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of season touring the West and South
in his trailer.
The trailer is being used cmmer-
cially as a mobile display room, as q
travelling library. as an it.nerant
entertainment cruiser. In Nassau
County, N. Y, the homicide squad Of
the county police department is
transported directly to the scene of
a crime in a large trailer that con-
tains a table, desk, two filing cab
inets, a coat locker, radio receiver,
a Photographic cabinet, telephone
with a 200.foot extension. a finger
printing outfit and homicide kit.
A LOCAL representative Of an au-
tomobile concern that has lately
entered the trailer field states that
within the past month he has re-
ceived orders for custom built cars to
accommodate a travelling beauty shop
and a Photographic establishment.
respectively. The State Of Indiana
uses an especially designed trailer to
transport a dental ONCE, equipment
and dentist along the highrHds for
the purpose Of taking care Of the
teeth Of children whose parents are on
relief.
1t is by Standardization Of the pas
senger trailer that manufacturers
hope to build up an industry that
may rival. in time, the automobile
industry itself-one that viii move
hand In hand with auto production.
A composite picture of the stand
ardized trailer they would like to
produce on . mass scale would read
something like this: Price. $500 to
$700. Accommodation 2 to per-
sons. Weight, 1900 pounds. Length.
l3 to 16 feet. Weight on trawbar,
200 pounds. Width, 6la feet. Height,
s feet 2 inches. Chassis, wool braced
with steel (the more expensive models
are built entirely Of steeD. Springs.
leaves, semi-elliptic. Wheels. IT
inches, wire, roller bearings Tires.
$50 by II inches. Coupling, ball and
socket. Parking, jack and caster.
Exterior walls, masonite. Interior
walls, plywood. Windows. q or 3.
Ventilators. / or in roof. Top, ply
wood, canvas covered, aluminium paint.
Floor frame. wood. metal braced.
Floor, flr wood. Floor covering. lin
oleum.
Standard equipment for this COM
posite trailer probably would include
double wiring for 6-volt battery and
for 110-volt outside source, beds, ice
box, sink, water tank, cook Aove and
wiring fixtures while extra Equipment
probably would be bathing snd toilet
facilities, . heating stove, battery and
container, rear bumper and also
brakes.
The trend today is toward . steel
chassis, electrically welded. and some
such trailers do not enter the higher
price range.
It is difficult to think of anything
one could add to contribute to ones
comfort in the space allotted, when
one steps into one Of these modern
personal Pullman coaches. Practically
all of them have been designed, in
their interior decorations, With an eye
to pleasing the women, who are. deal
ers tell us as particular shout trim
and decoration in their trailers As
they are in their permanent homes.
Softly polished woods, sturdy tex
lures on the day beds or sofas and
at the windows, linoleums on the
floors, all make their appeal to the
feminine eye, while the compact stove,
sink, refrigerator, full-length clothes
closets shelves and cupboards arouse
the admiration Of housewifely in
StinctS.
CHATTING with the wifi Of a pro-
fessional man stopping for =
few days ct the washington Tourist
Camp, We learn that 1t costs them
from one-half to cent q mile extra
for gasoline to pull their trailer. de-
pending upon the terrain and If there
is much city driving. We also learn
that the trailer Is easy to manage on
the open road, and that little or no
dinculty IL experienced in conveying
the standard models up even the
steepest hin. but that what dtdculty
Is met with In management comes
when attempting to park along main