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News and Comment of the Automobile World
SPACE IN D. A.
D. A. SHOW
ISALLOTED
Although Show Has Been In
creased. More Space
Might Be Used
QUITE AS MANY MAKERS
AS AT MADISON-SQ.
43 Manufacturers Will Have
, Their Cara on Ex
hibit
Detroit was no exception to the get -
erai rule this year, for In spite of the
addition of ten thousand square feet
of floor space In the Aunex to be coi-j
structed to the Pav.llon tho
Detroit Automobile Dealers’ associa
tion found that It could have used
more room for the twelfth tnnual
automobile show to he held at Wayne
Pavilion and the Wayne Pavi’lcn An J
nex, Jan. *7 to Feb l next.
Th« drawings tmr tljLp q,ven» took
place Saturday*livening, Nov, 23, when
the 32 member* of the D. A. D. A.
drew for choice and Monday evening.
Nov. 26. when quite as many of the
non-members of the organisation mad,,
their choices from the rcmeintng
space. The utmost harmony prevailed
at both meetings and all were satis
fled when th« 62,000 square feet of
floor space had been alotted.
Unlike other years, the Annex this
year was a choice location owing t> i
its added site, higher ceiling* and the
general plan of decoration notch Is,
quite In keeping with tne main buQd- 1
log.
In all 43 dealers and manufacturers
drew for space in which * > exhibit
care. The manufacturers who w*il be
represented in these spaces wwl bo
about 60 in number or quite as many
as will be found at Madison Square
Oarden.
In addition to the manufacture!s of
gasoline and electric pleasure cars
and gasoline and electric trucks, seven
teen accessory and parts manufac
turers drew for space and a sow .noro
will be added to the latter list 7 hear
did not appear at the Mondiy night
drawing.
- Many of the D. A I). A members
; took space in the Annex and many of
I the members gs/e up a part o f thel
! space to provide as much a n
for the non-members, it being the phvn
l of the association to bring logetbe*
at this show the grealeat possible
number of exhibitors to make tile
event in keeping with the other na
tional shows of the circuit, diany of
which have less space than Detroit.
Those who received allotments of
space for the Detroit Automobile
Show are as follows:
Abbott Motor Cos.. Bulck Motor Ota.
Bemb-Roblnson Cos., Baker Electric Cos.
of Michigan, Cartercar Cos., Cadillac
*!Motor Car Cos., Cunningham Auto 00.,
,Century Electric Sales Cos., Detroit
iHupmoblle Sales Cos.. Detroit Electric
■Garage, Ford Motor Cos., General
’Motors Truck Cos., Grant Broth pros
]Auto Cos., Krit Motor Car Cos., Port
'Falr Motor Bales Cos., W. J. MarshaJl
■Auto Cos., Neumann-Lan* Cos., Olcka
1 Motor Works. Overland Motor Salos
|Co., Oakland Motor Car Cos.. ReepU
• Motor Sales Cos., J. P. Schneider,
Isiegel-Zeckendorf Cos.. Seidler Saina
Jco., Standard Auto Cos., P. W. Schult*
a ft Son, Studebaker Corporation,
VThompaon Auto Cos., Wlnton Motor
•Car Cos.. M. A. Young Cos., Chas. H 2.
2MI Her. Barber Motor Sales Cos , Auto
•moblle Equipment Cos., Sewell Cushion
dWheel Cos.. Esco Auto Lock Sales Col,
PThe Hand Corporation. Havers Motor
Jcar Cos., Indian Refining Cos., National
sßefining Cos., Qrlnnell Electric Cos..
leveland Hardware Cos., Murphy Pour-
Cos., Travelers Motor Car CXx,
levrolet Motor Cos., Armltage Enarw-
Leather Cos., Cleveland Galloti
otor Truck Cos., Edward O. Budd
rg. Cos., Punctureless Tire Cos., Wayne
1 Tank ft Pump Cos., W. Bnrdtclt,
ie Paragon Refining Cos., Samud
ivldson, Church-Field Motor Cos..
