The sun., 1908-04-11
AMONG THR AUTOMODLISTS
BIG SMOKER WINDS UP CARNI.
VAL WEEK CELEBRATION.
Automobile Club OF America Provides En'
tertainment for Local Tradesmen At
which Trophies WIN he Presented
Dinner at the Hotel Gramatan.


Dinner at the Hotel Gramatan.
New York's first automobile carnival week,
arranged by the New York Automobll Trade
Association TO celebrate the tenth ami
versary OF the practical modern self-pro-
PEELED vehicle. Is TO end to-day and as is
most fitting, the Automobile Club of America,
the pioneer motoring organization on the
American continent and the greatest club
In this country, is TO give a big smoker to-
night for Its members and the tradesmen
who subscribed to the carnival week fund
The AFFAIR will be held In the splendid assem-
bly, room OF the new clubhouse in Fifty
fourth street, between Broadway and Eighth
avenue, and the vaudeville programme is
scheduled 10 begin at 10 clock As a great
many automobile and accessory dealers
are members Of the A. c. A. and as members
OF the club have the privilege OF inviting
their friends to attend to-night's function
II is expected that a large number Of auto
mobilists will be present The parade and
hill climb prizes will be presented to the
winners,
The action Of the board Of governors Of
the Automobile Club OF America in calling
on the regular club night last Tuesday and
authorizing the smoker to be given tonight
has aroused much favorable comment along
New York's automobile row and is generally
taken TO mean the beginning Of closer re-
latlonship between the powerful automobile
club and the local tradesmen. Ever since
lts organization In 1893 the club has shown
a substantial interest in the automobile in
dustry and the organization promoted the
first automobile show ever held in America.
II has supported the industry in every pos
sible manner by holding endurance and
reliability runs and by conducting number
OF speed contests in the early days Of auto
MODELLING In this country, when speed was
OF great value in proving the worth Of self
propelled motor vehicles.
Since the organization moved into It's club
house and garage last spring there have
been numerous instances when the officials
OF the club granted the use Of their commit
tee rooms for meetings Of the local dealers,
and II was In the big clubhouse In West Fifty
fourth street that the conferences were held
that resulted In the Importers Automobile
Salon giving up its exclusive character and
permitting importers who had not taken out
Selden patent licenses to become full iledged
members. Several Of the meetings to make
the preliminary carnival arrangements also
were held there, and 1t is expect ed that the
new officers Of the organization who are
10 be elected without opposition on Tuesday
will continue the friendly policy toward the
trade inaugurated by their predecessors.
0rrel A. Parker chairman OF the A. c. A.
entertainment committee, has arranged an
interesting programme for tonight which
is divided into eleven numbers as follows:
i-Oveuure By William BARS "Od Guard
orchestra, betty Martin, singing cOmedIcnnc
3-Van Camp, The Man With the Pig" 4-Duet
Alexander Howell Warner Instrument Company,
and Edward Roe Hartford Rubber Works
Slnnot, Harry Ladders double. 7-Malvene and
Thomas, In songs and dances. b-PreStntatOn Of
the week 9-DOrothy Van, pHma donna soprano
i0-Trade Quartette. Alexander Howell first tenor
NJ J. Dober, ilrst bass j. otis Moore second tenor
Edward Roe, second bass. ll-Kathryn Robertson
the Little Magnet.
Ward Olnev, who won event b in the
Fort George hillclimblng contest last thurs.
day, said Yesterday that there had been a
mistaken impression regarding the car he
drove, The event was open to gasolene
cars selling from 1851 to and including sl,2jO
and Olney won il in | minute is seconds
with a 20 horse power Mitchell.
The driz2ling rain yesterday made road
travelling so unpleasant that a number OF
dealers who had intended to drive their cars
out to. the Hotel Gramatan at, BronxyIle
dinner OF the carnival fund subscribers at
the Gramatau was well attended, and Gen,
John I, Cutting was enthusiastically praised
for suggesting the carnival week celebration,
Edwin Melvin. chairman of the entertain.
ment committee Of the Long Island AutomO-
bile Club. announces that W II, Workman |
will deliver a lecture in the clubhouse, $3.50 |
day evening, April l5 at $50 O'Clock; he |
lecturers subject will be Through Widest |
Cuba" being the unusual experiences and
strange adventures Of s. ID. Walden and |
on tour in the rugged, roadless, trackless, |
bridgeless interior provinces OF land where |
the OK cart Is the only conveyance and no |
four wheeled vehicle had ever been seen
counted by Mr.. Workman
III Dame Fortune had seen At to frown
upon the carnival parade OF last Tuesday |
evening by the sort Of incement weather
that ensued twelve hours afterward those
of US who had had the confidence to predict
a huge Outpouring Of the public TO witness
the spectacle would have been derded and |
said Gen John r. Cutting Of the local 0ds.
mobile concern and chairman OF the carnival
committee. yesterday: The prime object
of the carnival parade was to give visible
evidence to the people OF the progress that
has been made in the first decade Of the auto
mobile industry in this country. This object
was skilfuly carried out, and the almost
total absence OF breakdowns, even on the
strated, even to the most sceptical, that
the era OF practical perfection had been
"A case in point striklngly illustrates what
bearing this greatest Of automobile displays
will have on the retail market. Several men
were viewing the passing show at point
not far from the reviewing stand. one Of
whom owned an automobile four years ago.
His experience at that time was none too
satisfactory, and he had kept his friends out
OF the market ever since as well as refraining
from buying another car himself The easy
manner n' which the long line Of machines
answered every call OF their drivers i'm
pressed the fact upon the minds Of the pess-
mist s friends that between cars OF to-day
and those Of four years ago there If great
difference and that all mecha nlcal deficiencies
have been eliminated, Their enthusiasm
could not be confined any longer, and they
expressed their decision to purchase ma
chimes Immediately,
been learned by the men Identified with the
industry, and the public, In giving that lesson,
have more than repaid the arduous labor
which brought the carnival parade TO such
a successful conclusion. | think nearly half
umphal march, attracted by nothing more
than an industrial display, proving beyond
the shadow OF doubt that we are only at
I he threshold as yet What percentage Of the
huge throng will eventually drive their own
pleasure machines or install automobiles in
their comm ercial delivery departments il
would be folly to guess. but II will undoubtedly
be large one. Every man in the business
who rode through that vast assem- blage
which packed New York's finest thorough
fares was deeply impressed by the interest
OF the public. II assured them that there
was no fear Of the future now that conclusive
evidence had been given as to the absolute
necessity Of the modern self-propeled vehicle
In every line Of human endeavor."
The New Jersey Assembly has passed
several amendments to the Frelinghuysen
motor vehicle bill that will enrich the State