The Washington times., 1919-10-11
SPACE DRAWN FOR
GREAT AUTO SHOWS

Drawing for space at the January
automobile shows at New York and
Chicago was among the important
matters considered at a record meet
ing OF automobile manufacturers Of
the National Automobile Chamber OF
Commerce in New York recently.
There were eighty-eight applications
for space for passenger cars and
eighty-one applications for space by
truck manufacturers. these companies
taking practically all the space avail
able in the buildings at New York
and Chicago, aside from space avail
able for parts and accessories Thus
the twentieth annual exhibition space
applications have exceeded those Tor
any previous exhibition.
The New York show will be Janu-
airy 8 to 10, with the passenger cars
and accessories at Grand Central Pal
ace and the trucks and accessories at
the big Eighth Coast Artillery Ar
mory at 194th street, which was the
only building available that supplied
sufficient space for the requirements
Of a complete truck showing.
Chicago show January - 70 81.
The Chicago date is January "a to
81, with the cars and accessories at
the Coliseum and First Regiment
Armory, and the trucks and access
sories at the Drexel Pavilion.
Among the leaders in the drawing
for show space for the passenger
shows were Buick. Willys-Overland
Dodge Brothers. StudebakeF. Max
well, Cadillac, Hudson, Oakland, OidE-
mobile, Chandler, Packard, REQ,
T1w.wI-Tfw Da
Mitchell; while the leading companies
drawing for space in the truck shows
were the Pierce, Packard, Nash, Re-
public, Mack. Dodge Brothers. @. NJ
c., International, Federal, Garford,
Kelly-Springfield. REQ. Maxwell
Bethlehem, Autocar, Paige-Detroit,
Velie. DENLY, Stewart. Diamond 7,
and Commerce.
The truck manufacturers, after a
lengthy. consideration. voted to hold
their truck show at the Eighth Coast
Artillery ArmOry. where a complete
exhibit Of motor vehicles can be held
rather than having a limited show in
smaller buildings closer to the pas
senger car show in Grand Central
Palace. It supplies more than twice
as much space as another building,
ali on the main floor, which is coo
by 500 feet
There will not alone be q show.
but a transportation exposition, with
transportation conferences. lectures.
moving pictures Of truck operations,
and other things Of interest to the
truck dealer and user.
The plan to amend the constitution
to increase the directorate from fif-
teen to eighteen members was with
drawn. it being the vote Of the men,
bers that fifteen directors were ample
to represent the 11S companies in the
chamber,
Elected a DIreetoE.@
A. J. BFosseau, president Of the In
ternationaI Motors Company, maker
OF Mack trucks. was elected a direc-
tor to succeed Carl Pelton. resigned.
Anxious to better the service sup
piled to dealers and the service sup
piled to users, the manufacturers
voted for a convention OF service
managers to be held in Detroit prob
ably during the week Of November
10, when two or three days will be
devoted to service problems and an
inspection Of the service departments
Of some Of the leading Western fac
tories.
Roy. d. Chaplin, vice president Of
the n, A. c. g., presided, and there
were in attendance representatives
OF practically all the leading pas
senger car and truck makers or tho
industry.