The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-19
Up AND DOWN SALT LAKES
BUSY AUTOMOBILE ROW

Three of Salt Lake's leading auto
mobile dealers are In attendance at
the New York automobile show. They
are ]. T.. Langford, president Of the
Salt Lake Auto company; j. II. Camp
bell, manager of the Campbell Auto
company. and c. \, Quigley manager
Of the Studcbaker Brothers. The big
annual show at New York draws thou
sands of automobile dealers from all
over the country. The newest in au-
tomobile manufacture is shown there,
and the latest ideas for marketing
cars is picked up by dealers through
out the country, Salt Lake has fair
representation this year and it is eN~
pected tho local dealers will be full OF
new ideas when they return home.
Tho consolidation Of the Goodrich and
Diamond tire branches in Salt Lake
took place during the past week. The
combined branches are now located at
the old Diamond store on State street.
Manager Il Is. KantZcr aud the cp.
tire Office force Of the old Goodrich
branch is III charge Of tho new con
cern. The combining Of the branches
in Salt Lake is in lime with the policy
they purchased the Diamond interests
last summer. Such changes have al
ready been made in several eastern
cities and it has been expected IN Salt
Lake for some time.
AS result Of the absorption of the
Diamond branch in Denver recently by
tho Goodrich company, Charles c. Col.
Inns, formerly manager of the Diamoud
company, has closed deal with the
Revere people. and wall handle that
tire at the old Diamond store, Mr. Col.
Inns is ono of the pioneer tire men OF
the west, having been In charge OF the
Diamond goods in Denver for the past
dozen or more years. Announcements
OF this new venture were received III
Salt Lake the past week.
E. w. Mooney of Pocatello is a salt
Lake visitor. Mr.. Mooney came to the
city for the purpose of taking on an
agency for the territory in aud around
southern Idaho.
Thomas Botterill OF Denver, president
OF the Tom Botterill Automobile com
pany, is expected TO arrive in salt Lake
this afternoon and Will be in the city
few days visiting his brother, Frank
Botterill, manager OF the Salt Lake
store OF his company. The Botterill
stores have had the most successful
year in 1919 since their organization
many years ago, and Mr.. Botterill looks
for the year Of 1918 10 even surpass
the successful 1912 season.
Manager j. G. Riley of the Goodyear
Tire & Rubber company, received word
yesterday that careful canvass of the
New York show brought out the iu-
formation that l42 out of the 324 cars
exhibited were equipped with Goodyear
tires, Naturally Mr. Riley is a little
"chesty' about il.
A. F. Doran of the San Diego branch
Of the Bertram Supply company. writes
that be had the distinction OF adjust
| ing the Rayfeld carburctor o. the big
Mercer car which won second place IN
the recent San Diego road race. Mr.,
Doran was the carburetor expert for
| tho Salt Lake branch of the Bertram
company for the past year.
W. D. Portor of the Portor. Hawkins
| Auto company OF Pavsop was ip Salt
Lake the past week. He placed bis
order for the first shipment of 1918
Studebaker cars with the Studebaker
company while here.
The Wright Motor Car company is
the latest addition to the list OF Salt
Lake automobile firms, II, L. Wright
| is the manager and the show rooms
are located at 50 East Fourth South
The. Wright firm will make a leader
! Of the Pathfinder car This IL the
machine used by A, l.. Westgard, the
oficial route. maker of the A . A A.
In his tourtime trip across the cont.
nent the past summer
The tire business is no longer a sum,
mer game, declares MANAGER Lee FL
lereeck Of the Guarantee Tire 8 Rub.
ber company, "Therc is big dc.
mand for retreadiDg tires during the
winter months, says Ellerbeck. so
cars will be in shape for use when the
spring season opens. This keeps tire
men busy all the year around and with
no dull seasons az formerly
Manager L. J. Gllmcr OF the Utah
Motor company, j. home again after
wecl, : trir to Los Angeles While
away be visited the Packard agency
in Los Angeles and also many of the
prominent automobile dealers or the
southern California metropolis. Mr..