Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-24

| ton streets, and at the 1st Regiment
Armory. Broad and Callowhill streets:
| TO "a. although it was originally IN
| tended to confine the commercial car
| show to the downtown armory.
one feature in the way OF novelty at
| of cars for fire department service.
| There will not only be fire engine au-
tomobiles. chemical wagons, squad
wagons and hook and-ladder trucks
shown in the armories. but there VIII
also be on the street demonstrating
models of these various types for the pur-
| pose OF showing them to the city officials
or to town and borough officials around
this territory There will be two or
more automobile fire engines equipped
with pumps and water towers of the
| latest type, and 1t is expected that
| this feature Of the show will attract
widespread attention.
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Nineteen-twelve Detroit electric extern
sion broughams were delivered last week
| to Miss Edith Goode and Todd Ford.
y
Sales Of 1912 cars Were reported for the
past week as follows: S. R. Beall and
w. ID. Slaven, five-passenger touring cars.
and F. G. Gallagher and H. c. Lyle sew
en-passenger touring cars. Seven-passen.
ger touring cars were delivered to Charles
Semmes and III. w. Wineman.
Tied" s. Johnston, accompanied by
Mrs. Johnston, left yesterday to spend
the Christmas holidays with relatives at
New Rochelle, n. Y, their former home.
The traffic squad in the down town
business district was enlarged during the
past few weeks in order to handle the
| increased traffic incident to the Christmas
shopping. This was particularly true
along f street, where traffic was heaviest.
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close as possible to the curb, while faster
moving vehicles were kept in rapid pro-
cession in the center of the street. The
work was done in an efficient manner,
and little congestion. if any, occurred
during the rush hours.
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Tho Carter Motor Car Corporation has
just closed contract with the Acme We
neer Company of New Jersey for the
agency for the entire state on a basis OF
500, 600 worth of 1912 Washington cars.
This is the second order of this size re-
ceived by the company within the past
few months.
w. S. Keller. formerly with the Chal-
merS agency in Kansas City, Mo-, has
Joined the selling force of the Zell Mo-
tor Car Company of this city.
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This winters New York show of the
National Association Of Automobile Man
ufacturers, to be held In the new Grand
Central Palace, January 10 to II, will be
housed in what is said to be the finest
and safest exhibition building in this
country. When the new Grand Central
was planned, every precaution was taken
by the architects to make the structure
q model Of convenience and safety for
visitors to the various kinds of exhibit
tons to be held there. The number Of
firms applying for, space has increased so
rapidly in recent years that Madison
Square Garden has been too small to ac-
commodate them. even with the addition
OF space obtained by building out the
balconies, and when the garden is RACED
next year the new palace will be large
enough to care for all exhibitors.
The new Grand Central Palace is locat-
ed in Lexington avenue, few blocks
north of the Grand Central station. 1t
occupies the entire block between 46th
and 47th streets and is thirteen stories in
height The building, which is 200 feet by
2Ia feet. has steel skeleton and is of
gray stone and brick construction. The
building cost nearly $1.75O,OOO and the
ground cost nearly as much.
The entire three lower floors were de-
signed especially for exhibition purposes.
The floor space Of the three floors is four
of Madison Square Garden. The COM
bined area available for show purposes is
about 126,0OO square feet, or more than
twenty-seven acres.
Beneath huge rich crimson and gold
canopy weighing no less than three tons,
the Madison Square Gardens twelfth ma
tionaI automobile show will open Satur-
day, January 6. and continue for two
weeks. This great conopy or inverted
panel measuring 900 by 100 feet. and
fringing it are twenty-four other smaller
panels, required to cover the gardens iron
girders stretching across the ceiling of
and painting this gigantic rug have been
working on it for ten months and are
rushing to complete 1t.
In the center panel is a large categorical
painting representing toe triumph of the
industry. Several thousand feet of floral
garlands are to be draped in graceful
borders about the panels, and the man.
agement is sanguine that it will be pro-
nounced one of the most remarkable art
pieces ever seen in years.
Tomorrow workmen will begin activities
in preparing the garden itself Hundreds
of artisans have been at work on the
decorative properties for months. More
than 200 tons of steel and 100000 feet
the building. The two monster elevators,
which were successfully used at the last
show, again will be put into service to
hoist the exhibits to the balconies.
* i:
+ A Peerless Berline limousine was de-
livered Friday last to Mrs. Isaac T.
Mann.
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Deliveries were made last week of 1912
Buick cars as follows: DR.. John A.
Foote and M. H. Achison, model "a road
sters; Mrs. Virginia Riley, William
Waters. c. X. Carter. Danville. Va,
model 35 touring cars; United States gov
eminent, War Department, model %
roadster; W. ]. Carroll, Baltimore, Nd,
model % touring car, and Charles II.
Kettler and c. X. Carter, trucks.