1897 Motor and Cycle Exhibition (Brighton)
MOTOR-CARS AT BRIGHTON [1]
LAST week a cycle and motor-car exhibition was held at the Brighton Aquarium. The number of motor-cars on view was not overwhelming, but Brighton is much enamoured of the new vehicles, and already has several firms and companies established ready to take advantage of any good carriages or vans placed upon the market.
The Girling Cycle and Motor-Car Company (Limited), 185, Western Road, Brighton, can claim to have one of the finest shows in the whole exhibition, and Messrs. A. and E. Kessler and Co., 27, Trafalgar Street, Brighton, include in their collection a motor-tricycle.
A feature at the Brighton Cycle and Motor Company's stand is a motor-tricycle and a motor-tandem, and they have also in the exhibition a Daimler motor-carriage, on which visitors were able to take frequent trips.
The opening ceremony took place in the theatre in the presence of a large audience. Sir Joseph Ewart, M.D., J.P., presided, and was supported by Alderman Brigden, J.P., Alderman Davey, J.P., Alderman Farncombe (Lewes), Messrs. R. Clowes, W. H. Baseden, W. Ling, G. J. Lenny (Chairman Sussex Centre N. C. U). C. J. A. Rumbold, A. J. Kessler (Secretary), and W. Nicol Humphreys.
Sir JOSEPH EWART pronounced the exhibition one of the finest he had seen anywhere, and warmly congratulated the promoters upon it. He pointed out that the cycle industry was one of the many enterprises initiated and developed during the Queen's reign, and said that whereas 10 years ago there were only 70 factories in the country for this particular industry, there were now 70 in Great Britain. The motor-car industry had also come to stay, and both would add materially to the prosperity of the country. He looked upon cycling as a great sanitary invention, and believed the motor-car would create a great industrial revolution for the benefit of the country.
At the conclusion of the ceremony, Sir Joseph Ewart, Dr. Marcus Allen, and Mrs. Braithwaite were driven to Montpelier Hall in a motor-carriage. The experience, all agreed, was unaccompanied by smell from the motor, and there was comparative freedom from vibration, while the carriage was under perfect control. The ride in the brilliant weather may be well expressed in one word—delightful.
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- ↑ The Automotor Journal of 17th March 1897