New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-21
MOTOR TRUCK SHOW
GETS UNDER WAY
Commercial Vehicles of All
Kinds on Display at the
Garden and Palace.
pIJSINESS MEN INTERESTED
Machine Tool Exhibit One of
Mot Interesting and Novel
Features for Those Who
CO to See or Buy.

-mmcrCia. motor vehicles came into
chi. own last night at s O'Clock when
he p.-t II section f the Thirteenth Ma
,i,.,.l Automobile Snow under the au-
.,t.-s If the Automobile Board of Trade
,,,e o1sn.G in the Grand Central Palace
mi Madison square Garden. As might
bavo been expected from the rapid growth
,r the commercial vehicle industry the at
,.,dance IN both buildings last nicht was
,rch larger than for the opening night
~ any pr. vious exhibition Of business
motor cars in this city.
In keepinS with the changed character
If the exhibits on the main floors OF the
tUo buildings. there was change i'm tn
class Of the visitors attracted to tho
show The vehicles shown. being de-
signed strictly for business purposes. We're
interesting chiefly TO business men. who
constituted about seven-eishths OF the
attendance.
Even through the vehicles SHOWN were
designed ana tuilt solely for utility. still
The scene from the entrance OF each build
ms was a striking one. Many OF the
delivery wagons and trucks a'e finished
m G. lots QllNf az WI lNA anu ~ hAieAht q
those Of the handsome passenger carry
ins cars that were the centres OF attrac-
lion last week during the Part Ieriod of
the show To be sure. there ave no beau
tfully upholstered limousine bodies with
expensive leather OF cloth upholstery and
French plate glass windows. but judged
by the handsome IS as handsome does
standard. tn vehicles this week will be
even more beautiful to many visitors than
the ones displayed last week.
The vehicles on tine main floor and Gle
waited platform at Madison Square Gar
den are all of the GASOLINE type. There
are nearly $50 machines i'm the building
shown by twenty-five different exhibitors.
At the Grand Central Palace the majority
OF the vehicles shown are Of the gasolenc
type. although there are number vi
eiectrics. There are forty exhibitors in
the Palace who average ABOUT three
vehicles each. ON the upper floors Of
roth buildings there are many exhibits
Of tires. parts and accessories that are Of
great interest to every one interested In
commercial vehicles.
The talk of getting the passenger cars
out Of BOTH buildings was completed
ea.ly Yesterday morning. When the
srsce bad been cleared large forces or
men were put TO work removing the
WON ca,pe.ina and laying the new floor
cocef.ug FOR the spaces used this week.
TIE ma Ioritv 90 the vehicle exhibitors
had their machines ready 10 he put INTO
place Yesterday noon and all Of them
we're inside the buildings at 8 O'Clock
last night which was the hour set oy
the show committee for all the exhibits
70 be- installed.
The exhibit Of the National Machine
Tool Builders Association, in the base
me1t Of Madison Square Garden, Is one
% the most interesting features of the
show. One machine that attracts great
deal Of attention is a turrct lathe that
manufactures steel automobile truck
wheels This machine turns out COM
plete wheel 81 by y inches in three
hours. 1t can also he adjusted 20 ma
chine cylinders, fly wheels and other
parts II is controlled by a lever and
sliding gears. much on the same plan as
a motor car.
Another interesting machine down in the
basement finishes crank cases from the
rough casting TO the point where the case
is ready TO he placed in chassis. without
any attention from the operator after
the casting has been fastened in place.
Another exhibitor in the basement shows
complete equipment for machine
shop. Some of the drilling machines are
q arranged that they can bore sixteen
holes at the same time.