Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-03
NEWS OF INTEREST
TO THE AUTOMOBILES

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Whenever the cooling system of a car
| has been drained to avoid the freezing of
| the contents cal should be taken, It is said,
| to refill only with hot water. The precau-
| ton will insure the thawng out of any lit
tie pockets which may exist in the piping
| and prevent a total clogging of the pas
sages, which otherwise might occur before
| the circulation could be started as tho
metal itself becomes thoroughly chilled.
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The show committee of the Association Of
| Licensed Automobile Manufacturers held
| its first meeting last week since the Madi-
| son Square Garden automobile show, and
| later the following statement was given out
| by Marcus l. Brock, assistant general man
| ager Of the association, who was most en-
thusiaStic over the outcome of the show.
particularly at the manner in which the
exhibitors expressed their approval of tho
| management and the way in which they CO.
operated to make the show the success it
was.
1T is an idisputable fact that the show
as selling medium was most successful
This was proved by a canvass of the vehicla
exhibitors IS to the amount of business
done during show week or the week follow
ing as result of the show. Many of the
| manufacturers had disposed of the greater
part of their output 10 dealers before the
every possible way the dealer In finding a
| market. How successful this was is shown
by the fact that over $3,OOO,OD worth of
automobiles were sold which could be at
tributed to the show itself OF this amount
$4,000 was Tor orders taken on imported
| cars to be delivered during the coming year.
Nearly two and a half million dollars
worth of American cars were sold, which,
with verJ few exceptions, were to indi-
vidual buyers and not to dealers. The rec
| ords of the committee show that 125.OO0
| r,nrS 1Lna chr tal,s
ord, even considering the incemency of the
weather during the entire week
"One thing evident to the committee,
which is the result Of the mechanical CO.
operation of tn, assoc ;ation's members by
bringing the product as near a perfect
Standardization possible is the decreas-
ing necessity for. demonstrations. 1t is
| quite possible that the demonstration OF
cars, which las heretofore been feature
Of all automobile shows, may be abandoned
at future shows In the garden Many We
hicle exhibitors were of the same idea and
expressed considerable interest in the ac-
tion Ct the committee regarding this.
"rhc report Of the secretary shows to
| some extent tie methods employed by the
committee to insure the success of the
show. During the week more than 200 men
| were employed in various departments in
| Guiding electricians watchmen, special on
GERS. engineers and porters. There were
211 telephones In the garden. which neces-
| Stated a force of fifteen operators. one in
| spector. thee wiremen and one wire chief.
Over 1900 outgoing calls were recorded at
| the public station, while 5000 outgoing
| Gals were made from the telephones at the
| various booths. At one time the total num-
Der of outgoing calls was 267. which is an
average OF one for every fifteen seconds.
| How well the show management looked
alter its patrons is evidenced from the
| fact that only two losses were reported dur
| ing the entire week. an overcoat and a
pocketbook. The latter, however was re-
| covered IN !. SIS Than one hour after its re-
polted loss
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United States Consul A. H. Nicholson re-
ports that the Automobile Club of Turin
| will inaugurate its fourth annual internal
| enlarged PiaZzo dele Belle Arti of tho
Valentine on February 16. The exhibition
| is under the patronage Of the King. Of
| Italy and will this year assume proportions
not heretofore attained. Turin Is regarded
! as the most important automobile center
| Of Italy and probably of Europe. 1t con-
| tains twenty-one of the fifty-one italian
companies engaged in the construction OF
! automobiles, six Of the nineteen italian au-
| tomobile coach builders and seven of the
thirty italian makers OF automobile Access
sories a total of thirty out of the one hun
| dred Italian companies that manufacture
| automobiles and their accessories. In the
exhibition of last year there were 1O2 ex-
| hibitors, only two Of which showed Anleri-
can cars. Thirty thousand paying visitors
| saw the exhibition.
| 1t is said to be most important that
| resented in an exhibition held in such a
i center OF the automobile trade as Turin.
| While for high powered touring cars Ameri-
can makers will find the competition OF
| European firms exceedingly difficult to
meet, this should not prove the case with
cars lower in horsepower and price. Tho
exhibition of light weight runabouts should
| prove especially worth while So far the
| italian makers have failed signally to real
| ize the possibilities Of good cars Of this
| description on the Italian market. 1t can
| safely be said that American initiative
which places runabouts on the italian mar
ket at a price not over 81 600 will be at
| tanned with success. Cars of this descrip-
| ton should have long wheel base and
should be fitted not with one, but with
two or more cylinders.
Since the board of directors of the Ameri.
can Automobile Association has been In
creased from twenty-nine to ffty-one the
| new policy Of having an executive commits
tee in general charge was practically i'm.
perative and 1t Is being generally ap-
proved.
Perhaps one reason for the popularity OF
| the new, high-powered runabout. with Its
open, rakish body, Is its kinship to the one
man speed-wagon. When man decides
| clamor from mothers-in-law or maiden
] aunts to 20 along.