Evening star., 1920-03-24
AUTOMOBILE ROWS
DECLARED A TIE
Connecticut Avenue Display
of Cars Equals That of
18th Street.

The Star reporter who 50 fippantly
took it upon himself yesterday to
render a decision as to which Of the
two automobile rows" Of the city
14th street or Connecticut avenue
was the more attractively decorated
for Buy-a-Motor-Car week. which
opened Monday, wended his way
home and after an hour of close flgur-
ing came to the conclusion that both
sections had won-the race was a tie.
Each of the four salesrooms in the
little cluster that occupies the block
between K and l. streets on Connecti-
cut avenue has left nothing undone
that might add to the occasion. The
Oldsmobile Sales Company. Olds-
mobile passenger car and truck dis
tributors, has models of all its vehicles
on the floor. while next door the
Hummer Motor Sales Company is
proudly calling attention to all the
fine points of the Lexington Minute
man 6, including a cutaway chassis
which is being especially featured.
Harry W. Burr's establishment, i'm
mediately adjoining that of the Hum
mer company, has on display the very
latest models of the Oakland car, and
in the Buick motor agency. the next
salesroom to the north, those inter-
ested in the Buick are being shown
all the slate wrinkles in this popular
car.
Sunny SalesrOOms BeckOn.
! On the floors of the large, sunny
salesrooms Of the Luttren Company,
Connecticut avenue and L street,
motor enthusiasts had a chance to in
spect the latest designs that the
Packard people have put out, while
a few doors to the north. at the Glib
son Motor Company. the radiator of
a big Cole Aero pokes its nose through
a bower of flowers and seems to beckon
one in
The floors of the spacious sales
rooms of the Harper-Overland Com
pany, at 112S-1130 Connecticut avenue,
are covered with models of all the latest
types of Willys-Knight, Overland and
Mercer passenger cars and Overland
trucks. This place is attractively deco
rated.
Vieing with their neighbors to the
south. the SemmeS Motor Company,
distributors for the Dodge Bros out
put and Wilcox truck, has left moth
ing to the imagination that might
beautify it's eStabl SHINE ent. while i'm
nediately next door the Ungerer Mo-
tor Company. Velie car representa-
tfveS has on it's sales floor the first
of the new model small Velie-Six that
has been in Washington. 1t is
smaller edition of the large car Of
the same make.
ON first entering the beautifully
decorated rooms of the Washington
Cadillac Company, Cadillac distrib-
uters, one waits for the sweet strains
Of Here Comes the Bride" for never
was a setting more suitable for the
tieipg of the nuptial knot. This COM
pany has turned it's whole building
into miniature automobile show. hav-
ing extended accommodations to sew
leral other firms that were cramped
for space. and the sight is well worth
seeing. even by those not interested
in things automotive- In the front
rooms are to be seen all of the latest
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street side of the building is occupied
by the Grimes Motor Company. Ma
tional and stephens Salient-Six car
distributors. J. ]. Bartram, Exide bat
terry representative. and w. NJ Ward.
automobile insurance agent
The Foss- Hughes Company, across
the street from the Cadillac Company,
has on display one of the latest
Pierce-Arrow passenger car models.
This is perhaps the most expensive
car on display in theScity-
On the next block the Lambert
Hudson Motor Company, Hudson and
Essex car representatives. have
unique display in its show window.
a portable garage has been erected
and in it rests one of the late Hudson
models. The wicket fence surround
ing the garage is delugedwith flow
ers and the whole scene is most hOme-
like.
Next door to the Lambert Company,
the Scripps-B Booth Sales Company have
arranged their snug little salesroom in a
most attractive fashion and are display
ing a full line of the latest Scripps-
Booth models.
At the corner of Jefferson street
the Chevrolet Motor Company has
not only on display all models of
their regular line. but several paint
jobs in addition, while two doors
above the Roamer Sales Company,
Roamer and Paterson car distri buffers,
have decorated their rooms in a
Mardi Gras effect which is most at
tractive.
At the head of the popular ave-
nue., standing like a stern sentinel.
the T. W T. Motors Corporation, Mar
mon and Moon car distributors, has
left nothing undone to make its place
attractive. All day yesterday visitors
thronged the establishment to get a
glimpse of the first of the new Mar
mon closed cars to be shown in the
city.
Connecticut avenue is to be con-
graduated on the effort it has made
TO make the week a success. With
both of the main rows" covered, the
self-appointed connoisseur will visit
the automobile salon at Wardman
1 those scattered estab-
lishments off the beaten track today.