The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-17
RECORD CROWD AT AUTO SHOW
VISITORS FROM FAR AWAY STATES
AND CANADA ARRIVE.
Public Eager to See the New Models--Ex-
hiblts Compare Fayorably with the
Paris Salon-Some Useful and Orna.
mental Novelties I'm the Garden.

Paris Salon-SOmc Useful and 0rna.
mental Novelties in the Garden.
From 10 O'Clock In the morning. when
tho doors Of Madison square Garden opened
Yesterday, until 1880 O'Clock nt night, when
tuo tired men in the exhibitors booths began
+. STARE the horns of the machines as a signal
i.t r. was time TO "a home crowds surged
INTO the automobile show. Thus far the at
tendance has been unprecedented IN the
morning. and until O'Clock ia the ali etnoon,
which Is the time supposed to be- set apart
for ti1dcsmen To visit the exhibition, there
v.retNicc as many OF this class OF visitors MS
over before. They came from all parts of
tt. country. including California aud Texas.
4 -pccul train load Of dealers and motorists
,me down from Toronto. most Of them
irne members Of the Toronto Automobile
Chm Another special train from Toledo
brought in Rftv-cigln. many OF them dealers.
mat mot all More han 500 retail automobile
ssclt, registered during the day at tho in
formation bureau
rha public. however. did not choose TO
honor tho hours set apart for the trade. but
rcg1n urriving az the Garden along with the
agents IN tho forenoon. The obvious eager
rc.- Of tho general public To see tho new
models and Ind out all they can about them
was amazing There Is general comment
.f,.,si ,,bar 40 n,,,o,,obtlo
- - he noc,Iiarlv a nossession NJ
velrhv persons and when II has begun TO
DC sought for By persons who are merely
VOL % do and by the middle classes.
-itors at tho show who attended tho Paris
salon declare that IN certain important re-
tperts this exhibition is superior to the French
NJ. ~, -, p1risi In Tho hea,,,y ~ deco-
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,',,...,.,, a,, 3D.. pro how tbe ccnoraI onm
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ia.,,iadisor So,,,ra ffar,sn ,hera ia
i.,L., ,,o,.oi and in,eros,irg that one
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g." something row on ench trlp
lvcry one who seriously considers the
e,hibltion agrees that the keynote OF the
-, hi,-;s no e,rt ,bottbe American auto-
mus J, Wv ','I, We 49,. rrt,.oI
mople INDUSTRY as NIip'' mas "liNcu'
Last year some we're so bod as TO say that
tho American rnnker had caught mn with the
.t,.,.,. ~, Z. ,,.,s ,or,orL al
I''tlSu "'d"uld''u'V,' "". ,rt -,
with a question marx AT the emo ne iae,
vas that a few OF the Am orican makers had
very nearly ovprtaken their mentors in Eu-
lope. ln,s ,vo' -" ~ ~, - W
the manufacture represented III .he snoN
have cars that are as much mp to date as any
of hose at the Fren ca exhibition.
Among the arrivals at the show yesterday
4 h &
was o. \ Nhlsfeh ol Denver VINO - prp.h"'
Ing hill climbing contest up Pixies Peak.
10 he held next August I he summit OF
me- pcot lie ,tteo fcct above tho con Lowell
~ va" - - 49,
anu the Jou'Hta W ], Wy ""sO" va" - 'V"i
teen miles Most or tine grades are about
IN nor cont and there are many turns that
,,,ta tho trin n dnneerons one If il ia At
w.. -, -, ,,oro vow, sto,
'eHp'tu " 'dHe Vi'Vi'' Nv "'o' y "''" wy si""
rate OF speed
Something new in the way OF body desi On
IA shown n, the stand Of the Knox concern
= - -, =,
Mhlca adheres 10 the alf-cooled ldra' II ~
a body In which n folding ear scat is sub
stitut ed for the old style detachahle tonncau.
When 10 seo, A. openod ma IN - roscr,t1,. ,
49,, a,d ,bor. - a IA door a,,,rnn,a ="
ba rea,r Sea- Wisn tLe 500, ia foided nero
a. M g,n rb,tnyar bnrs or tbe from ,.
he eide door rtinninp flush vyitb ma eida Of
,bo Ind,, ibars - roo,, fnr n ,,tnL and
nv 49, hle n,ber bnggnga to bo carrieJ
bebind The drivers scat on the back OF The
,,ar .,at ,rban In ia CIosed mis- iden orers
IN Ie sdvertnyce Of ihc dc, n rb9 bie ,nnnes1l
, ,1, Nh ,niicb loss tro,,bie in chanSing tbo
Tvs az The yebicle from n single saater TO a
AL re,cr Nm ia Tho CSC y.Iop ,bc
to,nssu las 10 he detached
In interesting innovation in the n,etbod
-, ,i,i bri, ~ b h e,,v' Hui
,roj,,ced he 9.lnrnnder Winton Abnndot
IN = s1rirre nrcss',re md Son, feeds his
re lt l,.ontor ala h, c, tns
volycs IN oI ina tbicspess nf an cndlcss
ri, ~ III Cd a., b,. he roiler 10 ~ ro,,,,in,a
h.. VA M ~ ,bo r,'antity ~ I'd -
stv',s ,s.,.,od possiry ,bis 'rcs,,,i, T
tbo m, IL 80, las. tbc roli"r fror, nn linn,
MIN, .on,b 5nd H. dreItnd in eo,,oI ,n,.nii-
W." Inv, ~ ~ 'r'',t w. epun, 'luHm't,
io,r,s t LII o,d ,he ,' a h Snart
ines Tia c,linder is drivnn hv tbe ,noto-
ib1o,rb VAN, s,e,r and tberehv I,brico-
-, ,or Il ,,, ,,t. ID ,iy9,,s ia oyoc, ,,ro,o-
,,or ~ H., ,tr.s oad Vbe" ia 20, ,Op,a
s,ar, b,tr;n,tior hosirs Wien tbo ,mo,or
stons ri,r,in, ,b. l'tTirstio, ,c,sas '''V'''
H. INN 90 hofore tpe cyLu,i,o-, 40
tbil ,.c,r tSe,- c,, @ or
ing ,l tba tr,,o in ,,srdrnss 81 thcir ,a ii,rs