The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-25
FIRST OF The SEASONS SHOWS
rNDEpr>DfNrs r,R> ~ rnr
GRIND CFNTRtI PiIf1I
t.Shihition ~ These tus sp.s,-s t-s-,
NrNt saturday and 30 win Hr TIE
Last show % the Nrar an,i the
OF COMING Que Aboiit the Car.

LAST snow Df the Year ami the
OF Coming 0nr About the Car.
The last automobI. show 81 1850 pr., .
iir-t nt Ioi' will b. ~" dnuhl" dt~tIu. r.,i. .
IN" exhibition thai opens IN tho -,"r.r-
December n IN tho i,rand 'cntr.| PAIL.
and continues until January IN.- .. -..
show OF the unlicensed manufacture. ..
- tn say. american makers who .,r. ..
aligned with the manufacturers urt". r
Seiden patent Tn" Palace show D., uu I,.... .
direction of What - known a. M" Nrr.r. ...
Motor car Manufacturers FNhihr '.-.
,iatiun.
Among the more prominent 81 'hs t....
ing ears that skill be seen ther" .r. ff,
| Abbott Detroit E"Tgdoli Cunuu-. A.
Houpt Rock we'll. Imperial X Il T. I.n,
Henry. CoTreja. Black -,row. Veil. col.
McFarian. Paige Detroit and Wurr.r H..
trolt In some eases m" srouuHIl., .,
be shown ar. not 20 we'll known m tra
Eas, and are seeking this opporruu... .,
make bow to the bI"inr pahi' trr.
However. of the list above almost y nn,.
been selling in this city and district gul som.
tins.
Commercial vehicles 10 he shown a. Tia
Palace include the Atterbury. tho two
Americans on. OF Detroit. the other ~.
Lock port, this state. tbs. Cortland. Gramm
Kelly. Saurer. Pennl nit. Victor. ,ass
Seitz. Monitor and Crown.
Maj Gen. Frederick Dent Grant IL to
open the show with a speech Gen Grant
will be accompanied by Col stephen &.
Mills. General stan. 4 : \ Capt G. ".
Fenton. Second cavalry. aide-de-camp.
and First Lieut.. Marion W. Howe. Elr..
Field Artillery. aide-dc-camp
4 special feature of the show is the avIa
ton exhibition. n,luding many acceptance
and engines for fying machines.
Commercial vehicles are TO be displayed
in great variety. They range from the te,,
ton American Standard truck to the I've
ton ttterburys. Gramms. Noellers. Saurars
and YiCtor~. and ON down in size to tho 80
pound capacity Martins. and still lower To
the tycionette Transport. " weighing half
a. much as a horse and able TO carry ED
pounds OF load.
Only ten wears ago saws Charles :.
puryea. some OF our leading railroads
were Orin ging coal To market in railroad cars
of no greater capacity than four 10 six .nn,
so any one OF several modern now or trucks
could take the whole carload at one trtI
while the big Americas standard would
need two such cars tn complete lie load
Even to-day the big freight ears Of our
best railroads carry but thirty To .ftv ton.
en- Oh and 50 make but three to five load, !or
"a ten ton truck
But when We compare with horses on
common roads or in an ything hut Level
country. aud even on paved streets. sin gle
horse has severe labor 10 handle Il on load
such large loads as these power trucks
handle would be all buc in poss BILE. while
the cost OF the horses. the harness ID"
holsters and stables and feed y ould put the
cost far above the truck
costs
Wheel bases run from ia inches on No
10 - 4 nn q iOun
to ia on the SeItl and Grlmm, n nd on down
10 lOo inc..es on the Monitor Q" inches or
the Penii-I M and lntnrna tIonql. - on the
chicago Pn.uins tic Tool ear and sin 9hortr-
la se> on the tyclOnett.' and Kelsey Mo'uI
cite Wheel sizes do not vary 20 murh
The cha So delivery with two cycle eugIr"
has n inch wheels in front and 90 inch
wheels rear. has also the Penn-l M
The big Gnmm trn"k has 80 inch re1r
wheels with twin ) inch tires. its front Wheel
being 10 inches high with single inch tire
number of Others use twin tires "n
- inch "hssaS such nr IN. ntts1nury 1nh
wheels with single tires and the ta-s .
inches These tires are solid Of Cour>"
Kelsey Two cycie Mororrtts Express viii
ire - inch wheels do find pnsumatrr
tires unless on passenger cabs. such az b"
With few exceptions. such a. the Chn-'
a nd the Kelsey, tho motors are OF IN" tuu-
cycle type and hav. either two or four
cylinders. The number of twOs l. >ul.
prising when one considers the preponiisr-
y nee Of four cylinder engines in the pl~~"r
ger vehicles This fact shows plainly Thar
" hen ~ comes to "a miIter Of business.
strict dollars and cents. the buyer Looks Ter
economy instead Of. a. in the pleasure car
line. buying the biggest and most cOmpI.
Gated ihing 10 be found for the purpose 81
impre-sing his neiRhbOr-
The ChaS" trucks up 10 : 600 pounds load
capacity hlV" thr"" cylinders OF III" 'wn
cycle type and ar" air cooled. This make
the simplest possible motor eguipm"n'
and yet gives thar steady propulsion Of h"
usual -IN cvlinder. 1he~, ears hay" bs"n
on the market some time and demonstrate
perfectly that air cooling cal do the work
.ed BY Ser Pe SMr nv on "wos aG nrs at
MoelIer. Martin. |. ~. G. Gramm
= i l Chase. ta--. b.N-ter-De' ru' and
Others Nor" than hall Of the" have
bile i1"kshaffs. a. do the AMER.
cans. America n-~tl ndl rds, Ssurcr- ana
NiCtnrS
The desire TO have dead rear ays
and 10 avoid such heavy parts a m" we
rear aNIe would ne"eSsitHte fore 'h"
truck designer TO Use iaCkshaft and chain.
80 he trucks ar" very largely chain driven
Their" are exceptions, such a. tn" So.
oliver. Mo.ler, Monitor. Martin and Be-
doll mostly Of the lighter kind Vhr'f
ran Use n different construction
III" cone "lutr j. used bv the American
lass. >aur"r. Victor. Monitor. tr'"th"r,
and others. while the DISC clutch = n-''i
bv the American STANDARD. Bergdoll thls'
I'hiCago Pneumatic Tool. Gramm. No"i."f.
oliver. Penn-t nit and Others. The Mar'r
and on" or two others will show nhri
clutches and on tn" S"it2 chr ar" u-rf douh"
friction disc. which form tn" dr,v" ara
Mood no clutches
In protecting from dirt and 'rouh'"
good number 81 the truck makers ~ ave
rvampir- such ~ the Prnn-I ny Owo~-o
has". American. Saursr. S.'itI and Nl.'0F
Further details OF the cars Htll b" gwen
IN the January ! issue