New-York tribune., 1909-01-14
BIG AUTO SHOW GROWS
ARMY OF MEN At WORK.
Garden WM Be Ready for the
Opening on Saturday.

Work IN decorating the arena OF Madison Square
Garden for the ninth nationsI show OF the Asso-
citation OF Licensed Automobile Manufacturers.
which opens a. Madison Square Garden on satur-
day evening. at O'Clock is being pushed TO COM
piet1on oy-a small army of For nearly a
month the work has been going on ir the concert
hall. basement. cafe and upper parts of the build
Ing, and yesterday the big amphtheatre was al
most ready for the which will be placed to-
day and tomorrow
Nd. l.. Downs secretary OF the show committee.
gave some idea of how elaborate the decoration
VIII be by remarking that seven buildings In this
city have been given from basement to roof
In the last few weeks in preparing decorative ma
terfal for the show.
AS IN previous years the show Will be depart
mentized. SO that visitors may find more readily
those things which most interest them. The
standard makes OF licensed cars viii be on the
main moor, but there will be car exhibits also on
tne eievated platform. in the cafe and basement.
Ihere will be forty-seVen exhibits OF complete
cars, besides III exhibits of accessories and parts
and twenty-six motor cycle exhibits The motor
cycle exhibit will be the first complete ever
shown being several times larger than that of
any previous show held in the Garden.
Ihere is one new fac. the show committee
this year. and a second new one prominent IN con-
hecuon with the show work. The new member
OF the committee is E. P. Chalfant the new gen
eral manager OF the association. and the new man
associated with the committee work fs Coker
hcity department. The others OF the committee
are the same as last yeaE-Coionel George Pope
chairman: Charles Clifton ard NJ L. Downs
Cnaries Clifton. a prominent figure in the indus
try, is treasurer Of the George n. Pierce Company
ano president OF the Association OF Licensed Auto
mobile Manufacturers. Colonel George Pope is a
landmark In the industry. having been for years
the treasurer of the Pope Manufacturing Company.
he mas been chairman of the association show
committee for three successive years. Edward P.
chaIfant has been Identified with the automobile
industry since January. 1905. although he pre-
Vfously IN the tire business He was sales man
ager and director OF the waitham Manufacturing
Company until he called TO the post Of general
manager Of the association NJ L. Downs. secre-
tary OF the committee has been identified with the
automobile industry since its inception and has
been in every branch OF it, managing some
big runs. For the last ave years he has been with
the association and has attended to the detail work
in connection with all the licensed shows.
While there viii be enough changes In the way of
10 keep the enthusiasts busy. the standard makes
that compose the show Will bring out moro stink
ingly than ever before the great progress that is
being made toward the Standardization OF cars
The work toward this end has been going on for
years through the mechanical branch Of the 1850
citation and some definite results now apparent
To the this Standardization will In futurs have
q value IN economy and convenience beyond esti-
mate. II Is not too much TO say that among the
standard makes 1t often will be possible TO make
repair by using parts from another car in OF
emergency