Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-07
INTEREST IN SHOW CROWS
All Lovers Of the Automobile Flock to the
Auditorium.
SIDE LINES PLANNED FOR VISITORS
Moving Picture Displays Are In Per-
feet order and AHOrd Great
Pleasure to Large
Crowds.

All Omaha seems TO be interested IN the
automobile show, which is in progress at
the Auditorium and the attendance has
been far in excess OF anything which was
anticipated by the promoters of the show.
Especially is the number OF people who
have come from out in the state gratifying,
and many machines have been sold to these,
all the dealers selling a goodly number
Several side issues of the show have been
planned for the entertainment Of the
visitors, one Of which was a hill climbing
contest Friday morning between a Buick
and a REQ and a five mile race between the
same machines. In the distance race the
Buick won by nearly mile and in the hill
climbing contest the Buick won by about
block. The race was up the Cass street
hill. starting at Seventeenth street.
Eastern manufacturers of machines are
taking great interest in the show and have
sent some OF their best men to exhibit the
machines, The representatives of tho
machines sold by the Powell-Bacon com
pany are d. s. Dubois and Tracy Holmes
Of the Franklin factory, w. c. Erwin and
c. ]. Downs of the White company, w. c.
Palmer OF the Pope Toledo and E. Grun-
feldt of the Baker Electric.
Moving Picture shows.
Manager Gillian, by the aid of some of
the stage hands from the local theaters,
| has made great improvements in the NOV
ing picture exhibit of the Vanderbilt races.
They have added accompaniment to
the pictures which make the display very
attractive and realistic.
The Deright company has sold several
machines since the opening of the show
among the number being STANDARDIZATION
machines to F. II. Davis and Z. V. Lewis.
| The Powell-Bacon company sold a model
c. Franklyn to j. NJ. Woolworth, Friday
morning. The large six cylinder thirty
horse power Franklin bought sometime ago
by Nels b. Updike arrived by express Fri
day morning and was at once taken to the
show where it is attracting considerable
attention The thirty-horse power of the
Franklin is said to equal fifty-horse power
of any of the other make.
The Ramblers shown under the direction
of Clarke G. Colt, also form one of the
features Of the show. Complete machines
are shown as well as machines with the
working parts exposed and machines which
have been in service for some time, show
ing the wear and tear and the little cost for
repairs.
owners ana admirers Of electric
machines will be glad to know that a
new improved rectifier for charging the
objection to electric cars heretofore has
been the charging question. and with this
rectiier the problem seems to be solved In
a satisfactory manner The cost Of charg-
ing batteries with this new rectifer Is a
great deal less than with the old methods,
and an electric car may now be kept at
an average expense of not more than 81
per month. There was some delay in this
Mercury Arc rectifer getting here, but 1t
arrived by express Friday and was placed
in the Fredrickson exhibit and shown In
working order. .t
The two highest priced cars in Omaha
are the Peerless and the Thomas Flyer
They seem to be close competitors AMI
the merits OF each are being discussed and
compared Both cars always are sur
rounded by a circle of admirers.
A great attraction is the display of Pres
to-Olite gas tanks, which are exhibited
in the Fredrickson booth.
Probably the leader in four-cylindeI
, machines is the Thomas Flyer the mile-a-
minute car. which has seating capacity
of seven persons. 1t is hfty-horsepowel
and the largest as well the swiftes
automobile in the city. 1t is also fitted
with more anu-friction bearings than any
other car in the world. The car has many
exclusive features, one of which is tn,
; locking device, which prevents the cal
/, from backing down hill.
= The Peerless the car made famous b!
Barney Odheld in his racing exploits, is
great favorite with those who desire {
high grade. high priced car.
Machines sold by H. Fredrickson: Peer
less, j. NJ. Larsen; Thomas Flyer, ]. w
; Mcdonald, Lincoln; Buick touring car. L
l. Abbott; Buick Runabout, A H. Fetters
! Haynes Charles Kelly.
An 1880 model of the Haynes is show
q in the Fredriekson exhibit This is tn,
first Haynes brought to Nebraska and on
of the first automobiles in the city. 1t ha
4 been in almost constant use ever sine
4 and its owner, e. w. Lamoreaux, reports
4 that 1t seldom sees a repair man. This Il
q a great recommendation for the Hayne
and doubtless there will be a large mum
Der Of that make sold here this season.