The sun., 1919-10-05
MFRS. DRAW SPACE
FOR MOTOR SHOWS
All Indications Point to Big
Eest Exhibitions Ever
Held in City.

Drawing for space at the January
/. automobile shows at New York and
Chicago was among the important
matters considered at a record meeting
Of automobile manufacturers Of the Ma
tionai Automobile Chamber Of Com
merce in New York Thursday. There
!. were eighty-eight applications for space
for passenger cars and eighty-one ap-
plications for space by truck manufac-
? turers. these companies taking practically
all the space available In the buildings
at New York. and Chicago aside from
space available for parts and acces-
sories Thus the twentieth annual ex-
hibltion space applications have exceeded
those for any previous exhibition.
The New York show will be January
. 3 to 10, with the passenger cars and
accessories at Grand Central Palace and
the trucks and accessories at the big
Eighth Coast Artillery Armory, at 194th
street which was the only building
available that supplied sufficient space
for the requirements of complete truck
=, showing.
The Chicago date Is January "a to
81, with the cars and accessories at
the Coliseum and First Regiment Ar
, mory and the trucks and accessories at
p, the Drexel Pavilion.
Among the leaders in the drawing for
show space for the passenger shows
:, were Buick, Willys-overland, Dodge
, Bros, Studebaker, Maxwell, Cadillac
Hudson. Oakland. Oldsmobiie. Chandler
. Packard. REQ, Franklin, Paige, NASH
Chalmers and Mitchell. while the lead
ing companies drawing for space In the
truck shows were the Pierce, Packard
(. Nash. Republic. Mack. Dodge Bros. G.
N. c.. international, Federal. Garford,
Kelly-springfield REQ, Maxwell. Beth
lehem Autocar. Paigo-Detroit, Velie,
= Denby, Stewart, Diamond T and Com
merce.
The truck manufacturers. after a
lengthy consideration, voted TO hold
6 their truck show at the Eighth Coast
=, Artillery Armory at 1s4th street and Je-
q rome avenue, where a complete exhibit
OF motor vehicles can be held, rather
. than having a limited show In smaller
- buildings closer TO the passenger car
d. show in Grand Central Palace. 1t sup
plies more than twice as much space
as another building, all on the main
= floor, which is 600 by 400.
There will not alone be a show, but
a transportation exposition, with trans
portation conferences lectures, moving
pictures OF truck operations and other
things Of interest to the truck dealer
-r and user.
The plan to amend the constitution to
Increase the directorate from fifteen to
eighteen members was withdrawn, II
- being the vote Of the members that fif-
teen directors were ample to represent
9 the 11S companies in the chamber.
A. ]. Brosseau. president of the Inter
a national Motors Company, makers OF
= Mack trucks, was elected director tc
succeed Carl Pelton, resigned.
Anxious to better the service supplied
to dealers and the service supplied to
users. the manufacturers voted for a con-
yention of service managers to be held
In Detroit probably during the week OF
November IL. when two or three days
will be devoted to service problems and
an inspection Of the service departments
a Of some Of the leading Western facto-
ries.
There was some difference OF opinion
as to the plan for drawing for show
space because Of the interference with
!. normal production by the war. a large
number of makers having devoted theil
plants TO war work in place of making
cars. i was decided by vote to have the
drawing based on the production of tbs
manufacturers for any twelve month:
period ended June 80, 1917, 1918 oil
1919.
Roy d. Chaplin. vice-president of tn,
~ A. c. c., presided, while the attend
ance included representatives of prac
tically all the leading passenger car ant
truck makers of the industry.