| Show THREE ClAIM FIRST MOTOR CAR IN UTAH Continued from page 1 died cars care as a n. side rido line thirteen or fourteen years ago there are MO now in in Utah approximately dealers who handlo handle virtually every cry standard mako make of cars While the automobile was growing steadily in public favor as a means for and for c comparatively speedy locomotion tho the racing phase of too the an an- business business had its ita impetus There Thore were ono one or two meets of minor in connection with and andas as an added attraction f for r tho horse borso races at Calders Calder's park now Wan- Wan damore damero damerel in the early carly davs days of the automobile automobiles automobile's auto auto- mobile mobiles mobile's a 8 development There are aro some somo horses that could ouId ha have havo o outrun tho the first I cars raced in fit Utah but that is another story The Tho first genuine test of speed however however how bow ever ver was when Barney Darney the noted sp speed king came carno to Utah to show the natives how to annihilate time ime in fn covering distance His first ox- ox was at Calders Calder's park where with his bis famous ho covered a amila amilo I milo mila on the dirt track in 1 minute 27 1 Fast Drive Hero Rero Now Newkirk bought tho the from froni rom Oldfield and mado a atour tour of the country a R. little Visit visiting Salt Balt Lake jake and made mado an exhibition run hero which was equal to that of Oldfield as asa asa asa a spectacle Oldfield made the tho circuit n again this thu timo time with his Bullet a 1 Winton inton car which he ho showed at tho state tate fair grounds grounds- rounds In the succeeding year ear Oldfield made tho the circuit R again ain ivin With his Green Dragon giving The Tho next spectacular exhibition staged for the speed d fans o of this city tY was the race raco meet arranged by Oldfield Old Uld- field eld d driving riving his Bli Blitzen Benz Benz and Ben Jen Kircher with his c This i meet icet drew big crowds crowds' for two days at athe atthe atthe the he Buena Vista track and for ono one day I at it O Ogden Ogdon on Oldfield drove ono one mila mile in inho inthe ho tho phenomenal time of 54 seconds which was tho the fastest time over ever made madeo to o then on an automobile track in this state tato The Tho e Telegrams Telegram's Hill U Climb The next phase of the automobile game gume in Utah Otah was the sta staging in by THE TIlE TELEGRAM of its hill bill climbing con con- tests este Tho first of those these was in iii 1907 1007 Others Othera were staged in 1908 and 1911 Handsome silver cups cups cups' wore were offered a atrophies ag as trophies and are to DO bo seen now in the tho stores tores of various dealers who han handled led the lie winning cars and in the tho hands of the Eie outright winners of individual tro tro- The ibe final title to tho the handsomest handsom handsom- est of these CUPS a tall silver er vessel of f beautiful design given by bv Samuel and valued at 1000 has not been eon decided In th last hill bill climbing contest W. W S. S Dodd of the tho Dodd Randall Automobile Automobile Auto Auto- mobile company this dt- dt ity dro drove e ono one tulle mile over i t straight measured course courso up p hill in 50 seconds Considering the grade jrade lie he ne traversed this was a taster faster mile die than t Oldfield's mile in ot 51 seconds for or Oldfield's mile milo was on a n levo course The Tho machine driven b. b by Mr r. r Dodd odd wag was a a. Thomas Thomal l IiO O horsep wor It remained for Frank Fronk iu Ir Irving at one onetime onetime time ime chauffeur for for Tex C and nd afterward a demonstrator tor and au au- salesman lesman in this dt city to make the tho do fastest r record cord thus thue far attained in inthis in inthis this his state elate Mr Irving who is a corn com of steel springs and ice COY cov- cred red a me mile in the tho ramo car on tho the in 17 47 seconds Automobile racing however is only in n its infancy and aud remains to be de- de cl jed It is ia a sport that is filled fined with thrills brim and danger and that can eRn bring bringa a n crowd to its feet moro more e quickly than any nv other game ame extant There Thero are plenty of speedy cars ears in inho inthe ho tho state with owners who possess the nerve and the skill to drive them at atop top op speed dl but thero aro are no suitable tracks racks adjacent to the two principal principalities clUes cities of the state from winch which the crowds would necessarily be drawn lawn There Thoro is is one track in this state however how how- ever vor which as ag it lies iles is declared by no noless noless less ess distinguished an expert than A A. L L. Vest ard tho the noted pathfinder to be tho the If not superior to tho ho famous fa fa- fa Inous Ormond Beach Fla Fin track haole This track is ia in Topple Tooele county near the Nevada line and lies 8 over tho great cat salt beds alon along tho the line of tho thu west Yest western era ern Pacific railroad On this wonderful stretch of coun cotta try level ol as a a. table billiard is a bed of 7 crystal salt miles wide and sixty five miles in in length and ing ng twelve feet in depth This salt ISas is isas isas as hard as concrete and gives such a firm grip to the tires tires' that sl slipping and skidding kidding are