The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-19
A BIG AUTO SHOW
One viii Be Held in Kansas Fair
Week.
Topeka Motor League Puts Its
Shoulder to Wheel.
WILL OPEN. WHITEWAY
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Hope to Make Kansas Avenue a
Blaze Of Light.
Interest in the Project Already
Intense.
WILL OPEN. WHITEWAY

Toneka. will have the greatest auto
mobile show ever held in Kansas. This
was the talk at the meeting of the To-
neI<a Motor league held Thursday night
et the commercial club and this organ
| iZation will back and boost the PROPOSE
| ton.
The show which was the suggestion
| of the Topeka Ad club will be held on
the fair grounds. next September while
the exposition of the Kansas State Fair
association is in progress. While no
definite plans have been made large
parade under the management OF tne
Topeka Motor league is contemplated
which will include two or three hun
dred automobiles, and the decoration
of at least a portion of the machines
with flowers and otherwise was
feature suggested.
I OF course the actual work OF arrang-
ing for the displays would have to be
done by the dealers and the manufac-
turers of machines. One large manu-
featuring firm has already agreed TO
send one or two carloads of machines
and equipment to Topeka, and it is con-
sidered that the auto men will jump at
the chance to display, as the falr VIII,
be twice as big as last year and there
peka from all parts of Kansas let alone
the tens of thousands of Topekans who
will flock to the fair grounds.
White Way Feature.
1--WE expect to open up the fair vito
our great white way in operation,
said w. w. Webb, land L tell you we
| won't be able to house the people that
come to Topeka for the special attrac-
lions.
Il believe the white way will present
| a magnificent appearance. 1 think
there will be no difficulty in getting
around the difficulty of lack of funds
and that things will be going full blast
foi1. would he fit
ting if the lines of brilliancy along the
avenue could be dedicated on the same
night the auto parade is held-say the
opening night, Monday. September IL:
N. B. Burge, president of the Ad CLUB.
presented the automobile show PROPOSE
| ton before the members of the Motor
| league 1.-The idea of holding an auto
mobile show was brought up by the Ad
club but it was thought the Motor
| league was the proper organization to
| take it up. Our idea is to get the COM
panies to exhibit-there are thirty-one
of them in Topeka represented by
| agents.
| eff we would advertise over the state
| that an auto show will be held, ana
that parade will be held we would get
| a big crowd. IF this-elub would pull
Off one great achievement such as the
auto show it would certainly stimulate
interest in the organization.
| There will be 100000 out-of-town
people here in Topeka ana II L were
manufacturer would be here for bust
ness 3J
Will CIamor for Space.
81 am certainly in favor of the idea,
said Sol Berkson. I'm my opinion the
difficulty will be in finding space for
the cars. The manufacturers know
what Kansas is and they will simply be
clamoring for space"
There were other enthusiasts who ex-
pressed themselves as believing that an
automobile show would be even 4
greater drawing card for the state fair
than the horse or cattle shows. 1t will
be something new, they said, and then
a large display of automobiles would
present an attractive appearance, and
one of the features that would interest
the people would be the actual display
of the manner in which the machinery
| works.
A committee composed of George w.
Crane, T. A. Borman and Sam Lux was
appointed by the president, George
Stansfield, to see the local dealers and
acquaint them of the planI
The club decided to publish the mum
bers of those cars against the owners
of which speedings complaints have
been lodged. The cars and the number
of complaints are as follows: 566, five
complaints; So. three complaints; 2, two
complaints; 424, three complaints. No
245 was also mentioned,