New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-05
MOTOR CAR MEN
READY FOR BIG
WEEK OF SALES
Ears of 1915 Prove Great
Attraction to ThrOng
at the Palace.
MANY DEALERS SIGN
FOR COMING YEAR
Veteran Designer Comments on
Tendencies That Improve
Various New Types.


,-...L.,. $500. u.;I ~
All SCI ''' -. -: a..
.t, biggest week OF business IN the
....ory of automobile shows in this
Ais' .t.t...-rs 81 Grand Central
c!' '~ 49,. . ,.,o5 e.o,, vos-
Palace col away ~ XIV"
.srdsy. and tley we're SIM smillng out
81, lrc8 when the biggest Monday
.--.c .cars driftod ont late
troVo OF 49,,
10 the evening. l' was '"'"' ''''
t.~~ u The usually vc8clouS press
maj, be believed. but Il there
age"' mag .l.t- 90. .bo .rto--
we're any iA'-"'v ''''' '"
room throug they were nearly ioS' u"
-. sbuac The cars were the attrac-
t.t..- tco,+v amplv rcraid all
uoi' ana -,
,be attention that was oiIecleo 'o"aIu
.t,,
Ttcre Vas more than q sprinkling
- out-of-tovn men solid, prosperous
i,oFinr c.tyeus-and these were the
S,slers looking for the winners
srong the new cars and ANXIOUS TO
i'm up with the concerns whose cars
md propositions appeared most SUIT
able Many quiet conference IN inc
hack Of o booth meant oeaiS 'hbI AK
rregatei big sums. 10 the motor car
vsker representation IS even more I'M
rortant than retail sales, and the Dig
rstonal shows are most important 70
them on this account.
The gisles began 20 fl up soon aftei
he luncheon hour, and throughout the
sf.ernoon and evening they were pretty
badly concested. Among the prominent
persons who looked over the new moo
els we're u. u. Van Slcklen, henneth
Corwsn. mr. ard Mrs. W. {. bry-
ant Count Gregory, Count Ernest
Csserellos. !. Elmer Pratt, Mr.. ana
Ms Halstcad Lindsey, Mrs. Frank
r Ksv Mrs Walter s. Mayer, Horace
DODGE. Mrs. Percival 5. Hill, Miss
Katherine Hill. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Turnbull. Mrs Darwin p. Kingsley, Mt.
md Mrs. Eugene Clark. William h
Bradley. United states Oonsul az Mon
treal: Nile Madeline Lodewlcke' Nile.
Mildred LodewiCke, Mrs. +. l.. bartlett
81 Miss Nancy Bartlett. Mrs. J. Fred
riek Brown and Miss Priscilla Brown
,-5 Ms Herbert Hartman.
Il snpeared 20 be the general opinion
hat for 1915 the makers have far sur
rs,sed all previous efforts. Every
;bine that IS useful and nothing that is
u.eless 10 the motorist seems 70 have
been the idea Of the designers was
~ remark Of Charles r. Duryea, the
veteran designer and expert, who has
bssr attending shows for many years.
aOnlv q few wears back the auto
-sbles then offered were running
,b,ut on tires not much larger than
,loss used for BICYCLES" said Mr..
Durvsa Naturally. tire troubles were
f-ssuent. and when the weather was
lad NE user left the rig at home and
sought other means Of transportation.
Today finds the tire fitted IN sizes and
thickness 20 the work, and, further, 1t
q equipped with non-skid knobs, ana
4 therefore ready for any kid OF use
isv or NIGHT winter or summer.
aLsmps afford another illustration.
n past wears the buyer seemed to want
a. NAM lamps as possible. and in spite
o. the fact that the horse Vehicle got
along with ole or two, or often not
any. he had 20 have five when he
bolebt an automobile. evidently on the
Snbeiple that the more lamps the more
M, and his morey's worth i'm any
event To-day the two lamps at the
from. and one al the rear. 10 comply
u;tb tbe 1,,v and meet all REQUIRE
vsTts ave IlsrsIi, the only ones found.
Tbis ia rro.-ess toward nracticabiiitv.
aTbe outiires of the car now offer
q least resistance to the wind and the
ost nro+er+ion from the weather.
Tfom the poirted radiator al the front