virtually impossible Mr rd and other automobile speed experts who have havo visited and inspected inspected in in- it declare that any speed that could be attained by any mechanism in which a human be being ng co could Jd ride lido and live ive could be bo attained on this stretch of salt with a minimum of danger Preliminary steps have havo been taken for or a a. ne nearer home than tho the salt beds bed however Tho The Salt L Lake Lake- Jee Salt air beach which begun bogun bo bo- speedway was gun un in 1913 will rill when completed give to o the members of the tho speedway association asso- asso dation a splendid course ten ton miles milos in length beginning at the western limits lim urn its of the city and extending to tho the great dancing pavilion on the tho shore of tho the Groat Salt lako Transcontinental Tours Popular The speedway was as graded during 1913 for its entire length many thousands thousands thou thou- sands of dollars doUaT'S havin having been expended in this work Another item of importance import import- ance unee which was completed during last year veur was tho the construction of the thu approach ap ap- ap to tho tim pavilion pa E Extending beside be ho- beside side the railroad track on the tho trestle IS is tho runway j giving approach to tho the pavilion from the tho extreme extremo western ostern f nd nd of tho the speedway This gives hes tho the opportunity to drive their cars from their homes in iu this city to the tho gates of the pavilion It is is planned by tiny the speedway asso- asso I elation clation ac according to annon announcement t made unofficially but upon good authority au an thorit durin during t the be week to complete completo tho the task tal of ot preparing tho speedway for automobile traffic durin during 1914 This work will will will-be be taken up as early catl in the tho season as weather conditions will ill permit per per- mit mite and aud will b bo o carried forward as 08 rapidly as possible in in order that th tho completed speedway may maj be bo put into commission durin during the Into lato summer Funds for this work it is is understood have been pledged and there will be no obstacle to the completion of the work The transcontinental automobile tour tourIs touris touris is gaining W more au and more moro In popularity as 35 the tho years pass Salt I Lako City 15 is tho the first western city to mako make a strong and concerted hid bid for this thiB tide of ot travel which will increase from year to y year ar aras as the tho popularity of ot the automo automobile tle in in- creases Several cross country r trips were made by daring nut aut prior to 1906 1006 but these were for the most part test trips made b by expert in iii tho interests interest of ot factories which had turned out tho ears cars ma making ing the trips 4 u Ono One o of ot these these- cars went through this I city on its way from front tho the factory to Seattle BeattIe during tho the worlds world's exposition held in that city This car attracted great reat attention during its short stay in tho city and tho the drivers and others accompanying tho car ar were gi given on considerable notice The trip was a R novel ono one and aDd thus excited general gen cen eral comment and att attention Tho The New York to Paris race raco in in tho the autumn of 1907 1007 wn was the tho next great transcontinental trip to be routed through Utah Tho drivers on this trip wore routed through Ogdon Ogden and did not nol touch Salt Lako Lake City they taking the northern route around tho the Great Salt lake lako and through Ne Nevada ada by way of at Ely Six cars started in this race rao according according ac RC ac- ac cording to tho the best recollection 01 of of tho the local automobile fans fang and two or throe three finished Salt Lake City was tho the pioneer city in in tho West Vest to make mako an active and energetic en on er Campaign for transcontinental automobile traffic It was recognized early that tho ilio transcontinental traffic if it could be brought hero horo would moan much to automobile dealers to hotels hotel and to tho general trado trade of the city and tho state With tho the end in view of ot making this city f and state attractive to these tourists tourists tour tour- s surveys of routes begun before before be be- fore tho cities of the East had awakened awak awak- ened encel to its importance W W. D. D Rishel logged the first route from Evanston around tho the north en enof end ona of tho Great Salt lako lake and through to Ely Nev about 1910 That was dono done on his own initiative and ity io The American Automobile association asso Meo learned of Mr log tog book of this route and sent for far it making it a a. part of its outfit of instruction instruction in in- to Eastern tourists contemplating plating cross country runs Trip to Yellowstone This route was not wholly satisfactory satisfactory tory to either the tho tourists or to Salt LaI Lake e City as aa Salt Lake Lako was eliminated and a a. side Bide trip was necessary in order to visit tho the capital and see the historic and other attractions that hold BO so much of interest for the tourist In order 19 to put Salt Sat Lake on the map Mr Eishel Bithel in 1911 logged tho route around th tho south end of ot tho the Great Salt Sat lake This route extends