Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-31
NEW YORK AUTO SHOW
PROMISES TO ECLIPSE
FORMER EXHIBITIONS
More Than 300 1916" Models,
Nearly All Pleasure Cars,
Will Be Seen in Grand
Central Palace
12-CYLINDER VEL T Y
By a staG Correspondent.

~ a StuU Correspondent
NEW YORK, Dec. 3l.--Philadelphia Is
TO have its own Automobile Show next
week. but today all eyes are turned
toward New York. The 10th National Au-
tomobile Show opens here this after
non at 2 o'clock. Its promoters say that
II Is going to be some show" There VIII
be exhibited more than 300 new 'l9l6'
models of cars. They will be pleasure
cars, not commercial trucks. and Will
range from the smallest of runabouts to
the biggest of limousines. About 80 manu-
facturers will be represented. Besides the
cars there will be 30I exhibits of acces-
sorry auto parts The whole show Will rep
resent several million dollars in auto
products.
The Grand Central Palace. 43d street and
Lexington avenue. will be the scene OF
the show. Four of it's floors will be used.
two for the cars and two for the acces-
sories The decorations are so elaborate
that they are going to call the show
THE Palace of Motorla." Some 5000
yards of deep maroon velvet, festooned
with deep blue and gold drape, the mar
BILE columns of the interior. Mammoth
electric chandeliers will light the scene.
New Workers. are saying that since the
war In Europe has "side-swiped" the an
nual shows at London, Paris and Berlin
their own show is the only one in the
world with international importance. All
that Is latest and best In automobile con-
sruction is to be shown. The exhibits
are of such bewildering variety that they
can scarcely be enumerated
But some salient innovations stand out.
There will be several l2-cylinder cars
shown, whereas the eight-cylinder car
was the novelty of last year. The Sedan
car with a body which makes 1t service
able for use I'm both summer and winter
will be a favorite model. Car bodies will
h. aE Ifrrl,t md
Radiator shapes will show a tendency
toward the lines of racing machines. In
genuity would seem to have been eX-
hausted In the equipments which are
ready for view.
The show will be in progress for eight
days. Last year. when 1t was open for
seven days, more than 100000 persons at
tended 1t, and the prediction is made that
more than 100000 will visit this years
exhibition. More than 5000 dealers have
applied for tickets. Wednesday has been
set aside as Society Day." and Thurs
day as Military Day," when prominent
army men are expected as Visitors,
Senator Thomas r. Gore, OF Oklahoma,
will address the National Automobile
Chamber of Commerce at its banquet at
the Waldorf on Tuesday night. The Mo-
tor and Accessory Manufacturers annual
banquet will be held I'm the same hotel on
Wednesday night. on Thursday the So
ciety of Automobile Engineers VIII holu
its annual dinner at the Plaza
Among the Philadelphians who VIII
come over to witness the opening OF the
big show today are Philip Russell Of the
Buick: Percy Neal. of the Cadillac j. {.
Gomery, of the Hudson; A. L. Maltoy' OF
ths Ntnton. and Louis Block, of the Ford.
Larger Philadelphia delegations will come
10 New York on Monday, when the actual
business of the show begins. The EXHIBIT
viii be open on New Years Day but not
on Sunday, -
Colonel George Pope Is chairman OF the
sistsd nv Alfred Reeves, is general man
ser Of the Automobile Chamber OF Com
meree. and S. A. Miles is manager OF the
show.