The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 12, 1909, Page 4

OCEAN TO OCEAN RACE: "<== CARS RUNNING NECK! WILL MO AND NECK IN BIG CONTEST. Many Difficulties Encoun-| tered, But Few Acci- dents Occur. yi The ocean to New York to S P. has now be nin serosa twelve days, or Just about half the time it ia expected the first machine to take to reach Seattle, To thone who are intere and who is only the which ha and have read appy telegrams come over the wire and have probably missed some of these, a the whole journey will prove interes As is well known, five mac were started from New York on the first of June by Mayor MoClel lan, who fired a gold-mounted re | ™ volver as the starting gun. A sixth The car was delayed, owing to the non, | present delivery of certain sential parts but subsequently followed the first resume of above ja a cut of the Pir premises on Hroadway he requiremen Tenth and Pi UND RUBBER CS Wa ee THE STAR—SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1909. WHAT BUYERS AND SELLERS ARE DOING IN THE AUTO WORLD EDITED BY D. C. HAMPS Pretty Well Bunohed VE SOON I iiciocmatit ti that no one may yet way wh result will be. ‘Tiflis last halt of the trip ts pected to try out the hter car to the Inst o y aulomobiie owner }oountry is watehing with breath to see how they will pull through. So far, the race has been singularly free from accident but what will the next half bring? GLIODEN TOUR CARS 10 CARRY BOTH NAMES AND NUMBERS erning th Just beer aalng Ito the manufe are land to the traveled through. The decision has wt and Rubber company’s Je to have the names These quarters are far from com: | car well a# thelr numbers, on ta, and this firm will shortly move There it will have a forty-three « they carry erto the signe on the care five large K space At present, however, /had only the words A A. T of Go as They Please any has several cases of tubes on hand, which will/ and the year, and the entry : * ast til quarters a wady ar, This has been a« The pacemaker, with Jobn = A airot pectatore as well as df tlex aboard, preceded the bunch appointing to the entrants and that car remained ahead till Uli 11 and 11:20 4 thus ma avowed Intention of leaving again Kansas City was reac when the the stop f them a twelve contestants were allowed to go 48 one they pleased On this same June Sth the The next after leaving New York | for the first time, began to sepa that was heard of the racers, was) rate, the two Ford machines reach from Buffalo, on June Srd, whoer|ing the Windy City at midnight they arrived almost together at 4:15) 7 ther three, however, were rnoon. And ao on to wo at hand and were where the first misad- expected to reach there before venture occured. This was on June jight A distance 4th, when Ray Sheets, the driver | peen covered since of the pilot car was arrested for in the morning speeding. Some bucolic policeman No News Come. caught him and insisted on taking him to the station. There bail was| Then comes a hiatus of any furnished, and the race was re (°° walen 90 ea . ve % vg gamed. In the meantime, however, | 0% June 7th the two Pord cai in the lead, reached St. Louls, and all the racers had to stop until the had a rousing welcome pilot got out of durance, and was mT anes Sis Actas van Glee Of 7" ir ve pase ad rived, but his machine was left be sg ag hind undergoing some alight re Once more en route the cars made} pairs, after meeting with an acch Cleveland that afternoon, and left) dent. The Acme car was expected there at 1:30 for Toledo. to get in by noon, when all three Tt was on June Sth that the de-| were to atart for Kansas City Ieyed Stearns car, driven by Oscar! Sfeantime, the Italia car war stuck jp. started from New York om|in the mud sear Litchfield, tll, and pars long stern chase, in a drizaling| early ou the morning of the Sth | drivers were not in the jeast dis The route between Minneapolls and It was their intention to) Oraha haa not as yot been offfaially, Louls that vain. Stolp stated at the time that) (; was reported in St ‘ he expected to pick up the other the drivers had been una cars somewhere in the neighbor | move it. hood of Kansas,City, providing a one hour rest period | other cara. between New York and St. Louis Was suspended in his case, as the! jialia car were In St. Louis, and weferees were satisfied that Stolp|gtated emphatically that they did liad made every effort to start with | not intend to drop out of the race Ge others at the right time. because of thelr accident The Run to Chicago. | They Are Persistent. On this same day the rest of the bunch left Toledo, where they | day to supervise arrived late the night before, with | their car, rendered necessary by © the intention of making Chicago | breakage which occured when haul Gat night. The two Ford cars left/ing i oat of the mudhole, They &t 8 o'clock, which was schedule | finally arrived in St time, the others being in control night with their car, and with the | Light Weight Is the Cry Franklin Model H is different from other six-cylinder automobiles in a very essential feature. The average six-cylinder automobile has weight. Practically the whole advantage of the six-cylin- der principle is