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Show - BIG COMPANIES PUT APPROVAL STAMP OH AMES-TON Worm Drive Unit Quickly Wins Place With Local Freighting Men. Though Introduced hare only tan days sjro, already tha Amea-ton truck has mad lla mark and la bain uaed by three large 8alt iatke bualneaa firroa, according to W. Slaenvlne and R. C. Hrbeyrr, who haw tha Salt Lake agency. Tea Utah-Idaho Brokerage company. TTlah-Maho launber company and American Machine Foundry company com-pany are tha organ Isatlona that have porehaeed tha Ames. Tha Utter company com-pany expects ta make tha Aim Ita standard equipment. Another UUb or-mnhmtkn or-mnhmtkn which haa commenced ue-' ue-' Inc tha Amaa-ton In Ita work la the Qumda Mines company of Mllfbrd. Tno Amea-ton la attracting aa much more attention than the ordinary track unite 'aa tha latter did compared with horeea at tha time they were Intro- d -rtln to Mr Hrhavar Tne worm arm ana ihuuk uioi-entl&l uioi-entl&l on tha Ames -ton are feat urea that appeal to every man who has h&ulin to do." ha declarad. Thr are no cfamlna to break or cto up to create friction. Th driving pans ara completely com-pletely houaed. Tou do not ae chain drive on the large, heavy duty trucks and tha reason rea-son la that experience haa taught the makers and users of such vehicles that the worm drive ia the proper mechanl-tal mechanl-tal conatructlon for them. If it la good for the heavy truck, why ia It not good for the a ma Her one? "I suppose tha reason tt haa not been adopted by makers of other unit for trucks is that It oosta more. It does coat more, but like most other things that do. It is cheaper In the long run because It gives better service. " The Amea-ton la built by the F. A. Ames oompany of Owenahoro. Ky. The firm faa been In bualneaa mora than thirty years and Is recognised as one of the leading manufacturing concerns of, that section. The Imperial Motor company. 42S Houth Main street, which Mr. Hchayer and Mr. 8f sen vine have organized, ia also handling the Amea-bllt bodies for trucks and pleasure cars. For commercial com-mercial cars they are In a poaitlon to furnih any kind of body tha purchaaer may dead re. from a take body to a tank. The cloverleaf four-paeaenger body for Ford pleaaurec ars ia a novelty In tha line that Is reported aa oeing well received. |