The Detroit times., 1910-07-15
1900 AUTOS TAKE
PART IN D|GG[sT
WHEEL PARADE
Second Of Big Features Of En- wssE
Attracts Big Crowd Of Rsddssss
and Visitors Along the Linz
Of Parade.
Machines in Display Alone, Mostly
Detroit Make, Represent an out.
lay Of Millions Of nDllsrs.

~-S '~NSOA Asov VttVIAs NAt~@II
afternoon, the greatest automob1ie
parade in history left the corner AZ
Woodward-ave. and tho Grand boule,
ward, and, through long lane of
spectators, proceeded down town ~
an average speed of IL miles an boar.
The parade represented millions Or
dollars and was q striking demnnatra-
ton OF what the automobise industry
means to Detroit There were more
than $500 cars In the line, the Length
OF which was estimated at close 10
70 miles. The total cost OF the cars
at an average price OF $1,000 per car.
which Is considered low, aggregated
s2,6OO,000, while the decorations rep
resented an outlay well up into six
figures. as
The auto parade came as the spec
tacular culmanating feature Of the
Elks reunion, which has been on in
Detroit all week. and II was q Inemor.
able one, For weeks Chairman Ron
ert X. Davis and his associates on the
auto committee have labored night and
day to make the affair success and
their efforts were well repaid.
In the matter Of decorations the pa
geant was revelation. Cost evidently
was secondary consideration with
the entrants in their desire to evolve
something new and novel; Gariande
of ribbon and bunting were employed
In the designs, while the flowers utiis
lied would stock several florists
shops. The auto was king today.
The parade formed on the Cross
streets on either side OF Woodward
ave-, north OF the Grand boulevard.
out as far as Boston boulevard. The
route was as follows: From Grand
boulevard south on Woodward 20
Grand Circus Park, to Park-st., to
Washington, to Michigan, on west
side OF Washington, back on east side
OF Washington to the park. south ON
Woodward to Jefferson, east on Jeffer-
son to Gladwin park and back via
Jefferson and Woodward to the start
ing point.
Police oficers in cars four abreast
itis rnarshai. ~ Il, nzE1s ma Sis
aides, in individual cars. In addition
to this personal escort, 10 division
aides, also in individual cars, and
about 40 men on motorcycles, were
scattered through the long line.
| The divisions numbered AZ, the mar.
shall and his escort, visiting mayors
and local officials and representatives
Of the motor car manufacturers form
ing the first. The second were com
posed entirely OF band trucks and
comic floats. The other sections were
as follows:
Section 3--Gasoline cars that are
decorated and not assigned special
sections according to make. Section
4--Decorated electrics, exclusive OF the
Aw.A r q "A
electrics--Section 7-Cartercar Sec
tion s--oldsmobile. Sections . and 10
Cadillac. Section 1l--Buick. Section
if-BSicR. Section isEEwiDs. Eimore
and Rainier cars. Section 16--OakIand.
Section Maxwell Section lS--
Ws,eh Detroit and soo We,es Pontiac.
Section 2l--Miscellaneous entrants.
Section 22-Hudson. Section 2s--Over-
land. Section 24-Miscsllansous as
2T--E-M-F sectio n2s-open for gem
eral Assignments. SectioCs 20 and 30--
EMF Section 31--Brush. section
s4-Warren. Section s5-PaIge-Detroi
Section 36-Ford. Section 3I--Commer-
cial cars. Section 3S--Jackson. Sec
descriptions. Sections 40 and 41--Mia-
cellaneous cars. Section 42--Commer-
cial cars.
One of the most interesting floats In
| line will be that OF the Cadillac Motor
Car Co., reproducing the historic
painting of Chevalier de Cadillac re-
ceiving from Louis XIV. OF France.
commission to found colony at De-
troit. The float was constructed by
II. v. Buelow, OF Detroit, and the cos
tunes were made by the Whitney
Scenic & Costume Co., also OF this
city. The painting OF which the fioat
| Is reproduction was presented to the
city by the French government on the
occasion of the two-hundredth ami
versary of the city's founding. The
Cadillac Co. also will have In line the
two "battleship" cars In which the
Northwestern Military Academy
cadets recently acted as escort on the
| 2,850-miie Glidden tour.
Business houses of the city will be
strongly represented. No advertising
was permitted In the big parade or
Thursday. but there is no bar today
and many are taking advantage of the
| opportunity presented. The result VIII