The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-01
NOTES or THE TRADE
what's Going On In Automobile Circles.

Too many automobile manufacturers clAnioring
for exhibits space and too little available space TO
meet the demand have brought into existence the
importers Automobile salon which will open 10 the
public at the Herald square Exhibition Hall on Jen
H. and continue 20 the 18th. The well advanced
plans !ncluGo all imported ears OF note. Argyll
Bcrot eolec c. g y. Clement Bayard. Darracq
Tecauvile Dc Dietrich. DC Is Haye. Electromo-
bile. r. l. a. T.. Gabron Brittle Hotchkiss Martini
Mercedes Mors. Napier. Panhard. Pipe, Pucgot
Rensuii. Richard -BFssler Rochct Soh-eider- West
nghouse. list which represents the perfected N q
duStB nj France. England. GrrnanN, Scotland.
ITALY Switzerland and PeIgum. The scheme
Of exhibiting includes raised and carpeted plat
forms with dividing ratings and electric signs.
all uniform ia design snd arrangement on a
movable platform special exhibitions Of the various
cars pin be given. Zach manufacturer Will be
accorded one afternoon. during which car viii be
taken apart and then assembled. accompanied by
q demonstrating lecture Music viii be furnished
by the Italian Court Band from sband stand erected
IN the centre Of the hall. and q japanese garden
With gesns girls attendants Will furnish tea for
the women Herald Square Exhibition Hail Is on
the top noor OF the Macy store building and IS
reached by express elevators from the main nooE
of the stcrA ! special opening Will take place on
Jan. 10 admission TO which VIII - By Invitation
only.
Splash fabrication Is entirely abandoned by the
wInion Company IN It's 1905 cars, fabrication Of
all working parts being accomplished By an en-.
tlrelv new oiling device attached 20 the motor.
aud extending through the dash Is q box In which
rcvolvos an aluminium roller. driven by gear from
the engine. This roller picks up an endless nlm
q oil and discharges Il inio ten oil tubes leading
direct to the bearings constant supply Of oil
beneath the roller Is provided BY gravity from the
oil reservoir through 1ost chamber. Being gear
driven. the lubnosior works faster or slower.
according 10 the speed 81 the motor 20 that the oil
feed IS always IN proportion to the demsnds Of the
engine.
The ATTEMPT ha. several times been made In
this country n produce exact copy or one or
another high class foreign car E1penmenislly.
perhaps these attempts have succeeded com :
ucrcaliy iley have been FIAT failures. Lack Of
experience, and stiN more The lack thus Tar O.!
suhieent incentive among American founders
and steel makers to produce ste,s and ALUMINIUM
alloys equal 20 those used In automobiles abroad.
nave leo to results so unsatisfactory nat the gen
era impression 20 day IS that u viii SIN DC several
which mound Tor pound, viii show the speed lie
and general encisncy OF the imported cars
Tie Daimler Manufacturing Company proposes
30 SHOW nat It IS possible to build such maehlnes
Geseiscnatt o; Canns'sd. builders Of TIC Mercedes
cars. give Il the american and Sanadian Tignt
but TO al. their specncations Of materials ard to
the Use o. Their shop methods Were theS' see nt
making h. fullest us, Where 1t cannot buy
American matelIals 70 meet The speclcsuons o.
tAe parent company T. has Imported soc.
from the steel makers supplying the latter The
model for 1905 viii be ~ exact copy ~ INC Au-iH
horse power Mercedes for the same year Neither
palms nor expense Is being spared 20 m1Se u a
faithful reproduction w. substance IS wen As IN
tae nrst complete replica of q foreign car pro
duccd IT, this county The frst cars are expected
Ia be- ready by fne End OF January. The price
Win be announced little later. ana II IS asserted
that viii not be the least argument IA favor OF the
American Mercedes.
Knox commercial cars have stood tho teet Of
experience. II IS fact that more Knox cars are
Engaged In actual commercial work than al other
gAsoieuc cars combined. Being cooled by air.
by tho Knox patent system They do not freefe
lu winter OF overhead In summer. hence they arc
Ideal cars TO use every day IN tho year IN CONNER
rial work. one excellent feature OF these Knox
csrs Is that they have reduced the cost OF delivering
goods to a point never before reached