The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-10
AMONG THE AUTOMODILISES
AUTO SNOW ENDS IN MADISON
SQUARE GARDEN.
tpne Hundred Thousand visitors Attend AM
nual ENhlbltlOn-COA. Pope says Early
Dates Are hBest-AlS different Makes or
Cars To ne Exhibited &C Chicago show.

WIN Nthh vi uNhaa NAhhNWNb hNaHANU AAn~
nua ENhIbltl0n-COA. Pope Says Fairly
Dates Are ABest-AlJ DlrTercnt Makes or
Cars To Be Exhibited az Chicago show.
Madison Square Garden eighth automobile
shOw-the third one Co he held under the
auspices OF the Association OF Licensed
Automobile Manufact urers--clOsed last night
after n week that was regarded as unex-
pectedly successful in spite Of the squalls Of
rain and financial troubles that bothered New
Workers during the exhibition.
NJ. l.. Downs. secretary Of the A. T.. A. NJ.
show committee. said last night that the total
attendance had been about one hundred
thousand. which. though II fell a few thousand
below that Of the Last show In the Garden.
was surprisingly good I'm view OF the fact that
rain fell on Saturday. Monday and Wednes-
day and that 80 many motorists were so busy
with financial Affairs that they did not have
time to visit the show. To make matters
worse for the attendance. Tuesday was
election day and then some rain came down
on Friday night. Mr.. Downs said that m any
Of the exhibitors did not have their entire
sales forces at the show until the day after
election, as there had been a heavy demand
for exhibitors buttons and tickets of all sorts
on Wednesday.
Charles Clifton, president of the Association
Of Licensed Manufacturers and
n member of the show committee. Said last
night that the show had been a very successful
one and the financial results had been most
satisfactory. Col. George Pope. chairman OF
the show committee. received many con-
CALCULATIONS last night. lie said on behalf
Of the management that he was convinced
that il IL the proper thing to hold an early
show in the Garden each year to stir up the
enthusiasm which II necessary to bring about
a successful season of motoring during the
open season. =. +. Davis. head of the Loco
mobile company. said business had been very
much better than he had expected and in
fact had been very good. Alexander Ninton
declared the show had been the best one since
1902.
Many Of the statesmen left last night for
Philadelphia. where there ia to be q local
show lasting until next Saturday night. A
number Of the show cars that have attracted
90 much attention in the Garden are to be
shipped over to the Quaker CITY to-day.
=. A. Miles, general manager OF the Ma
tional Association OF Automobile Manu-
facturers. who il manager Of the seventh
annual Chicago automobile show. November
20 to December !. announces that the Western
national exhibition N to have a greater num-
Der Of automobile exhibits than the two
snow, az has been the case for the last three
wears. will be the only national show o., the
year. because IL will be the only one IN which
regardless OF their affiliations with other
associations. The Palace show, bad sixty
three eN0lDAJH VI HulOAAVbtANh AnA gANt AHANL
show had fOrty-seven. u total of no. To
date the number aC Chicago IL M, and nothing
put sss, lafS s OF SpG %eT preNThI sre sn are moTs than
that number of manufacturers. who neglected
70 file their applications on time: still on the
waiting lsG; amcIuHIaS ma" d uO@e" d '""-
The added space for the next Chicago show
that il to say, space which has not been
occupied in earlier years-is equal TO Is per
cent. of the entire space available at the Palace
or the Garden. The total number OF square
feet OF space occupied at Chicago will be
about 10000. On account OF the Two New
torA .sn noS thats a larger number OF agents
will attend the Chicago AFFAIR than came to
this city; The Chicago show will have q
makes will be shown. The official figures
give the number OF accessory exhibitors. AZ
OF space has been removed on account Of the
scarcity OF spaced. IL likely that the accessory
exhibitors will run over two hundred.
Milwaukee's mail collection automobiles
have travelled over 5000 miles IN the nine
and a half months they have been In service.
Postmaster David c. Owen is now more firmly
convinced than ever IA TO the success OF the
staliation OF several more to displace the
horses now collecting the mails within the
occurred. neither one serious. The cost OF
the automobile service is only 0ne-thlrd that
Of horse Work; MT: yrN " o,hsS cigss Tsl
gardfnR the feasibility OF motor mail service.
Some Of the letters declare that the post
w INV ObAAA 49, S
Postmaster Owen OF Milwaukee.
English motorists are busily engaged in a
aeTiO-cOmic mimic war. The motor union OF
Great Britain has resolved 70 crnsn tns AHLo;
to usurp the particular functions which the
latter body has devoted itself to psrformingLL
warning signs and policing them with cyclists
and employing scouts TO warn iDcautious
The Automobile Association comprises about
5000 ofthe elite Of motoring ociety-an nd some
others-and its leaders have taken the initia-
tive in an offensive way by resigning their
membership in the Royal Club as
protest against ne MotET mon : sGLi in ne
the Motor Union. as the club belongs 20 That
organization. the, same as many clubs N this
country are members NJ the American Auto
mobile Association.
IL ia one of the penalties of a new industry
that at regular intervals Of twelve months
every person connected with II must nave ms
~ q ,yorcbiIe' When selling antomcbiles
becomes a commonplace there VIII De httIe
need for yearly. upheavals. since we are
Obliged to take things as they are and not as
the superior mans superior wisdom would
have them be. the person. who has for has
masses from patrarchal methods of locomO-
ton to modern means of propulsion ~ wise
mao, s1 srsI 19yo 'P PTobsSIy indi vidnal firms
could sell a. many cars for spot cash by mold
ina special exhibitions In their own show
JULIE aNN wi -
campaign as by participating IN a snow, ont
the Anal result to the industry as a whole
would be quite different.
shows have another object than trans
ferring automobiles from the hands OF the
manufacturer to those OF the user Tor spot
cash, and that object Is an appeal TO the
people which can only be made by a united,
and, TO a certain extent. disinterested EFFORT.
The supertechnica man has TOO frequently
made IL known that he does not IKE the, NOD
ern spectacular show and that a PLAN chassis
and plain boards would be more satisfactory.
Directors Of the big national shows, however,,
display true wisdom In making their appear
to the large majority, indifferent TO the auto
mobile industry. A trading store. display
pure and simple is never likely 20 stir up the
emotions Of the uninitiated. The EFFORTS In
Grand Central Palace and Madison Square
al Chicago and q few other Of the imports ant
cities OF the country will strike the magma
ton Of the masses IA nothing else can. and u
il in that power to excite interest that, their
chief value lies. When the automobile in
dusrty becomes a commonplace one there VIII
he no need for shows. for there viii be no
converts to make.
In adjusting shock absorbers It Is abso-
lutply essential that those applied 10 OPP
posite sides Of the frame upon either end, De
given the same tension. The sets applied
a. the front and rear ends or the car may
he differently adjusted without tnJuring the
chassis, and frequently, where the load ~
unevenly distributed or the springs are not
properly proportional. this may be done
10 COnsid erable advantage. Where opposite
absorbers are differently tensloned, however