The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-22
KING AUTOMOBILE
BEGINS HIS REIGN
At ELECTRIC PARK
Local Motor Exhibition Opened
in a Burst of Splen-
dor.
5000 PASS TURNSTILES
ON THE OPENING NIGHT
Mayor Haussling Delivers Open.
ing Address-Fine Array
OF Cars Shown.

King Auto stepped into his palace OF
| white ard gold at Electric Park lass
night and will hold court for eight
! days. The occasion was the opening
| of Newark's first representative auto
/ mobile show. held under the auspices
of the New Jersey Automobile Gu
and the New Jersey Automobile Trade
| Association. That the imaginary king
/ will have a triumphant reign was indi-
Gated by the fact that fully 5000 per-
sons thronged the exhibition hall dur
ing the first night, and, though On
opening night the visitors usually pay
more attention to a general inspection,
rather than the looking over any par
ticular make of cars. the dealers at
the close of the evening reported that
in the aggregate orders had already
been received for $50, 900 worth Of cars.
Mayor Jacob Haussllng. who dashed
up to the park in a Winton Sixteen
Six driven by Leonard Is. zuzi. for
maliy opened the exhibition with a few
complimentary remarks. He evident
~ did not intend TO exceed the speed
limit. realizing that the throng vas
eager to begin its "rubbernecking tour
Mayor Isaac Schoenthal, of Orange,
4 added his words of praise for the
elaborate layout, but Mayor William
Cardwell, of East Orange. arrived too
. late to participate in the festivities.
] The s-peechmaking over. the motor
$ enthusiasts began vending their way
through the aisles for the inspection of
S the array of cars and stock of acces-
: series. Mingled in the crowd were
+ probably many who do not belong to
: the motorist fraternity. and some per-
q haps who could not tell the difference
v between a carburator and a spark plug.
q but even they could not help casting
d chances of admiration upon the mag
% nificent array OF cars before them,
from the stately Pierce Great Arrow
d demi-limousine, a veritable palace on
II wheels. down to the modest looking
L runabout or the spry little motor
IN cycles.
S. Fifty complete automobiles and pol
ished exhibition CLASSES without bodies
were on exhibition last night, and the
number win be greatly increased before
Monday, some new machines being ir
k. town nov ready for installation. Every
or line but one, however, was represented
in some manner last night of those
booked to exhibit, and from a stand
point of completeness the Newark
show on its first night compared more
7e than favorably with the big New Yorl;
Of exhibits.
On Monday the polished chassis Of
% tho Garford car, exhibited at the Mad
= ison Square Garden show last fall and
at the Cleveland show this week, will
- arrive and be added to the attractions
of the booth occupied by the Garford
Motor Car Company. On the first OF
next week. also. two Cameron cars
now on the railroad will be shown at
the Percy Fl. Johnston booth.
All In all, more han $3.50. 900 worth
of complete cars were in the hall last
night, and about a 1.-THE of that In
accessories. The complete machines
range in price from 81, 200, the price OF
tho Pierce Great Arrow demi-limousine,
exhibited by the Ellis Motor Car Com
pany. of Newark, to prices which can
be expressed in three figures, several
of the one and two-eylinder runabout
machines falling into this class. Tho
fact that 10 line of de~nlarkation Is
drawn between the cars built under
the so-called basic Selden patents.
owned by the defullct Electric Vehicle
Company, and those manufactured by
those not licensed under these grants.
adds materially to the attractiveness
of the Newark show, close comparison
of the various leading lines being pos
sible here. a him which was not
feasible under the two-show idea thai
was held in New York.