New-York tribune., 1909-01-06
MOTORISTS BRAVE RAIN
SHOP CROWDED ALL DAY.
Convincing Test Furnished Of PopH-
Idyitu of the 4ntO.

.,r,.,-,,z test was needed Of the remark
able popularity Of the modern motor car - :.
Yesterday II spite Of q driving ram u10' W"
nigh flooded the streets in spite Of the iac' lIa
the admission for the day had been raised 10 o.
.ba s,7toroobile show IN Grand Central Pa4dce
was tl1e mecca for hundreds upon hunoreoS' ~
sisles were crowded in the afternoon anu P'"N
,icaIly impassable in the evening Those VINO wenI
for the first time planning 10 see 1t ALL Iouiu Hs
cor,,d not begin To make the rounds, and went ouI
promising themselves another visit before ue 4ei4'S
s-e put out tomorrow night
All a,y,or,obu. show records far as attendance
goes had been shattered last night. and the eNi4o
ton has two more DAYS 10 run The at'ehoa1ice
on Monday was placed at fifteen thousand persons
slnnost double the number for the same day al ias
years show. and judging by the olInculIV ih e. @
bowling ones way about yesterday Ihe Hsu'e' wa
turn ont 10 be quite big
.f7rass everybody in the city wants 10 buy an
automobile" was a remark overheard six or eishI
times IN less than hour Yesterday afternoon
and II did seem Il most everybody IN the CITY
was at the show.
One dealer from Japan put IN appearance yes
terIay and Il was interesting TO find that no less
than Ss7 motor car dealers Rad registered at the
show up 10 o'clock yesterday. In all probability
this number Will be increased 10 twelve hundred
before the curtain is Tung down.
L did not seem possible that or woman
who wanted TO buy a car could make a Sc
lection from the number Of model machines OF
fered but there was business for ALL and rushing
had contracted for practically his whole output 1or
the wear and could 60 back home and LOT SIX
months al least think OF nothing except set'inS
81. machines out in time 10 fill the demand An
other expressed the opinion chat there was no I'M
mediate danger Of the supply eXceedlhs INC N
rnand-
Those who find time TO get away rom @ bi,e
cars on the main floor will find much 10 ehteT'ai
In looking over the exhibit of accessories IN th9
esI,eries and the display of aeronautics. which 1or
lack OF room is on the top floor, near the of1cia
headquarters.
The display IS model one in more senses ti'an
me and is made By Chevalier Albert {. 1rlace, d
licensed pilot Of France Italy and Ame7o"- ne ~,
models shown in aeroplanes are one-teTth me Kun
size and include the Wright brothers aeroPaI9
and its nonorsn pult with which IL Is s'ai ~
A glider a parachute some dir1gloie oaIiooH9 nl.1
an aerostat are also show. together with q one
haIf-pound kite. whose surfaces cover one square
metre and contains 100 wires This Kite mas O
sent up in the air two miles - -.
Those in charge OF the branch OF t1e oulee" u
tours Of the Automobile Club of America al 'ne
show reported last evening that seventy-fve motor
fists had been enrolled in the $40 membership since
the opening Of the exhibition.
Of this number over sixty have taken out TRIP
tvo,es- for Europe and have selected the routes
1.t5 ,,+ m The bureau Of tours for Southern Italy,
which covers the devastated district of the recent
earthquake
waldron Williams. chairman Of this conmt'ee'
said Yesterday that the reports received rom t1a-
Tonaan him that the To6Gs ana tcuf@
ing facilities 10 that section Of the country are
-rscticaIly rniupaired outside Of the zone OF the
volcanic er7rptions $50 great is the demand. con-
tiuue6 Mr.. Williams, that have authorized our
operative department 10 secure for Us in conpre-
hensfxe detail the exact road conditions as Wei
as the possibilities Of hotel accommodations. This
viii he received sufficient time TO place 1t in the
hands of those who belong 70 the bureau of tours
Of the Automobile Club of America and who in
tend TO 60 abroad in the spring
Frank B Hover. chairman OF the contest COM
-nirree of the American Automobile Association.
was visitor 2 the show yesterday afternoon He
announced that the starting point Of the next tour
for tbs Gll6den and Hover trophies had not been
decided upon, but that the contest will start the
week OF July An entrance fee Of s2oo is charged
Cor cars entered prior May IL. and 1910 If made
tetveen May Il June Is. when the entries will
close The must state whether the machine
touring car, miniature tonneau, double rum
bic or runabout. end also tell if the is
tered for the trophy. certificate non-contestant
class an inventory OF al parts carried and q
price list of the same must also be furnished