New-York tribune., 1905-01-21
gUYING AUTOMOBILES.
NAM Purchasers at Skosc Yesterday
Enormous Business for Week.


,...-,ers uot what may be said TO the contrary.
.As popularity o: the automobile has grown 10
-,-+ious undreamee Of three years ago. a visit
- automobile show in Madison Square Garden
,tss,x 10 convert The most skeptical into an ar
:. -s enthusiasts believer. One may enter a
,rer looking for entertainment or. msphap.
-, sheer curiosity, 10 see what's all this fuss
-. automobiles" as visitor said upon enter
= oDlv- 70 depart with single purpose-to buy
S~ :, once. or, at least, plan TO set one soon
= ,sssfle II IS not hare to account FOR. There
= - i-herert love in the raajority OF people for
-.rhiue OF any KIND that they can run themselves.
- the present show is object lesson easily and
--T.klv learned. There is q fascination about ii.
~ which attracts. and many OF the same faces
- seen afternoon and evening and Tuesday.
~tr-s5ay and Friday as well
:. -rss thought that there might be a falling off
= -,,teneanoe at the show yesterday. but. the
-.-s-v the big auphitheatre was crowded morn
- oere-roon and evening. The whole city is
--t,rool,ile crazy a remark heard more than
-, and truly the big amphitheatre is not large
,,gh 10 accommodate comfortably all who want
= see and learn shout the automobile from tire
: ton There were more real buyers in the
-.-se, Yesterday than any previous day. There
-. those who would not purchase until they had
sssn or examined every make exhibited. but by
-.-sa7 hey we're sstiated with automobile lore
rs came 20 buy. satisfied in their own minds at
less- tbat hey had picked cut the best car. run
sbout or stanhope in the show
The general knowledge possessed by the average
s--or Was cause for comment. It was the same
- men and women and even young boys and
,-ls The talked about rims and tires and gears
sr5 coils with The duency OF an expert, and the
..sli,c erev that half the population were soon
,-ouI5 be chsUfeurs II must be confessed that
. tbs rlsin observer. except for shape. size O.
style one make looked much like the next. but
i. -rsin observer was In the minority. and the
isr-s- psrr q the crowd came 10 see and appre-
-iare 100 be II said the intricate workings, the
new 6evises the latest Improvements. Space is
1s-sfnr 10 90 into these interesting details, but
herein is the keynote Of the present Slows popu-
Iarstv n the true enthusiast
-sf h1-r sold OUT was the report that came last
-trht ron The various exhibitors, and there was
MOI one who was not busy booking orders for future
delivery Al effort was made 20 get a rough esti-
ie Of the total sales for the week by going from
N 10 booth. but II soon resulted in maze Of
res that startled. Many companies have sold
2 output for the year. and a number were
usly refusing orders yesterday. When ii is
lre6 that the average price OF an automobile IS
EGA i osn be readily seen how much money is
involved IL this growing industry. Five million
dolsrs is q conservative estimate of the business
done By Ire nirery-odd manufacturers OF finished
vehicles during the week Some makers we're averse
10 telling how much business had been done. be
cause il was SO much greater than expected that
II seemed Ike useless exaggeration. Some idea can
be gained, however, the Pope Toledo Company
has practically sold its entire output OF one thou
sard machines. These machines cost $500 each,
which means q business Of sS.5oo00l
Society has not been backward in according It's
approval 70 the American built machine st this
sh0E, and almost every maker has been favored
win orders from people who have never before
uEeo ne American product
Probably The most important sale yesterday was
tns Of horsepower Simplex Smith & Mabley
car 70 Howard Could. who said that ne wanted il
to- ike present 70 MS vie. The is an opera
S nd r-Uo1
seat eoiuns. John J6cob Astor also a buyer
andrew Carnegie was an Interested vis!foT ana
enoe1 hy giving an order 20 ". 3. Henderson for
Eoas tor gysHg tie order: First III. Henderson
was s'9teh5nsn: and, second. the Winton seemed
n eonzaTiEg the New-York automobile show
s4 80 Lse Leee1l Paris salon, z r Thomas. presi-
tSsns-s whose extensive exhibit o; 90 20 ard 60
ssid yegtTc S ySC, ,e5 s15!on LOT ~ south Slsle
,-3 -glA e1hoit main moor. galleries and basement
a the same time I firmly believe ehe American
tnoF sr exceeds the French exposition ir the num-
sSvN 1ooel YET We have tv-eIaged ten sales dav
- Size ne snow opened last Saturday night
.Sss: lH ne most part been made by our different
,te5- tSI-a WAC nave been here on the lookout for
III. Thomas h9s always declared thai he would
en- en- ~. 81 tae racing game and that nothing on
Eented IN large number OF events T hot5 % PoIio
S;Oona 80 una IN rhe next two weeks Harry S. FIoupt
discovered the speed there was stored away In
49, NJ ~ Thomas s9-hoTEepowe- car at the recent
@,essiy N. - races. when IN the free-for-au MS
q 80 gained az entire lap on the whole ued
oea-ille race Major c. J. 3 Miller. Of Franklin
Tenn- member Of the Nevg-York Yacht and New
~ sAtaielic 4ssa ordered a special sfx-cylnder
h fo Is 5nak' SIX months ago. stating ne wanted
~ n ~ t9qf7ng. Now this car. too IS entered IN
~ fiofl1a races. -
,o9Ssor l9csor 7 White president Of the National AS
nis- Ti-lon % q A1tomobile Manufacturers said iast
-ss.s .sl9,, N speaking Of the show this week:
,b;s -ousn tlis snow Is the bigFest ever held IN
he f,3,, believe II only partially indicates
fs-sl Sl9Ie o this big industry. The makers have
W6cSS tSeacneo az yet On the commercial vehicle
s%,l1-1 % eLleIs large field. II has been a rush 10
c1.5-s - demand for pleasure cars so that the
. slel machines have had attention only from
- ne Snow proves that America has taken
vehicles ----@~'-1S o. power CIlNen
.io = worth noting that there has been no reduc-
- - Iie prlce OF automobiles but Ii must also
rnonev tt.-et the makers are giving more for the
,iS,eii l .-al IN previous years While many fndi-
fbse concerns may be sold out am well satfs6ed
- 5S.lo1sh cars can be manufactured 10 meet
Nui'e 2t l1ts show N-9--iN0S
A15ros A55o5s the visitors ~ the show yesterday were
ebe-i5N SaInegie. Mrs. c. " Kensett James
Crg-,- Z tai-E Creamer. Richard Carnaan Frank
a. = @,Is samuel ireland, Captain Lars Apder
Job~ a..lsseS Louis and Natalie Kanderhorf Mrs
sr5ssb eseS1cheller, James T Hyde Charles W
Se--, S, MS a. Howard Could Mrs Richard Trirnble
20 -Aonlssoa and Daniel Bradley.