The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-21
SHOW
OPENS ITS DOORS
TOPUBL|C TONIGHT
Prominent City Officials Win
Take Part in Inaugural
Ceremony. ~
. HUSTLE AND BUSTLE
TO GET CARS IN PLACE
Electric Park Pavilion Trans
formed Into Suitable Palace
for King Auto.

Newark's automobile show at Elec-
trio Park will open its doors for public
inspection tonight. The last nail was
driven and the last piece of bunting
put i'm its place this morning. Every
thing is in readiness and the visitors
will have cause to be maze at the
transformation OF the old dance pavil-
ion, which now has all the appearance
Of an automobile palace. not as gor-
geous as the Madison Square Garden
show, but the finest automobile layout
ever prepared for the NewaFk motor
enthusiasts.
Mayor Jacob Haussling, of Newark
Mayor Isaac Shoenthal. of East Orange:
Mayor William j. Cardwe1l, of Orange,
are among the noted officials who will
take part in the inaugural ermon
in the morning until II o'clock at night
every week day until Saturday OF next
week.
In addition to the three mayors and
officers of all the automobile clubs in
the State, invitations nave been sent to
the following prominent Newark men
to be present tonight:
Peter Campbell, president. and James
NJ. Reilly, secretary, Board of Trade:
Adam H.. Groel. president Road Drtv-
ers' Associations; DIR. William Buerman,
president Clinton Hill Improvement
Association; George J. Jaeger, secrc-
tary Federation of Essex County Inn
provement Societies: City Clerk James
Il. Connolly, w. ]. Vance, secretary u
the mayor; Comptroller j. Henry Bach
eller, City Treasurer Albert T. Guenther,
City Auditor George Forman, City
Counsel James r.. Nugent, Tax Receiver
Robert L. Ross, Sheriff Frank H. Som
mer, Patrick II. Ryan, president Conn
mon Council; DIR. II. G. IL. Herold.
president Board of Health; Arthur r.
Denman, Frank j. Book, Thomas Hal
pin, George II. Lambert and Augustus
Eggers, members Board of Works; SUI
perintendent of Buildings William
O'Rourke, Police Commissioners Will
lam Harrigan, John Bladder, William
Bennett and Lyman w. Kane; Chief Of
Police Corbitt, Fire Commissioners A.
e. Gnichtel, Charles Logan, r. Edward
Burke, and w. A. Weber; School Com
missioners G.. w. Tomkins, DIR. Thomas
NJ. McCabe, James Taaffe, Lesser Leh-
man, John Bruenig, Benedict Prieth, T.
S. Guild. C. z. Taylor n Edgar
Brown.
From early yesterday morning until
long after shutdown the exhibitors
worked with a will to get their ma
chimes into the hall. First come, first
served" vas the rule, and those who
were early on hand got first use of the
appliances for warping the big autos
into the exhibition structure. Not a
few. indeed. went up the 20 per cent.
grade along the sldds under their own
power, draining the gasoline from the
tanks as they went, so as not to carry
the inflammable fluid into the building.
The most, however. took advantage OF
the block and tackle to go by tho AIR
route"
Wrapped in burlap and wadding. the
polished chassis for the show presented
an odd spectacle last night. but a
grand Transformation scene will be
worked today, when the cleaners get to
work. and the cars which lave been
shipped direct from the automobile fac
tories sized their protecting coats.
That every exhibit, accessory us we'll
as car. will be in place by the opening
at 1870 O'Clock tonight, there is little
doubt. The graceful festoons of bunt-
ing of yellow and white that entirely
transform the appearance OF the hall.
and the elaborate electric effects, are at
last complete. so that all remaining is
the installation Of exhibits.
A roster of the cars shows thatfa full
half hundred chassis and complete
machines, ready for the road, will be
on exhibition. This is aside from dis
mounted motors. of which there will be
several.