The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-09
In A RAMBLER
TO SILVER LAKE
George 7. 0deIPs Car Estab-
fishes a New Record,
STORY OF A GREAT RUN
From Salt Lake to Brighton in
Two Hours.


were cleaning in the blue sky over
head, but behind the gaunt hills to the
east was the first gray hint of the
coming dawn. The air was fresh and
bracing, full of the quality that sends
the blood dancing through the veins
and gives to those who breathe it the
feeling that, after all. this is a fine old
world and life is we'll worth living.
George II. OdelTs stock Rambler,
model 10, with the power of forty
horses stored away under its hood, was
snofting like a high-spirited horse, i'm
patient at the restraint of the bit Are
you all in back there?" asked Albert
Bird, Mr.. Odells chauffeur. "All in"
was the answer. Bird touched lever,
gripped the steering wheel and the
great car shot away i'm the darkness,
her headlights piercing the night like
white fingers. Down the State road to
Murray, and through that thriving
town, where the first of the early ris-
ers were just beginning to build their
breakfast fires, sped the car.
Sensation of Flying.
Then to the east. The sensation was
that of flying so smoothly ran the
car, so successfully did the springs
absorb all the Earring, humping un-
pleasantneSs found in many cars. The
stars were beginning to pale and the
light in the east was growing brighter.
Here and there in the green fields on
either side of the road a meadow lark
called sleepily to its mate. A man came
out of the back door of a farm house
with a milk pail in his hand and
stared, open eyed, at the Rambler and
its occupants.
If he got the Good morning that
was waited towards him he made no
sign Indeed fhn cpnfnO az q
rate that would have prevented his re-
ply from reaching it, unless he had
shouted at the top of his voice. BY
this time it was almost day. The gray
behind the mountains was shot with
orange tints in presage of the suns
return to the throne of day. Ahead
doomed the paper mill, known to all
who have Travelled the route to Bright
on, and the time was 5:22.
At SIS the first power house of the
Utah Light & Railway company was
reached and passed, and at $40. fifty
five minutes from Mr.. Odell's residence
at 254 Fourth East street, the second
power house was left behind. Now the
car is at the Stairs" The Stairs are,
to the average automobile what the
pons asinorum of geometry is to the
average student-an impossible propo-
sition. The Rambler took it like two
point is inconceivably rough.
Boulders in the Way.
1t not only goes almost straight up,
but cloudbursts have washed great
gullies in it, and giant boulders are
everywhere. In the spots that had
been repaired loose shale has been
used. making it extremely difficult TO
get tire grip on II. But up, up, up
went the Rambler 40 ortxv IN, ha
car consisting Of James H. Moyle, DR..
R. r. Hampton and J. Fred Odell, in
addition to the chauffeur, it seemed i'm
possible that the ascent, streWn with
tremendous difficulties as it was, could
be made The Rambler never fall
tered, never missed an explosion, never
punctured a tire. And at 5:47 the head
of the Stairs was reached.
1t was the same story all the way to
the Brighton hotel. The Rambler not
only got over every difficult place, but
it got over them in such a way as 10
leave the impression OF strong reserve
power. All the way up the canyon the
ride was a joy and a delight. On the
hillsides the leaves were still green,
though here and there could be seen
the first touch of color to indicate the
passing of the summer. Foaming over
the rocks. dropping now and then in
spray, ran the mountain stream.
Very gradually rose the sun, gentle
turning on Of a light that the birds
seemed to revel and rejoice in as they
twittered among the pines. One hour
and six minutes from Salt Lake, to get
back to the figures again, the halfway
house was reached. Eight minutes
later came mill 3. and then, in rapid
succession, the Lake Blanche road, the
ATo-rGA1I A NJ
other sights familiar to those who
journey along the road that leads to
the summer resort among the noun
tains.
In Time for Breakfast.
Tt was just eleven minutes after s
o'clock in plenty of time for breakfast,
when Bird blew his horn i'm front of
the Brighton hotel The elapsed time
from the Odell residence was two hours
and twenty-six minutes. The actual
running time was two hours and thir-
teen minutes. The thirteen minutes
delay was occasioned by a brief stop
TO look at the Maxfield mine, turning
out and waiting for teams and other
things in no way connected with the
operation of the car. For the car ran
straight through this most arduous
journey without the slightest disaster
Of any kind.
The distance from the Odell residence
TO the Brighton hotel is said to be 80
miles. If you should attempt to walk
it you would say it was a hundred
miles; by team it seems at least fifty.
In a Rambler automobile it is really
nothing at all. Remember another
thing. The elevation of Salt Lake City
is 1920 feet. The elevation of Brighton
is $500 feet. So the Rambler car, in
addition TO negotiating the all but inn
possible mountain road, went more
than four-fifths of a mile in the air in
covering the distance.
This establishes a new record, a rec
ord that is sure to stand until some
other Rambler can break it. And the