San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-20
|ARADE WILL
HAVE NEARLY
| 100 VEHICLES
rriages Of 1850 to Be in
Evolution Of Automo-
bile Parade.
low 1924 MODELS.
hctically Every Make of
Car on Market Here
Entered.
low 1924 MODELS

curly lou VenlcleS, Doth horse
|vn and motor driven will be en-
y in the evolution of the auto
Pile" parade to be held Tuesday
rnoon, April % at 4 80. Means
transportation with carriages of
up to the present 1924 model
mobiles will be represented in
parade.
filliam B. Krempkau. organizer
be Old Trail Drivers Association
rexas, will lead the automobile
de, and will be followed by John
hn, another old trail driver who
carry the American flag. Both
hem will be dressed as plainsmen
be pioneer days. In their proper
will follow an ancient prairie
oner, a blackboard Of the late
g, a proud Victoria, coach, a
CHAM, a stage coach, and an old
Pxt will come the automobile sec
in which the Oldest automobile,
ably an Oldsmobile made in 1898.
e will be several of these ancient
seless carriages" in the parade.
e are about one-half dozen en-
which will boast of as much as
Ity years of service.
Expect so New Cars. =.
zen will follow the later models
b to the present near-perfect au-
bibles of today. Nearly every
IF in town is to enter three new
and it is expected that at least
ew cars will be in the parade.
(e oldest and the newest equip
purchased by the fire department
an Antonio will also be shown.
historic volunteer bucket brigade
be in the parade and will be
I'D in the old costumes worn by
ire fighters in the early days.
IN from the San Antonio Fire
rtment will be in the bucket
de. 81
flowing the bucket brigade will
Bryan Callaghan," an old horse
n steam engine which was put
service in the San Antonio Fire
rtment in 1856.
Named Them After Mayors.
that time it seemed to be the
Ina to name the principal vehicles
fire department after, the may
no was in office at the time it
but into service. This engine,
h not being used, is still in
{ working order and can be
in case of an emergency.
old horse-drawn fire wagon
1890 will follow "Bryan
chan" in the procession. This
/ was made by Peter Schiffers
h, an old wheelwright company
Is city.
In the motor driven section of
pparatus will follow, being led
Oldest motor truck in the San
10 Fire Department, which was
ased for the city in 1910. 1t
be followed by the newest piece
llipment, which was purchased
pa.
An Old Blackboard.
oldest and newest cars used by
re chiefs will also be shown.
10 model four-cylinder Locomo-
(which was purchased for Phil
I who was the then officiating
hief, and the Lincoln phaeton
by the present fire chief, J.
iran, will be included in this
h of the parade.
+. G.. Hillje owns the old
am which is to be driven in
rade, and the old hack is owned
orge Schaub. The Victoria be-
10 w. C. Lane. while the buck
and the prairie schooner are
by W. C. Williams who oper-
livery stable on Garden and
streets.
Krempkau is to act as grand
hi OF the parade, and occupants
prairie schooner will be men,
E the Old Trail Drivers AS
pn. Officials of the Fiesta As
On will also ride in the parade
will follow the route of all
parades, up Commerce street.
Alamo Plaza, and. then down
In street. A. ]. Goetz, chair
IL the automobile parade will
entries until Saturday, April
To Show New Models.
ers who have entered cars in
-ade are as follows: The Bur
nv Motors company, Smith |
Sales company, Guarantee no
Tar company, Birdsong x
rnick, San Antonio Motor
ompany, Embleton Motor COM
Paige-Jewett Company of San
6p. Citizens Aut, company,
Heb Motor Sales company, Jack |
ash company, Matthew Broth
In Antonio Overland company, |
FEEDERS Motor company, Tex
omobile Distributors, Koehler-
Motor company, San Antonio
company, johnson Supply COM
iWroten-H undley Motor COM
<,Soad Motor company, TO be |
n BY the Ford and Lincoln |
who will be together.
<foliowing makes of automobiles
represented in the parade; ]