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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1911
Page
33
A Madison Square Garden auto show proclaims the modern motor car as a vital tool of civilization surpassing the horse. Cars, once novelty, now 10 to 11 years old, demonstrate speed, safety and comfort while expanding usage from passenger transport to freight and business calls, reshaping daily life and education.
The New Grand Central Palace in New York, spanning a full city block with thirteen stories and over 606000 square feet, will be ready for exhibitions by May 1 1911. Located between Lexington Avenue and Depew Place near Forty sixth and Forty seventh Streets, the facility aims to house the metropolis great exhibitions including substantial automobile shows.
The report notes Brazilian import gaps for American rubber goods and the lack of U S tires in Rio de Janeiro. It also reports Virginia’s good roads push with $1 0 0 0 0 0 in county funds and editor cooperation to back highway improvements before Lent begins.
The upcoming automobile show at Convention Hall will feature the Locomobile and equipment used by Mrs Harriet Clarke Fisher on her world tour. An illustrated NY Herald story recounts the journey across deserts and rivers without major tire or oil-tank failures and notes only minor spring leaves and petcock replacements, praising the vehicle and Mr Brooke for the elite testing. Mrs Fisher passed through Washington in May 190.
The Motor World notes slamming car doors cause rattles as rubber buffers flatten with use. most doors press against buffers leaving play at the catch. The slight rattle comes from the body’s sounding board effect. One fix is to insert new rubber pieces.
The piece recounts a Twain anecdote about a physician with a robust chauffeur candidate and quotes a Corbin Motor Vehicle official. It also notes the Meridian Sales Company forming to market Dayton airless auto tires with John A. Lutz as sales manager and plans for a large tire exhibit at the upcoming auto show.
Fashions in car upholstery mirror women’s dress trends with lighter hues and striped fabrics. Hartford’s John J. Roche plans a brown broadcloth “elephant gray” broadlace pattern, while Bullman Motor Car’s Theodore Barnes cautions buyers to assess design, material, and workmanship beyond appearance.
An ad touts the No-Rim-Cut tire with 134 psi clincher base, calling it the only safe, hookless tire that cannot rim-cut when flat. It pledges 10 percent oversize, 16 percent more carrying capacity, and added tire mileage, arguing adaptive sizing reduces overload and blowouts without extra cost. It also notes widespread motor car maker adoption and boosted sales last year.
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