The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-10
SHARMA|V SECURES
CADILLAC AGENCY
Announcement Made of Big
Change in the Automobile
Business.

The Sharman Automobile company OF
ficialy announced yesterday that the
Cadillac would be It's exclusive agency
the coming year The change took ef-
feet August 1. For the past two months
II has been rumored up and down au-
tomobIle row that a bis change In local
agencies was about to take place. but the
full meaning OF these rumors was not
known until Sam II, Sharman. manager
OF the Sharman Automobile company. ex-
ploded bomb with the announcement
that 1t would be Cadillac and Cadillac ex-
clusively from now on Further that his
contract called for the entire states OF
Utah and Idaho part OF Wyoming and
Nevada. which gives him the largest ter
ritory ever allotted TO an agent by tne
Cadillac factory, When 1t is known that
the Cadillac factory turns out more Value
world. and Its sales for 1911 exceeded any
four factories In America in the same
priced cars. one can begin to realize Inc
Importance OF the deal just closed.
To cover this territory Mr.. Sharman
will open branch houses in Ogden, Idaho
Falls and Boise with full and complete
line OF Cadillac parts in stock at the salt
Lake branch.
Il have had my eye on the Cadillac for
some time said Mr.. Sharman, YESTERDAY.
For the past several years the car has
IL has had poor representation or none
AT all. but In spite OF this there are more
Cadillacs In use In this territory than
any other make OF car In its class. On
top of this 7 am convinced the Cadillac
mas more friends than any other car for
the simple reason that every Cadillac
add that since It became noised about
that / had the Cadillac for 1912 ! have
received more congratulations on my
choice than at any time since / entered
\ hn 1ti 10 hue oi,i,t o.
In my opinion" continued Mr.. Shar~
| man. the Cadillac company has been
the most progressive factory In the au..
tomohile world. IL Is not the case OF
next, They never adopt a change In con-
| struction until they have tried II out and
found IL improved their car. Then this
made for further improvements. BY fol-
| lowing this plan out they hnve built up
the largest following in the automobile
| regardless OF price. 1t is the Cadillac
people WHO declared they would make the
| high priced car a fad and they have.
| There is no better car In the world to-
day at any price. than the Cadillac; and
the automobile public is beginning to
wake up 10 this fact all over the coun-
| try"
When asked for some OF the 1912 Inn
provements, Mr.. Shsrman said 1T would
| be impossible 10 give all OF them, but
| the self starting device Is the greatest.
|
tomoblles." continued Mr.. Sharman, ''the
Cadillac people are bringing out self
starting device simple and positive. II
! is devoid Of all springs or compressed
| air schemes which have proved failures
in the past While the car is In motion
| n dynamo is operated by the engine
which charges and keeps charged a
sent back through the dynamo making
| a motor out OF II. The motor will turn
the engine over for twenty three minutes
at slxty-three revolutions minute. This
| Is equal to cranking the engine by hard
for the same length OF time. long enough
| 20 start anyo engine In the world. The
same dynamo furnishes the current for
tho electric lighting system and the spark
plugs. This docs away with the old style
storage battery and magnetic system.
prestolite and oil lighting system and
/ crankipg by hand. This system is con-
trolled exclusively by the Cadillac fac
| tory.
while there arc a number OF other
| changes ] might talk about" said Mr.
Sharman, II would like TO mention one
other. the clearance. All automobiles ir
| the past have been built for eastern boul-
| evards with an eight. nine or ten inch
| clea rance. In this western country, witt
| rs sage brush and rough canyon roads
high centers have been a great cause or
| trouble for auto owners. The Cadillac
comes out this year with a twelve-incf
clearance which is bound 10 prove popular
| and useful.
Mr. Sharman says the catalogue for the
1912 cars are now on hand and the flrs
| carload Of machines will arrive today
| Harry L.. Bracken has been engaged &c
! take charge OF the Salt Lake branch
while the managers OF the other branches
| will be announced later.