St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-05-17
AUTO SHOW A SUCCESS

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Allen where they were guests at
dinner.
The Exhibits.
Beginning with the basement
there was q fine exhibit Of cars and
trucks Gasoline engines shown by
Bracket, Shaw and Lunt hrst at
tracted the eye. The Indian motor
cycle was shown by Ed. Trombly
but these were not the attraction ar
this show. The Cess Garage had a
fine Mitchell car on exhibition.
Walter B. Johnson OF Essex juno
ton. one of the NEST widely known
automobile dealers in Vermont, had
a fine exhibition of seven cars IN the
building and two demonstrating
cars. His cars were the Velie, the
Patterson and The Paige-Detroit and
from this assortment most any buy
er could be satisfied. He was assist
ed at the exhibition by Mr.. Coggs-
well for the Velie, c. d. Williams and
Frank D. Wisebattle for the Patter-
son and w. s. Teachout and John B..
Guild for the Paige-Detroit.
]. H. Stuart of McIndoes had a
very good exhibition CT the Overland
cars. = He had five good cars on the
floor and men enough to give ali in
terested parties the desired informa-
ton. .po
The5Y international truck was
shown by Fl. H. Carr and A. j. Nc
Intosh from the Boston. Office, and J.
M. Cady had a Brush truck. He was
assisted in the exhibit by, w. e.
Christie
The Union Garage had one of the
largest exhibits in the basement con-
sisting of five Buick cars and two
Oldsmobiles.
The two cars that would attract
the most attention by their quality
were a Cadillac and a Pierce-Arrow
shown by the Miller Automobile Co.
of White River Junction. The latter
was a six cylinder car and sold for
$4,000.
The C. H. Goss Garage also had a
Packard car on the floor, the owners
of the garage evidently allowing the
visiting exhibitors the space needed
for them and then occupying any
spare inches for the display of their
high grade cars. The Reliance
truck shown by r. L. Dean of Boston
and the Buick truck by the Union
Garage completed the exhibits on the
basement floor.
On the Main Floor.
Two Oakland cars by the Goss Co.
were the first to be seen on the
main floor, a Brush car by }. Il.
Cady and REQ car by some
busy to give their name. Two Regal
cars were shown by the Bradford
garage.
In the north end of the building
was a large exhibit by the Wright
Garage. They showed the Hupmo-
bile, the Everett, the Ford, the Them
as, the Maxwell and the Hudson
cars, an exhibit of nine cars that at
tracted much attention.
The E. M. f. was shown by the e.
H. Davis Co of Barton, and they also
had a Flanders runabout.
In the show room CT the garage
were two elegant cars. One was a
1912 model Packard car for seven
passengers and the other was the
most valuable car in the building, a
Packard Limousine, owned by Miss
Louise Darling which, cost between
$1,000 and 5000. Each was a part
of the Goss exhibit. -sa,s, 5ss5rgs sT7s- =
On Second Floor.
The second floor was given up to
the automobile accessories. While
not so snowy as the cars they attract-
ed as much attention from those who
: owned cars. The largest and most
complete exhibits were made by
the C. Fl. Goss Garage, the Union
Garage and w. A. Wright. There
were also exhibits of automobile oils
and greases by the Valvo Line Oil
Co., the Keystone Co., the Engine
Auto Oils and the L. M. Crane & Co.
Commend The Work.
By vote of the Executive commit
tee the st. Johnsbury Commercial
Club highly commends the ST
Johnsbury Automobile Club and the
c. H. Gcss Garage Company for the
manner in which the first annual
automobile show was conducted and
for the spirit of progress that was
shown in the accomplishment of sc
successful an affair.