The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-03
IE IT HAPPENS
IT'S HERE
GARAGE GOSSIP
! FOR AUTO OWNERS
Mass Meeting Called for Week
From Today at Coun-
try Club.

The committee OF automobile owners Of
the city who have undertaken the work Of
good roads reports favorable progress up
to date. Although they have been at work
for about week only, already over 5000
has been secured from the few persons
interested. In order 10 give the public
a general idea OF what this means for
the driving and riding public OF Salt Lake
a mass meeting Of automobile owners.
horsemen and others interested in good
driveWays has been called for o'clock
next Sunday At the Country clubs new
nome.
The committee which has charge Of this
work has several plans in view. The
first and most important is of course
the construction of the Saltair-Garftelo
driveway Engineers have already been
cut Oh this proposition and report such
q drive entirely feasible.
It IS next proposed TO grade, roll and
fix up generally Twelfth South from
Stats street 10 Ninth East and down 20
Fifteenth South This drive IS one OF the
prettiest in Utah. both sides OF the road
being lined with shade trees.
Then the road TO F9TmIngton viii next
be looked after This read is already the
best natural road in this part Of the
state and is selected for bicycle road rae
ing for this reason By working with the
p county commissioners of Salt Lake and
Davis county on this road. II can De put
in fine condition for little cost
The committee which has charge Of this
general Improvement Of the roads consists
Of: President, F J. Hagenbarth; vice
president, .. G. JacklinS5 treasurer, Jacob
MoritZ, secretary, S. H Sharmsn; direc-
tors. D Z Burley. Lester D, Freed, c.
W. Whitley, H. S. Daynes, Leroy Snow;
W whitley Lester d Freed; constitu-
ton and bylaws, .. W Powers.
Among the new machines received dur
=~.- h.
Powers. It IS 4 1870 horsepower and
guaranteed 10 climb the PoppertOn hill
At high speed. The judge tried out the
first attempt The Glide IS made by the
Bartholomew company Of Peoria, III
Farmers in the vicinity OF Buffalo have
found a new sport-thst Of cunning for
sutomohiis enthusiasts RadiattnS from
Buffalo in many directions are a number
Of fine roads that have many natural
attractions for those who own cars. Some
scorchinE has taken place there, although
there nave been no accidents. Frequent
ly il has been reported by people return
ing from pleasure runs, that they have
met farmers who have made threatening
gestures, as though TO draw guns from
their pockets. but until the other evening
there were no actual attempts at violence,
g. Paul GTeyeT.- a tester Tor the Z. X.
: homss Motor company, p as returning to
the city along nacadam road near VIII
Evansville. 2 few evenings ago, 1sHen he
later heard the thUd OF a bullet against
the frame OF his car A second later an
other one whirred over his head Geyer
turning his car. sped back up the road
, shots at him but the latter climbed a
fence and made a run for il across a
',field.
4 contributor to one OF the popular
magazines says that while the running ex-
pense on a tour Of 1000 miles may not
d.
pairing z car for such a trip and greater
expense in rejLvenating it afterwsrd- He
states that every car needs OveThauling
af-~r every thousand miles This is at
astonishing variance with the facts con-
corning the recognized best makes and
there are many cars in commission to-
day which utterly refute the idea Most
or the cars that finished the thousand
mile tour for the Giidden trophy we're run
from the finishing point TO their home
garage without overhauling, the winner
starting the next morning and going from
New York 10 Buffalo. At the recent show
IN Boston there was on exhibition a
PleTce-ATFoW belonging 20 James F.
Shaw Of tina city, which was driven
21,4l6 miles in eleven months, without any
repairs and at the eud OF that time il re
'Cuired less than 81 worth of work to put
It in. perfect condition Yet this is not
-Iemarka bls, except in respect to the mile
SEe made There are many other cars
with records almost as good. The small
Test cost for repairs naturally belongs TO
the EreL-ilLdu'- IilSueSt- priced cars OUT
even the me- dunn priced makes do not re-
QuiTe such tremendous OUTLAWS for main
tenanCs rs some Of the articles IN popu-
lar publications represent
a Paris cable says; OF all the automo-
blieS ever turned out by French msnufac-
turers. the one lately made for Captain
Lars Anderson of Boston seems to be en-
titled TO the prize for originality. It is
a huge machine fitted I'D for long tours
and IN point Of speed equals any Of the
car is fitted out with reversible furni-
ture. There IS 4 combination bed and bu-
sreau that IS certainly a work of art, and
then there is a cook stove and dining
table arrangement that can be hauled out
at moments notice The whole machine
in fact. IS a kind OF miniature hotel on
wheels. with accommodations for eating
sleeping, working or idling. according to
the fancy Of the owner or his guests.