The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-23
GARDEN SHOW OF
AUTOMOBILES IS
RECORD-BREAKER
Local Dealers Made Many Sales
and Say Exhibition Was
Profitable.

When the big show at Madison
Square Garden, held under the auspices
Of the Association of Licensed Auto
mobile Manufacturers, comes to a close
tonight all previous show records will
have been broken both as to attendance
and number of sales recorded.
of course the official figures will not
be available until the show is a thing
of the past. but from data compiled
in the middle of the week. the present
garden exhibition exceeded the last
show held by the association some 81
per cent in attendance.
Some facts and figures that show
just what is in the exhibition are inter-
estihg:
Complete gasoline cars, III; gasoline
chassis, %; motor business wagons, 10;
motor business chassis, S; taXicabs, g.;
steam cars, 6; steam chassis, l; electric
carriages, Z, and electric chassis, 0.
The body construction shows a great
variety. There are twenty s~even-pas-
senger touring cars, % five-passenger
touring cars, 3 two-passenger run
ahouts, s three-passenger r~unabouts, 10
four-passenger r~unabouts. 81 toy ton
neaus, II limousines. 8 landaulettes, 4
town ears and ? unnamed types.
Taking up the question of motors, it
is found that there are 1873 water
cooled ! air-cooled, 40 of the four
cycle typ and 5 of the two-cycle type,
In cylinder construction of the motors
there also is considerable diversity,
there being % six-cylinder models, 116
four-cylinder, 8 three-cylinder and l
single cylinder, and these motors are
cast as follows: Ninety-six of them in
pairs, Al separately, 6 of them en- bloc,
and those, it is expected, will be a fea-
lure of the next show, as they are
the mechanical novelty of this show.
Then there also are two cars with the
cylinders cast in threes.
The jump spark still leads in ignition,
there being 125 of this system shown,
and there are 20 cars using the make
and break ignition system. Dividing
the ignition systems up further. there
are 4s cars using the double-jump
spark system. Sc the dual and II the
single system. Seventy-five of the cars
have high-tension magnetos, 10 use
~low-tension magnetos, 70 use storage
batteries and 80 dry cells.
The New Jersey dealers who have
been spending the week at the show
are very much gratified by the results
obtained. Every ono of the local agents
report large sales, with many hundreds
of prospects iii addition entered on
their books. From a business stand
point among the Newark dealers the
show has been an unqualified success.
The Motor Car Company of New Jer-
sey. II. j. Koehler Sporting Goods
Company, Paddock-Zusi Motor Car
Linkroum Automobile Com
rany. Ellis Motor Car Company. Carl
II. Page & Co. and Greene Motor Car
Company all show big sales as a direct
result Of the show, and many other
dealers also report a big business for
the week. 1t has been a strenuous
week in tho automobile business all
down the line.
Among the prominent Newarkers
at the show were: Mr.. and Mrs.
Franklin Murphy, jr., Mr.. and Mrs.
Matthias Plum, jr.. DIR. and Mrs. Fred
erick Vaudeville, Louis Hood, Uzal H.
McCarter, Thomas y. McCarter, DR..
Joseph Fewsmith, August Merz, c. F.
Croselmire, William P. Field, Abram
Rothschild, George H. Simonds, R. J..
Goerke, r. j. Gerth, Joseph j. Neville,
B. S. Whitehead, Chester r. Hoag. S.
r. Ball, Frederick Scheuer, w. V. Sny-
der, jr., I. Strauss. Munson Doremus,
Frederick Castle, r. A. Greene, z. A.
Travis, E. J. Foley, w. D. Bowman
and many others.