New-York tribune., 1911-01-17
ROYAL SHOW Of 1ROCkS
Big Crowd Sees Much OF interest
in Commercial Vehicles.
EVOLUTION OF THE AO'o
From the Bone Shaking Hopoy
Horse of 1912 to the Fleet Oars
That Won Vanderbilt Race.

The man who IN a rash moment S"'u
there was no human interest III i.'o'''
trucks and self propelled commerclai
hicles would have felt like hiding ms VI
minishcd hcai" had he strolled through t'Ie
aises Of Madieon square Garden last n's"'
Tried TO stroll" would have been nearer
the truth
Part II OF the automobile show heVo'eu
to motor trucks. delivery wagons, munic'pdi
apparatus electric pleasure cars ana il''o'
cycles, opened I'm a blaze Of glory ana me
wise ones who should know predict ahother
week OF big attendance. Somebody ss'd III
great confidence: There won't be woman
at the show this week" He was wrong,
too. They came and looked at the ununsai
exhibits and wished for the dainty electr'cs'
and went away planning TO come again.
While there Is a ce' tain element or IN
congruity I'm the display Of Hight. highIy
finished and luxuriously equipped elecuIo
passenger vehicles alongside huge, business
like commercial cars, there is not so much
difference in their appearance as might oe
expected. as the vehicles Of the utility type
are generally gayly painted in brighter
colors than the little electrics.
The space on the main floor and elevated
platform has been devoted TO showing the
gasolene commercial cars and the electric
passenger and commercial vehicles. An
historical exhibit, consisting OF all kinds or
pedal-driven bicycles and veocipedes and
number of cars that have made American
motoring history. is located on the balcony
at the north side Of the garden. A very
complete exhibit Of motorcycles IS shown
on the balcony at the south side.
The evident popularity of the gasoleno
commercial vehicle is proved by the cars
shown, as most OF them bear the names
of various business firms and corporations.
Most Of the men in charge OF the exhibits
said last night they would not have been
able to show any of their machines II GUS
toners had not been willing TO wait an
other week for vehicles they had ordered.
The gasolene freight carrying vehicles
range in size from tie 600-pound single
cylinder Brush package delivery car TO a
ten-ton Hewitt four-cylinder truck for
carrying milk cans. The cars shown in
clude police patrols. furniture vans. COAL
oil, cement and gravel wagons and even an
armored car for use by banks. There are
also a number OF taxicabs. Some OF the
in truck contests displayed at their spaces.
One OF the new features Of the show is the
Piarce-Arrow truck with worm drive
One OF the most complete Of the gasolene
freight carrying exhibits IS that OF the
Alden Sampson concern. The vehicles at
this space include two half-ton trucks. a
one-ton truck and a one-ton chassis the
latter being enamelled white and striped In
gold; a two-ton furniture van, a three-ton
truck, a four-ton truck, upon which the
concerns office is established for the show,
and fve-ton chassis.
The historical exhibit attracted much az.
tention before the doors were opened yes
terday. In the afternoon some OF tho au-
tomobile men who were cyclists years ago
tried 10 ride the old machines, and some
Of them took headers of the high wheel
just as they did when they wero learning
to ride I'm the olden days
Tho bicycle exhibit includes a hobby
horse OF 1912. a bono shaker Of 1869, two
tricycles-one chain driven and another
gear driven--of 1881, a three-track tricycle.
Of 1882 a light roadster high wheel ordi-
nary Of 1885, a two-seated sociable bicycle
of 1885, an ordinary made by an Alabama
never seen, bicycle; a light roadster safe
ty OF 1889. an ordinary with the small
wheel in front, without a date; two dia-
mond frame safetes OF 1892 aud a couple
OF modern bicycles.
The automobiles I'm the historical exhibit
include the Peerless Green Dragon, the
mud and tag covered Regal Plusger, q
Pierce motorette, with a single cylinder Of
"a horsepower that averaged 1859 miles
an hour for the 1908 miles between New
York and Rochester, In September, 1901 the
Chalmers Old Reliable, with $3.50 miles to
It's credit, including trip from Denver to
Mexico City; the Chalmers No. s. which won
the 1910 Gidden tour trophy; the Alco, which
won two Vanderbilt Cup races, the Loco
mobile that was the first American car 10
win the Vanderbilt Cup; Mrs. Harriet
Clark Fishers LocomobIle. in which she
made a trip around the world. with her
tent pitched at its side. and the original
four-cylinder Locomobile. built in 1901