New-York tribune., 1911-01-05
MAY FLY OVER THE CITY
Aviator will Try to Drop Flag on
Auto Show Roof.
MANY TRUCKS ARE SHOWN
Exhibitors, Grateful for a Sunny
Day, Demonstrate Cars on the
Adjacent Streets.

acc to-day. Several new inodetS OF 'Hc 'NN
est flyers arrived yesterday aud VIII pe
shown for the first time. There VIII De
special demonstrations of the air craft'
and attendants will lecture on the work OF
the machines.
But the most interesting feature VIII oe
AN attompt 10 fiy over the city dropping a
weighted United States flag on top of the
Palace. A purse of $4,000 has been oHereu
for some time by the Aeronautical Reserve
and private individuals. for the first man
who would hy above the buildings OF me
city. The attempt to-day by an aVlator
whose name the management Of the sho"
Is keeping secret will he with the purpose
Of winning this prize.
Furthermore. he has given his word 70
the police that he would not announce MS
starting point. as they wish TO avoid con-
gestion at any one point with the streets
in such bad condition for traffic
He will use the biplane in which Hamii-
ton flew last summer at Mineola. and his
mechanician will be Albert Fiieux, who
accompanied Moisant across the Engnsh
Channel in his flight last year In the
party which will witness the start Will be
Captain r. Lovelace. Leo Stevens and Au-
glIstus Post OF the Aero Club OF America.
Wallace Eddinger and his company.
which is playing in THE Aviator" will be
guests OF the management this afternoon
and will arrive at the Grand Central Palace
at o'clock, with many other theatrical
folks belonging to the Flyers Club. The
theatrical people will be taught something
about real flying by aviators in attendance
at the show.
Orvlle and Wilbur Wright are expected
to be present at the show for the special
aviation day, and they will make their
headquarters at the exhibit of the Wright
company on the first balcony floor.
The Glenn II. Curtiss biplsne, in which
the aviator flew from Albany 10 New
York arrived yesterday at the Grand Cen
trail Palace from Atlanta, after delay on
the road Of many days. II was installed
al once in the Curtiss exhibit where the
Curtiss w. shaped motor made at Ham
mondsport, is also being displayed
1T is the universal experience" says
Charles Z. Duryea. an early builder OF
automobiles. that mechanical power forces
mere muscular power out Of the field
wherever and whenever the two come into
competition. few pounds ot coal and a.
little gasoene are much cheaper than the
hay and oats which must he fed to the
horse while the mechanical power Is ready
where wanted and as wanted, with far less
care and worry. Recognizing these facts, II
is no wonder that merchants I'm all parts
Of the country are adopting the motor
driven delivery wagons for freight purposes.
The Grand Central Palace Automobile
| Show presents a fine array of these COM
mercial cars. from the little kelsey three
wheeler. with load capacity of 250 pounds
up. 10 the Moeller Gramm, American and
AmericsnStandard trucks OF 1o,O00 pounds
| capacity Only slightly smaller is the
/ Saurer 5000 pound truck, and a number Of
/ 5000 pounds ones, such as the Seltz After
| bury, Prayer Miller, Kelly and Johnson.
/ Prices vary TO meet all demands, from
! the $3.50 Saurer down to the $1,000 Cort-
| land; the $500 Chase, the sS25 International
! Harvester Company or the $3.50 Maytag
| Bodies are largely optional with the pur-
| chaser, either al TO style or TO size. The
needs Of the various arts make this inn
/ perative. and thus the truck exhibits show
more wide differences I'm bodies than the
| passenger car exhibits. The most notice
able thing as compared with horse vehi-
cles is the size. Where the number OF
horses that can be practically worked to a
single vehicle is limited to three or five
! and is most generally two, the motors
power is not thus limited and so we SEE
the big trucks fitted with 20 TO 20 horse,
power, and having wheels, axles and bodies
| accordingly"
An accessory exhibit that is a distinct
! novelty i'm its way is the Eshringer sec
tional radiator made by tho BehriDger
| Radiator Works, OF Ticonderoga. This ra,
| diator is constructed so that i'm case of ac.
cident 10 the radiator or leakage develop
ing, even while on the road, il can be re.
paired by simply removing the section il
which the leaks are located and inserting
two small plugs which close the opening.
made by the removal of a section. The ra
diator may them be rehlled with water
and the trip continued.
A three wheeled delivery car, the Motor
cite, manufactured by the c. w Kelsey
Manufacturing Company. Of Hartford
Conn, is attracting attention at the show
This car has a package space containing
27I2 cubic feet and of 80 pounds capacity
Is designed to seat two persons, and can b'
run at a speed of twenty-five miles al
hour. The car IS not only guaranteed fol
one year. but Is guaranteed TO run twenty
five or more miles on one gallon of gaso
lene. The manufacturers assert that up
keep is reduced TO a minimum, and the mi
tial cost OF the car is low.
Miss Hazel Jewel sister Of Izetts
Jewel an actress playing with Otis skin
ner this season, is the demonstrator Of th'
Berlin Cyklonette, three wheeled car
She is the only woman demonstrator in th'
show. She has sold three cars.
Having become thoroughly piqued at th'
weather man on Monday and Tuesday o
this week, exhibitors at the Palace aut'
show who We're anxious to demonstrat
cars out Of doors yesterday passed A vot
OF thanks TO the weather man for sunny
!. clear day. 1he cars are being shown il
, 45th street. between Lexington and Thir'
avenues. by permission Of the Police De
partment Cars that were out yesterda
were the Cole Model D. the Lexington
Model e. torpedo, the Lion Model "B.
the Bergdoll Thirty" touring. the Bah
cock Model "F'' and the Otto type &C
Mort Roberts. one OF the racing crew o
the Abbott-Detroit car. brought his ca
into the Abbott exhibit at the Palace shoN
yesterday morning. and 1t was surrounde
by a crowd all day. The driver sits on IN
y floor OF the racing body and is protectc
by a torpedo steel sheathing In front fror
flying dirt and wind
Through an error It was made TO appea
yesterday that Miss Eleanor Sears. {
, Boston, had purchased Vele car at tn
, Grand Central Palace Auto Show. TIL
, Miss Sears who placed the order Is nc
Miss Eleanor Sears.