sensitive, or too light. How much 
more a bushel of potatoes, a sack of 
flour, even a large watermelon, will in¬ 
crease the difficulties of driving! A 
top-heavy car is dangerous and sways 
uncomfortably at every jounce. 
My own choice for a cabin car would 
be a speed truck designed for a ton 
i burden. On this chassis, with its six- 
inch commercial pneumatic tires, I 
should build a cabin of lightest ma¬ 
terial, with touring car seats forward, 
but removable, and practically a model 
limousine, full width body over all. The 
total load weight of the cabin, with 
all its house and equipment, would be 
under 2,000 pounds, 1,500 pounds, pref¬ 
erably. Two, three, four people could 
be carried. Tents for permanent, or 
long camps, would be in lockers, and 
shanty-boat curtain partitions would 
supply family privacy. 
The water supply is always a tour¬ 
ing necessity. Tanks containing an 
amply quantity are essential on any 
car, on any tour. One tank holds 
drinking and cooking water. Another 
holds water that can be used in the 
radiator, or for washing. For four 
people five or six gallons is not too 
[ much. In the desert regions, ten or 
twelve gallons is far safer. Hundreds 
of tourists, unaware of the water ne¬ 
cessity, depend on a quart or two—and 
lives have been lost, merely because 
there was not a water tank on the 
car—kept full of good water. 
The cabin car would have water 
hung low. A pressure tank would 
serve in locker space, so that a small 
pipe could lead it up into the sink, by 
the oil stove. In placing' the water, of 
course, the balance of the car must be 
preserved, whether it is full or empty 
—by equalizing weight on the opposite 
side. Perhaps it could be put across 
the rear of the cabin. That is a ques¬ 
tion for the cabin-car architect, or en¬ 
gineer-designer. A few thrusts with 
an air pump would make the tank 
water always available at a tap, or 
faucet. But provision should be made 
for draining and cleaning tanks. 
Those who have watched the per¬ 
formances of the mail trucks over the 
western mountain roads see no reason 
why a light truck cabin car could not 
serve tourists wonderfully. Slowly the 
experience of the country with the 
house-cars already tried out is leading 
to an adequate model which will serve 
every purpose. The wonder is that the 
manufacturers of automobiles have not 
designed a camping-car outfit. The 
reason, is, of course, that no two tour¬ 
ists would agree as to what is neces¬ 
sary. 
The lack of agreement, however, is 
due wholly to the emphasis laid on 
some one or two features of cabin-car 
designs. If any one has in mind the 
cabin-car project, he will do well to 
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