New-York tribune., 1909-01-03
BUSY AT PALACE SHOW
M1NT SALES M1DE TO BIG
DEALERS.
Public 4Iso Shoes Interest by Buy
ing Cars Many Students En-
anime Exhibits.

They were siiI keeping the ticket takers busy all
yesterday the Grand Central Palace where the
serious business of the ninth show Of the American
Motor Car Manufacturers Association swung into
its stride Thousands piled in. and sales were
being made every few minutes all day long. Hun
dreds of dealers crowded the exhibition spaces and
they were extremely busy IT, discussing the terms
of their c"ntrarts tee f+2 n.tput Of the manu-
facturers wEo we're hand
One thing l. certain as 4 result of the imme-
date end uneqU3yOrl success IF this show That Is
that the show committee Is convinced that it has
MT upon the proper time 70 hold the exhibit. and
every show of the association Mil undoubtedly be
"egun during fhe holidays hereafter- Roth public
and dea lcrs have attended fn unusual numbers and
me amount - actual work done by the sales
agents and demonstrators has been phenomenal
Yesterday was students day. and hundreds Of
young engineers who beginning that
there Is a future in automobile engineering were
on hand TO supplement- their college work by
sight of the novelties and Tefnements OF con-
kfruction tina; are 10 he seen all over the Palace.
Now York University Columbia Stevens Yale,
Harvard and many institutions were
represented by = number OF students and by MEM
hers or their faculties, and il made obvious
that the problems of automobile engineering will
receive lot Of attention hereafter in the courses
offered in the technical schools and the scientific
departments of the larger universities which have
not already taken up the subject.
The Automobile Club Of America played host
last night tc several hundred visiting dealers and
manufacturers, ard there was general good time
and tolii1cation in the big clubhouse in West 54th
Street The entertainment took the form OF
smoker. and vaudeville turns enliyened the oc-
casion- There was plenty TO eat and drink for all
who attended and the affair increased the already
considerable popularity of the club among the
men who make and sell and talk Of automobiles.
At the Palace there good cheer and spirit
Of fun and jOllitY ali day long. There was lot
Of work way and another. Of course, and
the Ford REQ and Maxwell booths reported sales
10 dealers In the three small cars aggregatng
twelve hundred machines. which was not a bad
days work The commercial vehicle men also
kept very busy. and than score OF the big
trucks sold during tie day
But there time for fun in the intervals of
business, and the Fiat Import Company. or. rather
three o. its officials had some Of it with Fred
WagneE the Official starter Of the American Auto
mobile Association J. r. Hollander. J. :. Josephs
and Ben EischberE said they were sure that Wag-
rers efficient starting had helped Wagner's Fiat TO
win the Grand Prize at Savannah. and they wanted
o give him little token Of their esteem. Wagner
is quiet and moderate man in his selection OF
clothes, ans abhoTs anything vivid, particularly in
Saistcosts. is well known 10 his friends, SO that
there something particularly appropriate in
their selection % gift
The present is light blue alligator skin waist
coat. with agate detachable rim buttons. chaste
ans quiet garment that struck even Wagner as too
simple for such an occasion as the auto show So
he w.l wait until less festive occasion before
wearing
LOT OF tie children who thronged the show
seemed he particularly interested in one of the
De Luxe CGnpsnys exhibits The car is white all
over. with glass head for the motor and a baby
blue bureau trunk the Of the tonneau. Al
fred Reeves said it vas for honeymoon,
and Il certainly looked The part
Among those who visited the show were NJ. and
Mrs. Elbert Il. Gary, Nj and Mrs Richard A c.
Smith,, Mrs Elihu Frcst, Mr.. and Mrs. Jefferson
De Mont Thompson. Nj. and Mrs S A Clark,
2dr. and Mrs. George Thomas Mr. and Mrs Will
lam A Hazard Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Hail. MI
and Mrs. George Iolister Mr.. and Mrs CoTt-
landt Field Bishop. Mr.. and Mrs - Francis
Tucker, Henry Sands Richard Croker. Andrew
Freedman. Thomas Lambert. Mr and Mrs. John
Van Schoten. 1Ir and Mrs. Robert Lee MOrreli,
Miss Jeanette HaggeTty George r. Fearing. Sam
Uei NJ Butler Harry Black and Rene La Mon
tagne
= Ia Nor. head Of The Mora Motor Car Com
;aa,sy is 4 member of Jhe show committee Since
the opening the exhibition he has been 81 the bis
space The Mora concern occupies, ,1and can always
l- found busy explaining TO the many visitors the
advantages IF the de was beaming over with
JOY last evening the big crowd IN attendance.
He said that he believed It a good thing 10 hold
the show et this tine. ana was sure the results
would he better for all concerned than with the
early date of the last exhibition He said that Il
re..ld prove az advantage to the manufacturer IN
meeting He was pleased with the business
his company was doing he said. and thought this
year would be p prosperous one for the trade
Joe Moore the well known driver Of Premier cars.
is here from the factory at Indianapolis TO attend
the show. He said yesterday. when seen at the
Premier booth that ne vas astOnished at the big
crowds that have attended the exhibition, and more
20 at the many questions asked by many Of those
who have respected the Premier cars. Automobile
driving was much more easy than answering some
Of these questions. he satd