New-York tribune., 1912-01-11
CROWD STORMS GARDEN
Unable to Buy Tickets, Many
Enter Auto Show Free.
ENGINEERS INSPECT CARS
Managers of Several Out OIL
Town Exhibitions Here 10
Pick Up Latest Ideas.

Never IN the history Of automooile SHOWS
az Madison Square Garden was there sue"
O crush OF prospective spectators as l'Hl
rigbt and as a final resort to prevent
tro,;ble at the entrances the turns'lles "e''
thrown orcn and the public allowed 10 eH
ter without tickets. The congestion oesa"
about $50 o'clock and reached It's h''7"O
nm hour later. when the entrance va.
s,orned hv hundreds Of persons, some Oh
whom had been waiting nearly an noun
70 gain admittanCe.
The ticket sellers and ticket takers hao
been working to the limit from the uh'e
the usual evening crowd began TO pour 't''"
the Garden. The throng grew. however
faster than It could be attended TO- Nn''
rod b4a, n first a srumble about the de-
lsv greg into loud denuncation, and II ne
gan 10 look as II trouble would occur
Finally. the order was sent ont to clear '"'
lobby by rushing the crowd inside without
tickets. and this was done Nhen ''I"-
tions became normal through TINS a'uol'
the collecting of tickets was resumed
Inside the huge structure the crowd was
tremendous, and only those on the OUTSIDE
Of the aisIes were able to see anything vi
the exhibits. Those in the centre oil '"'
wide aisles occupied their time IN h"l"lnN
their footing. There was little opPortuhlN
for selling but many of the exhibitors re-
ported sales during the evening.
Special invitations issued by the snow
MANAGEMENT TO distinguished engineers an
over the country to attend the cNmhiu'h on
Wednesday was the means of bringing 'u.
a surprising array of scientific men III d"
walks of life. William II. Burr. professor
OF civil engineering at Columbia pro"s"'
as his guests Professor George r. swan
Of the Massachusetts Institute of Technoi-
ogy. and Albert Sauveur professor OF met
allurgy at Harvard.
Cornelius Vanderbilt. who has. beer present
at the show every day, was with Georse
Barclay Parsons. Others included Gustav
IJndenthal. the bridge builder: DR.. LOOMS
who is building the New York aqueduct;
John A. Mathews. of the Crucible iron
Works. Syracuse; George ". Durham ana
Howard G. Coffin. motor car engineers OF
Detroit; John T. O'Rourke, the subway
contractor: J. James r. Crocs, formerly
president Of the American Society OF ClN'l
Engineers: Rudolph Herring. the present
head of the same society; Bion j. Arnold
the Chicago traction engineer and maSnate;
Charles f. Huntley, of Park Hill, Nonkers
and DR.. Edward G. Acheson, the inventor.
Society people present included Henry
Clews, who brought with him the Duke de
Richelieu, who is a son OF the Prince Of
Monaco. The duke, who has travelled all
over the world, had never before seen q
motor car show, and said that the extent
of the industry in America was revela-
ton to him. That the show appeals strong
" to people of fashion was indicated by the
presence of Mrs. Observation-Disclosures, of
London. who is the sister of Mrs. ogden
Mills She said IL was the first time that
she had been inside Madison Square Garden
in fifteen years, which was an indication
that even the horse show had been sighted
on her previous visits home.
Others present. included Delaney Kane
Jaw OF Newport Charles Dana Gibson, Mr.
and Mrs Frank Gray Griswold. Mrs. James
Spcycr. Whitney Warren, Bcrtram Cruger,
Richard DolahcId. Craig Nadsworth the
Duchess de ChaulneS Frank \. Munscy,
Columbus O'DonnolI Ise'iu. ka1Tick Riggs
Prescott Lawrence, seward Webb jrr
Joseph Widener Of Philadelphia Alexander
Brown. of Baltimore; Samuel Gerard, Rob