THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL — NOVEMBER 22, 1896
UNIQUE MAN-OF-WAR THAT RUNS ON TROLLEY LINE ♢ The Fully Equipped Miniature White Cruiser on Wheels That is Named After the President-Elect.
A strange craft is likely to invade the leading towns and cities of the United States within the next few months. The people of Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis and Pittsburg, and even San Francisco need not be at all unsurprised if they see, some fine morning, big cruiser plowing through the air, down the principal street. It will be the trolley man-of-war that furnishes this strange sight, one of the most unique objects that was ever put on wheels.
This pioneer of all land craft is not to be despised when it comes to a question of force. Dainty “barkers” peep out through the portholes, prototypes of the smiling faces that gleam from the sides of the flag-ship New York. This trolley man-of-war, or white cruiser on wheels, has been dignified with the name of the next President, Mr. McKinley. While her mission is not that of protection so far, she is quite likely to exercise a rather patriotic influence among at least the younger generation in the days that are to come.
It is designed to run on electric roads of standard charge, and as all electric roads are of that gauge, it is very likely the queer craft will have many imitations before long. She is in appearance a miniature, to great extent, of the big cruisers hat have followed Admiral Bunce’s flag for so many months. Her superstructure is painted green, her hull
