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> '»* u i!” 1 1"' —t?” —« m. r.»■> >x C \ X> -i- if 1913 Models of All the Prominent Automobile Plants Will Be Displayed at the Auditorium-Armory HERE’S SOME OF THE CARS READY FOR ATLANTA SHOW •; — * - - - __ - .- 11 I I! ~~v lk Ji II IUI 4 I M ■Ol g to MM* f B S ; Mb Ml H HK\ 1 B§nßi U fflMlfi 8 SIO/S ® W®® O ® ■ Mv\ 2Mj t feiii IL iHWi OIW f i MfiR&SaL \V I I w Po2S —« UK- I y f ! Vj^yjWllw i By Peri- H. Whiting. ONE week from tonight the Georgia Poultry association officials will clean out of the Auditorium- Armory a vast litter of coops and such. By the following Monday the building will have been transformed from a glo rified poultry- plant back to the old original Auditorium-Armory again. And no sooner will this transformation have been accomplished than the biggest gang of workmen that ever took hold of a decorating job of this sort in Dixie will buckle down to the task of decorat ing the Auditorium-Armory for the au tomobile show that opens Saturday, November Ifi. For it is certainly- one grand job to put in place $16,000 worth of decora tions. fittings and such. Do not deceive yourself into believifig that there is any hocus-pocus about the money that will be spent for decora tions. The figures given are, if any thing. too low. An even 12,000 will be spent in putting in a new floor. This floor will be the height of the present stage and will give an absolutely level floor. The old up-slants, down-slants and elevated stage will all be done away with. The whole interior of the building will be on the same leVel. In addition, the wings of the stage will be removed, making the auditorium proper one vast, unobstructed hall. Two thousand dollars will be cheap for that job. Next comes the decorations proper. They will cost $.*>,500 cash. Ten men were employed for more than a month in making the paintings that will be used in the decorations. Probably a hundred will be employed In putting the various decorations In place. When it is al! done. $5,500 will have been spent, if not more. Lighting Costs $9,200. But the big feature of the general scheme of decoration and the one that ' will cost the big money will be the lighting. The fixtures and the lighting scheme will cost $9,200 cash. "hy this tremendous outlay—an out lay exceeding twice or thrice over for lights what the high-class shows spend on their whole scheme of decoration? the skeptical may ask. The answer is easy. The decorations that the automobile show will christen on November 16 will be used the we.k of December 2 to 8 for the convention of the National Com mercial Gas association. It "as with no desire to split up the cost that the two exhibitions combined on decorations. The fact was that the automobile show was due to end No vember 23 ami tin Gas show was sched uled to open December 8, and there was not time between tin hour when the automobile show would close and that when the gas show was scheduled to open to put in the needful decorations. The gas show needed the automobile ‘ show's time to install decorations, and the only way to get it was to eombiru on decorations. This was a bonanza for the automobile show . Fdty Plumbers on Job. It might seem that there would lv time enough from tin morning of No vember 24 to the i,|gl:f ~f December 1 to put In decorations enough for ten gas shows. Hut tills doesn't happen to ** lru ' Foi one thing, 50 plumbers 111 brought into Atlanta to do the ■mfc '"I T .i- giv. r ~(• L, "hy it is expensive, Those who Harford Berlin Liiuousint have paid for plumbing jobs on a small scale feel their blood run cold at the thought of paying 50 plumbers at a time. But hence the appropriation of $9,200 for tlie lighting. The automobile show will be the best lighted show that was ever given. The idea of lighting with gas is a novel one, but when all the fixtures are in place there will no doubt be twice the illum ination that ever graced an automobile show before. This extra illumination is very wel- come to the automobile exhibitors. Their automobiles, w ith their highly fin ished bodies anti their bright metal work will show to fine advantage under the dazzling illumination; and at the same time the added light will be use ful to those who wish to examine the internal workings of the machines. No show room in the country is provided with as advantageous lighting as the automobile show will have. More Space, More Exhibits. If it had not been possible to get added space by raising the floor and by decorating beneath the boxes, it is hard to tell how it would have been possible to accommodate half the people who wanted to show in Atlanta. As it was, it became necessary to limit every ex hibitor to 1.200 square feet of floor space. This looks like a vast amount of space, until you stop to figure that it is virtually the equal of a space 35 feet by 35 feet—which isn't much in which to display a full line of automobiles. However, by economizing carefully, the show managers managed to scrape up enough space to accommodate all members of the Atlanta Automobile and Accessory association. And this