The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-08
EXPERTS VIEW OF AUTOSHOW.
SIMPLICITY 4 STRONG POINT or
MODERN CARS.
En,hu>lasm Or Attendants a Feature ~
Exhibition In the Palace Moving Pict-
urss OF Racing Events interest visitors
Contrast IN Manufacturing Methods.

fiAlIPNl fNtiN "AfbAiAN'H' ''S"
., This city. all Of those in Paris and most
= the London affairs, walked around the
Grand Central Palace last night examin-
Ing the cars shown in the seventh annual
show nf the Automobile Club Of America
and showing almost a. much interest in the
,,,nd attendants ~ he did in the machines.
His father wGs thoughtful enough to pro-
,tac MIN VIM a sufficiently large inheri-
lance. 50 that he has not been forced to keep
grinding away at his practice. IA many
members Of his profession are compelled
10, and has been ableto crafty all of his
desires ia the way of purchasing As many
automobiles as he wished. he being one Of
the first Americans to bring back with
him from Europe a power driven vehicle.
What struck him most in the machines,
A. he coutrasted them with the first cars
he had -een, was the remarkable simplicity
If the modem cars, when he remembered
how complicated some of his first I'M
,orted machines were. He told Of the hours
he or his chauffeur had been compelled
70 spend on their backs. stretched out
under the engine of some balky machine
which could only be fixed from beneath.
In these days there is 30 little Of interest
% the under part Of the cars that the prao-
toe Of having big mirrors on the floor under
the cars has been almost altogether a
donsd. while a year or 30 ago most all ex-
hibits OF high priced machines included a
chassis under which q mirror was placed
% that interested visitors need not get down
on their knees to find out how the bottom
Part of the engine looks.
Now il is rare indeed to find an engine
which cannot be entirely examined from
the top. The physician said that he was
very much pleased to note the progress
made by the American manufacturers
In building high grade cars "a well as the
lighter ~rlnabouts and small touring cars,
for which this country has become famous.
He predicted that the automobile would
In time be exported to Europe, as was the
American bicycle after it had been per-
fected.
He said that the stand att endants in
terested him very much, as almost TO a
man they were living proofs Of how en-
thusissm can conquer bodily fatigue.
Here we're men who hive stood on their
feet for five days from 10 O'Clock in the
morning until II O'Clock at night with an
hour or two taken out for meals, but who
would apparently be as fresh as ever when
they put in an appearance at their booths
on Saturday morning. He was first led
TO notice this from his professional point
Of view. and says hat 1t has always been
the same since he contracted the auto
mob lie show habit in France years sgo.
I'D near the roof. where the balloons,
seroplanes and other ~aeronautical special
ties of the Aero Club Of America are shown,
is the vitagraph room. where every after
noon and evening Genes from the recent
Vanderbilt cup contest are reproduced
tor the amusement of visitors. both
the start and finish of what will probably
he the last contest OF the kind ever held
IN a public highway in this country are
shown with all the exciting details. A
lump ia made 10 the famous Hairpin Turn,
and another excellent series of pictures
shows several machines speeding into the
approach 20 this bad curve. krug's Cor
ners was another spot selected for a re-
markable series Of motion pictures.
Possibly the most interesting Of all are
the pictures taken OF the crowds along the
course as the cry. of Car oomingl' wa
heard. The swaying masses. grud gingly
giving way before the flying racer the
hlur az light "a the car flashes by and dis
appears in the distance and the surging
hack OF the crowd into the road make one
Of the most characteristic views OF the en-
tire race. In addition to the Vanderbilt
Gun pictures there are a number OF bal
loon a~scensions thrown IN the canvas
screen. While perhaps not IA exciting,
these are very interesting. Both the start
uf the race for the James Gordon Bennett
International aeronautical trophy in France
and the recent Aero Club ascension at
Pttsfeld are gwen, az well as a film show
Ing the Lebaudy airship experiments near
Paris.
A great contrast in manufacturing
methods is afforded by two firms whose
exhibits are across al aisle from each
other in the front part OF the main floor
the r. L. VI. Motor Car and Equipment
company and the American Locomotive
cerns the b. l.. VI. firm is really the older.
though il may be that the other firm was
incorporated before the b. l.. NJ. concern
vas formed into a company. II is made
up. OF sidney y. Breese, Charles Lawrance
aud Arthur J. Moulton, whose initials have
been used 10 make up the firms Official
tltle. The first two named members hrst
began making experiments with automo-
biles more than two years ago, when they
bought a two cylinder motor in France
which they brought TO this country
pvt into a frame of their own design in a
chop az Southampton, l.. |.
Arthur ]. Moulton later Joined forces
With them and they determined to bring
out a racing machine. in which type OF
construction Mr.. Moulton was very much
Interested. Mir. Breese is a son OF James l..
Nreese OF the Automobile Club OF America
and both OF his associates have plenty
~ means, 50 that the question of funds
never bothered the young men in their ex-
perimental work. They entered a racing
caT as a candidate for the American team
in the Vanderbilt cup race this year but
lad no opportunity to show what II could
10. IA one OF its cylinders cracked on the
morning Of the day that the cars had 10 be
weighed in before the elimination trial.
Automobile designers and engineers WHO
have seen the racer. which is shown in the
Grand Central Palace, say tina 1t is one OF
the finest built racing machines ever turned
0ut in the world. IL has a four cylinder
engine which is rated at IS horsepower
and the machine weighs but ! $50 pounds.
With its water and oil tanks filed, far below
the international weight limitof :. 204 pounds.
10 il an especially trim looking car and has
an immense fuel tank behind the seats
which has a capacity of forty-tive gallons
IT gasolene. They also make touring cars
Of lG and "a horsepower.
While the three young men who started
out 20 make an automobile regardless OF
price drew on the engineering knowledge
" France. Germany and many other coun-
tries, which they supplemented with their
own experiments. their big neighbor across
the aisle-the American Locomotive Auto
mobile Company-pursued a different
FubrbaH NLop tho an ODO 00n American