The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-01-27
. AUTO SHOW WILL CLOSE
TONIGHT WITH RECORDS
OF ALL KINDS SMASHED
Sales and Attendance Marks
Soar Away Above Those OF
Previous Years
CELEBRATION TONIC II I
footing of Horns and Fun Max
ing Will Help the Eleventh
Annual Show Close

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tendance and popularity broken. Las'
\ night the jam was greater than ever
Never before has Detroit had such an
impressive exhibit OF motor cars ana
accessories and never before has such
Interest been taken in IL. IL certainly
seems assured that Detroit stands an
excellent chance OF rivaling New YORK
snd Chicago at some future time.
Today the eleventh-hour people will
get I'm to see the machines Just be-
fore they are packed and shipped to
Chicago for the show there next week.
There will, no doubt, be a larger
crowa at the Wayne Gardens tonight
than usual as II will be the last
chance for the hundreds OF people
TO view the cars.
Friday night Is always prosperous
night at automobile shows through
out the country and Detroit was no
exception. Many who had steadily at
tended during the week, taking
course OF study, finally made up
minde that were wandering and clos
ed for agencies and for cars for priv
ate use. Statesmen were completely
swamped in many instances. and In
every booth spoke of the success Of
the show from every standpoint. TAX
en- all in all II was an enthusiastic
crowd of exhibitors, yet all we're rath-
er glad that but one day remained 10
the close of the nights festivities.
AZ Is the custom at all exhibitions
OF the sort there will undoubtedly be
much noise at the close tonight, loot
ing OF horns and so forth, and when
the crowd has gone there will be
: work and lost of II, for the building
will be cleared before Sunday night
Trains tonight will carry hundreds
and thousands of the local people 10
Chicago for the National automobile
show which opens tonight Al that
exhibit Detroit will. of course. be the
best represented city in the land as
Is hitting, since this city is the hub
OF the industry. Comparisons OF the
representations OF various cities of
the land as compared 10 Detroit, will
be mighty interesting reading
No Official figures OF the complete
attendance were obtainable last night
hut Manager Wilmot said that the
finai count would undoubtedly show
!
of last year, while the trade atten-
dance nearly tTebled former years.
Makers and agents were particularly
generous In caring for their customers
both In Detroit and from out of town,
the latter being particularly numerous
There are two self-starters in the
show that cause a lot OF talk. One
Is the air starter of the Chalmers
10 i'm AZ HV
operation. Visitors see the standing
engine started again and again and
look inquiringly below the engine for
connections to the floor and find none.
demonstration talks OF the starter
and tells OF Its advantages as as in
dicating the interest in self starting
devices This gentleman always has
an interested crowd around him. Then
there is the chassis OF the Cadillac
Co. which is operated by the electric
starter itself and not by any connec-
tion to the electric power OF the build
ing. This also causes much curiosity.
One critically inclined man after a
careful inspection of the various cars
at the show said last night Well,
as far as | can see in glancing over
the motors throughout the exhibit,
you pays your money and you takes
your choice" am rather disposed to
believe that appearances count for
most in the buying of the car and I'm
going to pay all Lean and get-aH- L
can In appearances and pay little more
attention TO the engine for every
maker is putting in the best he can
for the money he asks for the car
and after all, cars run according TO
their horsepower and the amount you
pay
When In the summer of 1894 at 2
o'clock one morning choo choo ma
chine appeared on the streets OF De-
iroit, bicyclists were startled out OF
their boots and policemen on bicycles
started a chase that lasted all night
In an effort to catch the strange Great
nre which had appeared in the city.
This was the first appearance OF Mr..
G.. B. King, and his crude creation
was the first auto ever seen in De-
troit. As the latest car OF Mr.. King
Is viewed on the cafe floor OF the
Gardens directly at theecenter OF the
building, old timers recall the early
speculation and the excitement OF the
times OF the earlier days of the build
or whose latest creation has excited
dlmOsN as muCu WOnueI ds ulu MS
hrst car. Mr.. King has brought forth
car so entirely different from other
cars as 10 excite comment and at
the New York show critical people
haunted the exhibit and would not
leave. One mechanician OF wealth or
rather a wealthy man with mechanical
tendencies, purchased one car and re.
turned with friends The car with
one thousand less parts than any other
car has sprung into great popularity
Both the early appearance and the
latest appearance OF Mr.. King are re-
ninders OF the debut OF the first air
ship out In California when Captain
baldwin first few among the clouds
In a dirigible without lights but with
whirring motors. His story was
sought far and wide and EARL reports
were considered very clever fakes
This was also the case with Mr.. Kins
rs years AFRO and six years previous
10 the starting OF motor car shows
The real interest in the Detroi'
show has brought representatives OF
= large number OF the trade papers
Of The country 10 Detroit TO prepare
articles upon the many new cars eI
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