The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-22
PLAN Of GL|DOEN
TOUR IS CHANGED
START WILL BE MADE ON JUNE ri,
INSTEAD OF JUNE 10, As
INTENDED.
KNlPPER TO DRIVE BENZ
WINNER OF TIEDMANN RACE WILL
ENTER INDIANAPOLIS con-
TEST--HUPP CONCERNS
COMBINE.
,NIPPER TO DRIVE BENZ

The dates OF the Clidden tour have
been changed. 1t will be run from
June FL to 20, instead Of from June
19 to rs, as originally Planned. The
change Is made SO that the tourists
Will be in Boston on a Sunday. The
tour has not been altered in other
respects. 1t will cover 1859 miles,
starting from Washington and hn-
ishing at Ottawa, passing through
nine States and two provinces.
1T has been decided also by the con-
test board of the A. A A. to hold the
htii-cIim bling competition feature OF
the tour at Worcester, Mass AT first
1T was planned to hold tho slope con-
quest In Vermont. Dead Horse Hill, -
the scene OF numerous contests In
the past. will be the course.
The climb Will take place on June
"a. on the fourth day OF the. tour.
The run from Springfield to Boston
on that day is ninety miles, all told.
the stop for the climb being nifty
miles from Springfield and the dis
lance from Worcester to Boston ap.
proximately forty miles.
The driver for the other Benz car
entered at Indianapolis by E. a. Mo-
ross Is to be BILLY knipper, who won
the Tiedemann trophy at Savannah
last year with the Lancia. This an
nouneement completes the list OF for
ty-six drivers for the 60e-mile race.
The ma jority of the racing machines
now are at the scene praeticing for
the contest which takes place on May
so.
Before the race there is to be q
sort OF parade Of the machines. They
u bG ar "a ha
a roadster driven by Cart G. Fisher,
president Of the speedway. A pace OF
forty miles an hour will be maintain
ed.
a new fire truck was put in com
mission recently at North Braddock.
Pa. 1t In a Packard truck chassis
with special body and equipment sup
piled by Albert l.. Leuschaer of
Homestead. Pa. The stepboards. tool
boxes, hose basket and brassing rail-
ings are rated as part Of the body.
The equipment includes porch lad
der. roof ladder, thirtytwo foot ex-
tension ladder, axe. crowoar. rotary
gong. two Babcock exttnguishers and
Two twenty-five gallon brass chemi-
cal tanks
1t Is so designed as to carry add
tional tanks Of larger capacity as
we'll as standard fire horse. The chief
or captain has the seat beside the
driver and the other fire fighters are
ranged on the running boards
Five Hupp corporations of Detroit
have been consolidated as the Hupp
Corporation. The companies enter
ing this merger are the Hupp Y eats
Electric Car Company. the Hupp-
Turner Machine Company. the Hupp-
James-Geynan Foundry Company.
the Hupp-J Johnson Forge Company
and the r. c. Fl. Sales Company.
Although each concern will retain
its own organization as far as rhe
exigencies of the production will per
nit, the entire group under the new
arrangement hereafter will be ope-
rated with centralized selling, pur-
chasing, accounting and financial de.
partments.
Officers of the Hupp Corporation
are; President, X. Z. Hupp: vice
president c. n. Hastings: secretary
and treasurer L. G. Hupp.
The Hupp Motor Car Company, OF
which r. c. Hupp Is vfce-president
and general manager. will retain its
organization entirely distinct and. In
dependent Of the Hupp Corporation