Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-10-07 | Page 30 | Motor Bus Business Shows Rapid Growth

S1GW5 RAPiD GB01VTH Monster White Equipment Found Suitable for Service Ser-vice During Winter. T!ic I ruiifli-ort;! t ion uf jrd-'ieeirrH i).V mol'r Mutu hit:i l-v "loped wry mpidly iurluf tlm f.fiHl ff.v yf-HTM. Tho rlnirntd for thin trariporuuloii arinefl chltrfly from I wu sou n-t:. I 'ir vi , t h-o, d:vloiriifTiit of iiKt-U ulmr;il fuiiyinlninx .sf-Mons lo-xi.iuri olf Hit, niiln:t.l. ;trnl. .wcoml, th in rv. 3-mho 3-mho of our k r r a t Iliit loii;i 1 piajf-KiouikJm. piajf-KiouikJm. In thin Ht:i-tiiiL 'it i!iti cou n try a lare number of iiutf, sf;i w. ronU-H have !''' n put. Into Kt-rwirfj art f'-fh.-r.s of tin- H'l-ain u tut i tit ci urban c.rrl.- railway o iwl juj i.M crihiims lu f i j - s - ra.ilv.uyH beyond tiitiir li i ini iiii Is. -Mil ii y rttac, routes art: op-eiatrd op-eiatrd In -i riyoris In in In m;-; arnprt and phiinro iT:stitL-i in which it would not he ft-atdbl.i tu up.-nite railway Hiimh a !n our Ktvut national j.iuks. such as tlie Yol-loWMt'int; Yol-loWMt'int; and leader park.". SlaKttrt opera u iik in I Ida Hiiiis of service ser-vice are Bubjer-.ied to extremely Bcvero rondltlons not t, heavy ruade, steep ! Kiadcs and heavy Ina-ds are the rule, op- ef fit (I'M of ttie.Mtt MtaKt) Iinjs htivvt learned tl at only tho very iit-sl construct lu-n that It Is T)OhMitlti to build will Htand up and remlr continuous service. The best h:ui j proven by ll odds the cheapeHt. The White company of Cleveland, in line with their Kfiimral policy of producing produc-ing only the highest Krado of jobs re-Kanlh'.Hrt re-Kanlh'.Hrt of their coat, have produced standard auto busmen especially designed to operate under thefle conditions. Vltdlora to our national parks, especially espe-cially In the went, jiro very familiar with tltese While busses. The standard bus lias four three-piii-sc nver seats, although they may he equipped with a body lo iicconiiiiodate up to twenty-two passon-K'ua. passon-K'ua. The seats are removable, so that if necessary part of the space can bo utilized for baKKa'e. The (ilncler Tark Transportation company com-pany is ope rut Intf twenty-two busses in the Clliioler National park; the Pike's I'eak company is openUint 165 White busn;s in the Yellowstone National park. These busses are equip. ed with White standard I'orty-livo- horsepower motors and may be operated up to a speed of forty-flvo miles per hour. The cooling system Is of special Important, Im-portant, as Ioiik. steep ktihIcb are encountered en-countered where moat of the climb Is to Ihi made on low and second pear. White cars and trucks have always enjoyed en-joyed an enviable reputation for their cooling system. They are equipped with larKe honey-comb radiators with a surplus sur-plus of coollnK surface. A forced Uraft is provided by a laixe six-blade, bull-bearing fan. The water circulation is core-fully core-fully designed to avoid all steam pockets, and the t her mo-siphon system is aus-mntod aus-mntod by a positive water pump. Boiling Boil-ing In the White bus Ls practically unknown. un-known. The cooling system ls so efficient effi-cient that it is necessary to add water only orue a day, even on the most severe mountain roads. The Halt. '..nice Transportation company, which operates the sigbt-soelnff trips In .Salt Lako and vicinity, has two of these standard White busses, as well as smaller si trhit-seeing cars and ba-Kgaxe transfer trucks. White busses are also used by them on the 7-Totel Utah and the New-house hotel depot routes. A few years fttt'O one would have said that It would not be feasible to operate motor trucks and busses for slght-seelnR, depot busses and !asgag;e trans-portatlon business all the year around. Still, during last winter, win-ter, which was one of the most severe in this section lu years, the Salt Lake Transportation company handled its en-; en-; tire business with motors, and their White equipment proved to be Lho roost reliable, dependable and economical. ; ' The White Motors company, distributors i for the state of Utah for the White automobiles auto-mobiles and trucks, with offices at 36-38 South West Temple street, Salt Lake City, have In stock two of the standard WhRe auto busses, duplicates of those used In the Yellowstone transportation service. As a result of the splendid reports re-ports which the visitors to the park this i season have brought back, the company is receiving many inquiries fPYim operators of stape routes in various sections of the state and is anticipating a heavy sale of these cars during the coming winter and spring.