The sun., 1908-04-05
AMONG THg GUfOIOEIEB
iUTOMOBILE ROW DECORATED
- FOR CARNIVAL WEEK.

hat portion Of Broadway given over 10
Nef York's automobile row IL decorated ~
4 the coming Of a hero was 10 be celebrated.
ttis the tenth anniversary Of the practical
modern self-propelled vehicle that Is to be
OF ored however, and not the Homecoming
%, nome hero Of battle on land or SEE, as the
drc oratons are for the automobile carnival
vs,k celebration which Ia to be conducted
lIfing the coming week under the auspices
NJ he New York Automobile Trade AssoCia-
TON with an illuminated parade on Tuesday
I've ming aud a hill climbing contest on Thurs
day afternoon az the big features OF the week.
The decorations have not been confined
solely 10 tho fronts Of the automobile and
accessory stores but great majority Of the
automobile tradesmen have arranged to have
The interiors OF the saleIrooms fixed mp with
'ags, flowers and plants and tho sIirit has
communicated itself to u number firms
10 he automobile district that \ Rot In
frosted in the automobile iudustl but have
Iecorated their store fronts sojAs not to
ha conspicuous by leaving their establish
nents In their usual appearance. One enter
h1ng restaurant keeper Oh Times square
A. had the interior OF his place decorated
olth tires and other automobile accessories
alI says be will have automobile menu cards
,.i week with the various dishes named after
.a ,bhdes Of the sport and trade OF auto
billing.
me Of the unusual features Of the celebra-
"a will be that for perhaps the first time in
.u" history Of automoblling in this country
re vii be great scramble by dealers 20
ure old fashioned cars iu order to display
.om IN their salesrooms. All Of the local
lpDresentatiyes Of factories that have been
l..s IsIg
t lozen years have been trying to get hold Of
'ly productions Of these factories that the
i eat advance In the design and construction
IF automobiles may be fttngly shown to the
n aat crowds Of visitors that the celebration
81, nIre TO attract not only from Greater New
t,Tk. but from the surrounding country
"a hundred miles or 80,
New cars-new In design construction and
iAh-wiu OF course be most prominently
splayed and the latest productions Of the
-,eat automobile builders Of this country and
rope will be shown during the week. Many
the local dealers and branch ma gers have
re TO show that have Improvements that
3re not ready for public display at the time
e different big shows were held IN this city
the Grand Central Palace and Madison
uare Garden and visitors 10 the salesrooms
" hays an opportunity tO inspect the re-
emCnts and Improvements that have been
Il. q. Howell. grand marshal OF the illumi-
' ited parade for Tuesday evening, had
Ceived entries Of more han two thousand
rs yesterday, but hopes that the number
machines 10 line will reach the i've thousand
ARK, In order chat no one who wishes To
Ike part In the parade may be excluded.
7. Howell has made arrangements 80 that
applicants tUr positions IN the procession
'ay be takrn care ut lie has accordingly
lStruCtCd each division marshal tO have
,en posted on lelth al'tue at the entrance
= each street alous which the divisions are
gather. these men will have supplies OF
lentihcation cards 10 be- handed 10 auto
lObillsts who have not been able to make
orinal GppliCauOn for positions In the regular
Nay by bulng out parade entry blanks.
Le Irst division OF the parade, composed
& cars bUili IN 1919 or before. and raClng
lachEes, VII form on tifty-sevpnth street,
Fest Of Rroadway,, enterlng irom tenth
venue lhc second DIVISION, composed Of
,ealers cars with no advertising device
uther than the name Of the car or deaIer,
vii form on Flf'y-slNth street, west OF Broad
IaY, enterin; from Tenth avenue! The
hird DIVISION, composed of decorated can.
or which two prizes will be awarded 10 the
Rndsomest machines and ono prize for the
nost grO'est uev decorated car, viii form
m Ility-Ilth street, west Of brOadNal,
entering iro'h Tenth avenue In tins dl-
-sion no names printed matter or adyer-
Using devices VIII bc allowed on any Of the
cars. lhe fourth and maj division viii rorm
nD Fiftv-ionrth street, west Of broadway,
snteTing from Tenth avenue. I'm the fourth
division commercial vehicles viii be- most
numerous, but any advertising device
mounted on any sClf-prOpred vehicle. in
Guiding floats Of all kInd-, viii be- allowed in
this division.
Col Kirby { pardec. chairman Of the
hill climb committee, said yesterday that he
pars IN the events 20 be decided Oh the Fort
George Hill on next Thursday afternoon.
Trophies are 70 be awarded 10 lhp Winners IA
Zach OF the eleven classes and there will also
"A
during the afternoon. Instead Of having a
dying staH, as wac The case last summer the
contestants " have q short rolling start 10
eliminate the danger attending a flying start,
As the entrance " be road up the hill Is q
very narrow one. Forty entries had been
received yesterday att ernOOn, though the
entry lists do not close until lo-moTrov
Among the cars entered were three StOd-
dard-DaytOn, three Pennsylvania, three
Stearns. two Simplex, two Steyens-Duryea,
two Maxwell and one Fiat
The scene Of the bill climb can be reached
by the Broadway division OF the subway
and getting Of Ht the Dycknan street sta
ton, which is located Al he OttOrn Of the hill.
another way is 10 travel on the Fort George
70 tuN t0rJ george pleasure park and walk
through the resort 10 the top of the hill .
The best way to reach the hill III an automobile
u 20 drive out Broadway to l7lst street and
turn right on l1lSt street TO the foot Of the
mll
Or FRIDAY afternoon the local tradesrnen
sre. 20 hsve nm 20 BronHviip, where they
VII have a dinner az the Gramatan luu at
NJ clock. On saturday evening the
carnival will wind up with an automobile
smoker end vaudeville entertainment given
by the Automobile Club OF America at It's
clubhouse, IN Ffty-fourth street west of
Rroadway.. The prizes for the Illuminated
rarade and the trophies for the hill climbing
events will be awarded at the smoker
While universal satisfaction is expressed
over the announcement made q few days
ago that a contest for the Vanderbilt, cup
would be held this year there is a great deal
of doubt expressed over the probability
NJ there being enough foreign entries 10 make
the contest success as an International
eporting event. This view Of the situation
was taken yesterday by 4. Y. lIollander,
American manager OF the Fiat concern,
who said he did not think the Italian firm
would be likely TO enter the contest under
tne conditions announced last week, which
place no restrictions upon the cylinder bore
~ candidates and allow a maximum weight
limit Of goo l;ilos. or 2,644.s pounds. -.
According to an agreement entered into
national automobile clubs II Is stipulated
that all racing cars are limited TO l5i mil
meters, or G,l inches. bore for engines hav-
limits provided for engines having fewer or
more cylinders than four. While II is true
that the raising OF the weight limit for the
Vanderbilt cup race 20 200 kilos will permit
these. machines would be at tremendous
disadvantage so far as horse power IL con-
cerned, because several Of the American cars
that would be entered for the race have
cylinders with an inch more bore for each
cylinder than any OF the racing cars Guilt
broad are allowed TO have. =.
Under the old rule OF establishing the
weight limit at 4, 900 filos, or 2,2Ot pounds,
II had been found possible TO construct racing
ars whose engines had cylinders OF az or
~. inch bore In four cylinder motors and
With the raising Of the weight limit TO 900
Alos, OF an additional weight allowance OF
gao pounds IL would be quite possible for