The sun., 1901-11-03
AUTOMOBILE SHOW OPENING.
4 BIG AND GRAND DISPLAY At
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.
Society Attends the First Night OF the
Reign OF the Motors -Tremendou ous
Progress shown In American Ma
chimes More Makers and Varieties.


front OF the stage at Madison Square Garden
last night. There we're several hundred
machines and they attracted a crowd OF
fashionable persons eager to inspect them
II is the second annual show OF motor vehicles
under the auspices Of the Automobile Club
OF America and Is great one. 1t Is brilliant.
thoi ough AMI sincere.
The scene last night after the electricity
was turned on was as spectacular as In the
days OF the big bicycle shows, when all the
exhibitors We'd In the effort to produce daz-
zling effects. Tho girders and the gallery
fronts were draped with the national colors,
with the pneumatic-tired wheel, that Is the
emblem OF the club. showing at punctuated
intervals. The main floor was ablaze with
the electric signs OF the exhibitors. and from
the gallery the view was almost bewildering
The arena boxes have been deCked over and
there the makers OF articles that are acces-
sorry TO the automobile are for the most part
grouped Some Of the stands are decidedly
handsome In their plan and makeup Palms
aud ferns are used for decorative effect.
and Que Of the biggest spaces. that occupied
by tie American Bicycle Company with
variety Of machines Of all kinds and makes.
is set OF by a continuous four-sided row OF
pillars with an electric light glowing in a
globe on the top Of each.
The crowd began to arrive early and IL
stayed until tho lights were out As is usual,
great size, but i included the enthusiasts.
In fact. many OF those most ardent In the
new sport arrived 10 the afternoon and en-
tered by the back door and sauntered about
while the exhibitors were yet busy getting
TO Iights. These early arrivals included
shattuok. Precedent Of the Automobile Club,
and many. Of the club mem bers. besides the
usual -old guard" of meohanioal students
cycle and automobile shows. Several vis-
itors were enthusissts from distant cities,
ana soRs s.9ess 0i sse OF Rdm mStor
a tour OF i.2oo miles by driving gas ma
chine to the Garden from Rome. 2Si miles.
IS another who fooled machine TO tie show,
A Mr. Dove Of Muskegon, Mich. Is one OF
shcW The no socs sspso, Sn c the crowd
was gratifying to the managers. Evening
dress was the rule with the men in the aisles.
sTou. proportion oi the peaked, leather sa-
long sutomobile cloaks worn by women
In a way the show is strongly suggestive
OF the bicycle shows. The arrangement OF
and among the signs are many OF the familiar
names and copyrighted scripts that have
been made famous on bicycles but IL rs
show ever was It conveys TO the beholder
an idea of magnitude and powes that the
remarkable show in many ways lt is more
than twice as big as the first exhibit OF the kind
In the Garden and u marks Tremendous
advance in the industry In this country.
There are more firms represented, moro
vehicles shown and almost innumerable
improvements. Many millions Of dollars
In strictly mechanical way the progress
can, on the fret glimpse. he said to Q marksd
by these general characters: Automobiles
are being made heavier and more expensive.
Those who have been waiting for prices 10
show an advance in the cases OF most makers
The general proposition that automobiles
cost about 81 a pound; as explained IN LIE
anufacturers are increasing the weight
by adding length and breadth, European
ideas have had marked effect upon the
trade in this country The French type OF
machine Is the one popular with .iearly al
r. The American makers are i1lloEing i, Their
base. a Wider tread and throwing more weight
they are also bettcring the instruction as
they go along The novelties with respect
% motors. coolers SlI,ehes. HSnTHi,snn, a.sioL
could not be recited in week. Many Of the
Improved devices are !ao now that patents
cannot be shown in detail II IS sufficient
in general way e., repeat what a critical
s ess III sSS sR rasafd to
ress here. and that u The American
manufacturers have all the Others beaten
With regard 20 the various kinds 81 power
being used gasOlene and steam prevail The
electric machln" seems J." nave f"ch"d lts
limit ~ development and ekeeptlns Tor one
BIG company tits hardly TO be found. Case,
lene is used In the It 'am vehicles for fuel
and at the present stage OF development as
illustrated ~ the Garden 4 may be said that
gasolene il king There are two notahl"
novelties la the electric line, however, Nhlch
are significant One u the display oi ma
chine run by magnetic instead Oi 10y storage
batteries TIE m6gnet2. llke the DYNAMO.
develops electricity aud tie carriag" generate
its current Hs IL runs lhe other suggestive
exhibit IN the electrical line Is one oi The
new iron nickel storage cells lust lhNeh'fu
BY J. A Edison This measures y inches "
height. S inches In width and inches ih
thickness IL j. steel encarrd ana weighs
Of I2O Watt hours and j. said not to depre-
ciHte In general calculation 2.b Ndlt hours
are re- koned o one horse power -. - A..
The biggest mach ne ia th' paTden ~ Tue
French eraT ~ 40 horse pow -, Tor ,Nhlsh
v Greene cad $500 m. !. ~ The
motor bicycle aud there l. oniy one of these
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