New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-12
AUTO NEWS OF THE DAY.
Hundreds of Motor Trucks for
To-morroW'S Parade.
NUMBER MAY REACH 500
Tire People Hold Divergent
Views Concerning Present Epi-
demic of Price Cutting,

Tho s.cond annual parade OF the Motor
81 Club which will take place to-mor-
100 afternoon, gives every promise %
..u,,,ng the similar affair Of last year. II
= announced last night tina; at the rate
.,,r5es are being made there will probably
/. more than four hundred machines in
a., The remarkable feature Of the entry
a.. q, that more than 90 per cent Of the
..,.l,s arc I'm the regular service of their
au.rsrs. who welcome this opportunity Of
.,ouine their satisfaction with power-pro.
.nued delivery service. Nearly every line
=, business I'm the city will he represented
md the result is certain to be to the adj
,ortaee Of the truck industry in general.
The parade will start from the Battery
-, o'clock and will move directly up
uroadvay 10 125th street save for short
d.,o,,r through 22d street, Fourth avenue.
9th street. Fifth avenue and 4Sth street.
:, ui,l PASS through the downtown business
district al an hour when IT will be q prac-
,;os1 demonstration Of the city's progress
IN modern trucking equipment
hand will rrecede the trucks. riding
-, ,on ~ q Fifth avenue bus. and supple
,,e,,arv trumpeters will be scattered
,hroueh the line Chief Marshal Curtis has
o-ranged FOR large police escort. Every
,ebicls IN line will carry the club flag snf
hammer showing the make OF tho truck
r-rtries b. dealers will make no further
d.ooration. but individual entries will prob
.h,,. ha more OF less deliberately decorated.
nth special effort 10 display the goods Of
their owners.
70 nj nj
n, tbe formation At the Battery at IL 20
o'clock. all vehicles being assigned to place
IN line In accordance with the alphabetical
Arrangement Of the entrant rather than ~
IN. make Of truck This will insure some
Of the large equipments being seen intact
With very considerable variety Of size and
rosnscity Is well as make. Marching orders
cali for uniform distance OF ten feet pc
tween trucks and as the pacemaking car
will be run the rate Of the slowest trucks
entered. II is expected that the line will be
kent well closed, even with treffc regUla
tons observed at important crossings.
Every kind Of motor truck will appear IN
the line. from the little delivery car OF the
utility type 20 the big ten and twelve ton
coal trucks There will be a large electric
division. including great brewery trucks
heavily loaded and various other types,
ranging down 70 the little "industrisls" that
run around factories snd yards The gaso-
lane cars will present wide variety OF de-
signs end body equipment. probably some
operating loading and unloading devices,
showing the rapid advance in truck utility.
Then there will be ess-electric and ny
draulic-transmission machines and large
8 81 Hf-lN IH1
There continues to he general speculation
as to the reason for the reductions in prices
announced by some manufacturers Of tires
and as TO the likelihood Of the move be-
coming general Nlchein prices were re-
duced on both tires and inner tubes some
weeks ago and this may possibly hsVo
had an effect on the situation. According
10 the Michelin company, its cuts were the
result Of a falling off In the price OF crude
rubber. the dealers being given the beneht
Of conditions as far back as January. The
action Of some dealers in cutting prices, u
Is said. compelled the Midtown people 20
announce new and lower price lists, the re-
auctions averaging about 10 per cent.
There Is no intention on the part of the
Goodyear company TO cut its prices at this
time According TO Mr.. Maus the local
manager, the price Of crude rubber does
not Justify a reduction. He does not be-
heve that quality can be maintained II tne
prices are lowered, and says that his com
psny cannot AFFORD 10 lower quality under
any circumstances
James Montgomery Flagg, the artist
huuorist. gives q distinctive description -
q silent running automobile. Mr.. Fla@g re-
Gently purchased a Columbia Knight tour
ing car. and its qualities in this respect go
impressed him that he voluntarily provided
the manufacturers with his estimate OF the
sleeye-valve type OF motor car.
THE operation Of the Columbia-k Knight
says Mr.. Flagg, reminds me Of a DEATH
like quiet like a man walking on rubber
heels I must blow the horn to avoid run
ming down people. and you know man does
not like 10 be continually blowing his own
horn"