The Washington times., 1903-01-18
AUTOMOBILE SHOW q
OPENS IN NEW YORK
America 5 First Display in
Madison Square Garden.

NEW YORK, jan 1.-THE autos tho
thing With The opening of New York-s
third motor vehicle exhibition az Mad
ison Square Garden at $ O'Clock this
evening there was demonstrated. FOR the
arst time in America. the complete in
Eia1 triumph Of those pioneers in q new.
hgld who have been plotting for years
The downfall Of The horse
The motor car is TO be found in every
part o. America-costIy beyond belief
IN the case of few imported vehicles
used chiefly in New York. as econ n
zeal as horse-drawn outfits in pracJfc-
ally all cases of American manurac-
1ure, and the Door mans boon in the
case Of dozens OF the small runab0ut
type. the motive power explosive gas,
steam. or ctricity-accoTdiBg to the
Whim of the purchaser. but with a Ge-
Gliding leaning toward gas for touring
cars and toward electricity for carriages
or wagons to be run with many stops
END waits. q severity OF eighty pound
affair as used by The motor cyclist
thirty-foot car with an eighty or ninety
horsepower gas motor, a7 run on street
railway tracks N a little village in
Illinois
One year ago II was estimated that
there were less than 6 ZOO automobiles
IN the United States. Today there are
about 29,o0o During 1858, unless all
expert guessers are wrong al least
- 600 new vehicles wiu be offered for
deliver. by American manufacturers, OF
which 3.oG0, it is said have already
been registered for European shipment
When the last New York automobile
show was held, in the fall or 1901. there
we're. IN all. about eighly-fve exhibit
iug. manufacturers OF agents, and the
total attendance for the week was only
q little over 29,00o.
For the exhibition which opened This
evening. TO last through next week there
are I4z entries, ali but about FIVE for
the display OF American built vehicles,
and heat enhance for the week. ii is
believed viii equal. if not exceed. 50 900.
on one Sunday. d. the recent exhi-
bttion al Paris. the attendance uassed
the 50 eco mark and although America
is st:1 behind France in general popular
interest ia the new industry, the prog
Tess OF the past year has been very
great, ana il is known that amateur
HutomobIIists from all over the country
are arranging TO visit New York next
week. some IN delegations who have
chartered special trains.
OF the I42 exhibitors. seventy seven
show completed vehicles, hfty-siz a.
manufacturers. twenty-one as agents
The other exhibitors show tires. motors
and other accessories It is Interesting
10 note that one exhibiting lamp manu-
far5urer. from Kenosha. Wis, who has
turned oat about $4,000 acetylene bicycle
lamps yearly for some time past, says
that his automobile lamp buiness has
reached a point where it exceeds IN i'm
poTtanee the output Of the smaller ar
tiCle.
OF the venty-scEen exhibitors Of ve-
hiclas, siXty-eight show gas cars. Ten
steam cars. and eight electric vehicles
Only one company markets all these
classes of motor but several offer lwJ
different types
Among the improvements 10 be noted
iii The 1903 models are The adoption or
The wooden wheel by many makers for
merly using The bicycle wire spoke type
The Iengt lsniDg az tho average wheel
base 10 make riding easier. an increase.
IN size Of the tCuneau body TO give great
or passenger room uew types oil Iuxurl-
Gus bTOughams and electric runab0uts
the sl6udaFdiZing o. The tire rims. 70
simplify the tire problem. and q geueras
strengthening and braeiDz up OF the
motor and ignition mechanism
Henri Fournier. the French champion
driver was oE hand with an exhibit o..
Foreign cars. including the eieCtT:-if
driven gas machine. run DE- pushing o.
button, which was .he sensation of the
Paris show and there were special ex-
hibits OF most OF The curious types OF
cars seen 10 date in this country As
no gasoleue may be taken into the Gar
den al dem0nsJFati Of the new cars
Will be made il The open
The exhibition opens daily from 10
- lock in he morning 10 II o'clock at
Trade tickets VIII De issued 3
facturers each day uHtn o'clock.