New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-21
AUTO NEWS Of THE Dan
Colonel Du Pont Buys q Car win
Camping Kit Attached.
HAS EVERY CONVENIENCE
Sleeping Bunks, Lockers al
Even an Electric Light Plant.
Among the Equipment.

Colonel T. Coleman du Pont. Urrl
States Senator from Delaware WHO -ec,sJ
~ announced hts determination 70 bcls ]
public highway running due north al
south through his entire home state. a I'll
Ing ahead with lis project with maryeaoul
precision Of detail
Colonel du Points purpose - 70 zee, n
personal touch with the $4,000 protect
and to this end has purchased a sto9aars1
Dayton camping car. built under ia Ga !,
plans. which Is POSSIBLY the NOS, unu,,I
tyne OF motor car construction in e1istsno.
with a specially desi gned bOcy O. lsUo.-
structed as 10 enable the reGOlDtab.e Cd.
orel 20 practically 1--we In Il Tor loaz =,
short stretches with home comforts q +,
high order.
The car a 45-horsepo~er Stoccart-DsJ.
ton. OF Us inches wheel base has t,s,
specially constructed and 50 laid ost t.
II has sufficient length inside % accumu.
date a hair mattress SIX feet long las,
are TWO lockers. about slA inches va.
which run the complete l-ngth Of ne Oce,
on each side afiording packing space 70
Supplies. The top - permanent With n
Stat rack on the under side holding 10,
vulcanized abre provision BOXES, when an
strapped into place over tn rack. Thsnl
is also a rack in tie TOP i0r taxing esa
OF drawings, plans, etc. and arranged al
the top OF the body above this = a a.;
rack with an iron railing Of sufficient "a
10 carry four extra ures, which are tlgaty
stra pped 10 the rack.
AS TO the locker space, there are e.gs
regular boxes on the car FOR storage y-.
poses. on the inside Of tns car. IN he re4,.
there is one which is used for the pvrSas|
OF carrying booking materials, such a. d
stove, etc, and there Is one OF the rss|
lust ahead OF the cooking utensil BOX vie,
the storage battery and dry cells are "a.
ried. There are two long ones On esa|
running board which will be used Ter Is|
purpose Of carrying the tent material all
TWO iron boxes. on top Of tent boxes. sIg|
with tools. There are also provided 81
the running boards two especially eos|
structed oil reservoirs FOR surplus OIL
The tent ls one OF the most attractive fes
ures OF the entire layout and Is made Il
balloon waterproof silk Of very Lght ~
teriai. for packing in small space ThaI
are six tent poles, each SIX feet l.gh. Wei
the tent is not in use these poles are as
ried on q board alongside OF the car T4|
tent IS so constructed that there ere cinL
ION curtains hanging from the side ot7a|
car to the ground. mazins prac-caafI
three compartments. two outside Of TIE ;s|
body and one car compartment inside.
a part OF the living Accommodating 81
the electric light plant This Is composed
OF one Edison 15Q-ampere hour storage bstI
terry, which is constantly charged n
means Of a dynamo driven by the hyvhs|
OF the engine, thereby furnishing CURED
for the storage battery.
Storage boxes. within the main body 4
the car. may be moved when & goes nj
camp. There are two Of these, each 4
which is upholstered on top TO serve Il
seats They are clamped 70 the fccr 4
the car. one being dlIed with blankets. ~
other carrying sheet iron trays, thnes a
number, and one sheet metal retrigez.1
Colonel du Points gift 70 the STATE 4
Delaware is a highway lOs miles long. tr'zI
one hundred 70 TWO hundred feet VA
running from one end OF the State q DtSI
ware 10 the other. IN building this ro4s|
he Is determined TO see that u is b.
right. and he is going 10 superintend u)
construction OF II himself