The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-27
CLOSE OF CONVENTION
ALTHOUGH THE CARRIAGE BUILD
ERs WILL BE HERE TODAY.
The $1,000 Banquet Will he served
mt the German uouse-Oficers ChO-
sen-New York Next Year.

Next years convention Of the Carriage
Builders National Association will be held
at New York and will be adjourned to the
Paris exposition. The Institute Oh BRUSH
Carriage Manufacturers will meet at Paris,
and the Americans will mingle with the
British TO the profit of both. IL is believed
The business part of the convention mere
vas finished yesterday afternoon, but the
delegates will net leave the city till Sat-
friday. The exhibit at Tomlinsou Hall will
be open till the end ofthe week. The an
nual banquet will be served at the German
House tonight
When the convention was called to order
in the hall of the House of Representatives
at the Statehouse yesterday afternoon let
ter was read from Mayor Taggart. explain
ing why he was not present the day before
to welcome the carriage makers. He had
gone to Tomlnson Hall, not knowing the
place of meeting had been changed, and
had found the doors locked. And he had
prepared "the best speech of his life"
TO elect new president it required two
ballots. The total vote first cast was Go, of
which F. w. Judkins. of Merrimac, Mass.
received 20; Morris Woodruff, Dayton. o.,
%; E. NJ. Bailey, Amesbury Mass, ., and
Henry c. Staver, Chicago. Q. The tellers
declared that it was no election, because
no candidate had received a majority. and
that Staver and Bailey were out of It, be-
cause of the tie. The second ballot gave
Woodruff %. Judkins % and Bailey /. The
Bailey vote was not considered and Wood
hull was declared elected. The nomna ling
committees report was adopted as 10 the
other officers They are as follows:
Vice Presidents-G. II. De Golyer, Gin
cinnati, o.; r.. Mulholland. Dunkirk. N. Y;
G, SHEPPARD. New Haven. Conn. g. w. Cg-
den. Milwaukee, wis: William Glesenkamp,
Pittsburg, Pa: Charles Erdman. Detroit,
Anderson. Rock Hill, S. c.; G. l.. Summers,
GAINESVILLE. Ga: II. A. Mucl1le, St. Paul
Park, MINI; J. l. Mason; Davenport. Ia.
Camden. n. j., and Schuyler Colfax, South
Members Executive Committee-C. r.
lumbus, o.; F, B. Judkins Merrimac, Mass /:
Morris Woodruff; Dayton. o.. and Tom Con-
molly, Dubuque, Ia.
Secretary and Treasurer-H. G. McLear.
Wilmington, Del.
The makers of accessory lines were al
next meeting pac and m votes tT %ere
as follows: New York S. Boston 10. Detroit
8 Washington 6, Philadelphia 8. Porto
Rico ].
NJ EAPANSlON THIS EAR.
The association will not adopt the policy
of expansion this year. Resolutions were
offered admitting makers of automobiles
and all lines accessory to carriage building
into the association, but the resolutions
were laid on the table pending the appoint
ment of a committee TO act on them, and no
committee was appointed. There was a
sentiment among the members of the asso-
citation that those now outsiders are really
carriage makers and should be in the asso-
citation, but 1t was also felt that the mat
ter should not be acted upon off-hand.
Thomas Clark. representative of the In
Stitute of British Carriage Manufacturers,
was elected an honorary member of the
association. He thanked the convention,
and spoke of the cordially between his as
ISOLATION and the American organization.
A letter was read from the secretary of
the British association, in which the Eng
fish manufacturers sent greetings to the
Americans. uoK as
G. H Babcock was reelected trustee of
the technical school at New York for five
years. 1890
w N: Fitzgerald. of New York was to
of Motor Vehicles" but he was unable to
attend the convention and sent his paper
TO represent him. The paper was read by
Morris Woodruff: Mr.. Fitzgeralds argument
He said it was foolish statement that i'm
a few years the motor vehicle would force
the morse into being cur i0Sity. From the
published reports. Mr.. Fitzgerald asserted
one would think the automobile had already
attained success. but interviews with auto
mobile manufacturers ELECTED the inform;I-
ton that there were more deficiencies yet
TO be supplied and that stock In the com.
ranies could yet be purchased cheaply. Nc
maker of automobiles was ready 70 warrant
their perfection, and there was no reason
why carriage manufacturers should yet be-
gin to convert their factories into auto
mobile plants.
The high plane reached by the manufac-
turers of carriages. he said. could not be at
tanned by automobile manufacturers in a
day. and II would be found necessary for
the engineers to come down from their
lofty pedestal and ask the carriage makers
to manufacture the bodies while they con-
tented themselves with making the motors
liz an artistic and comfortable result were
to be reached. There were not so many au.
tomcbiles In use as the newspapers said, Mr.
Fitzgerald claimed, and most of those now
running were to a degree unsatisfactory
The cost of motor carriage would always
be high, the writer said, and this was one
reason why 1t would never force out the
horse. He pointed out that an electric
farm wagon could hardly be sold for less
than $1,000, while a farmer could buy
wagon, team of horses and harness fol
500.
However, Mr.. Fitzgerald hoped for the
perfection Of the motor vehicle, and hac
no doubt that it would come to general use
for the innovation would benefit the car
rage manufacturers.
Before the convention adjourned rotas ~