Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-21
NINTH ANNUAL
AUTO SHOW TO
BE BEST EVER
Dealers Plan to Open Show in
Overland Service Sta
ton March Is

Harrisburg's ninth annual automo-
bile show will be the biggest and
best ever held by Harrisburg Motor
Dealers Association. according to the
plans of the committee on arrange
ments. which already are taking
definite shape. The show will be held
In the Overland service station at
Twenty-Sixth and Derry streets dur
ing the week of March Is to %. The
forty-four members of the dealers
association will reserve floor space
in the huge building. SO that every
thing in any way connected with the
motor industry will be on exhibition.
The sudden cessation of the war last
November altered the entire situation
OF the automobile industry for the
coming year. Production at that time
had fallen to a minimum and had the
war continued very few passenger
cars would have been made this sea-
son. The close of the war abrogated
stringent priority orders and produce
tion restrictions. The automobile
dealers were pessimistic over the
chances of holding the usual auto
nobile show, but with the advent of
peace. then stepped into the breach
ano made arrangements to give Har-
rlsourg show which would properiv
ccelebrate the effect of peace upon
lhe antomobile industry.
-; Ciyde Myton is manager, and Is
laying his plans we'll Contracts for
hsnting and decorating the huge
pulloing will be let in the near fu-
.ure. Arrangements also will be
mace TO have one of the best orches-
lras IN the city furnish music. The
snow Will be open from 10 until 10
o'clock every day.
The decorative scheme of the build
ing Will be elaborate. Mr.. Myton is
arranging to have the interior OF the
exhibition room. finished in white to mto
insure n,, good lighting in the building.
Ihere is $4,000 feet of floor space in
the room, unmarried by angles. or
posts; Special lighting arrangements
VIII be made.
Astos of Every Kind.
Inc automobile show starts the
1919 automobile season. There will
be automobiles of every description
elaborate display Of commercial cars,
lncludinE trucks and delivery cars
TRUCKS of all sizes, large and small
VIII be on exhibition for the investi-
gatlon or business men who desire to
motorize their delivery systems, or
modernize their present motor ap-
paratus. -..
The service station will contain one
OF the most interesting passenger car
body displays during the week that
DSSh eobbCh toSCthcN ih
Harrisburg. A number of expensive
passenger cars already have been Sc
lected by various dealers, and there
Will be some fine examples of Gus
tom bodies and rich coach work, as
well as the regular stock bodies.
An interesting feature of the show
will be the large number of tractors
and traitors to be displayed. The To-
cal dealers have been pushing this
branch of their business with great
energy during the year, and expect
to interest hundreds in the efficient
farm ana commercial machinery they
will display.
The accessory department will be
one of the most elaborate and most
interesting. Every modern detail oi
equipment and incidental connected
with successful motoring, will be dis
played for the edifcation of motor
enthusiasts.
The dealers do not anticipate any
trouble drawing crowds to the serv-
ice station, in spite of it's distance
from the center of the city. The
street car service will be arranged
to take care of all crowds and
everything possible will be done for
the convenience of visitors.
The committee from the Dealers
Association is composed of the fol-
lowing: George G. Mcfarland, L. HI
Hagerling, T. B. Wildermuth, C. 1T
Barnes and II. J. williams.