The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-05
ADVANCE AGENT
OF REVOLUTION
HarTiman's Gasoline Motor Car En-
tertains Prominent Visitors.
HAS TRICKS AND MOODS
SOME OF THE THINGS PREDICT.
ED FOR THE NEW ENGINE.

Harriman's gasoline motor car, the
advance agent of a revolution promised
in the matter of prOpeIling trains,
reached Salt Lake from ogden yester-
day. This is the little car that is max
ing the double circuit of the continent
TO enable railroad men in all parts Of
the country to see just what is possible
I'm this direction. The car is a beauty
in bright red and black colors. In
shape il recalls d submarine boat IL
has a sharp nose and presents as iltt4e
fat surface to the wind as possible. It
arrived from Ogden in the forenoon
after a run of an hour and a half. this
including a number of stops TO make
way for regular trains
The passengers on board the car,
which is designated Motor Car l.. H.
V HillikeT, assistant superintendent
of the O : L road, in charge of the
car. H J Roth, tTainmaSteT at Evans
ton; H J Harris. division engineer Tor
Utah; Ira futile, general live stock
agent, O :. l.: J. o. Ottman. rOadmaS-
ter, Rawlins: W. 9. Martin roadmaster,
Evanston: Conductor c. r. Person OF
Ogden; and G. NJ. Beard and l. G
Adams, car crew from Omaha, Neb. In
addition to these railroad men We're
Mayor William Glasmann of Ogden and
s. II. Stinson of Chicago.
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The Old-time engines passed on the
road down and the engines in th=
yards when il arrived seemed inclined
to turn up their noses at the new COM
CT. The greetings were cold and for
NAL. After pIUming itself in the yards
and around the depot for n time the
gasoline dandy pulled into the round
house for rest and refreshments. There
1t was visited by d large lumber of
ing the day Among the afternoon Wis
itOrs were Vice President and General
Manager Bancroft and Superintendent
Buckingham Of the Short Line, Judge
Kelly of the Union Pacific of Omaha
and Judge Cornish of the Hartman
system of New York.
Today the little car will be on exhibit
ton again. 1t will make a trial trip
10 Ogden and return, and on this trip
number Of leading railroad officials
of the country will have seats in the
beautiful little coach. From here the
little pioneer viii work its way to the
north and west It's next important
objective point is Portland
Petted Beauty of Many Moods.
The car is in charge of two boys from
the Union Pacific shops one of thesa
is l. c. Adams Of Portland, and the
other, &. NJ. Beard of Omaha They
=
nent TO the limit, but they report the
car as balky and as tricky As any or
binary gasoline engine. She Is said
to require as much attention as the
most cOquettish automobile on the road.
Officers of the Union Pacific are en-
thusiastic over the success of the trans
portation hiStory-makinE machine, and
finding no defects or weak spots in il
do not hesitate To pronounce il a DTaC-
teal motor car for railroad work The
motor is capable of hauling at least
one heavy passenger coach over mod
crate grades Chicago railroad men are
talking of little else now but the new
motor, believing 1t is destined TO sup
plant all other forms of power in the
transportation world On steam roads
it viii quickly diaplace the present en-
Sines for short haul and suburban
service. abatiHE the smoke nuisance i'm
large cities, leaving only the long
through runs for steam, and on these
1t is believed the little gasoline explOder
viii eventually be king. That it viii
work a revolution i'm transportation
business is undOubted- As Director of
Maintenance kTuttschuitt. of the Har-
Timan lines. says Gasoline as a mo-
tor power is attractive. We have got
at last what we regard as a practical
gasoline motor for railroad work the
first in the world, and that means al
most as much as the first steam en-
glllC- L ne car WAS DNliI UflQeE the
personal supervision of William r. Nc
Kean. superintendent of motive power,
of the Union Pacific
Where il Works Well.
The immense saving in fuel under
steam is not the only advantage Of
gasoline The low cost of operation
would mean more frequent trains and
better passenger and freight service
as It is believed i'm a short time the
motors viii be applied To freight trains
They will also enable the present
steam roads TO go after their enemies
in competition, the mterUrban trolleyS
and beat the latter at their own game
as there viii be no third rails, wires or
power houses to maintain. One of the
advantages of gasoline would be that
when a motor breaks on the road it
would not tie up the entire line as is
the case with electricity.
Superintendent buckingham said yes
terday that two of these cars would he
ordered for local Use as soon as they
are TO be had. He Is convinced that
the cars viii prove completely success
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