New-York tribune., 1911-01-15
TRUCKS TO HOLD SWAY
Pleasure Cars Make Way for
Commercial Vehicles.
TRANSFORMATION IS RAPID
Garden Will Take on Totally
Different Aspect for Second
Part of Show.

last night. Immediately after the bis
..-owd had left Madison Square Garden
a.. interior OF the old show building pre-
,ented a scene Of activity which the gen
.-al public was not permitted 10 see, foI
,ba hox office was closed. The pleasure or
,assenger vehicles that held sway in the
,S,g anphitheatre during the past week, and
o,bjch attracted thousands Of motor enthu-
s,ssts from all parts OF the country, flling
che Garden 10 overiowing at every session,
,rere being rushed out OF the building.
Their serious brothers." the commercial
,.ehicIes we're being ushered in 10 fill the
vacant spaces which were occupied by the
easolene pleasure cars, and. with the motor
rvcIe. accessories and parts. the CONNER
cisI vehicle will hold the boards for one
week. beginning tomorrow night at S
o'clock. when everything Will be in readi-
ness for the Part ? period of the eleventh
national automobile show under the au-
splces Of the American League Of Automo-
bile Manufacturers.
Practically ali Of the exhibit of accesso-
Yies and parts will remain for next week 5
exhibition, and there will be a number Of
new exhibits, which are bound 10 create in
exhibitors. Of which number q will be ex-
hibits Of Easolene commercial vehicles, :
will be exhibits Of electric business and
pleasure vehicles, IS will be motorcycle eX-
hlhits and 255 VIII be exhibits of aCCosso-
Ties and parts
The exhibition Of commercial vehicles
will be the largest and most comprehen-
slve display ever shown under one roof.
There Will be on view fire wagons, ambu-
,ances. police wagons and business We
b,cles Of all sorts, fitted for all branches
Of business utility. The commercial wagons
VIII be shown on the main floor and on
the elevated platform.
The following makes will be exhibited:
Mercedes, Morgan, Steans Knox, Pierce
ARROW. Peerless, Hewitt, AUtocar. Reliance,
Rapid. Sampson, Grahowsky StUdebakcr,
White. Packard, Mack. General Vehicle,
Alco. Buick. Pope-Harford, REQ. Frank
lin. Atlas Brush, Overland, Mcintyre Car
ford Kissel. Randolph, Lansden and Ward.
Several electric pleasure carriages will be
shown among them being the Wayerly.
Detroit Electric and Hupp-Ioats.
Business men, farmers and others who
are interested in the transportation OF goods
find al the Garden everything that is new.
and visit 10 the exhibition will prove most
profitable as well as interesting.
The exhibition of motorcycles will be the
only one Of its kind TO be held in New York
this season, and II will be comprised or
the best makes Of the industry. While
there are no changes of radical nature in
the little brothers Of the automobile mo-
torcycle enthusiasts will find much in the
exhibition TO hold their attention. The fol-
lowing makes will he displayed. The Ind
fan. the Reliance. the y. 5. L., the Miami,
the Harley-Davidson, the RS, the Excel
cor. the Thor, the Emblem, the Pierce the
Yale, the Merkle, the Marble, the NJ. NJ. ).
D. the Wagner, the New Era and the De-
tro!t
The decorations for the show, which have
caused endless comment, will be augmented
by the addition Of new effects which Will
add 20 the dignity of the commercial side
Of the exhibition. The Garden has been
renovated from basement 10 dome: the car
pet which covered the exhibit spaces has
been torn w and replaced by newer and
1resher material, which will give the cars
and motorcycles the appearance Of repos-
tng on grass.
The removal of the cars that had been
displayed during the last week from the
Garden is being quickly accomplished by
the use Of two mammoth elevators The
removal Of the gasolene pleasure cars and
The installation of the business and pleas
ure vehicles are being accomplished without
injury 10 the decorations. Even now, In
It's tncompleteness, the Garden presents a
new scene, vastly different than that Of last
week
The doors Will be open 20 the public be-
ginning Monday night at o'clock. Each
day thereafter the doors will be open from
% o'clock in the morning TO Il P. m. until
next Saturday, when the final taps VIII be
sounded on the greatest automobile show
shat has ever been held in America.