Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 195, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1913 — SAVE MUCH TIME AND LABOR [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SAVE MUCH TIME AND LABOR

Electric Baggage and Package .Trucks Have Found Favor With the Men Who Handle Freight.

An electric truck designed solely for use in the baggage and freight sheds of railroads, on steamship docks, sad in factories, warehouses and like places where much package goods is handled, is finding favor in the motor world. The electric truck has a single motor, receiving current from a storage battery, and all four wheels are bath

driving and steering wheels. This four-wheeled drive is claimed to give the exceptional traction necessary for climbing the excessive grades encountered' in transporting freight up the inclined gangplanks of ships, onto platforms, and the like.—Popular Mechanics.

Latest Form of Electric Truck.