The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-02-01
ALL READY o
LOCAL AUTO
8. EXHIBIT
All Space Taken--Last Of
Exhibitors = Elaborate
Decorations Planned.

Different from anything in the form OF
an exhibition ever held before in Newark
will be the automobile show which opens
in Electric Park Auditorium two weeks
from next Friday night. A motor spec
tncle such as one seldom sees outside OF
the annual shows in New York city will
greet the eyes OF visitors at the forth
coming event. The park auditorium viii
be converted into a veritable motor maze
for the eight days which the show will
hold the boards. All kinds Of automobiles,
their parts and accessories VIII be on
S-iew, while two Of the greatest motoring
/ events ever held will be depleted on canvas
each day in u vivid manner.
The six-eylinder touring cars, ranging
In price from 5000 to 5000, which will be
exhibited by some OF the dealers, will be
interspersed with single and double cylin-
der runah0uts that can be purchased nj
from S7O0 to 1880, thus affording some
thing of interest to everyone thinking OF
buying q machine. Powerful ~roadSters,
graceful limousines, town cars, laundelets-
In fact, every type OF car seen on the
streets In this State, and some that are
not-wIH be on view. Glasses and COM
pleted cars, motors, bodies, tires, radiators,
horns, everything that pertains in any way
TO the great sport or pastime of motoring
will be on hand. The display Will be more
complete In some respects than those OF
the New York shows, for both licensed
and unlicensed cars Will be exhibited.
The management of the show announces
that every automobile space, the large
booths on the main floor, has been taken:
that upward of thirty makes of cars Will
be shown, and that nearly 100 individual
machines will compose the display. All OF
the accessories booths, with the exception
of four, have been filled, snd when the
doors open not Il single inch OF space IN
the hall win be vacant.
It was generally expected by those who
are spending their time to make the show
a success, that practically all OF the local
dealers and the majority az those doing
business in the State would take part, bat
when applications came in from New YORK
there was general surprise. space mas
been allotted to three OF the largest new
York automobile builders, and other app3.
cations which were received from tnat
city had to be rejected on account OF the
lack of booths. The metropolitan exhibit
tors will be the Ailen-Kingston Motor CAP
Company. bulldogs OF the Ailen-Kingston
chr: the Garford Motor Car Company, ols-
tributors for the Garford car, one or the
new arrivals in the Eastern market, ana
A. G.. Spaulding Brothers. selling aeen,s
for the Stevens-D uryea, a car that Is wen
known In this STATE, anu Vhc WhiSA ~
Mar among motorists all over the country.
The response from New Jersey dealers
has been large and spaces have been al
lotted to the following concerns: dfeene
Motor Car Company, Newark, Docomoplie
and OIdsmobile: Sheldon w. Case, tiois-
man; Motor Car Company of New Jersey
Packard, Autocar, Cadillac and Northern;
Herman ]. Koehler, Buick and Waltham:
Jacob w. Mason, Maxwell and Stoddard
DAYTON; Star Motor Car Company, Pull
man and Napier; Charles Cooper, Atlas;
w. 8. Maltby, Corbin; CaiVert-zusl
Company, winton; Upgrade Motor
Car Company, Ford; Osborne &
many, Auburn; Carl H. Page Com
pany, Peerless; Ellis Motor Car Company.
Knox and Pierce Great Arrow; ]. J.
Meyer, car not named yeti Hickey Ma
chine Company. Marmon; Mitchell Auto
Company of New Jersey, Plainfeld Motor
Company, and Central Motor Company of
Bloomfield, Mitchell; Brush-McLaren MO
tor Company, Brush runabout.
In location the Greene Motor Car Com
pany will occupy spaces at the right of
the entrance, with the Garford Motor Car
Company opposite. A little f~urtherl in
will be the Allen-Kingston exhibit, and
next to that the Holsman and Sheldon w.
Tease. Each of the latter will have one
space, while the Garford and Greene
booths take up three each. The Motor
Car Company of New Jersey has spaces
at the entrance to the large hall, and
across the way will be the Koehler cx-
hibit. Each occupies three spaces. The
other booths range in order down the
main aisle, while the accessories are on
side aisles back of the motor car exhibits.
w. J. Lyon & Co., of los Bloomfield ave-
nue., have been given the contract for the
decorations at the show. This firm did the
work at the recent Saengerfest, and also
at the centennial celebration In the Or
anges. Tho ceiling draperles will be ar
ranged to give a canopy or tent effect.
The side walls will be draped in gold and
white, and there will be centre pieces
dropped from the ceiling, draped in the
national colors. National eolors will also
be stacked along the side walls. There
will be a large electric sign at the end
of the hall farthest from the entrance.
This Will rest on large columns, and will
be made up OF the words Auto Show"
and there will be a figure ten feet high
on the centre of the sign. There will be
a gilded American eagle on each column,
and the flags of all nations will be fes-
TONED about the eagles. The front Of the
building and the entrance will also be
decorated. There will be a canopy ex-
tending from the entrance to the street.
There will be a floor covering on the main
floor, either side of the centre aisle.
Music will be furnished throughout the
show by Sweet & Vincent's band, and a
very elaborate program has been arranged
) for the opening night and W~ashington's
birthday. The program is as follows: