The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-15
5000 AUTOS Mill
TAKE PA8T IN
BIG PARADE
Second Of Elk Weeks Big Pastures
for the Public Comes on This AZ
ternoon--Line Starts at Wood
ward-ave. and the boulevard. +
Chairman Davis Has $500 Entries
But Is Sure Number viii 30
swelled 500.

Another street pageant is ON the
cards as the main feature Of Fridays
Elk reunion program. This is the auto
parade, scheduled for 80 O'Clock, and
II promises to be well worth seeing.
Nearly 1900 cars already have been
assigned and applications for places
In the parade continued to come In
curing the morning. Robert K Davis.
VINO mad this feature In charge from \
the outset, believes that there Will
DC the largest parade on wheels ever
witnessed In this country.
Inc parade Will form on the cross
streets on either side OF Woodward
ave-, north or the Grand boulevard.
out as far as Boston boulevard. II
VIII start from Woodward and the
boulevard at 1880 o'clock, and the
route will be as follows: South ON
woodward to Grand Circus park, 70
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 JEFFERSON to Gladwin park and back
via JEFFERSON and woodward to the
starting point.
The extensive route that has been
mapped out will afford everybody
good opportunity to witness the spec
tacle without an unusual crowding.
Many surprises In the way OF decorate
ed float and cars are promised. Thou
sands OF dollars have been spent for
this purpose. The parade will also
give visitors something OF an idea or
what the auto industry has come to be
In Detroit and just how extensive It Is.
Police officers In cars four abreast
will lead the parade Behind them win
ride the marshal, A. j. Davis. and his
aides, In individual cars. In addition
to this personal escort, is division
aides, also in individual cars, and
about 40 men on motorcycles, will be
lscattered through the long line.
The divisions number 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 will be COM
lposed entirely Of band trucks ana
/ comic floats. The other sections form
! as follows:
Section S-Gasoline cars that are
decorated and not assigned special
Eections according to make, to form on
Section 4--Decorated eiectrics. ex-
eiLsIve of the Anderson, will form on
Sections and s--Anderson eiectrics.
i ward respectively.
i Section 7-Cartercar, on Paillstsr
Sections and 10-Cadillac on Dela-
ware and Chandler respectively.
section 1l--Buick, on Seward.
Section 12-Racing squadron, ON
| Sections 1s and 14--Buick. on viz
glnia and Mt. Vernon respectively.
Section 16-Ewing EImore and
Section I6-Cakland, on Melbourne.
section l'WMax Well on Grn Cru. nd
lwelch- Pontiac. on Euclid east.
Section 1s--Hudson, on Pingree.
Section 2o-Hupp. on Philadelphia.
composed OF miscellaneous entrants.
section 22.-Hudson. on Hague
i Section Ss-oyerlapd. on ella. GlHdstona
ssignments. form or. Alger.
Section 25--open for general cars
form on HaZelwood.
| section 26--RegaL on King.
Section 27--E-M-F. on Taylor.
Section 2s--Open for general assign.
ments on Holbrook.
Sections % and 30-E-M-F. form on
IClairmount and Josephine respectively
| Section S1--Brush. on Atkinson.
| Section 22-E-M-F. on Owen.
Il Section 33--Ford. on Edison.
| Section 34--warren, on Leicester
: Section 35-Paige-Detroit. on Long
. fellow
Section 37--Commercial cars. on Bos
Section 3s-Jackson, on Westminster
!. Section 3s-Open for general cars
| signments made by the marshal. form
, ing on ingwood. ,,
Sections 40 and 4-Miscsilaneon
cars and will form on Arden ana BUT
lingame respectively.
Section 42-Commercial cars, on Bos
con boulevard east.
General assignments and form on Har'
mon, Rosedale, Englewood ana WOOD
land respectively.
One OF the most interesting floats II
line will be that Of the Cadillac Motoi
Car Co., reproducing the nistorH
painting of Chevalier de Cadillac re
ceiying from Louis XIV, OF France.
commission to found a colony at De
troit. The float was constructed By
In " Buelow, of Detroit. and the cos
tunes we're made by the whitney
Scenic & Costume Co., also OF this
. city. The painting OF which the noai
"a a reproduction was presented TO the
I CITY by the French government on the
, occasion of the two-hundredth ann
! yersary OF the city founding. Inc
, Cadillac Co. also will have In line the
, two "batleship" cars in which the
, Northwestern Military ACADEMY
. cadets recently acted as escort on tne
2.s50-mile Glidden tour.
: Business houses OF the city VIII De
I strongly represented. No adYertiAne
was permitted in the big parade OF
Tbursday. but there Ii no bar today
; and many are taking advantage OF the
, opportunity presented. The result VIII
, no an unusual number OF attractive
aavertising floats. One OF these IN
nartIcular will stand out as distinc'
tive. and that will be the float OF the
, Brushaber Co.