Show SALT LAKE CITT UTAH' SUNDAY MARCH 25 1917 ' AUTOMOBILES— GOOD BO ADS '' Dealers of Ogden Form Organization Provo to Be' Next GO IS DICTUM Traffic Department Opens Campaign Against Irresponsible Operators xWASH LICENSE PLATES Activities of Police to Prevent Accidents Feature Start of Season motoring season in Salt Lake begun and with the breaking winter and the entrance upon the crowded uptown of thoroughfares many motor cars comes the police traffic problem — what annual shall be done to prevent accidents? The establishment of traffic policemen at the intersections and the rigid enforcement of regulations concerning cars passing with the of together placing safety zones at corners accidents lastbusy as with twice yean But prevented many machines this year It is antlcl-PHtf- 'i that fresh will arise The police trafficproblems department control of Sergeant Lester Wireunder —a several answers to the problem has number of additional regulation plans by which it is hoped to keep accidents down to a minimum Not the least of these Is the establishImportant ment at five intersections of semaand the publication of safety phores first rules for children and others But right at this particular moment the department Is most Interested in a to prevent intoxicated percampaign sons from driving machines The word has — gone out “drunks” must not drive cars and Chief of Police White intends to see that it is enforced to the THE or letter Intoxication Accident Cause The last accident which occurred rein Salt Lake was attributed dicently to the fact that the motor car rectly driver was strongly under the Influence of liquor The officer who arrested him states the driver was “just and that liquor and plainly soused" to run into a nothing elseandcaused him him severely pedestrian injure “We have out a state complaint In that case"got Wire said yesSergeant we are going to push it to “and terday — the limit the driver if convicted will I beget six months in the to say jail lieve What I want county is this: Any time any officer catches a man under the Influence of liquor driving an automobile within the boundaries of Salt La:e he ia going to arrest him and we will see that a state case is made of It sentences are prison too good for Long who take chances autoists of killing people by attempting to drive when Intoxicated Another feature of traffic which the intend to enforce is that in police lation to number plates At presentre?a number plate is a number plate only for a short time After that it is no a number plate — it is a blur longer Dust and mud get In their work and it is almost impossible at any distance to tell what the number of 75 Beper cent of the machines really are cause of the simplicity of the solution — merely a little soap and water — the traffic officers believe it will be an easy matter to force motorists to keep their license tags readable Jar Pedestrians Too “In addition to the jay autoists you little on jay might also harp a Wire remarked Sergeant pedestrians” of the need of the departspeaking ment’s activities being made public “There are many walkers who are responsible for accidents and near accidents They fail to heed warning intersections and take theyincuttheir signals hands by leaping their lives from street cars and running around them or trusting that the following motorist will obey the regulations and is to do stop The best rule to follow the right thing yourself — don’t trust the other fellow to do It” “Mighty pleased” is the general exwith pression oftheofficers and motorists the way trial semaphore at the Intersection of State and Broadway haa worked the week it has been in soon as Mayor Kerry returns use As during to the city steps will be taken to install the signals at First Second and Third South and Main and on Second South and State the present semabeing allowed to remain as it is phore The intention of the city to suspend the semaphores from four wire cables has now been discarded and it is announced they will be installed on standards Just as the one at Broadway and State now is It was first believed that the necessity of sinking the bases of the signals far Into the street would militate against that plan for the reason they could not be removed In the event of parades or on other ocwere casions when clear streets needed But a scheme has now been evolved by which a large steel plat will be placed but a short distance below the pavement and the pole screwed to these Then if occasion rethe poles may be removed with quire the work of but five minutes I Members jof Iixtermountain Auto Distributors9 Association Pleased ’ITH the announcement made by the automobile and accessories dealers of in a letter to W D RisheLOgden secretary of the two local associations that an organizathey have tion it was perfected decided by the two organizations at their meetings last week that Provo shall be the next town put into lino to Provo To the end