Nothing More Simple.

Otago Witness, Issue 2524, 30 July 1902, Page 72

Nothing More Simple.

Nowhere is the motor car in its various forms being more extensively adopted than with the armies of the civilised world. From the light four-wheel "cycle" to the heavy van taking a load of 70 tons, self-propelled vehicles of all sorts are being- actively experimented with by military authorities. The motor car has, however, one drawback. It must have a road to run upon. "Well," say the heads of the Russian army,

"let it have a road everywhere" ; and the picture shows how they propose to carry out the promise, over rock-strewn expanses and even ploughed fields, if needs be. A wooden track or trough is laid down, simply resting on the soil, and requiring no foundation of sleepers. Over this tho motor cars of tho generals and other commanders are easily driven, loop-iines and branches being provided. a& seen to the left of the drawing. A simple system of signalling "line clear " and so forth is also suggested. For ease of transport the lengths of track are packed as the small diagram f-hows, the spaces marked "x" being used for the- reception of other "stores." Such motor lines, it is anticipated, will be of considerable use for camps, and particularly co on the lines of communication.