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Show Aiilmiiiililli. Tlml Hums VVooil, JH Tho Impossibility of securing the nee- U essnry supplies of petroleum or gas- jBB ollue make it obligatory upon the ltd- IBB glmi Government, which recently do- fH cldrd fo establish nu automobile scr- BB vlre In the Congo Free Stnte, to adopt HH steam us n motor power. Coal could be BB secured In only limited quantities, and BB that near the seashore; wood was BB therefore tho only logical fuel, ns It BB could be found rverywhore. BB The wiMid-biirnlns car wolgbs n ton HB nnd has a capacity of a ton, with n BB maximum speed of twelve miles an BJ hour. Sheet steel wheels with heavy HB pneumatic tires nro used. Tho fifteen- HB horse-power engine Is Inclosed In n hul- HH iRt-ptoot bonnet, ns those vehicles nro BB Id he used In transporting troops to BB keep order In distant pnrls of tho Stnte BH and nre expected to be under tire nt HH times. T vater-tuuk has a capacity HH suttU'li ut for n twenty tlvo mile trip. HJ |