Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-01
UTAH AUTOMOBILE
TO Be GIVEN TEST
Built by Salt Lake Man On Camel
Plan for Desert Road
Work.
MADE AT SILVER BROTHERS,
A BIG Machine that May Solves a
Much VeI,s Trsnsportallen Problem
10 the Western States

The problems Of auiomobiling have
resulted In many dlrcrcn, kinds of crafts
being built for special purposes, hut to-
morrow machine viii appear ON the
streets of SAT- Lake that hns been huilt
10 meet conditions found principally IN
Utah and Nevada, and arising since tho
discovery Of gold ~ Tonopah The new
car rs desert traveller, built ON tho
camel plan with an extra water pocket
and prepared for permanent nee IN tho
Goldhold.TonQpah trade, II has had 10
overcome such desert problems ~ the
presence Of SHINY cactus plants, largo
bouldcrG sagobrush, chuck holes, aud ,ho
absence OF supply depols, with each Of
witch an ordinary automobile has found
great difficulty
sollp RuBBER TlREs
10 solve the cactus spnou trouble,
pmclurobo pneumatic tires have been
abandoned, and IN thor place largo solid
rubber tires are used, In meeting The
sngcbrush difficulty the whoolH " The
machine were bullt about twice as large
ae ordinary automobile wheels, thus rnls-
ng The ONlcs aud engines hIgh enough
to pass over any bul the largest desert
growths Thoy are of wood, with tho rims
nrmly bol,od 10 each spoke,
CHUCK HOLE TROUBLE
n ~ In solving the chuck hole difficulty
that the really important feature ~ the
now machine comes into use. This Is u
f,.,,t ,.tn a,t., fnt ,.il,h tnupu InV,n.
tors have slrlNcn I'm vain, aud which II
successful viii be- an important addition
to the automoblllng world The invon'
lion " that ol y, \. Darling OF this city
and tho machine ON which II has been
adopted II being built at sllvcr Bros,
foundry, For tho past two months work.
mon have boon putting II together and
tomorrow II win be brought on, Tor ~
maiden run The front drive arrange
mont " secured by making three sprockot
wheels ON the central SHAFT which gots
the power from the engine instead NJ
only ono as IL the case I'M ordinary mu'
chimes The central sprockot takes tho
power from The engine, while the others
connect with the roar and front 0ylos,
INC llNNl'lN INl'l'l'l' hiN'lN'N luN
been 10 keep the front axle rigid, ana sull
be able TO steer the 'front.' wheels This
hus been attempted In this rnso by hay.
Ing the front wheels work on "bal
and socket JOINT plan connected by a
steering bar Independent of the axle, Tho
VhcolH rryulNc an hnllhparluRH, containing
q steel balls, each an insl In diameter
POWER IN ALI WHEELS
The great advantage OF having tho pow.
or In an foul wheels II mat on country
roads the rain has tendency 20 collect
In pooa not hige In diameter but often
doop enough 10 mlro ono Of the rear
whrole The present type Of ear has
only The other rear wheel 10 help pull ont
" such q prcdloamonL while the new In.
Vuntlon makes II possible 20 use the three
remaining Nhocls NJ pulling out III addl-
ton 20 thIs the taking of honvy grades
and sandy stretches WIN be greatly facil-
itatod AS every wheel VIII exert driving
power, instead NJ the front two requlr.
Ing additional work from those IN the
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