Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-07
BIG AUTOMOBILES
. FOR SALT LAKERs
Most Expensive Car Load Eva,
Shipped in Due Next
Week.
DEMAND FOR GOOD ROADS.
Auto Enthusiasts Want Access v.,
Easy to Beautiful Spots Of
Mountains and Valleys.

torcasters have said all vint.n A..
this summer would see this tho ol'''
awakening of Salt Lake. ana ,ho i.
dustrial awakening Of the ,n,.,
mountain country of which Salt Lssa
is destined to be the center.
incidentally automobile mon h..
peen insisting that this is the seasr nsie
which salt Lake should hlmn Sro,a III
mere hundred cars. to the n,, U.t d
Wnich she should have TO keen w., per
percentage In proportion TO non,io, ncr
as compared to Denver and Ins
geles. There towns seem 90 NAV t -'u'
agreed as basis for taking Tho frt,,.,
measure OF Salt Lake and accordina
TO tne number of her people. Sail LIZ
should now operate 600 cara '''"s
instead OF this she operates aho,,,
lou, ana auto agents have worked thi.
spring to take orders up To tba sas
iimlt. The first fruits Of their iobor
nave gone into orders, and az q res,i,
there leaves a big eastern factory tn'
morrow The most expensive load .,
autos ever shipped into Salt Tnka
Ihere are three machines IN the cav
load, and they total $4,000 In cost n
the buyers. They are for permanen,
use IN Salt Lake and are to be attaches
10 the vehicle equipment of Samnei
Newhouse. Col Il. A. Wall. and e n
Miller. . " e.
Mr.. Newhouse is perhaps responsible
Tor the orders, as he brought the Arst
car from this factory to Salt Lake and
operated IL under the personal direr-
Ton OF Bert Fuller for two seasons
'Wheh people saw that It refused 10
preak down, even under those condl.
ions they investigated and Joined Mr..
Newhouse this year when he wanted
new pattern to add TO his string The
factory Is sending an expert mecaanic
with the cars to see that they are start.
ed off properly, and work well on N,
road.
FAVoRiTE TYPES.
In addition TO these large cars. III,
sales are reported as heavy by every
dealer The fayorites seem To Ia
either the low priced or the very him
priced. as those who don't want ia
plunge financially prefer the steady
little runabouts for two, that make I'D
TO 30 miles an hour and climb ordinaB
hills with the low gear. This year tb.
price of these Is working down To s6Oa
and modern Improvements such as en-.
gines in front, out of the mud. and
shaft drives make them more convent.
ent than before.
NEED MORE ROADS.
The great thing that stands In tn.
way of popularity FOR the motor car
IN Salt Lake IS the lack Of places 10
go. Canyons with more beautiful
scenery than IS found elsewhere IN
the west are approached by rocky I'm.
, kept roads. or by sand wastes, while
the inter-city roads have a few bad
stretches that kill the JOY Of making
long runs one woman who loves out.
of-doors and spent all last summer
making evening pilgrlmages 10 Liberty
park, sighed this spring and remarked
well, another summers coming and
we VIII go around both sides and
down the middle till autumn comes
! That's ALL" Another Salt Laker who
| makes frequent trips through Big Cot.
tonwood canyon, Went to the Royal
| Gorge last summer, because II was
| well advertised, and came back ohesty
| over Big Cottonwood declaring It more
| beautiful by far than he had ever
| thought II before. Now he Is won'
| dering why II Is so unapproachable
Other cities, he claims, would have
| trolley line Zip into It. and auto drives
that would let Tie people know how
| attractive II Is.
The demand for a boulevard TO sal
tair is becoming general, while autoise
| who have discovered a beauliful
| stretch of lake shore sand out near
Tooele are demanding a good road
| from Salt Lake TO Tooele 50 that u
can be used for evening recreation
| -Four hours IL sufficient to make an
extensive run westward over ia'
| roads.
Altogether the auto situation Tot
! this summer Is looking up better man
| II has heretofore and the end ol NV
spring selling season IL likely to s,s
| the number Of cars in the city trep'
bled.