Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-14
ALL NIGHT JOB FOR AUTOS
Hundreds Of Men Work Hard 10 Prepare
Auditorium for the Show.
SECOND EXHIBIT STARTS OUT ON TIME
Display Is Comprehensive ana Men
of Various BiE Plants Are
There with Their
Products.

Although hundreds Of men had to work
all Of Tuesday night to make the building
presentable, the second annual automobile
show was able to open its doors on schedule
time in the Auditorium Wednesday morn.
ing Snow started to fall just in time to
make the streets damp and spot the brass
on the machines, but another large force
of men was put to work to remedy that
difficulty, and the big show was ready on
time.
Nine dealers are exhibiting. which utilities
all the floor space of the arena, as well
as the stage, where the big airship floats in
the air and the moving picture exhibit is
given The exhibitors are: The Maxwell
Automobile company, II. f.. Fredriclson
the Kimball Automobile company the Ram
bier Automobile company, the Lincoln Au-
tomobile company. the Powell Automobile
company, ]. J. Deright, Louis Flescher and
the Townsend Gun company.
Machines large and small are shown
machines in the full glory of every known
accessory and machines stripped of all
glamor and showing simply the skeleton,
No gasoline is allowed in the building, so
the engines cannot be shown in action.
No decorations are permitted.
Canoes and. CIOthinE.
The first sight to greet the visitors eye
is full line Of canoes motor boats and
auto clothing, exhibited by the Townsend
Gun company. Tho space is divided about
equally among the dealers, who are show
ing all the machines they are able to
crowd into the space allotted to them.
One of the novelties OF the show is a
new car for George Rogers with large
box in the rear, which is really so con-
structed as to be part of the machine
This is for carrying cigars. Big skies and
little skies are shown in profusion, as well
as all sorts of runabouts, victorias, broug-
hams and touring cars. The central space
is allotted to the Powell company and
here is erected pyramid, on which is dis
played a large variety of lamps.
The largest shipment of machines ever
brought to Omaha, by express was deliv-
cred to the Rambler company by the Amer
lean Express company. The car was one
of the special ones used here during the
horse show and, contained five large Ram
bier touring cars, which will be on exhibit
ton at the show. One Of these the model
"a, four-cylinder, was one Of the hand
soonest cars on exhibition at the Chicago
show and is already sold. and after the
show closes here will be delivered to Mrs.
Lillian Maui of Omaha.
Some of the Experts.
George Cox of the Rambler factory at
Kenosha who made so many friends while
in attendance at the Automobile show here
last year, is in the city and will assist the
Rambler company in handling its exhibit
Ed Mockett the Rambler agent of Lin
coin, is here and expects to remain the
entire week. e. L. Benedict of Coin, Ia,
and Mr.. Lana and F. A. Stevens of Har-
Ian, who look after Rambler interests at
these places, are at the show.
+. J. Alvin, western manager of the Ma
, tional Sales Corporation and the Motor Car
Equipment company, and the Black Hawk
batteries is present H. F. Robinson, from
the Pope Toledo factory, arrived in Omaha
Wednesday morning and will be found
around the Powell Automobile company
booth during the show. Mr.. Putnam of
the Connecticut Coil company was an early
arrival Wednesday and will remain
throughout the show. Mr.. Long, represent
ing the Exide Storage Batteries, and w. E.
Beardsley, representing the Franklin air
cooled cars, arrived Wednesday from the
Minneapolis show. They report that town
as going automobile crazy. the only limit
to sales being the supply Of cars.
The O'Donahue-Redmo Normile COM
pany has fallen in with the automobile
show idea and has decorated one Of it's
large windows with automobile effects AL
though this firm does not deal in autos, It
has placed a large automobile in one Of the
windows. The automobile, however, is
made from grocery packages.