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John F. McLain, who has been identified with the Franklin factory as its Western representative since 1907, has purchased from the Franklin Company its entire Northern California business. Former factory branches in San Francisco and Oakland will in the future be conducted by the John F. McLain Company.



C. A. Gilbert, manager of the Western division of the United States Tire Company, announced recently that the United States Tire Company of New York, owners of the United States Tire Company and the Gorham-Revere Rubber Company, had decided to merge these two concerns with the United States Tire Company of California. The new corporation will have charge of the New York Company's affairs on the Coast.



Having recently discontinued their San Francisco branch, the F. B. Stearns Company will be represented in this city in the future by the Argonaut Motors Co.



It has been recently stated that Baker & Hamilton will control the distribution of Savage Automobile tires in the San Francisco territory.

The Bonnheim-Moore Company will handle the distribution of Maxwell cars in this section of the State. The announcement of this change was made recently by J. J. Toner, Western representative of the Maxwell Motor Car Co.



The San Francisco branch of the Thos. B. Jefferys Company has been purchased by a company headed by I. I. McMullin. This new company will control the northern territory.



What is a cycle car?

That is the question which motorcyclists and prospective motorists are asking to-day. The cycle car is a transition between the motorcycle, tricar and the Ford, which may be considered to hold the premier place among low-priced automobiles. But just what is this intermediate type of car, you ask? It is at present in a state of evolution in this country, and to a certain extent also evolving in Europe. For that reason no fixed definition of the cycle car can be set at this time. A tentative one, however, has been proposed by "The Cycle Car," an English trade paper, which gives the following definition:

"The cylinder capacity of the cycle car must not exceed 1,100 cubic centimeters (approximately 67 cubic inches.) The chassis weight must not exceed 6 cwt. (672 pounds) inclusive of the weight of the tires; or, in the case of those vehicles the bodies of which are not separable from the chassis, the total weight, all on and ready for the road, but without fuel, oil or water, must not exceed 7 cwt. (784 pounds.)



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