The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-29
AUTOMOBILE FOR SAVANNAH.
An ORDER FOR 1T FORWARDED TO
CHICAGO LAST NIGHT.

The HorseIess Vehicle VIII soon BE
in Operation Upon the streets of
savannah-The savannah Carriage
and Wagon Company to Bring Out
One ImmediateIy-Tt VIII he Oper-
ated as Delivery Vehicle and VIII
Make Regular Trips Through the
City.
The first automobile vehicle TO be used
in the South will soon be in operation
upon the streets of Savannah The order
for the machine went forward last night,
and the manufacturers have been urged
to rush the order as rapidly as possible.
The Savannah Carriage and Wagon
Company will bring the first automobile
to Savannah. The automobile is to be
delivery and not a passenger vehicle, ana
the purchaser proposes to use it in con-
Quoting a regular delivery business oper-
| ating upon a fixed route and delivering
| goods at regular hours for the merchants
/ of the CRY, The gentleman who has dis
| played this spirit of enterprise is in the
employ of one of the railroads, and did not
wish to announce his name at once, as
| he fears it might interfere with some ar
engagements he is now engaged in making.
| He has already interviewed several of the
| merchants, and has secured assurance Of
sufficient patronage to make his business
| self-supporting. He believes that the
/ promptness and facility with which goods
! will be delivered win in itself be a suth-
| Gent inducement for the patronage OF the
merchants, to say nothing of the attract
/ i've character of the new method OF deliv-
/ ering goods, which will in itself have con-
| sidera bic weight with both buyer and SELL
| err Many a customer will purchase from
the merchants who patronize the auto
/ mobile simply for the novelty of seeing
the strange vehicle roll up to their doors
| 1t will amuse the children and the old
folks, too.
| Mr.. Charles Brandt president Of the
| Savannah Carriage and Wagon Company
| confirmed the report that the company
was about to order out an automobile for
/ Savannah customer.
| The order will go forward tonight,
| said Mr. Brandt, "and the vehicle viii be
/ here in a few weeks The gentleman who
| has given the order requests that his
| name be withheld for a day or two until
| he can complete his arrangements for en-
| tering upon his new business. He is a
clear-headed business man and knows
| what he is doing lie believes That the first
| man TO get into the fled with an automo-
bic viii DO fand Office business, and [
| think he is right"
| MIR. Brandt said that he had been in
| correspondence for some time with The
| manufacturers of the automobiles, being
! satisfied that an enterprisng town like
| Savannah would soon develop some man
| with sufficient enterprise TO risk his cash
| IN one Of the horsel5ss vehicles. Mr..
| Brandt exhibited the price list and Gala
logue from which the selection OF Savan-
| nahs nrst automobile was made The list
| shows automobiles of all kinds and prices.
| There are road wagons from $500
| to $3.50, brakes, buggies and Surveys from
| ST. $50 to $1,000, handsome cabs for 5000 and
| upwards, broughams for $3.50 TO So 800 and
vans and delivery wagons from Sl,G00 to
| $500. The type selected by the
| Savannah man is what is known
as No. Is, Hood delivery
| with q hood reaching over The drivers
| seat for his protection from sun and rain.
| The price is Sl,1O0 and judging by the IL
| lustra ton 1t is very handsomely finished.
| The following description is given: Weight,
| 1900 pounds, average run on one charge
1 of battery, Is miles. speed 2l5 to 10 miles
| an hour; estimated cost 90 maintain bat
| tery one year, $120; cost to run one mile,
| IA cents.
| 1t is evident from the cost of these We
! hicles that they are not destined TO sup
| plant the familiar hack and other well
| known vehicles Immediately. Still the adj
vent of one automobile in the near future
is almost certain to mean that it viii be
| followed by half a dozen more with the
near future. Having gotten freight We
! hic)e OF the automobile type. Savannahians
! win not rest satisfied until they have Sc
/ cured passenger automobile also.
The horseless vehicles are said to be in
successful operation upon the streets Of
| New York and Chicago and also those of
| London, Paris and other continental cities
| In Paris they have become quite the rage,
especially in aristocratic circles and au-
| tomobile races are now the order of the
| day. With Savannahs smooth and well
| paved streets there should certainly be no
| obstacle to their operation. II has been
| suggested that the first appearance of the
| automobile in Savannah will give the
| horses attached to the old style vehicles
such a fright that there VIII be numerous
runa ways and that the streets will be liz,
| tered with the fragments of broken We
hicles scattered by the frightened animals
Such a result<would be largely profta BILE
to the dealers in these vehicles and The
Introduction of the automobile may be a
| good speculation for them. The same
thing was predicted Of the trolley cars
when they were first introduced but with
| out any such disastrous results
When the Morning News published its
first article upon this subject less than
three months ago, suggesting the idea
| that automobiles might be introduced in
Savannah and that possibly they might
make their appearance upon the streets
within few months, the article was gem
orally regarded as a severe stretch of the
| magination and properly belonging to the
realm of fiction. Subsequent illusions TO
the subject were also received with ridi-
eule' ana even now the average Savannah
ian will hardly believe that the automobile
! Is sure thing until he secs il upon the
streets. This is a rapid age, however. and
the fiction Of yesterday quickly becomes
| the fact OF to-day.
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