means that almost every high-class, substantia), come-to-rtay line in Amer ica will be represented. Several othet manufacturers, who are not represented in Atlanta, applied for space, but nat urally did not get it. And their ab sence will not be felt About everything that man can de sire will be shown at the Atlanta ex hibit. I’he 1913 cars do not bristle with novelties, as those of 1912 did But the innovations of 1912 have been tested out and their worth ascertained. For that reason this season is a vastly bet ter buy ing season than last. Why This Is the Year to Buy. l ast year, for example, the sliding I, eve valve was a stunning novelty, , and threatened to sweep every thing be fore it this year the same cars that used ft last year are still using it with >i'* > ss. and the poppet valve engines continue to please. The long stroke motor continues in Its popularity, but is no longer a novelty or a sensation. Tit'- trend toward life drive still per sists. Six-cylinder motors gain a little In popularity, though they are nut The Atlanta Georgian Automobili Dipaetmint W .c V* y - Overland Model 69 .ILJ.■ Jr*. \ x, - yugt*! SjQ -y ijN ** , Wk 3 "V - sweeping everything before them, as it was predicted they would do. Self starters are finding themselves. Last year they were frankly an experiment, but last season they proved themselves. Now the poor ones have been discarded and those which are offered have come to stay. They are finished products, and a man can safely buy them, with the full assurance that they will ac tually start the car—not just part of the time, but all the time. All in all. it will be a grand season for the buyers. Money is more plentiful this fall than it was last. Times are better. Folks positively refuse to be rattled because ii is presidential yea . They have mon ey and they are ready to buy. The cars are being turned out and they are bet ter cars than ever. Bodies Are Handsomer. Moro attention has been paid to body designs of motor cars .during the past season than ever before in the history of the industry. A few years ago mo tors and their parts received the at tention of manufacturers in this coun try. while European makers concerned themselves mostly with the creating of new body designs. Then Americans looked to Europe for tlie latest patterns in body work and a great deal of for eign stuff was copied here. Things are different now. and the American manu facturers are showing their foreign brothers a thing or two in body de signing. Having brought the motor to a point of efficiency, the American manufac turer has quite a task to bring out something new In a mechanical way and in a big measure he is quite con tent to leave well enough alone. But the car bodies lend themselves always Touring Car •• Touring Car-two sizes “GO" Touring Car*six cylinder *.*_ The 120-23 Marlotta.St. C A D I L LA C STEINHAUER & WIGHT 228-230 Peachtree St. Ivy 2233 Velio Three-Ton Truck. to improvement in design, color or in other ways. Notable Body Changes. A few years ago the foreigners were several years ahead of the American makers in motor car building, but the Americans have not only caught up. but outsped the European makers in many ways. The American invasion talk demonstrates this. The fact that Euro pean makers have smaller quantity pro duction is perhaps one reason why they have had more original body work in the past. Quantity production natural ly limits the scope of body design, for only those types for which there is considerable demand can be profitably manufactured. It is with the makers of higher priced cars that the most nota ble changes in body designs are ob served. Recent changes in body construction are along well defined lines and to al) appearances it would seem that several makers are working in harmony. The torpedo, or flush-sided body, which was introduced last year, is again popular this season, although this type has un dergone several changes. Its scuttle dash, high side doors and outlines work well with both the closed and open bod ies. More light and air in fine weather and better protection in foul weather is the demand at present. In the limousines larger windows are coming into vogue and in some of the largest cars light is now admitted through the roof by means of skylights. Practically all limousines are now fully inclosed. Fore doors continue to be popular and marine windows are much in evidence. The Berime type promises to be as pop ular as ever this winter. There are many novelties in body col oring which are not flashy or overdone The prediction made several years ago that eventually wallpaper designs would be used on cars is still but a predic tion. While body designs have received a great deal of attention by the car mak ers, there are many Improvements In the interior building of the bodies which add to comfort and luxuriousness. With electric lighting systems, self-starters, step lights, demountable rims, electric searchlights. heating facilities and the Ike. the buyer today is getting a great deal mote for his money than ever be fore. Everything that is now in cars, in ZZZylli/ l ’■ ' s: ' ’■-■ ‘ '■ ' • - “54” HUDSON— a Six ts-S nt’Tes an hour. To 58 miler an 1 hour in 30 tecondt, from ttanding | j 1 atart. vOk7' /--=• '—i fHss&Cs «23 1 LdaKpTft J/ / vwpy -*^-.. I v,vT vfe"'’ * fl A? •?