of motor car dealersoutlining and gasoline oil and accessorlee dealers the need of better and' in starting a club in theassisting Garden City a committee was appointed from here This committee will go to Provo early this week and hold a It is explained there willmeeting be no effort to place the Provo dealers under the supervision of the Salt Lake organization but merely to aid them to organize in the Interests of the business in general The officers of the Ogden association known as the Ogden Automobile Trades association are as follows: L L Haines president T S first vice Smith second vice president JW E CBrowning president Blnford secretary J M Mack treasurer: Andy Jost W B Taylor Walker Chessman and H A Johnson directors All in any way interested in the automobile selling business — dealers distributors gas and oil men tire dealers ana repair men—are admitted to membership in Ogden In Salt Lake there are two distinct institutions — Intermountain Automobile Trades association comof the accessories and posed men and the Intermountain repair Automobile Distributors’ association ' 's v? j J T - V k t i MOTOBCTCLES— MOTOB TRUCKS 4 Received Route? $74000 What by State Already Auto Licenses for Lincoln Road Plan Raises Query Figures Reach Large Total out f end-over- I"- r : With But Third of - a map of that section of ’Utah upon which all eyes are centered because of the national road HERE is The black line indicates the revised route of the Lincoln highway as compared with the old route (the lighter line below) which the highway formerly followed The plan is to concrete this across the mud flats from Granite mountain to Redding Springs The road at the top is the Wendover cutoff’ which pierces the famous salt beds and which was partially constructed with money furnished by local business men ' ' of ALTHOUGH the registration vehicles for is as yet in its infancy this year— but less than a third of total of pleasure the —the been licensed cars anticipated having state had netted already from approxiall $74000 to date mately vehicle registration sources out These were the figures given secor the office the at yesterday of state All this money retary the state highis turned over to atate road fund waybe commisslon’a used in the construction and to of highways maintenance Of the 623 pleasure cars registered up to yesterday it is said offices that by clerks In the state or about 4000 nearly machines are licensed in Salt Lake The remainder are scatalone with tered through the state Provo Ogden in second place ana third The sunshine of the last two days sent a rush of owners to the secretary of state’s office and the week's registrationswound ud with a rush The flgures now are: 6623 Pleasure cars— oars —1492 two-thir- Latest Wrinkle Will Use Trucks Kellys on Firestones Will Tote ‘Grand Gold ' success of the new motor' circus which starts in May means a new era in short haul transportaion making the mall shipper and merchant indePresident pendentLbof the railroads James Geddes of : the Motor Truck company declared In discussing the future of the auto truck Mr Geddes pointed out that durthe past few months hundreds ing of automobiles had been sent overland from the factory to their destination under their own power because of embargoes These runs hefreight said had proven motor that the truck train could easily solve the short overland haul problemi This discussion 'led up to the of tire service subject Mr Geddes adequate believes that the sincasolid tire for gle tread trucks is the most large pacity practical The United States Circus corporation has adopted the onlv tire of made —the Firethat description stone giant Tests made by government trucks on the Mexican border proved its superiority acto circus officials cording The circus plans to transport S500 tons of paraphernalia animals and human from freight thirty-fiv- e to fifty miles every 100 night by trucks and 100 Troy trailers Firestone equipment will be used exclusively on both trucks ’ and - Kelly-Springfle- THE BACK SEAT BY HARRY B HACPHERSOX HAT will become of tbe Wend- over trail? That was the natural question which arose in the minds of interested Salt Lakers when last week it became known the Lincoln Highway definitely association had' done as its officers said — it would determine to throw a stretch of concrete across' the mud flats between Granite Mountain and Redding While' almost without exSprings Lakers express gratificaSalt ception tion that 13004)00 is spent bv eastern men in the Improvement of the great- Lincoln highway's revised route regret is expressed by many that this was not spent on the Wendover cut-o- ff route A total of $22000 half of which was d Salt Lake put uphalf by men the state already has by been spent on the road Which parallels the Western Pacific across the salt beds and lt was generally understood the 'state would- put up the money this year to complete the work by gravel