The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-19

the four wheeled truck on which the extra body is mounted for loading pr unloading and illustrating how easily 1t may be shifted from one to another.
 Provision is made for dumping the big loads of sand or coal which these cars carry. such as may be seen at the Reliance 6 1-2 ton truck the White and the Mack trucks. The Mack dumping truck is fitted with a double chain hoist for dumping and bringing the body back to position.
 That the police departments no less than the fire fighters need a rapid and serviceable vehicle is we'll shown police patrol vehicle. The needs of the modern newspaper are also pro vided for at the Locomobi1e exhibit by the fine vehicle shown there.
 EXHIBIT OF oLD-TIME BICYCLES
 When Colonel George Pope arranged his historical exhibit of bicycles, dat ing from 1S46 to date, he struck the popular fancy and drew interested bition. Old time cyclists are many and various and the old machines drew attention to years gone by and years that will never come again. As the crates were opened and fvelocipedes, tricycles, wooden high wheels and the olu LiIHe AlSH plcycleS cdHle ullo view the blood tingled in many veins and some old timers screwed up their nerve and took a chance. F. Ed. Spooner, who today holds the records from twenty-five miles up to twenty four hours, with a record of BOP miles in a day on the high wheel. grabbed the Columbia 53 inch wheel as it to the saddle readily. He was fol- lowed by Charles R. Culver. who in bicycle days was one of Americas s leading physical instructors. Then Eugene Thompson took flier, Alfred Reeves, general manager of the A. l.. A. M., an old timer of bicycle fame and J. c. Kerrison of Boston, another old timer, would not take a chance be- cause of their respect to the old car riers now almost extinct, as was also the case with Senator Morgan, who gained fame through six-day racing in the olden days when he came from Wales to ride in this country. Among the exhibitors and their assistants were scores of men of the old school and these men rapidly found their way to the gallery to recount to each other in interested groups the stories of the days of TT to 1902. Happy Days" Pitman, who started riding in TT and F. Ed. Spooner who started in '7s, told stories that antedated any " the olden days, of long road runs. of trips up and down mountains and of long track races and exciting races aroused so much interest that crowds gathered readily.
 A visitor to the space on the main floor where the White Company's gas olene trucks are shown asked if the s17'' painted on the front of furni- ture van had been put there in honor of the birthday of Ireland's patron saint, the truck being painted green. R. H. Johnston, manager of the local branch of the White Company, laugh ingly denied this and said the local furniture and carpet firm whose name Is on the side of the truck had order ed IT of them for use in their delivery system.
 The Pope-Hartford fire apparatus on the elevated platform. with it's big high rear wheels. attracts a lot of attention. The Pope Company has built a good many motor r-driven fire wagons and was one of the first American concerns to become inter- ested in the possibilities of the com mercial motor vehicle. The Knox Company also has big red fire wag- on at it's space on the main floor. A Knox hose wagon has been in use for some time in the high pressure ser vice of the New York Fire Depart ment
 The package wagons shown at the Brush, Rec, Sampson and Autocar spaces are receiving lot of attention from business men from nearby sub urban cities and towns. These ve- hic1es are capable of much greater mileage in the course of a business day than could be made by horse drawn wagons and for this reason a good many grocers and other mer- chants are figuring on using them for their deliveries.
 The three ton Alec trucks, which