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Show MOTOR CAR RUNS TODAY Many Railroad Officials Show Interest iu Novel Corner Now in City. The l r.ion Pacific's new rtisollne motor car was mi object of much curiosity and no little study In the Oregon Short TJne v.uehouP" y.-st r.lay The car f ame down from Ogden dnrlnar the morning bearing Mayor William Ulasman of that rlly and a number of Other guests of the company . Today It will mako n trial nip to Ogden and will probably cai ry some of the leading lead-ing officials of the system Like a Torpedo Boat. ' Lik" .i. torpedo boat' Is, the way one of the railway officials spoke of the ear's appearance jesterday. The compactness with whicjl machinery Is stowed awn the sharp wind cutting b)OW and sloping neck and withal the neatness of finish made the roniparlson an apt one And thoso who traveled in the novel affair yesterday bear witness tp the statement when 11 comes to speed. Like Auto Engines. L. c. Adams of the Omaha shops and C N. Beard of the Portland shops brought the car .ml from Omaha It has traveled many hundreds of mlb-H and Its engines got an overhauling yesterday afternoon af-ternoon These engines. b tin way, are muh like those of an automobile only much larger. They have on one or two occasions shown some of the same tendencies ten-dencies but their contrariness was of very short duration In each Instance ami the delays amounted to nothing more than -low pi ogress for short distances Viewed by Officials Vice- President Bancroft, Judge Kelly, Superintendent Buckingham and a num- ln-r of cither wcii-known railroad men 1. .ok a good look at the car during the af- t moon. The sharp-pointed '-ah with its levers and gasoline cylinders, the neatly finished coach interior with Its leather seats and novel suction i-ntllat lug arrangements ar-rangements and the decidedly Imndsome exterior of the car all got comment, it Is one of tin- neatest and at the same time sir. n. g. st pieces of railroad mec hanism h-anism ever seen. |