>ster Motor Sales Cos., Artem»na
ard, R-C-H Corporation. Annet Auho
irage. United Motor Detroit Cos., and
arren Motor Car Cos.
Crosses lowa by Daylight In
Auto; Races With Fast Train
Thirty-eight mile* per hour for «a
distance of 891 miles. la the record at*
recently by Dr. R. W. Soper. wh«m
he dashed across the state of lowa om
a daylight trip from river to river, be
ginning his flight at Davenport, and
ending It at Council Bluffs.
He left Davenport at 6 o'clock fri
4he morning and reached Council
Bluffs just 13 hours and 20 minutes af
terward. The run was made In Fond
earn, four of them being used durlrgg
the trip. The cars were all stock catta
pressed Into service along the way.
Unavoidable delays caused the loss «>f
more than three hours along the way,
and the actual running time was bill
five minutes more than 10 hours.
In some stretches of the road a
speed of 63 miles per hour wim
reached. Dr. Boper came up with ttte
Rock Island fast mall between Col
fax and Dee Moines and ran along
ahead of it for several miles. Many
NEW STU DEBAKER “SIX"
sgMi"
AUTO BUSINESS
. FINE DESPITE
ELECTION YEAR
Chalmers Company Doesn’t Re
trench in Winter
. Months
SAID IT WON’T HAVE
TIME FOR INVENTORY
Pacific Coast and Southwest
Are Better Markets
Now
That the automobile Industry Is find
ing the 1918 season one of unusual
prosperity, is evidenced by the reports
of some of tho leading companies.
The presidential election seems to
have had no had effect on buslneas
conditions generally. Reports from
all parts of the country are highly
optimistic. *. •
Chalmers Motor Cos., states
that sarfnft-r'sreesgver §o •'vwi
In August the Chalmers had the
largest single month’s business In Its
history. September and October ran
very closely behind August, and now
November bids fair to set anew
record.
Especially do the 1913 motor car
sales Indicate unusual prosperity
among farmers. Nearly ull of the big
agricultural districts show Increases
In sales of from 36 to 60 per cent.
Most of the cities are also well ahead
of the same period of the 1912 eeasou
In actum sales. Chalmers business In
general shows an Increase over 1912
of nearly 45 per cent for the first four
months.
A single faot of the 1913 season is
that the standard manufacturers are
increasing their plants while the so
called ’’assemblers” are cutting down
The whole buying public seems to be
inclining more and more toward the
strictly manufactured car. The new
season has been fruitful In receiver
ships, but it is a good Indication of
the stability of the industry that the
failures have all been among the les
ser lights. The big standard companies
were never so sound.
The winter season—generally re
garded as the slow season—finds few
of the larger builders retrenching.
The Chalmers Cos., for instance. Is
running full capacity, with many de
partraents working a night as well as
a day shift. It is reported by this
company that the Chalmers plant will
not even be shut down for the usual
winter Inventory.
An Interesting feature of the 1913
business is the great advancement of
the Pacific coast and the southwest us
an automobile market. Os course.
weather plays a large part In creating
big sales in these two territories, but
the actual sales reported from Cali
fornia, Oregon, Texas Missouri and
Kansas. Indicate the truth of the ex
ceptional crop reports sent out. Tn
the list of actual sales, the Chalmers
company reports these 10 citieß in the
lead: San Francisco, Los Angelas. Sao
Antonio. New York. Chicago. Boston,
Philadelphia, Kansas City, St. Louis
and Detroit.
Foreign shipments are unusually
Btrong. The American car finds
especial favor in the comparatively
new countries. With representation
in such points as Australia, New Zea
land. Brazil Argentine. Venezuela,
South Africa. Ceylon and Philippines,
the Chalmers foreign sales depart
ment is in close touch with export
conditions. And shipments to these
points are said to show an Increase
of about 76 per cent over 1912. Even
tumultuous Mexico is doing a better
automobile business than tn 1912.
