Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-14
CITY AUTO WILD;
THOUSANDS VIEW
EXHIBIT OF CARS
Lights, Music and Sparkle of the
Beautiful Show Increase
Second Day Crowds
SCORE OF BIG SALES MADE
Nonstop Run of Warren-Detrolt
Machine Continues-Vand
biIt Cup Attracts Many
SCORE OF BIG SALES MADE

There is every indication that the
great automobile show at the Shrine
auditorium will be "a financial success
to the exhibitors and one long to be
remembered by the public. The crowd
that attended the opening Monoay
night has heralded the merits OF the
show broaucast and the attendance
Tuesday. day and night, ran into the
thousands. There is not a dull mo-
ment at this big show. Two orches-
tras enliven the scene with music ana
the hustle and hustle of visitors ana
exhibitors adds action that keeps the
great crowds good-natured.
The several sales reported as the re-
suit of the first night have inoculated
the public with the buying virus,
and q score of sales were reported for
the second day. The handsome Co
lumbia. electric exhibited by the Cali
fornia Auto company has been sold
to George Shugars, the top manufac-
turer, as a Christmas present to his
wife. A Columbia victoria was also
sold to d. w. Stroud of Lake street.
A fore-door Warren-Detroit WAS sold
20 Frank Borman of 1nglewood. The
Kissel Kar people have done excep-
tionally we'll, for a car was sold to 9.
l.. williams of San Diego, and an
agency, with order for six cars for i'm
mediate delivery, was closed with the
Phoenix. The Halliday Motor Car
company reports sales of two Halla-
day 40s to Judge Richards and to. q
prominent official of the Mexican Pc
troleum company. The Interstate
people Tuesday night sold handsome
gray torpedo to II. d. Roe Of Pomona.
Roger Stearns OF the Standard Motor
Car company has the longest list of
sales to his credit, as follows: Ford
touring cars to DR.. c. d. Baker, Holly
wood; A. S. Strain, Whittier road;
Watson d. Otis, Pasadena; G. A. Car
penter, f.. A. Mitchell and the Los
Ange es Gas company. Also roadsters
to H. Hanson, Pasadena, and James
Scott of Syracuse, N. Y, who is tour
ing the coast for the winter.
ACCESSORIES SHOWN
The automobile accessories exhibits
are also claiming much attention. The
Weinstock-Nichols company has in OPP
GRAFTON two of the large 5000 c. p.
electric headlights, lighted direct from
magnetos. Chanslor g. Lyon have an
excellent display, but are laying much
effort ON their new agency line--auto-
graph oils. The "spots-off" polish peo-
pie have four boys in uniforms demon
strating their polish on the show cars
on the floor. Martin shock absorbers
have sprung into sudden prominence
since their success on the winning cars
of the Phoenix race and the Santa
Monica race. The selling agency has
been taken over by the Halliwell COM
pany, which is agent. for warner
speedometers, and both lines have a
good showing at this booth.
Tom Carrigan is the biggest man at
the show, and is doing the glad-hand-
ing in the place devoted to Pratt ELK
hart cars this week.
The nonstop run of the Warren-De-
troit touring car, which for the time of
the show will exhibit its endurance
powers, is a prime favorite with show
visitors, for the car pulls up at the
auditorium every thirty minutes and
takes the visitors out on little sight
seeing trip. The car in the first two
days has covered 763 miles and used
but 501s gallons of gasoline and eight
quarts of oil. which is an exceptionally
creditable performance considering the
number of stops the car makes. OBJ
servers for the car are furnished by
the va ious city newspapers; and the
three drivers work In eight-hour shifts.
Much is expected of "society night"
Thursday. Hundreds of advance tickets
have been sold, and a record breaking
crowd can be looked for.
The battle-scarred racing cars that
are on exhibition get much of the pubN
lies attention; and the trophy cups
that are scattered among the exhibits
are many, but the one most looked at
is the Vanderbilt cup which for the
first time has been shown west of
Chicago
Several new lines of cars are shown
for the first time, but none of them
are prettier than the American Forty.
Any person who contemplates buying
a car can certainly have a wide range
of models from which to make a selev
tion at this bog show.
The commercial cars fill in the prac
tical side of the show, and every style
of car from the light delivery to the
big five-ton truck is shown.
The deeorationes of the halls elicit
much favorable comment, for the color
scheme isperfect. The car service in
reaching the building is good. but hun
dreds of private autos limo both sides
of Jefferson street for blocks daily.
The city fire department has a chem
ical engine and picked crew on hand
at all hours. so every possibility of
danger is guarded against.
Several delayed exhibits will be in
stalled today, and every foot of avail
able space for show space will be
taken. The doors open at 10 o'clock
each morning and close at II D. M