Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-04-20 | Page 17 | Velie Car Gets Best of Test Conducted by Massachusetts 'Tech'

VELIE CAR GETS BEST OF TEST CONDUCTED BY MASSACHUSETTS TECH Minneapolis Also Selects Truck of That Make for Its Use Manager J. J 1 H H. Hall of or tho Voile Motor MotorCar MotorCar Car company reports reports' sales during tho the past week an 14 fairly brisk brick the following following follow tollow- ing sales having been mado made Mrs Irs M. M O. O Randolph Salt SnIt Lake touring car William ChiPman American Fork tourIng tourIng touring tour tour- ing car W. W S. S Chipman American J. J Foi Fork olk k touring car Salt Lake City BrewIng Brewing Brew Brew- Ing com company pan truck Salt Lako City Brewing company compan roadster William Buchanan Salt S Lake touring car Wagoner Brewing company truck McMillen Mc- Mc tc Millen Paper School Supply compan company com corn pan pany roadster There ar are aro no horsepower 32 cars ears now on hand but bul two carloads are arc expected during the thc next day or two tw when de deliveries deliveries de de- liveries will be resumed Tho The followIng following follow follow- ing letter has been received by the local agency from the Velie Velle factory You may be interested ted in knowing that the Velie Velio company recently placed five fi roadsters In the hands of ot tho the Boston Bos ton fire tire department under very significant leant conditions The engineering department nt of ot the tho Massachusetts Institute of or Technology located in Boston was was' selected to tr tryout try out many cars and the understanding was that the car proving up tho the best beat beatIn bestin In the test would be the car selected b by the department After trials under all sorts Borts of ot conditions and b by many pieces pIece of or highly specialized apparatus tho the Velie Velle won out conclusively it its motor showing better efficiency and more mor power being transmitted to tho the rear wheels figuring the tho size of ot the motor A test was recently made mado by the tho city 1 of ot Minneapolis through h their chief engineers of various makes of motor trucks truck and tho the Velle Velie truck was selected select select- ed cd after atter many hard trials efficiency contests etc of ot Wo We Vo have already alread made delivery r two ton three-ton trucks s to the above above- named municipality