The Washington herald., 1907-01-18
REPORT MANY SALES
Dealers Prosper at New York
Automobile Show.
ATTENDANCE RECORD BROKEN
More Than 10000 People Viewed the
Exhibits on wednesday - storm
Gives Dealers ar Opportunity to
Demonstrate NonsI1id Tires and
Different Devices for Heating.

New York, Jan. 17.-Neither the snow
nor the doubled admission price served
to keep down the attendance at the
seventh annual automobile show, in Mad
ison Square Garden, to-day.
II had been expected by the men in
charge Of the exhibits that the storm
would have "a decided effect on the at
tendance. This however, was a mucn
mistaken notion. for, while the crowd
during the daylight hours might not have
been quite SO great as that Of the preyi-
GUS day. still there were more visitors
than could be well taken care Of by the
harassed stand attendants. one dis
gusted salesman for a popular machine
remarked that instead Of helping things
FOR the statesmen, the storm had really
made things much worse for them
The dozens Of demonstrating cars
bravely lined up around the building in
spite Of snow and wind. but few of them
were sent away with prospective buyers,
except in the case OF limited number
that were fitted with limousine or landau
let coachwork
To the makers Of nonskid attachments
for tires, and any sort Of a device for
heating, the storm was a great thing. for
hundreds Of visitors were reminded Of
the need Of such accessories. In conse-
quence Of this, those parts Of the build
ing where tires and accessories are dis
played We're visited by larger proper
tion Of the visitors to-day than on any
cay since the show opened.
AntI-freezing Compounds.
Makers of anti-freezing compounds for
the circulating systems Of water-Cooled
cars did thriving business, and fur
lined automobile clothing took on virtues
il had seemed 10 have lost before the
mercury dropped In several eases the
storm served 10 direct the attention Of
designers 10 the fact that it might be a
good idea 10 regularly equip their cars
with some sort Of foot warmers that
might be heated by either the exhaust
gases or the water from the water jack
cts. or by combining the two.
Il was announced to-day that more
than 20o0 visitors had been in the build
ing on Wednesday. which far surpassed
the former record for a single days at
tendance OF 1850
Two parties of city officials. headed by
Judge Thompson. mayor Of Atlantic City.
and acting Mayor Leeds OF VentOr, y J..
visited the show to-day in a body and
spent much time in the exhibition hall
studying various forms of commercial We
hicles that might be adapted TO municipal
purposes.
a man fond Of figures has estimated
that on the 153 complete cars on exhibl-
ton, there are J42S) balls. as showing the
popularity enjoyed by ball bearings. So
far IS the Ignition feature is concerned.
l-5 cars are equipped with high-tension
Jump-spark systems, y have lOw-tensiOn
systems. and 8 have both kinds
The visitors to-day were in a buyinE
mood, and il is quite likely that the gross
amount exceeds that Of any previous day
since the show opened. A great many
sales were made on Wednesday. but to-
days buyers were more disposed 10 pur-
chase expensive machines, with specially
made coachwork. and while an inquiry
at many stands revealed that the number
Of sales made did not quite come 10 that
IF the previous day. the money repre-
sented by the transactions was considera-
bly, greater.