Especially encouraging is the bril
liant opening of the wlntei season.
The Chalmers company has more cars
ordered for winter delivery than ever
before.
a* KAn\u«r oi.n maid.
An earn-**t old mold from Legralf
Ma<l*- a dress from n yard and a half,
Rhe said that she knew
Ph» could have made two.
But sh*» *>arod the old bachelors would
lalf. —Judge.
persons on the train watched the per
formance of the little Ford and mar
veled. They knew by the banners on
the car that some sort of race was in
progress.
Dr. Soper's feat was the first fulfill
ment of the wish expressed three
years ago by former Senator Young
that some automobile would attempt
to make the trip across the state of
lowa by daylight. When the senator
made the suggestion, automobile men
laughed at him, and said it was im
possible.
So great was the excitement and
strain uuder which Dr. Soper and his
mechanician labored, that they forgot
to eat any lunch during the entire
trip. At each city through which the
Ford passed, great crowds were out to
cheer It on Its way. In many places
speeches had been prepared, but the
on-rushing doctor did not wait to hear
them. He was Intent on netting a
record, v*
THE DETROIT TIMES * SATURDAY, NOV EMBER 80, 1913.
WHO’S WHO IN AUTO CIRCLES
Optimism has always permeated and
stimulated the automobile Industry.
From the worker in the factory up to
the heads of the great organisations
which turn out thousands of ma
chines every month, you will find an
air of confidence. There may be a
stumbling block at Intervals, but the
great Industry goes on seemingly un
mindful of any obstacles. And In this
great group there Is an army sending
forth arguments to increase business
In fields already explored, and le
penetrate sections not yet touched.
Z. C. Barber is general manager oi
the Barber Motor Sales Cos., Michigan
distributors of “The Detroiter.”
Eight years’ active service In the
automobile held, with Detroit as the
nucleus for bis activities, has given
Mr. Barber a valuable insight Into the
Industry. There can he no vague or
misleading impression as to his knowl
edge of the business and the manner
In which he Is pushing the campaign
for trade when you talk with him. He
started with the E.-M.-F., which indi
cates that he had a good foundation
for his Initial appearance. For two
years he was state representative of
the United States Motor Cos., and
finally he took up his present duties.
Mr. Barber’s optimism Is pro
nounced when he touches on the out
look for 1913. He expects to sell five
times as many cars as he put on the
OLDSMOBILE MAN
VISITS SOUTHWEST
YogemiU Park Road Plant*
Are Pleasing to Mo
torists
Oliver C. Hutchinson, general man
ager of Olds Motor works, Lansing, is
now making a hurried visit to the va
rious Oldsmoblle branches in the
southwest ia order that he may get in
personal touch with business condi
tions before the opening of the 1913
season.
Mr. Hutchinson writes from Los
Angeles: ‘‘Motorists in this part of
California are greatly pleased over the
advance of plans which are being
made to Improve and open a private
road through the outer part of Yoaem
lte National park. Tourists in gen
eral have obtained an erroneous im
pression that the government does
not want to grant access to the park
to automobiles; such la not the case,
however. The government merely
wants to safeguard the tourist, as the
•oads through the park are not in
hape to carry automobiles, and the
overnment cannot see its way clear
o make a sufficient appropriation to
make the Yosemlte roads safe.
“The Yosemlte valley ig directly In
control of the government, but in the
outer part of the park are several
roads controlled by private Interests.
These are the roads which the various
automobile clubs propose to open and
will contribute to a fund for that
purpose. The movement has already
started and it Is expected that by
next June automobiles can come as
far Into the park as Glacier Point.
"When the interest of automobile
owners in Ig>s Angeles and vicinity is
aroused, something is bound to hap
pen, as automobiles in thiH section
seem to be as numerous as the Red
woods in the National park, and the
streets around the automobile fac
tories In Michigan when the empty
freight cars are playing hide and seek
up In Bangor. Maine.” „
CARELESS DRIVING
COSTS MUCH MONEY
Cartercar Manager Thinks Most
Men Need Cau
tioning
That careless driving is the cause of
thousands of dollars loss to drivers of
motor cars, because of the useless
wear on tires, Is the opinion of Mr.
