The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-25
MORE CARS ARRIVE
FOR BIG AUTO SHOW
Six Fine Machines of American
Type Are Placed on
Display.
CROWDS OF SPECTATORS
CONTINUE TO INCREASE
Exhibition Is Already Making
Its Way From Financial
Standpoint.

The Salt Lake automobile show has
caught on. This was clearly demon
stratcd Thursday when the largest al
tendance of the week was recorded. The
dealers are jubilant. for the sales re-
shifting from this public exposition have
been surprising and far greater than
any member of the board dreamed of.
No sooner bad the .'Gunboat' been
placed on exhibition in the GiImcr booth
than IL was purchased by Clarence Mil
ner Of this citv. This makes the third
American in this family, Archie Mil
ner being the first 10 purchase 1909
model last year and Jay Miner hay-
ing ordered 1910 model. which will he
received Friday and placed immediate
" in the Gilmer exhibit. Miner and
his 'Gunboat, - therefore, were decid-
cdly popular features taking rank with
Ellis Freed and his Thomas aud Louis
Mchsc S Chadwick Much friendly ri
valry and banter resulted.
The Consolidated Wagon and Machine
company had a prosperous evening at
time. The swell Nelic cars were in
demand and among the sales were those
10 Hyrum a. Silver. Clarence NJ. Can
non and Il. NJ. Cannon Two OF the
OyerlaDds were also sold to Joseph
Moon and Carl y. Sornhere.
Steamer Also Shown.
The Utah Implement and Vehicle
company Gllcd up It's booth with ncw
cars and several novelties drew crowd
The first was n Columbus two passcn-
ger runabout model 1910. designed ex-
actly like Il gasoliuc cur of the same
type. 4 Columbus electric phactou was
among the dainty vehicles of deepest
interest TO the women present. and, last
ly. the first steam car in the exhibit. a
White Steamer, NJ VI. 1910, 40"horsc-
power seven passenger. $1,000. Tho
steam car can lie operated with kero-
srue. The difference is that in The gas
oliue car the explosion of the gasoline
creates the power, while in The steamer
the steam is generated and the cylinder
propulsion Is akin TO That Of y loccmo.
tive, White steamers are fayorteS with
people who like rest and quiet and that
is why John d. Rockefeller is said to
have purchased three IN succession. There
is no exhaust aud the cars glide by with.
out sound They are as lqree ss The
largest gasoline ears but arc absolutely
uoiSclcss.
Advortises the City.
The arrival of all these different ears
direct from the east filled the gaps in
those booths and naturally the new
comers being the very latest IN their
respective classes. drew the greatest
amount of attention from the visitors
aud added much TO the general success
of the show.
The Temple CITY Quarjcttc found its
way ~ the hearts of the people, owing
TO the care with which the members
selected numbers that would aid in
creating merrimeut and several Of their
songs were warmly encoTcd. Held 5
band and Miss Florence Locke added
much TO the musical programme. and
the evening was declared b. all 10 be
the most successful vet recorded, and
this fact naturally encouraged all who
bad worked so hard 10 arrange the cx-
hiht
AS one prominent citizen remarked
'lt Is the best kind of an advertise
olutloulzc automoblling in this city
Feature of the Day
The feature of the Automobile show
Thursday was the exhibit OF tho L. i.
Gilmer company At $50 clock the
Rio Grande delivered a car in this city
containing the two CLASSY Americans,
and they were quickly unloaded and
within an hour were being groomed IN
their pIace i'm the big Auditorium As
these ears, being the first of their class
10 come TO Salt Lake, and having been
so widely advertised, were the center
of attraction both afternoon and even
ing. brief description viii no doubt
prove of interest
The roadster IS tho new gunboaL
type, SO named on account OF It's steel
body, shaped like torpedo boat. Tho
one received IS painted a battlesbip
grey. with black trimmings. and the
water-coolcd, tcur.cylinaer east in
pairs. The wheel base is 10 inches
and the tread % inches, The diameter
of wheels is 40 inches, The roadster
is a car for two passengers only, but
IL has power mud speed for business
runs. such ns from Salt Lake to Park
City or Bingham. aud the comfortable
interior Is especially designed for lust
such trips.
The second is a sevcu-passengcr tour
ing car, painted in rich royal blue
and from the exterior the prctticst ear
shown in the exhibit. This ear has
largely the identical specifications of
the roadster, as all American ears arc
the same the differences being those
created by tho conditions under which
tho different types VIII be operated.
The wheels are SO inches in diameter,
tho wheel base l24 inches aud the
tread 80 inches. Both ears have
horsepower Of % nj 1000 revolutions.
Two more Americans of the Traveller
type will arrive today and will he
placed in the exhibit. These ears arc
for Salt Lakcrs, who have purchased
them for use the coming season, This
type has heretofore been pictured and
described in The Tribune
The crowd IN attendance Thursday