Show Electric Wheel Chairs Electric wheel chairs similar to those employed e at nt the Panama-Pacific Panama International exposition last year ear are being used successfully In Europe for forthe forthe forthe the wounded and crippled sol soldiers lers Invariably the c convalescent men prefer prefer prefer pre pre- fer to direct their own chair rather than to have someone push them about o One nt of these chairs which Is of ot Swiss make and costs a small sum Is equipped with a quarter one-quarter horse horsepower horsepower horsepower power motor suspended between the steering and amid rear wheel Current is supplied from a battery of 15 lead I plate cells housed in three boxes beneath beneath beneath be be- neath the scat seat The battery hattery Is of ot 50 ampere hours capacity and provides sufficient energy for a run of thirty to forty miles Five forward and five reverse speeds are provided The steering and operating mechanism Is of the very simplest |