Harry R. Radford, general manager of
tlie Cartercar company, Pontiac,
Michigan.
"The average man does not pav
half enough attention to his driving,'
says Mr Radford. "He rune along as
fast as possible, and In nine times our
of ten stops too quickly. Drawing up
tharply, even though the wheels do
not slide, causes a severe friction on
the tires and of course great wear. I
have seen men make a practice of see
lug in what short space they can stoo
their cars In.”
"I actually believe that almost one
half of the usual wear on tires Is use
less. Os course, in a friction trans
mission car, where there are no Jerks
or Jars the wear will be much less
than with the gear car. even that
wear could be reduced by careful ap
plication of the brakes In stopping.
Pick out the men who run their tires
for distances from five to ten thou
sand miles and yoj’ll Invariably find
extremely careful drivers, who real
ise as they should that all strains on
the tires must mean useless loss to
them.”
"Now with the Cartercar, which has
a friction transmission, I believe this
tendency to careless use of the brake.*
Is more apparent than with drivers of
other cars, for the simple reason that
the driver of the friction car knows
that with careless driving he will still
get greater mileage from his tires, anl
he figures that it Is not necessary for
him to try to secure such an excess
service from his tires.”
Time To Apply Hot-Water.
"Winter is the time to apply hot
water jackets to the carbureter if
your car is not fitted with one," says
Dr. Chas. O. Perctval, who In his new
book The Trail of the BalVDof” tells
of driving the first car through Alaska
and the Klondike. Bays the author,
"besides filling the rsdlator with a
mixture of ethyl or denatured a»cohol
be sure that your carburetor la hot
water Jacketed for cold weather drlv
Z. C. BARM UK.
market In the season just closing. He
Is Imbued with many winning ele
ments that make for executive gen
eralship and salesmanship and optim
ism Is his chief characteristic.
GOODRICH TIRES .
FOR STiIDEBAftRS
Wonderful Tests Made by Com
pany Asking for Tires
-'Not Bids
After standing a test with the pro
duct of five other leading manufac
turers, the Goodrich tire, has been
as the standard equipment
for the new Studebaker ”26,” ”36”
and “81x.” These companies were in
vited to submit not bldß, but tires.
Carl M. Welse, consulting engines
In charge of the Studebaker labora
tory, was told to design a test which
would, In a reasonable length of time,
decide the Usue.
A framework was erected on which
was mounted a front axle carrying a
wheel and tire. A lever pressed down
upon the axle with a weight of 700
pounds. Reasonable spring action
was provided.
At the bottom, the tire rested on a
pulley to which were bolted at ir
regular Intervals, blocks of wood, two
Inches high. The apparatus was at
tached to a motor which ran the pul
ley at a rate equivalent to 13.6 miles
per hour tor the wheel and tire. Each
"tire was inflated to the pressure claim
ed foP best results: odometer ard
speedometer were attached; pressure
gauges, and charts were
prepared, and the power was switched
on.
To apprclate the severity of this
test is impossible to one noi present
while It was in progress. The con
tinuous succession of bumping was so
harrowing to the nerves of the occu
pants of the building that, after tho
first day it was found necessary to
operate the machinery only by night.
Shifts were arranged however, and
tire after tire bounced about on the
cruel surface from early evening until
the regular working hours of the day
began. Short stops were made every
two hours, to permit the engineer in
charge to test pressures and temper
atures. and to make the regular ei
j tries on the chart.
To the credit of the manufacturers
be It known that every one of the
tires showed wonderful endurance.
THINK UNDERSLUNG
IS THE CAR TYPE
Expects 1913 Season To Be
Record One for That
Kind
"Indiratlons are,” eays Frel W.
