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Show I: I Motor Motions Ls&am Despite the unseasonable days of the early H week, a dozen sales and half as many deliveries H are down to the credit of the dealers since Mon H' day. In fact, with but four days at the most for H demonstrations, one sales room is completely B cleared of its 1909 cars, and the tone of the mar- B ket is decidedly encouraging. Inquiry is picking H up steadily, and as indicative of the situation lo- H cally in high grade cars, the majority of the H sales made this week for the latter call for de- H livery of the cars next August. H The question of holding anothor hill climbing M contest this season is engaging more and more H attention about town, and there is every proba- M bility of a meet being held before the first of June. l One thing is certain, it will not be a "newspaper" H meet, as the consensus of opinion among local H owners is decided in the idea that the contest B should be arranged for, regulated, and held under B the direction of a committee of Salt Lake deal- H ers, aided, possibly, by two or three owners, who H have previously participated in the direction of B such events. The matter of finding a suitable H hill for the meet is another thing that at pres- H ont seems very necessary before arrangements H for the contest can be proceeded with to any ex- B tent. Prior to last year's meet, every effort was H made to find a hill better adapted than the east H end of Brigham street for the event, but investl- B gation showed that the majority of steep streets H available were altogether too short, ranging H, from an eighth to a half mile, total distance. H "I believe we could solve this matter by using H the Federal Heights hill again this year," said H Prank Botterlll, Friday. "We could cut down B the starting distance; in fact, practically ellm- H Inate the half mile we used last year to give ' the cars a running start. Under these conditions, say make the course one mile in length, instead of a mile and a half, the cars to start from about Eleventh or Twelfth East Instead of Seventh East, and take the hill froni a standing start. It would not be quite so easy to negotiate under this arrangement, and would prove a much fairer test for the cars entered. "Another thing, I believe In making the different differ-ent classes in which cars may be entered arbi-tiary, arbi-tiary, and to allow no special cars in any class. That is, only stock cars will be used, and every dealer entering cars in the different classes must agree to sell the cars after the meet for the price in whatever class they were entered. "Regarding drivers, I note that one or two dealers about town want to force the elimination of all professional drivers who happen to drop into town for the meet. I don't agree with them. Let the professional drivers in if they want to come the better the drivers the better the meet, and we can't have the latter any too soon now." Mr. Botterill's remarks are seconded by almost al-most all his competitors, and there is a strongor, better feeling among the garage men than ever before in the history of the automobile business in Salt Lake. The question of a speed meet on the circular track at the Fair Grounds fails to awaken very much enthusiasm, the drivers declaring that there is too much danger on a half-mile track for fast cars. However, if public interest warrants the attempt, the event may be taken up later in , the year. v t5 The big floor space to be used by the Ran-dall-Docd Auto company, Ltd., as a temporary sales room and garage, at 225 South West Temple Tem-ple street, has been vacated by the Hall under taking people, and the Randall-Dodd company will move in the first of the coming week. The racy six-cylinder Flyabout sold by Mr. Dodd to J. T. Richards a week ago will be here within the next few days and will be delivered to the new own' er. Mr. Dodd also expects to receive a carload of 6-40 Thomas Touring cars, $3,000, early next week. About April 10th the company expects three of the 6 40 $3,000 Flyabouts, and on April 5th, three of the $4,500 4-60 Touring cars will arrive. ar-rive. A $6,000 6-70 Thomas Touring has also been ordered, and will be here about April 5fli. The Randall-Dodd company are entering the local Held auspiciously and are not confining their activities ac-tivities to Salt Lake alone. They are advertising for agents in all unocupied territory in Utah and Idaho, particularly in Utah, for the Thomas cars. With the starting out of the Thomas "Around the World Car" to lay the path for the New York to Seattle race, which starts June 1st, there is being be-ing recalled many a good story of the previous ' trip of this car across the country. A good many Salt Lakers and Ogden owners and dealers saw the car when it came through that place on its world-famous tour. & & The White Sox were given the auto ride of their lives Wednesday by Frank Botterlll and one or two of his drivers in three of the Botterlll company's Pierce Great Arrows. The ball players play-ers were taken all over town, and given a taste of some rapid work up one or two hills. t v Manager Reed of the Automobile department of Studebaker Bros., had Manager Comiskey out in his Studebaker 40. "We have two carloads car-loads of Studebaker B. M. F.'s which ought to be here in a week or ten days, and several other cars coming," declared Mr. Reed. "The spring season Is opening up in beautiful shape, and we're doing an excellent business." fA t t ' The new Berliefc car ordered by the Bamber-.gers Bamber-.gers to replace their present car, and which will be here in a week or so, is to be equipped with the new Fire Stone Tires, attached to de-mounta-lle rims. The idea is one that has almost revolutionized revo-lutionized the tire sales of the eastern houses this year. The device consists of extra tires being be-ing carried, inflated, on ex'tra rims. In case of puncture or accident, these rims can be slipped on the wheels in two or three minutes, with 75 per cent less trouble than tires can be replaced. The utah Tire & Rubber company, 62 Post Of-ilce Of-ilce Place, are agents for the Fire Stone Tires and the de-mountable rims. "The surest promise of the early motor season, is the unusually early demand for tires this year," stated G. H. turn-phrey turn-phrey of the firm Thursday. .. 