The San Francisco call., 1909-10-15
BIG AUTOMOBILE
SHOW NOW READY
Great Display of Motor Cars to
Be Opened for Inspection
Tomorrow
Dealers Go to Big Expense to
Have Latest Productions of
Factories Shown
BY R. R. L'HoMMEDIEU

The finishing touches are being put
on at the automobile show this after
noon and evening. A number of the
dealers arranged their exhibits yester-
day and the remainder of the machines
will be brought into the basement of
the Emporium today.
AT 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon the
orchestra will render it's first selection
and the automobile show, which prom
ises to be the greatest of its kind ever
held this side of Chicago, will be in
full swing.
The official opening is scheduled for
p. m Saturday when the president OF
the Automobile Club of California viii
deliver the opening address.
The show will be open every day
from 10 a. m. In the afternoon and
evening the guests of the automobile
fraternity will be entertained by selec-
tions from the orchestra. A number OF
informal speeches will be made on the
various nights of the event.
Frank G. Lowry, on the staff of an
eastern paper, arrived yesterday TO at
tend the automobile show. Lowry Wis
tied the basement of the Emporium last
night and stated that with the superb
decorating effects and number OF dlf-
ferent makes of cars exhibited the
show will compare most favorably with
any of the national automobile shows.
ARRANGEMENTS WIN PRAISE
There has never been a show held on
the coast in which the management and
arrangement have met with such unan-
imous approval. Several of the deal
ers visited the scene OF the show for
the first time yesterday and were
amazed at the splendid manner in
which their interests in the matter of
decorating the spaces, the telephone
service, etc, have been looked after.
The White company will have eight
machines occupying their floor space of
1900 square feet. Two of these will be
the new model White gasoline car,
The Pierce Arrow sales company will
show two of their luxurious machines,
SO horsepower and a cylinder five
passenger touring car.
The Locomobile Company of America
is showing four cars, two type l. stand
ard touring cars, 80 horsepower, one
type L chassis and one type l. limou-
sine.
The space of S, G. Chapman will be
occupied by a model of the Oakland
car, the only one he could get here for
the event.
The Winton motor carriage company
is showing three of their 1910 models.
a touring car, toy tonneau and a
chassis.
will have on exhibition two Knox gas
oline cars and one Detroit electric.
MANY CARS EXHIBITED
The Thomas B. Jeffery company is
exhibiting five Rambler cars, one linn
CUISINE, one seven passenger touring
car, one No. close coupled touring,
one No. 8 passenger touring car. and
one Rambler chassis.
The Burkhard-C -Crippen auto company
is exhibiting two models of the Lexing-
ton car.
The Renault Freres selling branch is
showing a six cylinder Renault Freres,
probably the most costly car that will
appear on the floor.
Several handsome new cars, including
the Thomas, Chalmers Detroit, Hudson
and a fine Randolph truck were re-
ceived by the Pioneer automobile COM
pany from the eastern factories yes
terday. The cars were at once in
stalled in the Emporium, where they
are to comprise a portion of the dis
play to be exhibited by the local con-
Germ.
e. P. Brinegar, president of the Pio-
neer automobile company; E. E. Cul-
berson. manager of the Pierce Arrow
branch, and c. A. Hawkins, general
/ western sales manager of the White
| company, have been appointed a COM
mittee of three to have charge of the