surfacing The proposed ' construction of a highway competitive parallelthe and across flats appealing to the same transcontinental! sts as would the Wendover complicated matters While in the Wendoverites are see that the road to their determination or no is finished —Lincoln highwa-Lincoln highway —they will have to do some missionary work with the new commission to get 'any state road Granite money for the trail If the route is Mountain to Redding Springs concreted by eastern capital Governor Drops a Hint where the Seeking to learn Wendover road plansjust stand with the new administration that it one the was a pet scheme of knowing the old writer had an Interview onWhile Friday the with Governor Bambergernew as head of the highway governor commission still unorganized refused to say what the board will do his general remarks indicated he will oppose the further Wendover construction if the Lincoln highway officials carry out their plana no more “I would agree to building to two roads alongside one another serve the same Interstate traffic —par an unsettled counticularly — than through I would think of building try It two railroad lines side by side would be just as sensible” the gover nor remarked He added that Utah should be propof the fact that east appreciative erly are throwing their money Into em men asthis state and that they can beassosured if the Lincoln Highway miles of ciation builds the twenty-tw- o concrete across the mud flats In Tooele county the state will spend money to Improve the roads from Salt Lake to the eastern end of the link at Granite Mountain “I know little about the Wendover over it on except that 1 went highway an inspection and gave some of my own money toward the construction fund” Governor Bamberger said He hinted however that he believed the Lincoln highway had the better future because it passed to through a most susceptible settlement country This attitude of the governor’s indicates a clash between the executive and the present state road engineer E R Morgan who fathered the Wend' over road plan and is still one' of Its advocates strongest together with dozens of prominent business men of the city who hopes some day toonsee a the auto built wonderful to-b- Kelly--Springfi- eld ld NEW JERSEY TO KEEP CLOSE TAB ON ALL VISITORS Because the roads of New Jersey are used by motorists from other states in a proportion to Jersey-inenuse of the highways of these other commonwealths greater than 100 to 1 the Garden state has do- sided to have and enforce what is the most comprehensive probablymotor set of vehicle laws in existence The Jersey laws provide that motor vehicles from states reciprocal privileges may granting be driven in New Jersey “during a not to exceed fifteen days period in each calendar year or on two or more occasions not exceeding in the aggregate the period of fifwithteen days in such a Jerseyyear” license for out obtainingany car or driver and that “each day or part of a day shall be considered as one of said fifteen days” ’s PLAN FOR SALT PAVEMENT SUGGESTED BY ENGINEER ff - in-Uta- e public-spirite- - ' stiff-neck- ed speedway salt beds at Saldurc Money Deposited Here As to the fact that the Lincoln — highmean business that way really some people for the of the preliminary money — here there construction is was learned from can be no doubt actually It a source which could not been possibly be deposquestioned that $7500 has ited in the Utah State National bank and that the remainder of the first installment is to be divided among the other banks of Salt Lake In reply to a wire sent by The automobile editor to Austin F Bement assosecretary of the Lincoln Highway ciation with headquarters in Detroit Bement wired as follows: —Your wire Can this time beyond adat say nothing we are making every effort to vising finance necessary construction and hope to be successful Herald-Republic- PAVEMENT of salt — a road as smooth and level as a billiard table and one which would require neither construction or upkeep such is the dream of E R Morgan state road engineer as a solution for the Wendover road construction problem And it is a dream which Mr Morgan believes will surely come true The discovery that the water on the salt beds in the vicinity of the Western Pacific tracks—rt he route of the Wendover road —is so heavily "A F BEMENT Secretary” saturated with salt that every hole quickly fills up and becomes crys-talizin Itself tella little but folThe wire was made accidentally the publication by this newslowing announcement The road force had been using a big clam shovel on the:mnd of the paper of the exclusiveroad had been the for money that visitseason in the engineers flats this side of the salt beds Later the on deposit J David Larson Utah placed ed the place and found that what had formerly been ditches were filled consul 'for the highway admitted the story-waf that he had been straight but solidly with salt left by tne