The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-13
BIG AUTO SHOW
ARRANGEMENTS
ABOUT COMPLETE
All Space Has Been Taken by
for Special Nights.

Forty mechanics will begin Monda,
morning the work of preparing the Els
sex Troop Armory for Newark's sec
ond annual automobile show, which i:
scheduled to open next Saturday night
The show committee has been assured
by the contractors that there will bt
no hitch in the proceedings and every
thing will positively be in readiness fol
the big exhibit. The management Is
determined hal the show Will be q
complete one when the doors art
thrown open to the public, and no time
is being lost in making the arrange
ments.
Every inch of space has been taken
1t will be a complete show down to
the minutest detail and no expense
will be spared to make it the greatest
automobile event that has ever been
held in New Jersey. In order to ac-
eomplish this it is necessary that all
of the flooring In the armory shall
be laid by Wednesday and the finished
work is promised by that date. This
will be followed by the decorations,
which are now being prepared to be
placed in position, while all of the signs
are being painted in order to be erected
on Thursday. The electrical work will
require but a few hours and will be
completed Thursday night.
The sign work will be an attractive
feature of the show. The automobile
exhibits will be indicated by eighteen
inch signs, while each accessory ex-
hibitor will be denoted by means of
a ~ffteen-inch sign. The lettering viii
be in white on a green sanded back
ground.
The list of entries was increased ma
t~erially this week. when four more car
dealers look space, together with sew
eral accessory concerns. Since Satur-
day last the show committee has re-
ceived an entry from the Fiat Auto
mobile Company, agents for the Fiat;
the Essex Auto Company, of 51S Broad
street, Newark, agents for the Ford
and jackson cars, and the Middleby
Automobile Company. agents for the
Middleby. The last applicant to take
space yesterday was Percy H. John
ston, of 0 and IL Hill street, agent for
the Grout and Regal cars. The only
two accessory spaces went to the Tire
sele Company, of SO and So Bank street,
Newark, and the w. c. Baker Heating
and Ventilating Company, of New
York city.
The show committee held a meeting
last night when all of the detail work
was completed and it now remains for
the exhibitors to get things in shape
for Friday, when the exhibits will be
received. The show will open promptly
at Z o'clock mex Saturday night anc
the committee is determined to have
everything in readiness by hat time
which Is something that has not as
yet been accomplished by n other
show.
The three special nights arranged tof
will prove unusually attractive to the
public. Wednesday, February "a, will
be troop night and the Essex Trool
will take complete possession of things.
Captain Bryant says that the officera
and members of Newark's crack mill
tary organization will turn out on
masse and there will be a distinctly
martial tinge to everything.
on the following evening the different
organized clubs of the State will have
their innings and gather in numbers
TO discuss king automobile. The New
Jersey Automobile and Motor Club VIII
be present almost to a man, while the
Hudson County Club, the Paterson
Club, the Middlesex Club and the Mer-
Ger County Club will each send large
delegations.
Much consideration has been given
by the show committee to the pro-
gram for dealers night on Friday, ana
many extra features are being pro-
yided for that night. Invitations have
been sent to every dealer in the STATE
to attend.
During the entire week a moving pic
ture' exhibition, showing the Vanderbilt
cup, Grand Prize and other races, will
be given every evening.
The cars that will be on exhibition
viii include almost every well-known
make of machine. Those entered are:
Acme, Brush. Cadillac, Chalmers-De.
troit, Crawford, Fiat, f. NJ. r., Jack
son, %Isotta. Kissel-Kar, Locomobjle
Marmon, Maxwell, Middleby, Mitchell
National, Oldsmobile, Overland, Penn
sylvania, Pierce-Arrow, Peerless. Pre-
mler, Rambler. REQ, Stevens-Duryea
White, Stoddard- Dayton and Grout.