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| Los Angeles Examiner, June 12, 1906 |
Cheers Speed Yachts on 2,000-Mile Pacific Ocean Race
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Whistles Shriek as Sails Are Set
By C.E. Van Loan
They’re off for Honolulu, and the 2,000-mile race is on in earnest.
The crash of brass, the shrill clamor of dozens of steam whistles and the cheering of hundreds of spectators joined in a noisy farewell as the big racing boats tore across the starting line yesterday noon, a 20-mile-an-hour breeze behind them and a long, hard race ahead.
Thirty-two seconds after the boom of the starting gun, little La Paloma slipped over the line. . . .
Just half a minute later, the Lurline, hope of the South Coast Yacht Club and pride of the western coast, followed the Hawaiian craft, the men on her deck sending up a quick barking cheer. . . .
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| Miss Margery Sinclair, daughter of Commodore Sinclair, cheering La Paloma before the start. |
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Trophy Is Offered by the Hawaiian Yacht Club
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Three minutes and a half later, the stately Anemone slid gracefully by the end of the breakwater, the white caps on board coming off in salute. . . .
The race for the handsome trophy offered by the Hawaiian Yacht Club is on. All the yachting world waits word from the one watchman on Diamond Head.
San Pedro was early astir, and by daylight Terminal Island was a hive of industry.
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The amateur yachtsman is a good fellow, but he has to make a great deal of noise and commotion on the morning of the race.
The dock of the yacht club swarmed with busy young men clad in white duck and brief authority. Every other man was a skipper or a mate.
One of the very young sailor men looked across to Mormon Island, where La Paloma was still lying.
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“What’s the matter with her that she don’t get out of the creek,” said he.
But La Paloma is a veteran racing craft . . . and the Kanaka crew were loafing about the deck in the perfect calm born of long experience. . . .
The local yachtsmen who said the Kanakas were slow in their movements changed their minds later in the day when they saw the brown men in action. . . .
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How the Transpacific yacht race began
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Los Angeles Examiner, June 11, 1906
MANY FIRMS AGREE TO GRANT HALF HOLIDAYS
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The following business houses have agreed to the early closing movement, observing Saturday half holiday from the first Saturday after the Fourth of July to September 15.
After that latter date, they will close on Saturday evenings at 6 o’clock, as on other days.
Broadway Department Store, A. Hamburger & Sons, J. M. Hale Co., J. B. Lane Dry Goods, Jacoby Bros., New York Cloak & Suit House, Beeman & Hendee, Steele-Ferris-Walker (Fifth Street Store).
J. W. Robinson Co., Boston Store,
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Coulter Dry Goods, A. Fusenot Co. (the Ville de Paris), M. B. Blackstone Co., Gordon Andrews Company, El Imperio (new store to be opened, 7th & Broadway).
Marvel Millinery, S. S. Spier, Mrs. N. E. Smith, Wonder Millinery, Hoffman Millinery, Millinery World, Misses J. and G. Truitt, Mrs. A. Feintuch, The Fashion, Mrs. A. L. Swobodl, Mrs. I. M. Clifford & Co.
Barker Bros., Los Angeles Furniture Co., Lyon-McKinney-Smith Co., California Furniture, Niles-Pease Furniture, H. F. Vollmer & Co., Parmelee-Dohrmann Co.
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Los Angeles Examiner, June 14, 1906
UNION CREWS QUIT TWO MORE VESSELS.
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SAN PEDRO, June 13 — When a message came to the Sailors’ Union here this morning that an agreement could not be reached . . . , the men on the steamer Nome City — including sailors, cooks, stewards and firemen — were at once called off.
The Nome City had discharged a portion of her cargo at Redondo and arrived here yesterday afternoon.
She is owned by George D. Gray & Co. of San Francisco
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and is in command of Captain Hansen, who refused to sign the agreement for an increase asked for by the sailors.
Later in the day, the steamer Mayfair, Captain Hansen, owned by Beadle Brothers of San Francisco, was also tied up for the same reason.
