Salt Lake Tribune | 1912-12-08 | Page 38 | Automobile Truck Invades Salt Lake

AUTOMOBILE TRUCK IADESSALT LAKE Dealers Look Upon This City ..as Fertile Field the Coming' Year. Salt Lake is coming to the uutomobilc truck. Or rather the automobilo truck in coming to Sjall Lake, .ii'dS'11?: i"nl tho activity shown on tho streets by the local representatives of eastern manufacturers, who are now making this city their headquarters. It must be admitted thnt Salt Lake has becu backward in adopting the auto Iruck for quick delivery work and heavy hauling, haul-ing, when comparod with the number in ubo in other cities of importance through the United States, This condition is commented upon by representatives ot eastern truck concerns and there is at present a rush by many of them to cn-( ter this field. Perhaps a dozen or more of tho larger trucks are in use in this city now. Tho30 are boginniug to briug returns on the investment, proving the claims of the salesman that they are cheaper than horse-drawn vehicles. Merchants, manufacturers man-ufacturers and contractors in general are therefore looking toward tho use of trucks to take place of their present horfio-drnwu moans of transportation. It was noted last wcok on automobile row that one largo brewery concern is just replacing the first set of tires used on ;i truck for the past two years. Thcc tires show over 31,000 miles' use on Salt. Lako streets, which proves conclusive! con-clusive! v the tiro upkeep on heavy trucks is within the bounds of economy. It is also uoticod that the eoal dealers deal-ers have takcu to trucks for rapid and long distance hauling, which when generally gen-erally employed will mean the salo of nianv new trucks. Truck dealers iu Salt" Lake arc alive to the possibilities of the coming year iu this branch ot the auto came and tlC3- aro not slow iu predicting heavy sales for nest season,