The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-21
AUTOMOBILE GOSSIP

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The Hupmobils Il making auits m
Impression In Ricfmond. and many
Of the complete little carr are being
purchased by business and profess
sicnal men. The agents. the Rion-
mond Motor Company. are demon
strating the cars to prospective pur-
chassrs every day. and ons man -
kept busy teaching tho newcomers
how to run their caSs dn1 Hupmo-
bile IL easy 70 run. and II only re-
quires one lesson Tor anybody %
drive OH like an experienced driver.
El9ht new Hups were received -
the garage Of the company this week
and most Of them have been de-
livered to purchasers. Another or
der has been sent In to thu company
and the delivery Of these In sxpecteG
in = few days.
The new Mercer that ID being
shown by the same company is fin
car and has created considerable In
tcrest among prospective purchasers
Of cars here. Several more Mercer
cars have been ordered and will =.
received ut the garage In shefe
time.
The company finds that II has not
SUFFICIENT garage space to handle tn
increased business, and they are now
constructing an addition that VIII
soon be completed.
joe Matson. winner OF the Indiana.
Massapequa and many other OF tns
prominent asaeonaoblfe races Of isVei
Il cow an oil maenAte. Matson II
touring the Pacific coast with one OF
the Chalmers educational exhibits.
which attracted SO much attention at
the automobile shows last winter
While in CaySornta he became inter-
ested In the coaiinga oil fields. After
an investigation, he decided that the
oil business was good ono In which
TO invest some OF the money he made
by his victories with Chalmers cars.
In q letter from California, Matson
says:
Il went over to look ~ the bip
gushers last Sunday. The stream Of
oil coming out OF these pipes and
gushing at the rate Of D. cents = Eush
gave me more thrills than : hotly
contested road race At the rate TIM
stock is advancing, viii be in the
coupon clipping class In the near
future. Just ut present ! am very
strong for ell wells.
taking I great interest In ths Chat
mers educational exhibit. II II, he
SAYS. about tho first real +cut-0ut'
cilassis that has been fully explatnek
west Of the Rockies. He reports large
crowds In attendance wherever tht
exhibit II shown.
sRntld ms 4 substantial car mol
weirhinx over 400 pounds. Ions
wheel base, small wheels, solid notch
cd rubber tires. necessary hooks End
pockets for attacking and hauling
equipment, and I will guarantees thAi
CAPTAIN Scott will Improve my record
of tweivs miles per hour on smooth
loo and sight miles IN hard enOw.
said Ernest Shackistcn, the South
Pole hero. to BENJAMIN HriAe0e, pres
idsnt Of the MAXWELL Rrtscos Motor
Company.
of tK1 Maxwell ruhEDdHt. Win SrE.
cial body and soms slight ehAngsa
would do the trick Tha car muni
IS 1 hiIi-cIimber TO sufmount :
rnossntaAn range la,aN0 fAef Ahnvs
1ea lsVeI 60f0T6 We 6nfHF upuh tHs
great Antarctic plateau that Leads g
the South Pole.
.Whtle savers grades IRE few. vel
1 steady grade must be negotiated
ana can only bo done by = light CAT
with sufiicisnt power. rtsidity And
EuBstMntfHfty built. = A. - a,
M. Brlscos believes the Maxws,l
runabout Il the logical cor Tor polAH
performances. ana pfcmieee ecrne sar.
prises In car Oonstruction be10re lone'
"An automebtiS would not only y
= luxury. but : positively us4tul AZ
tall Oh equlpnsSMt ter hunting tril
iinw stNtNunent made ~ CliMord w
E,siiar. ascre4arR ~ the 1oyal Iunr
~ Caf Company. Of Cleveland. @.
AMOR, Mn return from = m0nth'R ven
ttIre into the Wilds Of tn dark con
tinent after biz game.
N. FS1ier wAs dccoInpaAted NJ =
w. Painter, m enthusiastio N0ya
Tour41t owner,
"Thers are few spots In the hun
dreds Of miles ~ trAver9ed Ovef tht
plalns In the southern GuaAo Nyirs
district where ~ could not hAva rom
With our Inachinss. The lone thorni
iii soisse secticns might plAy haS0s
with tires. and n might ~ that I
spsciaI form N tire weula ~ AZ gFeAa
aAvnnkaSs. ana sven = neeeaalky IN
the nature ~ 10 ~ eMd -
plains Leads ttss1 peeultaSax a. a. M y
s .svtfn ~ IA n - autosap IN
half fhe aifDonlttaa X assuring a
the spsoins1na 4hat ~ aNefa0a ~
son would need would " cxsFccme.'
'ss ~ sS = s. d N I'M i
Rccsrsjy = yleit0r d pelFoit count
"a a elSd1Ste and 4aeoline vshiolel
5000 WfkHl1 ut&4 blUQlln. IL n III