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Show j FIRST AUTOMOBILE t NOVELTYTO TOWN Facts In this artklo on . Bingham's first automobile were taken from "A History of Bingham Canyon" written by Beatrice Spendlove. i, First Automobile Local stage lines and the Rio ' Grande railroad continued to of- fej Bingham residents ipassenger f facilities until introduction of , the automobile (1913). The first car was probably more novel and wondrous to Bingham peo- pie than to people In other towns, ; because the rough steep road brought forth sputters, popplngs and backfire even more force- ful and frequent than on more I level highways. : It is said that the first car in the camp steamed and coughed Itself into a state of coma long before It reached Carr Fork. Mrs. Ray Kenner, who remembers rem-embers the appearance of early autos appearing in Bingham, believes that the first car belonged be-longed to Mr. A. D. Heaston. Bingham soon adopted cars as a new and quicker method of transportation. Old hitching ; posts were replaced with atan- ; dards bearing "no parking" and "one hour parking limit" signs. Trucks replaced wagons, busses replaced stages and automobiles replaced buggies and horses. t In 1918 the town board passed pass-ed an ordinance setting speed limits at fifteen miles per hour, placing speeding fines at $5 to $25 and establishing parking areas. Present town ordinances pro-vide pro-vide for a speed limit of fifteen miles an hour in town and eight miles per hour in school districts. |