New-York tribune., 1912-01-17
TRUCKS NOW THE MAGNET
interest Keen in Commercial We
hiCIeS at Garden Show.
MANY IMPROVEMENTS SEEN
Presence of Many Women a
Prominent Feature of the
Exhibition.

Eclipsing all previous exhibitions in genu-
Inc interest, the commercial vehicle show
| at Madison Square Garden promises TO
| oreak all attendance records; even as the
pleasure car display last week overshad-
| dowed all others. Replete with many at
! tractve features, the exposition IS inter
| esting alike to motor truck users and pros
pective buyers. Many improvements over
last years models are seen on every hand
There is one truck displayed which Is
equipped with an acetylene self-starting de-
vice, and it is reported that numerous nego-
tiations are under way to put self-starters
Of this sort on various makes Of trucks
as standard equipment for 1912. The model
is a three-ton Grabowsky, fitted with a
Disco equipment. This device is used by
numerous pleasure car manufacturers.
1t is not at all surprising that progress
sive manufacturers are adopting the self
starter, inasmuch as so much Of the life
| of a commercial vehicle is occupied In
loading and unloading freight Many truck
motors are difficult TO crank, particularly
when cold and operators keep the engine
running while loading and unloading 10
dodge the effort Of cranking. This wastes
gasolene ard oil besides having a tendency
/ TO heat and wear out the motor. In this
respect self-starters on commercial vehicles
save consider BILE more money than they
DO on pleasure cars.
Among the prominent merchants and bust
ness men who visited the show yesterday
were Louis Gimbel OF Gimbel Brothers;
A. Van Valkenburg. superintendent Of the
Long Island Express Company; r. Stearns,
Of the Stearns- Foster Company Cincinnati,
and G. Piel, of Piel Brothers, brewers.
1t is surprising TO note the number Of
women visiting the truck show. Practically
all of these are either women engaged in
business or else heavily interested in cor
porations in various lines OF industry
number OF statesmen and demonstrators
have been surprised at some OF the intel
ligent questions put TO them by women.
Some of them have haulage cost for either
horse-drawn or motor vehicles, at the tips
of their tongues-these figures being based
on their actual experience in the operation.
one Of the interested spectators yester-
day was Mr0. Harrieut Clark Fisher, who
made a trip around the world in an auto
mobile two years ago. Mrs. Fisher Is the
owner Of the Eagle Iron Works Trenton,
n J.. which was founded fifty-two years
ago by her late husband She learned the
iron moulding business from the bottom up
years ago. Naturally, she is interested IN
motor truck problems.
The Alec exhibit has made a hit with
line Of steel body" trucks. This company
is showing two types Of bodies which are
entirely Of steel construction. one is
five-ton truck. equipped for hauling coal;
the other q vehicle OF two tons capacity,
for carrying cases OF beer The brewery
truck is entirely incloscd and has doors
at the back and sides. There are three
tiers. each holding twenty-foUr cases. With
the other truck the coal is deposited by
the force Of gravity a sliding door IS at
the right side. and is opened or closed by
means OF windlass. IN addition 10 these
two trucks the Alec exhibit includes a
3l2 ton chassis, the type that Is establish
ing a new world's 5 nonstop record
In order 70 correct the impression that
the manufacture of Hewitt trucks Is Sun
being carried on By the Metzger Motor Car
Company, the Hewitt Motor Company calls
attention to the fact that u recently pur-
chased from that company all the rights 20
manufacture and sell Hewitt trucks me
Metzccr Motor Car Company has no fur-
ther connection with trucks bearing the
name Hewitt. for It's product is known as
the "Everitt."
The Hewitt line ranges from one TO ten
ton capacity models. four OF these belnE
shown I'm the Garden. They include ten
ton chassis that looks big enough 10 carry
an apartment house II 10 were tied on tIhi'
= seveD-ton brewery truck just sold 10 one
Of the largest brewing concerns, three
and-a -half-ton model, which is brand new
IN design, and onc-ton chassis.