New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-05

Greater New York will be treated TO
ITS second motor car show of the sea
son during the week Of March to 10.
when the Brooklyn Motor Vehicle Deaf
ers' Association stages It's nth annual
exhibition in the spacious 23d Regi-
ment Armory. Final preparations are
being made for the opening on Wednes-
day night at : o'clock. and daily. from
noon until II p. M. Tor one full week.
with the exception Of Sunday. the auto
mobile enthusiasts. as we'll as business
men desiring TO motorize their delivery
service. will be afforded an opportun-
ity Of inspecting the latest creations
Of the motor industry.
In point of number OF exhibits the
forthcoming show surpasses all prcvi-
Gus efforts of the BROOKLYN dealers 20
assemble d representative exhibition Of
motor vehicles. Several hundred pleas
urc ears and a large list of CONNER
cial vehicles. motorcycles and scccsso-
RIGS. 60 TO make up the display.
Cars of an styles and prices. angling
from tiny run4bouts. selling for few
hundred dollar. 20 tine largest. roomi-
est limouslncs. costing more than So
900. will be on vlcw IN tho ermOry.
Forty-five different makes Of ears. OF
both the passengcr-carryu and com
mcrcal types. are to be shown. Seven
different makes OF motorcycle and
about ffty accessory exhibits arc ON
the show list. AT exhibits viii be on
one floor. but spaces have been 80 al
ranged that there viii be littlc chance
of crowdng in the aislcs.
The work Of getting the a:mory
ready FOR the snow began yesterday.
Tho interior b. hcing decorated M a
striking fashion. lhc big girdcrs Of
the armory are covered with "a canopy
co. Ugh. blue material. which gives "A
sky effect 10 the exhibits below. From
thc ceiling will hang twenty mammoth
clcctrolicr- heavily cstooucd with
nature and artificial foliage. These
clortrolior.. combined with the lighting
from thousands of tny electric bulbs
iu the sky" Nill make the illUmna-
ton of the armory as brilliant AS the
ray of June sunset. Four sections
Of columns of Ionic dcS ign will divide
the space c>hibits. These columns will
be- topped with pcrgola effects bearing
transparent signs and lattice arbor'.
There sill be eighty Of these columns.
Practically AN of Brooklyu's auto
mobile trade will be represented A. the
show. and many Manhattan dealers
will have exhibits. Every foot oi floor
space was sold several weeks ago, and
II the armory floor was again ouc-hsli
as large ~ p, present proportions d
would Just about take care Of the ap-
plicants nov on the waiting list for
space.
IS there we're no trucks shown a. the
Grand Central Palace automobile show
this year. the Brooblyn exhibition will
afford merchants. farmers and othcrs
interested in commercial vehicles their
first opportunity 90 sec what ~ ne0
and interesting I'm business wagons for
1916. improvements ODD motor trucks
have hcou many during the last year
and many notable changes Will Nc seen
in tho trucks exhibited. Some of the
machine. 90 be- f1OWu arc SO large that
two true. Niil ill all the exhibition
spacc allotted Motor trucks Of al
most every size will be shown. ranging
from ,hc package wagon intended for
lightcst service up 30 the two. three
and i've ton models
The following ears will be displayed:
Maxwell, Dodge. Auburn. Metz. Staans-
knight. Grant. Buick. Piercc-Arrow,
Chalmers. Chevrolet, Cole. Nelic. Cadil-
lac. Mercer. Kssel. IIupmoble. Scripps-
Booth. Chandler. lIoliicr. Hudson.
Haynes. Locomobilc. Packard. LoXing-
ton. Mitchell. Iefery National.
Franklin Crawford, Apperson. Inter
state. Oldsmobiie. REQ. Studebaker.
Saxon. Overland. Peerless. WHY'S