The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-28

LOCAL AUTO
EXHIBIT
Official Sanction All That
Is NeceSSary--Date
and Site Chosen.

Sanction for the holding of the New Jer-
sey State Automobile Show at Electric
Park the week of February Il is expected
by the local officials in charge Of the ex-
hibit early next week. The vote of mem
bers of the American Automobile Associa-
ton is carried on by mail, and. therefore.
is necessarily slow, but The answers thus
far received have been encouraging in the
extreme. Up to yesterday six members
had registered approval of the plan, with
no negatives. More than one communica-
ton has been received offering assistance,
and charaeterizing the show project as one
highly to be approved. The A. A. A. has
written a favorable letter to the local
men. asking for statistics concerning the
territory covered and the population OF the
district. The fact that all indications point
to the New Jersey motorists obtaining a
sanction for their exhibit says much for the
regard in which they are held by officials
of the governing body, the A. A. A. This
organization has entertained requests for
f1fty-eight motor car exhibitions this year,
and of these fifty have been rejected. The
eight granted include the two for New
York and one apiece for Boston, Buffalo,
Chicago. Philadelphia. ST. Louis and Den
vef.
A question involving many considerations
has arisen over the problem of allowing
dealers In cars not represented in Newark
to exhibit at the show. While there will
be no line drawn between licensed and I'M
licensed machines. the show is to be run by
a Joint committee of the New Jersey Auto
mobile Trade Association and the New Jer-
sey Automobile and Motor Club. and the
committee has yet to decide whether agents
for cars not allied with the trade organi-
zation shall be allowed to partake in the
benefits of the show. 1t is understood that
there are manV SfIph agents in New York
city and even In parts OF New Jersey who
wish to gain publicity for their machines
by display in the Newark show, and this
makes the problem a most perplexing one.
No definite decision has yet been reached,
nor is such action likely for a week or
two. until the space allotments are ready
to be made.
This and kindred subjects regarding the
show will come up for discussion at n
meeting of the two committees in charge
of the show at the New Jersey Automo-
bile Clubs home In Broad street Monday
night. Al this time a full report on the
show situation win be given by George
Paddock. who has been selected to head
the company responsible for the show.
There IS q mass of detail work to be looked
into and settled. Much of this will be dis
posed of or allotted to subcommittee at
the meeting Monday.
To care for the advertising end of the
show the joint committee appointed
Thursday night Elston 70. Pearce. The
week before the show he committee will
meet every night at the clubhouse, and a
corps of stenographers will be engaged.
The committee has decided definitely
pom Electric Park for the show place,
but has taken no official action, awaiting
the returns on the sanction, which w. H.
Ellis. one of the representatives, of the
New Jersey Automobile Trade Association,
is looking after. Formal action will be
k Monday night.
A survey of the park building has been
made, and the firm of r. II. Ogden Com
pany has drawn up a plan showing the
booth space to be allotted and the sizes
which the booths may have in order to
satisfy the requirements from the point
of numbers
In all, seventy-four spaces will be avail
able under the present plan, which takes
no account of the basement: OF these.
thirty-two are planned for the accessory
exhibits and the remainder for complete
cars. The hall is 230 feet long and So
feet wide.
The size of the average booths for car
exhibits is 1853 square feet, the space be-
ing approximately 10 by is feet. The
small spaces for accessories are 8 by 10
spaces on the main floor, and eight more
just off the entrance. -Four others, IL by
II feet, may later be devoted to special
Running the length of the hall will be
a main aisle, ten feet wide. The large
car spaces will be ranged on either side
of the main aisle, and behind these Will
be the booths for accessories. A four
foot dividing aisle will separate the access
series from the car exhibits.
The question of decorations has not yet
been completely discussed by the com
mittee. This matter will be attended to by
a subcommittee, whose plans have not
been put in a shape to make public.
Touring by automobile on Christmas was
a novelty which not a few Newarkers en-
joyed Wednesday without discomfort. The
open season has not only made touring a
pleasure. but has aided materially the
local dealers. who have been able to make
demonstrations al1nosC every 'day. This
unusual activity has been a great help to
the agents, who feared that a closed sea-
son would spell disaster TO them, coupled
with unsettled financial conditions.
Pending action on the plans for the
New Jersey Automobile Show, there has
been little other activity in the local
motor world this week. In a general way
plans have been discussed for the pro
posed 1OOo-mile contest in the spring, but
the officials of the club have been too
busy with other preparations to give
much attention to the details of the con-
test, which it Is generally admitted will
be conducted by the local club in the
spring.