The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-31
AUTO SHOW NO.
/ WILL CLOSE
TONIGHT
Exhibit No. 2 Will Be
Opened at Madison Square
Garden Saturday.

NEW YORK, Oct. S1.-The. automobile
show at the Grand Central Palace will
come to an end tonight. 1t was army and
navy day yesterday, and a large number of
officers from both departments mingled IN
the big crowd hat was In attendance. The
exhibitors said that they had done the best
lays business since the show began.
After seven days the managers of the
affair are being called upon TO find out
what the attendance has been, to show the
! public interest and to see whether any
thing Will prove the advisabllity and prac-
ticabil1ty Of he early exhibition. This
year there was but one day of Increases
admission fees, and from the way jspee&s
have been coming 1t Is unOf1assEsT an
lpouneed that the paid attendance this year
} will be about 1900 less tAsn that of last
leSar. This means about 1900 fewer people
sad one of the chief reasons for II drop has
aeen the fact that the big manufacturer
Who last year bought about 1000 tickets
to be given out for trade have this year
taken only about o~ne-quarter of that
amount.
1t is stlll the general opinion that
nothing definite can he said US to whether
the big exhibitions are ahead OF the selling
season. II Is a truth well known to the
trade that very few of the retail sales re-
ported are authentic, though they may be
later, and an agent for one of the best
known makes of small single cylinder cars
on the market today said that he had
never sold more than five little machines
AZ lie WSbh OIL " SHOW IN MS HE. But
there is a great deal OF wholesale business
Icing done, chiefly In placing agencies ana
securing contracts.
A large number of officers in the United
States army and navy, stationed in New
York and Vicinity, accepted the clubs in
vitation last night and the handsome uni
forms looked lne when the officers moved
among the cars.
The count OF the cars Mt the show states
that there are 10 complete cars on exhibi-
ton, or which 154 are pleasure and sixteen
commercial. Besides, there are 80 COM
plete classes. The water-cooled motors
number 100, as against is air-cooled. There
are Is six-cylinder and 1872 four-cylinder
vertical motors. AS for bodies there are
bU ~runebouts, A tourists for Ave passen-
gers. 2S for seven passengers, Ia limousines.
landaulets, a victoria and 0 to~urabouts.
There are many conspicuous examples of
body coloring at the show. The National
carries off the palm for sensation with a
scotch plaid body, light green running
gear and leather trimmings.
There is a salmon pink Chadwick road
ster and also a Rainier limousine with dark
green and white stripes on a black back
ground: Garford limousine with a pretty
combination of cream and black; a Lane
roadster in brilliant red and gold trim
mings; a Cleveland touring car with holly
red running gear, s~urmounted by a bright
Saginaw red body, with gold and black
trimmings.
In line with its usual policy of education
and assistance, the Automobile Club of
America invited engineering students of
many schools as guests. Two hundred and
fifty students from the Carnegie LAbora-
tory of Engineering of the Stevens Insti-
tute of Technology have attended the ex
hibition In small squads during the week.
After tonight the majority of the agents
and factory people will rest for q day and
then inspect the licensed cars In the show
that opens on Saturday In the Madison
Square Garden. The preparations are fast
being completed and many of the cars arc
already in tow and ready to go Into
places.
One of the features of the Palace show 4
the exhibit of the Aero Club. which has
caused a good deal Of comment, and. tC
the great surprise OF the club members
has proved that there is already a de-
mand for the big gas bags Ten bal.
at st. Louis by amateurs who are moi
satisfied with the sport they can find on
terra flrma, and as If for the purpose of
giving ballooning Its proper recognition.
one American millionaire is on the point of
falling a victim to the allurements Of the
hydrogen envelope. A.. Leo Stevens has had
since the opening OF the auto-aero show
more requests for balloon demonstrations
than he can possibly meet, from now un-
I'll the snow flies. He will make aecensions
from Pittsfeld on Saturday of this week
and Monday of next with prospective pur-
chasers. And one of these candidates for
future honors In atmospheric contests Is
the w~ell-known automobilist, Charles ].
Glidden.
Il suppose that half Of the persons whc
have asked me to set them dates for dem
! onstrations in ballooning are merely crazy
to go up In q balloon" said Mr.. Stevens
yesterday. THE other half have Inn
pressed me as being seriously interested
in the sport and intend to take up aero
nautics as soon as they can qualify as
pilots. l have sold for future delivery
several balloons since the st. Louis races,
and II merely illustrates again how Ameri-
cans go into a thing. We are on the verge
Of a. balloon furore. and 1t will not be long
before the United States and Canada, for
the Canadians are taking rapidly to pal
looring. will lead the world in aeronautics.
as they do in almost all the other great
sports. Ballooning is not as expensive as
autoing, and yet 1t Is far more exciting,
eXhilarating. You can get a very good ball
loon for $500. and If two men 90 dutch
on an ascension a single trip will not
cost each OF them more than s25. the price
OF a single automobile tire.