Lots of good stuff here:<p>"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.<p>"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."