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Popular Science Monthly 



The seats are fast- 

 ened to pivoted 

 pipe uprights 



At right: The truck carry- 

 ing thirty-eight soldiers 



the body are slatted and are hinged along 

 their lower edges so that they may be 

 swung down to permit of easy access to the 

 seats from both sides of the truck. The 

 novel body was invented by P. Landes, of 

 Chicago. Except for the body, the motor 

 truck shown is of the conventional type, 

 with no changes necessary for the body 

 mounting. It is considered by 

 experts who are giving their 

 attention to the question of 

 transportation of troops 

 to be a solution of one 

 phase of the problem. 

 The seats are so con- 

 structed as to allow of 

 equal distribution of the 

 weight over the wheels. 

 This gives necessary bal- 

 ance and increases the carry- 

 ing capacity. 



Lift Three Floor-Planks and this Motor- 

 Truck Carries Thirty-Eight Soldiers 



EQUIPPED with a new type of body in 

 which three of the floor planks may be 

 raised to form seats, the novel motor-truck 

 shown in the accompanying illustrations is 

 capable of carrying thirty-eight soldiers 

 sitting astride the three seats. By this 

 method of seating, the soldiers are carried 

 much more comfortably than would be the 

 case were they obliged to stand on their 

 feet on long overland journeys. It also 

 permits every available inch of body floor 

 area to be utilized and practically in- 

 creases the seating capacity one 

 hundred per cent over that of 

 the ordinary type of body. 



The three seats are car 

 ried on pivoted pipe up- 

 rights which can be locked 

 in a vertical position 

 when the seats are to be 

 used. When not em- 

 ployed, they can be 

 dropped in three min- 

 utes in such a manner 

 that the top boards of 

 the seats are flush with 

 the other boards of the 

 floor and form a flat 

 platform or stake body 

 which can be used for 

 the transportation of • 

 freight, baggage or other 

 supplies. 



As shown, the sides of 



bait carrier 

 clamped to the rod near the reel 



Carrying Your Hook and Bait Where 

 They Won't Drag 



ONE of the fisherman's' troubles, the 

 snagging of the hook when walking 

 through grass or brush, is eliminated by 

 means of a protector which is attached to 

 the pole near the reel. The hook with its 

 bait is placed in the wooden carrier until 

 the fisherman again reaches a place where 

 there is space enough to cast his line with- 

 out getting it entangled in the brush. The 

 minnow or other bait is perfectly protected 

 from mutilation, and catching the hook in 

 the clothing is also avoided. The 

 protector is light, and helps to 

 balance the reel on the pole, 

 which may |be either of 

 steel or wood. The pro- 

 tector is attached se- 

 curely to the pole by 

 a clamp which can be 

 tightened by hand. 



So far as casting 

 goes, the fisherman 

 may probably be in- 

 convenienced a trifle at 

 first by the additional 

 weight of the carrier, but 

 he will soon become ac- 

 customed to it. The 

 carrier is large enough to 

 accommodate a plentiful 

 supply of bait and hooks 

 of all sizes, even those 

 used for deep-sea and 



salt-water fishing. 



