New-York tribune., 1912-01-18
PALACE SHOW At AN END
In One Week Autos Attracted
Nearly 10000 Persons.
EXHIBITORS WELL PLEASED
Almost a Unit in Declaring New
Building an Ideal Place for
Display.

Unexpected and unusual success marked
the progress of the show OF the National
Association Of Automobile Manufacturers
which closed last night in the new Grand
Central Palace, in Lexington avenue. a
n aiority of the exhibitors expressed them
selves as being mucn pleased at the amount
Q business done, and praised the building
as well as the management. 5. \. Miles,
manager Of the show, made the following
statement last night:
About seventy thousand persons have
visited the Palace this week. number far
f. excess Of expectations. In view OF the
competition at Madison Square Garden, the
old home of the show. and of the fact that
the location of the Palace is as yet un-
familiar TO the public, we had no great
hone of an enormous attendance The
figures reached are therefore gratifying
But the principal reason for satisfaction is
that the crowd has been made up OF real
purchasers. At no time within the last hNe
wears has there been such unanimity ol
feeling on that score
I'VE have registered about two thousan"
dealers, who have bought largely WhlIe
rnany exhibitors report heavy retal oeihhs
Another season there will he no DIVISION oi
interests The manufacturers are u''uer
contract with the Palace to hold an shu"'
here for a period OF five years lIiiS' 'ne
first of this chain OF shows, has sefVeu W
famiIlarize many thousands OF people WIZ"
the future home of shows, when mas oes"
generally characterized as the most Deau
S,,r e,ructure In which a show has ever been
held The date Of the next show has not
been decided hut it 10 likely 10 open ."
January Ii. 1913, 10 continue two weeks,
Passenger cars being shown the nrst anu
commercial cars the second week
$50 far as we are concerned, the Palace
chow has been the making OF our COM
many" said Thomas X. Dpparu' Vi INC
Tinpard- Stewart company, last night' we
came down here, hoping TO get a iew uea'-
ers and 10 introduce our light deh'erS
wagon hut have been very agreeaoy sur
rr,sod AZ the results in actual business
our gold leaf covered chassis attracltn
it, ~ attention and we made many safes
ot retau We have also signed contracts
,,,,h about twenty-five dealers OF the hish-
est class" i. r. Holander, OF tho flHt
Automobile Company, said his firm had
onnoirted n number OF new agents at the
sbo,y and that the retail business had been
,oost satisfactory, especially as regarns 'hs
new sx-cylinder car from the fousnAeeP'
sic plant. r,,or
II. u. Field, manager or the haihO'e'
branch IN this city, said the hainoier peo
ple had done a big business at the sho".
The sedan body Rambler had naturaH'
attracted great attention and the saieS'i'eh
had n large number of orders to turn III
In addition 20 actual orders, the haIhpiet
men had gathered the names OF eIea'
MANY excellent prospects Frank J' ran
ming. general manager or the bersuo'i
company. said the Philadelphia nrm hau
orno,nted many new agents and that the
retail business had been very good III
fact. A L, Schwartz. manager OF the local
branch had sold most OF the show cars
10 New YorkeTs
y g. spitzley, of the Abbott Motor
Company, said the show had been BI'"
success for his firm. His company hdu
done more business last Thursday on 'hc
frat full day Of the show, than during 'he
entire week OF last years show UP 10
Yesterday noon slxty-seyen cars hah oe'h
sold at retail and contracts had beeh sIR"'u
with dealers for 675 cars. a. ]. warner,
~ the Warner Instrument Company saiu
bis firm was so we'll established thdt IL
did not expect to make many actual safes
at the show, but that they thought II
good idea TO be represented.
sidney IL. Hale. manager for H. D.
Koehler & Co, Eastern distributors OK the
IIupmobile says that the show has been
very good one. THE crowds have not been
very big" said Mr.. Hale, but the show
| voipt pf view has
beon good. The building Is very beautiful
| and l will indeed he glad TO be back again
next year" c. w. Garland. jr., the New
York distributor OF the Velie car, says that
| the show was satisfactory In every way
and that they had never done so much DUST
ness at any previous automobile snow
"The building is thing OF beauty MT
Garland remarked "and we will be very
glad 10 be back next year again. we nave
| made nineteen sales, and our truck exhibi'
upstairs has been so successful that we VIII
20 in larger in that branch next year.
c. +. Wyckoff, OF Wyckof. Church 4
Partridge. Inc, the builders OF the CONNER
| trucks and Guy Vaughan cars, sad: TINS
| is the finest show we have ever ATTENDED
as business proposition. We had no
| souvenir seekers in the aisles, but we hac
more business men at our booth than al any
previous show and booked number o'
demonstrations and sold number OF cars
We think the general layout of the building
is excellent for automobile show purposes
and cannot be excelled anywhere. We
have had inquiries at our booth from peo'
ple from all over the country, from men
who are actually interested In the motor
trucking proposition We will certainly be