The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-04-12
THE AUTOMOBILES
OlRNIIiL WEEK CELEBRATION
4 GREAT SUCCESS.
Local Dealers Praise New York AutomOblle
Trade Associations Analr Many Dem.
constructions Arranged Tor by PrOspec.
Tive Buyers-May he Run Annually.

hHaIpra, branCh mana gers and tire aud aces
sorry men, declared themselve as greatly
Pleased Yesterday over the success Of the
carnival week celebration and most Of them
expressed the opinion that the affair should
certainly he made an annual fixture. The
srpat number Of spectators who iourneyed
out 10 the Fort George hill for the hill climb
Ing contests on Thursday proved the interest
fhe general public was taking In the various
events az conclusively as was shown by the
rulpourlnE OF the thousands OF persons who
Ined those portions Of Broadway and Fifth
avenue over which the parade passed on
tuesday evening,
The celebration aroused a lot Of interest
among prospective buyers Of automobiles
md not only we're the salesrooms along
automobile row visited by a lot OF New
Workers during the past week but a great
many possible purchasers from other cities
,a'sd Al the various branch houses and
a]gencics to examine cars they we're inter-
p"cd IN. The dealers seemed to be OF the
opinion that even II the actual sllcs made
during the week had not come w to the
expectations Of the most enthusiast
10 celebration was well worth all the time
rud money expended, as 1t unquestionably
worked no automobiling interest In a great
humber Of persons who are able to purchase
rs II they wish to. The carnival was con-
.lcled b. The New York Automobile Trade
association.
As an object lesson the parade Of last Tues.
Law vas very successful. as It proved as moth
.ug else could have done the great progress
made by the automobile industry. Where
there we're less than sitty firms making motor
49, ID, thts y,ttrtr,. ntvhN a., Nth n
,aptal Of about 50. Co., 900 and employing
- than 5000 men, at the present time there
sIe more than 1870 concerns manufacturing
automobiles, using t?OO, 900, 600 OF capital
and giving employment TO more than 90. 200
men. Eight years ago the annual output
was valued at less than g. OO, OOO and al the
,resent time the annual output is valued al
more than $40. 1900.
cen. John T, Cutting, chairman Of the
DteCutive and finance committee and head
" tho local Oldsmobile concern, said last
u ght that the carnival had been all he had
* peCted II TO be In the way OF stirring up IN
crest In motor cars and be was of the opinion
shat many sales would result from demon
s~lratiOns arranged for during the last week.
ol Kirby E., Pardee, chairman OF the hill
'lmb committee and manager Of the Max
veil Briscoe firm, was rather tired from his
hard work Of the week, but was happy over
he business accomplished. James Joyce
NJ the American Locomotive Automobile
ompany was not certain that the carnival
celebration had been responsible for any Of
he sales Of Berliet cars last week, but 'ex-
pressed his approval OF the carnival plan A.
having a tendency to remind the public that
motor oars had now reached a high state Of
perfection,
c. A. Emlse Of the Lolier Motor Company
said that many young men who wanted fast
runabouts bad come into the Lo2ier store
70 ask questions shout the nstty lozler Brian
Lin model that Harry Kitchener drove IN the
parade, and he thought a number Of sales
would result. e. H.. Tangeman OF the Hol-
Tan firm said his establishment had escaped
he attention OF many OF the carnival visitors
rom out OF town becaue i Ia on Broadway,
hut he approved Of such affairs as they livened
matters up. W. ". Burke, manager Of the
Mora branch, said he had been kept busy
engagements for demonstrations all
week, particularly since A six cylinder Mora
had the honor Of being the royal chariot that
the queen Of the carnival. Mrs. CuneO,
IN the parade on Tuesday night. Sidney r..
