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Show M MOTOR MOTIONS M By far the most important announcement that H I has been made in automobile circles here this K spring is the news of the consolidation of the B1 Utah Motor Car company and the L. J. Gilmer H' The two companies will operate in the future H i under the name of the Utah Motor Car company, H with Mr. L. J. Gilmer as manager. D. C. Jackling H is president of the company and the concern will H be one of the largest, most influential, and strong- H est motor car companies in existence any place in H the country outside of the ranks of the automobile H manufacturers. The company will occupy the H greater portion of the ground floor of the new H fire-proof building being erected on State street H just south of the Independent Telephone struc- H ture, and will move into its new quarters some H timg in April. The garage, show rooms and auto- H mobile supply department of the company will H be equipped in a thoroughly up-to-date manner, B and it is anticipated that the establishment will H be one of the most complete and modern of its l kind in the west. The company will carry the H American cars, the Packard, the Detroit Electric M and the Cadillac makes. All four lines are cars H of national reputation and are among the most H popular in their several classes on the market K today, so that the company will be lepresented in ; the local field in splendid shape. Mr. Gilmer 3 since he took the agency for the American cars fl here has made that make extremely popular with M Salt Lakers, and has taken a very prominent I part in the motor car business of the inter- i mountain states. The company will carry com- H plete lines of automobile supplies and accessories m in addition to the cars mentioned above. The B consolidation is to be effected immediately and M this will mean another important step in the de- M velopment of Salt Lake's automobile business. M Mr. Gilmer is popular with the trade and with m the high class grade of cars he will have at his M disposal, will without doubt take his place among m the biggest motor car dealers in the western H states. m The stunt of driving an automobile to the H top of Ensign peak is about as novel as "any- m thing the season boasts. H Henry Potter, the driver who took the George H. T. Odell party over Europe in a Franklin last H ; year, took a Velie-10 Tuesday and under its own H power drove the car to the top of Ensign peak. H It was pretty soft and lumpy going most of the H way, too, as the hills are still wet. The car was H inot even equipped with chains. Those in the H ' party wound what rope they had around the tires H of the rear wheels, however, as a substitute, and H Potter never stopped with the Velie until he put H the machine on stop of Ensign, the first car ever H driven to that point and the first ever put through M ' as severe and remarkable a test in the inter- H mountain country. With the car on the trip was H Sales Manager Seymour B. Young of the Cons. H j Wagon & Machine company, which handles the H 'I Velie cars here; Messrs. Tetzel and Lawrence ot H , the State street garage, and Malcolm McAllister. H The car is a regular stock model with a 4x5 1 ! motor. The triple ignition system and GO h. p. rear axle, two of the Velie's many strong points, showed up to exceptional advantage on the trip and the sturdy little car under Potter's skillful driving, came through with colors flying. It is a trip that ought to stand as a record breaker among unique motor car stunts for Utah for some , time. H State street will soon have to be recognized H as automobile row in Salt Lake. The majority H. of the more important dealers are already well B established on that thoroughfare and with the Hr new structures now under way and which are to m be devoted to automobile show rooms, Bupply houses and garages, the street will be the mecca for the inquisitive ones. On lower State the new building to be occupied by the Bertram Motor Supply Sup-ply company will be completed in a few weeks and the Bertram concern installed in its new quarters. quar-ters. The company is carrying on its business at present on Post Office Place and when it moves will have one of the largest, most extensive accessory acces-sory and supply stores in the state. The Studebaker company is showing a beautiful beau-tiful line of their cars at their sales room on State street, including the newest and latest models of Studebaker electrics. These are the cars that the proving so popular among eastern society women wo-men for shopping and town use, and the models that have just been received by Manager Quig-ley Quig-ley of the local company are unusually handsome. Several Model G-7 Studebakers were delivered to new owners this week and an out-of-town shipment ship-ment of the cars made. The Automobile Exchange is preparing for the opening of a fine garage and repair shop in its new State street building, and will move probably some time during the coming month. Mr. Smith of the company states that this is the most active spring in the history of the garage business and that with he continuation of favorable favor-able weather, the majority of the local cars will be out of the shops and in use by the last of the month. The tire companies about town are doing a land office business. As the machines are being overhauled for their season's work, he tire men find that kerosene and water has worked havoc with the casings, and Manager G. H. Pumphrey of the Utah Tire & Rubber company issues the following advice to motorists: "Never use oil in washing your tires. Some motorists wash the bodies of their cars with a mixture of kerosene and water. Under no circumstances cir-cumstances use this mixture for cleaning tires. If you want to know why, immerse a small strip of rubber in kerosene and allow it to soak for a little while. You will see that it has become swollen, and a close examination will show that it is almost disintegrated, and will crumble in the hand. "Use a dampened sponge or well-wrung cloth, but never use oil or grease. "Do not allow water to get inside of unused tires. It will get into the canvas and eventually start decay, then when a heavy strain comes the tire is likely to suffer a blow-out." n The Botterill people are the busiest they have been in many springs. Three carloads of Pierce cars are on the way and will bo here later in the month. All of the cars are sold. Mrs. Thomas Dee of Ogden has purchased a 36 h. p. five-pas- senger Pierce; Mr. T. Regan of Boise, Idaho, a M 36 h. p. five-passenger; Mrs. A. Walker, of Salt M Lake, has purchased a 48 h. p. seven-passenger; and Mrs. E. Kimball will receive a 36 h. p. five- M passenger Pierce. M A carload of Hudsons is also on the way. One M of the cars is sold to Dr. A. C. Wherry, and an- M other to A. E. Spaulding. M Of the carload of Chalmers-Detroits, which ar- M rived recently one has been sold to Walter Keddie M of Salt Lake. M The company also has a carload of Pope-Hart- M ford on the way. fl |
