New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-20
MOTOR TRUCKS BID
FOR PUBLIC APPROVAL
DispIaCe Passenger Cars IN
Automobile Show in the
Garden and Palace.
DOORS TO OPEN TONIGHT
Both Buildings Will Be Set in
Order Before Business
Vehicle Exhibition
Opens Officially.

Tho doors OF Grand Central Palace and
Madison Square Garden will be thrown
opcn 10 the public for the Part II, OF
commercial vehicle, section Of the thir-
t,cnth national automobile show, under
tho auspices Of the Automobile Board oil
Trade at o'clock tonight.
Included among the hundreds Of eNhib-
its will be business vehicles ranging IL
carrying capacity from 500 10 10000
hounds. The STYLES Of these modern
friends OF the business man will range
from daintily finished and vanished for
lists wagons that will never carry more
than 500 or 400 pounds at a time up &c
yeritable travelling derricks, capable OF
CARRYING 10000 pounds Of building stone
MANY developments have been made IL
motor vehicles of the strictly utilitariaI
type since last winters shows, ane ne
business man with a delivery problem OF
any sort can afford to miss careful in
spection Of the exhibits in both build
inSS.
The main floors or both Madison Square
Garden and Grand Central Palace were
fairly well cleared of the passenger cal
fNllDliS UtiOlt udN ilSl NJ H'sNNANt'S '''N'A'
ing. The scenes i'm the neighborhood OF
Madison avenue. as viewed by casual
observer might well have been taken as
uecCssitating the presence OF the police
reserves OF several precincts. While there
was. of course, a great deal Of confusion
there was no trouble Of any sort, ano
many of the cars taken from one or the
other Of the two buildings are now IN
Philadelphia. where they will he ShoWl
during the coming week at the Quaker
city dealers exhibition.
Blight and early this morning q force
of workmen will begin renOvating the
SHOW buildings. Paint VIII be touchcd ul
vhcre,cr necessary. and all OF the worn
Garnet used last week in the spaces where
,.Is were shown viii be replaced by ne"
,aIpet. Each building viii present a.
c..an and fresh am appearance tOr inc
,raugmation Of the commercial vehicle
section as il did a week ago saturday
whom the passenger car section was
opened 20 visitors
hl q. the twenty five manufa cturers
whose products will be displayed on the
pain floor and elevated platform i'm Madi-
ills'tt 'JtIuflI tNulblA s"SNi'''N 49,
.;,s There will bc twenty-five make!
,r uu,ks Represented in the Garden, and
tc>ether they will display about 100 ma
Zines. Tie Palace will have forty dit
..rcut exhibitors. who are expected tt
ROW about - vehicles altogethe!. y
aumher Of the vehicles TO be shown in the
Ials.l will be clectricS. though the ma
..it- VIII he Of the gasolene type.
Practically all OF the exhibitors Of tires
.ut;s aud accessories whose goods were
shown last week have arranged TO con-
jinu, their displays until next Saturday
uisht Some Of these accessory eNhlo-
TORS will be able to obtain better spaces
for ,he.r displays during the COMING week
as there will be more space open TO then
because there will he fewer complete vehi-
Gle exhibits than during last week.
The exhibit Of the National Machine
Tool Builders Association will he in
stalled to-day down in the basement oil
Madison Square Garden. 1t is certain &c
he very popular with men interested in
truck maintenance problems.