Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-04
WORKING OUT BIC
AUTO SHOW PLANS
Fifty Distinct Exhibits, Including
Foreign and Domestic Cars
and Accessories

sons big automobile show which opens
at the Shrine auditorium December ~
and continues for one week. The an
nual show is being given under the
auspices of the Los Angeles Motor
Car Dealers association and the show
committee and Manager Walter Hem
pei, who have been arranging for this
magnificent exhibition of 1911 motor
cars promise one of the most elaborate
spectacles of the kind ever offered in
the west.
The show will not only be one of
the greatest interest to the motor low
ers but when the present plans are
carried out it will be an amusement
spectacle which will attract the thou
sands not numbered among the stead
lily growing automobile public. The
management Is putting forth every ef-
fort to make this show of interest to
the man not in the field and with this
objo in view has engaged one of the
best known bands in the west and
will spare no expense in transferring
the immense 45hrine auditorium into
a typical California garden
There will be all models in this show
from the smallest roadster to the larg-
est of the foreign torpedoeS. In fact,
the exhibit will be complete in every
detail Not only will there be all styles
and MODELS of American made ma
chimes but also those of foreign manu-
facture. There will also be show
of electric vehicles and a most inter-
esting exhibit of commercial cars.
There will be at least a half dczen
well known trucks with a carrying
capacity of from one to three tons.
The business men will naturally be
very much interested in this exhibit
as the motor truck has become a popu-
lar as we'll as a very important in
stitution in the business world. These
trucks will be exhibited on the main
floor.
The many dealers who show their
cars will offer the best and most beau
tiful of models and these will be en-
throned amid bowers Of the most beau
tiful of natural flowers and greenery
with a ceiling of smilax, from which
10000 electric lights will twinkle.
The contract for decorating the
building has been let to the firm of
Roth Raymond and Muller. This COM
pany decorated the Shrine for the an
nual Shrine ball and the Taft banquet.
The show decorating will surpass eth
er of these events.
The music will be furnished in both
the afternoon and night by Ohlemeyer's
well known band of forty pieces. An
extensive program will be rendered
daily. the band being placed on the
stage.
For the balcony the music will be
furnished by Madame Stanton's Ladies
Viennese orchestra. This will fill the
hall with strains of melody at all hours
of the day and evening.
Thursday will be society night and
for this occasion there will be a spec
ial musical program with number
of well known soloists.
Forty thousand feet of green and
red carpet has been ordered. The car
peting will be red on the main floor
and green in the balcony. The aisles
will be white.
Every inch of the wall will be COW
cred with greenery and the stage will
be transformed into a picturesque
roadside inn with an immense curtain
of greenery. down the front.
At the entrance to the hall will be
a pergola while on the outside an i'm
mense canopy of canvas will protect
the visitors from the sidewalk to the
show hall.
The Edison company has placed
four giant transformers in the build
ing to supply the additional current
which will be required for the many
thousand more lights.
Another feature will be a number
of lady ushers who will be on duty to
supply the visitors with information
regarding exhibits and other features.
Many of the exhibitors are planning
unique features, such as working parts
and stripped chassis with sectional
views. A partial list of exhibits is as
follows:
California Automobile company, ten
cars This will be one of the largest
exhibits of the show. There will be
two Columbus electric coupes and one
stanhope In addition to the cleo
trio cars there will be an exhibit Of
charging plant in working order.
Three Firestone Columbus models will
be exhibited, a greyhound torpedo
roadster a 32-horse power foredoor
touring car and 40-horse power fore
door touring car. Four Warren Detroit
cars, a 30-horse power roadster, a fore
door toy tonneau, a 30-horse power
passenger touring car and a 30
horse power delivery wagon.
The Hawley King company will
show five models. There will be
Grabowsky truck and a power plant,
a Beyster- Detroit delivery wagon,
30-horse power Oakland roadster, 30
horse power Oakland touring car and
a 40-horse power touring car.
w. J. Burt will show an Auburn
torpedo, a chassis, a short-coupled car
and touring car. The torpedo is one
of the handsomest cars ever seen on
the coast.
H. Carson Gilbert will show a 1911
Stanley steamer finished in nickel. He
will also show an engine, boiler and
burner.
The Kissel Kar company will have
as their star attraction the winner Of
the Phoenix race. Harvey Herrick
will be on the job to tell how his car
went through on the great race. In
addition to the racer there will be a
60 and a 30-horse power touring car.
Four Lexingtons are to be shown
These will be a 40-horse power red
roadster, five-passenger golden
brown touring car, a 40-horse power
gray torpedo and a dark blue seven
passenger touring car with a 50-horse
power motor.
The Pioneer Commercial Auto COM
pany will have three trucks, two Ran
dolphs and one Reliance.
Gilhousen Bros will have the 1911
owen and the new Marmon.
The Siegmund Motorcar company
will show a roadster and a touring
car The Abbott Detroit exhibit will
be complete with three cars and a
stripped chassis.
The Haynes company will show three