The Mayfair arrived several days ago and had discharged only her deckload of 800,000 feet of lumber that she had brought in.
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About thirty men on both vessels are affected.
The other steam schooners in port today are the Celia, Roanoke and Charles Nelson, the owners of . . . which have signed the agreement. The Wasp left last night.
Officials of the unions involved stated today that the present difficulty would not affect the sailing vessels, 15 of which are in port . . . .
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From the Los Angeles Examiner, June 17, 1906
DOLSON CARS ARE BEING SHOWN HERE
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J. F. McNaughton, who has taken the Southern California agency for the well known Dolson car, has received a Model E car and expects models of the fifty-horsepower and the two-cylinder type shortly.
The Dolson Motor Car Agency has opened at 711 S. Spring St., and the demonstrator has been busy showing its fine points during the past week.
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The Dolson factory is turning out three models, 45-50, 28-30 and 20-24.
The 28-30 is certain to be a popular car. It has four vertical cylinders, cast in pairs, 4 1/8 x 4 3/4.
The clutch is of the special friction disc type, and there is sliding gear transmission with three speeds forward and one reverse. The drive is direct on high speed.
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The equipment consists of three oil lights, gas generator, tail light, horn and tools.
Associated with Mr. McNaughton is Mr. Richards, formerly of San Francisco, where he was prominently identified with the automobile game.
Baron Rosen, the Russian ambassador, has ordered a Dolson. In the races at Readville, this car finished second in the five-mile race in a field of eleven.
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From the Los Angeles Examiner, June 17, 1906
Shows How Little It Costs to Run Cars.
All Who Started Finished the Distance of 225 Miles in Two Days at Less than Passenger Rates.
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By Frederick Pabst.
Although the recent endurance run to Pismo Beach cannot be considered a success in point of the number of cars competing, the result was of more than usual interest to every driver of motor cars.
The contest for the economy prize demonstrated the expense of traveling in a machine, in comparison with other means of transportation.
The trip from Los Angeles to the beach was 225 miles in length and required two days.
E.H. Howes, in a Frayer-Miller car, carried five passengers and made the trip at an expense of $1.27 a passenger.
The railroad rate would [have been] more than $6.
As the Jackson car, [however,] which made the trip with four passengers at
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$1.80 a passenger, cost much less than Mr. Howes’ car, it was awarded the economy cup in compliance with the rules of the run. . . .
Everything in connection with the car was considered — cost of oil and gasoline consumed, wear and tear on the car, cost of repairing punctures, and any broken parts of the machine.
The trip was the hardest kind of a test for any car, and the fact that all who started reached their destination is a point worthy of notice.
It took strong machines to make this run. There were a few places which put the weak cars to the test, and when a National came in with badly broken springs, there was no surprise.
Nat Myrick’s Cleveland also went down as a result of a shattered spring.
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Outside of punctures, there was little trouble to other cars. . . .
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At present there is but a three-mile stretch for racing at Pismo. At Oceano Beach a creek cuts through the sand, and to lengthen the course this creek will have to be bridged.
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Earle Anthony has undertaken the job of press agent for the dealers’ endurance run. Mr. Anthony promises brilliant boosts for the run every day.
Fire away; automobile editors are strong and healthy.
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Pays $300 for Auto Repairs;
$373.99 More Asked.
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Excessive charges for automobile repairs and how much repair shops are entitled to charge are the burden of an answer filed by J. Compton in the Superior Court yesterday.
The trouble arose over a suit brought by the Heineman-Pearson Company of 1012 S. Main St. against Compton for $373.99 for a balance on a repair account.
In his answer, Compton swears that he has already paid the company $300 for repairs
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before the establishment had the “effrontery” to present the second bill.
He also claims that he had to take his auto to another repair shop and spend $150 to have put in order the parts that the plaintiff company had been tinkering with.
He presents counterclaim for $400.
Repairs on automobiles and the prices charged in various instances have kept some of the departments in the Superior Court busy for months.
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Los Angeles history
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