New-York tribune., 1911-01-12

Garden Packed and damned
Both Afternoon and Evening.
OPTIMISM THE KEYNOTE
Out of City Visitors Swell the
Crowd, Which Is Lured to
the Big Show,

Madison Square Garden again was
hacked and jammed with visitors yesNi-
dsv. and the attendance at the eleVentH
national automobile show. held under the
suspices Of the Association OF Licensed
Automobile Manufacturers with the CO.
operation OF the licensed dealers OF New
York. proved beyond argument the ever
Increasing interest OF the public IN pas
,cnger carrying motor cars.
The aisles throughout the building were
full from the time the doors were opened
Fl 1e o'clock I'm the morning. until closing
time. az II O'Clock, last night the inclem-
ont vea her having no effect IN keeping
the enthusiasts at homo.
A noticeable feature Of the attendance
yesterday was the great number Of out
of-tovn visitors. Before the main en-
trance Of the building, in Madison ave
rse. was opened there was a crowd
Of about five hundred waiting 20 get
into the Garden. Some Of the early ones
v ere New Workers but most OF them
we're visitors % the city as wei rs 20 the
show a visiting dealer from city IN
Sew York state said De had counted
nearly scvcnty-fvc men from his town
alone fin the crowd waiting 90 get into the
h.udnE
The DAYLIGHT crowd proved TO be an es-
rec.aIy rcu informed lot so far as the
Mechanical details of the exhibited cars
were concerned and most of them told
The statesmen that they drove their own
cars They i.1 not neglect % mako care
fH inspections of The h.EIer priced ma
chimes. ugt spent much of their time sx-
rrIr.uE the chassis ~ me popular priced
machines such as tse Chalmers. Buick.
maxwell Cadillac. Mitchell Hudson, REQ.
T.M-F Cor6In and Ne'zgsr
rIe t-t.of-town visitors found them
selves welcomed rv dealers from their
ryn cities at practically every space o.
which they stopped to examine Tho cars.
Tho ou'.rg-'oun frefeewcn at The show
include most Of r.r prominent dealers and
branch house managers uf Boston F.i.a-
fsfrEl-. w6sr.urf.r Baltimore and Dr.-
rrr-.- and dealers from uo-' 0@ the cities
of t-s New England states Sew York.
-a-r-rfrrH.1 and NaH Jersey some Don-
..r rer 7-t i0 yesterday.
ono ..ase Of visitors who showed keen
Interest i0 che method af running tho eX-
r..-1- 7r-e fre managers OF .re various
'--e. shows that viii 0. bold .0 other
men show most interest u tho decorative
scheme f.- lighting effects and The
method off ar-sue.~s tho spaces. In ode
a.".r .n - a. NHrr manager of the
ra--r.. show at D...ar1. t.e visiting
show managers so far have included O. H
Green. H-rrElvr, Chester o. Campbell
Ers--. . H Beck Philadelphia. w. y.
rsrs-7" Syracuse. Walter T.. Weedon.
Worse ..- and r. 4 B010elI Newark.
Harold u Smith. og indianapolis. pres
F-rt . r.r Premier Motor NsnufgctUr-
ne Company luI chairman Of the COM /
-.t'aa rf management o. tho American
N-. "rr Manufacturers Association
#r.I most - its members Joined The AS
r0ci5rr. rf Licensed Automobile Manu-
'H..r.-. wrV one or trn prominent men .
Of F. Industry who arrived yesterday .
'r -H. save t.a early part of tho day /.
-. vs. Hl Che crowds lu the Garden 7
frf ..s Impressions gro interesting iu I.
view .f .. fact tr3t He ia a pioneer IN T,
'. I..r..s He said
some weeks ago we predicted that the .
-r'r~ar|r industry 's beginning another 4
.~rr-f.-. rer~ c. Ifs history. because of .
... enormous interest f0 90 end the fact .
.-r more ".err. u.rarn- 'n their choices f.
|r.e .. shown c1nelusivelv by The actions !
20 those who are inspecting the handsome /
.,r- ana chassis in the Garden. am de- I
lighted r.-r The entire eNhfht--tre deco .
.7H--s rre splendid -ne arrangement sat !
.sfs-'9-r and the interest displayed Is /
amazing "a re'utatior a. the rsssimistic /
''-le sometimes expressed.
NJ really believe that have never BE- F.
fore seen 90 many visitors at a show who /
r8~ e- much about motor cars and who /.
study relative values before settling upon /
some o1s make o~ a few makes which /
T'i receive their more serious c0nsiders- /
"1r. They seem 90 compare point for F.
point between cars which appeal 70 them, |
md So .s this fact which will have a great
bearing '- the sales which viii undoubt- |
s1ly follow"
Charles Clifton. president Of the Associ- !
s'rn 1t Licensed Automobile Msnufactur-
f-s. Will deliver the welcoming address At |
tho Licensed Association dinner tonight az I
Hs Hotel Astor Frank r.. lawrence /
rrte'Ifrf ~ the Lotos Club. WIN be chair I
nan rf TIE speakers
Edward I.aza0skv. Secretary Of state /
VII speak cu The Motor Vehicle Laws q /
Nsw York state" James Schermarhorn, |
= Detroit owner % The Detroit Times" |
Val take as his text The Star oC Empire |
Noa "a Fixed Star. Put Everything Else !
Takes I-s Way" Henry N Duncan ~
View York. Will deliver an address. Pal"
ne artist who o. responsible FOR the paint Z