Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-10
NEWARK AUTO HOW
TO Be GREAT AFFAIR
First Regiment Armory Being
Prepared for Big
Business.

With the opening Of the fifth
Newark Automobile Show in the FRS
Regiment Armory only a week distant
all New Jersey motordom is feverishl,
awaiting the advent next Saturday OF
the largest exposition of motor cars
and accessories which the State has
over known. A half million dollars
worth of automobiles, comprising sew
enty different makes n nearly 2Ot
models, will present to the automobilisi
or the would-be motorist a selection
comprehensive enough TO fill any re-
quirement.
There will be massive motor trucks,
light delivery wagons and agile road
STEERS by the score, to say nothing OF
the dozens of standard touring models,
ranging from the close-coupled four
passenger affair to the great 60-horse-
power seven-passenger machines fitted
with every convenience for making a
transcontinental journey. The whole
gamut of accessories will also be run.
Tapping as it does hundreds of other
lines of endeavor, the Newark EXPOSE
ton of the best that is in the autonho-
bile industry will be- a to
the industrial Advancement of the
State and will have effects and ramifi-
cations far more wide-reaching than
those of the motor trade alone, extern
sive as these are.
The national guardsmen whose du-
ties all them to the armory will
scarcely recognize its interior. The
electricians and decorators have al
ready taken the big drill room in
hand and the giant Orders n trusses
that support the arched roof are gone,
at least so far as the spectator is con-
cerned. In their place is being woven
a soft, billowy canopy of blue, from
which hundreds of invundescent lamps
will shine down on the exhibits. Their
glow will soften the intensity of the
light from the three giant chandeliers
that are being suspended from the CEN
tire Of the canopy.
From the sides graceful steamers
of blue and white sweep across to the
blue sky and are outlined in festoons
of lights. Here and there is an oc-
casional lash of pink to take away
the GOODNESS of the blue and white
color scheme.
While the decorators have been
working at such points as was possible
in order not to interfere with the last
drill before the show on Monday night.
their workrooms have been working
overtime on the other decorative fea-
lures which will aid in the transforma-
tion of the armory from a place of
military aspect to a fitting setting for
King Motor Car. The hundreds of
aMards Of trellis work, painted q dead
white, %hicir-Hiu nutDne-the accessory
booths. the trellis arches that frame
the entrances to the aisles on the main
floor. the summer house with its seats
for the weary sightseer, all are being
rushed to completion, so that when the
armory is finally turned over to the
show management in its entirety there
may be no delay in getting the car
pentry work on the main floor finished
and the ina touches done before the
first OF the exhibits arrives. Then
there Is the green floor covering to be
put into place, the yards and yards OF
Southern smilax to be draped over
summer house and trellis and the
hundred and fifty or so signs to be
erected, each with its ornamental post,
its -four frosted glass sign panels and
coral light for the night illumination.
On Thursday morning the offices or
the show management will be moved
To The main office at the armory and
all business will be carried on from
the Sussex avenue address until after
the close OF the exhibition. Prior to
Thursday the offices will be held open
practically day and night At $40 Broad
street for the accommodation of
hibitors and in order to accomplish the
hundred and one detail matters that
crop up in connection with an under
taking of such magnitude.
An invitation was transmitted yes
.erday to John d. Prince. president of
The State Senate. to make the opening
address next Saturday night, and the
management has every reason to be-
lieve that Senator Prince will accept.
He has been closely in touch with auto
mobile matters for many years and is
one who firmly believes in the potency
of the automobile as a factor in pri-
vate and Industrial life. He has also
been closely identified while in the
Legislature with the advancement of
sane automobile legislation.
After the opening address. which will
occupy only a short time. the show
will be declared open for the week.
The management is bending every ef-
fort TO handle the record crowd ex-
pected with comfort to all. The aisles
are broad this year and the entrances
and exits much better planned so that
congestion, even with the very large
attendance of first night. will be mini
mixed. The dealers are cooperating
in this regard will pay especial at
tention this year to the placing of ex-
hibits so as to permit a free circula-
ton of the crowd about the cars.
During the show week which next
Saturday initiates there will be several
events of unusual interest and impor-
tance. Monday will be club night. and
invitations have been sent TO members
of all the clubs in the State to visit the
show, particularly on this occasion.
Open house will be kept at the club
headquarters at the show, which will
this year be devoted to all the auto
mobile clubs of the State, rather than
combining its welcome to the associa-
tions of any one locality. Tuesday will
be dealers day, n the New Jersey Au-
tomobile Trade Association win have a
welcome prepared for all members Of
the trade. Wednesday will be society
night. with special features. although
the rate of admission will not be
doubled, as is the custom at the metro
pOlitan displays.