Bowman declared he was very well pleased
with the carnival and that his special carnival
very popular place since an Apperson bad
the best time OF any OF the gasolene
cars In the hill climb,
Notices have been mailed to members OF
he Automobile Club OF America reminding
hem that the annual meeting and election
NJ officers will he held at the clubhouse on
tuesday evening, April u, AT o o'clock. II Is
that the new officers will be present
and interesting reports from officers and COM
.nlttees covering the work Of the club for the
year will be presented, Members are j
entnded that strangers are. not admitted
0 The clubhouse at the annual meeting.
Robert p. Hooper. treasurer of the AutomO.
Club Of Germantown and chairman of the
\ A. A. good roads board, was elected presi-
tent OF The .PennsY vania Motor Federation
a the annual meeting az Lancaster on April 4,
Hooper was first vice-president of the
u the AutOmohi,e Club OF Philadelphia. DR..
:, ]. Davis Of Lancaster was elected first
,ice-p5esident 10 succeed MIR. Hooper and
Ietcr a. MeiNell OF Wilkesbarre was made
second viCe-pTesident to succeed f.. r. Slifer
I Milton. Paul {. Wolf Of Pittsburg was re-
lrcted secretary and treasurer.
The gathering at Lancaster was the second
annual meeting Of the federation and twenty
wO delegates were present as representatives
v twelve clubs, In addition to the old and
Few officers those present were state Senator
rederick A.. G~Odcharles, Milton 8 Rover
e.. Douglass Bartlett and j. n. Weeks, |
Philadelphia; Hugh h. Andrews, Scranton;
.dwtn $. Nice, Norristown; DR.. !. +. TreXler,
Martin imports, Jacob ID, Rider. Lancaster;
EDWARD kneeland and j. A. Hawkins, Pitts
1,lfg. ID. W, Z. Cook, Mllkinsburg; W. ",
Wake, Altoona; Dr. W. J. Shindle and .. c,
frederick NJ. JacQuith. Norristown. The
cderation now has a total membership OF
$50, included in twenty clubs. Tit Norris.
" and Nilliamsport clubs were admitted
o membership at the meeting and the Scran-
on Automobile Club will soon apply for
membership.
Joseph Tracy, road racing driver and con-
ulting automobile engineer. made a number |
interesting tests Of benZol as an automobile !
Iel during the last week. These came to a
max on Friday, when a thorough test OF The |
comparative virtues Of benaOl and g~asolene
Is motor fuel was made on the new dyna-
nometer Of the Automobile Club Of America, |
racy said yesterday he was convinced that
he fuel question was settled by the result of
lS experiments and those made abroad with
'en1ol and that American Automobiles need
would cause any hindrance to the
nread OF automobiling during the next few
ears. |
The fact that gasolene of the proper quality
ot use "a automobile fuel has been getting
career and scarcer has caused a number oil |
Tperimenters here and abroad 10 begin test |
ne the virtues OF alcohol, benzol and a num-
Of other substitutes for gasolene. The |
ioval Automobile Club, the British oTRaniza-
nm, recently published a voluminOus report
m benzol and q great many private expert
nents have been made with II. Tracy has
interested in the fuel question for several
ears, and in addition to making a number OF
ssiS himself has kept in touch with the
lnilar work done abroad.
The tests on Friday were with a Simplex
!nabout. which was placed upon the drumi
v The club ~dynanometer and run first on
ssolene and then on benzol for a consider
bile time. The result proved that the two
uels we're absolutely interchangeable even
any adjustment OF the carburetor, the
lae Of benZol producing slightly better horse
lower and draw bar pull, The car. which
'Ae operated by Frank Lescault ofthe Palmer
ma Singer forces, was Reared high and special
was devoted to the results shown
'n the grademeter. With g~asOlene II was
o!nd that power sufficient 10 climb a hill Of
? per cent. was developed and with benzol
No possible grade was shown TO be i2.i per
EN-. After the carburetOr had been specially
.dlnsted the Grademeter showed 1872 per
en-, while the draw bar pull increased 10
w pounds, as opposed to 1888 pounds with
HE Rranler milling nnwer develnnnd al