The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-02-08
UNDER AUSPICES OF NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF AUToMo-
BILE MANUFACTURERS.
WITH 323 EXHIBITORS
Ore thousand Machines Of Different
Styles--costly Decorations to
Represent Bronze--S. A.
Miles Manacer.

Chicago Feb. THE Chicago
Automobile show which opened Fci-
Iday for an eight days exhibit IN the
! Coliseum and First Regiment ar.
imory. is the eighth national expCsi,
ltion. and Manager Samuel A. Miles
has been the leadinx spirit in all of
! them. But Chicago had other auto
| mobile shows courtesy compels the
distinction of automobile" although
the early efforts were but sorry ef
forts compared to the big shows OF
latter years
Seven Of the eight shows have
been run under the auspices Of the
National Association of Automobile
Manufacturers which in reality Is
the national organization of the
trade-th one body that is able to
get the licensed and unlicensed
manufacturers in one big happy fam.
lily in the same show buildings. The
first glance the puDlic had of auto
mobiles in a show in Chicago was
during the fall festival Of 1898 when
promoter of an indoor bicycle
meet at Tattersal's obtained half
dozen electric vehicles and paraded
them around in the infield while tns
cyclists were not on the track
A few months later---in January
lS99-N, II VanSicken, the cycle
show promoter who eSsayed com
lination exposition in a down town
installed a few hor8eless
carriages On the second floor. con
structing an incline runaway so that
the vehicle could BE- run up to the
place Of exhibition
At the Van Slcklen show the
american Electric Vehicle company
showed n light wagon that sold at
$1,000 while the Fischet Equipment
company had am electric stanhope
a runabout and a hanson on view.
The Oakman Motor company dis |
played two-cylnder two cycle mo.
tor and a gasoline launch was one |
Of the other novelties. Goodrich, |
Goodyear and Hartford tires, now |
ever, had q comprehensive ex.l
hibit.
Subsequently the al fresco race |
meet and outdoor automobile show.
urler the auspices of The Inter
Ocean, was held at the Washington
Park track, but the bad weather and
the strangeness of the automobile
combined to keep away
many enthusiasts. There were
SHOWN in the snace under the grand
stand acrs of the Woods Electric
company the American Bicycle com
pany. Buffalo Gasoline Motor com.
pany and Carse Pros.
The first real automobile show Of
proportions was the one
that Samuel A. Miles opened in the
Coliseum March $23. 1901 The wea.
iher was against 1t and the city was
In a turmoil over the mayoralty elec,
ton Still 10000 people responded
to the invitations sent out for the
opening and the next night Manager
Miles was much gratifed over the
prosuects.
There are 323 exhibitors In the
1909 show. about one hundred of
them showing an average of the.
automobiles each The .remainlsf
are exhibitors displaying the no-:
complete line of accessories ever dis.
played in Chicago. One Of the fea-
lures Of the 1909 ow-motorcycles 4
is expected 10 make a favorable
impression on tae public. no less
than twenty-one makers having Oh
aimed space for their exhibits. many
Jf them being twin cylinder motto
,ycles with seven horse power rat
nEs. This annual cost Of dec ~raticn
md appointments FOR the last three
or four shows has averaged more
han sGo 600 for each Stah work
was the chief feature Of the dec"-
aiive scheme three years ago. This
Ias been Superseded bv papier
rache wherever possible. and tn
s0g show will be the bronze expo
.itlon. much Of the statUary &
loosely resemble real bronze