New-York tribune., 1907-11-04
TIMELY AUTO TOPICS.
Exhibitors at Garden Shoe Yester-
day-Cars To Be Seen.

Although the general public was not admitted
SesleIpag 10 the automobile show at Madison
StIaIe ' @a[den' which had its opening on Saturday
i-I'' the Dig aTnphltheatre was far from deserted
many OF the exhibitors went to the Garden 70
not he attd u lliet space arrangements that could
~ NJ oe aItehded 10 IN time for the opening while
occasionally the covers would be Iifted from cer
= - r 'oI40DAes 10 allow pictures TO be taken BY
score or more of photographers The doors ~
tnG s pudIng VIII be opened 10 the public from 10
O'CLOCK this morning until II O'Clock at night
AT the show the Packard Motor Car Company
oL S DetrolI has on exhibition its 1908 Packard
4hlry as the standard touring car with cane
cart top; as a limousine, as a runahon+ ana &C q
standard chassis in the printing coat The tour
csIoer vertical motor is Of 5inch bore by 5Ib inch
stroke The inlet and exhaust valves are IN oT7no-
site SIDES mechanically operated and intercraDe-o-
able The crank case IS of aluminium aIIoy in
three sections. The bottom one is a renovabje oil
Wen Inc carouretter is Of the float feed aspirat-
ing nozzle type, with automatic auxiliary air fplar
II is water tac0eted for uniform temperature. and
mas a butterfly throttle The motor is water cooad
by means Of gear driven gear pump and a tubular
radiator with fan Ignition is by jump spark with
an Eisemann low tension roagneto r!bcra &C. -
storage battery for reserve and for starting from
the seat transformer coil for the nagneto and
vibrator coil for the battery are in a box on the
dash. The high tension wires are connected with
the spark plugs by knife switches fabrication is
by splash from the crank case to which oil IS
pumped from warmed copper tank between the
cEAnders' Inc engine speed is controlled by hand
spark and throttle levers the steering wheel a
hydraulic governor the throttle and q pedal
accelerator.
A fine line Of steams is displayed at the
show. These have made such a remarkable show
ing in the last season on hills, track and the
straightaWay, breaking four worlds records that
the new models will be scanned with much eager
ness by prospective buyers. There are shown a
Pullman seven-passenger car. black and green
stripes: two regular hve-passenger touring cars
one red and black, the other dark blue and also a
four-cylnder lght gray roadster with gray leather
cushions and seats.
A six-cylinder roadster-green with Valentine
red running gear-is also exhibited This is a du-
plicate Of the which broke the worlds mile
straghtaway stock car record at Atlantic City, and
which climbed Fort George Hill in the record time
of IS seconds The same type Of car recently made
four miles the circular Harlem track. Chicago,
in the record time of minutes as seconds, defeat
ing five other high power cars in pursuit race.
4 polished exhibition Stearns chassis completes the
exhibit
The exhibit of the E. r. Thomas Motor Company
OF Buffalo. provides Of the chief attractions of
the new seasons models and forms a centre of in
terest at the show The four-cylnder engine has
been made in q single simple casting, this tending
greatly TO make II much more compact, which is
one OF the essentials most desired in the power
plant Of car intended solely for city use. In
line with the policy adopted by the Detroit factory
Of the Z. r. Thomas Motor Company, of Buffalo,
at the outset, this end Of the Thomas interests will
devote its entire attention TO the production Of a
single chassis for 1905 as II did during the present
season. It's rating remains the same that which
gave IT a distinctive title when first brought out.
E e, 40horsepower though its appellaton has been
altered TO that of Thomas Detroit in order bet
ter distinguish 1t from the product OF the Buffalo
works
At the automobile shows each year the makers
come forward with some distinct novelty which at
tracts attention Oftentimes these purely show
cars. The George n. Pierce Company has offered
an innovation this year at the Madison Square
Garden show in the shape Of q '45-hOrsepower
Great Arrow limousine. The IS upholstered in
hand fooled COrdovan leather The elegance Of the
car and its general appointments carries the mind
back to the days Of feudal grandeur. The outside
color scheme is subtle combination OF blue and
red, whose depth and richness form a fitting IN
easement for the refined and complete appoint
OF the interior, which is rendered in deep
russet All OF the uphOlstering below the line Of
the windows is carried out IN a heavy buffalo hide
and ornamented by plain tOoling Above this Nue
the ornamentation becomes enriched with dainty
accents OF coIoTed lacquer and gold leaf, Sesching