Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-02-18 | Page 65 | Showing of Steam Cars Feature of Week

I HOWING OF STEAM CARS FEATURE OF WEEK Economy and Efficiency Are Claimed as Virtues of Stanley One of or the features of or Automobile week eek hero will be he a dl display of oC the Stanle Stanley steamer temer handled In this territory terri tern tory tory toO i II by the tho Smith company compan It Itria ria Is Is one of ot the few tew Ht steam am cars curs which I jha c have attained popularity here antI and also one are Tone of oC the few which have been Leen de- de eloped to a 1 point of oC success This will be the twenty flat t year ear of or orthe the successful operation of oC steam nu- nu Durin During all nil that period the Stanley company has hus carried on the successful development of DC f Its car r The rhe prevent sent ent model IH Is re regarded as 38 a mechanical me- me masterpiece The or of Its operation and control places It In Ina a n class clasH IJ by Itself far ar removed front from other automobiles Few persons understand the steam c car r Most of oC those Interested In the automobile have tho the Idea that the steamer Is I dan dangerous liable to explode and rc requires an nn expert mechanic to operate It Tho The opposite Is true truo of oC the Stanle Stanley The car has only two thirty-two moving mo parts and the en engine cine only thirteen thirteen thir- thir teen parts There are aro no gears to shift and there Is no clutch to handle The i driver simply opens tho the throttle to a point that gives I CM the desired speed and tho the rest is automatic Tho The boilers hollers cannot scale cale on the hardest hardiest hard hard- iest est kind of ot water Even after years scars of or service the they will bo be found cl clear r and free freo from deposits of oC nn any kind Following an official test years ears ago RIO by the United States government so tho Stanley Stanle boiler was pronounced the safest steam boiler In use Ube A pressure t of pounds to the square inch was developed before beCore a rupture was caused an and the maximum steam pressure carried carried carried car car- ried Is anI only COO pounds The test makes tit it apparent that any talk of or a a. possibility of or explosion Is Idle t While rated at only 20 horsepower tho the Stanley Is capable of or developing de horsepower 13 of ot energy at the tho draw- draw bar Lar which puts it In n n. class by Itself I i U Use C of or kerosene or nr distillate Is practical In the Stanley Stanle and anal as ns a n. result a number of at automobile makers aro are un und understood understood un- un d od to to b bo be seriously con considering ld r abandonment o of the gas Jas ear car In favor tavor of oC ofa ofa a n. steam ste. type The Tho prediction Is being freely made In automobile circles that the tho da day Is not far distant when the steam car will wail be the as aH popular as the thes gas gIlS s engine variety A good steam car Is capable of oC doing do doIng doling do- do ling Ing ten to twelve o miles an hour on kerosene said bald Fred Alkire and that thatUs thatis Us is alone alono an Item to be considered The The Stanley Stanley Is tho the smoothest run- run ing car yet yet constructed It Is capar capa- capa r i Ible ble of ot any speed peEd from a quarter of ot ofa ofa ota a mile to miles per hour and to It fall all hills look level It takes them all on oni i high for there Is no low