Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 249, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1913 — COAL TRAILER AND BATTERY TRUCK [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

COAL TRAILER AND BATTERY TRUCK

The accompanying illustration shows an immense electric tractor and trailer, designed at Detroit, Mich., for the purpose of transporting fuel from coal yards to an electric power plant. It may be stated that this trailer is capable of carrying 12 tons of coal and is loaded in the coal yards from a hopper so that the time for loading and unloading is about eight minutes. One round trip is made hourly and two 05 three carloads can be handled per day. The labor for transferring this coal is reduced to a minimum, as but one man is necessary for all the work involved.— Popular Electricity.