The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-16

ny makes che announcement that from
now on Harry Elliott, late Of the Ran
dall-Dodd company, viii have charge OF
their automobile department. Elliott IS
well known in local automobile circles,
having been connected with the trade
here for some time. OF late ne has been
handling the Randall-DOdd business in
Idaho, and has made great Roadway in
placing their machines. c. II. Judd, the
present manager, leaves for Los An
geles to accept a position with the
Western Motor company. Mr.. Judd left
a position with this firm 10 come to Salt
Lake, but believes he likes the southern
California town better, and will return
TO mis- old home.
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The Tom Botterill agency received a
wire from Boise on Thursday for twelve
Chalmers-Detroits for immediate de-
livery. All of these cars have been dis
posed of. L. K. Reynolds, salesman of
the Botterill company, is in Idaho
Falls, and has wired for three ma
chimes, which have been sold in that
place. Five ChaImers-Detroits are COM
ing to Salt Lake for delivery. Charlie
Glow received his machine Of this make
the past week. This is the automobile
in which Glow intends 10 make the trip
from Salt Lake to Seattle the coming
month, and Glow is busy getting up
speed on the roads surrounding the city.
The Consolidated Wagon & Machine
company reports the sale of model H.
siX-cylinder to W. s. Henderson during
the week The same firm has received
a Ford town car. which has been de-
nvered to S. S. Dickinson,
W. n. McGiu Of Ely, New, purchased
a Thomas 6-d0 this vy-aog- for fvnr,7c1sura
delivery.
Sam Sharman of the Sharman Auto
mobile company made a flying trip to
Los Angeles this week. Sharman was
after automobiles Of the REQ and Stod-
dard-DaytOn type. He learned that the
Los Angeles agency had few on hand
and expects to receive some help in flll-
ing his local orders from this source.
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Carl Snodgrass viii in the future look
after the RandalI-Dodd interests in
Idaho. with headquarters at Idaho Falls.
The firm have given him three carloads
of Bucks to work on, and have prom
Used to keep him we'll supplied with ma
chimes. Mr.. Snodgrass is well known
in local automobile circles, being one
of the pioneers in the business. He sold
the first gasoline car in Salt Lake sew
eral years ago while with the Pope peo-
pie.
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Although thirty-seYen automobiles
were entered, and twenty-four started
in the Pittsburg endurance run held by
the Gazette-Times and the Chronicle
Telegraph of that city. only eleven were
able TO finish, so difficult was the three
day trail over mountain roads, made
slippery by heavy rains. And of these
eleven only one. a Franklin, driven by
c. s. Carris, ended the run of $50 miles
without penalization of a point or frac-
ton thereof for repairs or adjustments.
The score, as it is finally announced
by the judges several days after the
contest, shows that in this test OF en-
duTanCe not a bolt or a nut had been
stirred from its proper place by the
racking through which the machine had
been put.
The Tom Botterill company states
that three Great Pierce Arrows are now
on the way to Salt Lake from the fac
tory. These machines VIII be delivered
10 ) A Whitney, L. Price, IT,, and
Colin Mcintosh as soon as they arrive.
Frank Botteril states that he has re-
ceived his allotment Of Pierce-Arrows
for next year, and that he will be al
lowed but twenty machines for Salt
Lake. He is now booking sales for
these, and viii order according to speci-
ficatiOns.
". F. Dodd of the RandaII-Dodd Auto
company left last week for a trim east
TO the Buick and Thomas factories. Mr..
Dodd goes to get machines. The firm,
must have cars to keep up with orders
and Mr.. DOdd believes he can sidetraelS
shipments from other cities to Salt
Lake on proper showing al headduar-
ters.
Work on the new garage of the Utah
1mplement-Vehicle company VIII he
gin in about ten days. They have So
cured plot Of ground Just north of
the present place Of business. and in
tend to erect one Of the best and most
up-to-date garages in the city. The
ground has already been cleared of the
old structures. and word has heen
given to push the work as fast as nos
sible. It is rumOred in automobile cir
cles that another large auto concern in
the city will shortly construct q new
garage on State street. With the com
pleton Of the Randall-Dodd and the
Utah Implement-Vehicle company. gar
ages the automobile business will be
pretty well confined to State street.
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The Ford Motor company comes TO
the fore with three challenges, now
that the original rules governing the
ocean to ocean contest have been
changed. The first IS open to all au-
tomobile manufacturers for a run from