New-York tribune., 1908-04-07
READY FOR BIG PARADE
M4CHINES NOW ON SHOW.
Automobile Roc IN Gaia Dress for
CGrnicdl Week.

-he dealers. all ready for the carnival. held open
house and entertained their many friends and such
.1osts as drifted in TO the various on
,,vr The real fun begins tonight. when the big
asrade. with its hundreds Of cars Will pass in
,fru before thousands of persons
F2y working continuously from early morning
81 richtfau the host of decorators succeeded in
.,,-nfns the automobile district into flag bedecked
revv OF national and carnival coors.
The scheme on the Studehaker Building involves
American flags and fans The Oldsmobie sales
-,,r- = decorated inside and out with standard
American bunting and silk fags. The flag decora-
ssors Of the Northern salesroom surround pa-
ard announcing Grand Marshal F4owelrs head
,aarters The Palmer a Singer Building Waltham
Mangfa curing Company. H. J. Scott Company,
American Mors. II. J. koeher & Co, Hamilton
F-uIl. Cleveland Ford Motor Car Company and
Ess1nes t-onpanv are festooned with American
4gs. s5rcarnors and shields. The Lozier Motor
ar Company. A g. Southworth's and the Rainier
snapany's decorations include carnival colors OF
llou and blue. in addition the regular national
q. lors The NyCzoff Church & Partridge build
ia Is draped with new standard bunting American
=. gs. including huge thirty-foot American flag
corner setting
The Hartford Rubber Company decorations are
artistic within and without The representatives
here are eagerly telling OF their pioneer work in
tae field OF tire building Among other handsome
decorations in pleasing combinations of color are
rhnse Of the Stoddard-D Dayton Company Michelin
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Maxwell Rriscoe Company. Cimiotti Brothers,
White Company. Motor Mart, Warner Instrument
Company. Empire Tire Company and numerous
accessories concerns The handsome fve-foot car
rival banner is in evidence everywhere in the
ssIesrnofns Of the ninety subscribers. who have
nv their voluntary contributions made this, New
--c,E-s tenth anniversary celebration, possible
The ,ls models on display in the Haynes & Ford
ss5esroo4ns are attracting crowds The factory
model IL the show window of r. NJ Owen & Co..
with its moving miniature AUTOMOBILES Is another
interesting exhibit
The hnai result Of the balloting for queen OF the
carnival resulted in the election Of Mrs. Joan
s-7-rea well known automobile enthusiast. Mrs
tl.-eo received over 2S00ee votes. Leonard knight
clark manager Of the New York Transportation
.~--ranv was elected king by over $50 coo votes
- arranged. the carry the king and
- aen were determined by lot a meeting of
= management committee the names of the cars
~ +cb were offered for this purpose were written
~ slips Of paper and placed in hat, the slips be
: withdrawn one at time by man outside the
-rrl-r5rree. The first car drawn was to be the
..reer-s car and the last one the kings car The
ora car was drawn for the queen. the Waltham
-sr for the king These cars will be in waiting
d -he Hotel Cumberland at O'Clock tonight, at
--ltch place the king and queen will be fttingly
owned and presented with their royal robes, after
..-scb they VIII be escorted 10 their appropriately
ae-oreted cars and placed at the head Of the
parade.
L has been decided TO change the location Of the
decorated cars from S7th street and Broadway to
e41h street and Broadway. The press stand will
z5so be located this spot The committee has
made an additional appropriation for fireworks 10
illuminate the line Of march. This money, to-
gefher with the contributions from those who are
On the parade line, should make gorgeous ilumi-
nation over the entire miles.
The Corbin Motor Vehicle Company Will have
twenty-five IN the parade, at least four Of
which viii compete in The hill climbing on Thurs
DAY. The Frayer-MilIer company viii have several
trucks in the commercial division, arranged
floats
TIE parade tonight viii 7;3o o'clock The
various divisions viii form in Of
Broadway as follows: In 9Th s,reet-First division,
composed Of Briarclif trophy ears, Vanderbilt Cup
and historic section Of old In J6h street
Second division composed dealers 1908 models.
55-h srreet-Thrd division, composed Of decorated
automobiles In 54th street-FOurth division,
.ose5 OF commercial vehicles. The parade viii be
IN single file, south in Broadway 10 18th street,
thence north IN Fifth 57th street. in
s-th street 70 Broadway, north in Broadway 10
rllra street and south in Broadway Columbus
Gree where the paraders VIII disband.
Probably one Of the most interesting Of the old
tim cars that will be IN line viii be the
.-yyl5re Ghost Mercedes. owned and driven in this
c-v fy William X Vanderbilt, IT, in 1898. 1t was
r-.a ce -r4 fey automobiles seen in New York at
me -irne and was 1Ie talk Of the town. owing 40
.-e size and speed. A Panhard machine Of the
sam year VIII also be in the parade
Cc-ar.I Pardee had received sixty-three entries
90. -sa 5-fl; climbing contest Thursday up TO
s-..,rlz last night. and more were coming. The
car VII be listed and announced to-day