New-York tribune., 1911-01-22
ALTO SHOWS ARE OVER
exhibition Of Motor Trucks Was
Success. Say Officials.
curAT EDUCATIONAL VALUE
y,rv Large Contracts Closed
Yesterday, and Exhibitors
IN Home Well Pleased,


-,r Y,-s's 6rst exhibition % CONNER
..,. vsri-les ended last night. when
- we're closed at II o'clock on the
rsrod OF the eleventh national
$50. show. which tro Association Of
49, Automobile Manufacturers has
.,,..s in Madison Square Garden for
=. .-,.o weeks. The attendance during
~. -.ssE vas very much greater than
~ obi. exhibitors or the show com
-. ,.a expected. and the exhibitors %
-, .,r-vf7g vehicles took good many
,,- cars srd made arrangements FOR
...-.r7rs with a great many bust
s--,s u1o intend buving commercial
ny ... .,.-....,,
-.,-- was often referred 70 az an
-,...,iorar show" owing 10 the large
- n exhibitors Of passenger cars who
- .rssess n their cars. hut the Part
~ the show was an educational
rs~-s~ sense The public has had
7-....,4,,ee for more than ten years n
motor vehicles of the passenger
ling kind IN shows held in the Garden,
.,o,o- driven trucks ard delivery
..s have fgzt ra7 their FIRST exclusive
s.,..s.r IN r-ts city. 50 that the Part
-, u. ire show was Ar educational ono
...,ssr4s oF men who will some time
-,,o- vs-i-ree iU tive delivery zystems
=, ,hs'- businesses
,,,-,s merchant who visited tho Garden
-, .-a week went there secure in the
-,., ,.,, so-zc-d~av-r wagons and trucks
-, IN rirh, for his business, but ar
- for demonstration of the speed and
..,.,-v NJ freight carving vehicles he
a., 10 'sft tho Garden. The exhibitors Of
-, ard delivery wagons made careful
,,-. for the commercial car week Of the
..., and tho men they rut IN charge ot
=. .vs.stv Us~a reU posted on tho We
r,-i., they had % talk about.
's,-s n the firms that exhibited I'm the
c,-s.r ss, week did not follow the popu-
"a ,sr ~ having demonstrating cars of
49, q, ,ssr models ready outside the Car
s., ~ssr declared that a hurried demon
,.-.,,p NJ commercial motor vehicle IS
,,-,r,lr 81 urgarisfactorv that IL is bet
49, p, vsir Until q show is over and then
,---rs FOR the desired demonstration BY
y-i'ss vehicle 70 the prospective buyer
:. Z, some NJ HIS regular delivering OF
gods
C1oasl George Pore, CHAIRMAN OF the
| ,.,r committee Of the Association OF Ii
es-sss Auroroble Manufactures, ev-
--.ss3 himself last night as very much
,ssssi over the success that attended the
| 4, rsaks n the eleventh national auto
-,ss show. In all his long experience
VI. automobile shows. Colonel Pope de-
-,-1 he Rad never seen such interest
/ rszn sv re exhibitors. and he warmly
--s.ssi the officials and employees Of the
| Ems tsat we're represented both weeks for
| tsH co-orerauon with the show committee
p make the eleventh national show the
rmsnss success 70 was
Alfred Reeves. general manager OF the
Association os Licensed Automobile Manu-
a-r-e-s and a member OF the show COM
-a'ss declared that the eleventh national
,.ie-osiIs Snow 10 TIE Garden was the
| rE'ss' Industrial exhibition ever held IN
~ ,01rtrv He said that exhib bitO-s Of
'i-S curing rar1 week had sold a great
zazv vehicles, and that he had heard moth
'g bit praise for the manner in which the
s1T vas conducted. Air. Reeves thinks
- attendance Of visitors during the show
s he mos, convincing answer that could
made 20 some q the pessiristic talk
hs'd recently about the prospects for the
A-'-i'sn automobile industry.
'aates 2. Green. manager Of the auto
s''s show % ha held IN Brooklyn next
f'''t vas a. ths Garden last night, and
s.h - believed the unparalleled success
ei's Garden show assured the success OF
~ b.ookv0 exhibition. He praised the
e'1- planning Il the show committee
.- vas particularly enthusiastic over the
Wy o'mm.rrea's achievement IN getting
' Messenger cars out of the building and
- tag-r carving vehicles into the
'''.'s between u o.r.ock on Saturday night
. o'clock last Monday evening.
NAss1en VINO tried % interest mer-
''s IN '-e adoption oT motor vehicles
or delivery -~stams a few years ago
'''.s'.y had 20 combat the argument.
''.mo2.fs wr- 1e all right FOR some
@ oi business. but they cannot he used
'l'io'aze ir m~ business. This ohjec-
is.s not heard so often these DAYS. and
- BUSINESS men who have visited the
sn curing tho commercial show week
r+'a 4el'srr wagons or trucks of vary
'a2aciues that bear tho names Of firms
1s ENGAGED In the same sort os busi-
'f as their own