5 ? August Stocker has put in a busy week with ri Ills high-grade cars. The statement made in these v columns a week or so ago regarding his activities with his six-cylinder Peerless was a mistake, as the car Mr. Stocker is using for demonstrating this make is a four-cylinder 1909 model. & dt & The Randall-Dodd company report an excellen1 sale for the week to the Mackay and Central Idaho Ida-ho Stage company, of Mackay, Idaho. A 60-40 Thomas Flyer and a 17 Buick were taken by the stage company to be used on the stage route between be-tween Mackay, Challis and Salmon City, Idaho, sixty miles each way. They propose to make a-round a-round trip each day with the cars, and they have unquestionably used very good judgment in selecting se-lecting the cars, one of which is of the type that made the famous "Round the World" trip. The Randall-Dodd people guaranteed their cars to negotiate ne-gotiate the roads and hand' the business of the stage route, and felt perfectly safe in making mak-ing such a guarantee, despite the Jact that the Idaho roads over which the cars must travel are very similar to the stage roads of Nevada and eastern Oregon, plenty of sagebrush and sand. tt vt "" The Studebaker company reports the following follow-ing sales for tho week: M. A. Walker, Model B, 40-horsopower Studebaker; F. N. Cameron, E. M. F. 30; Frank Fairbairn, Welser, Idaho, B. M. F. 30; J. W. More ton, Willon, Montana, E. M. F. 30; J. H. Budke, Ely, Nevada, E. M. F. 30. & & i "A large proportion of our calls nowadays are for tho slippery weather tires, the Fire Stone non-skid. non-skid. Motorists are evidently preparing to take advantage of the first fine days of early spring touring In Salt Lake We are placing an un-usually un-usually large number of Fire Stone tires locally this year, and the out-of-town demand is constantly constant-ly Increasing." & & & fjx The good that Is to be obtained from long road II trips properly placed before the public Is consld- 1, erable, and every maker who enters for such con tests learns to realize the benefits from such journeys. jour-neys. Cars are sent on long road journeys for testing purposes, and the maker benefits, for the reason that he discovers any little weaknesses that may exist and corrects them, and he benefits again by demonstrating to the public the entire adaptability for his car for that sort of work. "People tour nowadays and want a car that will stand tho hard racket," is a recent declaration of F. L. Holmes, sales manager of the Jackson Automobile Au-tomobile Company, at the Boston show. "We found that the trip from .Jackson, -Michigan, to Bangor, Maine, made by tho Jackson last spring before the roads were in any sort of shape, aided us very materially in more ways than I can name. It aided our agents all through tho country, and aided us, for it proved that the Model H, only a $1600 car, was right for just that sort of work. It may not be impossible that the trip will bo repeated re-peated when the roads are in good shape, and a . comparison of the times made on the two tripsin will be of interest both to our agents, users andg ourselves. The spring trip made under circum stances that gave the car a terrible trydut was a good thing, and I believe now that our slogan, "No sand too deep, no hill to steep, for the Jackson," Jack-son," is just as true as gospel. S S S The Franklin that has so long served the Judges and their friends is to have a rival in a fine new G-cylinder P.ierce Great Arrow this year, "he latter car was purchased by Mrs. Mary Judge this week from the Botterill Company, for delivery next August. There has probably never been a car on the Botterill sales floor that has attracted any more attention and proven more popular with the ytfunger drivers and prospective owners in town than the gray Pope Hartford Runabout, which ar- Mr. George T. Odell, in his new 6-cylinder Franklin, with which he will tour Europe with his family and several, friends rived two or three weeks ago. L. E. Riter has ordered one of the cars, the only change from the one now hero being In the color. Mr. Rlter's car will have a blue body and straw-colored gear. Dr. Nlles Las ordered a Stevens Duryea triple X 4-cylinder baby tonneau car from the Botterill Company, and the latter firm reports the delivery of three Chalmers Detroit cars In Idaho this week, two at Lewiston and one at Emmett. (Continued on pngo 10.) (Continued from 1'ngo 13) Herb Vail, last season one of BotterllPs best drivers, has purchased a 30-Pierce Great Arrow, and has gone into the renting business. He can be found at the Botterlll garage at all times. ! & The Con. Wagon & Machine people, for the first time this season, haven't a car on. their sales floor, everything having been sold and delivered received so far this season. Dr. Gill Richards has taken delivery of a Buick-10, and the last one of these cars the company com-pany has been able to secure so far, was sent out of town Tuesday for delivery. The last Ford the company has was delivered in. Idaho. Thursday, and S. Taylor took delivery this week on the first of the new Ford Taxicabs to arrive, The company has three more of the cars coming, com-ing, and early in April the firm will receive re-ceive eight Franklin, touring cars and two carloads car-loads of Buicks, part of the latter model 10's and the rest 17's. The 17 Buick is the stocks car, In which Strang, the noted driver who recently joined the Buick forces, drove one hundred miles in 94 minutes, at Daytona, Florida. I&v (3 v The power of the springs of the Franklin motor cars was given a demonstration at the Kansas Kan-sas City automobile exhibition that is new in the showing of what a vehicle can be made to do. A man of average weight would take a stand between the seats of a four-passenger runabout. Getting the body of the car in motion with a steady movement, as if he were on a spring board, he was able to create a gradually increasing momentum mo-mentum sufficient to lift the forward part or the car and make the front wheels rise from the floor, notwithstanding the fact that the runabout, a twenty-eight-horsepower vehicle, weighed 2,000 pounds. This performance was one of the features of the show. The Franklin springs are unlike those f most automobiles, in that they are fully-elliptic instead of half-elliptic, a fact to which is attributed at-tributed the possibility of such a feat. |
