The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-15
MOTOR VEHICLES IN
AGE Of ELECTRICITY
Utah Light and Railway Com
pany Is Furnishing Ser
vice in Field.

Modern progress is not slow to show
due appreciation Of those that have
shown faithful and extensive service in
caring for the world 8 commerce: and
surely the horse Just at this time is not
suffering from neglect About year
ago Denver showed what it thought OF
this animal os the centuries by having
work horse parade that was one of
I the grandest spectacles seen in some
time. Denver literally teemed with SEN
timentahty because most people real.
lied that this parade marked the pass.
ing of the horse for Denver, and in
fact for nearly every city Of any size
in the country.
The horseless age is here. and IT
needed little imagination to look ahesd d
a decade and visualize another parade
with only electric trucks and pleasure
cars.
In the parade there were about 700
vehicles and about 1000 horses. It
would be difficult to estimate the invest
ment represented in this one parade !;
certainly it must have run into six or
seven figures. 1t is not rash to state
| that in the next ten years this invest
ment will be replaced with some kind
of motor transportation, and 1T is a
good bet that most Of il will be cleo
tric. from the progress the electric
vehicle is making in Denver, Chicago,
Los Angeles and other large cities at
the present time.
With electricity the most convenient
and adaptable form of power we have,
it IS not difficult to SEQ why manufac
turers of motor vehicles have tried to
apply its use to their product, and why
they have been so successful IN their
! work. IT has required years Of expert
mental and development work, until to-
day with tho recent Improvement in
storage battery equipment, the electric
other kinds of power vehicles for city
transportation. It's superiority over
horse equipment has all been demon
strated, but 1T now appears that it's
economy will result in placing it in the
front ranks in the horscless vehicle
class. Merchants are beginning to rec
ognize that the electric is not only
reliable vehicle for transportation, but
one to be given the fullest considera-
tion and attention.
This western country with it's hun
dreds Of thousands of horsepower Of
electric energy available from its water
power, and consequent abundant as well
as cheap electric power. offers many in
ducements to the merchant, the manu-.
facturer, and many others whose bust
ness requires extensive as we'll as re-
liable and clean local transportation
facilities.
Salt Lake City is especially we'll situ-
ated for the economical use of power,
commercial trucks, and delivery SER
vice. The long blocks and large area
covered by the city place most exact
ing requirements on the delivery SER
vice which merchant and manufacturer
alike render to- the public. Especially
is this true Of the retail delivery ser
vice, where the usc of horses means
their frequent replacement at heavy
cost, and the slower delivery OF mer-
chandize.
Special rates for battery charging
purposes are offered by the Utah Light
and Railway company which make the
cost for operating trucks. delivery
wagons, and pleasure vehicles very
slight.