The sun., 1910-01-04

cars they were selling in q few moments
than they had been able to pick up in
months OF work on the road or in the
salesroom Of an agency OF a branch house
In one OF the large cities
The agents were perhaps the most
numerous representatives Of any one
class yesterday at the show. A few from
nearby towns visited the show on the
opening night-New Years eve-and a
few more showed up on Saturday. but
the real gathering OF the dealers did not
start until yesterday. A great many
Of them went straight to the Palace from
the trains they arrived on yesterday
morning, and a great many of them were
IN the building yesterday. having started
from their home cities on Sunday.
when they apply for the tickets they
recei We. it is a simple matter TO keeT
track Of the cities they come from. Ur
TO last night agents had registered from
the following cities:
,66hicss2; Philadslphia, Boston, PittsbuEs
srssYy Hsnsny Siir itroE NeWars petroit Buffalo
Springfield, Potsdam. Amsterdsm' Bridge
port, Far Rockaway. Poughkeepsie. Attie-
919Ir0; 1'IS,;,. Mass Adrian, Mich. ROCHESTER
STAMFORD Raiesh. n C tCSr09NsSs Mack 0pxsTs SysfeI
Bay, Tuxedo. Gladstone. \, s, ksbury PARK,
Ereeport. Piainfieid. New Haven Beimar'
Mlllimsntic. Derby, Syracuse, Crawford
= j., scranton, SCHENECTADY, Waterbury,
Staten Island Hiawatha, kan. Kansas
City, Perth Amboy, Batesville. Ind, New
Britain. Conn, and Washington. b. {.
A great many of the agents from other
cities that visited the show yesterday
stopped at the exhibit of the bureau Of
tours OF the Autom obile Club OF America
to ask questions about the work Of the
bureau. Many of these agents told the
bureau clerks that the clubs in their
cities had been discussing plans TO estab-
lish touring information departments
and they, were in search of data that
would help make these departments of
the greatest benefit TO the members of
their clubs.
These dealers declared that their CHS
toners were showing more of a tendency
each year TO go on extended tours during
their summer vacations and at any other
times when they could get away for a
few days. With the Improvement in the
roads that is progressing so we'll in many
parts OF the country the dealers expect
there Will be more and moro touring
every year and many OF them are ma king
plans TO help their local automobile clubs
secure touring information regard all
OF tho roads in the neighborhood of their
homes.
The visiting dealers we're especisIJy
interested in the work Of the AUTOMOBILES
Clubs bureau Of tours, as the club was
the. first organization in this country to
undertake anything like a systematic
plan of securing and arranging informa
ton regarding routes. road conditions
hotels, garages and any other data that
would be OF use to automobiles who
wished to mako journeys away from the
much travelled and well known roads in
the vicinities of their homes.
Some Of the we'll known persons who
visited the show yesterday included
Clifford V Brokaw. B. 4. c. Smith, Alfred
Ely, Colgate Hoyt, J. H. Emery, Malcolm
Stevenson. II. X. Bloodgood, Harold
Binney, F. 7. Parsons, J. II. IIadew, ri. F
Sanderson. Mrs. Brown. Miss InEersoIl,
s. II. Tying, Jr., Z. c. Chamberlain, Mr.
and Mrs. August Belmont. Jr., W. NJ
Smith. Miss Bryce. j. F. Coleman and G
+. Sewal.