The New York herald., 1921-01-02
Big HIGHWAY SHOW
OPENS TOMORROW
Twenty-six Makes Of Motor
Trucks and Many Aces
sories to Be Shown.
NEW FEATURES DAILY
$500 Prize to BE Awarded
Chauffeur Writing Best
Essay on Truck.
NEW FEATURES DAILY

The city's first Highway Transporta-
don Show will open tomorrow afternoon
at o'clock. From the time that the
Hon. J. J. Lyons, the new Secretary of
State In New York delivers his opening
address at tomorrow night there Will
be something doing every minute until
the show closes on Saturday. Jan. 3.
The programme, which Is a varied enc,
will include many spectacular features
for the general public as well as matters
Of interest to the motor truck owner and
user.
Because no one building sufficiently
large to- accommodate all of the exh bits
could be secured In the city II was
necessary for the Motor Truck .Assccia-
tion. under whose auspices the show will
be held, to secure two exhibition halls.
the Twelfth Regiment Armory, at Sixty
second street and Columbus avenue and
tho First Field Artillery Armory. at
Sixty-eighth street and Broadway. Ex-
cept that exhibits of trucks at one
armory will not be duplicated In the
other there will be no distinction be-
tween the two arfnories The educational
programme will be duplicated at each
armory Tickets purchased win permit
the holders to visit both armories at one
price of admission. There .wilI be band
concerts daily at both of the armories
from Q until p. NJ and from until
IL P.fM.
In order to bring out forcibly to the
general public the many important
phases OF highway transportation ano
their effect on the life Of the community
the programme has been arranged In
topical manner, with one day set aside
for each topic Monday will be Opening
Day. Tuesday Army Day. Wednesday
Motor Accident Prevention Day. Thurs
day Transportation Day. Friday Fam
ers' Day and Saturday Motor Truck
Association Day.
Special features OF the show which
will be carried on continuously will in
clude a truck delivers contest for prize
Of $500, and special moving picture ex-
hibition depicting all means of both an
cient and modern transportation by rail,
waterway and highway.
The truck drivers contest has already
excited much interest among the drivers
OF the $4,000 trucks operated In New
York city. The prize of $500 will be
awarded to the driver who best explains
In not over $50 words the ten best points
OF any truck chassis exhibited In either
OF the two armories.
The special moving picture exhibition
on tho different forms Of transportation
has been secured through the courtesy Of
States Bureau Of Economics. One Of the
most unusual of the films in this collec-
ton includes a view of 10000 camels
snapped through a telescopic lens In the
Algerian desert by the French Govern
ment Other films in the collection de-
pict the primitive forms of transporta-
ton by dog sleds in Alaska to modern
transportation by motor trucks over
highways, by leviathan ocean steamers
and by the giant modern railway loco
motives. All Of these films will be run
continuously In addition to special mo-
tion picture programmes arranged for
each Of the days.
There will be headline speakers at
both of the armories every night OF the
week in addition to an educational con-
ference programme at each armory.
On Opening Day the Hon. J. J. Lyons,
Secretary of New York State and m-
der whose authority the Motor Vehicle
Bureau OF the State Is operated, VIII
formally open the show with an address
In which he will outline the important
place which highway transportation now
occupies In New York and the adjacent
States. The educational programme on
Opening Day will be begun by
David Beecroft directing editor of>the
Class Journal group OF automotive
magazines and the new president of the
Society Of Automotive Engineers. Mr..
Beecroft will speak on the new idea or
the highway transportation show as
contrasted with the old motor truck
shows OF past years and tell how the
utmost value may be obtained from this
years new kind Of transportation show.
The headliner among the motion picture
films on Opening Day will be an
animated Bray cartoon reel on THE Ele-
.x..rt. NJ tt,a Matar Truck Engfnpv
Tuesday. Army Day. army equipment
exhibited will be the most complete coll
lection ever gathered together for any
other than military purposes. II will in
clude several OF Uncle Sans million cam
die power dishpan searchlights which
win be stationed outside OF each ar
mory a portable machine shop truck In
operation 4 a rolling kitchen; an anti
aircraft gun; signal corps equipment
and films of actual battle scenes;
wireless telephone and several makes or
standardized army motor trucks. spe-
cial feature of Army Day will be aeon
test between two teams OF army motor
mechanics In disassemblIng and reas-
sembling a class y standardized truck
engine against time for q cash prize.
The famous army pigeon which
brought back news OF the renowned Lost
Battalion, formed OF New York men.
when II was lost In the famous st. Mihiel
drive. will also be there and will make
trips between the armortes ana one or
the nearby army camps.
On Wednesday. set aside as Motor
Accident Prevention Day. Or. John A..
Harriss. Deputy Police Commissioner In
charge OF traffic and inventor Of the
modified block system OF trafflc control
on Fifth avenue. will talk on new meth
ods of preventing motor vehicle acci-
dents. Another special feature or this
day will be tug or war between teams
OF Traffic Squads A. y and c of the
New York Police Department
The main speaker on Thursday,
Transportation Day, VIM be Ex-Gov.
Alfred E. Smith. who has just Joined the
United States Trucking Corporation, one
OF the largest motor trucking concerns
In the world. On the educational pro-
gramme r.. 8. Farr, chief OF the Fire
stone Ship-by-Truck bureaus, will talk
and exhibit his unusual Aim, "The Neck
OF the Bottle" In addition James w.
Brooks, director OF the Federal Highway
Council. VIII speak on the necessity for
adequate truck highways and exhibit his
nim Trucking Through Dixie"
Farmers Day, Friday, will be feat
ured BY the principal address by IL. r.
Meredith, Secretary of the United States
Department Of Agriculture. A complete
educational and motion picture pro-
gramme on the use OF the motor truck
on the farm will be shown.
David G Fenner. past president OF the
Mofor Tr,,rl Aaaocieflou of A,ncrtoa