The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-16

I Surpassing the fondest expectations 1 of it's promoters, the first automobile
 show given by the Bridgeport Autonao- i bile Dealers association, and the first
 of it's kind ever held in this city, op- ened it's doors at the armory last ev- ening. There was a big crowd on
 hand all evening to welcome the open ing Promptly at o'clock the wide
 doors were thrown apart, and the crowds began to pour in upon the spa cioas floor. While the floor was fill ing the Wheeler & Wilson band played a number of selections. After short delay. President F. A. Rantz' of the troduced Mayor E. T. Buckingham who formally opened the show There is much at the Armory to at tract the crowds. Polished cars line 1 Wheeler & Wilson band discourses
 music in the evening and the orches- tra in the afternoon. The spacious quarters are prettily decorated, the ! main scheme being green and white, with pane1ed and festooned American flags and banners. Each car is allotted
 there is a small oak table and chair. Agents distribute pamphlets and auto mobile literature describing the merits , of their respective cars.
 President Rantz called the gathering to order, introducing Mayor Sucking ham, who said, Ladies and gentle men: Tonight there is prevalent in th1s
 hall a fever which is catching; the au- to fever, and hope you will all catch it before you leave. Bridgeport has dealers, who only five weeks ago, de- cided they wanted an auto show
 Bridgeport has a habit, when it wants anything, of getting it. I think great ] credit is due President Rantz, the members Of the various committees,
 and the dealers for the very creditable
 exhibition which we have here this 5 evz and New Haven and other places have l food shows and auto shows but Bridgeport has never had one, sim 11Iv because no one had nerve enough to start the ball ro1ling- Now the au- to dealers have displayed that nerve,
 and if what you see here ton1gnt shows avs what they can accomplish after five weeks work, what can they do when
 they have a. year to prepare in? By
 the power invested in me, by the com 1nittee and in their name, declare
 the first auto show of Bridgeport,
 formally opened
 The mayors remarks were greeted
 with hearty applause, after which the agents and the dernonstrators got down to real business of the evening, showing and describing, the cars;
 vieing with the other to make a sale.
 It is hard to tell, which h., dealer pre- sents the best exhibit. There are so many good makes, ana the ears are SD
 
 a. choice can hardly be made The cars are the handsonest that the var ious dealers could procure upon the short notice given them to arrange for the show.
 Right at the entrance is the space allotted to the Franklin agency, repre- sented by A. l.. Clark. his company exhibiting two cars, a. Model and a Model H. The company took party of newspapernen out for 2. spin: The car was driven by Chauffeur George McLaughlin, an expert from the New York off1ces the party being in charge of Harry Jones of New York. There were seven persons i'll all. in a Model H, A horse power runabout. A spin return being made i'll that number Of minutes. The cylinders on this car. are enclosed within glass cylindrical shaped case. every vibration of the ever working cylinders being exposed.
 Another conspicuous booth was that of the Park City Motor Car Go. who have the local agency for the Peer less cars. They show two models of this handsome machine and chassis of the same make
 The Peck & Lines Co.,, show a cou- pIe of serviceabIe cars, a Paterson 't3O' | and a Whiting fE20'', both of the tour l ing style.
 One of the notable exhibits of the | show is that of the Rantz Motor Car | Co., who occupy three spaces at the | center of the hall the north side. | Here President Rantz, assisted by Gus shows a handsome Cadillac, | 30 horsepower abandonment. Besides this ma chine is 8 50 horsepower Speed | we'll with toy tonneau. Today a Mid and will be installed in the Rantz exhibit. the car not having arrived in