The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-01
AMONG THE AUTOMODILISTS.
ALL READY FOR OPENING OF
SHOW TONIGHT.
Local Manufacturer VIII Vie with Foreign
Exhibitors in Grand Central Palace
Every Type OF Machine VIII BE In
cIuded In the Array OF the cars.

cIuded In the Array OF the Cars.
To-nightht 3 O'Clock the doors OF the Grand
Central Palace at Lexington avenue and
Forty-third street will be thrown open Tor
the seventh annual automobile show OF the
Automobile Club of America. which VIII run
until next Saturday night. In the pullolns
will be shown the wares OF more than zS
exhibitors, who have come not only from all
over this country but from England, France
Germanv. Italy and several other European
countries. Almost 100 of the exhibitors will
show automobiles of various types. ootn
| American and imported. These automobiles
= will range from the $500 runabout made Dy
a Detroit firm to the luxurious nmousines
| brought over here from France and selling at
prices that would buy two or three dozen OF
the natty little cars manufactured In the
! Michigan metropolis.
There will be all kinds OF cars shown
gasolene, steam and electric-and among
the machines equipped with gasolene enSines
will be air cooled motors and water cooled
motors, In this same division OF gasolene
/ cars will be found machines having engines
with almost any number OF cylinders any
reasonable person could ask for. There
will be one and two cylinder horizontal motors.
and in the vertical engine division there
will be four. six and eight cylinder motors
on exhibition. so far as the bodies or the
cars are concerned, there will be examples
OIL every lgDt NV w bhC
coachmakers. as well as a few revelations
of what m engine designers can
| when they abandon the draw
ing of plans for machinery and turn their
attention to providing the outside covering
for these modern portable power plants.
From a glimpse at some OF the show cars
Yesterday, this show will be more OF a spec
tacle than ever before, for many OF the ma
| chimes have been finished in hues that might
we'll put Biblical Joseph TO shame were he
to appear with his celebrated garment Of
many colors.
S. NJ. Butler, secretary Of the Automobile
Club of America. and also secretary Of the
A. C.. A. show committee. moved his entire
| oflce force down TO the Palace yesterday
and took possession Of the quarters he will
spend practically all Of his waking hours
in until next Saturday night. the decora-
tons were not quite completed yesterday
afternoon. but there is little doubt that
everything will be ready at 4 O'Clock this
afternoo n. when the automobile club MEM
bers and their friends will begin their two
hour private view OF the EXHIBITS. The menu
bers of the show committee nave received
many requests from friends and acQuaint-
ances for tickets to the private view.
Ali day yesterday and all night, too. repre-
sentatIves OF the exhibitors were puslly en-
gagged In installing their exhibits In the Palace.
The automoUlles were taken into the build
ing on the Forty-third street side and were
viewed with great interest by the many
baggage wagon drivers who usually have
this particular block all to themselves.
There was, a little friction in the afternoon.
owing to the fact that so many OF the auto
mobiles were crowded into this one block
in addition to the wagons hned up along the
CurD and there was much heated discussion
between the automobllIsts and wagon drivers
which was not strai ghtened out until a men,
Der of Commissioner Binghamis trafnc squad
appeared OH the scene; he made some OF
the horse drawn vehicles move out Of the
way and then lined UP the automobillsts in
sin gle file, which materially helped to
strengthen matters out. Most OF the cars
were tow ed TO the building, some oil them
being hauled there on huge trucks, but a few
their wi power after having been paraded
up and down Automobile Row Tor the
edi1Cation of the agents for rival ma
| chimes. More than $500 invitations have
been sent out to members of the Automobile
cub OF America and their friends for the
private view this afternoon from 4 until .
o'clock.
Automobile row was treated to a mild
sensation yesterday afternoon through the
advent in its midst" OF "A brand new car. II
being, as a matter OF fact. the very hrst ma
chine to be turned out by a new factory. IL
was "A rather spectacular looking affair. having
run rgnabon Body With a turtle back. While er sSs
bonnet was OF copper. Under the direction
OF its enthusiastic sponsor II was chrlstened
against its radiator front and then the gaso-
lene and oil tanks were nlled up. water put in
fbar II %as iooadsd 2p WITH a rS dozen io or
so Of the wildly cheering friends OF the spon-
sors and driven up and down the full length OF
| the district. Before IL was started
on its travels a bottle OF champag que was fas-
! tened by yellow ribbons on top OF the radiator
and a papier mache dragon tied on the bonnet
midway bet ween the dashboard and the radia-
tor top.
There Is great Joy in Pittsburg's automobile
circles for the Smoky City Is to have an auto
mobile show. Though seldom accused Of a
lack OF progressiveness. this will be the nrst
occasion that there has been an exhibition OF
motors cars and Their accessortes In that city.
IL will be held In the Duquesne Gardens dur
Ing the second week OF next April.
Canadian motorists say the new susomoblls