• "r- \ • vW* \ ii— V- - ... \ -ts --''- The Two New HUDSON Cars That 48 Engineers Built I The picked engineers from 97 European and American automobile factories combined in building the New HUDSON cars. There are 48 experts in the organization, at the head of which is Howard E. Coffin, America's leading automobile engineer and builder of six famous cars. Combined, these men had a hand in building more than 200,000 motor cars. No car can be greater than its engineers planned it to be. We believe mechanical perfection is more quickly and thoroughly accomplished through combining the experience and skill of many men than is ever possible if dependence is placed entirely upon one man. The “54" HUDSON supplies every demand made of any automobile, in speed, £et-away, safety, power, lux urious equipmeht, distinctive appearance and comfort. It is not merely a “Six” made so by the addition of two cylinders to a good four-cylinder car. It is capable of a speed of 65 miles an hour with full equipment and will jump to a speed of 58 miles an hour in 30 seconds from a standing start. Its equipment is complete in every detail, which includes an electric self-cranking, electric lighting dynamo type —and ignition system, known as the Del co, patented. Illuminated dash and extension lamp, mohair top, curtain, rain vision windshield, speedo meter, clock, demountable rims, tires, 127- inch wheel base, etc. The seat cushions are 12 inches deep. Turkish type. The finest materials are used throughout. No detail of finish or equipment is skimped or overlooked. "M" HUDSON Models: Fiv«-p*ee«nc-- Touring Car and Torpedo and Two-paeeen<er Roadeter, $2450 -ach. f. o. b. l*etroit. Seven-paeeen ger Touring Car, $l5O additional. Limousine. 7-paeaengor, $3750; Coupo, 3-pa»enger. $2950. Open bodies furniehed with Limousine and Coupe at extra «.large. See the Triangle on the Radiator FULTON AUTO SUPPLY CO. distributors 56 E. North Avenue J. W. GOLDSMITH, Jr., Pres. bodies, in engines, in accessories and in clothing will be shown at the Atlanta Auditorium-Armory from November 16 to 23. There is not anything that is new or desirable or interesting that will not be there. Prospective buyers can come to the show with the full assur ance that, while they may not see as much miscellaneous junk as they might at some shows, they will see everything that is standard and everything that is desirable in automobile construction. 1913 Premier Six The Six r“***^jffi«g*?\\_.^-^~g = s-‘t " 'ixTii J'/— —j 1 l xEW («"»?,.. -■•Ks^..’ ji '>_-. s New Hudson “37" Limousine. The Four No man need be told that Howard E. Coffin leads al in building four-cylinder cars. No designer has buii as many successful automobiles. In building the HUDSON “37” all his skill and ex pcrience contributed to its perfection. But in additioi there was also worked into the car the skill and e.xper ience of his 47 expert associates. Thus was produced a car such as no one man is cap able of building. It is truly a composite masterpieu’ The “37” combines all that these experts know in th< art of automobile building. Its detail of comfort, beau ty, distinctiveness and equipment is precisely the same as that furnished on the “Six.” The car has sufficient power for every requirement It is quiet and free from the degree of vibration common to most automobiles. It is a simple, accessible, durable car —the best ' ' 48 engineers know how to build; therefore we unhesit ' ingly recommend it as the Master of any four-cylinder car, regardless of cost, power or make. Model* are Five-paswnger Touring and Torpedo and Two naeaengcr Roadster at SIS7S each; Limousine. $3250; Coupe $2350; r. o. b. Detroit. Open bodies with Limousine a'.- Coupe, extra. GOODYEAR FACTORY PUBLISHES BOOK ON CARE OF AUTO TIRES "The Care of an Automobile Tire, a small booklet published by the Goodyeai Tire and Rubber Company, is -goini: through its fourth edition and rapidly ap proaching its three hundred thousand:': The first edition was published i March, 1909, at which time 87,600 copies were printed. The second edition »i June, 1911. contained 105,000 copies and the third edition of June. 1912, 30,200 it was recently deckled to revise the again, and 30,000 copies of this rev:sio'i have been ordered. The booklet is dis tributed wherever the Goodyear tir is used, the various branches being the points of distribution. This publication is necessarily a costh proposition, and the Goodyear must get extensive benefits from it to make it worth while. The idea is to use the booklet in connection with the work of the adjusting department. The purpose of the booklet is to bring home to the tire user the fact that, through carelessness or neglect, he may half the normal effi ciency and mileage of his tires. Now that the seif-starter is becoir i - tiniversally used, the traffic policenien appreciate the advantage of avoiding congestion in tlie downtown district.