New-York tribune., 1912-01-16
BUYERS DAY At PALACE
Exhibitors Report FlOurIShIng
Business for Auto Show.
CROWDS THRoNG AISLES
All Records for Attendance
Broken anG Interest Con-
tinues Unabated.

n was buyers day st the New Grand
Central Palace automobile show yesterday,
,,6 all records for attendance were broken
cvvinc 10 the fact that the crowd of pas
ssnger car buyers, whose interest was for
rsrly shared with the Garden show,
,h-onged the Palace.
The number of women in attendance was
,nuch greater than on previous DAYS. and
therefore the inclosed cars commanded
9reater attention. The different types were
NJ equal interest, the Sedan four passenger
ooupt Of the Rambler being the only one
!, this exhibit which differs radically from
those models shown by the Regal. Paige
netrolt. Hupp-Yeats, Fiat, Argo and r. c.
II firms. This gave rise TO the question as
"a what style Of closed car will be most
rerrnanent IN its appeal-that with the wide
windows and spacious seats, like the Sedan,
or me smaller cars, with the Colonial win
Sows Both seemed to have their cham
MONS among the buyers.
The sales of open cars have been un-
usually large, as the number OF dealers in
attendance has been great. The crowds
have not been too big TO prevent business
beIng done, and the exhibitors report many
orders At the close of the show last night
the Rambler company announced twenty
onA sales, while the Hupmobie, Abbott
Detroit, velie. Paige Detroit. Imperial. Fiat
and Cole firms were doing equally well.
Among the visitors yesterday were Rear
Admiral James ]. Kane. L. s. A. (retired);
Miss Harriet Quimby, Americas first wonl-
an aviator; Mrs. Eva Munsill, John A.
gleieher, editor OF 'Leslie's Weekly; AL
nell. Inglis NJ. Uppercu, J. G. Perrin, +. T.
Birdsall. George Robertson. Bob Burman,
Joe Seymour, Frank Lescault, L. NJ. Brad
ley. Charles H. Hyde, and r. d. Chaplin,
nesident of the Hudson Motor Car Com
pany. Mr. Chaplin was elected q member
Of the National Association of Automobile
nufscturers' executive committee last
week He said the New Grand Centeal
Palace was the most pleasant place for an
automobile show he had ever seen and was
glad that all the makers would be up on
Lexington avenue next year.
Convincing proof of the business posi-
Silltes Of the show has been furnished by
q number Of firms who have taken space in
the new Grand Central Palace since the
show opened. Among these are the Victor
Truck Auto Transportation Company
which is showing commercial cars, and the
Michigan Buggy Company, showing the
Michigan 40 passenger cars. The eeces-
cory men who have Joined the ranks OF the
palsce exhibitors include the United States
Gauge Company. the Invinclble Demount-
able Rim Company. the Defector Wind
Shield Company. the Cox Brass Manufact-
urinz Company and S. p. Townsend & Co.
TIE absence OF the high wheeled motor
bGsgies that attracted 50 much attention
81 the old palace at Lexington avenue and
4d street has been noticed. few years
ago the advocates OF this type OF motor
vehicle asserted that motor buggies were
certain to be very popular with farmers
and others wno lived In the country dis
t4ct5. but this appears to have been an
utterly mistaken idea. 1t is worthy Of
no.ice thas none OF these motor buggies
were to he sen at the Garden last week.
TiIo makers are featuring block tires with
independently removable solid rubber
blocks which make possible the substltu-
tie Of new rubber for a small section Of
caz.aged tire without scrapping the whole
f-a O. ss1Ciae tire and wheel 70 the tire
mal:c-E. The ac-- universal removable solid
tire rin. tsdt wsu Oe used by all the lead
ing tire makers this year is shown by the
Goodrich company. Ii IS surprisingly
mz.2ls. iaaz-c--sive md eGecti.c. commend
iHz .i=eis al CI.ce - fae practical use.
terjes Of eight naileaOie iron lugs hold the
hare of the tire OIL either side. Each lug
he's two dovrel pins that pass through cor
responding holes drilled in the edges Of the
ri-r. The pirs are clinched on the inner
side. 10 remove the tire che pins on ono
s!1e a.e bent back and the Jugs knocked
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