Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-22

II may not he generally known. but
Il Is q fact that salt Lake has the larg-
est cnrriage repository I'm the United
States, not even excepting the big es-
Establishments IN the large eastern cities.
The repository IS that OF the Stude-
baker Bros. whose central offices and
manufactures are at South Bend, m
diana. and Is located on State street
between First and Second South strects
me establishment includes a three
story brick building OF 50 feet front
with 200 feet ~ at the rear, and with
the spacious ward at the back of the
premises extends back three quarters or
u block. There is thus an Immense floor
space, and within these premises may
pf seen every FORM and style of convey
ahce' with facilities for repairing. al
] tefaUunS, painting and assembling OF
parts that are not to be surpassed IN the
west. Actual manufacturing iS not car
fleu on here, as this is done at theocen-
| tral factories. But while a great deal
o9 the finished goods are shipped here
! IN crates for assembling, there is 4
/ great deal of stock brought here A,
| what is known rs the white wood. or In
tht rough fnish, This Is put togetht +.
| with the necessary iron work, painted
lettered ind vanished, and placed on
| the market. In fact one may gain Il
VERY fair idea of even the details of
! carriage and wagon making by a trip
| through the Studcbaker csta hlishtnent
| III ms city The main building facing
| on state street is rhe sales department.
| WIN three floors well filled with 800
! samples of every kind of vehicle from a
push cart to Brougham carriage from
| a Freight wagon 10 an Automobile and a.
| Fhaeton. But an adequate idea is not
| gained OF what the Studebakpr estab-
lishlneRt really is untiI the visitor
comes to go back of the sales btlidtg
INTO the great assembly, storage and e.
pair departments and the immense
yard.
The first floor is largely occupied by
q very handsome and striking array of
Broughams, Nictorias. Surveys, Claren-
done, Traps, Buggies, Gasoline and Elec-
trio motors and touring cars, Wagon
cites and other high clasS and fashion,
able goods. Part of the south side is
coupled Try spurious and well arranged
offices, equipped with every facility for
doing business, and whore a system OF
accounts is kept that Is considered a
model. Then there is a large harness
exhibition room at the rear where SAM
pies of $50 different styles of harness.
es are 10 be seen---that Is every conceiVa-
bile pattern in that particular line. The
handsome vehicles ont on the floor
make a strikngly handsome appear
ance, and bear well the closest inspec-
zion, for the workmanship is of the
highest type and character, thorough in
every detail, with the varnIsh finish ike
the finest enamel-not the suggestion
of flaw. or a speCk, or an uneven sur
face. 1t Is n case where finished ele-
gance ana thoroughness of construction
go together. and as the materials are al
ways OF the very best the result is
strength durability and good service In
addition to looks,
On the second floor are buggies.
phaetons, Surveys, and goods of that
class with no two vehicles alike, a PEE
culiarlty, by the way, which may be
noted In the collection on the floor be-
low. The same general characteristics
and features IN excellence OF manufac-
ture which mark the vehicles elsewhere,
are to be noted In this instance also
The. third floor is given up to cheaper
lines OF goods, such as delivery, milk
baker, grocery and meat wagons, buck
boards, mountain wagons, stages, run
abouts. etc. There IL to be found here
every form and style that may be de- Z.
sired in these special lines with the
guarantee that they are OF the very
best manufacture in every detail In
fact the Studebaker Bros, take special
pains, and have taken pains for the 80
years they have been in this business
TO turn out only vehicles that will stand
wear aud tear. and give the fullest kind
OF service that may be required of them
The hunting and park wagons, also TO
be seen here. are the most desirable OF
their class, and are In much demand,
The heavier lines of vehicles whose
name is Legion, are to be found IN
the rear section of the extensive es-
adjustment, This is remarkable
collection and assortment of every
imaginable form of vehicle goods IN
all stages OF reuodelling. repairing, as
sembling ana as the completed pro-
duct Large areas of ground and
floor space are packed with stacks of
crates of thousand and one" vehicles
ready 10 be unpaCked and put together
at moments notice Indeed there
is such an immense quantity that the
casual visitor can have no idea at all
of the number. Then there is a stOr-
age department that contains nothing
but wagon poles--a regular forest of
them. and another that holds nothing
but shafts-a second forest; all ready
to be connected with the classes OF ve-
hlcles for which they are designed, \
department is given up to rubber tir-
ing, under the direction of an expert.
II is an instructive sight to see the
rubber bands strung on wire. bent
tightly around the rim of the wheels,
the ends OF the wires welded together
by electricity, and then the ends of
the rubber soldered by a special pro-
cess so that the joint is fairly invsl-
bic. 1t takes skilled hand to do
this work neatly; but the skilled hands
are there. The harness making de-
partment Is very complete. A force
Of the best workmen are busy all the
time making the heavier classes Of this
line of goods from oak tanned leather
from California, with 20 sewers. But
the most costly lines, such as carriage
harnesses. are made al the parent es-
tahlishment, though anything In tn,
line OF repairs and alterations is done
here and done well. Che Studebake-
harnesses have great name In this
western country, for they are thor
Oughly made and wear as though they
would never wear out
The paint shop Is an interesting
place for the work can not be sur
passed anywhere in the west After
a carefully sandpapeIed wood surface