ALASKANS ARE
BUILDING NEW
SNOW MOTORS
The snow tractor and motor is the
latest machine offered for winter
transportation in snow countries. It
is being manufactured in Seattle
and offered to the public by local
capitalists, some of whom are former
Alaskans. L. A. Levensaler, the well
known mining engineer, and formerly
with the Kennecott Copper corpora
tion, is president of the company, F.
Jj. Boucher, Jack Hesse and others
known in the north are connected
with the manufacturing company.
The motor is designed to haul
trailers of the bob-sled type, guaran
teed to handle five or more tons, at
a speed of from eight to fifteen miles
an hour. The body of the motor re
sembles the typical automobile, and,
instead of wheels, the propelling pow
er is furnished by four large barrel
shaped drums with spiral-shaped
skates located on the face of these
drums in the manner and at the point
dictated by scientific construction.
The two forward drums, left and
right, are conical-shaped so as to
gradually press or lay a trail of hard
snow on which the skates take their
grip or tractive pull. The height of
the tractive pull is developed at the
rear end of the forward drums and
the front end of the rear drums, al
lowing the tractor at all times to be
nicely balanced for uneven country
work. Oscillating channels have been
placed fore and aft on these drums,
permitting a vertical travel of eigh
teen inches, which allows an even
continuance of tractive power with
out strain when gullies or obstruc
tions are encountered. The action of
these propelling drums may be lik
ened to that of a ship’s screw, or
better yet, to an ordinary screw
conveyor.
Mr. Hesse says: “These tractors
have been tested for the past three
years in all types of snow, one having
been sent to Alaska, another to Michi
gan, and a third to the Cascade moun
tains in the state of Washington. The
three test tractors have an aggregate
mileage of 5,240 miles, and have suc
cessfully Negotiated all sorts of road
conditions, both as freight carrying
tractors and passenger conveyances.”
SWIMMING CONTESTS
TO BE HELD LABOR DAY
An important swimming meet will
be held in San Diego on Labor Day
under the auspices of the San Diego
Rowing club, which now is making
preliminary arrangements.
At this meet the Pacific coast in
door championships will be decided.
Though officially it will be known as
an indoor meet, the races will be
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swum in the bay. This arrange- f
r
ment was allowed in 1917, when the
same championships were held here.
The best swimmers of the coast are
expected to enter in these events,
and there will be entrants from
Piedmont, Olympic, Los Angeles, Ath
letic, Mulnomah Athletic, San Diego
this coast. The program will include
events for women, and Frances
Schroth, Aileen Allen, Dorothy Burns
and other expert women swimmers
will be entered.
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