The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-11
DUPONTS CAMPING CAR TO HELP BUILD
 DELAWARE ROAD
U. s. Senator Designs Unique Auto From Which He Will Oversee
 Higrway Work.

Col. T. Coleman DuPont. United States Senator from Delaware, who recently created sensation in the motoring world with the announce ment of his determination to build a public highway running due north and south through his entire home State, is going ahead with his pro ject with marvellous precision of de- tail.
 Col. DuPonts purpose is to keep in personal touch with the one million five hundred thousand dollar project and to this end has accepted deliv- cry of a Stoddard Dayton camping car built under shis own plans, which is possibly the most unique type of mo- tor-car construction in existence With a specially designed body it is so constructed as to enable the re- doubtabIe Colonel to practically live in it for long or short stretches with home comforts of high order.
 The Ncar horsepower Stod- dard-Dayton, d 115 inches wheel ed and so laid out that it has sufff- cient length inside to accomm odate a mattress six feet long, There are two lockers about six inches wide which run the complete length of the body on each side, affording packing space for supplies. The top is permanent, with a slat rack on the under side holding four vulcanized fibre provision boxes which are strap ped into place over the rack There is also rack in the top for taking care of drawings, plans. etc, and ar ranged on the top of the body above this is a slat rack with an iron rail- ing of sufficient size to carry four ex- tra tires. which are tightly strapped to the rack.
 As to the locker space, there are eight regular boxes. on the car for storage purposes On the inside of the car in the rear, there is one which is used for the purpose of car rying cooking materials such as stove, etc, and there is one on the rear just ahead of the cooking uten- sil box where the storage battery and dry cells are carried. There are two long ones on each running board which will be used for the purpose of carrying the ten material, and two iron boxes on top of tent boxes filled with tools. There are also pro- vided on the running boards two es- peciAlly constructed Soil reservoirs for surplus oil
 The tent is one of the most unique feataures of the entire layout and is made of balloon. water proof silk of very light material for packing in small space. There are six tent tent is not in use these poles are car ried on a board along side of the car. The tent is so constructed that there are division curtains hanging from the side of the car to the ground. making practically three ompsrtments, two outside of the car body and one car compartment in- side
 A. unique feature of the living ac- commodationS is the electric light plant. This is composed of one Ed ison 150-ampere hour storage bat stery, which is constantly charged by means of a dynamo driven by the fly wheel of the engine, thereby furnish ing current for the storage battery
 Storage boxes, within the main body of the car. may be moved when it goes into camr There are two of these. each of which is upholsse on top to serve as seats. They are clamped to the floor of the car, one being filled with blankets, the other carrying sheet iron trays, three In number, and one sheet metal refrig- orator.
 Col DuPont's gift to the State or Delaware is a highway 103 miles long. from one hundred feet to two hundred feet wide, running from one