New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-20

before, for flags and bunting have been strung in
front of the gallery and balcony. which with tho
glare OF the highly polished framework of the
machines and the bright electric lights suspended
from the iron Orders help to make the general ap-
pearance bit more festive
The commercial vehicles at the Fourth-ave. end
of the Garden are attracting considerable attention
among business There are several OF these
machines exhibition of ponderous size among
them beer trucks big enough to carry the supply
for picnic at College Point.
The show has proved profitable to the concerns
who have these exhibition, for orders have
already begun to flock in All the exhibitors say
they are doing good business.
Operators Of power driven machines as we'll as
advocates OF better highways from various parts
Of the country. attended the first convention OF
automobilists. that was held in Madison Square
Garden yesterday under the auspices of the Ameri-
can Motor League. Isaac B. Potter president OF
the league, told OF the work which the organization
is doing toward obtaining better highways. erect
ing signboards and publishing tour books.
Martin Dodge, director OF the United States De-
partment Of Road Inquiry at Washington. among
other things said that the question of good roads
not party issue. but an all absorbing topic
for the country at large. Other speakers were r
". Richardson, OF Omaha, secretary OF the Ma.
tional Good Roads Association: Frank D. Lyon
representative of the State Engineers Department
at Albany; James II. Macdonald. known as the
MacAdam Of America. who is the Highway Commits
sioner of Connecticut; James w. Abbott, of Den
yer, the Western representative Of the Government
Road Inquiry Bureau. who laid the route for the
recent trip across the continent OF Thomas Fitch
IN automobile. and Augustus Post who spoke
Of good roads from the point OF view of automob-
lists. There was also a talk on the roads Of the
New World, illustrated with stereoptfcop views by
NJ. o. Eldredge. chief assistant of the Government
Road Inquiry Bureau at Washington.
The directors Of the American Automobile Asso-
citation met yesterday and decided plan Of aff-
iation between clubs that hold membership in the
organization which will permit all members to OBJ
tain Tull privileges at American Automobile AsSOcia
ton clubs throughout the country. The idea is 10
give TO every member OF the club headquarters
in various cities when on 4 tour. The Long Island
Automobile Club was the first TO offer It's clubhouse.
The question of motor boat racing was referred TO
q committee
While the Herald Square Automobile Show is
gaining In exhibits and audience nightly, IL looks
now as If next week would be record breaker at
this hail. The manager is constantly receiving
entries from concerns at the Garden who will
remove their exhibits Sunday from the Garden
and Interesting cars in the hall is for $3.50, a
light and powerful machine Of the latest design,
having a shaft drive. and Is fitted with a vertical
air cooled motor. hung directly the front axle
Two interesting exhibits are the Columbia com
mercisI automobiles and the Toledo cars. Crowds
concerns carefully inspecting each part of the
makeup of the cars. The chassis Of the Columbia
2De0-pound delivery wagon has a wheel base OF
50 inches, 36-nch wheels with 35-inch solid rubber
tires. I-beam iron frame, full platform springs ar
both ends, and motors, series wound, OF 50
the rear wheels by double reduction gears and In
dvidual chains The controller Is Of the horizontal
tyne. There is a powerful foot-operdted brake and
a new form of wheel steering.