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Show H MOTOR MOTIONS H The new automobile ordinance has material H ized, and the next few months will effectively H tell -the story of its efficiency or uselessnes?. H It is anything but drastic, and if it adequately H serves the purposes for which it is intended it H will be surprising. There are few cities in the H country where, considering the size of the place, H more reckless, dangerous and in' tperienced H motor car driving is done than in Salt Lake. A H very strong measure under the provisions of H which the authorities can deal with old offenders H with the utmost severity will be found the only H remedy. Chief of Police Barlow will have his H first opportunity for using the new police auto H patrol to advantage the moment the ordinance is H' signed and published, and it will be very much H: up to him to put a quick quietus on the joy rid- H! ers who for the past year have made life miser- H able for everyone but themselves in town and on H the county roads. H The new ordinance puts a check on freak H horns and prohibits the operation of motor cycles H with the mufflers open. In these two points and H that portion forbidding the unnecessary burning H of oil, the new measure brings relief to almost H everyone. H Among other things put under the ban, is the H driving of cars by youngsters under sixteen years H of age, unless accompanied by an adult, and after M having first satisfied the chief of police that they are competent to operate an automobile. Hereafter Here-after no car can stop on the streets with its left side to the curb, and cutting across intersections is tabooed. A car cannot be left unoccupied with the engine running, and if occupied, the motor must be shut off after ten minutes, if the car has been idle during that time. The cars must all carry a full complement of lights, and in an effort to stop racing on the paved streets about town the ordinance forbids two cars being operated side by side within the city limits. If the street is wide enough, autoists must keep ten feet between be-tween their cars and the steps of street cars, and if this is impossible by reason of narrow roadways, road-ways, the car must be stopped until the street car is again in motion. A mile in six minutes is the limit put on autos downtown and a mile in four minutes elsewhere. These are among the most important provisions pro-visions of the ordinance, and until drivers acquaint ac-quaint themselves thoroughly with the new law, the police will doubtless have their hands full. There is nothing in the measure that the sane driver or owner of a car can object to, and from present indications mighty little the joy riders need fear, unless the punishment for infractions of the various sections of the ordinance can be made severe enough to put a little fear in their cowardly hearts. The Utah Motor Company moved Monday into its new establishment in the Moyle Building on South State Street. In its new quarters the company is located in one of the finest salesroom, garage and machine ma-chine shop establishments to be found in the Western country. General Manager L. J. Gilmer, of the company, announced Tuesday that he has purchased the entire plant of the Capital Machine shop, and that the equipment will be installed in the Moyle Building immediately. This in- eludes the most up-to-date and complete repair arid duplicating machinery on the market, and when it Is installed the Utah Motor Car Company Com-pany will be able to handle the most difficult and intricate repair and repairing work. The salesroom and display room is finished in oak, with the ceiling heavily beamed, the walls panelled, and the whole presenting an attractive at-tractive and artistic effect. The design is that of a Denver firm, making a specialty of this class of work. The general offices of the company are located in a section of the sales and display room, as is Mr. Gilmer's private office. A great open fire place and hearth, flanked by heavy wooden seats, has been constructed on the south side of the room, breaking the severity and massiveness of the interior, and giving the room a comfortable, comfort-able, rich appearance. In the rear of the salesroom sales-room is located the quick repair garage. The building is equipped with a heavy electric elevator, ele-vator, and the repair complement, from beginning to end, is the latest that could be purchased. In its new quarters, the Utah Motor Car Company Com-pany is splendidly equipped to handle the line of cars for which it has secured agencies, notably the Packard. General Manager Gilmer received the first 1911 Packard model early last week, and has been busy demonstrating it since. The Packard Pack-ard people have adopted the double door idea, and are putting out a touring model for 1911, with high doors enclosing the front seat as well as the rear. The effect in the car is unusually handsome. The Studebaker Company is preparing to move its automobile department to the ground floor of the new Lynch Building, being erected at Second South and Second East Streets. "We have been unavoidably delayed in getting into the new place, but I expect to move on or before the 1st of the month," declared Manager Reed, of the automobile department, yesterday. "We will then have one of the finest homes for our automobiles of any Studebaker company in the country, as the new garage and salesroom will bo finished in the best that money can buy, and thoroughly and completely equipped. We are receiving bulletins every day on the progress of the Flanders '20' roadster, which is traveling from the city of Quebec, Canada, to the City of Mexico, a distance of about 4 500 miles. 'Under Three Flags' is the title of the tour. The car is being driven by W. J. Lane, with Paul H. Bruske, of Detroit, as its only passenger. The E M-F Co., of Detroit, manufacturers of the Flanders '20,' is sending the car across three countries as a sort ot a 'show me' stunt. Automobile experts have said that a car as light as the Flanders '20'- could never make the run, but it is being done, and the two men have covered three-fourths three-fourths of their journey successfully. The car is a stock model in every detail." |
