wheel hub. This was claimed as a first. In March, 1911 Royal Tourist Car Company merged with Croxton Motor Car Company of Cleveland and the Acme Body & Veneer Company of Rahway, New Jersey to form the Consolidated Motor Car Company. Herbert Croxton was president and Edward Schurmer was treasurer. Robert Jardine left and joined the engineering department of Jeffery in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Within a few months the merger fell apart and the Royal Tourist was discontinued. The F. B. Stearns Company of Cleveland purchased many of the assets. Advertisements Model Gallery See also The Royal Tourist in the Vanderbilt Cup Races Royal Tourist at ConceptCarz Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly (January, 1904) References Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States Defunct companies based in Cleveland Manufacturing companies based in Cleveland Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Ohio Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1904 Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1911 Luxury vehicles Luxury motor vehicle manufacturers Brass Era vehicles 1900s cars 1910s cars Cars introduced in 1904