Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1912-11-03 | Page 12 | Coast to Coast in Silent Car

COAST TO COAST COASTIN IN SilENT GAR CAR Eastern Party Visits Salt Lake on Return Trip From California A bl big automobile loaded do down with camping campin supplies an and carrying four men menas menas menas as passengers rs all nil bronzed from exposure exposure exposure expo expo- sure to wind and weather wather attracted considerable considerable considerable con con- attention on Main street streel Friday afternoon The Th machine was covered ered with banners mud and and If If the stor story of ot the tho occupants is to bo be believed believed glo glory However How- How ever mud seemed to predominate A big big- banner on each side of the car announced d that it was driven dri b by a Silent Knight engine and was making a a. l trip from coast const to coast and return The tourists only stopped in Salt Lake lon long enough to procure some gasoline and other refreshments and anti to visit the Monarch Mon Ion Ion- arch Motor company local agents for tor the tho Stearns car for some somo needed parts They were pre all Pennsylvania men except the driver r and owner who was from Providence Provi Provi- dence dene R R. I. I fhe They were Ra Raymond W W. Bill Billot of ot Providence ence J J. J J. J Schmidt and Henry Henryl W W. l Ward Yard of Altoona Pa and C C. Charles McLaughlin of Harrisburg The real object object ob oh- of tho the trip was to attend their national national na na- na conclave of ot the Alpha Beta Sigma fraternity hold at Berkeley Cat Cal last month Incidentally the four frat delegates dele gates say sar the they havo have had a great time Mr Mi- h Bill started alono alone in the machine from Providence enC and pl picked ked up his three broth brothers rs n at t Buffalo We e have hn had had had-a a great trip and this old Stearns boat has behaved fine Bill Dm told lold the local Stearns representative This Is 15 my own car and as 1 have o owned oed ed two others I ou ought ht to know what I am talking about when I sa say It has more morere re reserve r c pow power r than any car who whoso whose wheel hecl I have havo handled bandied It Is so silent when hen the muffler is closed we can almost hear each other think and Dud when wo want to attract a little attention w we open up the cut out and let people ople hoar hear tho the sound of or ofa ora a real engine enSine We have o had absolutely no trouble except in keeping from Crom overloading overloading over over- loading the car while while- the session was on at Berkeley Then sometimes we had hall to almost fight to keep from toni jO joy riding more than ten tens tensor or fifteen frat rat brothers at one time