Albuquerque morning journal., 1919-03-06
Albuquerque Morning Journal Thursday March 6, 1919
Record Breaking Crowd
At Automobile ShOW On
Opening Day and Night
Attendance Exceeds ExpeCta-
tons; Dealers Report Much
Interest Shown in Cars;
Number of Sales Made.

NuIltDCi VI OdICS WduCs
I'VE have had a record breaking
opening night crowd" said G. NJ. Bar
| ber, president of the Albuquerque Au-
tomobile Dealers association last
night in speaking of the attendance
at the automobile show. Further
more, our attendance yesterday after
noon was far better than heretofore.
/ We did not expect a great many per-
sons during the afternoon of the
| opening day, but we had very good
/ turnout In fact. the attendance both
afternoon and evening was better than
We had anticipated, consequently we
are very well pleased with the man
| ner in which the people have attend
| ed and the interest displayed in the
cars on exhibition. Tonight of course,
many were attracted by the musical
| program and the dance, but a larger
number came to examine the cars and
talk business"
Conversation with dealers bore out
| Mr.. Barber's statement in regard to
| the interest shown in cars. Every
booth was crowded with prospective
customers. One firm reported the
sale Of two cars and another dealer
said he had sold carload of auto
Others reported the sale of at least
one car. This was considered unusual.
Ususally there are very few sales
made on the first day or night of the
show. But judging from the manner
in which sales have started off, liter
ally dozens of cars and tractors will
be disposed of during the present
show
The show was formally opened
about o'clock yesterday afternoon
by the sounding of the fire whistle,
and the first visitors to the armory
soon thereafter found everything
ready, as had been predicted, There
was steady stream of people COM
ing and going all afternoon and until
late hour at night, except for brief
letup during the supper hour,
1t is not the intention at this time
to describe all of the booths and eX-
hibits. Those not mentioned will be
taken care of subsequently,
To the right OF the entrance to the
armory is the booth of the New Mex
leo Motor corporation, decorated in
japanese style. black and gold being
the predominating colors. The cell
ing is adorned with japanese lanterns,
lighted by electricity. The cars eX
hibited arc Bucks and Cadillacs. In
addition to the many other good fea-
lures heretofore possessed by the
Buick, the motor has been enclosed
so as to keep out dust The attend
ants take great pride in calling at
tention that a Cadillac was the first
car to cross the Rhine when the army
of occupation entered Germany.
]. Korber & Co. have on exhibition
touring car of the famous Death
Valley Dodge" make, and a CONNER
cial car turned out by the same fac
tory. There booth is also one of the
beauty spots of the armory, being
decorated with imitation acacia, a
green vine and lavender flower.
The Paige Sales and Service COM
pany have on exhibition q Paige tour
ing car and coupe, the latter being
an entirely new design in this part
of the country. 1t is capable of ac-
commodating four passengers and is
a very nifty looking car.
The Baker steamer was, so to speak,
the "cynosure' of all eyes, as it
seemed that everyone was anxious to
examine it. Perhaps the car itself
was not such a drawing card, but the
crowd seemed to be interested in the
propelling power - steam which,
while not altogether new, has not yet
been developed to an extent that it
is generally used on automobiles and
tractors. DR.. II, O. Baker inventor
of the steamer, claims to have solved
the alleged defects which existed in
previous steam driven engines for
automobiles. and everybody seemed
anxious to learn everything possible
about his system. Dr. Baker and his
corps of assistants were kept busy all
evening explaining the details of his
recent invention.
The well known Ford is in evidence
the Quickel Auto and supply company
exhibiting a touring car and truck
This make of car promises to break
into high society in New Mexico, in
view of the fact that a bill is pending
in the legislature at present providing
that no state officer shall purchase
an automobile costing in excess of
$500"
The Hudson Motor company has a
tastily decorated booth in the north
east corner of the building in which
they are showing a "SupersiX' and
an Essex. The latter is a new car on
the market the first one having been
turned out about January 15 of this
year. Already the demand for this
car has exceeded all expectations and
become one of the leaders in the au-
tomobile world.
In addition to the musical program,
which was carried out last night as
announced, and the dance, Henry
brothers. circus acrobats, put on sew
eral trapeze acts, which were we'll re-
ceived. They will also give exhhi-
tions on Friday and Saturday nights.
The Colombo orchestra Will play to-
night, but this will constitute the pro-
gram. This will be what is known as
dealers night and will be devoted ex-
clusively to the reviewing of cars by
the public and making sales.