Haines, vice-president and general
manager of the Regal Motor Car Cos.,
"that the season of 1913 will see tho
Introduction of an Increasing number
of underslung automobiles. During
the past fifteen months a total of
eight manufacturers have introduced
cars of the Underslung type, and with
the addition of these new makes,
there wlllN*o a jleHded Increase in
the number oTTfnderslung cars sold
throughout the country this season.
"Furthermore, there Is still anothe--
source for this certain Increase, that
must be reckoned with. This Is among
the older firms engaged In the pro
duction of this type of car. With the
moderate priced underslung there has
been a gradually Increasing demand
that Indicates that the season of 1911
will pro\> a record one. Up to the
twentieth of November there had
been an increase In the sale of Regai
underslungs equal to two hundred and
thlrty-ffve per cent of what It were for
the entire month of November one
year ago. This means that, where one I
hundred Underslungs were required
last year, It takes from two hundred
and thirty-five to two hundred a;id flf
ty cars to supply the demand today.
"The Interesting fact In connection
with this Increased demand Is that I
is peculiar to no one section of the
country. In proportion, as many cars
cf the Underslung type are being sold
cn the Pacific coast as In New Eng
land. The tame condition is true of
the states in the Cotton Belt, as com
pared with those on the Canadian
border. It should also be borne In
rulnd that there has been a similar
increase In the development of foreign
tales. The underslung cars manufac
tured In the United State* can new be
purchased In practically every ctvil
ixen country on the globe.”
U»*l at 66 From gi^omr*.
MKNOMINFR, Mleh . Nor. SO. —Chat
Nlmmergut. 61. who fell In a muddy
road recently and wee unable to get
to hie feet for soma time while driv
ing to his home at Peshtigo Harbor,
la dead from t*e expoeura
NEWEST STATE
STRONG FOR
GOOD ROADS
Arizona Governor Names Rep
resentatives at Con
vention
PROMINENT MEN FROM
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
44 State Association* Will
Have Delegates at
Meeting
The newest of ail the state* Is the
first to come to the front In selecting
delegates to represent the common
wealth at the Federal Aid Good Roads
convention, called by the American
Automobile association to be held in
Washington, IX C, March ts and 7,
1913.
Gov. W. P. Hunt, of Arisons, him*
self an enthusiastic motorist, has ad*
vised President Robert P. Hooper or
the-A. AA, that be.'.fine* named.
Gen. G. P. Bullard, State Engineer
Isunar Cobb, aud Col." Dell M. Potter
as the trio of representatives from
the forty-sdghth state. Col. Potter Is
a good roads advocate of national re
pute, and Is vice-president for Art
xona In the Ocean-to-Ocean Highway
association. A risen a naturally feels
a great Interest In the construction oi
transcontinental highways. While
none of the other governors has actu
ally named his state delegation, many
of them have advised that they will
do bo at an early data Included
among these are the governors of
eastern stales which were not repre
sented In the first Federal Aid con
vention of nearly a year ago. The
good roads enthusiasm which has
been exceptionally marked In the west
seems to be renewing itself eastward.
The responses from commercial or
ganizations to the Invitation of the
A. A. A to send delegates to the Fed
eral Aid gathering are pronouncedly
favorable from every part of the Uni
ted 9tatee. The Commercial club of
Great Bend, Kansas, takes the lead
In actually naming Its delegation, Fred
Zutavern and W. P. Feder having been
designated. Many of the largest cham
bers of commerce and boards of trade
In the country have promised to he
prominent In the convention.
Indications are that every one of
the 44 A. A. A. state associations and
460 local clubs will have members at
the national capital who will pay par
ticular attention to their spokesmen
In congress, who lu some Instances
will even serve as motoring delegates.
With farmers’ organisations and mis
cellaneous good roads bodies all In
vited to participate, indications point
to the most representative and influ
ential attendance ever known at any
good roads meeting.