missed—the chief gain being an enormous horse-power output applied more smoothly than it could be in four-cylinders. The main advantage of a six-cylinder engine in an au- tomobile is to get high proportion of power to weight excessive A six-cylinder engine gives steady torque, an explosion every one-third of a revolution. Steady torque, since it reduces the stress on all working parts and supporting members, permits lighter construction throughout the whole automobile In Model H this advantage is fully utilized. We get ractical results—high power with light weight. With Fifty 2a cent more power than Model D, with its four cylinders, Model H, though seating two more | weighs only twenty per cent more Model H is the automo bile selected by men of ex- perience who know auto mobile who study automobiles from the efficiency and endurance standpoint, who want a large automobile, free from useless weight and tire an noyance, Seattle Automobile Co. AGENTS 1423-25 Tenth Ave. 1422 Broadway SEATTLE, WASH. Phones—East 1213. sengers, economics, Ind, 1917. EUREKA MOTOR CO. Hest Kaqultpped Mach | tle Comat, Your Work Solletted, 1414 Dromdway, yal Sales Co. te for Reval Tourtst jackson A ott 5 Bp? Back Etc | MOTOR | CARS THE COUPLE-GEAR TRUCK. Commercial Ga M. 2069. 1997 | good time. The Acme car also stuck,| the course. The rule) put was freed in time to join the) At the same time it |mounced that two of the leading On June 9th the drivers of the! cars had passed through Malina.|and Kansas City will be, consequent ‘They returned to Litchfield that | the repairs ‘to) Loule that} . , All Want to Know. before midnigh' All along the route of the tour Oo Ju ath, too, news came from | ie of the residents are ta be seen Kansas City that t four leading | in Hippings from newspapers that cars in the race had left there of the give the pumbers ad names ara, but from those not thus pro- vided there lea continued ery of “What car te thatt ‘The tact that the make of car te need that BOW | +4 firet point of Interest has been been left be pean Re They of the A. A. As at only the short therefore the early that morning, They the two Fords, the Shawmut and and they ined oat at j were deoply tmpreased by n Chairman Hower contest board, and est stop | be made, and that scone this year will be twiee ae large they ‘ i to reach attle IN| oy previously, and the names dt the record ti ye conspicuous on thew. leare wii! One Car Is Ditehed. | There is not, and never has bern, That same morning at $:16 the|Any Intention of shortening the Fest Shawmut car, with T. A. Pettin-|ing periods of the tour, of of,car will driving, reached Topeka. One| talling the stay at Minneapolis of the Fords was but thirty minutes | Denver behind the leader and was making The other was reported| Two days positively will be apent ditched near Lawerence, and the /|in each city, and the contestants will Acme had not been heard from. |e given full opportunity to @njoy June 10th word came from St./ the hospitality of the automotilisie Louis that tho Italia car had passed! o¢ those places, who have Ynade through that city, and that the! siaporate preparations to entertain Two-Day Stops. couraged. make record time over the rest of getermined, but tt will be a three- day journey between those cities, In- wae an and the arrival at Omaha, Denver 119 miles west of Topeka, though | ty, one day Inter than at first sched it was not stated which they were uled. This will make the days spent Undoubtedly, sow, real racing had well begun Yesterday word came from Oak stead of Maturday and Sunday, but in some ways (his te preferable, An Unprecedented Opportunity THE TOLEDO CAR, FORMERLY THE POPE TOLEDO, EFFI- CIENT IN EVERY RESPECT, SURPASSING ALL OTHERS IN MANY WAYS. $4,250 Value Now $2,300 On a limited number of our standard TYPE XV and XVI Touring Cars, are making prices that are out of all proportion to the true value of the goods, being much below the actual cost of produc tion, This unusual cond! tion prevails for the following reasons: Mr. J. N. Willys, of Indianapolis, Ind., who Is president and manager of the American Motor Car Sales company, marketing several medium priced machines, bas, with bis associates, pur chased the entire plant and business of the Pi Toledo company and by this act « rs the high grade automobile field ° The new owners immodiately doubled the standing factory orders for Model XV and XVI Cars, and {t has been decided, in selling the additional output, to give representative citizens in cer tain localities an opportantty to buy at a low price in order to imme diately introduce the car whore It has not heretofore been oxton | sively used Bullt as these cars are throughout possible to buy, such as Chrome Nickel Btee! (tenstle ngth 226, 000 pounds per aquare inch), Deutsche Waffen Fabric bearings, andy representing as they do the finished product of one of the most ex- pertenced automobile factories in the country, they are worth every dollar of the original price of $4,280 each. It is easy Lo make mistaken and to buy the wrong car, but any one taking the time to go through our immense plant and see for himself how carefully all cars are made and how rigidly teated and