The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-24
WHAT MACHINES WERE SHOWN

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 Statesmen who tried to interest mer- chants in the adoption of motor vehi- cles for their delivery systems a few years ago frequently had to combat | the argument: Automobiles may be all right for some lines of business, but they cannot be used to advantage in my business" This objection is not heard so often these days and most business men who have visited the Garden during the commercial show week found delivery wagons or trucks of varying capacities that bear the | names of firms that are engaged in the same sort of business as their | own.
 i Thus the White Company showed a 1,500 pound delivery wagon, with a panel body, that can be used for many lines of business and 1,50O pound police patrol owned by the city of Newark. They displayed a ton and | half delivery wagon, owned by hair tonic firm; three ton furniture van, number '.17," for a big New York firm and three ton coal dump | wagon. They also showed a 40 h. D. steam ambulance, owned by New York City.
 The Knox concern showed a 5 ton chassis, 40 h. p. police patrol and ambulance and a 5 ton fire engine, driven by 6 cylinder 60 h. D. en- zine. This has water pump, driven by the cars engine and the vehicle carries 1000 feet of hose. The Hewitt exhibited a 10 ton truck, sold to a wholesale milk firm; a one ton gro cery wagon, and a 8 ton chassis. The Packard company showed six of it's ton models, one of which was l chassis. The others included a lum Der wagon with trailer, dump coal | wagon, brewery wagon, a furniture van and a wholesale grocery firms n odH t0 f1,n %o,, ,,o1>e, the Packard display included mail wagon owned by adding machine firm, a police patrol and chemical fire en- zine, all three mounted on regular Packard "3O" chassis.
 The Reliance exhibit included a tom sand and gravel wagon, with a patented dumping arrangement; ton brewery truck and 1-2 ton chassis. The Rapid display included a ton chassis and a 3 ton chassis, one ton enclosed grocery wagon and a ton stake truck. The exhibit also included a half-ton panel delivery wagon and a half-ton baggage wagon, a 2 ton truck with top and side cur tains ton stake truck and 4 ton stake truck. The Stearns com pany showed a ton platform truck, the radiator having a white line around the edge like the passenger cars made by the Cleveland firm. The Randolph exhibit consisted of one ton chassis and a one-ton wagon made for a paper box concern. The Grabowsky exhibit included one ton chassis, a one-ton wagon for a cake baking firm, a ton and a half wagon for Newark dry goods concern, ton and half opera buss and a ton stake truck.
 The display of the Autocar com pany was the largest, in number of vehicles shown, all the vehicles being those of the ton and 8 half type. There were two chasses, stage. a wire sid ed package wagon, a panel delivery wagon, a Bellamore armored bank wagon, chemical fire engine, a bag gage wagon, an opera or hotel buss and a panel delivery wagon whose sides bore the names of about 300 firms that use Autocar commercial ve- hicles. The display of Mack trucks included a ton wholesale dry goods firms truck, two ton brewery wag- ons, ton dump sand wagon a ton and a half dry good wagon and a ton oil or gasolene tank truck.
 The Rec exhibit included a 800 ID open wagon and a 1.500 ID stake truck. The Franklin display included an am bulance, a taxicab and a half ton panel wagon. The Overland exhibit included one ton stake truck, a half ton delivery wagon and a half tone open baggage wagon and a one ten
 
 had two wagons suitable for use in delivering newspapers.
 The Pope Hartford display included a chemical fire engine, with pneuma- tic tires, and a police patrol and an- bUlance combined. The Kissel Kar ex- hibit had a to 4 ton chassis and B to tone truck owned by a woolen mill firm. The Garford company showed a one ton chassis, a ton piano wagon and a ton brewery wagon. The Mcintyre company show ed a one ton platform truck and 9 two cylinder t'handy wagon" The Atlas concern showed a taxicah. a truck chassis and a light panel delivery was- on. The Brush firm displayed a Brush runabout, fitted with a sample case for salesTnen, a 600 pound open wagon and a 600 pound panel wagon.
 Everything possible that could be done for the convenience and comfort of the visitors who attended the Gar den show was done by the show man. agement. One of the most appreci- ated features were the United States automatic postage stamp vending ma chimes and post-boxes from which 26 collections were made daily.
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