The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-11
BOSTON AUTO SHOW
HAS FINE FEATURES
In Many Ways Exhibit Would
Make Good Pattern for
Gotham to Note.
MANY NOTABLES PRESENT

RosroN. March i0.-The thirteenth
annual automobile show in the Me
rhanics Building ~ a brave show Of
motors CarS. one that Is for SeNe Al
reasons markedly different from the
national show which was held In New
York the first week in the year. Their"
are about an the makes ~ cars that
were on display in the Grand Central
Palace and a whole lot OF others BE-
sides. Among some of the others are
Rolls Royce. Renault. Fiat 'foreign)
Ford. Lenox "a local made carr and
Stewart. The Rolls company has a car
on view in the lobby Of the Copley-
Plaza Hotel.
Because this Is the opening Of the
spring Boston Is a better selling show
than New York's, although the 1915
exhibit in the big city was a record
br aker in that particular. The Me
chanlcs Building is dttractively dec
Grated, and In some points makes a
better show than NeW York's. For
one thing. the exhibitors are permitted
TO display signs on their cars. all mod
est in size, style and typing, calling at
tontion TO various points. II is not for
hidden to show prices on these cars or
to call attention TO the fact that a
car is sold or what not.
Furthermore. rather more indiv;du-
ality is permitted to he shown IN mat
tiers OF lighting, With The result that
thu Buick has one OF the most strik-
ing exhibits at the show. with sew
eral particularly fine finished cars dis
played under groups Of bright lights.
Other features include an armor.d
truck on a Packard siN cylinder chas-
sis. shown on the platform where also
the Cadillac eight %cylinacr cars and
chassis are shown. Another striking
car is an aluminium finished White
car. y blue Chalmers automobile was
sold right after the show opened. y
sale which Lee Counselman OF the Chal-
mcrs factory says L. the quickest ia
ever heard of. He saws a man. who
IN line a. the gate. came In viii his
wife. Their minds made up - buy
one OF two cars. They saw the Chal-
mers show car and took IT,
\ good e |Irc bout tho Boston show
= that a. the entrance Is displayed a
board. similar TO an 'flce building d .
rectory. whercan are printed tho names
" ali companies exhibiting and the space
numbers The show ls mainly on one
floor. although accessories md trucks
are Downstairs.
A. j. natural VIII a show - this
importance many factory men are pres
eut COL. Charles chiffon OF the Pierce
Arrow Edward :. Jordan. sales manage
e the Thomas y. Jeffrey Company
Ice T. olwei', assistant general man
ager OF the Chalmers Motor c mpary.
whose Boston branch manage il, by
the way. an Oh New Yorker. Harry
Pyke Lee Couuse.mau, also Of the Cha'-
mers factory. who ran up for the show
week T. m h!s farm near Norfolk. Va
James \. Harris. n. and Millstd II
Newton OF ne White COMPANY Lee
Anderson. advertising manager. and -.
e hutchinson, assistant 70 to president
~ the IIupp Motor Car Company James
q Roc. also OF Tho HupWohil. factory
organization Pen " TWvTau. general
manage II ;hc Interstate factory AZ
Mu.c.e. Ind Fred f.. Muskov'cs Of the
Marnon plant Rudolph De LiSser. dis
triCt manager ~ the BrlsCo" Motor Com
pany Harold W. simpson, treasurer
81 the AjaX-Grieb Rubber Company
James W. CTS n OF the l. = G. Motor
Company William SIlis. sales manage'
# the Chevrolet Motor Company .
Charles \ Emise. sales manage ~ me
Chaudler Motor car Company Charles
W Mears. advertising manager Of the
Paige-Detroit Frank = Smith. Walter
Reling and II g. Br1d'ield Of the Pre-
nier Motor Manufacturing Company :
!. ". Bate ~ the Mitchell Lewis Motor
Company H. " Ford, president Of The
Saxon NJ tor Company. and + Il Ben
son OF ne S~tudobd<er Corporation are
some ~ the folks seen about the show
or IN the hotels near by.