Evening star., 1914-08-09
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Glidden tour" pulled into the Windy
city yesterday afternoon at sundown,
greeted by thousands Of people who
gathered to meet them on their arrival.
The tourists participating in the event
were Studebaker dealers and distributors
for the states of Illinois. Wisconsin,
Iowa and Indiana. who journeyed to the
factory at Detroit, in the early part of
the week and after receiving their new
1915 demonstrating cars, drove them to
their respective homes in these states.
27O Starters.
When the long line of cars started from
the CITY of the Straits two days ago
there were 27O cars in line, the largest
ever known to start in an event of this
character. In addition to the drivers,
every car contained passengers, so that in
all there were about 500 motorists in the
party.
After trip through the various plants
in Detroit. the start was made under
ideal weather conditions at ! O'Clock, after
photograph had been taken of the line
up at Clark Park Headed out through
Wayne county, over fourteen miles OF
smooth concrete road, the route led to
Dearborn, Foster Wayne, Canton p. o..
p. o. and Jackson Here many of the
motorists took on fuel and within short
time We're on their way to the night stop.
Luncheon boxes were presented to those
In the party just before leaving Detroit.
Over Sand Roads.
From Jackson the motorists continued
over roads in better shape than had been
encountered up to this time. The roads
of Michigan were heavy with sand. it not
having rained in this section for several
weeks past. At Parma a good macadam
road took the party to Albion. Gravel
roads were followed on through Taylors-
Vile, Marshall Ceresco, Battle Creek,
Augusta. Glassboro and into Kalamazoo,
which was reached at dark. Here the
cars were parked for the night and the
tired ones given. an opportunity for q
hfty-Ave skies in the line. the remain
der being "fours" 1t was sight which
has never before been witnessed by De-
troit manufacturers.
Bright and early the next morning the
SECOND day OF the tour was started from
Kalamazoo. At o'clocok the pilot car
pulled out and set the pace for the cars
that were to follow within few minutes
At the wheel Of the pilot car was Mil
burn Studebaker. nephew of the head
of the Studebaker corporation: Paul Hale
Bruske, advertising and publicity man
ager of the company; Howard S. Fisk
automobile editor of The Washington
Star; Paul Frank. automobile editor of
the Chicago Daily News, and A. H. Pear
sail, manager of the Chicago Studebaker
branch In the press car, which followed
next, were the automobile editors of the
Chicago papers, E. G. Westlake. the
iner; st. Clair Couzens, the Journal;
Louis Boone, the American, and Ellis
Travers, the Herald. Next came the del
egation of dealers in single file.
Visit Big Plant.
South Bend, Ind. was the noon stop.
for it was here that the guests were to
inspect the otudebaker plant in this place.
and those dealers located in that state
| were to leave the line and depart in a
southerly direction, while those to the
north were to head for Chicago and then
Kalamazoo was through Paw Paw. De-
catur, Dowagiac, Pokagon, Niles, Notre
| Dame and thence into South Bend. The
noon stop was reached at II 80 o'clock.
On the outskirts of the town the tourists
were met by officials from the plant at
South Bend and escorted into the city,
with the chief of police at the head of
the line.
On the arrival at the factory luncheon
| boxes were again distributed, and at 35
| O'Clock in the afternoon ranks were
| broken, half of the delegation going in a
northward direction and the remainder
| due south. The roads We're found in a
| much improved condition, and better time
| was made on the second day than on
the first. The mileage for the first day
was 1926 miles.
| After leaving South Bend the motorists
| proceed over fairly good gravel roads.
which improved greatly as Chicago was
| neared The route was via La Porte,
| Westville. Valparaiso. Gary. where the
large steel plants are located; Hammond.
South Chicago, and terminating at the
| Chicago branch on Michigan avenue. 1t
was a tired aggregation that pulled into
| the town after a drive of 114.6 miles, The
| total milage for the two days was 317.e