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Show MOTOR MOTIONS Tire manufacturers have long realized the necessity ne-cessity of standardized rims, yet individually none have had control of a sufficient number of patents to produce a rim that would interchange ably take all makes of both straight and clincher tires and provide for quick detaching and demounting. de-mounting. Hundreds of demountable rims have been invented, in-vented, yet none have had any apparent limit, as to their individual characteristics. Few have been made so as to permit the use of any but the particular type of tire for which, they were intended, in-tended, and all have restricted car builders and tire makers to the use of a certain pro-determined type, and imade interchangeable by the car owner impossible. Heretofore quick-detachable-demountable rims have in most cases been considered an experiment experi-ment because of the lack of uniformity in the various makes. The tire manufacturers, -who have been responsible re-sponsible for more than 96 per cent of the rims heretofore made, have turned over to the United Rim company all automobile rim patents, together to-gether with engineering data and all other available avail-able information, for the purpose of establishing establish-ing a universal standard. The standardization has resulted in the adoption adop-tion of three rims, any one of which will fit all straight-side and clincher tires and also embodies embod-ies the most efficient means for detaching the tire from the rim and for demounting the rim from the wheel. By combining in these rims all the good points of the endless variety of rims heretofore made; including the Continental, Good&ear, Diamond (Marsh) and Goodrich types, car builders, tire makers and car owners are relieved of the necessity ne-cessity of using a pre-determined type and are enabled en-abled to use or replace tires with the mpst convenient con-venient types available. Through the concentration of engineering and mechanical skill, made possible by this stand- ' ardization, the duplicate parts obtainable in any large town or city are identical in dimension and fit accurately. "We are receiving reports of a large number of tire mileage records made by Republic tires, from our dealers and agencies in all parts of the country," declares Mgr. Hackett of the Hendrie Rubber Co., "like the following from San Francisco:" Fran-cisco:" " 'Nat Messer of this city has driven a Republic Re-public tiro on his Franklin car for over two years, having traveled over 25,000 miles. This ..was a plain tread casing. He also has two Republic Re-public Staggard Treads that have been on his car for 15,000 miles and are still in fine condition.' condi-tion.' "The tires that are the most economical, insure in-sure safety and give longer and better service, are bound to make mileage records, and as proved efficiency is better than mere demonstration, demon-stration, we are rapidly establishing new agencies agen-cies in localities where Republic Tires have never heretofore been sold." The announcement by Studebaker Brothers company of Utah that the big Studebaker-40 it handles is now on the market at ?3150 f. o. b. Salt Lake City, has stimulated the demand for that make beyond the expectations of even the officials of the company. The Studebaker-Gar-ford chassis has attracted a good deal of attention atten-tion to the car and the Studebaker company is featuring in their announcements of the new price the service record of the machine. The new models of the E-M-F-30 and Flanders-20 have met with a good deal of approval among prospective pros-pective buyers of medium priced cars in and about Salt Lake so far this year, and sales of these machines are opening up in excellent shape. The Utah Motor Car company this week delivered deliv-ered to H. Vance Lane the latter'e new 1911 Packard "30" touring car, and the big (machine has attracted more attention probably than any other motor car in town since its arrival. The body is of .French grey, with the hood and fenders of the car in jet black, and the effect is unusually striking. strik-ing. As an illustration of the attention given by an automobile concern to its patrons long after cars have left the salesroom of uie dealers, General Gen-eral Manager L. J. Gilmer of the Utah Motor Car company received word this week of the annual pilgrimage of the special corps of technical men employed by the Packard Motor Car company. A dozen of these experts, who can take a car apart and put it together again about as easily as the ordinary citizen winds his watch, left the Packard factory the first of this month to visit Packard owners all over the country. The pril-grimage pril-grimage will take them over vast stretches in the Canadian northwest and into Mexico. These men will offer their services in tuning and adjusting cars, and in giving any other mechanical assistance assis-tance required by Packard owners. The plan was inaugurated by Technical Manager H. E. Stowell last year. Cars in the vicinity of the larger Packard Pack-ard establishments obtain technical service with little trouble. Consequently it is the intention to have the men spend the greater part of their time in the more remote districts, giving particular attention to the cars of the south and west In cities where Packard establishments request their services, the experts will confer with the dealers on technical problems and aid them in going over their cars. The Raymond-Bracken company reports a new shipment of Cadillac 1911 touring cars In this week and deliveries were immediately made to a number of those who have purchased these popular machines during the past month or two. Among the latter are Dr. William Woodring, of Bingham Canyon, A. F. Doremus, Seymour M. Bailley, Joseph F. Burton, George Y. Wallace, Joseph Wm. Taylor, Louis Cohn, Russell Tracy, and Wm. J. Browning. The Raymond-Bracken company have had unusually good success in marketingl the 1911 model Cadillacs, as Salt Lakers wore given a pretty effective illustration of the car's ability to stand up under hard, fast, and long going following Mr. Bracken's splendid drive from the Cadillac factory in the east last year to Salt Lake in a Cadillac touring car. |