Show FIRST ELECTRIC CAR TO ARRIVE IN made the run from salt lake to ogden in 2 hours and 50 min utes and had electric energy to spare roads in 1 poor condition the babcock electric arrived in ogden this morning at 11 having left judge horats home in salt lake at eight taking the judge and his daughter to his ranch six miles out salt lake where a slop of ten minutes was made and then alie trip to ogden continued without stop until the standard office was reached in actual running time of two hours fifty minutes this run of the babcock electric goes to prove that the radius of action on one charge is all that the manu 1 facture rs claim for it and much more as the road conditions between ogden and salt lake gave mr babcock who drove the car a hard proposition and the combination of deep sand dustano du stand BABCOCK ELECTRIC automobile a head wind made the conditions anything but favorable mr babcock has driven an electric over the roads of many states and says that ho Is surprised to find that the counties between ogden and salt lake do not take stops to improve the highway as it certainly would increase the travel between the two cities for from what ho has heard during his stay in salt lake there Is a tendency there among auto owners to leave ogden out ot the owing to bo bad road and objectionable dust and of course this holds with owners of livorse drawn vehicles as well in a run mado by mr babcock in october ho covered the distance between new york and philadelphia ninety seven milea on one charge in eight hours and for this distance the road was the finest macadam exception of about throe miles in now England the same rule holds good state highways everywhere and it la possible in massachusetts to drive the entire length and breadth of the state on macadam of the finest grade and in perfect condition with the jarld growth of the uso of electricity for all purposes and improved road conditions it certainly seems from the performance of mhd babcock that the electric automobile has a greater scope than it has been credited with just because the public has to be shown Is why mr babcock hafer backed up his statements as to the capabilities of his car by actual performance for mance and in a practical way for not only was he able to reach ogden but there was enough power left torun the car twenty five mile more and the car wag run around the streets during the afternoon before re charging at the utah light railway coni ipanis office it was the intention to return to salt lake this evening but the threatening weather changed the plans somewhat mr babcock i permanently located in salt lake at 62 64 west third south as factory representative of the babcock electric carriage company for a mild easy action of the bowels a single dose of deans Regu lets is enough treatment cures habitual constipation 25 cents a box ask your druggist for them |