With the assembling of the pres
ent congress for Its final session, be- .
ginning Monday, Dec. 2, public In
terest In Federal Aid will doubtless;
be revived. There are some 30 dtf-1
ferent proposals for Federal road ai>-
proprlatlons pending, but It Is not an- |
ttcipated that the present congress
at the short session will attempt to j
take action on any of these. Further
more, the Joint oomcnlttee appointed
at the previous session to make rec
ommendations as to the form In whlc
Federal Aid should be granted, can
hardly be expected to have anything
tangible ready for vote. The policy
which contemplate* a system of na
tional highways rather than a piece
meal distribution of Federal funds for
local improvements in congressional
districts, is a proposal which seems
to command the most powerful sup
port.
It is a certainty that at the annual
meeting of the A. A. A., to take pla<*®
In Chicago, Monday and . Tuesday,
Dec 2 and 3. a goodly part of the de*
lloeratlonn will Involve the good roads
question In its various phases In the
work of the national association or
automoblllsts the membership as a
whole is more vitally interested in
hlghwavs Improvement than In any
other phase of motoring.
DETROIT AT TO SPECIALTY
MAKES HIT ABROAD
Not all the business In automobile
parts between Europe and America 1-*
one-sided, although people h<*ar more
about what Is Imported than what Is
exported. The Hayes Manufacturing
company, of Detroit, for example, ex
ports in large quantities, sheet meta'
parts for some of the finest cars of
European manufacture. The business
Is reported to be assuming large pr>
portions, although It Is trifling com
pared to the enormous volume of
American business. A specialty that
the Hayes company is marketing
largely abroad at the present time la
a running board of unusually hand
some design. In which Is a brush inset
for wiping the shoes as one enters
the car.
BARBER REPORTS GRAND
RAPIDS SHOW FINE
Mr. Zack Barber, of the Barber
Motor Hales company, has just return
ed from the motor show in Grand
Rapids. He reports that the show of
this year has assumed such propor*
tlons as to be second In interest only
to the Detroit show The five models
of the “Detroiter” and a chassis were
displayed, the exhibit being in charge
of the Hill garage and D. E. Wells.
“Indications in the state.” states
Mr. Barber, “are for a splendid year
for the Detroiter. During the pas:
season we were not able to get all the
cars we wanted for our custodiers, so
heavy was the demand from other
distributing centers; but with the In
crease In the Briggs-Detroiter plant
which will allow the factory to put
through 5.000 cars for 1915 —or five
times the number produced in 1919
we are going ahead with plans for a
record season.* I
A. A. A. COMPLETES
ANOTHER ROUTE
Makes Fourth Laid Out by As
sociation Across the
Continent
With the arrival at Los Angeles,
CaL, Nov. 2C, of the field representa
tive of the American Automobile as
sociation, A L. Weatgard, there waa
completed, with about a week tp
spare, the most extensive long die
tance pathflndlng ever undei
taken. Leaving New York, June 11,
the "Northweet Trail” transcontlnen
tal route put through Buffalo,
Chicago, St. Paul and Minneapolis to
Seattle, including connections to Yel
lowstone National park and Glacier
park. This was followed by a run
down the "Paclflo highway” from
Beattle to Portland and San Francisco
from which city Mr. Weatgard started
east at once on the “Overland Trait”
to Salt Lake City, Cheyenne, Omaha,
Chicago and New York, Including a
loop from Cheyenne to and f;om Den
ver.
leaving New York, Oct. 1, the ”Ml<l
land Trail” was Laid out through
Philadelphia, Pittsburg. Indianapolis,
Rt. Louis, Kansas City. Denver, and
Salt Lake City to Los Angeles, where
the Held work for one year came to
an end. The distance covered on the
.“Northwest TftsS” (IdfcJudJng.jhe two
national park connections)', was 4,106
miles; on the “Pacific Highway.” 1,-
016 miles; on the “Overland Trail”
(Including the Denver loop), 3.919
miles, and on the “Midland Trail,”
3.547 miles. This makes a route-lay
ing total of 12,678 miles, with some
incidental trips where no account was
taken of th 6 mileage, covered by the
Pathfinder ”40.”
