Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-18

good" car The wonderful improve
ments that have been made in motor
a construction during the last few
years, as exemplifled in the vast dis
play that Is to be seen at the armory
all of next week, will prove a revela-
ton to those who have not kept In
close touch with the great strides that
have been made.
Commercial Vehicles.
The commercial vehicle section, too,
will prove almost as big an attraction
as that of h pleasure cars. There is
a varied display Of these business
wagons at the south end of the armory
hat will surprise even those who are
familiar with the great strides that
have been made in this department Of
the motor vehicle. And the business
man will be there to see 1t all. He
appreciates that II Is the progressive
manufacturer who takes advantage of
every possible opportunity to reduce
expenses, and in ne other department
of business life is +here greater chance
for reduction of expense than in the
carting end. It has been estimated
that a motor truck car do the work of
three horses; do II quicker and cheaper,
and, what is more important, will be
steadily on the Job, day in and day out,
with no 1ay-offs on account of sickness
such as frequently prevail where horses
are used for haulaGe purposes. Stormy
weather does not bother the motor
truck. In fact, 1t is capable Of travel
ing through snow and slush and over
icy streets where 1t would be impos-
sible for a horse to even hold its foot
ing. This means to the manufacturer
or business man that he can figure on
prompt deliveries all OF the time, ana
that means increased business for him
from satisfied customers.
Many Motor Trucks.
There are all kinds of trucks at the
armory, from the little 1,500-pound light
delivery wagon up to the huge brew
cry trucks or Goa wagons, capable of
carrying five or ten tons at rapid speed.
The Blakeslee-Britton Company, of Jer-
sew City, will show a full line of heavy
Mack trucks some of them having just
been completed to fill. orders from local
brewery concerns. Then, too, there IS
a unique truck in this exhibit coal
trucl-, ~self-dumping. which is equipped
with a snow-plow for use in breaking
q road through at the coal yard, or for
forcing its way through drifts while
making deliveries. Frank Martin will
have a full line of Alec trucks at the
other end of the floor, directly opposite
his stand where the Alec and Mitchell
| pleasure cars will be displayed. The
Buick Company will also show a light
delivery wagon. finished in cream yell
low, together with a full line of models
of the pleasure cars.
Those who were afforded a private
| view of the armory Yesterday were not
backward in saying that the exhibition
of both cars and commercial vehicles
was rs complete as anything that had
ever beer gotten together under one
roof, and that the decorations equaled,
if they did not surpass, those at Madi-
son Square Garden. In act the In
terror of the huge armory, which Is
the largest in New Jersey, greatly re-
sembles the Garden in It's layout. The
entire roof a been covered with light
blue bunting, which the decorators call
Sky" which completely hides the
gaunt and unsightly roof-girders and
beams. Both the front and rear ends
of the hall have been covered with blue
and white streamers. while thousands
Of bpilliant electric lights have been