The sun., 1910-01-01
AMONG THE AUIOMOBILISTS
GARDEN SHOW EXHIBITORS TO
USE MANY TELEPHONES.

Company VIII Install EVtrl Booths and
Pay stations I'm Addition TO Some
roo Instruments for the Private Use
OF Firms That VIII Display ProdGc:s.
The work OF laying the temporary floor
IN the basement OF Madison square Garden
for the use OF the accessory exhibitors in
the annual automobile show in the building
n practically completed. but the workmen
will not be able to begin operations on the
main floor until tomorrow, as another
show has been running in the Garden this
week. The feathered exhibits will hardly
be out Of the building tonight before the
wofkmen begin preparing the building for
the opening OF the licensed show a week
from tonight.
TsLephone company employees have been
busy for the last few days making prepara-
tions TO provide for the great number Of
telsphone calls that will be sent 10 and from
the Garden during the show. II is esti-
mated that 800 calls an hour are made from
the public pay stations alone while the show
10 in progress. In order to care for this
increased traf1c the telephone company 10
arranging to make many additions to the
permanent switchboard in the building.
Booths with attendants will be installed
ON the main floor near the Fourth avenue
sxis In addition to the regular booths in the
exhibition hall on the foyer. force Of
ten operators will care for the booths.
Automatic psy stations will be established
In the concert hall and In the basement.
These telephones will be supplemented by
about 200 that will he located at the spaces
Of exhibitors for their own private use.
Tbsre are now twelve States in which
automobile driving licenses are required.
From January 1 to October 81. te5 licenses
we're issued. or the applicants only
s=stvs were found incompetent or for other
rsasons we're refused licenses. The States
and licenses issued are as follows: Con-
necticut, 4.o70: Pennsylvania. 33.OSo; Maine.
1907: Delaware. $50: MARYLAND. :,2S2;
Massachusetts,, 1925; Missouri. 5000; New
Hatnyshire, ,oee: New Jersey. -, ,o4s; Rhode
Tsland, 5.:2S: Vermont. 2.lSo: West Vir-
GINA. 800.
Charles W. Mears OF the Winton firm
Mas prepared list OF the six cylinder cars
that were displayed at the recent Olympia
snow in London. He says forty four
,nakers showed a total Of sixty-nine dis
sfr,ct six cylinder models ranging from
Ie.e 70 90 Horsepower. The idea that six
rrgnWsrsd cars is hardly in accordance
WIN the fact that forty OF the sixty-nine
cars. o. S per cent: & we're machines It,octI Of
sSsyd 81 the cars, twenty-five in number,
werW rated at 80 horse-power or less. The
WImk0m Was the Only hiAlcHiCAA SIX CyUn0er
imo6rl shown The Delaunay- Belleville and
Va H,Iiro frms Of France each showed hye
IN 0riinder models and the British Napier
srd RelQian German firms each showed
\ fo1Ir six cylinder models.
J (. krhs ofacials of the Pennsylvania State
HtIRwav Department at Harrisburg have
.~red q letter OF instruction which is
.Xgra gsnt 10 ali applicants for autom obile
lW45Tfrations and driving licenses for ne xt
/SStr These letters can be secured by
= .wTifsna TO the department ONCE at Harris
tlsrw and were prepared to facilitate the
@<,rE Cf the. State ofhcials In enforcing
,fS various provisions OF the measure.
The now law was passed by the State
fMxIriafure In it's closing hours and after
c-1sfderable debate, While the speed
,,roxisicns OF the bill became effective at
Snoe the regulations concerning regis
srsfiun n Rs were not to go into effect until
I.nmary 4. 1910. Tho law grades the prices
81 rsSistrations for motor vehicles
mi FOR 1910 viii pay. according 20 horse.
- i,orse-power. $40 for cars between 10 and
more than 50. horsepower. All cars mus
4 bear ags, and in addition chSuneurs mus
\ wear badges, which will cost o. each. Ther,
d 10 no charge for an owner Of car driving
viii be permitted to operate one within
tte state except by special license.
Il The bill also contains a provision FOL
disgoura sing chsuneurs nom taking trips