The Washington herald., 1910-01-28
IMMENSE THRONG
At MOTOR SHOW
Society Night" Breaks Rec
ord for Attendance.
OFFICIALS ARE MUCH PLEASED
Declare 1000 Mark VIII De Reached
Before Closing Time Tomorrow
Nighf-MOtOr Car Construction IL
Thoroughly northumberland
Baltimore AutOfsts Plan Races.

Minglng in a continuous stream through
the various displays OF motor cars, water
craft, aeroplane models, and accessories
members Of Washington society formed a
brilliant assemblage at the auto-aero
show at Convention Hall last night
For the purpose of making society
night an exclusive evening, the price OF
admission was doubled. but this did not
lessen the attendance, which compared
favorabIy with the unprecedented crowds
that have been present since the openinG
last Monday evening.
In point OF total attendance for the
four days. ali conservative estimates have
gone glimmering, and Manager Johnson
Chairman Long, and members OF the COM
mittee in charge are unit IN declaring
the 1000 mark viii be reached by the
time the buzz Of the clarion and the fa-
miliar honk-honk are heard tomorrow
night
"Motor-car construction is thoroughly
standardized to-day" declared Evans
Maxwell. of the Hudson factory. at the
show yesterday afternoon. THE highest
types Of cars, both in this country and
abroad. have certain definite principles OF
engineering practice which differ sc
slightly as to make thu difference one OF
personal opinion.
"AH high-grade cars embody the same
principles. and even in their application
produce the same result by means which
differ so slightly as to make novelty IN
construction nowadays a rare thing in
deed
Some years ago H E. Coffin decided
the time had come 10 embody the stand
ard principles OF motor-car building as
exemplified in high-priced cars. IN a car
which could be prohtably sold at $3.50
The problem was not TO discover any
thing new, but TO take that which had
proved itself to be the best, and to work
out plan Of manufacture without waste
which would enable the product to be
turned out within a given price figure.
The result was a car which is generally
admitted 70 be by far the most successful
s., 500 car
The reason for the Hudson. both road
ster and touring-car type, was that the
time had come to 90 one step further in
the same direction and to produces the
same sort OF car. standard in every par
ticular, satisfying in power, appearance,
and finish, at a figure unheard Of for this
class Of car
'Our problem was not TO produce some
thing new Ia design. but to take the
standard features common 10 the high
priced cars, and by an advance In manu-
featuring methods make possible their
use at figure within the price we had In
mind. The Renault type Of motor was
good enough for US; we used il. The
sliding-gear, selective-type transmission
with three speeds forward and reverse
exactly as used in the most expensive
cars. was the only thing we could con-
slider. The cooling system. clutch, frame.
front axle, rear axle. brakes, steering
gear. springs. control, iguition-an the
important features Of motor-car construc-
tion-were to be exactly as used in stand
ard cars. in well-known high-priced
makes Il was obvious that we must not
have an experimental feature in the car. %
Jack Keane. general manager Of the IT.
T. Keane Company. gave his order yester-
day for a Chalmers-D Detroit 'SO' touring
car, fully equipped
Frank W. Darling is the guest Of Man
ager johnson,
According to several Baltimore dealers
who are here for the show. wealthy motor
lists Of the Monumental City are making
plans to conduct a number Of twenty
four-hour races at Benning and Pimlico