New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-09
AUTO NEWS Of THE DAY.
importers Salon Likely to
Make New Attendance Record.
RACE DRIVERS SEE CARS
Local Hotels Report All Rooms
Engaged for First Week
of Motor Car Show.

a new record for attendance i certain
for this years salon of imported auto
mobiles, now running at the Hotel Astor.
With three days remaining the attend
ance to date il within few hundreds of
last years total
There is no doubt that the prospect
for lower tariff on cars brought into
this country has much to do with the in
creased interest now being shown I'm the
foreign automobiles. In fact. this sub
iect is the one most often discussed among
the exhibitors and visitors at the salon.
and the principal difference of opinion
seems to be as 10 how great reduction
will be made.
The present salon marks an important
epoch in the progress OF the American
body builder. At all Of the early salons
only foreign bodies were exhibited. Sew
eral years ago the American builders who
had begun TO copy the designs and beau
tful coach work of the foreign carros-
scres secured foo;holo and Continued
to gain ground each wear until the 1911.
salon, where they shared honors with
the foreigners both I'm the number and
quality of the bodies exhibited.
At the present salon. however, il is the
and the various bodies Of American make
which are on view show clearly that
American builders are not alone able to
copy the Test foreicn coach work. but
can also create exclusive designs of their
own.
There was quite a gathering OF race
drivers or past and present prominence
AT the salon yesterday afternoon ana
there was many heated discussion as
they examined together the different
speed cars which are on exhibition. These
drivers were George Robinson. Ralph de
Palma. Guy Vaughan, Joe Seymour.
Harry s. Hardness and Spencer Wishart.
The exhibitors at the salon have made
more sales than has been the case ~
past wears. Among the names given out
yesterday were those Of r.. :. Bentley, OF
Richmond. Va. who bought q GO Metal
lurglque touring car. and George Max
well and Jesse l.. Eddy. both of whom
purchased l.ancia cars.
In former years the horse show drew
the greatest number Of visitors to the
city during the winter but horse snow
week has been outdistanced by aulomo-
bile SHOW week. Practically every one OF
the better known hotels has reservations
for all available rooms. and several OF
the big hotels are 50 we'll filed up that
rooms with baths are not ohtainablc.
The oldtime practice OF motor car ana
accessory manufacturers engaging rooms
Tor their entire staff at = single hotel has
not been followed out this year Num-
bers OF firms wished TO have an their men
nj the same hotel. but have been forced
20 divide them up. because II has not
been possible 20 get enough rooms 100 the
same hotel ~ has been the general COM
ment Of the hotel men that no more rooms
can he reserved for the first week OF the
big show. hut that few can stlli be- en-
gagged FOR the second week OF the "Nhibi-
ton
80 FAR as advance reservation, go tne
newly opsned Hotel MCAlllu has IN"
bl-e vest showing. Some Of the exhibitors
that have engaged from one 10 "l.nt
rooms at the McAlpin are l"zicr. 'adh-
lac. Marmon. Romy. Michigan 'ontlnen-
tai Tires New Departur" COMPANY,
Voeder company. Pope. Imperial War
ner company. KING. Gray = DAVIS. ana
the Premier Empire and henderson COM
panies from Indianapolis.
The Hotel AstOr Will. Of course, nave
great many trace representatives. AinonS
trem will be Peerless. Studebak"r. 'adll-
lac. Hudson. United States Tire com
pany. Goodyear Tir" Company ana ~"
Kelly Springfield company. GeorG" w.
Bennett. president or the WHY'S
Overland Company. IS also ~ the Ast"r.
Al the Hotel Cadillac viii be the AppeI-
son. Swlnehart tire and Briggs matnrto
men. az well a. many dealers. Al the
Knickerbocker VIII be some OF inc ran,
ders. Oakland. Maihesoh, IDI"h'"pi' an"
Goodyear men.
The Hotel Manhattan will hav" the
Franklin. American. Marion. Schacht,
Havers. rich and Mitchell delegations.
Tine belmont will have some men from
the Chalmers. Pierce DocomObilc. Nelir.
Pegal Timk.n kisse and Michigan
buggy companies. The Vanderbilt Hotel
will Nave G. T. Jeffery. Of the Rambler
connany. H. NJ. JcWett. OF the Paige
uetroit and f.. H. Chaplin. Of the Hudson.
H. e. Ford. Lee Anderson ana others
Of the Chalmers men VIII De az III"
Seville. as will carl VI Green. The Pack
ard HEADQUARTERS will also be at the
Seville. The overland Garford and
Gramm delegations. n we'll as represen-
tstives of the Toledo Office OF the Charles
H. Fuller Company. VIII be AT the IIlh'"
George The Martinique has reservations
for men from the Winton. stevens Dur
yea, Standard Electric. Oakland. hupmo-
hil. Firestone and Diamond Tire con
Germs The White company VIII nave
lot Of its men at the Breslln; where some
OF the Buick. Flanders ana Nhtiohal men
also will be- quartered.
Announcement is made that \ J. ludef-
rieden. Familiarity known To the accessory
and automobile trade in general as Art"
IL TO be Eastern district sales manage:
for the big Stewart Warner Corporation.
There was good attendance Nester-
day afternoon and evening AT the special
motor car exhibition whi,h the Simplex
Automobile Company il holding Ina IT'S
salesrcoms at Columbus Circle The Off
cial opening occurred at o'clock In the
afternoon, and before night several sales
were reported by John .. Dale. general
sales manager for the comrany Tine sales
made were a a0-horsepower runabout. 3S-
horsepower runabout and 1j-horscpower