The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-02
AUTOMOBILE WORLD

The one great CRY among local auto
mobile dealers is more cars. There is
not a dealer in the city today who is
not pressed to deliver the orders as
fast as they are received. In some
cases deposits on cars are taken and
the purchasers have to content them
selves with the simple statement that
the cars viii be delivered as soon as
possible. While competition is keen.
yet there is enough business to keep all
the dealers busy. and no sooner is one
prospective customer disposed Of than
another is ready to talk business. In
many cases customers are paying
bonus to get the cars as fast as they
arrive insthe city
Local dealers claim that the present
rush for automobiles is a good indica-
ton of the prosperity of the city and
the faith the public has in the imme-
diate future. 1t is claimed by those in
touch with the automobile situation
that Salt Lake is today spending more
money for automobiles than any city in
the country of its size
Manager Raymond of the Raymond
Bracken Auto company reports that
carload of Jacksons viii reach Salt
Lake the latter part of this month. Two
of the cars have been sold to F. :.
city The Jackson company has been
so busy this season that it has been
found almost impossible to fill the or
ders. II. l. Bracken of the local firm
is now east at the factory, and the COM
pauy announces that arrangements
have been made for speedy delivery of
all cars ordered in the future
Entries for the Glidden tour close on
May IS this year, which is unusually
early. but the inducement of the contest
is much greater than ever before, and
Chairman Hover has now in hand quite
a lot of paid-Up entries of cars of all
sizes with many more that are most
positively pledged. like those Of the
Detroit makers, and which surely will
be entered.
Although a few still favor touring
rules that permit of a lot of cars being
tied at the finish with perfect scores
and do not deem such a finish farcical.
there are more manufacturers w5lcOm-
ing the conditions of true contest. in
which the rules make il certain that a
winner viii be evolved. One manufac-
turer says: Il would like to see the
tour finish with no perfect scores, the
car with the smallest penaliZatiOn win
ming"
y :.
were received and delivered during the
week by the Tom Botterill company.
one goes to Gus Holmes and the other
70 Governor T. r. GoOding of Idaho.
The car taken by Mr.. Holmes is one Of
the handsomest Pierce cars in the city.
and has a full equipment of electric
lights
Fielding II. Yost. the famous hurry
~ - ~ N has
bought a Franklin car which he shipped
to Tennessee.
The Sharman Automobile company
did q good business in Maxwells this
week. Among the ears sold and deliv-
cred were machines for Judge Q. W.
Powers. Mrs. G. :. Gannett. DR.. Wright
Of Pocatello and DR.. Musser.
The Chalmers-Detroit Forty Won
fresh laurels during the past week At
the Memphis. Tenn. hill climb. April
p. the Forty was first in three events,
including the free-fOr-all. It also won
in the $1,000 and $4,000 class and in the
class for previous winners.
The Utah Implement-Nehicle compa-
ny reports the following sales of White
steamers during the week. A model
% twenty horse power. was deliv-
cred to Mr.. Trap Of Rock Springs. ".
e. Howe Of ogden purchased a model
N" seven passenger forty horse-pOw-
er.
The Hubbard Investment company
received new Cadillac thirty horse
power. touring car during the week
CadiIlacs we're also sold to l. 3. Brown
and Henry StringfelloW. Both are Tor
immediate delivery.