The Washington herald., 1907-01-19
AUTO SHOW DRAWS.
All Satisfied with Success of
Exhibit but Buyers.
LONG WAITS FOR DELIVERY
Men Pick Cars Before wives and
Daughters Are Allowed to Decide
style OF Body 10 he Fitted to
Chassis - Charles Clifton Praises
Present style Of Work.

New York. Jan 1-To-night saw the
end OF the fifth full day of the Seventh
Annual Madison Square Garden Automo-
bile Show. and every one in any way con-
neCted with the affair seemed TO be sat
isfied with the way things have gone.
with the exception of few of the en-
thusiasts who have been told that they
must wait longer than they expected for
the cars they ordered, and few sales
men whose early-week eagerness led
them to work so hard that their voices
could scarcely be heard to-day. There
was, as always, a great crowd in the
building to-day There were numerous
amusing incidents attendant on the
closing Of sales. It would seem as
if a great many men had gone to the
show alone at different times during the
week so as 10 have plenty Of time to look
over the mechanism Of the machines and
to make their choice untroubled by con-
siderations OF the type of coachwork
they would have fitted to whatever
chassis they would finally determine to
purchase.
So tonight they went TO the show with
their wives OF daughters. or both, as the
case might be, in order 20 allow the fem
inine portion of the family a voice in de-
termining the style of body to be fitted
10 the chassis which had been picked out
by the head of the house.
Women Make Work.
In some cases the women were satisfied
with the body types furnished by the
firm that produced the chassis. but there
were other cases. and these were the ones
that tried the patience of the statesmen.
for the fair arbiters Of coach work would
insist that their car be fitted with a body
supplied by some other.
According 10 one show visitor, c. H.
Martin, who established a motor-omnibus
service in Porto Rico several years ago.
the snow storm is the best thing that
could have happened for the firms show
iHE OF commercial vehicles in the garden.
He said that he noticed that about half
Of those looking at the business vehicles
in the basement had asked now auto
mobile trucks worked in snow. and that
many Of them were skeptiCal when told
that snow makes no difference. Hardly
any visitor to the show could have failed
% notice that nurres were down all over
the city, causing the streets TO be badly
blocked. Mr. Martin remarked that De
had noticed that the automobile trucks
We're going on about their business. how
ever, the same as on any other day
Charles Clifton Returns.
Charles Clifton. president OF the Asso-
citation of Licensed Automobile Manufac-
turers under whose auspices the show Is
being conducted. arrived on the steamer
Moltke. and went directly 10 the garden.
Mr.. Clifton has been IN Europe for about
six months, and in that time visited the
southern countries Of the continent. and
spent some time in England He visited
the Olympia Show in London. and made a
study of the tendencies Of the British
motor car construction.
He said that we are far ahead of the
BritisheTs in manner Of show. that they
We're employing methods which we're dis
carded here two years ago He spoke
highly Of the progressive manner OF the
Eastern manufacturer. who. like the
American makers, seems 10 have found
the keystone Of the industry. on using
materials Of a higher quality, with better
construction methods than heretofore.
The tendency Of the English makers
which was particularly noted by Mr..
Clifton was the growth OF the six
cylinder car. which seems 10 have taken
root in English soil with more substance
than elsewhere