from EV Evanston Evanston Evans Evans- ton Wyo to Ogden thence to Salt Sal Lae Lake thence to the south couth end cud of the Groat Great Salt Sal lake and to Ely Elv Nov Nev by byway byway byway way of Pass This is now incorporated in tho the Lincoln highway The Tho Midland Trail Trai agitation in 1913 Save ave direct and tangible results to Utah vc The Tho agitation in favor of of this highway reached its is height beight in this cit city when the Indiana Indian tourists came to this city by way of Grand Junction Price o canyon Provo Prove and to Salt Lake Lale and loft left lef for tho the West b by wa way of tile tho Lincoln Lin coIn coln highway An earest earnest and concentrated effort efort is being acing mado made to attract tourists to Salt Lake City Ct as tho the center from which tho they may make many interesting trips to some of the greatest scenic wonders of the world As a 3 part of this thia effort Mr Eishel Rishel during durnS 1913 log logged ed the route to YellowStone Yellowstone Yellow Yellow- Stone national park which during that season was opened to a a limited extent to automobile traffic Tho The Yellowstone national park route from Salt City is i to thence to Malad Ida th thence nc to Id Idaho ho Falls and St. St St Anthony and to the tIe southwest entrance to the park A route logged og ed by Mr Ir R Eishel hel during 1913 1013 which will i provo prove of incalculable value to the state and t to tourists tourist from other states is that to the Grand Canyon Can Can- yon yen of the Colorado in tho the northeastern northeast northeast- er era ern corner of Arizona I This route in is froth from Salt Lake to Provo Prove to Nephi SaUna Salina Eich- Eich field Held ar Junction Pan ith K nab an and anC the Kaibab national forest ores and thence to the canyon Gorgeous Scenery This This' route lies les through trough some of the wildest wildEst a and d most beautiful country in inthe tho the West whose whoso scenic scenic- splendors cannot can can- not be he excelled in the world arI Through fertile fertie valleys valey where the rich soil soi is tilled tied by bv contented contente farmers past the tho desert stretches into tho mountains and aud through the tho heart of one f tho noblest forests in th tho world where deer and other wild wid game may be bo seen almost daily b bv by the tourist this route is a it wonder an ana a a delight The scene that lies spread before tho the tourist tour tour- jet at the tho canyons canyon's brink is ono one that that cannot bo ho described I havo have mapped and logged ever every important road in Utah but this is ia the greatest scenic wonder of them all al It Ita IB a tho the wid wildest cst the tho grandest and tho the most niost ma magnificent in all al the tho west It Itis Itis I is js B superior eror to o oven ovon on thin tho Yellowstone trip Mr Mi Rishel Eishel says I It is estimated that moro mora than 2000 I transcontinental automobile tourists passed through Salt Lake LaJe City in iu 1913 thus hus making that year the greatest in inthe in th tb the states state's history in this respect It Itis Itis I is not believed beHoved that this number will willbo wi bo ho exceeded in 1914 as a great many tourists who would otherwise make mako tho the trip this year ear will wait until 1915 1015 when they the will wi visit isit the expositions a aSan al alSan at San Fra Francisco and San Diego Cal But during 1915 when these tieso o two great expositions are aro in full swing attracting attracting at at- hundreds of thousands of tourists tour jets iss from all nI parts of the tho globe it is estimated that between end and 30 30 automobile tourists will wi traverse the state This will wi give jive a temen tremendous ous impetus to business in ninny many lines other othor than those relating directly to automobiles automo hUes biles bies and automobile supplies The automobile is an important eco economic economic fact factor r. r and is a builder of hugo huge pay rolls rols not only in tho the factories but butI butin in I the sections where that means of travel and recreation has haa become tar far This is especially true truo in Salt La Lake Lako e City and in tho the state of Utah It I is conservatively estimated that there thore areat areat are aro at least 1000 men who arc are employed solely in tho automobile industry in in Salt Lake City with others 60 p sp cm- cm in tho the state outside this ci city This includes cs the dealers their salesmen sales pales meu men and attendants in the shops the tho chauffeurs and unI and those handling handlin accessories Those Thoe cn engaged agel tin in inthe the tho various branches of tho the automobile industry are amon among the 11 best e. e t. t paid p id men ii in an given i line lino of work today The Tho expert chauffeur the thoroughly competent com corn potent exper the tho alert mert and anti caps capa- blo e salesman l man dra draw excellent pa pay for their services Ono One of tho greatest drawbacks in in the tha automobile b today is is the tho short short- ago of genuinely skilled l workmen with wih technical or practical training in in the various branches This is largely because because be be- cause the business is a new ne one an and ana euf time has not elapsed for Jar the tho training of the tho arm army necessary to bandie |
