Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-24

or; on the left hand side of the car at
tached to the step Is mechanics seat,
a novel feature which has as yet been
placed upon only two Thomas care" :"
The side dash In the entrance to the
front seat In this car is hung on hinges.
thus removing feature that has here
toforc been some slight objection In the
Thomas
LOUDEST OF HORNS.
On this car also are two horns, bulb
and n "Klsxon." the latter the loudest
horn known. The wheel base OF this
Thomas car is l42 inches, the longest
ever seen In Salt Lake City The tires
are fitted with steel studs which make
them practically impervious to the
sharp rocks of country roads. This car
can carry enough gasoline and oil to
go 250 miles 1t ~ altogether probably
the most expensive car in town, as
with the expressagc 1t has cost $4,000
as IL now stands.
From an educational standpoint the
auto show is worth while: and then
many men are soon convinced that
there Is n car FOR n purse of every size
The Raymond -Bracken Auto com
pnny have on display a Chadwick six
cylinder car which has attracted con-
siderable attention at the show. 1t is
reputed to be the fastest stock car In
the world and look at Its engine and
solid working parts amply convnces
one of Its powers. The car shown at
the exhibition Is owned by II S. Hen
derson while another like 1t was recently
purchased by Mr. Mehse OF Sperry s.
Mehse
Evans, Hewes & Evans have on dis
play a single car which has attracted
much attention. a STANDARD Six" of
the tonncuu model. The six cylinder
IL. Nl,s. ell H..
the purring of a kitten and It's cooling
system Is so highly efficient that re-
Gently after most gruclling test a car
OF this model after a run of iS miles
had A radiator so cool that II was
only lukewarm. 1t is very popular
car and especially adapted to the steep
hills and rough roads which character
lie western motoring.
QUICK SERVICE,
One of the unique displays of the
Automobile show is given on the out
side of the Auditorium by the Quick
Service company. The display consists
of a heavy truck loaded Is feet high
with bales of hay. Demonstrations
show the tremendous hauling power
| of these mammoth truck automobiles
| The company has its main Office in 30f
| Dooly block under the management ol
Mr.. P. c. Dykes. Already Salt Lake
| owns a number of these heavy trucks
| and the fact is being demonstrated
| that they are cheaper and moro certain
than horses. Salt Lakers have nlread,
seen them on the street conveying
heavy loads OF cement, hay and grain
| with the facility that few hundred
| pounds of weight could be transferre,
In an ordinary vehicle, Mr.. Dykes ha.
| his display on tho corner of Rlchar,
street and First South street and iron
the fact that his load Is too large L
enter the Auditorium he was force
to remain on the outside. The man
agement claim big things for thel
trucks and from the fact that Sal
Lake Is just beginning to appreciate tn
| value can see u big outlook for tn
auto truck I'm this city
OTHER EXHIBITS.
The Consolidated Wagon & Machin
company has spacious department
| on the west side of the building, beau
tifully carpeted and appointed. Her
| is the home of the famous Velie 40.
| the only machine with a renowne
| Mercedes radiator. in the exhibition
| There are also the we'll known Frank
| lin and Overland. Both of these car
have national regulations and thei
| fine points are shown up in masterl
| manner by w w. Calder, who ha
| charge of the exhibit The booth Is on
| of the most attractive of the show ant
| and is constantly thronged with visi
| tors
Helping Mr. Calder in his exhibitions
| are s. w. Hedges, Henry Potter, Alber
| Christensen, S. B. Young, Jr.. G. p
Halter, Fred Knowlden and Mis-
Frances Murray.
The booth of the Sharman Auto com
pany is In the extreme northwest cor
ner of the Auditorium. They have th'
largest, numerically, exhibit In tho
show. They are the standardization
Apperson, Maxwell. REQ, and severa
baby machines. The REQ Kiddo anc
the Baby Maxwell. mounted high VI
upon a platform, are attracting much
attention There have been severa
sales made at this booth. although Il
is not so much the aim of Mr., Sharmar
TO sell at the show as 1t Is to inter
| est prospective buyers and have then
| coll at the garage where more in
dividual attention may be accorded tC
them.
The demonstrators at the booth ar
| S. H. Sharman. the manager. c, /
| Morris. Alec Beveridge. Warren Lesli'
| and Frank Harpster.
|