New-York tribune., 1907-01-18
TIMELY AUTO TOPICS.
What 1t Costs to iShozc a Carlo
Race Up Eagle Rock Hill.

President L H Kittridge of the Peerless Mo-
tor Car Company said last night at the show in
Madison Square Garden that he believed the
present show the greatest that had ever
been held in America. He said further:
1t seems to that there more different
points of excellence in this show than In any
that / have seen. Ii is an expensive show. not
only for the association promoting it. but Tor
every one concerned. However. L believe that
it is still the best possible publicity which a
large manufacturer could have and thlnk this
condition will last for some years
suppose that most persons do not know how
much expense this exhibition proposition. is
either In time or money. began importing me me
bodies for our show from Paris in August the
orders having been placed as early as May
think we had at times as many as tnlrty men
working in the factory, off and on over seven
models. We had a continuous large force OF
makers developing the ideas OF CharleS smith
our designer. All this extra expense Whlch
would not have occurred had We confined our
selves to our stock output without building show
cars We have in this exhibition at present up
ward of 100000 worth of show cars that Is, m
cluding the cars used in demonstrating outslde
of the Garden This space for the Peerless eX-
hibit alone cost $4,000; expressage in cohheCo-
ton with shipments amounts to nearly S1,ooo
while advertising and incidental expenses mean
$4,000 more.
Enthusiastic purchasers of 1907 cars gathered
at the stand OF Wyckoff Church & Partridge
yesterday discussing the proficiency of their re-
spective drivers. i. S. Partridge was elected
stakeholder Of contests to be Immediately
after the show. Ray S. Cummings. who pur-
chased a Stearns from Wyckoff. Church d
Partridge on Monday. wagered with PERSONA
friend and owner of 1907 Packard mat ne
would lower the Packard's time up Eagle ROCK
hill. The conditions of the trial are 10 ne
$1,000 for each passenger, which VIII pfdc'i-
cally give to the winner car for nothing as IL
is proposed TO have five passengers. Ihe eIen'
will be witnessed by a number Of those inter-
ested in both these high class machines
Wyckon, Church e Partridge effected sale
yesterday Of a Stearns car 20 Edgar Murphy.
Owing to the heavy sales OF these cars the de-
livery could not he arranged unit! March !.
Considerable interest Is being shown In and
around Smith & Mabley's booth on the propo-
sition of touring Europe in a Simplex auto
mobile for less money than II would take to tour
by II. aans OF the railroad. Cecil Hodgman'
who has been Identified with European auto
mobile touring for the last two years. is the
man IN charge. Among those who expressed
praise for the proposition ana who anticipate
giving It try A Hollander. John Boland
w. s. Arbuthnot and George sweeney me
average cost OF the Simplex car is $40 Day
The in every instance is brand new, and
made especially for just the kind of travel 1t
The latest arrival at the Smith & Mabley
booth is 80-S5 horsepower Simplex run
about This car is equipped with a rear foId-
ing seat, which comfortably seats two 1t is
painted gray, with yellow stripes, and all four
Tenders have inside protectors TO prevent mud
from splashing into the vehicle. The sprockets
are protected by plates, making almost every
part of the running mechanism protected.
The most enthusiastic gathering Of agents at
the show is that at space l, at the right OF the
entrance It consists Of George j. Dunhaul OF
Boston: Horace B. Hills. of Philadelphia; J. f,
Ians, of Pittsburg; r. w. Cook, Of Chicago: @.
A. Boyer OF San Francisco; E. Schriver Reese
OF Cleveland: James A Downing OF Portland.
ester c. II. Bechtel, Of Philadelphia. and
F. Carleton Dole. of Boston. all OF whom repre-
- any ~ 8
land There are also present at the Royal booth
c. A. Duerr, H. B. Phinny. H: b. Phinny. jr..
york From the factory Z. y. Shurmer,
president A. d. McLachlan. sales manager;
Robert Jardine. mechanical engineer; and George
Fl. Bowler. publicity manager T. f Newman
Kern r. Gil and H. A. Kelly are also present
All OF these gentlemen are busily engaged IN
showing the remarkable merits OF this wei
known vehicle.
Wilson b. Chisholm, of Cleveland. Was the
purchaser yesterday Of a 1850 horsepower Peer
less car. costing $1,000 at the Peerless booth
IN the Garden The car ordered by Mr.. Chis-
holm is TO be Of the French Berline type. with
an inclosed drivers seat specially decorated ana
upholstered in colors selected by Mr; Chisholma
Many OF the wearing points will be silver piateu
both In the fittings and outside OF the radiator
and parts around the steering wheel! The minor
equipments OF tho inside OF the coacn. the toiiet
sets card cases, calling lists, etc. are 10 De
finished In golu
has attracted much attention because OF the
phenomenal record Of this American car It's
prominence is due the great staying powers and
unusual form of construction. In the 1901 prod
net several leading features of last yeare
models have been retained, bur In many re-
spects the salient characteristics or ths pest
French German and italian cars have been
adopted Nine cars have been sold during the
show.
The predictions made throughout the last year
that the day of the imported car was on the
vane is not borne out from the facts that have
been apparent for the last four days at tho
show The Importers Automobile Salon, which
has collectively the finest exhibit ever shown In
this country has disposed OF ali or the cars
allotted by the foreign factories for the next
three months. ~ n,
G F. WyckoT. Of Wyckoff, Church q Par
fridge a member of the salon. said last night
| at their space that he had been affected by .ne
| rumors during last summer. and had urseo d
| conservative policy Mr.. Partridge, VINO was
| at that time In Europe arranging for the iSoi
| supply but the activity Of the American mar
| ket as shown by this exhibit convinced MN
! that he was in error, that the demand showed
mo reason for the inference that the foreigner
| had lost q footing in this country ,
Mr. Holander, of the Hol-Tan company sald