Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-07
DEALERS RUSH SHOW CARS
Prepare in Hurry for Coming Auto
Exposition.
LACK OF SPACE BETTERs EXHIBIT
Fact that individual shOwinEs Cam
not Ne SO Great as Desired Makes
Agencies Improve Quality
Omaha Center for JObbinE.

Omaha dealers continue to get in their
cars for the big Automobile show which
will be held at the Auditorium the week
OF February %. The show will be by far
the most pretentious ever held in the west
and will equal many OF the eastern EXPOSE
tons. the famed show at Philadelphia last
week not having more floor space than
that which is allotted at the Omaha show.
Lack OF space has forced the dealers TO
make special efforts to secure attractive
exhibits and also the latest things in au-
tomobiles which the manufacturer nave
to offer.
The automobile men tried to figure out a
scheme whereby the stage could also be
utilized for automobiles and the accessory
men placed in the balcony On the second
floor. II was considered too late to make
the change, however. as the space had al
ready been allotted.
r. r. Kimball hopes to rave the Fred
Hamilton racing car in readiness for the
show. II will be the raciest looking car
ever seen in the west and will be sure to
attract a second look as It passes through
the streets OF Omaha. The new racing cars
are much shorter than the Hamilton car.
While the racing men prefer length in their
cars this has been sacrificed to lessen the
weight which Is also a most important
factor. Mr.. Hamilton desires comfort more
than any other one thing. so he has had
the builders preserve the length.
Autos Here to stay.
when the financial trouble came a little
over a year ago the calamity howiers cried
that the automobile was doomed" said ].
]. Deright. dealer in the henzine wagons,
who has made several trips east and is in
touch with the manufacturers. These
howlers said the auto would follow the
bicycle ana so to the wall as other fads
had done in years past, But the automobile
is here and here to STAY. The same firms
are making the machines that started out
and they are nearly all successful.
They stuck to the game during the hard
times n throughout the panic had con-
fidence in their wares. They did not follow
the lead OF manufacturers OF other lines
and practically close down, and although
the automobile is looked upon by many as
a luxury they kept their factories going
They kept building cars and kept on sd-
verifying and designing new cars. The
cars al the show this year will represent
the optimism OF the builders for the new
products are the fruitlon OF designs made
during the panicky times. The hard times
may have had the effect of putting more
moderate priced cars in the field. The
manufacturers turned a time Of financial
stress into golden opportunity
THE automobile industry is being pushed
to the fore at = rate that no other manu-
featuring proposition has ever attained In
such a short time. New fields are opening
up for the automobile every day. Land
agents from the state are already looking
up machines with which TO take prospective
buyers across their lands Towns situated
a little ways from the railroad stations
are being given quick service by automo-
biles. Summer resorts in the Rocky Noun
tains are putting in automobiles TO haul
pleasure seekers from the trains. Min
owners are buying big rue TO haul the
output Of their mines 10 the railroads Al
sosts Of concerns In the cities are buytns