evaporation to announce! it i no authority given “All we would have to do is take 2 by 12 boards and line the road Old Scrap Recalled for as wide as we wanted the road Then the heavy salt water could Some of the Salt Lake business men be pumped into these troughs and renewed as fast as it evaporated or who have been Interested in the Wendover route and who still believe in it leaked out Within a year we would have a salt pavement which would Henf express the opinion that President asso: i be a world wonder” Mr Morgan said ry B Joy of the Lincoln Highway ciation and his associates are making a It is planned to take a car to Saltair where similar conditions Some are Inclined tobe a bit exist to learn whether such salt would be solid enough to bear up traffic' i mistake sore about the affair and this attitude recalls the tiff that took place some years ago when Joy visited here beforo A “Herald-Republica- an 'MW $100 ApriUFirst of our of the increased sales touring and roadster models we are compelled to start into production much earlier than originally contem-- ' plated materials purchased at the' present higher prices Consequently the prices 7 of these two models will be advanced propctf-- 1 Itionately on April 1 By buying now you save $100 For on April 1 Cole Eight touring and roadsters will cost $1795 j cars instead of $1695— the present price We will be glad to give you a dem- Because I onstration at once r s 6 ' Present Prices n: ed Seven Passenger Cole Eight Touring Car " $1695 Cole Eight Tuxedo Roadster $1695 Four-Do" $2495 Toursedan Toursedan Seven Passenger $2295 Four Passenger $2295 Tourcoup6 ''v Prices f o b factory to $100 Advance April 1st Subject Touring Cars and Roadsters ' r Cole-Springfie- or ld Cole-Springfie- ' ld Cole-Springfi- eld - v-- - 1 -- : SIlANkiATO COMPANY Caldwell - - will be built and prove the greatest card of all Utah’s scenic atdrawing tractions for it pierces the salt beds like which there is nothing else in the world” was the comment of W D Rishel So It can plainly be seen that though the suggested plans of the Lincolnof road the are carried out the advocates cut-oto the north are determined not to let their pet scheme be discarded and refused to indorse the Wendover plan “The Wendover road Is the logical one It will be built” declared one of itB bftckors “The Lincoln Highway association could have taken $300000 and made the Wendover road a veritable boulevard from Salt Lake to Wendover and on down to Ibapah” is the way State Road Morgan expressed it Engineer “The Wendover trail is the one which Why shouldn’t there be a windshield for the people In the back seat? The knswer is that there should the summer fiarticularlythein top is down and the breeze la breezing over and around the front windshield and smiting back the faces of the one unprotected has been Inse&ters Well vented and it can be seen by a Motor visit to the- White-Savaa shield hascompany where such been adjusted to a big twelveVictoria top Haynes cylinder windshield is not the The which protects the affair straight arrangedriver—It is a three-fol- d ment with hinged sides It is attached to the back of the front it seat and has lever by which so and slid back may be adjusted the that it envelops passengers - THE LATEST-WINDSH- IELD FOR -- Motor Circus is ds Commercial Chauffeurs’ licenses — 796 Motorcvcles— 355 Dealers licenses— 150 HERE IS Sait Lake CItrUtah 443-440 So Maln Cole Motor ‘ ‘ r " f?? ' gt ! Car Company IT S Indianapolis A Idaho ge iOT Ma- chines Registered I ROUTE T E Midland Trail to Denver From Salt Lake Favored by Ad Club UINTAH ROAD URGED Friscoans However Will' Take Original Line Unless Unforeseen Develops San Francisco March Slur— A discus-I°- n nu ofarisen since the official publication the proposed route of the Han Francisco Advertising club's overmotor-caravland as to the Itinerary various roads over which the transcontinental route passes The original tour was planned to go from Han Francisco to Reno Auburn and Truckee from Reno tovia Lake via the northern Nevada routeSalt through Elko and Montello from Salt Lake to Denver via Grand Junction and the Royal Gorge and from Denver to St Louis via tbe Midland Trails road Kansas City through This tour is accepted as being the vest with the possible exception of the stretch through tbe Rocky mountains The Goodrich touring bureau declared the time allowed that days was insufficient for thefourteen Othei tripe objections were raised to the route but theyadhad carefully been weighed by the club before their adoption and it now appears that unless some overIs brought into argument whelming or unless certain roads be found mpassable at the time of the toug the routing as announced will be adhered to The Pike’s Peak in a letter reHighway association ceived yesterday describes the route Denvia that road from Salt Lake to cara-ver It proposes for the ad club ( Continued on Page 3) an Ocean-to-Ocs- an |