Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-23
AUTO PARADE TO
START Off SHOW
BEGINS THIS AFTERNOON AT 2
O'CLOCK SHARP
SHOW OPENS AT 8 O'CLOCK TO-
NIGHT FOR ONE WEEK
Manager Dick Ferris Has Proved
Himself Master of Details in
Working Out Every
Plan

With the fantastic parade this after
| noon, the great automobile show, which
opens in the basement of the Ham
burger building tonight, will be given
its first real impetus.
While nearly every exhibit is in place,
| and certainly will be by o'clock to-
night, when the public will be allowed
to catch its first glimpse of the fairy
land which weeks have been devoted
to in preparing, it will require hard,
strenuous work all day today to smooth
out the little wrinkles and put the last
finishing touches on details.
The parade will begin this afternoon
at o'clock, at some point on "gaso-
line row." near Twelfth and Main
streets, and will traverse nearly all of
the business streets of the city before
disbanding in the neighborhood of the
Hamburger building.
The parade will prove to be one Of
the most unique affairs ever seen in
the city, typifying as it will every
stage of vehicular locomotion from the
very earliest days of '49, when the
/ prairie schooner made it's toiling way
across the hot desert sands of the states
to the eastward, en- route to California
to the very latest thing in motor cars
the very daintiest Of which perhaps
VIII be considered my lady's taxicab.
Line of Parade
The line of the parade will be as fol-
| lows: Starting on automobile row.
| north on Main street to Temple. up
Temple to Spring, south on Spring to
Elghth, west on Eighth to Broadway
| north on Broadway to Second, west on
Second to Hill, south on Hill to Sixth
west on Sixth to Olive, south on Olive
! TO P1co and from Pico to the Ham
burger building and disband.
The parade will be led by a band. fol-
lowed by band of Indians, and then.
in order, the old prairie schooner bear
ing the famous old legend California
| or Dust, burroS and miners. the old
! Banning COACH" which in earlv davs
ran between Los Angeles and San Pc
! dro; the cowboy riders of the Va
| quero club. old fashioned farmers
| wagon, farmers one-horse chaise:
| farmers blackboard, light city runa-
bout, city buggy, city hack. four-in-
hand tandem, and hanson cab.
Advent of Motors
Then will come the vehicles which
| depend upon motive power other than
the beast of burden, including the old
| high wheel bicycle, the old "star'' hign
wheel, the old safety and the modern
safety; then the motorcycle, old fash
Toned automobiles Of different types
and of different years; and then the
/
ton, which will conclude the parade
and point the desired object lesson of
] comparison between the old and the
/ new and the arrival of the new perma-
| nent age of horseless vehicles which
/ viii gradually dismiss the horse per-
manently from active service in CITY. in
country, on the farm, and in practic-
ally every field where man is COM
| PEELED to travel These cars will in
| clude racers. runabouts, touring cars
! trucks. electric taXicabs and whatever
| else that may be volunteered by own
| ers.
All owners of automobiles are invited
| to participate in this portion of the
parade, and it is expected that a laren
| number will avail themselves of en-
| Joying the event by filling their cars
Win iaules ana swelling the display.
Show Opens Tonight
| The show will open formally at 8
o'clock tonight with brief ceremonies
| including a short address by Mavor
Harper. Two bands will be stationed
IN different portions of the mammoth
exposition hall and their music will be
| enhanced by women's orchestra and
two quartets, the latter of whom Will
pass from booth to booth during the
evening in serenade fashion.
Lights and water were turned on in
the handsome fountain in the court Of
honor leading from the main stairway
| entrance of the exposition hall last
\ evening and the odd conceit was nro
nounced complete success by the
management. This was practically
the last large item that had not been
tried out and completed and with this
! nnlShed nothing remains but the tag
ends and the cleaning up of the debris
which has followed the trail of the
hundreds of workmen.
! Hundreds of cars were installed in
the various booths yesterday, but so
] nicely had every detail been arranged
by that master of details, Manager
Dick Ferris, that not the slightest con-
fusion followed and nearly every ex-
h1blt was in its place last night, bur-
nlshed. and glittering and left covered
for the night, ready for the crowds.
once the hour arrived.
A telephone central has been in
stalled on the floor, with connections to
every booth, and dozens of little de-
tails for the convenience of the visitors
! have been arranged, not least of which
will be an attractive little buffet where
light refreshments will be served.
Thousands from Outside
Thousands of visitors are expected
/ - OH POiiAIo VI OOulItIH California,
and even from San Francisco and other
cities to the north, word arriving hour
ly of parties being arranged for
/ The show will close at IL o'clock to-
night and remain closed over Sunday.
Monday morning it will open at 10
o'clock and each day thereafter at the
same hour, closing each evening at IL
o'clock next Saturday evening being
the last day scheduled. 1t is not un-
likely, however, that the show will
prove so large a success as to Justify
its running still another week, but this
is entirely problematical as yet.
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