Rental Car Services In Salto With Established Stop, Decreed In October 1931

By Cary de los Santos
In Montevideo, shortly after the arrival of the automobile, entrepreneurs dedicated themselves to the car rental business settled down. Here in Salto Oriental, the first vehicle registrations were made as “rental cars” and it lasted that way for many years. However, remembering the pioneering entrepreneurs in urban passenger transport “León Jadra Serjans” and “Agustín Souto”, when registering their first buses, they did so as -car-truck and bus- in the “Rental Car Registry” , between the period between the years 1927 and 1930.
DIFFERENCES WITH MONTEVIDEO
The difference with Montevideo was that in Salto Oriental, there was not a company dedicated exclusively to car rental, however many of the owners of the -luxury and large cars- registered as rental cars over time were establishing truck companies or passenger transport companies. Even in the early days, some people from Salta used to transform their large cars into cargo trucks or buses in a rudimentary and traditional way. As it is impossible to mention all the owners of vehicles that were once registered in the “Car Rental Registry of the Municipality of Salteño”, we consider it opportune to rescue from oblivion all the vehicle owners who carried out the “Car Rental Service with Established Stop”, which I will relate below.
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DECREE
NUMBER 156
On October 13, 1931, the “Representative Assembly” established Decree No. 156, which established and regulated the “Rental Car Services with Established Stops.” The Departmental Administration Council, through the Municipal Inspection, was in charge of keeping the “Registry of Rental Car Owners” and setting the stops at different points in the city of Salto Oriental. This service lasted for many years and was a complement to the “Bus Services”, although the latter was always cheaper and more popular, although, over the years, it favored lowering the prices of vehicles, affecting the increase of the motor park in Salto Oriental, favoring and contributing to making the «Rental Car Service» a more accessible means of transport and not so exclusive to the most privileged classes.
URUGUAY STOP CORNER JOAQUÍN SUÁREZ
At the beginning of the year 1932, the following owners attended the “car rental” services, at the stop established in the famous “Paris Confectionery”,: Mr. José Mendizábal, offered his services with a STUDEBAKER automobile with plate number 1502; Mr. Lucas D. Píriz, with an OAK brand car-
LAND with license plate 363 and registered with the number 1517: Don Julio Carballo, did it with a BUICK brand car with license plate 400 and registered with the license plate 1517; Don Juan Pintos Mullins, with a BUICK automobile with plate number 111 and registration number 1543 (he continued to offer the service until 1938): Don Angel Devecchi, with a DURAUT automobile with plate number 378 and registration number 1079; Don Pedro Corbella, provided his services with a HUDSON brand car with plate number 89 and registration number 1521 (He continued offering the service until 1935) and Don Fidel de los Santos, with a DODGE brand car with plate number 565 and registration number 1387. .
PORT STOP
In 1932, the following owners offered their services: Mr. Crescencio R. Lucero, with a STUDEBAKER brand car, with license plate No. 23 and registration No. 1496 (in 1941 it was transferred to Mr. Lima Lucero); Don José Arce, did it with an OVERLAND brand car with license plate No. 23 and registration No. 1496 (it continued until 1937, the vehicle being transferred in favor of Don Florencio Lucero); Don Juan M. Méndez, did it with a BUICK brand car, with license plate No. 61 and license plate No. 9; Mr. Pedro Simonelli, with a CHEVROLET brand car, with license plate No. 79 and license plate No. 1537. Mr. Emilio Godoy with a STUDEBAKER brand car with license plate No. 352 and registered with number 1533. Emilio Godoy’s vehicle was withdrawn from circulation on May 23, 1935. However, Messrs. Sarmiento and Rodríguez owned a BUICK automobile with license plate No. 314 and license plate No. 1503; Don Juan Javier Lagreca, provided the service with a CHEVROLET brand car with license plate No. 354 and license plate No. 1523; Mr. Satanías Muñoz, with a BUICK brand automobile, with plate number 388 and registered with the number 1500. On October 5, 1932, by resolution of the Departmental Council, the vehicle was replaced by another of the CHANDLER brand in the name of Mr. Munoz. However, in December 1936 the CHANDLER car is transferred in favor of Don Fermín Daniel Silva; Don Miguel Cavallo, did it with a STUDEBAKER brand car with plate number 425 and registered with number 1546, being withdrawn from circulation in 1938. Don Paulino Macchio, with a CHEVROLET brand car with plate number 94 and registration No. 1545, being transferred in favor of Don Pedro Manuel Blanco, on October 2, 1957; Don Marcelino Sanguinetti, with a CHEVROLET brand car with plate No.
197 and registration No. 1514, being transferred on May 28, 1940 in favor of Don Juan Rangoni, passing to the “Registration of Private Cars” service with No. 1519. Don Victorio M. Faviano, with an OVERLAND brand car with license plate No. 52 and license plate No. 52, in 1934 he changed the license plate number to 914, in 1935 to number 1163, in 1936 to number 967, and in 1937 by number 1312, on April 5, 1933 it was transferred in favor of Don Enrique Lamarque.
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– Postcard. The luxurious steam «Eolo» can be seen at the wooden dock and rental car.

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– Commercial notice of the year 1928