New-York tribune., 1908-04-05


,-,-. ar. stretched out four hundred DOCKS
The very thought makes one pause ana "onoei'
with the modern motor car IL hoi VA i's 4iioN'
AT least in its minority and distinctly under age
se..,1--.fx 4. rb.. will impress one hundred thou
IND sn6 more persons when machines valued at
s. sac eo pass in review in tie monster autonooHe
carnival parade Tuesday night
Fireworks. martial music and general iHuunina-
t.on OF cars end buildings slong Motor ho~ VIII
lend a carnival tone TO pageant which OF itf kiho
has never been ecualled in this or any other coun-
Try Lovers Of the auto beautiful" can look on
en6 a7olsud and new converts can be counted On
hy the hundreds. n. motor spirit is bound TO Dc
infection. and TO rage in a viruent form
The purpose OF carnival week-the parade. the
hin climbing contests. the open house among oeai-
ers the run to Gramatan Inn. the smokers 10
preach the gospel Of the automobile No INDUS
trial exhibit ever held in this country has al
rzsn.d SIGH pytce popularity or will draw so many
thousands OF spectators from all Walks OF NE
Automobile shows have been a feature Gor seven
years but like the motor itself, the SHOWS
have undergone process ef evolution and the
greatest Of ali shows this week partakes almost
Of q festival The public is deeply interested in
automobiles. and the spectacular features OF the
parade and the test of merit Of the cars IN the
hill climb bound intensity this interest ard
make for wider participation in the sport and
pzstine OF motoring General Cutting and his
socisies the carnival committee are even now
open TO waTrnest co1igrstulations.
The Automobile Club OF America conceived the
held in Madison Square Garden in November, 1900
Sixty-stx cars were shown a less crude
state OF development, and the motor car Industry
fairly launched The growth since then can
be described only by the word astounding. From
a pulling. sprswling infant the business has de-
veloped in eight short years, ten at the most,
until II stands to-day nrm and substantial
foundation with millions OF dollars invested. No
commercial industry established in the United
States has advanced with such leaps and bounds,
p-l 00z ma fl RI
IN this country than in any ether.
The Department Of Commerce and Labor placed
the output OF automobiles last year at sixty thou
sand valued approximately s75.ooo.cro In 1900.
WHEN figures were first ohtainable the output
sss cars. valued az Seeoeo1 The output this year
may reach 5000 machines valued at Soe.oo ooo.
Tselve years ago there were just fourteen cars in
this country: there something like thirty
thousand automobiles in this city alone
PROMISE OF 4 BRILLIANT SCENE.
Brilliant beyond all comparison the monster
parade is sure to be. Cars and streets will vie
with each other in seeking attention. Rockets viii
blaze in the air the grand marshal gives the
word 10 start, red light Viii spring into flaming
brilsncy all along ;he lire as The cars start on
their way The vzstness OF the spectacle can best
be indicated by pointing that # al the cars
that expected TO take part in the parade sctu-
ally start, and there is reason suppose that
they win not. Nor. thar hundred cars at the
head of the procession will have reached Columbus
Circle and disposed when the last cars of
rcrcisl section swinging into Broadway from
80 street begin the march.
e course the most brilliant spectacle in the
; sde will be the huge third section in which or
OF Will strive win the prizes offered for
ID handsoraely and most grotesquely dec
s.ted automobiles. No hcats the New Orleans
zrdi Gras parade be summoned the
-co!lectlor OF those who have seen the great Lou
l-la1a carnival that vii surpass OF the weird
designs in this section vehicle offers better
opportunities for beautiful fantastic decoration
than automobile.
SPokes or wheels sides OF the cars. hoods, nnou-
size and covered bodies Of all kinds supports for
gsss fronts and tops in short, al the little acces
series OF machine offer splendid opportunities
for decoration and Illumination. Needless to say
those Y no going compete for the prizes are
nail.talung absolute secrecy 20 their plans for
decoration, for they do not want their thunder
stolen by others less fertile in thought
But while the illuminated and decorated cars
VIII attract probably. the most attention the
cars pass along those already interested
IN sutomobes, whether SIS makers, owners, pros
pectiye buyers or sportsmea Will watch with eager
interest the first section. wsich will oe a moving
history Of the automobile There every type OF car
vii show The old, cumbersome, single
Grinder cars VIII 5e seen, and following them VII
come the machines that nave pushed aiorg in me
last years through the stage OF the two
c-linde- tie magnificent exempiihcation IN
the superb touring cars that Will race for the
Briarciif trophy April "a and OF the latest foCr
and six-cylinder models.
CHANCE To COMPARE OLD AND MEN
1t VIII be impressive to these cars. which in
q sho-1 time will be tearing around the West
chester roads in Il heartbreakng aborrile struggle
a. speed that would leave many express
train in the rear. crawling along the New YORK
streets. under perfect control and finding no diff
Guilty n matching with their sixty OF
horsepower the lesurely progress o: their an
cestors superannusted now. perhaps, but as in
teresting as venerable relics OF the old WOODEN
navy 10 tire men of Dreadaoueht or a
Connecticut
TIE fact that the automobile industry young
makes its brief history. hlied with more romance
anc adventure and excitement than that of any
ether be recalled. al the mere Interesting
II makes the blood run little faster 70 see Van
oerbilt Cup OF 1soi and realize that the car
that vas driven around Long Island roads IN the
dim mists of November morning az the risk OF
the lives OF those fl contained has outliveo its use
fulness. and is. except for its historic interest
ready for the scrap heap
II is from the races that have cost the lives OF
many daring driver that the great lessons OF auto
mobile construction have come. The weakening O.
an essential part under the terri5le strain os a
Grand Prlx 2 Vanderbilt Cup contest. the be-
hayior OF motors In short high speed races and all
the incidents of these great contests OF speed and
endurance have had effects the building Of cars
that are made for road service.
THE VALUE OF TOURING CONTESTS
Nothing has done make she scope end
the usefulness Of th touring what ii is to-day
than the Glidden tours or past SINNERS. Many
cars that Lave gone through those endurance tests
VIII lie seen On Tuesday night. and any one who
TOOK part in tie Bedford Springs. fright
ful roads and through rain and mud. last summer
can thrill as he sees tbe that carried him.
clean now. decorated. perhaps. rolling smoothly
ever ssraslr psvemcnis that a far cry from tie
spsiag smashing roads &C Penns,lvsnia.
II al the sears &C racing that viii be recalled TO