The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-08
Salt Lakers Have Chug-Chug
Fever in Highly De-
yelOped Stage.
RECENT SALE OF AUTOS
BREAKS ALL RECORDS
Machines Are Selling Now Like
Bicycles Did Ten Years
Ago.

Salt Lake City is becoming an auto
mobile town In proportion to the num-
Der OF its inhabitants II is doubtful II
there Is another city in the West that
can boast of a greater number OF the
chu-chhg machines, Not only is the au-
tomobile displacing the carriage horse,
but 1t is rapidly coming into use for
business delivery purposes This Is so
of late more than ever The sale OF au-
tomobiles during the past few months has
been almost phenomenal. There Is not
one of the six local firms but what has
score of orders waiting to be filled by
the factories. At the present time ap-
proximately two hundred machines
owned By citizens OF this city and judg-
Ing from the present rate OF sales about
as 9nany more will be purchased before
the close of the summer In short, citl-
zcns of Salt Lake City have the auto
mobile fever,
Just Like Bicycle Rage.
When bicycles were the rage some nine
or ten years ago every man, boy or child
that could afford II bought a wheel.
This done. the enthusiasts learned to ride
and soon were Off in parties TO the hills,
country places or canyons. little while
later they were disputing with one an
other as to the relative merits OF this
make that make, This Is exactly
what automobile owners In Salt Lake
City are doing at the present time, Some
have just purchased a machine and are
busy learning how TO manipulate II,
Others have passed that stage and are
inviting their friends TO so for a spin.
Sun others have come TO the last stage.
where they are positively in love with
their chug -chug and are willing TO bet
their Sunday hat that there is not an
other machine In the country or equal
speed or quality
May See Some Auto Races.
The consequence of all this is that Salt
I.akers who. by the way, are not going
to see any morse races this summer may
see some rattling good automobile con-
some auto races The only question Is,
viii the public be invited TO attend them2
Two prominent Salt Lake business men
OF the younger class last week became in
volved in n dispute To the relative
merits of their chuS-chugs. An argument
ensucd and the two decided to settle the
matter by putting their machines 10 the
actual test Tho winner Will be $50 bet
ter on,
Have Ordered New Autos.
Several prominent Salt Lakers have or
dered new cars for the summer Samuel
Newhouse has purchased Limousine,
which is now I'm the factory being painted
and Will be shipped In a month. IT Will
be one Of the finest cars ever operated In
this section and the first OF Its Kind
that has been seen in Utah. II Is
man car on wheels Its splendid equip
ment will include clock, speedometer.
roadometer Gabriel horn and Bradometcr.
Though not designed for speed car,
stripped down the machine Will bo able
to do better than mile minute,
Back From California Tour.
Lorenzo Snow. Jr.. returned yesterday
flom Pasadena, having In his custody
Col Edwin F. Holiness magnificent
French Panard. During the past winter
N
southern California in the machine, tray-
cling no less than 10000 miles. The ma
chine was brought here from France last
year and put up In the New York shops
The cost OF the machine was $1,000.
Some More New Ones.
J. f. Cosgrln, president OF the Com
merclal National bank. has just pur-
chased a first-class Pope Toledo through
the Utah Automobile company. Sam
Sharman Yesterday received a new Mo
line which he has purchased for his pri-
Vate use.
Autos in Nevada.
The wonderful mining development
which Is now going on in Nevada has
affected in no little way tho use of au-
tomobiles. Big mining men who have
prospcctors working for them use auto
mobiles almost exclusively In their trav-
els from camp to camp. As a result the
local automobile companies are not only
slipping cars TO Nevada but are hunting
for drivers to send along with them.
Just Coming Money.
The following story. told by a miner
who arrived In the city from Nevada yes
terday, illustrates the point in hand per-
fectly; Between Ely and Wells" he
said there Is good deal OF trafic,
especially passenger. The men that travoi
are in a hurry. Time Is money with
them and they don't kick at a few dol
lars when they can save a few hours OF
valuable time Well, do you know a
bunch of Industrious young fellows have
started an automobile line between these
two cities. They charge just 30 cents
mile, or S45 for one trip between Ely and
Wells One machine can make two trips
every day. The number OF passengers
carried on a trip averages from four to