3 ms·

Electrical World (Engineering Publication, circa 1904)

• CamperBob2 2y ago
  Lots of good stuff here: "The general interest in automobilism and the magnitude of the new industry are well exemplified in the fine show now being given in this city at Madison Square Garden. In many respects the fourth show far surpasses its predecessors, and there are many indications which go to prove that the interest shown by the public is not fugitive and ephemeral, but deep-seated and permanent. The bicycle now seems to have been a craze, though we cannot personally understand why people have dropped it so generally as a means of exercise; but the automobile appears to meet many human wants and necessities, and we can see no reason why its ability to fill them should not make it a lasting and enormous industrial success. "We find encouragement also in the large display of electric vehicles. Out of 250 in the show, nearly 50 are of the electric class, and barely a dozen are steam, while gasoline claims about 175... A great deal has been said about the inadequacy of the storage battery for such work, but these statistics are more or less of a vindication for it."