The sun., 1910-01-04
ENGINEERS AT AUTO SHOW
EXPERTS BUSY EXAMINING TIE
NEW MODELS.


J Fechnicsl Questions Worry Some OF
81 the Inexperienced saIesmen-Agents
81 Flock 10 Grand Central Palace From
III Many Cities-New Ideas Are Few.
~ Il was Engineers Night" last evening
st the Grand Central Palace, according
20 the Official calendar Of the show CON-
mittee OF the American Motor Car Manu-
facturers Association. but for the ex-
hibitors it could have been more aptly
termed the first Of the Agent Days. "
hs hundreds Of dealers from all over the
pountry made their first appearance at
the show, being among the first TO enter
fhe building in the morning and the last
10 leave 1t at night when the lights began
TO 20 out.
There were plenty Of engineers in the
big building all day yesterday and last
might, rs a great many members of the
profession are in the city for the annual
1neetfnge Of the Society of Automobile
Engineers, one of which will be held to-
day at the clubhouse Of the Automobile
Club Of America. In addition to the auto
mobile engineers there were great num-
)bers OF engineers that are members Of
the various engineering societies, the
khow committee having sent out invita-
}tions 20 the members Of these organiza-
.tions.
4 Some Of the automobile engineers had
"a lot Of fun asking very technical ques-
5tions Of the statesmen at the various car
Exhibits. Many of the younger statesmen.
kwho have not had an opportunity to be-
come thoroughly posted regarding the
3mechanical points of their cars, had a
Nrather unhappy time OF il when the
teehnical experts began quizzing them,
= and some of the answers they gave
would have astonished the men response
/ bIe for the cars the youngsters were
4 5talking about
One instance was related last night of a
4 DESIGNER from a Western factory who
wandered around to the space where his
\ car was shown in the early afternoon
when the only one at the exhibit was a
young salesman who recently Joined the
forces of the New York agent of the car
! The designer told the young man he
thought the car looked rather nice, but
be thought that it might be improved
I In some of its mechanical details his
purpose being TO find out how much the
youth knew about the car. The sales
man was fast being tangled up in a maze
OF technical questions when some ac-
qua intances OF the designer came along
and asked him il he was going to buy
one OF his own cars.
-phs. .snginSars found less to look at in
the way Of freakish and new ideas than at
\ any former Palace show and more
festurps OF real tried out merit than
e usual, as practically all the cars shov a
: arw designed and constructed a ong lines
THAT have come to be accepted as standard
Y both In this country and abroad. Some
\ uY The technical man declared they had
ep0nt most OF tnelr ii ne among the
,mcosssory exhibits, examining the many
,fvpes Of demountable rims and other
\ new ideas in equipment for cars that have
been brought out in u comparatively
fepsnt period.
If Yesterday morning and in the after
moon before the building was crowded
with the regular influx Of visitors every
t4tjace where there was stripped chassis
on an en- gine with parts cut away to show
ifn workings, was certain to be surrounded
|1kR rroups OF en9ineers with very often
IA designe Of the car acting as a volun-
1Sr lectprer TO explain TO his tenIcnal
F|3Snds &he advantages of his own par
Hhl6F IDEAS as embodied in the chassis
u - anRine slInder examination.
"a n Hunne Of the salesmen at the spaces
..syhaB these impromptu technical adj
"A 1900 were made, declared they had
ic6rnsd more about the design Of the