The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-15
Gar @m0
Highway

| OF course all interest in automobiles
at present lies In the New York show.
The exhibits there give an idea what
will be shown in Richmond, the week
! Of February 17th~22d. inclusive. An
/ expert automobile man says that the
/ past year has developed nothing re-
markedly new but the layman Is prone
10 believe that q modern automobile
| with self starting device, electric lights,
a palace car, capable Of travelling any
where, Is about as marvellous vehicle
as the ingenuity of man has developed.
! The accompa nying dispatch tells about
/ the New York show somewhat in de-
tail
/ NEW YORK, Jan. I4-For the first
time the New York Automobile show
does not present any predominant fea-
ture. Search of Madison Square Car
den and the Grand Central Palace, in
which are housed the exhibits OF al
most all the leading car manufacturers
in the United States, fails to reveal
any one step in progress that makes
tho exhibition distinctive Two years
ago ii was the fore-door body: now
everything has fore~doors Last year
II was the adoption Of the self starter,
today in the Garden and the Palace
practically every car is fitted with
some means of starting the motor
other than by cFanking. Last season
also the electric light became a prom
'nent accessory; II Is more prominent
than ever The tendencies toward six
cylinder motor toward en- bloc cast
motors and long stroke have gained
Some 81 the mechanical features Of
year ago that promised much have
net MADE the impression that was
prophesied for them Thus there has
been no grand rush away from he
poppet-valVe type Of power plant. The
Ntearns among the first to adopt the
Knight sliding-sleev valve engine. has
made good with the four-cylindeT
type and has brought out a six. The
Stoddara Dayton Knight six, the pio-
ncer Of this tyne. is IL Is said. to be
continued 10y the successors to the
United States Motor company. The
Edwards ts an addition To the knight
wotored cars This car also Is distinc-
tive In that il has worm gear drive
ANA L Is the most prominent example
- the adoption for pleasure cars Of
this system, which is much in vogue
In Fneiand
Left-stde steer and center control is
not new. nor has II made sufficient
progress h. warrant its acceptance as
the feature of The show There are
he Pee an early make TO adopt the
ieft-side drive: the Packard. the Ma
ti0ual iha New Garford six. the Mar
mon four and six the New Michigan,
n" VIII p and many others. The left
side drive is surely making rapid
progress end another year may see II
almost universal
There Is another structural tendency
that has rade notable advances, which
are n continuation q a growth that has
teen going on for several years back
that is the inrrease In the number Of
T-eFjind-w cars, and. more parttcu-
larry or stX~Cylinder cars AT moderate
rrices. X cannot be said that the four
y losing rreUnd-there are too many
prominent four cylinder cars to war
rant any such assumption. Rut the
SIX Is aiming in number. There are
5hs Interstate six and the Garford six.
WAlch make their appearance at this
show Then there is the Narrnon six.
the Stehrns, Hudson. Flanders. Chev-
role', the Studehaker. that was an
uauH9e1 ahlv q short time aro: the
nev smaller Iozier, the Havers, Oak
'an1, Mcintyre and HerreshoY. TIE
n3csr makes az slx-eylinder cars such
7S Ehe N3ntcH, Pierce Arrow. Stevens
t'urEea. Peerless, t.ocomobiie. Kissel
RI. Old mobile Chalmers and
aany others have made little change II,
!he'r lines, and most Of chem offer
sLNes In two ~ tEree sizes There are
SKIES that ave Used ar less than 81 500
q price that used To be though, low
for @ four, and there are several new
neg around s. COO. ana still others just
'rr-1---vv Z - 90 ruavk
~ something must he adopted as a
feature ~ THE shnw il viii have 10
be hvphenated. for there is nothing
That s'ands out alone sufficiently
prominent 10 deserve the distinction