With the exception of lobs than 600
miles (between New York and New'-
hurgh, N. Y., and between Westfield,
N. Y, and Chicago), no part of any
route was covered twice, and mote
than 8,000 miles was over roads that
had never been charted before. These,
will be published during 1913 In thrtr
new separate books, uniform with
the “Trail to Sunset,” making in a.l
four cross-country routes that wBl
carry the bulk of the travel for years
to come.
No less remarkable than the trips
themselves has been the Interest
aroused, particularly on the routes
west of the Mississippi river Auto
mobile clubs and good roads associa
tions, as well public spirited cities
and towns, npt only encouraged
the work, hut in
competed with each other for the
honor and advantage of being located
on one of these through lines.
DETROIT HAS NEW
INDUSTRIAL ROAD
Detroit has anew railroad which
went into operation recently. It Is
officially christened the Detroit Term
inal railroad, and Its object Is to
handle tne switching In the city of
some 76 Industries which He along its
belt line.
Heretofore there has been consid
erable delay caused by the Inadequacy
of the switching arrangements within
the city. Part was handled by one
railroad and part by another, and con
sequently there were frequent delays
occurring.
It is believed that the operation of
this railroad will greatly expedite
shipments of automobiles leaving De
troit factories. The first train hauled
over the tracks of the road was com
posed of 60 cars, loaded with about 360
Ford automobiles.
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AUTO TRAINS
FOIL DETROIT
Plans Are Being Made to Hun
Specials to N4Nr York
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PROSPECTS FOR Bid
DOUBLE-HEADER FINE
Never Before Has There Been
Such Intense Interest
Shown
Realising that the groat double Na
tional Automobile Show, which la to
be held In New York next January la
to be staged on a scope far greater
than anything yet attempted la this
line, manufacturers of ears, and socee
sorles, their factory staff a, agents la
cities throughout the country and
prospective buyers of cars are plan*
nlng a bigger Invasion of the Metrop
dlls thaiL ever before In autcmoblla
history:w » .. v . *
The coming “double-headee'* to run
simultaneously in Grand Central Pal
ace and Madison Square Garden, Jan.
11 to 26, to the tklrtionO National
Automobile Show and will reveal the
magnificent product of more than IS
years of aotomobllo evolution and Im
provement. Following the custom of
former years there will be exhibits of
«leasure cars the flrot week and com
lerclal vehicles the second. This ap
plies to both buildings.
Special train parties Art being or
ganised In every automobile manufac
turing city of any size and railroads
running from the west to the Metrop
olis will b« taxed to their capes*? ear
ly in January.
Arrangements are being made
Detroit for more than a dosen specie!
trains. The Indianapolis manufaetap
era and dealers are to make the trie
to the show in a special train of Pull
mans on Jan. 9 and 10, the Indiana
Automobile Manufacturers* associa
tion promoting this. Nearly 100 •‘ener
vations have been made on this train
which Is to carry an orchestra, a
cabaret show and other forms of en
tertainment to make the ride a pleas
ant one. The association will glue fi
big dinner on the train. Doubtless
other organizations will adopt the
cabaret entertainment Idea on their
■peels la.
There are many agenta of car* and
prospective buyers living In distant
' cities who In the past have not con
-1 sldered It worth while to spend the
i time and stand the expense of at* end
lng the national show in New York
city, but In view of the fact that hun
dreds of new car models and great
carloada of new accessories and parts
i are to be seen In the two spacious
buildings they plan to make the trK
east. This point was mentioned re
peatedly at the recent meeting oi ths
National Association of Automobile
Manufacturers at Detroit recently.
OAKLAND SALES MANAGER
STARTS ON WESTERN TRIP
J. B. Eccleston, saloa manager of
the Oakland Motor Car company, of
Pontiac, has gone west on an exten
sive trip that will take him to the
coast. Mr. Eccleston will visit all the
larger distributing points for Oakland
cans' and will be engaged in this work
until It is time for him to go east tor
the New York automobile show.
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