Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10
Remarkable Improvement Has
Been Made During Past
Ten Years.
TEST IN THE GLlDDEN TOUR.
Some Cars Travelled 1890 Mics Wiu,.
ont n Miss or skin of Motor
Over Rough Country.

During the recently concluded GIddea
tour number Of efforts were made u,
compile a tabulated report Of what hap
pened to the various cars that LOST IN t
perfect scores or dropped out OF the coa-
test. rms MAS manifest lmposs .bil.ty,
noNeNc', owing to the ract that the ma
jol1ty OF thuSa who had trouble would
sSorihe their delays to tire trouble ID
pecamo standing 1oko among the drivers
OF those cars which STOOD in dav after
day without trouble that when they
passed car at the side Of the road dis
apled Tor any cause, one Of the men in IL
would make n quick jump for the tom
uoAu' uraB out pump and commence
working away for dear life with IL to
give tho impression that IL was merely
another case OF puucture. But could such
a tabulatiuu hs made IL would show moth
ing but naughtS opposite the names OF
the entrants of the two competing Thoni-
as Flyers George 5. salsman and Mont
gomery Hallowell, whose car was dIIv-
en- by Z. c. Richard These two finished
ths tour with perfect scores and had a
large part In the winning Of the Cid
Den trophy by the Automobile Club of
LITTLE WATER USED.
From the time the cars left Cleveland
until they finished in New York no one
saw tho motors of these two cars. AL
though tho bonnets were not sealed at
the start of the tour neither one was lift
cd not only during the tour. but also dur
lns tho run overland from New York
ptGh 10 BuUalo. 10 add to this record.
not single part suffered in the least
either from the strain on the day of skid
ding between Toledo and South Bend or
from the thousands OF water breaks that
racked the nerves of the passengers, but
not tina steel In the machines. Neither
oar replaced as much as a cotter pin,
and, IN fact started out on the tour
without an extra part being carried An
other remarkable fact is that together
tho cars used only little less than three
quarts Of water, E- c. Richard, who was
driving the car mat bore No. IL did not
put IN drop OF water until he reached
Bedford SPRING.
TIRES ARE BLAMED.
1t Ia generally customary for Glidden
tourists, who lose out on their schedule.
to 70 blame the Tires for their troubles.
This could not have been done with tho
two Thonaa cars, since the two together
sustained but three punctures the entire
distance Salznan had two, one on the
second day out, and the next on the 9TH
Halloween had one on the next to the last
day or the trip, and both cars finished
running on tho outer casing, with which
they had started from Cleveland
Tho record made by the two Thomas
cara in THIS tour brings to light, better
than anything else could. the remarkable
development that has been made in auto
mobile construction in the last five years.
That length of time ago the maker of a
car that could run for 10 miles without
adjustment OF trouble of some leind was
to DO congratulated. Speed was not con-
sidered safe owing to the fact that the
brcalago OF parts was of such frequent
occurrence that the chances OF something
giving away were too great TO warrant
tho risk. Tires then We're not what they
should have been, and altogether even
tina most ardent enthusiast OF 1902 would
have seorned the suggestion that in 1907
car could run over 1850 miles without
miss or skip of tho motor, without the
breakage OF a single part, travelling over
roadl that Mt times threw all four
wheels on the ground over mountain
ranged that made steady climb Of four
and one-half miles and then required
continual application OF the brakes for
this with one punctured tire.
AMERICANS LEAD.
A record OF this kind goes to show tho
ineNhaustiblo energy and inventiveness OF
the American automobile manufacturer
Ho has not hesitated to secure the best
foreign talent and allied II to the host
that could DO secured in this country
He has shown willingness to pay for
materials prices that have put the Amer
lean steel makers up to their best eff
forts. He has designed cars that are
OF which never dreamed that such a
thing aa an automobile would come into
uso.
Progress OF this kind has never been
seen before In any industry. Had such an
advancement been mado from the first
days OF the steam locomotive. no imagi-
nation could picture what railway travel
has been necessary TO bring the steam
ship TO its present state. About 10 years
has been necessary to bring tho autono-
bile from vague experiment TO an tn
dustrial necessity IN which almost every
requirement has been met.