New-York tribune., 1912-02-24
AUTO NEWS OF THE DAY..
Big Show in Brooklyn Will Open
This Evening.
HEAVY BUSINESS EXPECTED
Speeding on Broadway and Fifth
Avenue Gets Setback as
Result of Complaints.

Everything is in readiness for the open
ing this evening OF the second annual auto
mobile show OF the Brooklyn Automobile
Dealers Association in the 23d Regiment Ar
mory, on Bedford avenue. II is promised that
this exhibition. the only real retail show
OF the year In greater New York. will sur
pass in beauty even the elaborate affAirs
In the Garden and In the Palace last month.
Certainly In the number OF exhibitors and
In the number OF cars on display II will
stand over the local affairs
Nearly three hundred cars will be shown,
including some models that have mads
! their appearance on the local market since
the New York shows ended. Several new
ideas In bodies have been developed in the
last few weeks, and visitors TO the Brook
| lyn affair will gain the benefit OF whatever
progress has been made. Another i'm
portsnt difference lies in the feet that tbs
| earlier displays catered largely 20 the
| prospective buyer In search OF closed car
ideas. while now, with spring at hand.
greater attention will be paid 10 the types
| suitable for the touring season.
| Not only do the Brooklyn dealers look
| forward to making many sales among Long
| Island motorists. but the exhibition Is er-
pected TO attract many persons from, this
side OF the river and from New Jersey
and Connecticut. There are still many In
tending purchasers who were unable 70
make up their minds last ninth. and these
will be on hand TO make a definite decision
during the week to come.
The decorative work is said TO be In .
class with the best that has been done In
New York for this sort OF an exhibition.
The effort has been made to give an out-of-
doors effect to the interior Of the building,
and those who have had the work In
| charge believe they have succeeded A.
Spanish garden Is the official description OF
| the decorative scheme.
At meeting of the dealers associations
held on Thursday announcement was made
that two more exhibitors have been added
TO the already long list. The newcomers
are the Franklin pleasure cars and tbs
CONNER truck Both Of these makes al
ready have wide regulations The formeS
is entered by the Franklin Motor Car Cons
pany, of New York. and the latter BY
Wyckofr, Church & Partridge.
| II was decided 10 set aside various
: speciaI nights during the week, as this
plan, permitting members OF various as
sociations, clubs and societies to meet as
the arnory, has always met with favor at
automobile shows The opening night viii
be Brooklyn's own night; Monday, New
York night, upon which occasion numerous
New York dealers and others will flock
over the river to SEQ what the City oc
Churches has 20 offer; Tuesday Is Long
Island Athletic Club night; Wednesday Is
society day; Thursday, military night;
Friday, associated yacht clubs night and
Saturday, Crescent Athletic Club and wind
UP night
| Since the recent complaint that motorists
In the outlying districts have been sub
iected to arrest for rates Of speed that fail
10 bring even a reprimand on Broadway
and Fifth avenue there has been decided
| lessening Of speed on the main arteries or
traffic in this city. The motorcycle police
men have been busy, with the result thst
the general movement of traffic on f1fth
avenue has been slowed down pereepuoly
On Riverside Drive. too, the warning hand
against undue speeding is frequently seen
| Several Of the local dealers sunered from
the storm Of Thursday, through broken
windows, injury to signs, etc. The H. D.
Koehler Company, distributor OF the Hup-
mobile. had two large plate glass windows
| completely demolished and the Fiat COM
| many lost one OF its windows.