New-York tribune., 1907-10-13
TIMELY AUTO TOPICS.
FIRST SHOW NEXT WEEK.
Meetings and Functions To BE Held
During Palace Erhibit.

While the chief business Of the manufacturers
and dealers taking part in the coming automobile
show of the Automobile Club of America, which
will be held in the Grand Central Palace during
the week of October 24 to 81, will be the selling OF
their cars and accessories. both S. NJ. Butler,
retary or the Automobile Club OF America, and
Alfred Reeves. the manager of the American Motor
Car Manufacturers Association. realize that ''al
work and no play makes Jack dull boy
With the view of combining business with pleas
ure, they have arranged attractive programme
of smokers. meetings. luncheons and conferences
which will occupy a small portion Of each day
evening Of show week. The programme Of events
is follows:
chants night; 26. city officials night. smoker club
house of the Automobile Club of America: y, open
house at home of the Automobile Club: %, engi
neers night; %, second annual show luncheon or
the American Motor Car Manufacturers Associa-
tion at the Hotel Manhattan at 2. M; society
night; admission 81, instead Of so cents so, meet
Ing Of the committee Of management of the Amer
lean Motor Car Manufacturers Association; meet
ing of the board of governors Of the Automobile
Club of America: military night conference OF the
automobile trade associations with the American
Automobile Association. No. 4S7 Fifth avenue.
During the show there will also be agents
ventions and meetings Of the American automo-
bile associations and the American Motor League
The management announce that. while the show
viii not be formally opened until o'clock on
Thursday evening. October "a. there will be prf-
vate view for members of the Automobile Club OF
America on Thursday afternoon at o'clock, when
all the exhibits are expected 10 be in place
No price cards or other signs except those pro-
vIded by the committee will be permitted, and 10
is also announced that no smoking will be allowed
in any part Of the building except the cafe.
\ new Fiat automobile company. which Will be
the sole and exclusive distributors of these in
this country has been formed and will have Offices
Broadway. The new concern purposes to en-
ter heretofore in every possible form Of
public competition, touring events. sealed bonnet
contests. hill climbs, track and road racing. Abroad
the success Of the has been remarkable Three
different types competed under varying conditions
and the great Targa FlOria road race, the
road for the Kaiser's Cup and the Grand Prix.
Navarro, the champion, won them all, and main
tained the great consistent average of more than
seventy-One miles an hour In the Grand PrtX Here
in this country their latest success was that OF
Cedrino cleverly winning the last twenty four hour
which took place at the Norris Park track.
NJ F. DonneIlan of Hartford Conn., who has
been touring through the Middle Atlantic States
I'm a 24-hOrsepower Columbia touring car. writes the
Electric Vehicle Company Of his interesting expe-
rienCes, the most strenuous OF which occurred
few days ago.
Mr.. Donnellan drove from Hartford 20 New York.
and from here to Philadelphia where he remained
for few days. Most of the run was in the i'm
mediate vicinity OF the Delaware River, which has
been considerably swollen OF late. In one spot.
when quite a way out Donnellan encountered
quarter mile stretch of road where the river had
overfiown. He had proceeded too far TO turn back
and there nothing to do but continue his
course. At times the skdded dangerously close
the river bank, but the trip made in safety.
All went we'll for while until another bad spot
was reached where a trolley trest!e and traffic
bridge crossed a stream side by side. The traffic
bridge had been carried away by the freshet, and
unless DonneIlan wanted to swim IL was up to
him 10 cross the trestle which. while ticklsh
proceeding, was accomplished without further in
cIdent The Columbia company does not claim to
amphbians. but Donellan is OF the opinion, In
view of his experiences, that II has every right
TO set I'D such a claim. The roads for the most OF
the trip were very heavy from recent rains While
in the vicinity of the Delaware Water Gap consid-
erable hill climbing was done.
There has been good deal of talk in the last