The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-19
AUTOS ARE NOW THE CRAZE.
VISITORS TO THE SNOW TALK
or THE Room.
Crush In the Aisles at Night session-shan
Drive Substituted for Chain and
sprooket-SOme OF the Latest Inven-
tions-Women Look for Information.

Garden this week will come away with
the impression that everybody il going
motoring this year It cannot be helped
j IL In the air. It is almost as bad as the
bicycle craze Of 1895.
The idea that a boom season for the auto
mobile has arrived which was entertained
by a few thoughtful dealers and which
was published in The Sun yesterday morn
ing, caught the popular fancy exactly.
The boom occupied a prominent place
In the talk Of the show men and the visitors
yesterday. The visitors began to arrive
as soon IA the doors were opened From
10 o'clock until noon the aises were quite
"a crowded az they have been on any even
ing during the week.
All classes of persons are buying ana
all sorts Of machines are being sold. The
men with the little cars at low prices are
smiling. and the men who sell the high
priced cars wear a perpetual grin. II has
not yet reached the stage where automo-
biles are being sold on the installment
plan, but one does not have 20 stretch the
Imagination much to conceive OF that time
being near at hand
For lovers Of the horse. even the most
enthusiastic ones. it Is difficult, after a visit
TO Madison Square Garden, 20 escape the
conviction that the emancipation Of that
animal is near at hand,
There are several manufacturers OF
trucks and delivery wagons at the show,
and they are doing quite as good business
as the makers Of pleasure cars
Last night there was crush in the aisles,
and it was easy to pick out wealthy fol-
lowers Of fashion by the dozen. At night
the show is distinctly a dress affair, and
great many derive satisfaction by simply
sitting and looking on at the we'll dressed
throngs in the aisles.
The women in the crowd stop and listen
to the explanations of the mechanism
oTe red by he demonstrates the booths,
ana many OF them seem to comprehend
all the working parts Others however
make 1t obvious that they are taking their
first instruction One woman TO whom the
action of carburetor was being explained
last nj ght. after listening with apparent
attention. exclaimed
-Oh, yes see The air is drawn in under
pressure, ana then it swels and makes il
GO
1t is evident that some Of the visitors
travei from the show in the Garden TO that
in the Herald Square Hall, where the i'm
ported cars are Dtllk NllpNils anu NAN'
versa. One woman looking at a Pope
Toledo car turned to her husband with the
question:
Now, why are these not as good as the
foreign cars? They look just the same
and they are - 2r so much cheaper?'
One the changes of the year is found
in the ainc i universal adoption Of a shaft
drive. in substitution Tor he chain and
apruckot transmission, A now ide" in
shaft propulsion is found on the Haynes
car for 1905. the driving shaft + which
Is fitted with rollers a the rear end, ins cad
OF bc ycllcd teeth
Something Of unusual interest is found
in the basement attached TO six cylinder
engine Of % horse power that has been
made to order for Otto Mears, the railroad
man 1t is n starting device which entirely
abolshes the need for n crank.
II consists of a powerful spring, which
is wound up by the engine when it is run
ming by the action OF the motor shaft.
When wound up it is locked and then the
shaft automatically disconnects itself
When il is desired to start the car, all that
Is necessary 10 do Il To push small lever
and the spring IL released. and the power
Of il applied 40 that the motor Is given
several turns the same as it ia by the use
Of the hand crank
Inventions OF this sort are or peculiar
interest because one Of the most frequent
demands Of automobilsts for some time
has been for something 10 do away with
the clumsy labor compelling and danger
Qua starting crank.
A significant fact was learned from the
Norhington company Yesterday. This firm
imports the Leon Bolee car hut does not
bring them over "a they are made in France
The cans they sell here are specially CON
strlctpd under specifications sent over to
The factory for the purpose Of having them
made 10 til the requirements Of the Aneri-
can road and the wants Of the American
user
II is MOI To be supposed because Of the
importers hg wing "A separate show in Herald
Square Hall that there are no foreign made
machines al the Garden. Nearly all Of
the best known makes Of European cars are
to be found on the main floor or in the res
taurant. or in the basement
At the Panhard booth. in the restaurant,
the Vanderbilt; cup when was raced fUf
on Long Island last fall. * on exhibit. II Is
enclosed in q glas, case. with picture OF
George Heath the winner Of IT, standing
o. top, and il attracts a great deal Of at
teution.
Not only arc delivery awgons and motor
hauling vehicles of various sorts displayed
at the show but in the basement lawn
mower winch Is driven 10y a gasoene engine
l. on exhibition.
Tho Peerless exhibit which wa wrecked
on Monday while on "A tram On route 20
New York was completely ruined. hat last
night 60, G., Mridgwar, the racing man.
pointed proudly 10 d Front and rear axle
with the wheels attached which had been
part of "a chassis and which had come
through Snn""h hat damaged but not
broken and very little bent They make
a novel exhibit. and there Is a crowd around
them most Of The time
\ great deal of interest centres in the
new Speedway motor car with an engine
built by tho boat building firm Of Charles