The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-27
GARAGE GOSSIP
FOR AUTO OWNERS
Local Dealers Kept Busy These
Days Trying to Supply
Demand for Cars.

One hears the same story from every
automobile dealer in the city these days
NO machines" While some are more for
tunate than others. there is not one in
the city who IS able to fill his orders In
fact several Of the dealers have secured
positive instructions from their manufac-
turers that they viii not be able to de-
liver any machines this season. one man
ufacturer asking that no orders be taken
as even q sample machine cannot be
shipped The demand for automobiles is
increasing each day and the machines that
are shipped in are snapped up as fast as
possible
During the week the following sales
Powell and @. S. Wray have All ordered
REQ TuuaboUt-, W. Q. Kay. H. Efudzins
James Jennings. H. II CTOWthers and
Charles HUMPHREYS nave ordered REQ
touring cars These machines. according
TO the ShaTmdH Automobile COMPANY viii
be shortly shipped to Salt Lake The
same firm reports that two cars Of ma
chimes. viii reach the city the coming
week for delivery.
During the coming week 4 Woods cleo
tric the first of the kind will he re-
ceiVed in the city II IS q sample car and
IS said to be one of the finest electric ma
chimes built today It IS fitted with the
famous Hess-Bright bearings. mauufaC-
tUrcd i'm Germany. and said to be the best
that are made for automobiles
Enthusiasts and skeptics alike were as
touiShed by the recent demonstration. i'm
the economy test Of the Automobile Club
Of America. of the distance il is possible
for car to go on two gallons of gasoline.
Yet. when the performance of the winner
is reduced 20 the formula Of the quantity
of fuel used per mile, for every thousand
pounds weight Of the car. the record
made IS far below what has been done
abroad. Figured down TO the basis men
toned. which is the formula used abroad
IL rs seen Of now much advantage the SUI
0er.atIye roads Of England are i'm such
events The Franklin car that won tray
eled 0inetE-f1Ne miles. This Is equiv lent
10 siNJy-ei ght miles per gallon per thou
sand pounds weight I'm the English con-
test last year a Lancaster car scored 101
c. c.. Collins of Denver, who represents
an automobile tire manufacturer. spent
part of the week in Salt Lake and reports
business in automobile tires on the con-
slant increase. He says salt Lake is be
coming one of the best automobile towns
in the west and that the future for the
sport looks brighter than ever
Serious injury to the horse and carriage
business in London IS being done by the
pers- The Daily Mali says there are an
UNPRECEDENTED number of stables TO rent
and the coach builders are finding it i'm
possible to set rid of their stocks.
Gable advices state that the American
OmObilists In Paris gave a rousing re
ception to Percy Pierce the lone Amer
lean who went over to compete with his
Great Arrow car against all the French
and German cracks i'm the big touring
events Pierce plans provided for one
week stay in Paris and then a drive in his
car 70 Frankfort Germany, from where
EIpTkgmpT contest starts
Secretary Gorham Of the American Au-
tumObiIe association Is now on recruit
ing tour with plans To line I'D the state
associations OF clubs Individual member
ships at s. year are receiving a boom in
consequence of the many new advantages
offered.
That the services Of automobiles in San
Francisco were Of paramount importance
has become more emL ASKED with every
bit of fresh detail a graphic picture is
found In 2 letter written bV w r Gull
bersOu. agent Cf the George y Pierce
company. II is glowing throughout. but
lengthy In part he says Il was at the
garage at 6 o'clock on the fatefui morn
ING. Within the hour the order came
from the CITY authorities to send every
automobile available down town TO con
vev the wounded to places of safety. 7
took charge of this work and had no sleep
nor rest for sixty hours There was moth
ing to eat-I did not want TO eat shall
never forget the scenes I witnessed. 7 am
firmly Of the belief that had it not been
for the motor vehicles the death-iist would
have been doubled. If not trebled- Cars
were forced over heaps Of brick. glass.
hot Cinders and into every conceivable
place TO save people They all did heroic
work and without any enthusiasm or eX-
aggeratiOu. the Pierce Arrow proved
itself to be pure gold The little two-cyl-
inder cars that had been in the rental
service for years did not fslteT. even when
overloaded. The fOUT-cylinder cars were
kept going day and night. from the morn
ing Of the 18th I'D to the present time.
The only attention they have had is wa
ter. oil and gasoline put into them and
changes Of tires
The ladies Of St. PaUl's guild viii hold
a cake. apron and fancy work sale at
61-65 Main street, Saturday, June >.