The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-17
GIMME AUTO" IS
Job HOLDERS CRY
City Officials All Demanding
Motor Cars for Per-
SonaI Use.
JAKE RALEIGH is PROUD
TRIES RIDE IN SECONDHAND
MACHINE JUST BOUGHT.

The automobile craze has struck all of
the heads OF city departments, and the
city council win be asked TO furnish ma
chimes for all of them within the near flu
ture-or nearly all Of them. Yesterday
Jake t. Raleigh, supervisor of streets,
vas out in machine which has just been
selected for his department and the coun-
ell Will be asked to buy it for $500.
The machine was obtained for the street
department from ]. c. Craig, a local ar
chitect. who is after a larger one. The
machine was first owned by Mayor John
S. BransfOrd, then sold to Craig, who
sold it to the street department Tor $500
Raleigh went over the works IN the ma
chine yesterday and was highly elated
building in less than half the time 1t gen
orally took him in his buggy. This makes
two machines owned by the city-one IN
the engineers department and the other
in the streets. In a short time there will
be still another, as the council Will prob
ably appropriate $1,000 Monday night for
an automobile police patrol.
And now Tom Holiday, superintendent
of waterworks: DR.. Sam g. Paul city
health commissioner, and W. II. Glore,
chief of the fire department, are after
machines. It may be that some OF tSsm
will get them DR.. Paul is not even fur
nished with a horse and buggy by the
city, though he is allowed the munificent
sum of $25 a month for hOrsefeed, but has
to furnish his own animal The city pro-
vides a horse for J. W. Farrell, plumbing
Inspector, and the city health commits
sioner thinks he is justly entitled to q
horse, at least-though he would take an
automobile If the city insisted upon 1t.
How He Got Car.
Jake Raleigh got the auto bug after
riding around with City Engineer George
f. McGonagle a few times. Then he took
the matter to A. ]. Davis, chairman Of
the streets committee of the council, and
they arranged to purchase the machine
by deducting this amount from other
amounts allowed the street department
Most of it will come out of the feed Dill.
The matter will probably have to go be-
fore the council and then TO the finance
committee so that the budget can again
be dCctOred accordingly, and there may De
some fight. But Jake has the machine
just now. and it is rather hard to shake
him loose.
This will be testified to by both L. j,
Wood councilman from the Second, and
T. r. Black, former councilman from the
Fifth, who have been after Raleigh
scalp for about four years.
Fire Chief Glore handed out gold badges
to members of the fire committee the
other day and il was then wondered what
was the motive behind the display OF gem
erosity and gooG taste. 1t is now stated
that Chief GlOre wants an auto instead OF
having to go to fires behind morse ne
was awakened when Chief of Police Sam
NJ Barlow asked and received $500 po-
lice patrol, and it is understood he will be
along in a few days asking for an auto
mobile for himself.
Jake beat me to 1t, said Tom HoDday'
superintendent of waterworks, yesterday
when he saw Jake riding around in the
street department machine. So II is ex-
pected that Holiday, too, will be after an
automobile hot and heavy.