533 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco v -^fey
H Oldest Automobile Tlr« Jobblag Caaeero te th* Vaited States sad I
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SUPPLYING OF AUTO
PARTS HARD PROBLEM
Charles S. Howard Tells
How Buick Factory Carres
for Emergencies
"One of the greatest \ problems in the
automobile "business* today is the fur
nishing of duplicate parts for repairs
on '; the" earlier models," '-. says C. S. How
ard, ; Pacific coast distributer of Buick
cars. ; '.'The; longer a concern has-been
in t ; business the greater becomes- the
problem because no amount of calcu
lation will enable .the? manufacturer to
figure: at all accurately the character
or number of parts that are going to
be required. . ?•
7 "It is, of ; course, not hard to esti
mate .the,* length of <;service of the or
dinary wearing part, giving a certain
average number of miles per. year, or
the approximate "%-. requirements of the
average bearing,-but ; when it comes; to
the »: parts ? that 7 have ft no wear, ':). which
are broken only under 7 extraordinary
'Circumstances,?? there * is y.J absolutely
:nffthlng?on which to base production'
and the amount of estock 1 to be*kept*on
hand. The manufacturer simply has
to take a chance.? ???
"I ? think the Buick Motor,*; company
has probably come ;?the??nearest; *to
solving? the problem, as they always
keep/a duplicate stock? of , every? part
covering a certain*number 7 of "models, J
no matter ? how? insignificant?the part
may be. This has been done since the
construction? of they very? first Buick.
Records; show? that some of the - parts
in stock ..have? never been : called for.
Maybe they never will be, but if they
are they will?have them.*
"The first car ; theVßuick ever built
is still running in and around Flint.
It* = has required parts, but? no demand,
has been made | that? couldn't be sup
plied.?? That* other old• Buicks? arc? ; still
in ? service is evidenced by the 7 act
that a few days ago an order was re
ceived at the * factory ? for a; number? of
repair? parts for a car .which bore the
seventh = number, and the . records show
that as? far as j repair parts are con
. cerned ? this is ? the first' demand * this
car * has ever made 'on the factory."
MOTOR "BIKE" INEXPENSIVE
,--.. Alex - Mufdock r Jr. .of Hoboken,?!*.; J.,
says : that in one year he has ridden
his motorcycle 5,000 'miles? with no
other ; adjustment than -.hanging .the
pulley, lagging. He still ; has 'the' origi
f nal tires* on his machine. .
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