inspected, must be convinced, as have hundreds of discriminating buyers in the past, that for durability, efficiency, beauty of design and finish, our cars cannot be excelled. of the very best material 10 Days’ Delivery on a Limited Number If Interested In buying an automobile for carly delivery, and if you want the very best at the price of the cheap, let us hear from you before the allotment has wen’ closed out. We will gladly answer any questions you have to ask and give you the benefit of our large experience in high grade automobile building H.C. Gray & Co. 1401 Broadway, Seattle, Wash. loaders, #0 at tho toad of (wo, as originally planned, | however, the/in Denver Bunday and Monday, in-) ON IN A FRANKLIN CAR > ——_— | Th f the t a r ono of al ; f endurance 4 64 ra6Gg 5 the coma he revntt aa rg, ‘ This ip onatratp 4 Ten will fy © Ore other matter of hat there r Owners Confidence ty orn 10 the ugg ah SD OE OL MAS N ARE F. R. Hump, salesmanagor of tho H, H. Franklin Mfg. Co, a rece of bate a tt iu Loc omobile—Many oe ‘ — ‘WATCH FOR THE STAR'S —F GEN SHET TOR Sciccam ps RAGE RESULTS |r had @ very busy week, having deliv eare all told in various The Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. of Broadway has received a tol j*eram from Akr oO, th pany’s headquarters, to the effect that three out of the five care en tered in the New Yurk to Soattle race are equipped with the Fire HUNDRED MILE AND TWO FIF These wore all TY MILE CONTESTS IN — they PORTLAND TODAY er carload Is Ne state 30,” and in every ca given the greatest satt lay ne be the Inet The Portia ne tres, The management of ». Three care will ar-| gay on a BNAY & Co, jthe race has 4 I that rive all set up and ready to deliver 4 from the numb a Wrondway. ante shall owt time for t welll and every ¢ f them has already eady made, the outcome should 1 Kast 48, Kast 6g, As any other troubles encountered on| been sold i prove most successful. The result |mome i route, ‘This ruling is very pleasing | will be given in The Star's sporting | ——_— 4 to L. Campion the manager of| George W. Miller of the Winton extra, the "Green Star.” "a the company Motor Carriage Co. \eft Bea It fe & ed that there will be “DETROIT” AND ‘Thureday evening for hinannual vie~) a number of Seattle enthusiasts in , It ia nald that on the White Steam. |!t to the factory in Ohto, Mr. Miller or 1910 models kerosene will be used |@xpects to be away at least six exclusively tn the place of gasoline | Weeks The Winton Co, has had « This will greatly reduce the cost of |M0at successful season, and ts quite operation, aa kerosene costs about|#4 out of 1809 cars. The last two half the price of gasoline, At pres-| Were disposed of in Portland this fiatiliate is used on some of the | Wek cart, but this necessitates @ spectal burner, which will be obviated on| | the new cars attendance, which will Include a number of contestants | The events include a one hundred mile race, two fifty mile races, and two races for motorcycles. Among other cars entered from this city are an Auburn, by the Idanha com pany, of Broadway, and a Frank A call is said to have been made by | iin |the Automobile Club of America for ELECTRICS A. WING, AGRNT, Brondway and Medion | OAKLAND MOTe Fred Pisehbeck, Agent, the clubs the route A forty horsepower H. P. Grant of the Beattie Automo Senn) aicas | York ¢ atthe race (Internati », hile Co, has gone to Portiand to at- | *nctioned by the club, to offer pac- | tend the races to be hold there to-| ne cara for the contestants, but no} the bility of the Fran car.| The con for the Gildden, Rverybody in the Broadway o ja Hower and Detroit trophies will be i lof the san opinion; nevertheleas, more literally an American Automo- The Idanha company of Proad they are ail anxiously awaiting a bile association tour this year than| Way, which deals in the Auburn car, telegram announcing the winner, ever, The visit is at the moment completely sold Hl | more In different « and be enter- jout, but In a couple of weeks’ time Me: Brigham and Fenn, who! tained as they have nc m any pi it will have three carloads in Seat = in Cadillacs exciustvely, have! vious contest, stopping, as they did,|te. Two of these cars are enter-| 51.200, FOB participants will LAUNCHES AND MOTOR Levi L. Weatall, Manager, ‘Tel. Main 2223. For hire by day, week or! Arrangements made for round, ete Rates ts and Engines for 11) Marton | PmReTON lag Lig it oryod| ree for i Pe GOODRICH TIRE | | comma oan on | BLO Firat Ave. South. | Pope-Hartford 5-Passenger $2,750.00 Pope Hartford 7-Passenger $3,000.00 No class of motorists in the world get more uniform good service and genuine satisfaction than users of THE POPE-HARTFORD FORTY. For that combination of “snap” and rapid “pick up” of power plant, luxurious easy riding, beauty and refinement of contour in tonneau and general outline, there is not in all the realm of motordom, a stronger aggregation of automo- bile engineering for the money, than THE POPE-HART- FORD FORTY. | Olympic Motor Car Company. | Distributors of Pope-Hartford, Buick, Chalmers-Detroit, Thomas Flyer and Peerless Motor Cars. | THE NEW DOWNTOWN GARAGE, One Block from Postoffice. 1319 Fifth Av., Seattle =